2011 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

2011 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Season	2011
Preseason #1	Oklahoma Sooners
End of Season Champions	Alabama Crimson Tide
Conference with most; teams in final AP poll	SEC (5 teams)
«2010	2012»

Three human polls and one formula ranking make up the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) football rankings, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship title. That title is bestowed by one or more of four different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason: the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. Two additional polls are released midway through the season; the Harris Interactive Poll is released after the sixth week of the season and the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) Standings is released after the seventh week. The Harris Poll and Coaches Poll are factors in the BCS Standings. At the end of the season, on Sunday, December 4, 2011, the BCS Standings determines who plays in the BCS bowl games as well as the 2012 BCS National Championship Game on January 9, 2012 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
*		Selected AP National Champion
Italics		Number of first place votes
(#-#)		Win-loss record
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll[]

	Preseason Aug 20	Week 1 Sep 6	Week 2 Sep 11	Week 3 Sep 18	Week 4 Sep 25	Week 5 Oct 2	Week 6 Oct 9	Week 7 Oct 16	Week 8 Oct 23	Week 9 Oct 30	Week 10 Nov 6	Week 11 Nov 13	Week 12 Nov 20	Week 13 Nov 27	Week 14 Dec 4	Week 15 (Final) Jan 10
1.	Oklahoma (36)	Oklahoma (1–0) (32)	Oklahoma (1–0) (31)	Oklahoma (2–0) (37)	LSU (4–0) (42)	LSU (5–0) (40)	LSU (6–0) (40)	LSU (7–0) (41)	LSU (8–0) (49)	LSU (8–0) (47)	LSU (9–0) (59)	LSU (10–0) (60)	LSU (11–0) (60)	LSU (12–0) (60)	LSU (13–0) (60)	Alabama (12-1) (55)	1.
2.	Alabama (17)	LSU (1–0) (17)	Alabama (2–0) (10)	LSU (3–0) (14)	Oklahoma (3–0) (12)	Alabama (5–0) (12)	Alabama (6–0) (10)	Alabama (7–0) (11)	Alabama (7–0) (10)	Alabama (8–0) (10)	Oklahoma State (9–0)	Oklahoma State (10–0)	Alabama (10–1)	Alabama (11–1)	Alabama (11–1)	LSU (13-1) (1)	2.
3.	Oregon (4)	Alabama (1–0) (9)	LSU (2–0) (17)	Alabama (3–0) (7)	Alabama (4–0) (5)	Oklahoma (4–0) (7)	Oklahoma (5–0) (8)	Oklahoma (6–0) (6)	Oklahoma State (7–0)	Oklahoma State (8–0)	Stanford (9–0)	Alabama (9–1)	Arkansas (10–1)	Oklahoma State (10–1)	Oklahoma State (11–1)	Oklahoma State (12-1) (4)	3.
4.	LSU (1)	Boise State (1–0) (2)	Boise State (1–0) (2)	Boise State (2–0) (2)	Boise State (3–0) (1)	Wisconsin (5–0)	Wisconsin (5–0)	Wisconsin (6–0)	Stanford (7–0)	Stanford (8–0)	Alabama (8–1)	Oregon (9–1)	Stanford (10–1)	Stanford (11–1)	Stanford (11–1)	Oregon (12-2)	4.
5.	Boise State (2)	Florida State (1–0)	Florida State (2–0)	Stanford (3–0)	Oklahoma State (4–0)	Boise State (4–0) (1)	Boise State (5–0) (1)	Boise State (6–0) (1)	Boise State (7–0) (1)	Boise State (7–0) (1)	Boise State (8–0) (1)	Oklahoma (8–1)	Oklahoma State (10–1)	Virginia Tech (11–1)	USC (10–2)	Arkansas (11-2)	5.
6.	Florida State	Stanford (1–0)	Stanford (2–0)	Wisconsin (3–0)	Stanford (3–0)	Oklahoma State (4–0)	Oklahoma State (5–0)	Oklahoma State (6–0)	Clemson (8–0)	Oregon (7–1)	Oregon (8–1)	Arkansas (9–1)	Virginia Tech (10–1)	Arkansas (10–2)	Oregon (11–2)	USC (10-2)	6.
