2012 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Season

2012

Preseason #1

USC (AP)
LSU (Coaches)

End of Season Champions

Alabama

Conference with most
teams in final AP poll

SEC (7)

NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

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Three human polls and one formula ranking make up the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) football rankings, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship title. That title is bestowed by one or more of four different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. Two additional polls are released midway through the season; the Harris Interactive Poll is released after the sixth week of the season, and the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) standings are released after the seventh week. The Harris Poll and Coaches Poll are factors in the BCS standings. At the end of the season, on Sunday, December 2, 2012, the BCS standings determine who plays in the BCS bowl games as well as the 2013 BCS National Championship Game on January 7, 2013, at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		Selected for BCS National Championship Game
(#-#)		Win-loss record
(Italics)		Number of first place votes
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll 1
Coaches' Poll 2
Harris Interactive Poll 3
BCS Standings 4
References 5

AP Poll

Coaches' Poll

	Preseason Aug 2	Week 1 Sep 4	Week 2 Sep 9	Week 3 Sep 16	Week 4 Sep 23	Week 5 Sep 30	Week 6 Oct 7	Week 7 Oct 14	Week 8 Oct 21	Week 9 Oct 28	Week 10 Nov 4	Week 11 Nov 11	Week 12 Nov 18	Week 13 Nov 25	Week 14 Dec 2	Week 15 (Final) Jan 8
1.	LSU (18)	Alabama (1–0) (37)	Alabama (2–0) (42)	Alabama (3–0) (54)	Alabama (4–0) (57)	Alabama (5–0) (57)	Alabama (5–0) (58)	Alabama (6–0) (59)	Alabama (7–0) (59)	Alabama (8–0) (59)	Alabama (9–0) (59)	Oregon (10–0) (44)	Notre Dame (11–0) (56)	Notre Dame (12–0) (56)	Notre Dame (12–0) (56)	Alabama (13–1) (56)	1.
2.	Alabama (20)	USC (1–0) (14)	LSU (2–0) (5)	LSU (3–0) (5)	Oregon (4–0)	Oregon (5–0)	Oregon (6–0) (1)	Oregon (6–0)	Oregon (7–0)	Oregon (8–0)	Oregon (9–0)	Kansas State (10–0) (14)	Alabama (10–1) (2)	Alabama (11–1) (2)	Alabama (12–1) (3)	Oregon (12–1)	2.
3.	USC (19)	LSU (1–0) (7)	USC (2–0) (11)	Oregon (3–0)	LSU (4–0) (1)	LSU (5–0) (1)	South Carolina (6–0)	Kansas State (6–0)	Florida (7–0)	Kansas State (8–0)	Kansas State (9–0)	Notre Dame (10–0) (1)	Georgia (10–1) (1)	Georgia (11–1) (1)	Oregon (11–1)	Notre Dame (12–1)	3.
4.	Oklahoma (1)	Oregon (1–0) (1)	Oregon (2–0) (1)	Florida State (3–0)	Florida State (4–0) (1)	Florida State (5–0) (1)	West Virginia (5–0)	Florida (6–0)	Kansas State (7–0)	Notre Dame (8–0)	Notre Dame (9–0)	Georgia (9–1)	Oregon (10–1)	Oregon (11–1)	Florida (11–1)	Georgia (12–2)	4.
5.	Oregon	Oklahoma (1–0)	Oklahoma (2–0)	Oklahoma (2–0)	Georgia (4–0)	Georgia (5–0)	Kansas State (5–0)	Notre Dame (6–0)	Notre Dame (7–0)	LSU (7–1)	Georgia (8–1)	Alabama (9–1)	Florida State (10–1)	Florida (11–1)	Georgia (11–2)	Texas A&M (11–2)	5.
