The Missouri Tigers, 12-2 last season and SEC East Division Champions, are ranked 24th in the first A.P. football poll of the 2014 season.
Before you start thinking that Mizzou is getting some respect among the college football media member who vote, consider this: The Tigers dropped 19 spots from the end of last year’s rankings to this season. The most of any team ranked in the Top 25.
Georgia, ranked 12th, made the biggest leap moving up 14 spots
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Jameis Winston and defending national champion Florida State are No. 1 picking up 57 of 60 first-place votes. No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Oregon and No. 4 Oklahoma each received one first-place vote. Ohio State is No. 5 and Auburn is No. 6.
1 Florida State (57)
2 Alabama (1)
3 Oregon (1)
4 Oklahoma (1)
5 Ohio State
6 Auburn
8 Michigan State
9 South Carolina
10 Baylor
11 Stanford
12 Georgia
13 LSU
14 Wisconsin
15 USC
16 Clemson
17 Notre Dame
18 Ole Miss
19 Arizona State
20 Kansas State
21 Texas A&M
22 Nebraska
23 North Carolina
24 Missouri
25 Washington
