Florida State retains top spot in Power Rankings after Week 11
Think back to the first time you watched a movie like Memento (if it wasn't spoiled for you ahead of time). You likely allowed yourself to get caught up in the twists and turns, pinned between trying to figure out the mystery and hanging on for the reveal. Now try to think of the most recent time you had a movie-going experience like that.
We spend so much time with information readily available that spoilers are everywhere. Even if you’re actively avoiding learning how something ends, the potential to accidentally overhear it, read it on social media or have it outright mentioned in front of you is too great to ignore. You’re playing Minesweeper with the bombs turned way up. Those rare moments when we are actually in the dark and can get mesmerized by the twists should be treasured.
Which is what makes this college football season special. There’s no spoiling it. We can predict the end, but we don’t truly know anything yet. Even with just a few weeks remaining.
With that said, here are the Power Rankings after Week 11. They’ll act to serve as another tattoo to remember how we got here and give us instructions along the way.
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1. Florida State Seminoles
PREVIOUS: 1
RECORD: 9-0
Next game: Saturday at Miami
2. Mississippi State Bulldogs
PREVIOUS: 2
RECORD: 9-0
Next game: Saturday at Alabama
3. Oregon Ducks
PREVIOUS: 4
RECORD: 9-1
Next game: Nov. 22 vs. Colorado
4. Alabama Crimson Tide
PREVIOUS: 6
RECORD: 8-1
Next game: Saturday vs. Mississippi State
5. TCU Horned Frogs
PREVIOUS: 7
RECORD: 8-1
Next game: Saturday at Kansas
6. Baylor Bears
PREVIOUS: 9
RECORD: 8-1
7. Arizona State Sun Devils
PREVIOUS: 11
RECORD: 8-1
Next game: Saturday at Oregon State
8. Ohio State Buckeyes
PREVIOUS: 12
RECORD: 8-1
Next game: Saturday at Minnesota
9. Auburn Tigers
PREVIOUS: 3
RECORD: 7-2
Next game: Saturday at Georgia
10. Michigan State Spartans
PREVIOUS: 5
RECORD: 7-2
Next game: Saturday at Maryland
11. Nebraska Cornhuskers
PREVIOUS: 14
RECORD: 9-1
Next game: Saturday at Wisconsin
12. Ole Miss Rebels
PREVIOUS: 13
RECORD: 8-2
Next game: Nov. 22 at Arkansas
13. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
PREVIOUS: 8
RECORD: 7-2
Next game: Saturday vs. Northwestern
14. Kansas State Wildcats
PREVIOUS: 10
RECORD: 7-2
Next game: Nov. 20 at West Virginia
15. Georgia Bulldogs
PREVIOUS: 17
RECORD: 7-2
Next game: Saturday vs. Auburn
16. Duke Blue Devils
PREVIOUS: 19
RECORD: 8-1
Next game: Saturday vs. Virginia Tech
17. UCLA Bruins
PREVIOUS: 20
RECORD: 8-2
Next game: Nov. 22 vs. USC
18. Clemson Tigers
PREVIOUS: 18
RECORD: 7-2
Next game: Saturday at Georgia Tech
19. Arizona Wildcats
PREVIOUS: 21
RECORD: 7-2
Next game: Saturday vs. Washington
20. Marshall Thundering Herd
PREVIOUS: 23
RECORD: 9-0
Next game: Saturday vs. Rice
21. LSU Tigers
PREVIOUS: 16
RECORD: 7-3
Next game: Saturday at Arkansas
22. Colorado State Rams
PREVIOUS: 24
RECORD: 9-1
Next game: Nov. 22 vs. New Mexico
23. Wisconsin Badgers
PREVIOUS: 25
RECORD: 7-2
Next game: Saturday vs. Nebraska
24. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
RECORD: 8-2
Next game: Saturday vs. Clemson
25. Missouri Tigers
RECORD: 7-2
Next game: Saturday at Texas A&M
Next five: Oklahoma, Utah, USC, Boise State, Minnesota
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