As of Week 8, all 50 teams placed from 26th to 50th are at least very close.
All of them expect to be invited to good bowl games. Many of them have at least one good win and one loss they wish they could take back. Almost all of them are hoping to get hot down the stretch to be in the running for the conference title.
Here are the teams that were just outside the top 25 in the rankings going into Week 8.
College Football Rankings Week 8: 26 to 50
College Football Rankings Week 8
Top 10 | 11-25 | 51-75
76-100 | 101-134
50 Colorado (4-2)
Last Week Rank: 45
Kansas State 31, Colorado 28
Up Next: at Arizona
49 Cincinnati (4-2)
Last Week Rank: 44
Cincinnati 19, UCF 13
Up Next: Arizona State
48 Michigan State (3-3)
Last Week Rank: 43
OPEN DATE
Up Next: Iowa
47 Maryland (3-3)
Last Week Rank: 46
Northwestern 37, Maryland 10
Up Next: USC
46 Northwestern (3-3)
Last Week Rank: 68
Northwestern 37, Maryland 10
Up Next: Wisconsin
45 Syracuse (5-1)
Last Week Rank: 50
Syracuse 24, NC State 17
Up Next: OPEN DATE
44 Kentucky (3-3)
Last Week Rank: 34
Vanderbilt 20, Kentucky 13
Up Next: at Florida
43 West Virginia (3-3)
Last Week Rank: 39
Iowa State 28, West Virginia 16
Up Next: Kansas State
42 Cal (3-3)
Last Week Rank: 40
Pitt 17, Cal 15
Up Next: NC State
41 Rutgers (4-2)
Last Week Rank: 36
Wisconsin 42, Rutgers 7
Up Next: UCLA
40 UNLV (5-1)
Last Week Rank: 38
UNLV 50, Utah State 34
Up Next: at Oregon State
39 Louisville (4-2)
Last Week Rank: 37
Louisville 24, Virginia 20
Up Next: Miami
38 Arizona (3-3)
Last Week Rank: 32
BYU 41, Arizona 17
Up Next: Colorado
37 Wisconsin (4-2)
Last Week Rank: 49
Wisconsin 42, Rutgers 7
Up Next: at Northwestern
36 Utah (4-2)
Last Week Rank: 35
Arizona State 27, Utah 19
Up Next: TCU
35 Minnesota (4-3)
Last Week Rank: 41
Minnesota 21, UCLA 17
Up Next: OPEN DATE
34 Vanderbilt (4-2)
Last Week Rank: 42
Vanderbilt 20, Kentucky 13
Up Next: Ball State
33 South Carolina (3-3)
Last Week Rank: 33
Alabama 27, South Carolina 25
Up Next: at Oklahoma
32 Nebraska (5-1)
Last Week Rank: 31
OPEN DATE
Up Next: at Indiana
31 Arkansas (4-2)
Last Week Rank: 30
OPEN DATE
Up Next: LSU
30 Kansas State (5-1)
Last Week Rank: 27
Kansas State 31, Colorado 28
Up Next: at West Virginia
29 Arizona State (5-1)
Last Week Rank: 58
Arizona State 27, Utah 19
Up Next: at Cincinnati
28 SMU (5-1)
Last Week Rank: 24
OPEN DATE
Up Next: at Stanford
27 USC (3-3)
Last Week Rank: 22
Penn State 33, USC 30 OT
Up Next: at Maryland
26 Washington (4-3)
Last Week Rank: 21
Iowa 40, Washington 16
Up Next: OPEN DATE
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