NFP Top 25
Week 9 of the 2013 college football season is in the books, and the top contenders for the BCS national championship game all had statement games.
Alabama eased past Tennessee, Oregon cruised by UCLA in the second half and Florida State jumped all over NC State.
However, Missouri saw its BCS national title hopes disappear in a two-overtime loss to South Carolina.
Let’s take a look at how the National Football Post stacks up the Top 25 heading into the tenth week of the season.
2013 record in parentheses and last week’s ranking in brackets.
1. Alabama (8-0) [1]
2. Oregon (8-0) [2]
3. Florida State (7-0) [3]
4. Ohio State (8-0) [4]
US PRESSWIREBryce Petty and the Bears remain unbeaten.
5. Baylor (7-0) [6]
6. Stanford (7-1) [8]
7. Miami, FL (7-0) [7]
8. Auburn (7-1) [11]
9. Missouri (7-1) [5]
10. Clemson (7-1) [9]
11. Oklahoma (7-1) [12]
12. LSU (7-2) [13]
13. Texas A&M (6-2) [14]
14. Texas Tech (7-1) [10]
15. South Carolina (6-2) [17]
16. Northern Illinois (8-0) [18]
17. Central Florida (6-1) [19]
18. Louisville (7-1) [20]
19. Michigan (6-1) [21]
20. Notre Dame (6-2) [22]
21. Michigan State (7-1) [23]
22. Wisconsin (5-2) [25]
23. UCLA (5-2) [15]
24. Oklahoma State (6-1) [NR]
25. Fresno State (7-0) [NR]
The next five: Oregon State, Arizona State, Georgia, BYU and Ball State
Dave Miller, the college football editor and writer for the National Football Post, is on Twitter @Miller_Dave.