6.	Georgia	Florida State (1–0)	Florida State (2–0)	Georgia (3–0)	South Carolina (4–0)	South Carolina (5–0)	Notre Dame (5–0)	LSU (6–1)	LSU (7–1)	Georgia (7–1)	Florida State (8–1)	Florida State (9–1)	Florida (10–1)	LSU (10–2)	Kansas State (11–1)	Stanford (12–2)	6.
7.	Florida State (1)	Georgia (1–0)	Georgia (2–0)	West Virginia (2–0)	West Virginia (3–0)	West Virginia (4–0)	Florida (5–0)	Oklahoma (4–1)	Oklahoma (5–1)	Florida State (8–1)	Florida (8–1)	Florida (9–1)	LSU (9–2)	Kansas State (10–1)	LSU (10–2)	South Carolina (11–2)	7.
8.	Michigan	West Virginia (1–0)	West Virginia (1–0)	South Carolina (3–0)	Kansas State (4–0)	Kansas State (4–0)	LSU (5–1)	South Carolina (6–1)	USC (6–1)	Florida (7–1)	Clemson (8–1)	LSU (8–2)	Kansas State (10–1)	Texas A&M (10–2)	Stanford (11–2)	Florida State (12–2)	8.
9.	South Carolina	South Carolina (1–0)	South Carolina (2–0)	Clemson (3–0)	Stanford (3–0)	Texas (4–0)	USC (4–1)	USC (5–1)	Oregon State (6–0)	Clemson (7–1)	LSU (7–2)	Clemson (9–1)	Clemson (10–1)	Stanford (10–2)	Texas A&M (10–2)	Clemson (11–2)	9.
10.	Arkansas	Arkansas (1–0)	Michigan State (2–0)	Texas (3–0)	Texas (3–0)	Notre Dame (4–0)	Oklahoma (3–1)	Florida State (6–1)	Florida State (7–1)	Louisville (8–0)	Louisville (9–0)	Texas A&M (8–2)	Texas A&M (9–2)	South Carolina (10–2)	South Carolina (10–2)	Florida (11–2)	10.
11.	West Virginia	Michigan State (1–0)	Clemson (2–0)	Stanford (3–0)	Notre Dame (4–0)	Florida (4–0)	Florida State (5–1)	Oregon State (5–0)	Georgia (6–1)	South Carolina (7–2)	South Carolina (7–2)	South Carolina (8–2)	Stanford (9–2)	Oklahoma (9–2)	Oklahoma (10–2)	Kansas State (11–2)	11.
12.	Wisconsin	Clemson (1–0)	Texas (2–0)	USC (2–1)	Florida (4–0)	USC (3–1)	Georgia (5–1)	Georgia (5–1)	Mississippi State (7–0)	Oklahoma (5–2)	Oregon State (7–1)	Oklahoma (7–2)	South Carolina (9–2)	Florida State (10–2)	Florida State (11–2)	LSU (10–3)	12.
13.	Michigan State	Wisconsin (1–0)	Virginia Tech (2–0)	Kansas State (3–0)	USC (3–1)	TCU (4–0)	Clemson (5–1)	Clemson (5–1)	Clemson (6–1)	Oregon State (6–1)	Oklahoma (6–2)	Stanford (8–2)	Oklahoma (8–2)	Nebraska (10–2)	Clemson (10–2)	Louisville (11–2)	13.
14.	Clemson	Nebraska (1–0)	Kansas State (2–0)	Florida (3–0)	TCU (3–0)	Oklahoma (2–1)	Oregon State (4–0)	Louisville (6–0)	Louisville (7–0)	Boise State (7–1)	Texas A&M (7–2)	Nebraska (8–2)	Nebraska (9–2)	Clemson (10–2)	Oregon State (9–3)	Boise State (11–2)	14.
15.	Texas	Texas (1–0)	TCU (2–0)	Notre Dame (3–0)	Oklahoma (2–1)	Clemson (4–1)	Texas (4–1)	West Virginia (5–1)	Rutgers (7–0)	Stanford (6–2)	Stanford (7–2)	Texas (8–2)	Texas (8–2)	Boise State (9–2)	Boise State (10–2)	Oklahoma (10–3)	15.
16.	Nebraska	Oklahoma State (1–0)	Stanford (2–0)	TCU (2–0)	Clemson (3–1)	Louisville (5–0)	Louisville (5–0)	Mississippi State (6–0)	South Carolina (6–2)	Texas A&M (6–2)	Nebraska (7–2)	UCLA (8–2)	UCLA (9–2)	UCLA (9–3)	Northern Illinois (12–1)	Northwestern (10–3)	16.
17.	TCU	TCU (0–0)	Florida (2–0)	Michigan (2–1)	Louisville (4–0)	Oregon State (3–0)	Stanford (4–1)	Rutgers (6–0)	Texas Tech (6–1)	USC (6–2)	Texas (7–2)	Oregon State (7–2)	Oregon State (8–2)	Oregon State (8–3)	Northwestern (9–3)	Utah State (11–2)	17.