7.	Stanford	Texas A&M (1–0)	Wisconsin (2–0)	Oklahoma State (3–0)	Wisconsin (4–0)	Stanford (4–0)	Stanford (5–0)	Stanford (6–0)	Oregon (6–1)	Oklahoma (7–1)	Oklahoma (8–1)	Clemson (9–1)	Boise State (9–1)	Houston (12–0)	Arkansas (10–2)	Stanford (11-2)	7.
8.	Texas A&M	Wisconsin (1–0)	Oklahoma State (2–0)	Texas A&M (2–0)	Nebraska (4–0)	Clemson (5–0)	Clemson (6–0)	Clemson (7–0)	Arkansas (6–1)	Arkansas (7–1)	Arkansas (8–1)	Stanford (9–1)	Houston (11–0)	Oregon (10–2)	Boise State (11–1)	Boise State (12-1)	8.
9.	Oklahoma State	Oklahoma State (1–0)	Texas A&M (1–0)	Nebraska (3–0)	Oregon (3–1)	Oregon (3–1)	Oregon (4–1)	Oregon (5–1)	Michigan State (6–1)	Nebraska (7–1)	Clemson (8–1)	Virginia Tech (9–1)	Oregon (9–2)	USC (10–2) т	Wisconsin (11–2)	South Carolina (11-2)	9.
10.	Nebraska	Nebraska (1–0)	South Carolina (2–0)	Oregon (2–1)	South Carolina (4–0)	Arkansas (4–1)	Arkansas (5–1)	Arkansas (5–1)	Kansas State (7–0)	South Carolina (7–1)	Virginia Tech (8–1)	Boise State (8–1)	USC (9–2)	Boise State (10–1) т	South Carolina (10–2)	Wisconsin (11-3)	10.
11.	Wisconsin	Virginia Tech (1–0)	Nebraska (2–0)	Florida State (2–1)	Virginia Tech (4–0)	Texas (4–0)	Michigan (6–0)	West Virginia (5–1)	Oklahoma (6–1)	Clemson (8–1)	Houston (9–0)	Houston (10–0)	Michigan State (9–2)	Michigan State (10–2)	Kansas State (10–2)	Michigan State (11-3)	11.
12.	South Carolina	South Carolina (1–0)	Oregon (1–1)	South Carolina (3–0)	Florida (4–0)	Michigan (5–0)	Georgia Tech (6–0)	Kansas State (6–0)	Wisconsin (6–1)	Virginia Tech (8–1)	Penn State (8–1)	Michigan State (8–2)	Oklahoma (8–2)	Georgia (10–2)	Michigan State (10–3)	Michigan (11-2)	12.
13.	Virginia Tech	Oregon (0–1)	Virginia Tech (2–0)	Virginia Tech (3–0)	Clemson (4–0)	Georgia Tech (5–0)	West Virginia (5–1)	Nebraska (5–1)	Nebraska (6–1)	Michigan (7–1)	Michigan State (7–2)	Georgia (8–2)	Georgia (9–2)	Oklahoma (9–2)	Michigan (10–2)	Baylor (10-3)	13.
14.	TCU	Arkansas (1–0)	Arkansas (2–0)	Arkansas (3–0)	Texas A&M (2–1)	Nebraska (4–1)	Nebraska (5–1)	South Carolina (6–1)	South Carolina (6–1)	Houston (8–0)	Georgia (7–2)	South Carolina (8–2)	South Carolina (9–2)	South Carolina (10–2)	Clemson (10–3)	TCU (11-2)	14.
15.	Arkansas	Ohio State (1–0)	Michigan State (2–0)	Florida (3–0)	Baylor (3–0)	Auburn (4–1)	South Carolina (5–1)	Michigan State (5–1)	Virginia Tech (7–1)	Michigan State (6–2)	South Carolina (7–2)	Wisconsin (8–2)	Wisconsin (9–2)	Wisconsin (10–2)	Baylor (9–3)	Kansas State (10-3)	15.
16.	Notre Dame	Mississippi State (1–0)	Florida (2–0)	West Virginia (3–0)	South Florida (4–0)	West Virginia (4–1)	Illinois (6–0)	Virginia Tech (6–1)	Texas A&M (5–2)	Penn State (8–1)	Wisconsin (7–2)	Kansas State (8–2)	Kansas State (9–2)	Kansas State (9–2)	TCU (10–2)	Oklahoma (10-3)	16.
