Football

2012 Preseason AP Football Poll

Conference Breakdown

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- Florida makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 10/2/2011 poll (10 polls)
- Florida State makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 9/11/2011 poll (13 polls)
- Georgia makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 10/26/2008 poll (55 polls)
- Louisville makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/16/2007 poll (77 polls)
- Michigan makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 2007 preseason poll (80 polls)
- Ohio State makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/11/2011 poll (13 polls)
- USC makes first appearance at #1 since the 9/21/2008 poll (60 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Boise State's Top 10 streak ends at 46
- Georgia's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Houston's Top 25 streak ends at 10
- Oklahoma State's Top 10 streak ends at 16
- Stanford's Top 10 streak ends at 23

Preseason Streaks:
- Oregon's preseason streak reaches 5

Season Streaks:
- Ohio State's streak reaches 45 seasons (ties Alabama for #1)
- Oklahoma State's streak reaches 5 seasons
- Oregon's streak reaches 15 seasons
- Virginia Tech's streak reaches 20 seasons

Total Appearances:
- Boise State ties Kansas for #61
- Louisville ties Oregon State for #64
- South Carolina ties NC State for #53
- Texas ties Nebraska for #6

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.