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September 9, 2012 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP Last Week
1 < 1 Alabama (48) SEC 2-0 1486 *1 W 35-0 H Western Kentucky
2 < 2 USC (8) Pac-12 2-0 1414 *3 W 42-29 N Syracuse
3 < 3 LSU (4) SEC 2-0 1404 *2 W 41-3 H Washington
4 < 4 Oregon Pac-12 2-0 1299 *4 W 42-25 H Fresno State
5 < 5 Oklahoma Big 12 2-0 1160 5 W 69-13 H Florida A&M
5 < 6 Florida State ACC 2-0 1160 6 W 55-0 H Savannah State
7 < 7 Georgia SEC 2-0 1155 7 W 41-20 A Missouri
8 < 9 South Carolina SEC 2-0 1025 9 W 48-10 H East Carolina
9 < 9 West Virginia Big 12 1-0 1017 8 DNP
10 < 11 Michigan State Big Ten 2-0 995 10 W 41-7 A Central Michigan
11 < 12 Clemson ACC 2-0 868 11 W 52-27 H Ball State
12 < 14 Ohio State Big Ten 2-0 772 NR W 31-16 H UCF
13 < 15 Virginia Tech ACC 2-0 734 13 W 42-7 H Austin Peay
14 < 17 Texas Big 12 2-0 716 12 W 45-0 H New Mexico
15 < 21 Kansas State Big 12 2-0 714 14 W 52-13 H Miami (FL)
16 < 20 TCU Big 12 1-0 542 15 W 56-0 H Grambling State
17 < 19 Michigan Big Ten 1-1 429 18 W 31-25 H Air Force
18 < 24 Florida SEC 2-0 427 17 W 20-17 A Texas A&M
19 < 23 Louisville Big East 2-0 316 20 W 35-7 H Missouri State
20 < 22 Notre Dame Ind 2-0 310 19 W 20-17 H Purdue
21 < 25 Stanford Pac-12 2-0 260 16 W 50-13 H Duke
22 < NR UCLA Pac-12 2-0 250 23 W 36-30 H #16 Nebraska
23 < NR Tennessee SEC 2-0 177 RV W 51-13 H Georgia State
24 < NR Arizona Pac-12 2-0 149 25 W 59-38 H #18 Oklahoma State
25 < NR BYU Ind 2-0 110 RV W 45-13 H Weber State
RV < NR Boise State MWC 0-1 106 RV DNP
RV < 8 Arkansas SEC 1-1 79 21 L 34-31 (1OT) H Louisiana-Monroe
RV < 16 Nebraska Big Ten 1-1 79 24 L 36-30 A UCLA
RV < NR Oregon State Pac-12 1-0 77 RV W 10-7 H #13 Wisconsin
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 2-0 70 RV W 28-10 H Auburn
RV < NR Baylor Big 12 1-0 54 RV DNP
RV < 13 Wisconsin Big Ten 1-1 44 22 L 10-7 A Oregon State
RV < NR Louisiana Monroe Sun Belt 1-0 23 RV W 34-31 (1OT) A #8 Arkansas
RV < NR Ohio MAC 2-0 17 RV W 51-24 H New Mexico State
RV < NR Georgia Tech ACC 1-1 15 RV W 59-3 H Presbyterian
RV < 18 Oklahoma State Big 12 1-1 13 RV L 59-38 A Arizona State
RV < NR South Florida Big East 2-0 12 RV W 32-31 A Nevada
RV < NR Arizona State Pac-12 2-0 10 RV W 45-14 H Illinois
RV < NR Iowa State Big 12 2-0 5 RV W 9-6 A Iowa
RV < NR Northwestern Big Ten 2-0 5 RV W 23-13 H Vanderbilt
RV < NR North Carolina ACC 1-1 1 NR L 28-27 A Wake Forest
RV < NR Utah State WAC 2-0 1 NR W 27-20 (1OT) H Utah
NR < NR Cincinnati Big East 1-0 0 RV W 34-10 H Pittsburgh
NR < NR Louisiana Tech WAC 1-0 0 RV W 56-49 A Houston
NR < NR Mississippi SEC 2-0 0 RV W 28-10 H UTEP
NR < NR Nevada MWC 1-1 0 RV L 32-31 H South Florida
NR < NR Rutgers Big East 2-0 0 RV W 26-0 H Howard
NR < NR Texas A&M SEC 0-1 0 RV L 20-17 H #24 Florida
NR < NR Texas Tech Big 12 2-0 0 RV W 58-10 A Texas State
NR < NR Virginia ACC 2-0 0 RV W 17-16 H Penn State
NR < NR Wake Forest ACC 2-0 0 RV W 28-27 H North Carolina
NR < NR Washington Pac-12 1-1 0 RV L 41-3 A #3 LSU

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 6 10.0 5674
Big 12 5 11.8 4149
Pac-12 5 14.6 3372
ACC 3 9.7 2762
Big Ten 3 13.0 2196
Ind 2 22.5 420
Big East 1 19.0 316

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.