Unconquered

RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS FIRST PLACE VOTES PREVIOUS RANK
1 Alabama 9-0 1475 59 1
2 Oregon 9-0 1399 0 2
3 Kansas St. 9-0 1370 0 3
4 Notre Dame 9-0 1289 0 4
5 Georgia 8-1 1218 0 6
6 Florida St. 8-1 1147 0 7
7 Florida 8-1 1091 0 8
8 Clemson 8-1 1013 0 9
9 LSU 7-2 998 0 5
10 Louisville 9-0 940 0 10
11 South Carolina 7-2 880 0 11
12 Oregon St. 7-1 807 0 13
13 Oklahoma 6-2 800 0 12
14 Texas A&M 7-2 736 0 16
15 Stanford 7-2 705 0 15
16 Nebraska 7-2 513 0 21
17 Texas 7-2 485 0 22
18 Louisiana Tech 8-1 363 0 23
19 UCLA 7-2 333 0 NR
20 Rutgers 7-1 264 0 25
21 Northwestern 7-2 234 0 NR
22 USC 6-3 224 0 17
23 Mississippi St. 7-2 186 0 18
24 Boise St. 7-2 126 0 14
25 Toledo 8-1 108 0 NR

Schools Dropped Out

No. 19 West Virginia (5-3), No. 20 Texas Tech (6-3), No. 24 Oklahoma State (5-3).

Others Receiving Votes

Northern Illinois (9-1) 88; Texas Tech (6-3) 68; Michigan (6-3) 48; Oklahoma State (5-3) 41; Cincinnati (6-2) 38; TCU (6-3) 37; Ohio (8-1) 34; Kent State (8-1) 32; Wisconsin (6-3) 25; Utah State (8-2) 13; Central Florida (7-2) 12; San Diego State (7-3) 7; West Virginia (5-3) 7; Fresno State (7-3) 4; Louisiana-Monroe (6-3) 4; Tulsa (7-2) 4; Washington (5-4) 4; Arizona State (5-4) 3; Middle Tennessee (6-3) 2.

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.

Miscellaneous Notes

AFCA policy bars schools under major NCAA or conference sanctions from receiving votes. Schools affected this season are North Carolina, Ohio State and Penn State. Central Florida remains eligible until the NCAA rules on its appeal.