Jackson Free Press

This is the final JFP Top 25 College Football Poll until after the National Championship Game to be played on Jan. 6. The title game will be the Florida State Seminoles against the Auburn Tigers.

Thanks to the Michigan State Spartans upset of the Ohio State Buckeyes, the SEC will have a chance at an eighth-straight national championship. It also allows the SEC and Florida State to close out the final BCS title game the way the series started.

Next year a four-team playoff starts and the argument will begin for the fifth-place team in the country. If we had a playoff this year, it would be an Iron Bowl rematch and FSU against MSU.

Rank Team Record Previous Rank

1 Florida State Seminoles 13-0 2

2 Auburn Tigers 12-1 3

3 Alabama Crimson Tide 11-1 5

4 Michigan State Spartans 12-1 11

5 Stanford Cardinal 11-2 9

6 Baylor Bears 11-1 10

7 South Carolina Gamecocks 10-2 7

8 Ohio State Buckeyes 12-1 1

9 Missouri Tigers 11-2 4

10 Oklahoma Sooners 10-2 18

11 UCF Knights 11-1 13

12 Clemson Tigers 10-2 12

13 LSU Tigers 9-3 14

14 Oklahoma State Cowboys 10-2 8

15 Oregon Ducks 10-2 15

16 Louisville Cardinals 11-1 16

17 Fresno State Bulldogs 11-1 20

18 Northern Illinois Huskies 12-1 6

19 Texas A&M Aggies 8-4 23

20 UCLA Bruins 9-3 21

21 Arizona State Sun Devils 10-3 17

22 Duke Blue Devils 10-3 19

23 Georgia Bulldogs 8-4 24

24 Wisconsin Badgers 9-3 25

25 Rice Owls 10-3 NR

Dropped out: Cincinnati Bearcats