DISCLAIMER: This poll does not reflect the results of games played Tuesday, Thursday or Friday.
Well, it finally happened. Clemson's continued dominance in a season in which no other team has displayed such (sorry, Iowa, but you know it's true) has resulted in a clean sweep of first-place votes, for a total possible 250 points.
Otherwise, it was a week of tumbling teams after Ohio State, Oklahoma State, and Utah all lost at home to fall six, five and four spots, respectively. None dropped worse than Houston's seven-place decrease after losing at UConn.
Standing by to benefit were the first three teams left out of last week's poll — Oregon, Washington State and Mississippi. The Pac-12 teams each rose five to make it a conference trifecta with Utah, while Ole Miss rose eight.
Say goodbye to LSU, Wisconsin and Memphis after each lost its third game of the season.
For this week's poll results, scroll down:
Bring On The Cats Top 25 Poll — Week 12
Rank | AP | CFP | Team | Record | Points | Delta |
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1 | 1 | 1 | Clemson Tigers (10) | 11-0 (8-0) | 250 | — |
2 | 2 | 2 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 10-1 (6-1) | 227 | 2 |
3 | 5 | 3 | Oklahoma Sooners | 10-1 (7-1) | 225 | 3 |
4 | 3 | 4 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 11-0 (7-0) | 220 | 1 |
5 | 7 | 7 | Baylor Bears | 9-1 (6-1) | 206 | 3 |
6 | 6 | 5 | Michigan State Spartans | 10-1 (6-1) | 199 | 3 |
7 | 4 | 6 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 10-1 | 197 | — |
8 | 8 | 8 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 10-1 (6-1) | 176 | 6 |
8 | 9 | 11 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | 10-1 (7-1) | 176 | 5 |
10 | 10 | 12 | Florida Gators | 10-1 (7-1) | 146 | — |
11 | 16 | 15 | Navy Midshipmen | 9-1 (7-0) | 138 | 2 |
12 | 11 | 14 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 10-1 (7-0) | 131 | 2 |
13 | 13 | 9 | Stanford Cardinal | 9-2 (8-1) | 119 | 2 |
13 | 15 | 19 | TCU Horned Frogs | 9-2 (6-2) | 119 | 2 |
15 | 12 | 10 | Michigan Wolverines | 9-2 (6-1) | 113 | 1 |
16 | 14 | 13 | Florida State Seminoles | 9-2 (6-2) | 96 | 2 |
17 | 24 | 24 | Toledo Rockets | 9-1 (6-1) | 78 | 3 |
18 | 21 | NR | Houston Cougars | 10-1 (6-1) | 72 | 7 |
19 | 17 | 16 | Northwestern Wildcats | 9-2 (5-2) | 71 | 3 |
20 | 19 | 18 | Ole Miss Rebels | 8-3 (5-2) | 47 | 8 |
21 | 18 | 17 | Oregon Ducks | 8-3 (6-2) | 43 | 5 |
22 | 20 | 20 | Washington State Cougars | 8-3 (6-2) | 41 | 5 |
23 | 26 | 23 | Utah Utes | 8-3 (5-3) | 34 | 4 |
24 | 25 | 25 | Temple Owls | 9-2 (6-1) | 32 | 1 |
25 | 22 | 22 | UCLA Bruins | 8-3 (5-3) | 28 | 1 |
Dropouts: LSU Tigers, Wisconsin Badgers, Memphis Tigers | ||||||
Others Receiving Votes: Western Kentucky 16, Mississippi State 15, Wisconsin 9, Memphis 8, Appalachian State 5, Marshall 3, Pittsburgh 3, LSU 2, McNeese State 2, USC 2, Jacksonville State 1 |
As always, your voters are myself, EMAW 4 Ever, Jon Morse, JT VanGilder, Luke Thompson, nugget1224, PurpleBrunette, wildcat00 and KSUEMAW!