18.	Stanford	Virginia Tech (1–0)	Michigan (1–1)	Louisville (3–0)	Michigan State (3–1)	Stanford (3–1)	Mississippi State (5–0)	Cincinnati (5–0)	Boise State (6–1)	Mississippi State (7–1)	Louisiana Tech (8–1)	Louisville (9–1)	Louisville (9–1)	Northern Illinois (11–1)	Louisville (10–2)	Texas (9–4)	18.
19.	Oklahoma State	Michigan (0–1)	Notre Dame (2–0)	UCLA (3–0)	Mississippi State (4–0)	Mississippi State (4–0)	Rutgers (5–0)	Texas A&M (5–1)	Stanford (5–2)	West Virginia (5–2)	UCLA (7–2)	Louisiana Tech (9–1)	Rutgers (9–1)	Kent State (11–1)	UCLA (9–4)	Oregon State (9–4)	19.
20.	Virginia Tech	Kansas State (1–0)	Louisville (2–0)	Michigan State (2–1)	Nebraska (3–1)	Nebraska (4–1)	Cincinnati (4–0)	Texas Tech (5–1)	Michigan (5–2)	Texas Tech (6–2)	Rutgers (7–1)	Rutgers (8–1)	Michigan (8–3)	Northwestern (9–3)	Utah State (10–2)	Vanderbilt (9–4)	20.
21.	Kansas State	Stanford (1–0)	Arkansas (1–1)	Arizona (3–0)	Oregon State (2–0)	Rutgers (4–1)	Texas A&M (4–1)	TCU (5–1)	Texas A&M (5–2)	Nebraska (6–2)	Northwestern (7–2)	USC (7–3)	Oklahoma State (7–3)	Texas (8–3)	Nebraska (10–3)	San Jose State (11–2)	21.
22.	Boise State	Notre Dame (1–0)	Wisconsin (1–1)	Nebraska (2–1)	Oklahoma State (2–1)	Northwestern (5–0)	Boise State (4–1)	Boise State (5–1)	West Virginia (5–2)	Texas (6–2)	USC (6–3)	Boise State (8–2)	Boise State (9–2)	Utah State (10–2)	Michigan (8–4)	Cincinnati (10–3)	22.
23.	Florida	Florida (1–0)	UCLA (2–0)	Mississippi State (3–0)	Wisconsin (3–1)	Cincinnati (3–0)	TCU (4–1)	Stanford (4–2)	Ohio (7–0)	Louisiana Tech (7–1)	Mississippi State (7–2)	Michigan (7–3)	Northern Illinois (10–1)	Louisville (9–2)	Wisconsin (8–5)	Nebraska (10–4)	23.
24.	Notre Dame	Louisville (1–0)	Nebraska (1–1)	Wisconsin (2–1)	Baylor 3–0	Texas Tech (4–0)	Louisiana Tech (5–0)	Arizona State (5–1)	Texas (5–2)	Oklahoma State (5–2)	Boise State (7–2)	Oklahoma State (6–3)	Mississippi State (8–3)	Michigan (8–4)	San Jose State (10–2)	Northern Illinois (12–2)	24.
25.	Auburn	Boise State (0–1)	Arizona (2–0)	Oklahoma State (2–1)	Rutgers (4–0) т Virginia Tech (3–1) т	Boise State (3–1)	Iowa State 4–1	Michigan (4–2)	Wisconsin (6–2)	Rutgers (7–1)	Toledo (8–1)	Texas Tech (7–3)	Kent State (10–1)	Rutgers (9–2)	Texas (8–4)	Tulsa (11–3)	25.
	Preseason Aug 2	Week 1 Sep 4	Week 2 Sep 9	Week 3 Sep 16	Week 4 Sep 23	Week 5 Sep 30	Week 6 Oct 7	Week 7 Oct 14	Week 8 Oct 21	Week 9 Oct 28	Week 10 Nov 4	Week 11 Nov 11	Week 12 Nov 18	Week 13 Nov 25	Week 14 Dec 2	Week 15 (Final) Jan 8
		Dropped: Auburn	Dropped: Boise State Oklahoma State	Dropped: Virginia Tech Arkansas	Dropped: Arizona Michigan UCLA	Dropped: Michigan State Oklahoma State Wisconsin Baylor Virginia Tech	Dropped: Nebraska Northwestern Texas Tech	Dropped: Texas Louisiana Tech Iowa State	Dropped: Cincinnati TCU Arizona State	Dropped: Michigan Ohio Wisconsin	Dropped: West Virginia Texas Tech Oklahoma State	Dropped: Northwestern Mississippi State Toledo	Dropped: Louisiana Tech USC Texas Tech	Dropped: Oklahoma State Mississippi State	Dropped: Kent State Rutgers	Dropped: UCLA Michigan Wisconsin

