Ursinus graduate Dan Mullen has Mississippi State ranked first.

While some people are not impressed because the BCS has been replaced by a playoff system that “only has four teams,” it’s still a playoff system and the four teams will be determined by humans and not computers. Is it perfect? No. Will it be better? It should be but only time will tell. In the meantime, this season has certainly given people a lot to talk about.

1 – Mississippi State (7-0, 4-0 SEC)

2 – Florida State (7-0, 4-0 ACC)

3 – Alabama (7-1, 4-1 SEC)

4 – Michigan State (7-1, 4-0 Big 10)

5 – Auburn (6-1, 3-1 SEC)

6 – Ole Miss (7-1, 4-1 SEC)

7 – Notre Dame (6-1)

8 – Georgia (6-1, 4-1 SEC)

9 – TCU (6-1, 3-1 Big 12)

10 – Oregon (7-1, 4-1 Pac-12)

11 – Baylor (6-1, 3-1 Big 12)

12 – Ohio State (6-1, 3-0 Big 10)

13 – Kansas State (6-1, 4-0 Big 12)

14 – Arizona State (6-1, 4-1 Pac-12)

15 – Nebraska (7-1, 3-1 Big 10)

16 – Arizona (6-1, 3-1 Pac-12)

17 – Utah (6-1, 3-1 Pac-12)

18 – Oklahoma (5-2, 2-2 Big 12)

19 – East Carolina (6-1, 3-0 American)

20 – LSU (7-2, 3-2 SEC),

5 to Watch – Clemson (6-2, 5-1 ACC), Louisville (6-2, 4-2 ACC), Marshall (8-0, 4-0 Conf. USA), West Virginia (6-2, 4-1 Big 12), Duke (6-1, 2-1 ACC)

Dropped Out – USC (5-3, 4-2 Pac-12), Minnesota (6-2, 3-1 Big 10), Oklahoma State (5-3, 3-2 Big 12)

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