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Search this site powered by FreeFind See related: Fearless Rick's College Football Picks College Football Top 25 CURRENT RANKINGS College Football Top 25 Week 1 College Football Top 25 Week 2 College Football Top 25 Week 3 College Football Top 25 Week 4 College Football Top 25 Week 5 College Football Top 25 Week 6 College Football Top 25 Week 7 College Football Top 25 Week 8 College Football Top 25 Week 9 College Football Top 25 Week 10 College Football Top 25 Week 11 College Football Top 25 Week 12 Onsite Sports Links NFL Schedule NFL Standings NFL Matchups NCAA Football Schedule NCAA Football Standings NCAA Football Matchups MLB Baseball Schedule MLB Baseball Standings MLB Baseball Matchups NHL Schedule NHL Standings NHL Matchups NBA Schedule NBA Standings NBA Matchups NASCAR Schedule NASCAR Standings NASCAR Matchups NCAA Basketball Schedule NCAA Basketball Standings NCAA Basketball Matchups About the Top 25 Downtown Magazine's NCAA College Football Top 25 is not a poll like AP or USA Today/Coach's polls, or a computer generated rating system like the BCS, but an objective ranking system based on visual and statistical observations of college football teams in Division 1-A. The rankings, published weekly - usually on Monday - are representative of what our expert editors believe to be the best teams in college football respective of conference play and strength of schedule leading up to the traditional bowl games. Downtown Magazine strives to present the Top 25 in a manner that is objective, non-political and respectful of the standards of NCAA football.

NCAA College Football Top 25 Week 12 - Through games of 11/19 Rank Prev Week Team/Record Latest Result Next Game 1 1 Texas (10-0) W 66-14 vs. Kansas 11/12 at Texas A&M 11/25 2 2 USC (11-0) W 50-42 vs. Fresno St. 11/19 vs. UCLA 12/3 3 4 LSU (9-1) W 40-7 at Mississippi 11/19 vs. Arkansas 11/25 4 5 Virginia Tech (9-1) W 52-14 at Virginia 11/19 vs. North Carolina 11/26 5 6 Penn State (10-1) W 31-22 at Michigan St. 11/19 no game scheduled 6 7 Ohio State (9-2) W 25-21 at Michigan 11/19 no game scheduled 7 8 Notre Dame (8-2) W 34-10 vs. Syracuse 11/19 at Stanford 11/26 8 9 West Virginia (8-1) W 38-0 at Cincinnati 11/9 vs. Pittsburgh 11/24 9 10 UCLA (9-1) W 45-35 vs. Arizona St. 11/12 at USC 12/3 10 11 Auburn (9-2) W 28-18 vs. Alabama 11/19 no game scheduled 11 12 Oregon (9-1) W 56-14 vs. Oregon St. 11/19 no game scheduled 12 3 Miami (8-2) L 10-14 vs. Georgia Tech 11/19 vs. Virginia 11/26 13 15 Georgia (8-2) L 45-13 vs. Kentucky 11/19 at Georgia Tech 11/26 14 17 TCU (10-1) W 51-3 vs. UNLV 11/12 no game scheduled 15 18 Texas Tech (9-2) L 23-21 vs. Oklahoma 11/19 no game scheduled 16 14 Fresno State (8-2) L 42-50 at USC 11/19 at Nevada 11/26 17 20 Louisville (7-2) W 56-5 vs. Rutgers 11/11 vs. Syracuse 11/26 18 13 Alabama (9-2) L 18-28 at Auburn 11/19 no game scheduled 19 NR Georgia Tech (7-3) W 14-10 at Miami 11/19 vs. Georgia 11/26 20 22 Boston College (8-3) W 31-16 vs. Maryland 11/19 no game scheduled 21 23 Florida State (7-3) L 14-35 at Clemson 11/12 at Florida 11/26 22 25 Florida (7-3) L 22-30 at South Carolina 11/12 vs. Florida St. 11/26 23 NR Iowa State (7-3) W 30-16 vs. Colorado 11/12 at Kansas 11/26 24 16 Michigan (7-4) L 21-25 vs. Ohio State 11/19 no game scheduled 25 NR South Florida (6-3) W 31-16 vs. Cincinnati 11/19 at Connecticut 11/26 Honorable Mention: Clemson, South Carolina, Minnesota, Iowa, UTEP, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wisconsin, Tulsa Alabama falls again; Maimi stung by Yellow Jackets; USC Survives Rick Gagliano | 11/21/05 Late season losses are taking their toll on the Top 25. In the past two weeks, both Alabama and Miami have had their season's hopes dashed and fallen through the rankings. No team has suffered worse than the Alabama Crimson Tide, who, after running up an impressive 9-0 record, dropped their final two regular season games, knocking them out of the SEC Championship game and BCS bowl bids. The Tide's demise was its woeful lack of offense, which was evident since the Florida game, when Alabama lost of receiver-returner Tyrone Prothro for the season. Alabama's defense kept them winning until they lost in overtime to LSU and then fell to a motivated Auburn team in the annual Iron Bowl. The Tide fell from #5 all the way down to #18 in just two weeks time. The Miami Hurricanes were the other Top 10 casualty this week, when they were stung by the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 14-10. The 'Canes, like Alabama, are a team with a great defense and an adequate offense. After knocking off Virginia Tech, Miami seemed to have a lock on the ACC title game, but fell in their final regular season game, giving them 2 losses in the conference. Their first loss came in their opener to Florida State back in September. With the Texas Longhorns idle, USC had to step it up to hold down their #2 ranking, barely getting by the Fresno State Bulldogs, 50-42, to remain, along with the Longhorns, the only undefeated team in the nation. The Trojans face 9-1 UCLA on December 3rd to closeout both teams' regular seasons and decide the PAC 10. The Top 10 now is constructed as follows: Texas, USC, LSU, Virginia Tech, Penn State, Ohio State, Notre Dame, West Virginia, UCLA and Auburn. The complete Downtown Magazine Top 25 is updated every Monday. Visit the Downtown Magazine web site for the College Football Top 25, Fearless Rick's College Football Picks on Tuesdays and NFL Picks every Wednesday.