The Week 14 Harris Poll has elevated the Stanford Cardinal up to No. 3 after defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday. The Arkansas Razorbacks lost the spot after dropping a game to the No. 1 LSU Tigers on Friday, settling in at No. 9. This will surely help the Cardinal in its pursuit of a BCS at-large bid while the Razorbacks ended any chance of one of those obscure BCS rules allowing in a third team from an AQ conference to happen.
The Boise St. Broncos are still the No. 8 team in this poll, but the Oregon Ducks did jump them to the No. 7 spot. The Houston Cougars moved up one spot to No. 7. The Cougars remain in line for an automatic BCS bid as a non-automatic conference champion, pending a defeat of Southern Miss in the Conference USA Championship Game.
Rank | Team | Prev |
1 | LSU | 1 |
2 | Alabama | 2 |
3 | Stanford | 4 |
4 | Virginia Tech | 5 |
5 | Oklahoma State | 6 |
6 | Houston | 7 |
7 | Oregon | 9 |
8 | Boise State | 8 |
9 | Arkansas | 3 |
10 | Oklahoma | 10 |
11 | Michigan State | 11 |
12 | Georgia | 12 |
13 | Wisconsin | 14 |
14 | South Carolina | 13 |
15 | Kansas State | 15 |
16 | Michigan | 16 |
17 | TCU | 19 |
18 | Baylor | 20 |
19 | Nebraska | 21 |
20 | Clemson | 17 |
21 | West Virginia | 24 |
22 | Penn State | 18 |
23 | Southern Miss | NR |
24 | Florida State | NR |
25 | Texas | NR |
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