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November 20, 2011 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP BCS Last Week
1 < 1 LSU (60) SEC 11-0 1500 *1 1 W 52-3 A Mississippi
2 < 3 Alabama SEC 10-1 1440 2 2 W 45-21 H Georgia Southern
3 < 6 Arkansas SEC 10-1 1376 3 3 W 44-17 H Mississippi State
4 < 8 Stanford Pac-12 10-1 1224 5 6 W 31-28 H California
5 < 2 Oklahoma State Big 12 10-1 1206 6 4 L 37-31 (2OT) A Iowa State
6 < 9 Virginia Tech ACC 10-1 1133 4 5 W 24-21 H North Carolina
7 < 10 Boise State MWC 9-1 1025 8 7 W 52-35 A San Diego State
8 < 11 Houston CUSA 11-0 1018 7 8 W 37-7 H SMU
9 < 4 Oregon Pac-12 9-2 1008 9 10 L 38-35 H #18 USC
10 < 18 USC Pac-12 9-2 964 NR NR W 38-35 A #4 Oregon
11 < 12 Michigan State Big Ten 9-2 876 10 14 W 55-3 H Indiana
12 < 5 Oklahoma Big 12 8-2 819 11 9 L 45-38 A #25 Baylor
13 < 13 Georgia SEC 9-2 815 14 13 W 19-10 H Kentucky
14 < 14 South Carolina SEC 9-2 762 13 12 W 41-20 H Citadel
15 < 15 Wisconsin Big Ten 9-2 714 12 16 W 28-17 A Illinois
16 < 16 Kansas State Big 12 9-2 682 15 11 W 17-13 A Texas
17 < 20 Michigan Big Ten 9-2 527 16 15 W 45-17 H #17 Nebraska
18 < 7 Clemson ACC 9-2 515 17 17 L 37-13 A NC State
19 < 19 TCU MWC 9-2 456 18 20 W 34-10 H Colorado State
20 < 21 Penn State Big Ten 9-2 398 19 19 W 20-14 A Ohio State
21 < 25 Baylor Big 12 7-3 383 20 18 W 45-38 H #5 Oklahoma
22 < 17 Nebraska Big Ten 8-3 155 22 21 L 45-17 A #20 Michigan
22 < 24 Notre Dame Ind 8-3 155 24 22 W 16-14 H Boston College
24 < NR Virginia ACC 8-3 147 25 NR W 14-13 A #23 Florida State
25 < NR Georgia Tech ACC 8-3 77 21 23 W 38-31 A Duke
RV < NR West Virginia Big East 7-3 37 23 NR DNP
RV < NR Tulsa CUSA 8-3 34 RV NR W 57-28 A UTEP
RV < NR Auburn SEC 7-4 28 RV 24 W 35-16 H Samford
RV < 22 Southern Miss CUSA 9-2 12 RV NR L 34-31 A UAB
RV < NR Rutgers Big East 8-3 6 RV NR W 20-3 H Cincinnati
RV < NR Arkansas State Sun Belt 9-2 4 RV NR W 45-19 A Middle Tennessee
RV < NR Iowa State Big 12 6-4 3 RV NR W 37-31 (2OT) H #2 Oklahoma State
RV < NR Cincinnati Big East 7-3 1 NR NR L 20-3 A Rutgers
NR < 23 Florida State ACC 7-4 0 RV NR L 14-13 H Virginia
NR < NR BYU Ind 8-3 0 RV NR W 42-7 H New Mexico State
NR < NR Iowa Big Ten 7-4 0 NR NR W 31-21 A Purdue
NR < NR Missouri Big 12 6-5 0 RV NR W 31-27 H Texas Tech
NR < NR Northern Illinois MAC 8-3 0 RV NR W 41-38 H Ball State
NR < NR Ohio MAC 8-3 0 NR NR W 29-28 A Bowling Green
NR < NR Texas Big 12 6-4 0 RV 25 L 17-13 H #16 Kansas State
NR < NR Texas A&M Big 12 6-5 0 RV NR W 61-7 H Kansas
NR < NR Utah Pac-12 7-4 0 RV NR W 30-27 (1OT) A Washington State

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 5 6.6 5893
Big Ten 5 17.0 2670
Big 12 4 13.5 3090
ACC 4 18.3 1872
Pac-12 3 7.7 3196
MWC 2 13.0 1481
CUSA 1 8.0 1018
Ind 1 22.0 155

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- Arkansas makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 11/19/2006 poll (82 polls)
- Houston makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 9/10/1991 poll (346 polls)
- USC makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 10/25/2009 poll (37 polls)
- Virginia makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 12/2/2007 poll (64 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Clemson's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Michigan's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Oregon's Top 10 streak reaches 10
- Stanford's Top 10 streak reaches 20

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.