Bowl Projections & Polls: Coaches & AP Cards Not Ranked

Mark BlankenbakerSeptember 21, 2014

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Bowl Projections

ESPN Mark Schlabach: Music City v. Florida

ESPN Brett McMurphy: Tax Slayer (Gator) vs. LSU

CBS Jerry Palm: Music City vs. LSU

SB Nation: BELK vs. Tennessee

AP Poll

(###) Number of first place votes


1	Florida State (34) ACC Record: 3-0	PV Rank 1 Points 1,439
2	Oregon (11) Pac-12 Record: 4-0	2 1,398
3	Alabama (7) SEC Record: 4-0	3 1,378
4	Oklahoma (4) Big 12 Record: 4-0	4 1,344
5	Auburn SEC Record: 3-0	5 1,268
6	Texas A&M (4) SEC Record: 4-0	6 1,232
7	Baylor Big 12 Record: 3-0	7 1,143
8	Notre Dame Division I FBS Independents Record: 3-0	9 967
9	Michigan State Big Ten Record: 2-1	11 905
10	Mississippi SEC Record: 3-0	10 889
11	UCLA Pac-12 Record: 3-0	12 806
12	Georgia SEC Record: 2-1	13 789
13	South Carolina SEC Record: 3-1	14 764
14	Mississippi State SEC Record: 4-0	27 706
15	Arizona State Pac-12 Record: 3-0	15 702
16	Stanford Pac-12 Record: 2-1	16 564
17	LSU SEC Record: 3-1	8 541
18	USC Pac-12 Record: 2-1	17 459
19	Wisconsin Big Ten Record: 2-1	19 451
20	Brigham Young Division I FBS Independents Record: 4-0	21 376
21	Nebraska Big Ten Record: 4-0	24 296
22	Ohio State Big Ten Record: 2-1	23 196
23	East Carolina The American Record: 3-1	31 180
24	Oklahoma State Big 12 Record: 2-1	25 132
25	Kansas State Big 12 Record: 2-1	20 131

Coaches Poll

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	FIRST PLACE VOTES	PREVIOUS RANK	CHANGE	HI/LOW*
1	Florida State Seminoles	3-0	1494	36	1		1/1
2	Alabama Crimson Tide	4-0	1466	11	2		2/2
3	Oklahoma Sooners	4-0	1425	12	4	1	3/4
4	Oregon Ducks	4-0	1403	3	3	1	3/4
5	Auburn Tigers	3-0	1316	0	5		5/5
6	Baylor Bears	3-0	1213	0	6		6/10
7	Texas A&M Aggies	4-0	1197	0	7		7/20
8	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	3-0	1022	0	9	1	9/17
9	Michigan State Spartans	2-1	920	0	11	2	6/13
10	UCLA Bruins	3-0	899	0	10		7/12
11	Ole Miss Rebels	3-0	875	0	12	1	12/19
12	Arizona State Sun Devils	3-0	792	0	13	1	13/18
13	Georgia Bulldogs	2-1	768	0	14	1	6/14
14	Stanford Cardinal	2-1	657	0	15	1	10/16
15	South Carolina Gamecocks	3-1	630	0	16	1	9/23
16	Mississippi State Bulldogs	4-0	523	0	27	11	—
17	Wisconsin Badgers	2-1	518	0	17		14/19
18	LSU Tigers	3-1	514	0	8	10	8/13
19	Nebraska Cornhuskers	4-0	433	0	22	3	18/22
20	Ohio State Buckeyes	2-1	407	0	18	2	6/18
21	BYU Cougars	4-0	381	0	23	2	23/NR
22	USC Trojans	2-1	309	0	21	1	10/21
23	Duke Blue Devils	4-0	155	0	26	3	—
24	East Carolina Pirates	3-1	153	0	33	9	—
25	Kansas State Wildcats	2-1	128	0	20	5	20/21

Schools Dropped Out

No. 19 Missouri, No. 24 Clemson, No. 25 North Carolina.

Others Receiving Votes

Oklahoma State 110; Penn State 67; Clemson 63; Washington 62; Arizona 45; TCU 44; Marshall 31; GeorgiaTech 27; Oregon State 20; Arkansas 17; Cincinnati 13; Missouri 13; Utah 8; North Carolina State 7; Boston College 7; Louisville 6; Boise State 5; Memphis 3; West Virginia 3; Iowa 1.