The 2015 college football regular season is now over...sort of.
While some conference still have regular-season games left to be played in Week 14, most leagues will be having their conference championships this week. The biggest of them all in terms of College Football Playoff impact will be the Big Ten Championship. 12-0 Iowa faces 11-1 Michigan State in a game that very likely will send the winner to the four-team CFP.
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The same may be true in the SEC Championship, but only if the winner is Alabama. The 11-1 Crimson Tide face 10-2 Florida after the Gators were whacked at home by Florida State this past week, meaning Bama is the SEC's only hope of reaching the CFP. The Gators are just playing for a BCS Bowl game at this point.
Here's an updated look at this week's Coaches Top 25 Poll heading into all of the upcoming conference championships:
TOP 25 TEAMS, WEEK 14
RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | 1ST PLACE VOTES | PREV | CHANGE | HI/LOW |
1 | Clemson | 12-0 | 1558 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 1/12 |
2 | Alabama | 11-1 | 1508 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2/13 |
3 | Iowa | 12-0 | 1412 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3/NR |
4 | Oklahoma | 11-1 | 1408 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5/19 |
5 | Michigan State | 11-1 | 1350 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2/14 |
6 | Ohio State | 11-1 | 1252 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1/8 |
7 | Stanford | 10-2 | 1155 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7/NR |
8 | North Carolina | 11-1 | 1107 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 11/NR |
9 | Florida State | 10-2 | 1054 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 6/18 |
10 | Notre Dame | 10-2 | 994 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 4/15 |
11 | Texas Christian | 10-2 | 931 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 2/16 |
12 | Baylor | 9-2 | 836 | 0 | 7 | -5 | 2/10 |
13 | Northwestern | 10-2 | 768 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 14/NR |
14 | Oklahoma State | 10-2 | 688 | 0 | 10 | -4 | 4/NR |
15 | Florida | 10-2 | 655 | 0 | 9 | -6 | 8/NR |
16 | Oregon | 9-3 | 634 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 5/NR |
17 | Mississippi | 9-3 | 595 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 5/NR |
18 | Houston | 11-1 | 526 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 14/NR |
19 | Michigan | 9-3 | 515 | 0 | 12 | -7 | 12/NR |
20 | Utah | 9-3 | 287 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 7/NR |
21 | Temple | 10-2 | 276 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 21/NR |
22 | Navy | 9-2 | 223 | 0 | 15 | -7 | 15/NR |
23 | Louisiana State | 8-3 | 207 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 4/NR |
24 | Southern California | 8-4 | 164 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 7/NR |
25 | Wisconsin | 9-3 | 148 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 18/NR |