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The 2025 college football regular season has come and passed. The week was dominated by buzz surrounding Lane Kiffin's future, but there was plenty of action on the field as well.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAfter 14 weeks of upsets, highlights and shake-ups in the hierarchy in the College Football Playoff race, conference championship matchups are set. While Week 14 didn't bring any all-out chaos — Alabama, Ole Miss, Oklahoma and Ohio State were among the teams to continue rolling toward the playoff with rivalry matchup wins — there were some intriguing results that could have immediate repercussions.
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No loss was more impactful than Texas A&M's, as the Aggies lost their first game of the season to Arch Manning and the Texas Longhorns. Meanwhile, Vanderbilt got a huge 45-24 victory over Tennessee.Miami took down a ranked Pitt squad to improve to 10-2 and put added pressure on the College Football Playoff committee to consider its résumé. In an especially wild late-night twist, Cal knocked off SMU, sending 7-5 Duke to the ACC Championship game. Notre Dame then blew out Stanford in a nightcap that included a brief injury scare for the Irish's star running back, Jeremiyah Love.How did Rivalry Week results impact the rankings? Here are the updated Coaches and AP polls following Week 14 games.
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Coaches Poll
Rank
Team
Record
Points(No. 1 votes)
1
Ohio State
12-0
1,575 (63)
2
Indiana
12-0
1,510
3
Georgia
11-1
1,438
4
Oregon
11-1
1,353
5
Ole Miss
11-1
1,306
6
Texas Tech
11-1
1,266
7
Texas A&M
11-1
1,178
8
Oklahoma
10-2
1,106
9
Notre Dame
10-2
1,061
10
Alabama
10-2
1,019
11
BYU
11-1
942
12
Vanderbilt
10-2
855
13
Miami
10-2
844
14
Texas
9-3
753
15
Utah
10-2
750
16
Virginia
10-2
613
17
USC
9-3
505
18
Michigan
9-3
427
19
James Madison
11-1
356
20
North Texas
11-1
345
21
Tulane
10-2
300
22
Arizona
9-3
223
23
Georgia Tech
9-3
170
24
Tennessee
8-4
135
25
Navy
9-2
107
Others receiving votes: Iowa 85; Houston 73; Missouri 52; SMU 28; Washington 18; UNLV 17; Pittsburgh 15; USF 12; Illinois 9; Louisville 6; UConn 6; TCU 5; Penn State 5; Old Dominion 2; New Mexico 2; Arizona State 2; San Diego State 1
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AP Poll
Rank
Team
Record
Points(No. 1 votes)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Others receiving votes:
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