Colorado Buffaloes climb to No. 12 in AP and Coaches

Upset Saturday in College Football was one for the ages.

Eight ranked teams suffered a loss with five of them from the top ten. If the AP/Coaches polls are an early indication, the No. 12 Colorado Buffaloes (8-2, 6-1 Pac-12) might be breaking into the top ten of the College Football Playoff rankings. Expect the teams to be shuffled around with two games left in the regular season.

Despite losses for all three teams outside of No. 1 Alabama, none of them fell out of the top ten.

Clemson dropped three spots to No. 5 after losing on a late field goal to Pittsburgh. Michigan folded in the second half and couldn't escape the same fate in Iowa, slipping back to No. 4. Washington couldn't match USC and ended up settling in at No. 7

Colorado's 49-24 win over Arizona was the first win in Tucson since Sept. 28, 1985. The eighth win of the season pushed them ahead of other two-loss teams No. 13 Oklahoma State, No. 17 Nebraska and No. 20 Washington State.

Colorado can force themselves into the playoff conversation by winning out the rest of the season. No doubt they received help (for now) from USC upsetting undefeated Washington, boosting CU's strength of schedule after a close loss against the Trojans.

Here's the complete rankings for week 12.

1		Alabama (61) SEC Record: 10-0	PV Rank 1 Points 1,525
2		Ohio State Big Ten Record: 9-1	6 1,455
3		Louisville ACC Record: 9-1	5 1,357
4		Michigan Big Ten Record: 9-1	2 1,323
5		Clemson ACC Record: 9-1	3 1,304
6		Wisconsin Big Ten Record: 8-2	7 1,214
7		Washington Pac-12 Record: 9-1	4 1,150
8		Oklahoma Big 12 Record: 8-2	9 1,064
9		Penn State Big Ten Record: 8-2	12 961
10		West Virginia Big 12 Record: 8-1	11 920
11		Utah Pac-12 Record: 8-2	13 807
12		Colorado Pac-12 Record: 8-2	16 797
13		Oklahoma State Big 12 Record: 8-2	17 659
14		Western Michigan Mid-American Record: 10-0	14 634
15		USC Pac-12 Record: 7-3	- 584
16		LSU SEC Record: 6-3	19 582
17		Florida State ACC Record: 7-3	20 569
18		Auburn SEC Record: 7-3	8 543
19		Nebraska Big Ten Record: 8-2	21 504
20		Washington State Pac-12 Record: 8-2	23 501
21		Florida SEC Record: 7-2	22 435
22		Boise State Mountain West Record: 9-1	24 315
23		Texas A&M SEC Record: 7-3	10 238
24		San Diego State Mountain West Record: 9-1	- 97
25		Troy Sun Belt Record: 8-1	- 63

Associated Press Top 25

Colorado will stay home through the Thankgiving holiday by welcoming Washington State and No. 11 Utah to close out the regular season. The game time for next week was set for a 1:30 p.m. MT start and Vegas opened the odds with the Buffs favored by 4 points.

The College Football Playoff committee will release the latest ranking on Tuesday (11/15) at 7 p.m. between the end of the Kentucky vs. Michigan State and start of Duke vs. Kansas basketball games on ESPN.