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September 4, 2012 AP Football Poll

Rank

 

Team (FPV)

 

Conf

 

W-L

 

PTS

 

CP

 

Last Week

1

  <  2

 

Alabama (45)

 

SEC

 

1-0

 

1481

 

*1

 

W 41-14 vs #8 Michigan (Cowboys Classic)

2

  <  1

 

USC (11)

 

Pac-12

 

1-0

 

1435

 

*2

 

W 49-10 vs Hawaii

3

  <  3

 

LSU (4)

 

SEC

 

1-0

 

1382

 

*3

 

W 41-14 vs North Texas

4

  <  5

 

Oregon

 

Pac-12

 

1-0

 

1295

 

*4

 

W 57-34 vs Arkansas State

5

  <  4

 

Oklahoma

 

Big 12

 

1-0

 

1170

 

5

 

W 24-7 at UTEP

6

  <  7

 

Florida State

 

ACC

 

1-0

 

1135

 

6

 

W 69-3 vs Murray State

7

  <  6

 

Georgia

 

SEC

 

1-0

 

1083

 

7

 

W 45-23 vs Buffalo

8

  <  10

 

Arkansas

 

SEC

 

1-0

 

992

 

10

 

W 49-24 vs Jacksonville State

9

  <  9

 

South Carolina

 

SEC

 

1-0

 

980

 

9

 

W 17-13 at Vanderbilt

9

  <  11

 

West Virginia

 

Big 12

 

1-0

 

980

 

8

 

W 69-34 vs Marshall

11

  <  13

 

Michigan State

 

Big Ten

 

1-0

 

915

 

11

 

W 17-13 vs #24 Boise State

12

  <  14

 

Clemson

 

ACC

 

1-0

 

788

 

12

 

W 26-19 vs Auburn (Chick-fil-A Kickoff)

13

  <  12

 

Wisconsin

 

Big Ten

 

1-0

 

664

 

13

 

W 26-21 vs Northern Iowa

14

  <  18

 

Ohio State

 

Big Ten

 

1-0

 

634

 

NR

 

W 56-10 vs Miami (OH)

15

  <  16

 

Virginia Tech

 

ACC

 

1-0

 

604

 

18

 

W 20-17 (1OT) vs Georgia Tech

16

  <  17

 

Nebraska

 

Big Ten

 

1-0

 

603

 

14

 

W 49-20 vs Southern Miss

17

  <  15

 

Texas

 

Big 12

 

1-0

 

584

 

15

 

W 37-17 vs Wyoming

18

  <  19

 

Oklahoma State

 

Big 12

 

1-0

 

558

 

16

 

W 84-0 vs Savannah State

19

  <  8

 

Michigan

 

Big Ten

 

0-1

 

446

 

19

 

L 41-14 vs #2 Alabama (Cowboys Classic)

20

  <  20

 

TCU

 

Big 12

 

0-0

 

355

 

17

 

DNP

21

  <  22

 

Kansas State

 

Big 12

 

1-0

 

339

 

20

 

W 51-9 vs Missouri State

22

  <  NR

 

Notre Dame

 

Ind

 

1-0

 

198

 

22

 

W 50-10 vs Navy

23

  <  25

 

Louisville

 

Big East

 

1-0

 

190

 

24

 

W 32-14 vs Kentucky

24

  <  23

 

Florida

 

SEC

 

1-0

 

145

 

23

 

W 27-14 vs Bowling Green

25

  <  21

 

Stanford

 

Pac-12

 

1-0

 

131

 

21

 

W 20-17 vs San Jose State

RV

  <  24

 

Boise State

 

MWC

 

0-1

 

79

 

25

 

L 17-13 at #13 Michigan State

RV

  <  NR

 

Tennessee

 

SEC

 

1-0

 

73

 

RV

 

W 35-21 vs NC State

RV

  <  NR

 

BYU

 

Ind

 

1-0

 

63

 

RV

 

W 30-6 vs Washington State

RV

  <  NR

 

North Carolina

 

ACC

 

1-0

 

48

 

NR

 

W 62-0 vs Elon

RV

  <  NR

 

Baylor

 

Big 12

 

1-0

 

38

 

RV

 

W 59-24 vs SMU

RV

  <  NR

 

Utah

 

Pac-12

 

1-0

 

34

 

RV

 

W 41-0 vs Northern Colorado

RV

  <  NR

 

Washington

 

Pac-12

 

1-0

 

15

 

RV

 

W 21-12 vs San Diego State

RV

  <  NR

 

Georgia Tech

 

ACC

 

0-1

 

14

 

RV

 

L 20-17 (1OT) at #16 Virginia Tech

RV

  <  NR

 

Ohio

 

MAC

 

1-0

 

10

 

RV

 

W 24-14 at Penn State

RV

  <  NR

 

Texas State

 

WAC

 

1-0

 

10

 

NR

 

W 30-13 at Houston

RV

  <  NR

 

Missouri

 

SEC

 

1-0

 

7

 

RV

 

W 62-10 vs Southeastern Louisiana

RV

  <  NR

 

South Florida

 

Big East

 

1-0

 

5

 

RV

 

W 34-13 vs Chattanooga

RV

  <  NR

 

Texas A&M

 

SEC

 

0-0

 

5

 

RV

 

DNP

RV

  <  NR

 

UCF

 

C-USA

 

1-0

 

4

 

RV

 

W 56-14 at Akron

RV

  <  NR

 

Auburn

 

SEC

 

0-1

 

3

 

RV

 

L 26-19 vs #14 Clemson (Chick-fil-A Kickoff)

RV

  <  NR

 

Mississippi State

 

SEC

 

1-0

 

3

 

RV

 

W 56-9 vs Jackson State

RV

  <  NR

 

Cincinnati

 

Big East

 

0-0

 

2

 

RV

 

DNP

NR

  <  NR

 

Arizona

 

Pac-12

 

1-0

 

0

 

RV

 

W 24-17 (1OT) vs Toledo

NR

  <  NR

 

Louisiana Tech

 

WAC

 

0-0

 

0

 

RV

 

DNP

NR

  <  NR

 

Nevada

 

MWC

 

1-0

 

0

 

RV

 

W 31-24 at California

NR

  <  NR

 

Northwestern

 

Big Ten

 

1-0

 

0

 

RV

 

W 42-41 at Syracuse

NR

  <  NR

 

Rutgers (NJ)

 

Big East

 

1-0

 

0

 

RV

 

W 24-12 at Tulane

NR

  <  NR

 

Texas Tech

 

Big 12

 

1-0

 

0

 

RV

 

W 44-6 vs Northwestern State

NR

  <  NR

 

Vanderbilt

 

SEC

 

0-1

 

0

 

RV

 

L 17-13 vs #9 South Carolina

NR

  <  NR

 

Virginia

 

ACC

 

1-0

 

0

 

RV

 

W 43-19 vs Richmond

MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- West Virginia makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 9/2/2008 poll (64 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Boise State's Top 25 streak ends at 62
- LSU's Top 25 streak reaches 50
- USC's Top 25 streak reaches 10

Total Appearances:
- Oklahoma State ties Houston for #44
- South Carolina ties Northwestern and Arizona for #51

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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