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2012 Final AP Football Poll

Rank

 

Team (FPV)

 

Conf

 

W-L

 

PTS

 

CP

 

Last Week

1

  <  2

 

Alabama (59)

 

SEC

 

13-1

 

1475

 

*1

 

W 42-14 vs #1 Notre Dame (BCS)

2

  <  5

 

Oregon

 

Pac-12

 

12-1

 

1358

 

2

 

W 35-17 vs #7 Kansas State (Fiesta)

3

  <  3

 

Ohio State

 

Big Ten

 

12-0

 

1302

 

NR

 

DNP

4

  <  1

 

Notre Dame

 

Ind

 

12-1

 

1288

 

3

 

L 42-14 vs #2 Alabama (BCS)

5

  <  6

 

Georgia

 

SEC

 

12-2

 

1230

 

4

 

W 45-31 vs #23 Nebraska (Capital One)

5

  <  10

 

Texas A&M

 

SEC

 

11-2

 

1230

 

5

 

W 41-13 vs #12 Oklahoma (Cotton)

7

  <  8

 

Stanford

 

Pac-12

 

12-2

 

1169

 

6

 

W 20-14 vs Wisconsin (Rose)

8

  <  11

 

South Carolina

 

SEC

 

11-2

 

1038

 

7

 

W 33-28 vs #19 Michigan (Outback)

9

  <  4

 

Florida

 

SEC

 

11-2

 

933

 

10

 

L 33-23 vs #22 Louisville (Sugar)

10

  <  13

 

Florida State

 

ACC

 

12-2

 

922

 

8

 

W 31-10 vs #16 Northern Illinois (Orange)

11

  <  14

 

Clemson

 

ACC

 

11-2

 

889

 

9

 

W 25-24 vs #9 LSU (Chick-fil-A)

12

  <  7

 

Kansas State

 

Big 12

 

11-2

 

871

 

11

 

L 35-17 vs #5 Oregon (Fiesta)

13

  <  22

 

Louisville

 

Big East

 

11-2

 

781

 

13

 

W 33-23 vs #4 Florida (Sugar)

14

  <  9

 

LSU

 

SEC

 

10-3

 

756

 

12

 

L 25-24 vs #14 Clemson (Chick-fil-A)

15

  <  12

 

Oklahoma

 

Big 12

 

10-3

 

615

 

15

 

L 41-13 vs #10 Texas A&M (Cotton)

16

  <  18

 

Utah State

 

WAC

 

11-2

 

456

 

17

 

W 41-15 vs Toledo (Idaho Potato)

17

  <  21

 

Northwestern

 

Big Ten

 

10-3

 

443

 

16

 

W 34-20 vs Mississippi State (Gator)

18

  <  20

 

Boise State

 

MWC

 

11-2

 

419

 

14

 

W 28-26 vs Washington (MAACO)

19

  <  NR

 

Texas

 

Big 12

 

9-4

 

358

 

18

 

W 31-27 vs #15 Oregon State (Alamo)

20

  <  15

 

Oregon State

 

Pac-12

 

9-4

 

303

 

19

 

L 31-27 vs Texas (Alamo)

21

  <  24

 

San Jose State (CA)

 

WAC

 

11-2

 

243

 

21

 

W 29-20 vs Bowling Green (Military)

22

  <  16

 

Northern Illinois

 

MAC

 

12-2

 

227

 

24

 

L 31-10 vs #13 Florida State (Orange)

23

  <  NR

 

Vanderbilt

 

SEC

 

9-4

 

180

 

20

 

W 38-24 vs North Carolina State (Music City)

24

  <  19

 

Michigan

 

Big Ten

 

8-5

 

147

 

RV

 

L 33-28 vs #11 South Carolina (Outback)

25

  <  23

 

Nebraska

 

Big Ten

 

10-4

 

119

 

23

 

L 45-31 vs #6 Georgia (Capital One)

RV

  <  NR

 

Baylor

 

Big 12

 

8-5

 

95

 

RV

 

W 49-26 vs #17 UCLA (Holiday)

