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October 21, 2012 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP BCS Last Week
1 < 1 Alabama (59) SEC 7-0 1499 *1 1 W 44-13 A Tennessee
2 < 2 Oregon Pac-12 7-0 1424 2 4 W 43-21 A Arizona State
3 < 3 Florida (1) SEC 7-0 1380 3 2 W 44-11 H #9 South Carolina
4 < 4 Kansas State Big 12 7-0 1333 4 3 W 55-14 A #17 West Virginia
5 < 5 Notre Dame Ind 7-0 1241 5 5 W 17-14 H BYU
6 < 6 LSU SEC 7-1 1172 6 6 W 24-19 A #20 Texas A&M
7 < 8 Oregon State Pac-12 6-0 1106 9 7 W 21-7 H Utah
8 < 10 Oklahoma Big 12 5-1 1065 7 8 W 52-7 H Kansas
9 < 7 Ohio State Big Ten 8-0 1028 NR NR W 29-22 (1OT) H Purdue
10 < 11 USC Pac-12 6-1 944 8 9 W 50-6 H Colorado
11 < 12 Florida State ACC 7-1 872 10 12 W 33-20 A Miami (FL)
12 < 13 Georgia SEC 6-1 745 11 10 W 29-24 A Kentucky
13 < 15 Mississippi State SEC 7-0 739 12 11 W 45-3 H Middle Tennessee
14 < 14 Clemson ACC 6-1 713 13 18 W 38-17 H Virginia Tech
15 < 18 Texas Tech Big 12 6-1 653 17 14 W 56-53 (3OT) A TCU
16 < 16 Louisville Big East 7-0 620 14 16 W 27-25 H South Florida
17 < 9 South Carolina SEC 6-2 591 16 13 L 44-11 A #3 Florida
18 < 19 Rutgers Big East 7-0 539 15 15 W 35-10 A Temple
19 < 22 Stanford Pac-12 5-2 421 19 17 W 21-3 A California
20 < 23 Michigan Big Ten 5-2 300 20 22 W 12-10 H Michigan State
21 < 24 Boise State MWC 6-1 258 18 21 W 32-7 H UNLV
22 < 20 Texas A&M SEC 5-2 252 21 20 L 24-19 H #6 LSU
23 < 25 Ohio MAC 7-0 181 23 24 DNP
24 < NR Louisiana Tech WAC 6-1 106 RV NR W 70-28 H Idaho
25 < 17 West Virginia Big 12 5-2 76 22 19 L 55-14 H #4 Kansas State
RV < NR Toledo MAC 7-1 49 RV NR W 29-23 H #21 Cincinnati
RV < NR Texas Big 12 5-2 33 24 23 W 56-50 H Baylor
RV < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 6-2 31 25 25 W 38-13 H Minnesota
RV < NR TCU Big 12 5-2 29 RV NR L 56-53 (3OT) H #18 Texas Tech
RV < NR Nebraska Big Ten 5-2 24 RV NR W 29-28 A Northwestern
RV < NR Penn State Big Ten 5-2 18 NR NR W 38-14 A Iowa
RV < NR NC State ACC 5-2 13 NR NR W 20-18 A Maryland
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 4-2 12 RV NR W 31-10 H Iowa State
RV < NR Arizona Pac-12 4-3 7 NR NR W 52-17 H Washington
RV < NR UCLA Pac-12 5-2 7 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Tulsa CUSA 7-1 6 RV NR W 28-24 H Rice
RV < NR Arizona State Pac-12 5-2 5 RV NR L 43-21 H #2 Oregon
RV < NR Northern Illinois MAC 7-1 5 RV NR W 37-7 A Akron
RV < 21 Cincinnati Big East 5-1 3 RV NR L 29-23 A Toledo
NR < NR Duke ACC 6-2 0 RV NR W 33-30 H North Carolina
NR < NR Iowa State Big 12 4-3 0 NR NR L 31-10 A Oklahoma State
NR < NR Louisiana Monroe Sun Belt 5-2 0 RV NR W 43-42 (1OT) A Western Kentucky
NR < NR Nevada MWC 6-2 0 NR NR L 39-38 (1OT) H San Diego State
NR < NR Northwestern Big Ten 6-2 0 RV NR L 29-28 H Nebraska
NR < NR Western Kentucky Sun Belt 5-2 0 RV NR L 43-42 (1OT) H Louisiana-Monroe

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 7 10.6 6378
Pac-12 4 9.5 3895
Big 12 4 13.0 3127
ACC 2 12.5 1585
Big Ten 2 14.5 1328
Big East 2 17.0 1159
Ind 1 5.0 1241
MWC 1 21.0 258
MAC 1 23.0 181
WAC 1 24.0 106

Milestones

Weekly Streaks:
- Kansas State's Top 25 streak reaches 20
- Oregon's Top 5 streak reaches 10
- South Carolina's Top 10 streak ends at 10, Top 25 streak reaches 40
- Stanford's Top 25 streak reaches 40

Total Appearances:
- Clemson ties Michigan State for #21
- Louisiana Tech ties several others for #130
- Ohio ties several others for #111
- Oregon and Stanford tie Missouri for #35

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.