Harris Interactive Poll

	Week 6 Oct 7	Week 7 Oct 14	Week 8 Oct 21	Week 9 Oct 28	Week 10 Nov 4	Week 11 Nov 11	Week 12 Nov 18	Week 13 Nov 25	Week 14 (Final) Dec 2
1.	Alabama (5–0) (108)	Alabama (6–0) (110)	Alabama (7–0) (109)	Alabama (8–0) (109)	Alabama (9–0) (108)	Oregon (10–0) (90)	Notre Dame (11–0) (107)	Notre Dame (12–0) (109)	Notre Dame (12–0) (106)	1.
2.	Oregon (6–0) (5)	Oregon (6–0) (5)	Oregon (7–0) (5)	Oregon (8–0) (5)	Oregon (9–0) (6)	Kansas State (10–0) (23)	Alabama (10–1) (8)	Alabama (11–1) (6)	Alabama (12–1) (9)	2.
3.	South Carolina (6–0)	Florida (6–0)	Florida (7–0) (1)	Kansas State (8–0) (1)	Kansas State (9–0) (1)	Notre Dame (10–0) (1)	Georgia (10–1)	Georgia (11–1)	Oregon (11–1)	3.
4.	West Virginia (5–0)	Kansas State (6–0)	Kansas State (7–0)	Notre Dame (8–0)	Notre Dame (9–0)	Alabama (9–1) (1)	Oregon (10–1)	Oregon (11–1)	Florida (11–1)	4.
5.	Kansas State (5–0)	Notre Dame (6–0)	Notre Dame (7–0)	LSU (7–1)	Georgia (8–1)	Georgia (9–1)	Florida (10–1)	Florida (11–1)	Georgia (11–2)	5.
6.	Florida (5–0)	LSU (6–1)	LSU (7–1)	Georgia (7–1)	Florida State (8–1)	Florida State (9–1)	Florida State (10–1)	Kansas State (10–1)	Kansas State (11–1)	6.
7.	Notre Dame (5–0)	South Carolina (6–1)	Oklahoma (5–1)	Florida State (8–1)	Florida (8–1)	Florida (9–1)	Kansas State (10–1)	LSU (10–2)	Stanford (11–2)	7.
8.	LSU (5–1)	Florida State (6–1)	Oregon State (6–0)	Florida (7–1)	LSU (7–2)	LSU (8–2)	LSU (9–2)	Stanford (10–2)	LSU (10–2)	8.
9.	Florida State (5–1)	Oklahoma (4–1)	USC (6–1)	Clemson (7–1)	Clemson (8–1)	Clemson (9–1)	Clemson (10–1)	Texas A&M (10–2)	Texas A&M (10–2)	9.
10.	USC (4–1)	Oregon State (5–0)	Florida State (7–1)	Louisville (7–1)	Louisville (9–0)	Texas A&M (8–2)	Texas A&M (9–2)	South Carolina (10–2)	South Carolina (10–2)	10.
11.	Georgia (5–1)	USC (5–1)	Georgia (6–1)	South Carolina (7–2)	South Carolina (7–2)	South Carolina (8–2)	Stanford (9–2)	Oklahoma (9–2)	Oklahoma (10–2)	11.
12.	Oregon State (4–0)	Georgia (5–1)	Mississippi State (7–0)	Oklahoma (5–2)	Oregon State (7–1)	Oklahoma (7–2)	South Carolina (9–2)	Florida State (10–2)	Florida State (11–2)	12.
13.	Oklahoma (3–1)	Clemson (5–1)	Clemson (6–1)	Oregon State (6–1)	Oklahoma (6–2)	Stanford (8–2)	Oklahoma (8–2)	Nebraska (10–2)	Clemson (10–2)	13.
