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September 16, 2012 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP Last Week
1 < 1 Alabama (58) SEC 3-0 1498 *1 W 52-0 A Arkansas
2 < 3 LSU (2) SEC 3-0 1433 *2 W 63-14 H Idaho
3 < 4 Oregon Pac-12 3-0 1356 3 W 63-14 H Tennessee Tech
4 < 5 Florida State ACC 3-0 1275 4 W 52-0 H Wake Forest
5 < 7 Georgia SEC 3-0 1203 6 W 56-20 H Florida Atlantic
6 < 5 Oklahoma Big 12 2-0 1181 5 DNP
7 < 8 South Carolina SEC 3-0 1081 8 W 49-6 H UAB
8 < 9 West Virginia Big 12 2-0 1051 7 W 42-12 H James Madison
9 < 21 Stanford Pac-12 3-0 1009 11 W 21-14 H #2 USC
10 < 11 Clemson ACC 3-0 899 9 W 41-7 H Furman
11 < 20 Notre Dame Ind 3-0 854 15 W 20-3 A #10 Michigan State
12 < 14 Texas Big 12 3-0 816 10 W 66-31 A Mississippi
13 < 2 USC Pac-12 2-1 776 12 L 21-14 A #21 Stanford
14 < 18 Florida SEC 3-0 743 14 W 37-20 A #23 Tennessee
15 < 15 Kansas State Big 12 3-0 683 13 W 35-21 H North Texas
16 < 12 Ohio State Big Ten 3-0 680 NR W 35-28 H California
17 < 16 TCU Big 12 2-0 535 16 W 20-6 A Kansas
18 < 17 Michigan Big Ten 2-1 448 17 W 63-13 H Massachusetts
19 < 22 UCLA Pac-12 3-0 429 19 W 37-6 H Houston
20 < 19 Louisville Big East 3-0 366 18 W 39-34 H North Carolina
21 < 10 Michigan State Big Ten 2-1 318 20 L 20-3 H #20 Notre Dame
22 < 24 Arizona Pac-12 3-0 296 21 W 56-0 H South Carolina State
23 < NR Mississippi State SEC 3-0 106 23 W 30-24 A Troy
24 < NR Boise State MWC 1-1 95 RV W 39-12 H Miami (OH)
25 < NR Nebraska Big Ten 2-1 80 22 W 42-13 H Arkansas State
RV < NR Oregon State Pac-12 1-0 68 RV DNP
RV < NR Baylor Big 12 2-0 55 RV W 48-23 H Sam Houston State
RV < NR Northwestern Big Ten 3-0 41 RV W 22-13 H Boston College
RV < NR Ohio MAC 3-0 20 RV W 27-24 A Marshall
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 2-1 19 25 W 65-24 H Louisiana-Lafayette
RV < NR Rutgers Big East 3-0 19 RV W 23-13 A South Florida
RV < NR Iowa State Big 12 3-0 15 RV W 37-3 H Western Illinois
RV < 13 Virginia Tech ACC 2-1 13 RV L 35-17 A Pittsburgh
RV < NR Cincinnati Big East 2-0 9 RV W 23-7 H Delaware State
RV < 23 Tennessee SEC 2-1 6 RV L 37-20 H #18 Florida
RV < NR Texas Tech Big 12 3-0 5 RV W 49-14 H New Mexico
RV < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 2-1 5 24 W 16-14 H Utah State
RV < NR Missouri SEC 2-1 4 RV W 24-20 H Arizona State
RV < NR Texas A&M SEC 1-1 4 RV W 48-3 A SMU
RV < NR Georgia Tech ACC 2-1 3 RV W 56-20 H Virginia
RV < NR Fresno State MWC 2-1 2 NR W 69-14 H Colorado
RV < NR Utah Pac-12 2-1 1 RV W 24-21 H #25 BYU
NR < 25 BYU Ind 2-1 0 RV L 24-21 A Utah
NR < NR Arizona State Pac-12 2-1 0 RV L 24-20 A Missouri
NR < NR Arkansas SEC 1-2 0 NR L 52-0 H #1 Alabama
NR < NR Louisiana Monroe Sun Belt 1-1 0 RV L 31-28 (1OT) A Auburn
NR < NR Louisiana Tech WAC 2-0 0 RV W 56-37 H Rice
NR < NR San Jose State WAC 2-1 0 RV W 40-20 H Colorado State
NR < NR Washington Pac-12 2-1 0 RV W 52-13 H Portland State
NR < NR Western Kentucky Sun Belt 2-1 0 NR W 32-31 (1OT) A Kentucky

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 6 8.7 6064
Big 12 5 11.6 4266
Pac-12 5 13.2 3866
Big Ten 4 20.0 1526
ACC 2 7.0 2174
Ind 1 11.0 854
Big East 1 20.0 366
MWC 1 24.0 95

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- Georgia makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 9/21/2008 poll (63 polls)
- Mississippi State makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/11/2011 poll (16 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Alabama's Top 5 streak reaches 20
- LSU's Top 5 streak reaches 20
- Virginia Tech's Top 25 streak ends at 28

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
  • Clicking on the team name will display the week-by-week ranking for that team.
  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.