Tigers drop in football polls

by TigerNet Staff - Sun Nov 25 12:22:47 GMT-04:00 2012

AP Top 25

Team Record Pts. Prev. 1. Notre Dame (60) 12-0 1,500 1

2. Alabama 11-1 1,400 2

3. Georgia 11-1 1,331 3

4. Ohio State 12-0 1,294 4

5. Florida 11-1 1,262 6

6. Oregon 11-1 1,242 5

7. Kansas State 10-1 1,079 7

8. Stanford 10-2 1,061 11

9. LSU 10-2 1,056 8

10. Texas A&M 10-2 1,043 9

11. South Carolina 10-2 916 13

12. Oklahoma 9-2 834 14

13. Florida State 10-2 764 10

14. Nebraska 10-2 704 17

15. Clemson 10-2 667 12

16. Oregon State 8-3 528 16

17. UCLA 9-3 505 15

18. Kent State 11-1 355 23

19. N. Illinois 11-1 349 24

20. Utah State 10-2 274 25

21. Michigan 8-4 217 20

22. Northwestern 9-3 189 NR

23. Texas 8-3 185 18

24. Oklahoma State 7-4 174 22

25. Boise State 9-2 145 NR

Others receiving votes: San Jose St. 78, Louisville 73, TCU 67, Penn St. 61, Rutgers 50, Vanderbilt 48, San Diego St. 15, Fresno St. 12, Southern Cal 7, Arkansas St. 5, Arizona 4, Cincinnati 3, Ball St. 1, Mississippi St. 1, North Carolina 1.

USA Today Coaches' Poll

1 Notre Dame 12-0 1469 56 1

2 Alabama 11-1 1398 2 2

3 Georgia 11-1 1341 1 3

4 Oregon 11-1 1277 0 4

5 Florida 11-1 1265 0 6

6 LSU 10-2 1124 0 7

7 Kansas St. 10-1 1114 0 8

8 Texas A&M 10-2 1076 0 10

9 Stanford 10-2 1008 0 11

10 South Carolina 10-2 972 0 12

11 Oklahoma 9-2 878 0 13

12 Florida St. 10-2 829 0 5

13 Nebraska 10-2 765 0 14

14 Clemson 10-2 720 0 9

15 Boise St. 9-2 479 0 22

16 UCLA 9-3 445 0 16

17 Oregon St. 8-3 410 0 17

18 Northern Illinois 11-1 377 0 23

19 Kent St. 11-1 337 0 25

20 Northwestern 9-3 314 0 NR

21 Texas 8-3 312 0 15

22 Utah State 10-2 264 0 NR

23 Louisville 9-2 184 0 18

24 Michigan 8-4 158 0 20

25 Rutgers 9-2 152 0 19

Schools Dropped Out

No. 21 Oklahoma State (7-4), No. 24 Mississippi State (8-4).

Others Receiving Votes

Oklahoma State (7-4) 129; San Jose State (10-2) 105; Vanderbilt (8-4) 94; Fresno State (9-3) 39; TCU (7-4) 34; San Diego State (9-3) 28; Cincinnati (8-3) 17; Arizona State (7-5) 13; Arkansas State (8-3) 13; Mississippi State (8-4) 11; Middle Tennessee (8-3) 7; Central Florida (9-3) 5; Louisiana Tech (9-3) 5; Arizona (7-5) 3; Toledo (9-3) 2; Baylor (6-5) 1; Southern California (7-5) 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 Swinney, Clemson; Jeff Tedford, California; Tommy Tuberville, Texas Tech; Kevin Wilson, Indiana.