Cappersinfo's College Football Top 25 Rankings

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Cappersinfo Current NCAA Football Power Rankings
(Final 2011 Standings)

1: Auburn Tigers (14-0) – The Tigers did just about everything right this season, and they overcame some very close calls at the end of the year to ultimately end up with the National Championship in tote. It's going to be hard without QB Cam Newton and DT Nick Fairley next year, as both are potentially Top 10, and maybe even Top 5 picks in the NFL Draft, but Head Coach Gene Chizik has brought in a great recruiting class which could have Auburn sniffing around for another SEC title this coming season.

2: TCU Horned Frogs (13-0) – In other years, perhaps the Horned Frogs would have been good enough to be called BCS National Champions. They did snare a few first place votes in both polls, which really did help out the case for the little guys, but now, it's off to the Big East and away from the Mountain West. Unfortunately for Head Coach Gary Patterson, this could be a rebuilding year, as there are a ton of seniors that have left the program over the course of the last two seasons that badly need to be replaced. Still, this is a unit that, at least as members of the MWC, reloaded, not rebuilt. We'll have to see what happens now that the Horned Frogs are in a power conference.

3: Oregon Ducks (12-1) – Oregon is going to make a case to start off as the No. 1 team in the country next year, as a tremendous number of the key cogs of this offense, including Heisman Trophy runner up RB LaMichael James will be back next year. The Quack Attack came up just short when push really came to shove in the BCS Championship Game, but there was no shame in the way that the team played this entire season. There wasn't a squad that was more fun to watch than this one, and there is no doubt that Head Coach Chip Kelly is going to be looking for bigger and better next year.

4: Stanford Cardinal (12-1) – Had the schedule makers put the game against Oregon down on "The Farm," Stanford might be the team claiming glory right now. It just doesn't get much better than what Head Coach Jim Harbaugh did this year for this team, and no one should be shocked that he left in the offseason to head for the San Francisco 49ers. QB Andrew Luck would've almost certainly been the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft, but he has elected to come back to school for his junior season, one which could be a banner year for the Cardinal.

5: Ohio State Buckeyes (12-1) – Hanging on to beat a very game bunch of Razorbacks in the Sugar Bowl was a big, big win for the Buckeyes to wrap up this season. Head Coach Jim Tressel has a big time challenge ahead to figure out whether his team is going to be ready to contend again next season, as QB Terrelle Pryor and four others have been suspended for the first month of the season. OSU has been one of the most consistent programs in the country over the course of the last decade or so though, and we don't doubt that this won't once again be one of the best teams in the Big Ten.

6: Oklahoma Sooners (12-2) – QB Landry Jones and WR Ryan Broyles hooked up more times this year than any quarterback to receiver combo in the land, and goodness knows that they'll be favored to do it again this coming season. The Sooners looked incredibly talented at times, but there were others that just made you scratch your head this year. Still, OU finishes up this year pretty much at No. 6 in every set of NCAA football power ratings you'll find, including here in this one.

7: Boise State Broncos (12-1) – We never really may know just how good Boise State really was last season, and we might not get the chance again this year either with it going to a shell of the MWC. The Broncos were only beaten once, and on the foot of a kicker at that, but they certainly stormed to their win early in the bowl season over the Utes, the team they're replacing in the Mountain West. It would've been a lot more fun to see these guys playing in the BCS this year, but that's the life of a mid major, where one loss really kills you.

8: Wisconsin Badgers (11-2) – There really wasn't all that much shame in losing to TCU in the Rose Bowl for the Badgers, as they really proved their worth in the Big Ten campaign this year. RBs Montee Ball, James White, and John Clay all had amazing seasons, and all three would have led a whole boatload of teams in rushing on the campaign. QB Scott Tolzien ended a number of straight seasons where the signal caller had to change in Madison, but this season, he'll be gone and someone else will have to take over.

9: LSU Tigers (11-2) – The win over the Crimson Tide in the regular season was great, but the victory in the Cotton Bowl over Texas A&M was perhaps even bigger. Head Coach Les Miles was dangling for the Michigan job for awhile, and he parlayed that into a(nother) raise at LSU. The Bayou Bengals will once again have great defense even though DB Patrick Peterson is moving on to the NFL Draft.

10: Oklahoma State Cowboys (11-2) – Who knows what would've happened with the Cowboys had they found a way to win Bedlam this year… We know that Head Coach Mike Gundy had a team that was underappreciated all season long, and having to play Arizona in the Alamo Bowl just wasn't right for the type of season that the Pokes had. Okie State will be back with most of the pieces to its exciting offensive puzzle, and it could once again find itself contending in the Big XII South.

11: Alabama Crimson Tide (10-3) – It wasn't quite another National Championship year for the Tide, but there is no doubt that they really proved their worth in that beat down of Michigan State in the Capital One Bowl. A bevy of talent is leaving the program this year, as names like QB Greg McElroy, WR Julio Jones, and RB Mark Ingram all move on to the next level, but there are a number of top recruits coming in as well that could really help turn the "tide" back in favor of Alabama in the SEC West this coming year.

12: Nevada Wolf Pack (13-1) – Hindsight 20/20, Nevada maybe should have been in the BCS this year instead of Arkansas. It's not that the Hogs weren't deserving, but this Wolf Pack club really was that good. A Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl win over Boston College was great over Boston College, but we want to know what a significantly better team would've done against QB Colin Kaepernick and company. It'll be tough to top what this graduating class did for Head Coach Chris Ault and company, as Nevada has to totally rebuild next season.

