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College Football Top 25 Coaches Poll and ESPN Power Rankings Updated

Saturday was filled with top-10 teams going down and the College Football Playoff picture being reshaped dramatically.

Week 11 marked the final quarter of the college football regular season beginning.

It began with a bang as several College Football Playoff contenders were knocked out of contention. No. 3 Baylor, No. 7 Stanford, No. 9 LSU, and No. 13 Utah all went down with all but the Bears losing to unranked foes. Baylor at least lost to No. 11 Oklahoma, but in the Big 12, it's going to be hard for a one-loss team to make it to the CFP.

The top teams that did manage to stay unbeaten included No. 2 Clemson beat Syracuse in less-than-impressive fashion. No. 4 Alabama had arguably the most impressive win of Week 11 as they went into Starkville and came away with a 31-6 win over Mississippi State. No. 1 Ohio State scored a 28-2 win at Illinois, and No. 5 Oklahoma State rallied from a 17-point deficit to win 35-31 at Iowa State.

Here is the latest Coaches Top 25 Poll:

TOP 25 TEAMS, WEEK 12

RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS 1ST PLACE VOTES PREV CHANGE HI/LOW
1 Clemson 10-0 1560 28 2 1 2/12
2 Ohio State 10-0 1541 32 1 -1 1/1
3 Alabama 9-1 1484 4 4 1 2/13
4 Oklahoma State 10-0 1348 0 5 1 5/NR
5 Notre Dame 9-1 1333 0 6 1 6/15
6 Iowa 10-0 1278 0 8 2 8/NR
7 Oklahoma 9-1 1240 0 11 4 9/19
8 Florida 9-1 1132 0 10 2 10/NR
9 Michigan State 9-1 1020 0 14 5 2/14
10 Baylor 8-1 999 0 3 -7 2/5
11 Texas Christian 9-1 970 0 12 1 2/12
12 North Carolina 9-1 801 0 17 5 17/NR
13 Michigan 8-2 759 0 15 2 14/NR
14 Houston 10-0 745 0 16 2 16/NR
15 Stanford 8-2 690 0 7 -8 7/NR
16 Florida State 8-2 638 0 18 2 6/18
17 Louisiana State 7-2 584 0 9 -8 4/15
18 Utah 8-2 493 0 13 -5 7/NR
19 Navy 8-1 456 0 23 4 23/NR
20 Wisconsin 8-2 447 0 22 2 18/NR
21 Northwestern 8-2 359 0 24 3 14/NR
22 Oregon 7-3 186 0 29 7 5/NR
23 Washington State 7-3 155 0 30 7
24 Southern California 7-3 154 0 26 2 7/NR
25 Mississippi 7-3 70 0 28 3 5/NR
25 Mississippi State 7-3 70 0 20 -5 20/NR

And here are the latest ESPN Power Rankings:

RK TEAM REC PTS TREND
1 Clemson 10-0 248
2 Alabama 9-1 238
3 Ohio State 10-0 234
4 Notre Dame 9-1 212 1
5 Oklahoma State 10-0 209 1
6 Iowa 10-0 203 1
7 Oklahoma 9-1 196 3
8 Florida 9-1 173 3
9 Michigan State 9-1 168 5
10 Baylor 8-1 160 6
11 North Carolina 9-1 136 7
12 TCU 9-1 129 1
13 Houston 10-0 122 3
14 Florida State 8-2 111 3
15 Michigan 8-2 110
16 Stanford 8-2 97 8
Navy 8-1 97 5
18 Utah 8-2 77 6
19 Northwestern 8-2 66 3
20 LSU 7-2 62 11
21 Wisconsin 8-2 54 3
22 USC 7-3 41 4
23 Oregon 7-3 36 8
24 Washington State 7-3 34 5
25 Ole Miss 7-3 10 4