BTN.com staff, November 25, 2014
The fifth College Football Playoff Poll was released Tuesday night.
Ohio State remains No. 6 this week to pace the Big Ten for a third straight week. The biggest mover in the Big Ten was Minnesota, which went from No. 25 to No. 18 following its 28-24 comeback win at Nebraska.
Michigan State and Wisconsin moved up to No. 10 and No. 14, respectively, while Nebraska dropped out of the poll.
As has been the case in the first four weeks of the poll, the Big Ten is shut out of the top four spots, which went to Alabama (No. 1), Oregon (No. 2), Florida State (No. 3) and Mississippi State (No. 4) for the second consecutive week.
While the Big Ten would not have a team in the playoff if the season ended today, Ohio State still has a chance to improve its stock, with a ranked Minnesota or Wisconsin as the opponent in the Big Ten title game.
The final rankings come out Dec. 7 on College Football Playoff Selection Day. This year?s semifinal sites are the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl.
Here's the poll.
| Playoff Selection Committee Poll | |||
| Rankings as of 11/25/2014 | |||
| Rank | School | Prev | |
| 1 | Alabama (10-1) | 1 | |
| 2 | Oregon (10-1) | 2 | |
| 3 | Florida State (11-0) | 3 | |
| 4 | Mississippi State (10-1) | 4 | |
| 5 | TCU (9-1) | 5 | |
| 6 | Ohio State (10-1) | 6 | |
| 7 | Baylor (9-1) | 7 | |
| 8 | UCLA (9-2) | 9 | |
| 9 | Georgia (9-2) | 10 | |
| 10 | Michigan State (9-2) | 11 | |
| 11 | Arizona (9-2) | 15 | |
| 12 | Kansas State (8-2) | 12 | |
| 13 | Arizona State (9-2) | 13 | |
| 14 | Wisconsin (9-2) | 16 | |
| 15 | Auburn (8-3) | 14 | |
| 16 | Georgia Tech (9-2) | 18 | |
| 17 | Missouri (9-2) | 20 | |
| 18 | Minnesota (8-3) | 25 | |
| 19 | Ole Miss (8-3) | 8 | |
| 20 | Oklahoma (8-3) | 21 | |
| 21 | Clemson (8-3) | 22 | |
| 22 | Louisville (8-3) | 24 | |
| 23 | Boise State (9-2) | NR | |
| 24 | Marshall (11-0) | NR | |
| 25 | Utah (7-4) | 17 | |
