Top 25 Team Rankings of the Harris Interactive College Football Poll
NEW YORK, Nov. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Today’s Harris Interactive College Football PollSM shows theTop 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. Notre Dame took over the top spot in the rankings and is the only undefeated team in the HICFP Top 25. Losses by Oregon and Kansas State, last week’s top two teams, vaulted Alabama into the number two ranking. Georgia, Oregon, and Florida round out the top 5.
| Highlights of November 18 Harris Interactive College Football Poll | ||||||
| Rank | Team | Record | Points | Previous Game | Next Game | Previous Week’sRank |
| (weekend of Nov 17) | (weekend of Nov 24) | |||||
| 1 | Notre Dame (107) | 11-0 | 2,863 | Beat Wake Forest 38-0 | at USC | 3 |
| 2 | Alabama (8) | 10-1 | 2,732 | Beat Western Carolina 49-0 | Auburn | 4 |
| 3 | Georgia | 10-1 | 2,573 | Beat Georgia Southern 45-14 | Georgia Tech | 5 |
| 4 | Oregon | 10-1 | 2,483 | Lost to No. 13 Stanford 17-14 (OT) | at No. 15 Oregon State | 1 |
| 5 | Florida | 10-1 | 2,242 | Beat Jacksonville State 23-0 | at No. 6 Florida State | 7 |
| 6 | Florida State | 10-1 | 2,231 | Beat Maryland 41-14 | No. 5 Florida | 6 |
| 7 | Kansas State | 10-1 | 2,161 | Lost to Baylor 52-24 | Idle | 2 |
| 8 | LSU | 9-2 | 2,077 | Beat Ole Miss 41-35 | at Arkansas (Fri) | 8 |
| 9 | Clemson | 10-1 | 1,953 | Beat North Carolina State 62-48 | No. 12 South Carolina | 9 |
| 10 | Texas A&M | 9-2 | 1,909 | Beat Sam Houston State 47-28 | Missouri | 10 |
| 11 | Stanford | 9-2 | 1,897 | Beat No. 1 Oregon 17-14 (OT) | at No. 16 UCLA | 13 |
| 12 | South Carolina | 9-2 | 1,647 | Beat Wofford 24-7 | at No. 9 Clemson | 11 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | 8-2 | 1,530 | Beat West Virginia 50-49 | No. 22 Oklahoma State | 12 |
| 14 | Nebraska | 9-2 | 1,275 | Beat Minnesota 38-14 | at Iowa (Fri) | 14 |
| 15 | Oregon State | 8-2 | 1,202 | Beat California 62-14 | No. 4 Oregon | 16 |
| 16 | UCLA | 9-2 | 1,144 | Beat No. 18 USC 38-28 | No. 11 Stanford | 19 |
| 17 | Texas | 8-2 | 1,088 | Idle | TCU (Thur) | 15 |
| 18 | Louisville | 9-1 | 898 | Idle | Connecticut | 17 |
| 19 | Rutgers | 9-1 | 756 | Beat Cincinnati 10-3 | at Pittsburgh | 21 |
| 20 | Michigan | 8-3 | 575 | Beat Iowa 42-17 | at Ohio State | 24 |
| 21 | Boise State | 9-2 | 426 | Beat Colorado State 42-14 | Idle | 23 |
| 22 | Oklahoma State | 7-3 | 425 | Beat No. 22 Texas Tech 59-21 | at No. 13 Oklahoma | NR |
| 23 | Mississippi State | 8-3 | 260 | Beat Arkansas 45-14 | at Ole Miss | 25 |
| 24 | Northern Illinois | 10-1 | 198 | Beat Toledo 31-24 | at Eastern Michigan (Fri) | NR |
| 25 | Kent State | 10-1 | 196 | Beat Bowling Green 31-24 | Ohio (Fri) | NR |
Number of first place votes shown in parentheses.
Other teams receiving votes: USC 142; Utah State 132; Northwestern 112; Louisiana Tech 58; Washington53; Arizona 21; Tulsa 21; Baylor 18; San Jose State 18; San Diego State 13; Wisconsin 11; Vanderbilt 10;TCU 9; Arkansas State 4; Fresno State 4; Texas Tech 4; Syracuse 3; Louisiana-Monroe 1.
Dropped out of Top 25: USC, Louisiana Tech, Texas Tech.
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/bcspolland www.bcsfootball.org.
