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December 2, 2012 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP BCS Last Week
1 < 1 Notre Dame (60) Ind 12-0 1500 *1 1 DNP
2 < 2 Alabama SEC 12-1 1424 *2 2 W 32-28 N #3 Georgia (SEC CG)
3 < 4 Ohio State Big Ten 12-0 1302 NR NR DNP
4 < 5 Florida SEC 11-1 1279 4 3 DNP
5 < 6 Oregon Pac-12 11-1 1250 3 4 DNP
6 < 3 Georgia SEC 11-2 1213 5 7 L 32-28 N #2 Alabama (SEC CG)
7 < 7 Kansas State Big 12 11-1 1129 6 5 W 42-24 H #23 Texas
8 < 8 Stanford Pac-12 11-2 1094 8 6 W 27-24 H #17 UCLA (Pac-12 CG)
9 < 9 LSU SEC 10-2 1051 7 8 DNP
10 < 10 Texas A&M SEC 10-2 1025 9 9 DNP
11 < 11 South Carolina SEC 10-2 907 10 10 DNP
12 < 12 Oklahoma Big 12 10-2 851 11 11 W 24-17 A TCU
13 < 13 Florida State ACC 11-2 789 12 12 W 21-15 N Georgia Tech (ACC CG)
14 < 15 Clemson ACC 10-2 691 13 14 DNP
15 < 16 Oregon State Pac-12 9-3 638 14 13 W 77-3 H Nicholls State
16 < 19 Northern Illinois MAC 12-1 534 16 15 W 44-37 (2OT) N #18 Kent State (MAC CG)
17 < 17 UCLA Pac-12 9-4 440 19 17 L 27-24 A #8 Stanford (Pac-12 CG)
18 < 20 Utah State WAC 10-2 379 20 22 DNP
19 < 21 Michigan Big Ten 8-4 306 22 18 DNP
20 < 25 Boise State MWC 10-2 276 15 19 W 27-21 A Nevada
21 < 22 Northwestern Big Ten 9-3 266 17 20 DNP
22 < NR Louisville Big East 10-2 248 18 21 W 20-17 A Rutgers
23 < 14 Nebraska Big Ten 10-3 227 21 16 L 70-31 N Wisconsin (Big Ten CG)
24 < NR San Jose State WAC 10-2 157 24 24 DNP
25 < 18 Kent State MAC 11-2 117 RV 25 L 44-37 (2OT) N #19 Northern Illinois (MAC CG)
RV < NR Penn State Big Ten 8-4 83 NR NR DNP
RV < NR Vanderbilt SEC 8-4 67 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 8-5 62 23 NR W 70-31 N #14 Nebraska (Big Ten)
RV < 23 Texas Big 12 8-4 51 25 23 L 42-24 A #7 Kansas State
RV < NR San Diego State MWC 9-3 22 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Fresno State MWC 9-3 20 RV NR DNP
RV < 24 Oklahoma State Big 12 7-5 15 RV NR L 41-34 A Baylor
RV < NR Baylor Big 12 7-5 15 NR NR W 41-34 H #24 Oklahoma State
RV < NR Cincinnati Big East 9-3 15 RV NR W 34-17 A Connecticut
RV < NR TCU Big 12 7-5 14 NR NR L 24-17 H #12 Oklahoma
RV < NR Arkansas State Sun Belt 9-3 13 RV NR W 45-0 H Middle Tennessee
RV < NR USC Pac-12 7-5 11 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Tulsa CUSA 10-3 9 RV NR W 33-27 (1OT) H UCF (C-USA)
RV < NR Rutgers Big East 9-3 6 RV NR L 20-17 H Louisville
RV < NR Ball State MAC 9-3 2 NR NR DNP
RV < NR North Carolina ACC 8-4 1 NR NR DNP
RV < NR West Virginia Big 12 7-5 1 NR NR W 59-10 H Kansas
NR < NR Arizona Pac-12 7-5 0 NR NR DNP
NR < NR Arizona State Pac-12 7-5 0 RV NR DNP
NR < NR East Carolina CUSA 8-4 0 NR NR DNP
NR < NR Louisiana Monroe Sun Belt 8-4 0 NR NR DNP
NR < NR Louisiana Tech WAC 9-3 0 RV NR DNP
NR < NR Mississippi State SEC 8-4 0 RV NR DNP
NR < NR Syracuse Big East 7-5 0 NR NR DNP
NR < NR Toledo MAC 9-3 0 NR NR DNP
NR < NR UCF CUSA 9-4 0 NR NR L 33-27 (1OT) A Tulsa (C-USA)

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 6 7.0 6899
Pac-12 4 11.3 3422
Big Ten 4 16.5 2101
Big 12 2 9.5 1980
ACC 2 13.5 1480
MAC 2 20.5 651
WAC 2 21.0 536
Ind 1 1.0 1500
MWC 1 20.0 276
Big East 1 22.0 248

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- San Jose State makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 11/24/1975 poll (602 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Alabama's Top 25 streak reaches 80
- Florida's Top 10 streak reaches 10

Total Appearances:
- Kent State ties several others for #125
- Nebraska ties Texas for #6
- Northern Illinois ties Bainbridge Naval for #107
- Northwestern ties Arizona for #52
- San Jose State ties Hardin-Simmons for #132
- Utah State ties several others for #120

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.