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Week 13 college football rankings: Collecting new top 25s as they come out

Sunday’s new rankings will be added as soon as they’re out. If they’re not here, they’re not out yet. The Playoff committee’s new rankings come out Tuesday night.

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College football’s Week 12 didn’t give us any shockers, and it’s not likely to change the rankings picture drastically heading into Rivalry Weekend.

In the only ranked-versus-ranked game of the weekend, Michigan lost at a superior Wisconsin. The Badgers were impressive and might see a slight bounce ahead of their Big Ten Championship Game meeting with Ohio State.

And Oklahoma State lost at home to Kansas State despite a late comeback bid. The only other ranked team to lose was NC State, which saw a chance to beat Wake Forest get knocked into the Deacs’ end zone for a touchback.

This post is a collection of top-25 rankings that come out over the course of Sunday. They’re not the ones that really matter. Those are the Playoff selection committee rankings, which come out on Tuesday night around 7:15 p.m. ET. The AP Poll featured here is a decent barometer for how the committee might see things, and until the Playoff list is actually out, these are what we’ve got.

The rankings featured here:

The Associated Press Top 25

The historical gold standard of human polls, but don’t MATTER matter now that the Playoff rankings are underway.

  1. Alabama
  2. Miami
  3. Oklahoma
  4. Clemson
  5. Wisconsin
  6. Auburn
  7. Georgia
  8. Ohio State
  9. Notre Dame
  10. TCU
  11. USC
  12. Penn State
  13. UCF
  14. Washington State
  15. Washington
  16. Mississippi State
  17. Memphis
  18. Oklahoma State
  19. LSU
  20. Stanford
  21. Michigan State
  22. USF
  23. Northwestern
  24. Virginia Tech
  25. Boise State

The Massey computer composite

Every poll and rating smashed into one continually updating ranking, basically. We’ll update this one a couple times throughout Sunday.

  1. Alabama
  2. Wisconsin
  3. Clemson
  4. Georgia
  5. Miami
  6. Notre Dame
  7. Penn State
  8. Ohio State
  9. Oklahoma
  10. Auburn
  11. UCF
  12. TCU
  13. USC
  14. Washington
  15. Virginia Tech
  16. Oklahoma State
  17. Michigan
  18. Mississippi State
  19. Michigan State
  20. Washington State
  21. Stanford
  22. NC State
  23. Northwestern
  24. Memphis
  25. LSU

The Sagarin ratings

A team quality stat that also includes FCS teams. Posts early Sunday.

  1. Alabama
  2. Clemson
  3. Wisconsin
  4. Auburn
  5. Penn State
  6. Ohio State
  7. Oklahoma
  8. Georgia
  9. Miami
  10. Notre Dame
  11. Washington
  12. TCU
  13. USC
  14. Oklahoma State
  15. Mississippi State
  16. UCF
  17. Stanford
  18. Virginia Tech
  19. Michigan
  20. LSU
  21. Northwestern
  22. Texas
  23. Iowa State
  24. Washington State
  25. Wake Forest

Bill Connelly’s S&P+ ratings

SB Nation’s favored college football advanced stat, which tends to perform very well against the Vegas spread.

  1. Ohio State
  2. Alabama
  3. UCF
  4. Wisconsin
  5. Georgia
  6. Washington
  7. Auburn
  8. Penn State
  9. Clemson
  10. Oklahoma
  11. Miami
  12. TCU
  13. Notre Dame
  14. Oklahoma State
  15. USF
  16. FAU
  17. Michigan
  18. USC
  19. Washington State
  20. Mississippi State
  21. LSU
  22. Memphis
  23. Boise State
  24. Louisville
  25. Toledo

The USA Today Coaches Poll

Doesn’t matter much.

  1. Alabama
  2. Miami
  3. Clemson
  4. Wisconsin
  5. Oklahoma
  6. Auburn
  7. Georgia
  8. Ohio State
  9. Notre Dame
  10. USC
  11. Penn State
  12. UCF
  13. TCU
  14. Washington
  15. Washington State
  16. Memphis
  17. Mississippi State
  18. LSU
  19. USF
  20. Stanford
  21. Oklahoma State
  22. Michigan State
  23. Northwestern
  24. Boise State
  25. Virginia Tech
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