14.	Clemson (5–1)	Mississippi State (6–0)	Louisville (7–0)	Stanford (6–2)	Stanford (7–2)	Nebraska (8–2)	Nebraska (9–2)	Clemson (10–2)	Oregon State (9–3)	14.
15.	Texas (4–1)	West Virginia (5–1)	Rutgers (7–0)	Mississippi State (7–1)	Texas A&M (7–2)	Texas (8–2)	Oregon State (8–2)	Oregon State (8–3)	Boise State (10–2)	15.
16.	Stanford (4–1)	Louisville (6–0)	South Carolina (6–2)	USC (6–2)	Nebraska (7–2)	Oregon State (7–2)	UCLA (9–2)	UCLA (9–3)	Northern Illinois (12–1)	16.
17.	Mississippi State (5–0)	Rutgers (6–0)	Texas Tech (6–1)	Boise State (7–1)	Texas (7–2)	Louisville (9–1)	Texas (8–2)	Boise State (9–2)	UCLA (9–4)	17.
18.	Louisville (5–0)	Cincinnati (5–0)	Stanford (5–2)	Texas A&M (6–2)	USC (6–3)	USC (7–3)	Louisville (9–1)	Kent State (11–1)	Nebraska (10–3)	18.
19.	Rutgers (5–0)	Texas A&M (5–1)	Boise State (6–1)	Texas Tech (6–2)	Louisiana Tech (8–1)	UCLA (8–2)	Rutgers (9–1)	Northern Illinois (11–1)	Louisville (10–2)	19.
20.	Cincinnati (4–0)	Stanford (4–2)	Michigan (5–2)	West Virginia (5–2)	Mississippi State (7–2)	Louisiana Tech (9–1)	Michigan (8–3)	Texas (8–3)	Northwestern (9–3)	20.
21.	TCU (4–1)	Texas Tech (5–1)	Texas A&M (5–2)	Nebraska (6–2)	UCLA (7–2)	Rutgers (8–1)	Boise State (9–2)	Northwestern (9–3)	Utah State (10–2)	21.
22.	Boise State (4–1)	TCU (5–1)	West Virginia (5–2)	Texas (6–2)	Rutgers (7–1)	Texas Tech (7–3)	Oklahoma State (7–3)	Utah State (10–2)	Michigan (8–4)	22.
23.	Texas A&M (4–1)	Boise State (5–1)	Ohio (7–0)	Rutgers (7–1)	Boise State (7–2)	Boise State (8–2)	Mississippi State (8–3)	Michigan (8–4)	Kent State (11–2)	23.
24.	Louisiana Tech (5–0)	Arizona State (5–1)	Texas (5–2)	Louisiana Tech (7–1)	Northwestern (7–2)	Michigan (7–3)	Northern Illinois (10–1)	Louisville (9–2)	Texas (8–4)	24.
25.	Iowa State (4–1)	Texas (4–2)	TCU (5–2)	Oklahoma State (5–2)	Texas Tech (6–3)	Mississippi State (7–3)	Kent State (10–1)	Oklahoma State (7–4)	Wisconsin (8–5)	25.
	Week 6 Oct 7	Week 7 Oct 14	Week 8 Oct 21	Week 9 Oct 28	Week 10 Nov 4	Week 11 Nov 11	Week 12 Nov 18	Week 13 Nov 25	Week 14 (Final) Dec 2
		Dropped: Louisiana Tech Iowa State	Dropped: Cincinnati Arizona State	Dropped: Michigan Ohio TCU	Dropped: West Virginia Oklahoma State	Dropped: Northwestern	Dropped: USC Louisiana Tech Texas Tech	Dropped: Rutgers Mississippi State	Dropped: Oklahoma State

