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College Football Rankings 2016: Projected AP Top 25 after Week 13

By Zach Bigalke

Nov 24, 2016; College Station, TX, USA; LSU Tigers running back Derrius Guice (5) leaps into the end zone for a touchdown during the third quarter against the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 24, 2016; College Station, TX, USA; LSU Tigers running back Derrius Guice (5) leaps into the end zone for a touchdown during the third quarter against the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 26, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Temple Owls running back Jager Gardner (27) carries the ball to score a touchdown during the fourth quarter against the East Carolina Pirates at Lincoln Financial Field. The Temple Owls won 37-10. Mandatory Credit: Derik Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 26, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Temple Owls running back Jager Gardner (27) carries the ball to score a touchdown during the fourth quarter against the East Carolina Pirates at Lincoln Financial Field. The Temple Owls won 37-10. Mandatory Credit: Derik Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports /

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Temple will be playing for the AAC championship after a 37-10 walkover at home over East Carolina. Jahad Thomas ran for 152 yards and two touchdowns to pace the Owls to victory, while the Temple defense held the Pirates to just 225 total yards of offense. The AAC East champions stayed ahead of hard-charging South Florida by winning their sixth straight game to close out the regular season.

As a result, Matt Rhule’s team should manage to sneak into the penultimate AP Top 25 before the postseason. They will be underdogs against Navy in the championship game next weekend, but if Temple manage to knock off the Midshipmen it would shore up their second straight season with 10 or more victories. Even were they to pull off the upset, though, the Owls are probably too far behind in the race for the Group of Five’s automatic access into a New Year’s Six game.

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