RV

  <  NR

 

Penn State

 

Big Ten

 

8-4

 

90

 

NR

 

DNP

RV

  <  NR

 

Cincinnati

 

Big East

 

10-3

 

78

 

22

 

W 48-34 vs Duke (Belk)

RV

  <  NR

 

Oklahoma State

 

Big 12

 

8-5

 

42

 

RV

 

W 58-14 vs Purdue (Heart of Dallas)

RV

  <  NR

 

Tulsa

 

C-USA

 

11-3

 

34

 

25

 

W 31-17 vs Iowa State (Liberty)

RV

  <  17

 

UCLA

 

Pac-12

 

9-5

 

31

 

RV

 

L 49-26 vs Baylor (Holiday)

RV

  <  NR

 

Arkansas State

 

Sun Belt

 

10-3

 

28

 

RV

 

W 17-13 vs #25 Kent State (GoDaddy.com)

RV

  <  NR

 

TCU

 

Big 12

 

7-6

 

9

 

NR

 

L 17-16 vs Michigan State (Buffalo Wild Wings)

RV

  <  NR

 

UCF

 

C-USA

 

10-4

 

9

 

RV

 

W 38-17 vs Ball State (Beef 'O' Brady's)

RV

  <  NR

 

Wisconsin

 

Big Ten

 

8-6

 

6

 

RV

 

L 20-14 vs #8 Stanford (Rose)

RV

  <  NR

 

North Dakota State

 

Other

 

14-1

 

1

 

NR

 

W 39-13 vs Sam Houston State (FCS)

NR

  <  NR

 

Arizona

 

Pac-12

 

8-5

 

0

 

RV

 

W 49-48 vs Nevada (New Mexico)

NR

  <  NR

 

Arizona State

 

Pac-12

 

8-5

 

0

 

RV

 

W 62-28 vs Navy (Kraft Fight Hunger)

NR

  <  25

 

Kent State (OH)

 

MAC

 

11-3

 

0

 

RV

 

L 17-13 vs Arkansas State (GoDaddy.com)

NR

  <  NR

 

Louisiana Tech

 

WAC

 

9-3

 

0

 

RV

 

DNP

NR

  <  NR

 

Ohio

 

MAC

 

9-4

 

0

 

RV

 

W 45-14 vs Louisiana-Monroe (Independence)

NR

  <  NR

 

Rutgers (NJ)

 

Big East

 

9-4

 

0

 

RV

 

L 13-10 (1OT) vs Virginia Tech (Russell Athletic)

MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Texas A&M makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 9/26/1999 poll (224 polls)
- Vanderbilt makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 10/12/2008 poll (72 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Kansas State's Top 10 streak ends at 11
- LSU's Top 10 streak ends at 32
- Ohio State's Top 10 streak reaches 10
- Oregon's Top 25 streak reaches 60
- Texas A&M's Top 25 streak reaches 10

Season Streaks:
- Alabama's final poll streak reaches 5
- Auburn's streak ends at 12
- Boise State's final poll streak reaches 5
- Georgia Tech's streak ends at 7
- Missouri's streak ends at 6
- Penn State's streak ends at 7
- Virginia Tech's final poll streak ends at 8

Total Appearances:
- Kansas State ties Maryland for #40
- Northern Illinois ties two others for #105
- San Jose State ties several others for #125
- Texas A&M ties Washington for #19
- Utah State ties three others for #117
- Vanderbilt ties Yale for #88

NOTES
- Hold the mouse cursor over the non-AP rankings to see the first place votes, total points, and previous rank in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips), where available
- * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings)
- CP = Coaches Poll (1950 to present)
- HP = Harris Poll (2005 to present; starts in late September)
- BCS = BCS Rankings (1998 to present; starts in mid-October)
- Clicking on the team name will display the week-by-week ranking for that team.
- Regular-season polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-67 had 10 teams (except for the 1961 final poll which had 20), and 1989-present had 25 teams.
- This weekly poll data was contributed to the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia



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