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October 14, 2012 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP BCS Last Week
1 < 1 Alabama (60) SEC 6-0 1500 *1 1 W 42-10 A Missouri
2 < 2 Oregon Pac-12 6-0 1436 2 3 DNP
3 < 4 Florida SEC 6-0 1361 4 2 W 31-17 A Vanderbilt
4 < 6 Kansas State Big 12 6-0 1296 3 4 W 27-21 A Iowa State
5 < 7 Notre Dame Ind 6-0 1283 5 5 W 20-13 (1OT) H #17 Stanford
6 < 9 LSU SEC 6-1 1153 6 6 W 23-21 H #3 South Carolina
7 < 8 Ohio State Big Ten 7-0 1071 NR NR W 52-49 A Indiana
8 < 10 Oregon State Pac-12 5-0 1050 11 8 W 42-24 A BYU
9 < 3 South Carolina SEC 6-1 1042 8 7 L 23-21 A #9 LSU
10 < 13 Oklahoma Big 12 4-1 994 7 9 W 63-21 N #15 Texas
11 < 11 USC Pac-12 5-1 874 9 10 W 24-14 A Washington
12 < 12 Florida State ACC 6-1 836 10 14 W 51-7 H Boston College
13 < 14 Georgia SEC 5-1 753 12 11 DNP
14 < 16 Clemson ACC 5-1 673 13 19 DNP
15 < 19 Mississippi State SEC 6-0 591 16 12 W 41-31 H Tennessee
16 < 18 Louisville Big East 6-0 574 14 16 W 45-35 A Pittsburgh
17 < 5 West Virginia Big 12 5-1 552 15 13 L 49-14 A Texas Tech
18 < NR Texas Tech Big 12 5-1 444 20 17 W 49-14 H #5 West Virginia
19 < 20 Rutgers Big East 6-0 405 17 15 W 23-15 H Syracuse
20 < 22 Texas A&M SEC 5-1 379 19 18 W 59-57 A #23 Louisiana Tech
21 < 21 Cincinnati Big East 5-0 294 18 21 W 49-17 H Fordham
22 < 17 Stanford Pac-12 4-2 242 23 20 L 20-13 (1OT) A #7 Notre Dame
23 < 25 Michigan Big Ten 4-2 177 25 NR W 45-0 H Illinois
24 < 24 Boise State MWC 5-1 133 22 22 W 20-10 H Fresno State
25 < NR Ohio MAC 7-0 104 RV NR W 34-28 H Akron
RV < NR Arizona State Pac-12 5-1 92 24 NR W 51-17 A Colorado
RV < NR TCU Big 12 5-1 88 21 23 W 49-21 A Baylor
RV < 23 Louisiana Tech WAC 5-1 38 RV NR L 59-57 H #22 Texas A&M
RV < 15 Texas Big 12 4-2 25 NR 25 L 63-21 N #13 Oklahoma
RV < NR NC State ACC 4-2 11 NR NR DNP
RV < NR Northwestern Big Ten 6-1 6 RV NR W 21-13 A Minnesota
RV < NR Washington Pac-12 3-3 6 NR NR L 24-14 H #11 USC
RV < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 5-2 6 RV NR W 38-14 A Purdue
RV < NR Nebraska Big Ten 4-2 4 RV NR DNP
RV < NR North Carolina ACC 5-2 2 NR NR W 18-14 A Miami (FL)
RV < NR Tulsa CUSA 6-1 2 RV NR W 33-11 H UTEP
RV < NR Arizona Pac-12 3-3 1 NR NR DNP
RV < NR Penn State Big Ten 4-2 1 NR NR DNP
NR < NR Iowa State Big 12 4-2 1 RV 24 L 27-21 H #6 Kansas State
NR < NR Baylor Big 12 3-2 0 NR NR L 49-21 H TCU
NR < NR Louisiana Monroe Sun Belt 4-2 0 RV NR W 35-14 H Florida Atlantic
NR < NR Michigan State Big Ten 4-3 0 NR NR L 19-16 (1OT) H Iowa
NR < NR Nevada MWC 6-1 0 RV NR W 42-37 A UNLV
NR < NR Northern Illinois MAC 6-1 0 RV NR W 45-3 H Buffalo
NR < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 3-2 0 RV NR W 20-14 A Kansas
NR < NR Toledo MAC 6-1 0 RV NR W 52-47 A Eastern Michigan
NR < NR UCLA Pac-12 5-2 0 RV NR W 21-14 H Utah
NR < NR Virginia Tech ACC 4-3 0 NR NR W 41-20 H Duke
NR < NR Western Kentucky Sun Belt 5-1 0 RV NR W 31-26 A Troy

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 7 9.6 6779
Pac-12 4 10.8 3602
Big 12 4 12.3 3286
Big East 3 18.7 1273
ACC 2 13.0 1509
Big Ten 2 15.0 1248
Ind 1 5.0 1283
MWC 1 24.0 133
MAC 1 25.0 104

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- Kansas State makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 10/8/2000 poll (197 polls)
- Notre Dame makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 9/10/2006 poll (101 polls)
- Ohio makes first appearance in the Top 25 -- and just the 2nd ever -- since the final 1968 poll (697 polls)
- Texas Tech makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 10/23/2011 poll (14 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Oklahoma's Top 25 streak reaches 40
- South Carolina's Top 10 streak reaches 10

Total Appearances:
- Cincinnati ties Fresno State for #79
- Florida State ties UCLA for #15
- Georgia reaches 500 total appearances
- Louisville ties Penn for #63
- Ohio ties San Fransisco and Temple for #114
- Texas Tech ties Washington State for #58

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)
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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.