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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 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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, Clemson; Jeff Tedford, California; Tommy Tuberville, Texas Tech; Kevin Wilson, Indiana.
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