17.	Michigan State	Michigan State (1–0)	Ohio State (2–0)	Baylor (2–0)	Texas (3–0)	Florida (4–1)	Kansas State (5–0)	Texas A&M (3–2)	Michigan (6–1)	Kansas State (7–1)	Kansas State (7–2)	Nebraska (8–2)	Michigan (9–2)	Michigan (10–2)	Virginia Tech (11–2)	West Virginia (10-3)	17.
18.	Ohio State	Florida (1–0)	West Virginia (2–0)	South Florida (3–0)	Arkansas (3–1)	South Carolina (4–1)	Arizona State (5–1)	Michigan (6–1)	Houston (7–0)	Georgia (6–2)	USC (7–2)	USC (8–2)	Clemson (9–2)	TCU (9–2)	Georgia (10–3)	Houston (13-1)	18.
19.	Georgia	West Virginia (1–0)	Baylor (1–0)	Texas (3–0)	Michigan (4–0)	Illinois (5–0)	Virginia Tech (5–1)	Auburn (5–2)	Texas Tech (5–2)	Wisconsin (6–2)	Nebraska (7–2)	TCU (8–2)	TCU (9–2)	Baylor (8–3)	Oklahoma (9–3)	Georgia (10-4)	19.
20.	Mississippi State	Baylor (1–0)	South Florida (2–0)	TCU (2–1)	TCU (3–1)	Kansas State (4–0)	Baylor (4–1)	Georgia Tech (6–1)	USC (6–1)	Arizona State (6–2)	Georgia Tech (7–2)	Michigan (8–2)	Penn State (9–2)	Nebraska (9–3)	Houston (12–1)	Southern Miss (12-2)	20.
21.	Missouri	Missouri (1–0)	Auburn (2–0)	Clemson (3–0)	Georgia Tech (4–0)	Virginia Tech (4–1)	Texas A&M (3–2)	Houston (6–0)	Penn State (7–1)	USC (6–2)	Texas (6–2)	Penn State (8–2)	Baylor (7–3)	Clemson (9–3)	Nebraska (9–3)	Virginia Tech (11-3)	21.
22.	Florida	South Florida (1–0)	Arizona State (2–0)	Michigan (3–0)	West Virginia (3–1)	Arizona State (4–1)	Texas (4–1)	Washington (5–1)	Georgia (5–2)	Georgia Tech (7–2)	Michigan (7–2)	Southern Miss (9–1)	Nebraska (8–3) т	West Virginia (8–3)	Southern Miss (11–2)	Clemson (10-4)	22.
23.	Auburn	Penn State (1–0)	TCU (1–1) т	USC (3–0)	Florida State (2–2)	Florida State (2–2)	Michigan State (4–1)	Illinois (6–1)	Arizona State (5–2)	Cincinnati (6–1)	Cincinnati (7–1)	Florida State (7–3)	Notre Dame (8–3) т	Penn State (9–3)	West Virginia (9–3)	Florida State (9-4)	23.
24.	West Virginia	Texas (1–0)	Texas (2–0) т	Illinois (3–0)	Illinois (4–0)	Texas A&M (2–2)	Auburn (4–2)	Arizona State (5–2) т	Cincinnati (6–1)	West Virginia (6–2)	Auburn (6–3)	Notre Dame (7–3)	Virginia (8–3)	Southern Miss (10–2)	Penn State (9–3)	Nebraska (9-4)	24.
25.	USC	TCU (0–1)	Mississippi State (1–1)	Georgia Tech (3–0)	Arizona State (3–1)	Baylor (3–1)	Houston (6–0)	Georgia (5–2) т	West Virginia (5–2)	Auburn (6–3)	Southern Miss (8–1)	Baylor (6–3)	Georgia Tech (8–3)	Florida State (8–4)	Florida State (8–4)	Cincinnati (10-3)	25.
