Cards Finish Regular Season No. 16 In Coaches' Poll, No. 18 In AP

By Mike Rutherford@CardChronicle Dec 8, 2013, 12:57pm EST

Later, we find out which foe this top 20 squad will be squaring off against in the Russell Athletic Bowl.

USA Today Poll
RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Florida State (62)	13-0	1550
2	Auburn	12-1	1486
3	Alabama	11-1	1414
4	Michigan State	12-1	1342
5	Baylor	11-1	1275
6	Ohio State	12-1	1211
7	Stanford	11-2	1188
8	South Carolina	10-2	1108
9	Missouri	11-2	1088
10	Oklahoma	10-2	913
11	Clemson	10-2	899
12	Oregon	10-2	887
13	Oklahoma State	10-2	845
14	LSU	9-3	719
15	UCF	11-1	658
16	Louisville	11-1	611
17	Arizona State	10-3	602
18	UCLA	9-3	520
19	Wisconsin	9-3	408
20	Fresno State	11-1	344
21	Duke	10-3	247
21	Texas A&M	8-4	247
23	Northern Illinois	12-1	149
24	Georgia	8-4	135
25	Miami (FL)	9-3	73

Dropped from rankings: Cincinnati 23, Texas 24

Others receiving votes: Cincinnati 47, Vanderbilt 40, USC 33, Iowa 30, Texas 27, Rice 23, Bowling Green 12, Notre Dame 8, Minnesota 6, Ball State 2, Nebraska 1, Virginia Tech 1, Washington 1

AP Top 25
RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Florida State (56)	13-0	1496
2	Auburn (4)	12-1	1444
3	Alabama	11-1	1376
4	Michigan State	12-1	1278
5	Stanford	11-2	1217
6	Baylor	11-1	1185
7	Ohio State	12-1	1130
8	South Carolina	10-2	1099
9	Missouri	11-2	1066
10	Oregon	10-2	880
11	Oklahoma	10-2	878
12	Clemson	10-2	848
13	Oklahoma State	10-2	797
14	LSU	9-3	726
15	UCF	11-1	629
16	Arizona State	10-3	614
17	UCLA	9-3	544
18	Louisville	11-1	525
19	Wisconsin	9-3	383
20	Texas A&M	8-4	282
21	Fresno State	11-1	227
22	Duke	10-3	201
23	Georgia	8-4	196
24	Northern Illinois	12-1	144
25	Notre Dame	8-4	76

Dropped from rankings: Texas 23

Others receiving votes: USC 74, Iowa 48, Miami (FL) 47, Vanderbilt 25, Texas 22, Cincinnati 11, Bowling Green 10, Washington 9, Rice 7, North Dakota State 4, Minnesota 2