13: Arkansas Razorbacks (10-3) – Arkansas snuck into the back end of the BCS this year thanks to a win over LSU in the regular season finale, but it couldn't quite close out with a win over Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl. Losing QB Ryan Mallett is going to be a tough blow to take, as the junior leader of this team was really one of the best passers in the nation this season and will be sorely missed. Head Coach Bobby Petrino still has a great team to work with next year even though Mallett is gone, but in the SEC West, it's going to be hard to do any better than this.

14: Michigan State Spartans (11-2) – The Spartans either really weren't all that good this year, or they just never found a way to get off the bus in the Capital One Bowl, as they were absolutely railroaded by the Tide in arguably the biggest non-BCS bowl game of the year. QB Kirk Cousins led some miraculous drives, and there were a ton of very memorable plays in a season that not only might have saved Head Coach Mark Dantonio's job, but will really live in lore in East Lansing for quite some time.

15: Virginia Tech Hokies (11-3) – Give the Hokies a ton of credit for fighting back from an 0-2 start, including losses to Boise State and lowly James Madison. However, they have a lot of work to do this year to replace QB Tyrod Taylor, who wrapped up a great career by winning ACC Player of the Year honors. Unfortunately, a win wasn't in the cards to end the season against Stanford, but that was as tough of a task as any team had in America.

16: Florida State Seminoles (10-4) – Head Coach Jimbo Fisher did a great job this year not only restoring some order to the pride of Florida State, but also on the recruiting trail, nailing down what many consider to be the best recruiting class in the nation. The garnet and gold got a great glimpse of the future, as QB EJ Manuel prepares to take over the reins for the next two seasons in Tallahassee. Don't be shocked if the Noles are back in the Top 10 next year, and if they can beat Oklahoma at home, if they contend for the BCS Championship as well.

17: Mississippi State Bulldogs (9-4) – Head Coach Dan Mullen was right to stay at Mississippi State and forgo any potential opportunity to go coach at Florida when Head Coach Urban Meyer stepped down. We know that life is very difficult in the SEC West, and it's really hard to argue with a team who only lost to LSU, Alabama, Arkansas, and Auburn this year. Mullen realizes a good thing when he sees it, and he really had the better team than the Gators did when the two collided in Gainesville.

18: Missouri Tigers (10-3) – Without QB Blaine Gabbert, Head Coach Gary Pinkel probably isn't going to know what to do this coming season. Gabbert never really rounded into total form because of a concussion that he had in the middle of the season, but he was definitely the undisputed leader of this team. The 'Zou has been consistently in the Top 25 though, something that it has to be proud of, and if Gabbert was able to take over for QB Chase Daniel without a hitch, the next man in line might be able to do the job as well.

19: UCF Knights (11-3) – UCF posted the best season that it has ever had, and it snared its first bowl win as well in the ugly Liberty Bowl over Georgia. The Knights have a very big future in front of them with QB Jeff Godfrey calling the shots, and in Orlando, the media is already preparing for a season which really could result in a potential run towards the BCS. No one in Conference USA should be standing in UCF's way next season.

20: Texas A&M Aggies (9-4) – Head Coach Mike Sherman might have saved his bacon when he sat QB Jerrod Johnson down and turned the ball over to QB Ryan Tannehill. Tannehill was fantastic from the moment he got the pigskin, and though he didn't lead the team to a win in the Cotton Bowl, he knows that he really set the foundation for what could be a great year in College Station in 2011. The question is going to be whether or not this defense can keep it up to contend with teams like Oklahoma State and Oklahoma in the Big XII.

21: Nebraska Cornhuskers (10-4) – Big Red did a great job at the outset of the season, but all of a sudden, it felt like QB Taylor Martinez and the rest of the team just sort of fell off the wagon. The end result was a devastating loss in the Holiday Bowl to Washington, a team that it had killed up in Seattle in the first go around for these two. Now, Nebraska heads to the Big Ten, where it will take on a new set of challenges in a new conference, leaving behind a ton of history and tradition against a bunch of old rivals.

22: Maryland Terrapins (9-4) – You don't really think of Maryland as a team that really belonged in the Top 25 when push came to shove this year, but nine wins and a bowl victory in a power conference certainly was good enough for our standards. The Terps destroyed East Carolina in the Military Bowl to send out Head Coach Ralph Friedgen in style, but we can't help but wonder if karma is going to serve the university for essentially forcing Friedgen into retirement following a season in which he won ACC Coach of the Year, or if that same karma will come back to bite new Head Coach Randy Edsall, who left UConn without even taking the team charter home from the Fiesta Bowl.

23: Northern Illinois Huskies (11-3) – NIU had a great team this year, and it was the only club that was truly that notable in the MAC. The Huskies finished up strong by absolutely demolishing Fresno State in the Humanitarian Bowl. Head Coach Jerry Kill had a great team this year led by QB Chandler Harnish and RB Chad Spann, and the Huskies were certainly rewarded in spite of the fact that they weren't able to finish up the year with a MAC title after losing to Miami.

24: Tulsa Golden Hurricane (10-3) – When you can go into the Big Island and take care of Hawaii, even if it is in a bowl game, you're deserving of a spot in the Top 25. Head Coach Todd Graham is gone now, but he leaves behind a cupboard that is anything but bare. Graham did a great job keeping Tulsa relevant even though it is in Conference USA, and it should once again be able to challenge the likes of UCF and Houston next year.

25: South Carolina Gamecocks (9-5) – It was a rough end of the season for South Carolina. Getting beaten down by both Auburn in the SEC Championship Game and Florida State in the Chic-Fil-A Bowl wasn't anything to be thrilled with, but what we do need to remember is that this was a big time season of firsts for the Head Ball Coach, Steve Spurrier. He beat his old team for the first time, and he did so in Gainesville. That win put SC in the SEC Championship Game for the first time as well. Needless to say, South Carolina had a banner season in spite of those five losses, and Spurrier hopes there is better on the horizon next year.