BCS Standings

	Week 7 Oct 14	Week 8 Oct 21	Week 9 Oct 28	Week 10 Nov 4	Week 11 Nov 11	Week 12 Nov 18	Week 13 Nov 25	Week 14 (Final) Dec 2
1.	Alabama (6–0)	Alabama (7–0)	Alabama (8–0)	Alabama (9–0)	Kansas State (10–0)	Notre Dame (11–0)	Notre Dame (12–0)	Notre Dame (12–0)	1.
2.	Florida (6–0)	Florida (7–0)	Kansas State (8–0)	Kansas State (9–0)	Oregon (10–0)	Alabama (10–1)	Alabama (11–1)	Alabama (12–1)	2.
3.	Oregon (6–0)	Kansas State (7–0)	Notre Dame (8–0)	Oregon (9–0)	Notre Dame (10–0)	Georgia (10–1)	Georgia (11–1)	Florida (11–1)	3.
4.	Kansas State (6–0)	Oregon (7–0)	Oregon (8–0)	Notre Dame (9–0)	Alabama (9–1)	Florida (10–1)	Florida (11–1)	Oregon (11–1)	4.
5.	Notre Dame (6–0)	Notre Dame (7–0)	LSU (7–1)	Georgia (8–1)	Georgia (9–1)	Oregon (10–1)	Oregon (11–1)	Kansas State (11–1)	5.
6.	LSU (6–1)	LSU (7–1)	Georgia (7–1)	Florida (8–1)	Florida (9–1)	Kansas State (10–1)	Kansas State (10–1)	Stanford (11–2)	6.
7.	South Carolina (6–1)	Oregon State (6–0)	Florida (7–1)	LSU (7–2)	LSU (8–2)	LSU (9–2)	LSU (10–2)	Georgia (11–2)	7.
8.	Oregon State (6–0)	Oklahoma (5–1)	South Carolina (7–2)	South Carolina (7–2)	Texas A&M (8–2)	Stanford (9–2)	Stanford (10–2)	LSU (10–2)	8.
9.	Oklahoma (4–1)	USC (6–1)	Florida State (8–1)	Louisville (9–0)	South Carolina (8–2)	Texas A&M (9–2)	Texas A&M (10–2)	Texas A&M (10–2)	9.
10.	USC (5–1)	Georgia (6–1)	Louisville (8–0)	Florida State (8–1)	Florida State (9–1)	Florida State (10–1)	South Carolina (10–2)	South Carolina (10–2)	10.
11.	Georgia (5–1)	Mississippi State (7–0)	Oregon State (6–1)	Oregon State (7–1)	Clemson (9–1)	Clemson (10–1)	Oklahoma (9–2)	Oklahoma (10–2)	11.
12.	Mississippi State (6–0)	Florida State (7–1)	Oklahoma (5–2)	Oklahoma (6–2)	Oklahoma (7–2)	South Carolina (9–2)	Nebraska (10–2)	Florida State (11–2)	12.
13.	West Virginia (5–1)	South Carolina (6–2)	Clemson (7–1)	Clemson (8–1)	Stanford (8–2)	Oklahoma (8–2)	Florida State (10–2)	Oregon State (9–3)	13.
14.	Florida State (6–1)	Texas Tech (6–1)	Stanford (6–2)	Stanford (7–2)	Nebraska (8–2)	Nebraska (9–2)	Clemson (10–2)	Clemson (10–2)	14.
15.	Rutgers (6–0)	Rutgers (7–0)	Mississippi State (7–1)	Texas A&M (7–2)	Texas (8–2)	Oregon State (8–2)	Oregon State (8–3)	Northern Illinois (12–1)	15.
