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Tigers 14th in AP, ranked No. 13 by the coaches

Tigers 14th in AP, ranked No. 13 by the coaches


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RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS FIRST PLACE VOTES PREVIOUS RANK

1 Alabama 7-0 1475 59 1

2 Oregon 7-0 1403 0 2

3 Florida 7-0 1329 0 4

4 Kansas St. 7-0 1326 0 3

5 Notre Dame 7-0 1221 0 5

6 LSU 7-1 1164 0 6

7 Oklahoma 5-1 1084 0 7

8 USC 6-1 1014 0 9

9 Oregon St. 6-0 974 0 11

10 Florida St. 7-1 948 0 10

11 Georgia 6-1 850 0 12

12 Mississippi St. 7-0 800 0 16

13 Clemson 6-1 788 0 13

14 Louisville 7-0 720 0 14

15 Rutgers 7-0 637 0 17

16 South Carolina 6-2 598 0 8

17 Texas Tech 6-1 571 0 20

18 Boise St. 6-1 407 0 22

19 Stanford 5-2 401 0 23

20 Michigan 5-2 264 0 25

21 Texas A&M 5-2 229 0 19

22 West Virginia 5-2 173 0 15

23 Ohio 7-0 132 0 NR

24 Texas 5-2 109 0 NR

25 Wisconsin 6-2 104 0 NR

Schools Dropped Out

No. 18 Cincinnati (5-1), No. 21 TCU (5-2), No. 24 Arizona State (5-2).

Others Receiving Votes

Louisiana Tech (6-1) 100; Nebraska (5-2) 71; TCU (5-2) 71; Cincinnati (5-1) 51; Oklahoma State (4-2) 37; Toledo (7-1) 30; Arizona State (5-2) 21; Tulsa (7-1) 21; Duke (6-2) 16; Northern Illinois (7-1) 14; Northwestern (6-2) 11; Louisiana-Monroe (5-2) 7; Western Kentucky (5-2) 3; UCLA (5-2) 1.

List of Voters

The USA TODAY Board of Coaches is made up of 59 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2012 season: David Bailiff, Rice; Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech; Tim Beckman, Illinois; Bret Bielema, Wisconsin; Terry Bowden, Akron; Art Briles, Baylor; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Matt Campbell, Toledo; Gene Chizik, Auburn; Dave Christensen, Wyoming; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State; Tim DeRuyter, Fresno State; Dave Doeren, Northern Illinois; Sonny Dykes, Louisiana Tech; Jimbo Fisher, Florida State; Kyle Flood, Rutgers; James Franklin, Vanderbilt; Al Golden, Miami (Fla.); Todd Graham, Arizona State; Jim Grobe, Wake Forest; Darrell Hazell, Kent State; Brady Hoke, Michigan; Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia; Skip Holtz, South Florida; Mark Hudspeth, Louisiana-Lafayette; Curtis Johnson, Tulane; Ellis Johnson, Southern Miss; Butch Jones, Cincinnati; Brian Kelly, Notre Dame; Mike Leach, Washington State; Pete Lembo, Ball State; Tony Levine, Houston; Mike London, Virginia; Rocky Long, San Diego State; Dan McCarney, North Texas; Mike MacIntyre, San Jose State; Ruffin McNeill, East Carolina; Gus Malzahn, Arkansas State; Bronco Mendenhall, BYU; Les Miles, LSU; George OLeary, Central Florida; Paul Pasqualoni, Connecticut; Bo Pelini, Nebraska; Chris Petersen, Boise State; Joker Phillips, Kentucky; Paul Rhoads, Iowa State; Mark Richt, Georgia; Mike Riley, Oregon State; Rich Rodriguez, Arizona; Nick Saban, Alabama; Steve Sarkisian, Washington; Frank Solich, Ohio; Steve Spurrier, South Carolina; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Bob Stoops, Oklahoma; Dabo SwinneyDabo Swinney
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, Clemson;
Jeff Tedford, California; Tommy Tuberville, Texas Tech; Kevin Wilson, Indiana.

ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL

RK TEAM RECORD PTS

1 Alabama (59) 7-0 1499

2 Oregon 7-0 1424

3 Florida (1) 7-0 1380

4 Kansas State 7-0 1333

5 Notre Dame 7-0 1241

6 LSU 7-1 1172

7 Oregon State 6-0 1106

8 Oklahoma 5-1 1065

9 Ohio State 8-0 1028

10 USC 6-1 944

11 Florida State 7-1 872

12 Georgia 6-1 745

13 Mississippi State 7-0 739

14 Clemson 6-1 713

15 Texas Tech 6-1 653

16 Louisville 7-0 620

17 South Carolina 6-2 591

18 Rutgers 7-0 539

19 Stanford 5-2 421

20 Michigan 5-2 300

21 Boise State 6-1 258

22 Texas A&M 5-2 252

23 Ohio 7-0 181

24 Louisiana Tech 6-1 106

25 West Virginia 5-2 76

Dropped from rankings: Cincinnati 21

Others receiving votes: Toledo 49, Texas 33, Wisconsin 31, TCU 29, Nebraska 24, Penn State 18, North Carolina State 13, Oklahoma State 12, Arizona 7, UCLA 7, Tulsa 6, Arizona State 5, Northern Illinois 5, Cincinnati 3

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