	Preseason Aug 20	Week 1 Sep 6	Week 2 Sep 11	Week 3 Sep 18	Week 4 Sep 25	Week 5 Oct 2	Week 6 Oct 9	Week 7 Oct 16	Week 8 Oct 23	Week 9 Oct 30	Week 10 Nov 6	Week 11 Nov 13	Week 12 Nov 20	Week 13 Nov 27	Week 14 Dec 4	Week 15 (Final) Jan 10
		Dropped: Notre Dame Georgia Auburn USC	Dropped: Missouri Penn State	Dropped: Michigan State Ohio State Auburn Arizona State Mississippi State	Dropped: USC	Dropped: South Florida TCU	Dropped: Florida Florida State	Dropped: Baylor Texas	Dropped: Auburn Georgia Tech Washington Illinois	Dropped: Texas A&M Texas Tech	Dropped: Arizona State West Virginia	Dropped: Georgia Tech Texas Cincinnati Auburn	Dropped: Southern Miss Florida State	Dropped: Notre Dame Virginia Georgia Tech	Dropped: None	Dropped: Penn State

Coaches Poll[]

	Preseason Aug 4	Week 1 Sep 6	Week 2 Sep 11	Week 3 Sep 18	Week 4 Sep 25	Week 5 Oct 2	Week 6 Oct 9	Week 7 Oct 16	Week 8 Oct 23	Week 9 Oct 30	Week 10 Nov 6	Week 11 Nov 13	Week 12 Nov 20	Week 13 Nov 27	Week 14 Dec 4	Week 15 (Final) Jan 10
1.	Oklahoma (42)	Oklahoma (1–0) (43)	Oklahoma (1–0) (44)	Oklahoma (2–0) (50)	Oklahoma (3–0) (32)	Oklahoma (4–0) (27)	Oklahoma (5–0) (32)	Oklahoma (6–0) (31)	LSU (8–0) (41)	LSU (8–0) (41)	LSU (9–0) (59)	LSU (10–0) (59)	LSU (11–0) (60)	LSU (12–0) (59)	LSU (13–0) (59)	Alabama (12–1) (59)	1.
2.	Alabama (13)	Alabama (1–0) (9)	Alabama (2–0) (8)	Alabama (3–0) (4)	Alabama (4–0) (7) т	LSU (5–0) (21)	LSU (6–0) (15)	LSU (7–0) (15)	Alabama (8–0) (18)	Alabama (8–0) (18)	Stanford (9–0)	Oklahoma State (10–0)	Alabama (10–1)	Alabama (11–1)	Alabama (11–1)	LSU (13–1)	2.
3.	Oregon (2)	LSU (1–0) (7)	LSU (2–0) (7)	LSU (3–0) (5)	LSU (4–0) (20) т	Alabama (5–0) (10)	Alabama (6–0) (11)	Alabama (7–0) (12)	Stanford (7–0)	Stanford (8–0)	Oklahoma State (9–0)	Alabama (9–1)	Arkansas (10–1)	Virginia Tech (11–1)	Oklahoma State (11–1)	Oklahoma State (12–1)	3.
4.	LSU (2)	Florida State (1–0)	Boise State (1–0)	Boise State (2–0)	Stanford (3–0)	Stanford (4–0)	Wisconsin (5–0) (1)	Wisconsin (6–0) (1)	Oklahoma State (7–0)	Oklahoma State (8–0)	Alabama (8–1)	Oregon (9–1)	Virginia Tech (10–1)	Stanford (11–1)	Stanford (11–1)	Oregon (12–2)	4.
5.	Florida State	Boise State (1–0)	Florida State (2–0)	Stanford (3–0)	Boise State (3–0)	Wisconsin (5–0) (1)	Stanford (5–0)	Stanford (6–0)	Boise State (7–0)	Boise State (7–0)	Boise State (8–0)	Oklahoma (8–1)	Stanford (10–1)	Oklahoma State (10–1)	Oregon (11–2)	Arkansas (11–2)	5.
6.	Stanford	Stanford (1–0)	Stanford (2–0)	Oklahoma State (3–0)	Oklahoma State (4–0)	Boise State (4–0)	Boise State (5–0)	Oklahoma State (6–0)	Clemson (8–0)	Oregon (7–1)	Oregon (8–1)	Arkansas (9–1)	Oklahoma State (10–1)	Houston (12–0)	Boise State (11–1)	Boise State (12–1)	6.
7.	Boise State	Oklahoma State (1–0)	Oklahoma State (2–0)	Wisconsin (3–0)	Wisconsin (4–0)	Oklahoma State (4–0)	Oklahoma State (5–0)	Boise State (6–0)	Oregon (6–1)	Oklahoma (7–1)	Oklahoma (8–1)	Virginia Tech (9–1)	Houston (11–0)	Oregon (10–2)	Arkansas (10–2)	Stanford (11–2)	7.
8.	Oklahoma State	Texas A&M (1–0)	Wisconsin (2–0)	Texas A&M (2–0)	Nebraska (4–0)	Clemson (5–0)	Clemson (6–0)	Clemson (7–0) т	Arkansas (6–1)	Arkansas (7–1)	Arkansas (8–1)	Clemson (9–1)	Boise State (9–1)	Boise State (10–1)	Wisconsin (11–2)	South Carolina (11–2)	8.
