Boise State a distant 3rd in Coaches Poll
The latest USA Today Coaches Poll is exactly what most figured it would be, USF fell from the top 10 all the way to 15th, and Boise State moved to 3rd.
Kansas and Missouri each have Big XII matchups this week at home, and then they meet November 29th. If Missouri wins this next week at home against Iowa State then the two teams will have a rematch December 3rd for the Big XII title. This means there is a way for Arkansas to slip into a BCS game.
Also there is a chance for TCU or Ohio State to slip into the BCS National Championship even if Boise State goes undefeated, because if Kansas and Missouri trade victories it could hurt both in the human polls just enough to let a TCU or Ohio State team with a strong conference championship game win and a good winning streak slip past both.
| NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Nov 15, 2014 |
| RK | LW | TEAM (VOTES) | W | L | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Missouri (39) | 9 | 0 | 1503 |
| 2 | 2 | Kansas (21) | 10 | 0 | 1453 |
| 3 | 4 | Boise State (1) | 10 | 0 | 1244 |
| 4 | 6 | TCU | 9 | 1 | 1078 |
| 5 | 7 | Ohio State | 9 | 1 | 1033 |
| 6 | 10 | Arkansas | 10 | 1 | 953 |
| 7 | 9 | Michigan | 8 | 2 | 937 |
| 8 | 11 | Michigan State | 7 | 2 | 849 |
| 9 | 5 | Oregon | 8 | 2 | 819 |
| 10 | 12 | Rutgers | 9 | 1 | 817 |
| 11 | 14 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 2 | |
| 12 | 17 | California | 9 | 1 | |
| 13 | 18 | Wisconsin | 8 | 2 | |
| 14 | 16 | LSU | 8 | 2 | |
| 15 | 3 | USF | 8 | 1 | |
| 16 | 8 | UCLA | 8 | 2 | |
| 17 | 19 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 1 | |
| 18 | 20 | Miami | 8 | 3 | |
| 19 | 13 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 2 | |
| 20 | 21 | Ohio | 9 | 1 | |
| 21 | 22 | Idaho | 7 | 2 | |
| 22 | 23 | Georgia | 6 | 4 | |
| 23 | 15 | Penn State | 7 | 3 | |
| 24 | - | Utah | 7 | 3 | |
| 25 | 24 | Purdue | 6 | 4 | |
BCS Bowl Projections
BCS National Championship Kansas vs Boise State
Missouri is very weak against the pass, Texas Tech showed that. Missouri's first string is strong on defense, but after that they are too injury riddled and inexperienced to hold Kansas down.
Orange Bowl Virginia vs Rutgers
Virginia is on a roll, and so is Rutgers. Both are looking for BCS berths, Virginia as ACC champion and Rutgers as an at large
Rose Bowl Michigan vs TCU
Michigan looks to be the best in the Big 10, their only losses were at the beginning of the season and one of them was to #1 Missouri by 5 points.
TCU and California are headed straight for a date for the Pac-12 title, and TCU looks like the better squad
Sugar Bowl LSU vs Middle Tennessee State
LSU is easily the best team in the SEC week to week, and Middle Tennessee State has almost locked up the Non-AQ automatic bid.
Fiesta Bowl Arkansas vs USF
Despite not controlling the Big East anymore, USF is tied with Louisville and Cincinnati and SMU. USF holds the tie-breaker over SMU, hasn't played Cincinnati yet, and Louisville and SMU still have to play. If only USF and Louisville finish tied then Louisville goes, but that is doubtful.