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2014 college football rankings, Week 9: Ole Miss No. 1 in composite Top 25

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We've combined the two big human polls and two computer ratings into one big ranking.

Saturday may not have seen quite the mayhem of the previous two weeks, but there was still a shakeup near the top of the polls. Florida State beat previously undefeated Notre Dame, keeping the Seminoles firmly in the second spot and sending the Irish further down the top ten. Baylor was walloped by West Virginia and slide pretty far down the rankings, leaving an if-the-season-ended-early Playoff spot open for the taking.

And if you think the human polls like the SEC and Big 12, just wait til you see the computer ratings. Here's the full picture heading into Week 9:

CompositeAverageAPCoachesF/+Massey
1Ole Miss21Mississippi StateMississippi StateOle MissOle Miss
2Mississippi State32Florida StateFlorida StateOklahomaAlabama
3Alabama3.253Ole MissOle MissAlabamaAuburn
4Auburn4.754AlabamaAlabamaTCUMississippi State
4Florida State4.755AuburnMichigan StateAuburnFlorida State
6Oregon6.756OregonAuburnMississippi StateGeorgia
7TCU87Notre DameOregonOregonOregon
8Georgia8.258Michigan StateNotre DameOhio StateTCU
9Michigan State109GeorgiaGeorgiaGeorgiaMichigan State
10Notre Dame11.2510TCUTCUFlorida StateKansas State
11Oklahoma12.2511Kansas StateKansas StateClemsonNotre Dame
12Ohio State12.7512BaylorOhio StateUCLAOklahoma
13Baylor1313Ohio StateBaylorArizona StateBaylor
14Kansas State13.7514Arizona StateArizona StateBaylorClemson
15Arizona State14.2515ArizonaArizonaLouisvilleLSU
16Clemson16.516NebraskaNebraskaMarshallArizona State
17Nebraska17.2517OklahomaEast CarolinaNebraskaTexas A&M
18Arizona20.518East CarolinaOklahomaMichigan StateOhio State
19Utah20.7519UtahUtahNotre DameUCLA
20UCLA2120USCClemsonVirginia TechNebraska
20USC2121ClemsonUSCUSCMissouri
22Marshall2222West VirginiaMarshallWest VirginiaUSC
23LSU22.2523MarshallLSUKansas StateArizona
24West Virginia23.2524LSUMinnesotaDukeWest Virginia
25East Carolina26.525UCLAWest VirginiaGeorgia TechUtah

The four rankings we use:

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The Associated Press Top 25: The longest-running and best-respected human poll. Didn't have any official bearing on the latter years of the BCS, and won't have any official bearing on the Playoff. Expect it to set the course for the committee, however, as most outlets (including SB Nation) will use the AP's rankings as the standard until the committee takes over in late October. Usually comes out Sundays around 2 p.m. ET.

The USA Today Coaches Poll: Formerly part of the BCS, and now just a poll. It tends to be more conservative than the AP's. Though polling athletic departments in order to rank other athletic departments is dubious, we still want multiple human polls in here, and it's the other big one. Releases early Sunday afternoons.

The Massey Rating: An early-Sunday computer ranking. This is not the Massey formula the BCS used, which excluded margin of victory.

Football Outsiders' F/+ rating: A synthesis of ratings by smart persons Bill Connelly and Brian Fremeau and our personal go-to overall team stat. It tends to come out later than the others.

Last week's composite Top 25:

CompositeAverageAPCoachesF/+Sagarin
1Mississippi State1.751Mississippi StateMississippi StateOle MissAuburn
2Ole Miss2.252Florida StateFlorida StateMississippi StateOle Miss
3Auburn4.53Ole MissOle MissAuburnMississippi State
4Baylor54BaylorBaylorOklahomaOklahoma
5Florida State7.255Notre DameNotre DameTCUBaylor
6Alabama7.56AuburnMichigan StateOregonAlabama
6Oklahoma7.57AlabamaAlabamaBaylorGeorgia
8Oregon8.58Michigan StateAuburnStanfordTCU
9Georgia99OregonOregonGeorgiaTexas A&M
9Notre Dame910GeorgiaGeorgiaAlabamaOregon
11TCU9.2511OklahomaOklahomaClemsonFlorida State
12Michigan State11.7512TCUTCULouisvilleLSU
13Ohio State14.2513Ohio StateOhio StateNotre DameNotre Dame
14Stanford16.7514Kansas StateKansas StateFlorida StateMichigan State
15Kansas State18.515Oklahoma StateOklahoma StateUCLAOhio State
16Clemson18.7516ArizonaEast CarolinaOhio StateStanford
17Nebraska2117Arizona StateArizonaUSCKansas State
18USC21.2518East CarolinaArizona StateVirginia TechClemson
19Texas A&M21.7519NebraskaNebraskaMichigan StateFlorida
19UCLA21.7520UtahStanfordMarshallUCLA
21Oklahoma State22.2521Texas A&MTexas A&MGeorgia TechUSC
22Arizona State22.522USCClemsonNebraskaTennessee
22Arizona22.7523StanfordUtahVirginiaUtah
24Utah23.524ClemsonMarshallRutgersNebraska
25LSU25.2525MarshallUSCMiamiArkansas

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