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December 4, 2011 AP Football Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conf	W-L	PTS	CP	HP	BCS	Last Week

1	< 1	LSU (60)	SEC	13-0	1500	*1	*1	1	W 42-10 vs #12 Georgia (SEC)

2	< 2	Alabama	SEC	11-1	1418	2	2	2	DNP

3	< 3	Oklahoma State	Big 12	11-1	1400	3	3	3	W 44-10 vs #13 Oklahoma

4	< 4	Stanford	Pac-12	11-1	1283	4	4	4	DNP

5	< 9	USC	Pac-12	10-2	1179	NR	NR	NR	DNP

6	< 8	Oregon	Pac-12	11-2	1170	5	5	5	W 49-31 vs UCLA (Pac-12)

7	< 6	Arkansas	SEC	10-2	1148	7	7	6	DNP

8	< 9	Boise State	MWC	11-1	1107	6	6	7	W 45-0 vs New Mexico

9	< 15	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11-2	1038	8	8	10	W 42-39 vs #11 Michigan State (Big Ten)

10	< 14	South Carolina	SEC	10-2	946	9	9	9	DNP

11	< 16	Kansas State	Big 12	10-2	829	10	10	8	W 30-23 vs Iowa State

12	< 11	Michigan State	Big Ten	10-3	733	13	13	17	L 42-39 vs #15 Wisconsin (Big Ten)

13	< 17	Michigan	Big Ten	10-2	707	12	12	13	DNP

14	< 21	Clemson	ACC	10-3	663	14	14	15	W 38-10 vs #5 Virginia Tech (ACC)

15	< 19	Baylor	Big 12	9-3	656	16	16	12	W 48-24 vs Texas

16	< 18	TCU	MWC	10-2	632	15	15	18	W 56-9 vs UNLV

17	< 5	Virginia Tech	ACC	11-2	591	11	11	11	L 38-10 vs #21 Clemson (ACC)

18	< 12	Georgia	SEC	10-3	566	18	18	16	L 42-10 vs #1 LSU (SEC)

19	< 13	Oklahoma	Big 12	9-3	386	19	19	14	L 44-10 at #3 Oklahoma State

20	< 7	Houston	C-USA	12-1	370	17	17	19	L 49-28 vs #24 Southern Miss (C-USA)

21	< 20	Nebraska	Big Ten	9-3	363	20	20	20	DNP

22	< 24	Southern Miss	C-USA	11-2	336	21	21	21	W 49-28 at #7 Houston (C-USA)

23	< 22	West Virginia	Big East	9-3	199	22	22	23	W 30-27 at South Florida

24	< 23	Penn State	Big Ten	9-3	129	23	23	22	DNP

25	< 25	Florida State	ACC	8-4	49	25	25	NR	DNP

RV	< NR	Notre Dame	Ind	8-4	23	RV	RV	NR	DNP

RV	< NR	Cincinnati	Big East	9-3	22	24	24	NR	W 35-27 vs Connecticut

RV	< NR	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	10-2	18	RV	RV	NR	W 45-14 vs Troy

RV	< NR	BYU	Ind	9-3	12	RV	RV	NR	W 41-20 at Hawaii

RV	< NR	Georgia Tech	ACC	8-4	7	RV	RV	NR	DNP

RV	< NR	Northern Illinois	MAC	10-3	7	RV	RV	NR	W 23-20 vs Ohio (MAC)

RV	< NR	Missouri	Big 12	7-5	5	RV	RV	NR	DNP

RV	< NR	Virginia	ACC	8-4	5	RV	RV	NR	DNP

RV	< NR	Tulsa	C-USA	8-4	2	NR	RV	NR	DNP

RV	< NR	Louisville	Big East	7-5	1	NR	RV	NR	DNP

NR	< NR	Auburn	SEC	7-5	0	NR	RV	25	DNP

NR	< NR	Louisiana Tech	WAC	8-4	0	RV	RV	NR	DNP

NR	< NR	Rutgers (NJ)	Big East	8-4	0	RV	RV	NR	DNP

NR	< NR	Texas	Big 12	7-5	0	RV	RV	24	L 48-24 at #19 Baylor

MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- USC makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 10/25/2009 poll (37 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Arkansas' Top 10 streak reaches 10
- Boise State's Top 25 streak reaches 60
- Kansas State's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- South Carolina's Top 25 streak reaches 30
- Stanford's Top 25 streak reaches 30

Total Appearances:
- Southern Miss ties Indiana for #55
- Wisconsin ties Georgia Tech for #24

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)
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- 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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