NEW YORK, Nov. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Today's Harris Interactive College Football PollSM shows the Top 25 results compiled from rankings submitted by the Harris Interactive panel of former coaches, players and administrators, and current and former members of the media. Oregon took over the top spot in the rankings with its win over California and Alabama's loss to Texas A&M. The Crimson Tide dropped to No. 4, while Kansas State and Notre Dame both moved up one spot into second and third respectively. Georgia retained the No. 5 spot with its win over Auburn.
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Highlights of November 11 Harris Interactive College Football Poll | ||||||
Rank | Team | Record | Points | Previous Game | Next Game | Previous Week's Rank |
(weekend of Nov 10) | (weekend of Nov 17) | |||||
1 | Oregon (90) | 10-0 | 2,844 | Beat California 59-17 | No. 13 Stanford | 2 |
2 | Kansas State (23) | 10-0 | 2,774 | Beat TCU 23-10 | at Baylor | 3 |
3 | Notre Dame (1) | 10-0 | 2,634 | Beat Boston College 21-6 | Wake Forest | 4 |
4 | Alabama (1) | 9-1 | 2,494 | Lost to No. 15 Texas A&M 29-24 | Western Carolina | 1 |
5 | Georgia | 9-1 | 2,398 | Beat Auburn 38-0 | Georgia Southern | 5 |
6 | Florida State | 9-1 | 2,175 | Beat Virginia Tech 28-22 | at Maryland | 6 |
7 | Florida | 9-1 | 2,113 | Beat Louisiana-Lafayette 27-20 | Jacksonville State | 7 |
8 | LSU | 8-2 | 2,082 | Beat No. 20 Mississippi State 37-17 | Ole Miss | 8 |
9 | Clemson | 9-1 | 1,972 | Beat Maryland 45-10 | North Carolina State | 9 |
10 | Texas A&M | 8-2 | 1,842 | Beat No. 1 Alabama 29-24 | Sam Houston State | 15 |
11 | South Carolina | 8-2 | 1,732 | Beat Arkansas 38-20 | Wofford | 11 |
12 | Oklahoma | 7-2 | 1,631 | Beat Baylor 42-34 | at West Virginia | 13 |
13 | Stanford | 8-2 | 1,621 | Beat No. 12 Oregon State 27-23 | at No. 1 Oregon | 14 |
14 | Nebraska | 8-2 | 1,239 | Beat Penn State 32-23 | Minnesota | 16 |
15 | Texas | 8-2 | 1,095 | Beat Iowa State 33-7 | Idle | 17 |
16 | Oregon State | 7-2 | 1,081 | Lost to No. 14 Stanford 27-23 | California | 12 |
17 | Louisville | 9-1 | 943 | Lost to Syracuse 45-26 | Idle | 10 |
18 | USC | 7-3 | 886 | Beat Arizona State 38-17 | at No. 19 UCLA | 18 |
19 | UCLA | 8-2 | 870 | Beat Washington State 44-36 | No. 18 USC | 21 |
20 | Louisiana Tech | 9-1 | 728 | Beat Texas State 62-55 | Utah State | 19 |
21 | Rutgers | 8-1 | 571 | Beat Army 28-7 | at Cincinnati | 22 |
22 | Texas Tech | 7-3 | 325 | Beat Kansas 41-34 (2OT) | at Oklahoma State | 25 |
23 | Boise State | 8-2 | 324 | Beat Hawaii 49-14 | Colorado State | 23 |
24 | Michigan | 7-3 | 264 | Beat No. 24 Northwestern 38-31 (OT) | Iowa | NR |
25 | Mississippi State | 7-3 | 159 | Lost to No. 8 LSU 37-17 | Arkansas | 20 |
Number of first place votes shown in parentheses. | ||||||
Other teams receiving votes: Oklahoma State 118; Northern Illinois 116; Kent State 94; Wisconsin 94; Cincinnati 43; Utah State 31; Northwestern 21; TCU 15; San Diego State 12; Tulsa 9; San Jose State 8; Arizona 7; Fresno State 5; Toledo 4; Washington 1. | ||||||
Dropped out of Top 25: Northwestern. | ||||||
Poll Methodology and Process
The 2012 Harris Interactive College Football Poll is comprised of former players, coaches, administrators and current and former members of the media who have committed to submit rankings for the top 25 college football teams each week. These panelists were randomly selected from among more than 300 nominations submitted by the 11 Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) offices and the independent schools. The panel has been designed to be a statistically valid representation of all 11 Football Bowl Subdivision conferences and independent institutions. Today, 115 poll participants submitted their top 25 college football team rankings. Harris Interactive applies a standard statistical practice that allows it to identify potential instability, error or bias associated with unusual ranking patterns. Those rankings that are identified through the analysis are verified to ensure that each panelist's intent is accurately reflected.
This week's rankings and other information about the poll can be found at www.harrisinteractive.com/bcspoll and www.bcsfootball.org.
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