9.	Texas A&M	Wisconsin (1–0)	Texas A&M (1–0)	Nebraska (3–0)	South Carolina (4–0)	Oregon (3–1)	Oregon (4–1)	Oregon (5–1) т	Oklahoma (6–1)	Nebraska (7–1)	Virginia Tech (8–1)	Stanford (9–1)	Oregon (9–2)	Michigan State (10–2)	South Carolina (10–2)	Michigan (11–2)	9.
10.	Wisconsin	Nebraska (1–0)	Nebraska (2–0)	South Carolina (3–0)	Virginia Tech (4–0)	Texas (4–0)	Michigan (6–0)	Arkansas (5–1)	Michigan State (6–1)	South Carolina (7–1)	Clemson (8–1)	Houston (10–0)	Michigan State (9–2)	Arkansas (10–2)	Kansas State (10–2)	Michigan State (11–3)	10.
11.	Nebraska	Virginia Tech (1–0)	South Carolina (2–0)	Virginia Tech (3–0)	Oregon (3–1)	Michigan (5–0)	Arkansas (5–1)	Nebraska (5–1)	Wisconsin (6–1)	Virginia Tech (8–1)	Houston (9–0)	Boise State (8–1)	Oklahoma (8–2)	Oklahoma (9–2)	Virginia Tech (11–2)	Wisconsin (11–3)	11.
12.	South Carolina	South Carolina (1–0)	Virginia Tech (2–0)	Arkansas (3–0)	Florida (4–0)	Arkansas (4–1)	Georgia Tech (6–0)	South Carolina (6–1)	Kansas State (7–0)	Clemson (8–1)	Penn State (8–1)	Michigan State (8–2)	Wisconsin (9–2)	Wisconsin (10–2)	Michigan (10–2)	Baylor (10–3)	12.
13.	Virginia Tech	Arkansas (1–0)	Arkansas (2–0)	Oregon (2–1)	Texas A&M (2–1)	Georgia Tech (5–0)	South Carolina (5–1)	Michigan State (5–1)	Nebraska (6–1)	Michigan (7–1)	Michigan State (7–2)	Wisconsin (8–2)	South Carolina (9–2)	South Carolina (10–2)	Michigan State (10–3)	TCU (11–2)	13.
14.	Arkansas	Oregon (0–1)	Oregon (1–1)	Florida State (2–1)	South Florida (4–0)	South Carolina (4–1)	Nebraska (5–1)	Virginia Tech (6–1) т	South Carolina (6–1)	Houston (8–0)	Wisconsin (7–2)	South Carolina (8–2)	Georgia (9–2)	Georgia (10–2)	Clemson (10–3)	Houston (13–1)	14.
15.	TCU	Ohio State (1–0)	Michigan State (2–0)	Florida (3–0)	Clemson (4–0)	Nebraska (4–1)	Illinois (6–0)	West Virginia (5–1) т	Virginia Tech (7–1)	Penn State (8–1)	South Carolina (7–2)	Georgia (8–2)	Kansas State (9–2)	Kansas State (9–2)	TCU (10–2)	Oklahoma (10–3)	15.
16.	Ohio State	Michigan State (1–0)	Ohio State (2–0)	West Virginia (3–0)	Baylor (3–0)	Illinois (5–0)	West Virginia (5–1)	Kansas State (6–0)	Texas A&M (5–2)	Michigan State (6–2)	Georgia (7–2)	Nebraska (8–2)	Michigan (9–2)	Michigan (10–2)	Baylor (9–3)	Kansas State (10–3)	16.
17.	Michigan State	Mississippi State (1–0)	Florida (2–0)	South Florida (3–0)	Texas (3–0)	Virginia Tech (4–1)	Virginia Tech (5–1)	Michigan (6–1)	Michigan (6–1)	Wisconsin (6–2)	Nebraska (7–2)	Kansas State (8–2)	Clemson (9–2)	TCU (9–2)	Houston (12–1)	Virginia Tech (11–3)	17.
