CFB Barometer: Who's Up, Who's Down Week 14

Notre Dame clinched a spot in the BCS National Championship game by virtue of its victory over USC on Saturday night. The Irish combined dominating defense, a stout running game and emerging quarterback play from freshman Everett Golson to punch their ticket to Miami. Notre Dame will sit back, relax and watch Alabama and Georgia duke it out this Saturday for the SEC Championship and the right to face the Irish in January for all the marbles. An Alabama-Notre Dame matchup would be a particularly intriguing, bruising affair. However, don't count out the underappreciated Bulldogs, who possess dynamite playmakers on both sides of the ball in Todd Gurley, Jarvis Jones and others.

With that in mind, let's look at this week's Championship slate.

UPGRADE

Stepfan Taylor, RB, Stanford - No Andrew Luck? No problem for Taylor. Despite seeing teams repeatedly stack the box against him, Taylor has had eight 100-yard rushing games this season for the Cardinal.

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