{"id":89021,"date":"2014-11-27T06:56:52","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T14:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=89021"},"modified":"2014-11-27T06:56:52","modified_gmt":"2014-11-27T14:56:52","slug":"handicapping-ap-top-25-top-10-week-14-betting-preview-281114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-football\/handicapping-ap-top-25-top-10-week-14-betting-preview-281114\/","title":{"rendered":"Handicapping AP Top 25: NCAA Football Top 10 \u2013 Week 14 Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Week 14\u00a0AP Top 25<\/h2>\n<p>The Week 14 AP Poll doesn\u2019t feature a lot of movement near the top with many of the top teams in the nation either getting the week off or facing cupcake matchups. <!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>College Football\u00a0Betting<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Week 14\" href=\"https:\/\/capperspicks.sportsdirectinc.com\/sports-scores\/College-Football-Scores-Matchups.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">Week 14\u00a0Scores &amp; Matchups<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Power Rankings\" href=\"https:\/\/capperspicks.sportsdirectinc.com\/Power-Ranking\/NCAAF-Power-Ranking.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">Power Rankings<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Week 14 Betting Odds\" href=\"&quot;http:\/\/stats.capperspicks.com\/odds\/ncaaf.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">Week 14\u00a0Odds<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Sportsbook Bonuses\" href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/sportsbooks\/bonuses-2014-football-betting-sign-up-offers-15814\/\">***2014 CFB BETTING BONUSES***<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[dfads params=&#8217;groups=63740&amp;limit=1&amp;return_javascript=0&#8242;]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The voters saw enough to push Baylor ahead of TCU, if only by a hair, and Ole Miss was knocked out of the top 10 with their loss to Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p>As always stay tuned to Cappers Picks blog all NCAA Football betting season long. Tons of free picks and analysis posted daily.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Florida State Seminoles (11-0, previous: 1)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Florida State had far more trouble with Boston College than it should have. The Seminoles get Florida next, then Georgia Tech in the ACC title game. There are a lot of people that would love to see them lose one of those games and get bounced from the playoff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Alabama Crimson Tide (10-1, previous: 2)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alabama made short work of Western Carolina, even if they did have a bit of a scare in the early going in that one. There are clearly still some trust issues between Nick Saban and Lane Kiffin, but they\u2019ll need to get those sorted out in short order with Auburn on deck.<\/p>\n<p>[dfads params=&#8217;groups=63738&amp;limit=1&amp;return_javascript=0&#8242;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Oregon Ducks (10-1, previous: 3)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oregon lit up Colorado and appears to be well on its way to the inaugural College Football Playoff. A trip to Oregon State won\u2019t be a cake walk, but the Ducks have enough firepower to get by in that one. After that, they\u2019ll only need to knock off whoever survives the Pac-12 South to punch their ticket.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Mississippi State (10-1, previous: 4)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mississippi State beat Vanderbilt to a pulp over the weekend. They certainly need style points, but rivalry week\u2019s results will likely determine whether they qualify for the playoff or not. They\u2019ll need to beat Ole Miss and then cheer on Auburn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Baylor Bears (9-1, previous: 6)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Baylor offense was in fine form against Oklahoma State, though their defense left a lot to be desired. The Bears need to score style points in bunches to stay ahead of TCU. They get Texas Tech next and close out their season with a good game against Kansas State.<\/p>\n<p>[dfads params=&#8217;groups=66501&amp;limit=1&amp;return_javascript=0&#8242;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. TCU Horned Frogs (9-1, previous: 5)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TCU was idle this past week after their scare at Kansas. They have two regular season games remaining to score some style points. With Baylor having already passed then in the AP poll, the Horned Frogs need to hope the selection committee doesn\u2019t make the same mistake.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Ohio State Buckeyes (10-1, previous: 7)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett had another strong outing against Indiana as he continues to make the case for supplanting Braxton Miller next season. Ohio State closes out its regular season with a big time rivalry game against Michigan on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Georgia Bulldogs (9-2, previous: 9)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Bulldogs didn\u2019t have much trouble getting by Charleston Southern on Saturday. Things will be a little harder on them this coming weekend as they look to match Georgia Tech\u2019s elite rushing offense with a banged up backfield of their own.<\/p>\n<p>[dfads params=&#8217;groups=63739&amp;limit=1&amp;return_javascript=0&#8242;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. UCLA Bruins (9-2, previous: 11)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Bruins picked up a big win over USC on Saturday \u2013 maybe their biggest win of the season. They\u2019re right in the hunt for the playoff, and figure to qualify if they can unseat Oregon in the Pac-12 title game. To get there, they still need to come up with a tough win over Stanford on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. Michigan State Spartans (9-2, previous: 10)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michigan State\u2019s still lingering around the fringes of the top 10 despite effectively giving up all hope of qualifying for the playoff with a loss to Ohio State. The team really let an opportunity get away from them, as there\u2019s no telling when another Connor Cook will come along.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/capperspicks.sportsdirectinc.com\/football\/ncaaf-team-rankings.aspx?page=\/data\/ncaaf\/rankings\/rankings.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2014 CFB Football Rankings<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>[dfads params=&#8217;groups=63706&amp;limit=1&amp;return_javascript=0&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 14\u00a0AP Top 25 The Week 14 AP Poll doesn\u2019t feature a lot of movement near the top with many of the top teams in the nation either getting the week off or facing cupcake matchups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":976,"featured_media":71442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[10622,147,66500,3202,60115,1544,3158,5209],"class_list":["post-89021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-ap-top-25","tag-bet-on-college-football","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaa-football-handicapping","tag-ncaa-rankings","tag-polls","tag-top-25","tag-week-14"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89021"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89184,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89021\/revisions\/89184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}