16.	Louisville (6–0)	Louisville (7–0)	Texas A&M (6–2)	Nebraska (7–2)	Oregon State (7–2)	Texas (8–2)	UCLA (9–3)	Nebraska (10–3)	16.
17.	Texas Tech (5–1)	Stanford (5–2)	USC (6–2)	Texas (7–2)	UCLA (8–2)	UCLA (9–2)	Kent State (11–1)	UCLA (9–4)	17.
18.	Texas A&M (5–1)	Clemson (6–1)	Texas Tech (6–2)	UCLA (7–2)	USC (7–3)	Rutgers (9–1)	Texas (8–3)	Michigan (8–4)	18.
19.	Clemson (5–1)	West Virginia (5–2)	Boise State (7–1)	USC (6–3)	Louisville (9–1)	Michigan (8–3)	Michigan (8–4)	Boise State (10–2)	19.
20.	Stanford (4–2)	Texas A&M (5–2)	Nebraska (6–2)	Louisiana Tech (8–1)	Louisiana Tech (9–1)	Louisville (9–1)	Boise State (9–2)	Northwestern (9–3)	20.
21.	Cincinnati (5–0)	Boise State (6–1)	West Virginia (5–2)	Mississippi State (7–2)	Michigan (7–3)	Oklahoma State (7–3)	Northern Illinois (11–1)	Louisville (10–2)	21.
22.	Boise State (5–1)	Michigan (5–2)	Arizona (5–3)	Texas Tech (6–3)	Rutgers (8–1)	Boise State (9–2)	Northwestern (9–3)	Utah State (10–2)	22.
23.	TCU (5–1)	Texas (5–2)	Texas (6–2)	Rutgers (7–1)	Texas Tech (7–3)	Kent State (10–1)	Oklahoma State (7–4)	Texas (8–4)	23.
24.	Iowa State (4–2)	Ohio (7–0)	Oklahoma State (5–2)	Northwestern (7–2)	Oklahoma State (6–3)	Arizona (7–4)	Utah State (10–2)	San Jose State (10–2)	24.
25.	Texas (4–2)	Wisconsin (6–2)	Louisiana Tech (7–1)	Toledo (8–1)	Washington (6–4)	Washington (7–4)	San Jose State (10–2)	Kent State (11–2)	25.
	Week 7 Oct 14	Week 8 Oct 21	Week 9 Oct 28	Week 10 Nov 4	Week 11 Nov 11	Week 12 Nov 18	Week 13 Nov 25	Week 14 (Final) Dec 2
		Dropped: Cincinnati TCU Iowa State	Dropped: Rutgers Michigan Ohio Wisconsin	Dropped: West Virginia Arizona Oklahoma State Boise State	Dropped: Mississippi State Toledo Northwestern	Dropped: USC Louisiana Tech Texas Tech	Dropped: Rutgers Louisville Arizona Washington	Dropped: Oklahoma State

References

NCAA college football rankings

NCAA	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955

NCAA University Division	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972

NCAA Division I	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977

NCAA Division I-A/FBS	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

NCAA Division I-AA/FCS	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Polls	AP Poll Coaches' Poll

2012 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings