Eventually I'll get around to addressing the NIU issue. Simply put, NIU 2013>NIU 2012 and MAC 2013>MAC 2012, and there's plenty of evidence to prove it. A lot of it is about not losing to Iowa, and Iowa being less terrible than last year.
Top 25 (Explanation; Full Ranking)
- Florida State (+1)
- Ohio State (+2)
- Northern Illinois (+2)
- Alabama (-3)
- Auburn (+1)
- Missouri (+2)
- South Carolina (+4)
- Clemson (-5)
- Georgia (+3)
- UCF (+3)
- LSU (-1)
- Texas A&M (-3)
- Oregon (+2)
- Stanford (+6)
- Baylor (+2)
- UCLA (+5)
- Louisville (+2)
- Oklahoma (-2)
- Ole Miss (-5)
- Miami (+2)
- Arizona State (+5)
- Oklahoma State (+9)
- Vanderbilt (+5)
- Duke (-1)
- Iowa (+7)