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November 20, 2011 AP Football Poll

Rank

 

Team (FPV)

 

Conf

 

W-L

 

PTS

 

CP

 

HP

 

BCS

 

Last Week

1

  <  1

 

LSU (60)

 

SEC

 

11-0

 

1500

 

*1

 

*1

 

1

 

W 52-3 at Mississippi

2

  <  3

 

Alabama

 

SEC

 

10-1

 

1440

 

2

 

2

 

2

 

W 45-21 vs Georgia Southern

3

  <  6

 

Arkansas

 

SEC

 

10-1

 

1376

 

3

 

3

 

3

 

W 44-17 vs Mississippi State

4

  <  8

 

Stanford

 

Pac-12

 

10-1

 

1224

 

5

 

4

 

6

 

W 31-28 vs California

5

  <  2

 

Oklahoma State

 

Big 12

 

10-1

 

1206

 

6

 

6

 

4

 

L 37-31 (2OT) at Iowa State

6

  <  9

 

Virginia Tech

 

ACC

 

10-1

 

1133

 

4

 

5

 

5

 

W 24-21 vs North Carolina

7

  <  10

 

Boise State

 

MWC

 

9-1

 

1025

 

8

 

8

 

7

 

W 52-35 at San Diego State

8

  <  11

 

Houston

 

C-USA

 

11-0

 

1018

 

7

 

7

 

8

 

W 37-7 vs SMU

9

  <  4

 

Oregon

 

Pac-12

 

9-2

 

1008

 

9

 

9

 

10

 

L 38-35 vs #18 USC

10

  <  18

 

USC

 

Pac-12

 

9-2

 

964

 

NR

 

NR

 

NR

 

W 38-35 at #4 Oregon

11

  <  12

 

Michigan State

 

Big Ten

 

9-2

 

876

 

10

 

11

 

14

 

W 55-3 vs Indiana

12

  <  5

 

Oklahoma

 

Big 12

 

8-2

 

819

 

11

 

10

 

9

 

L 45-38 at #25 Baylor

13

  <  13

 

Georgia

 

SEC

 

9-2

 

815

 

14

 

12

 

13

 

W 19-10 vs Kentucky

14

  <  14

 

South Carolina

 

SEC

 

9-2

 

762

 

13

 

13

 

12

 

W 41-20 vs Citadel

15

  <  15

 

Wisconsin

 

Big Ten

 

9-2

 

714

 

12

 

14

 

16

 

W 28-17 at Illinois

16

  <  16

 

Kansas State

 

Big 12

 

9-2

 

682

 

15

 

15

 

11

 

W 17-13 at Texas

17

  <  20

 

Michigan

 

Big Ten

 

9-2

 

527

 

16

 

16

 

15

 

W 45-17 vs #17 Nebraska

18

  <  7

 

Clemson

 

ACC

 

9-2

 

515

 

17

 

17

 

17

 

L 37-13 at NC State

19

  <  19

 

TCU

 

MWC

 

9-2

 

456

 

18

 

19

 

20

 

W 34-10 vs Colorado State

20

  <  21

 

Penn State

 

Big Ten

 

9-2

 

398

 

19

 

18

 

19

 

W 20-14 at Ohio State

21

  <  25

 

Baylor

 

Big 12

 

7-3

 

383

 

20

 

20

 

18

 

W 45-38 vs #5 Oklahoma

22

  <  17

 

Nebraska

 

Big Ten

 

8-3

 

155

 

22

 

21

 

21

 

L 45-17 at #20 Michigan

22

  <  24

 

Notre Dame

 

Ind

 

8-3

 

155

 

24

 

23

 

22

 

W 16-14 vs Boston College

24

  <  NR

 

Virginia

 

ACC

 

8-3

 

147

 

25

 

25

 

NR

 

W 14-13 at #23 Florida State

25

  <  NR

 

Georgia Tech

 

ACC

 

8-3

 

77

 

21

 

22

 

23

 

W 38-31 at Duke

RV

  <  NR

 

West Virginia

 

Big East

 

7-3

 

37

 

23

 

24

 

NR

 

DNP

RV

  <  NR

 

Tulsa

 

C-USA

 

8-3

 

34

 

RV

 

RV

 

NR

 

W 57-28 at UTEP

RV

  <  NR

 

Auburn

 

SEC

 

7-4

 

28

 

RV

 

RV

 

24

 

W 35-16 vs Samford

RV

  <  22

 

Southern Miss

 

C-USA

 

9-2

 

12

 

RV

 

RV

 

NR

 

L 34-31 at UAB

RV

  <  NR

 

Rutgers (NJ)

 

Big East

 

8-3

 

6

 

RV

 

RV

 

NR

 

W 20-3 vs Cincinnati

RV

  <  NR

 

Arkansas State

 

Sun Belt

 

9-2

 

4

 

RV

 

RV

 

NR

 

W 45-19 at Middle Tennessee

RV

  <  NR

 

Iowa State

 

Big 12

 

6-4

 

3

 

RV

 

RV

 

NR

 

W 37-31 (2OT) vs #2 Oklahoma State

RV

  <  NR

 

Cincinnati

 

Big East

 

7-3

 

1

 

NR

 

RV

 

NR

 

L 20-3 at Rutgers

NR

  <  NR

 

BYU

 

Ind

 

8-3

 

0

 

RV

 

RV

 

NR

 

W 42-7 vs New Mexico State

NR

  <  23

 

Florida State

 

ACC

 

7-4

 

0

 

RV

 

RV

 

NR

 

L 14-13 vs Virginia

NR

  <  NR

 

Iowa

 

Big Ten

 

7-4

 

0

 

NR

 

RV

 

NR

 

W 31-21 at Purdue

NR

  <  NR

 

Missouri

 

Big 12

 

6-5

 

0

 

RV

 

RV

 

NR

 

W 31-27 vs Texas Tech

NR

  <  NR

 

Northern Illinois

 

MAC

 

8-3

 

0

 

RV

 

RV

 

NR

 

W 41-38 vs Ball State

NR

  <  NR

 

Ohio

 

MAC

 

8-3

 

0

 

NR

 

RV

 

NR

 

W 29-28 at Bowling Green

NR

  <  NR

 

Texas

 

Big 12

 

6-4

 

0

 

RV

 

RV

 

25

 

L 17-13 vs #16 Kansas State

NR

  <  NR

 

Texas A&M

 

Big 12

 

6-5

 

0

 

RV

 

NR

 

NR

 

W 61-7 vs Kansas

NR

  <  NR

 

Utah

 

Pac-12

 

7-4

 

0

 

RV

 

NR

 

NR

 

W 30-27 (1OT) at Washington State

MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Arkansas makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 11/19/2006 poll (82 polls)
- Houston makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 9/10/1991 poll (346 polls)
- USC makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 10/25/2009 poll (37 polls)
- Virginia makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 12/2/2007 poll (64 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Clemson's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Michigan's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Oregon's Top 10 streak reaches 10
- Stanford's Top 10 streak reaches 20

NOTES
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- * = 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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