NCAA Top 25 (Finals Standings)

1.  Alabama Crimson Tide (13-1)
It was a complete domination for the Crimson Tide in the BCS Title Game giving Alabama their third National Title in four years.  Pretty amazing what they've done this year after losing all that talent from last year's team.

2.  Oregon Ducks (12-1)
Oregon just had too much speed for KState and ran away with an easy 35-17 win.  But you have to wonder what could have been if they would have survived the Stanford game.

3.  Texas A&M Aggies (11-2)
Easily the hottest team in college football right now is A&M.  Lead by Heisman winning QB Johnny Manziel, they ran wild on Oklahoma and gave the National Champs their only loss.

4.  Georgia Bulldogs (12-2)
Georgia didn't let their SEC Title shortcomings carry over to bowl season.  Instead they put up record offensive numbers in a 14 point win over Nebraska.

5.  Stanford Cardinal (12-2)
I'll be the first to admit that I didn't have too much faith in Stanford.  But they proved me and a lot of others wrong showing that they are here to stay and will be a force in the Pac 12 for years to come.

6.  Ohio State Buckeyes (12-0)
The Buckeyes finished the season undefeated, but didn't play in the Big 10 Title game or a bowl because of NCAA sanctions.  I would have had them higher, but they struggled through most of their weak schedule and just can't justify them over the five teams ahead of them.

7.  Florida Gators (11-2)
It's too bad that the Gators got the 2nd SEC spot in the BCS game, because they really didn't seem to excited to be playing.  That showed in their loss to an average Louisville team.

8.  Notre Dame Fighting Irish (12-1)
Wow, didn't see their blow out loss against Alabama coming.  But a Notre Dame fan I know summed it up great noting that the Irish players looked jittery before the game.  But looking back on their season they really didn't beat a good team, except Stanford.  But that was on a controversial goal line play.

9.  South Carolina Gamecocks (11-2)
5 SEC Teams in the final top 10?  I guess it says wonders about the talent atop the conference.  South Carolina struggled with Michigan for a while, but took over when it counted.

10.  Florida State Seminoles (12-2)
They didn't win by a huge margin, but the Seminoles dominated Northern Illinois despite a lack luster effort on their part.  But what do you expect when you have to face a MAC team who lost to their only BCS opponent (Iowa, yuck!).

11. Clemson Tigers (11-2)
This was a good news/bad news game for the Tigers.  Good news is that the Tigers got a huge win over LSU and had their defense play well.  But the bad news is that Tajh Boyd played great and that could cause him to declare for the draft and ruin any big time hopes they have for a huge year next year.

13. LSU Tigers (10-3)
Not even a poor Clemson defense allowed the bad LSU offense to score enough points to get the win.  Now the Tigers have to hope that their backups are ready to step up for all the NFL talent leaving.  Otherwise they could fall down in the SEC West pecking order.

12. Kansas State Wildcats (11-2)
In what was suppose to be a match up that could have been for the National Title, it ended up being just like the Alabama/Notre Dame game.  But its' too bad KState's lack of speed was exposed and they got ran by the Ducks.

14. Louisville Cardinals (11-2)
You have to wonder where this Louisville team was against Syracuse and UConn.  But the Cardinals end the season on a big high and should be the favorite to win the Big East again.  With the move to the ACC on the way, the future is really bright for the Cardinals.

15.  Oklahoma Sooners (10-3)
Do you remember when Oklahoma had a lock down defense?  Yeah it wasn't that long ago, but after giving up 41 points and nearly 700 yards it seems like light years ago.

16. Texas Longhorns (9-4)
A lot of people picked Oregon State to win this game in the Bowl Pools, but the Longhorns actually showed up and got the upset.  But it's too bad that this once proud program is just average.  And it will be as long as Mack Brown is still the coach.

17. Boise State Broncos (11-2)
One thing that you don't bet against is Boise State in bowl games.  You give Chris Peterson a couple of weeks to prepare and he'll get you.  A talented (but inconsistent) Washington team found that out.

18. Oregon State Beavers (9-4)
The Beavers had the lead and looked to be on their way to win until they allowed Texas to rally in the 4th quarter to steal the win.  But that sums up Oregon State's season.  Lots of promise, but failed in critical times.

19. Nebraska Cornhuskers (10-4)
Yeah they got steam rolled against Wisconsin, but they bounced back and had Georgia on the ropes till the 4th quarter.  The Huskers return all their weapons on offense and if they can get their D figured out, they could be dangerous.

20.  Northwestern Wildcats (10-3)
In all the Big 10 vs SEC match ups it was the Wildcats that actually got the win for the conference.  The win was also the first time the Wildcats have won a bowl game since the 1960s.  That's pretty amazing.

21. Utah State Aggies (11-2)
This season was bittersweet for the Aggies.  They won 11 games this year and won their second bowl game in schools history.  The Aggies are on their way to the Mountain West and have a bright future ahead of them.  But because of their success they lost ther head coach Brian Anderson to Wisconsin.  But they hired from within and look to keep the momentum going.

22. Penn State Nittany Lions (8-4)
Penn State wasn't able to play in a bowl game, but they had to feel like they were winners during Bowl Season.  Mainly because their head coach Bill O'Brien turned down NFL offers to stay with Penn State.  That was great for this school.

23.  Northern Illinois Huskies (12-2)
People shouldn't be hammering Nothern Illinois for being in the Orange Bowl, but because it's not their fault.  But it's not good when they can't beat an uninspired Florida State team.  However they should have never been put into this spot with their them not beating a single BCS Conference team all year long.

24. San Jose State Spartans (11-2)
The job that Mike MacIntrye did at San Jose State is quite remarkable.  For the longest time SJSU has been one of the worst FCS teams in America.  But he turned them into a WAC contender and a team that was ranked in the final BCS standings.  But that's also why he got hired at Colorado.

25.  Arkansas State Red Wolves (10-3)
One of the hottest teams at the end of the season was the Red Wolves of Arkansas State.  They really took to Gus Malzahn's coaching and built off of the success that Hugh Freeze started the year before.  But they'll have to try and keep that going with their fourth coach in four years.  All while switching from a spread based offense to a power based.