18.	Notre Dame	Florida (1–0)	Arizona State (2–0)	Texas (3–0)	Arkansas (3–1)	Florida (4–1)	Kansas State (5–0)	Texas A&M (4–2)	Houston (7–0)	Arizona State (6–2)	Cincinnati (7–1)	Michigan (8–2)	TCU (9–2)	Baylor (8–3)	Georgia (10–3)	West Virginia (10–3)	18.
19.	Auburn	Missouri (1–0)	Auburn (2–0)	Baylor (2–0)	Michigan (4–0)	West Virginia (4–1)	Michigan State (4–1)	Georgia Tech (6–1)	Penn State (7–1)	Kansas State (7–1)	Georgia Tech (7–2)	TCU (8–2)	Penn State (9–2)	Nebraska (9–3)	Oklahoma (9–3)	Southern Miss (12–2)	19.
20.	Mississippi State	Penn State (1–0)	West Virginia (2–0)	TCU (2–1)	TCU (3–1)	Michigan State (4–1)	Arizona State (5–1)	Houston (6–0)	Arizona State (5–2)	Georgia (6–2)	Texas (6–2)	Southern Miss (9–1)	Baylor (7–3)	West Virginia (8–3)	Nebraska (9–3)	Georgia (10–4)	20.
21.	Missouri	Texas (1–0)	Texas (2–0)	Michigan (3–0)	Georgia Tech (4–0)	Kansas State (4–0)	Texas (4–1)	Illinois (6–1)	Georgia (5–2)	West Virginia (6–2)	Michigan (7–2)	Penn State (8–2)	Georgia Tech (8–3)	Clemson (9–3)	Southern Miss (11–2)	Cincinnati (10–3)	21.
22.	Georgia	Auburn (1–0)	South Florida (2–0)	Clemson (3–0)	Illinois (4–0)	Florida State (2–2)	Houston (6–0)	Penn State (6–1)	Texas Tech (5–2)	Cincinnati (6–1)	Kansas State (7–2)	Florida State (7–3)	Nebraska (8–3)	Penn State (9–3)	West Virginia (9–3)	Clemson (10–4)	22.
23.	Florida	Arizona State (1–0)	TCU (1–1)	Michigan State (2–1)	West Virginia (3–1)	Auburn (4–1)	Texas A&M (3–2)	Auburn (5–2)	Cincinnati (6–1)	Georgia Tech (7–2)	Southern Miss (8–1)	Georgia Tech (7–3) т	West Virginia (7–3)	Southern Miss (10–2)	Penn State (9–3)	Florida State (9–4)	23.
24.	Texas	West Virginia (1–0)	Baylor (1–0)	Georgia Tech (3–0)	Florida State (2–2)	Arizona State (4–1)	Baylor (4–1)	Washington (5–1)	West Virginia (5–2)	Southern Miss (7–1)	TCU (7–2)	West Virginia (7–3) т	Notre Dame (8–3)	Florida State (8–4)	Cincinnati (9–3)	Nebraska (9–4)	24.
25.	Penn State	TCU (0–1)	Mississippi State (1–1)	North Carolina (3–0)	Michigan State (3–1)	Texas A&M (2–2)	Penn State (5–1)	Arizona State (5–2)	Southern Miss (6–1)	Texas (5–2)	Auburn (6–3)	Notre Dame (7–3)	Virginia (8–3)	Cincinnati (8–4)	Florida State (8–4)	BYU (10–3)	25.
	Preseason Aug 4	Week 1 Sep 6	Week 2 Sep 11	Week 3 Sep 18	Week 4 Sep 25	Week 5 Oct 2	Week 6 Oct 9	Week 7 Oct 16	Week 8 Oct 23	Week 9 Oct 30	Week 10 Nov 6	Week 11 Nov 13	Week 12 Nov 20	Week 13 Nov 27	Week 14 Dec 4	Week 15 (Final) Jan 10
		Dropped: Notre Dame Georgia	Dropped: Missouri Penn State	Dropped: Ohio State Arizona State Auburn Mississippi State	Dropped: North Carolina	Dropped: Baylor South Florida TCU	Dropped: Florida Florida State Auburn	Dropped: Texas Baylor	Dropped: Georgia Tech Illinois Auburn Washington	Dropped: Texas A&M Texas Tech	Dropped: Arizona State West Virginia	Dropped: Cincinnati Texas Auburn	Dropped: Southern Miss Florida State	Dropped: Georgia Tech Notre Dame Virginia	Dropped: None	Dropped: Penn State

Harris Interactive Poll[]

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BCS standings[]

	Week 7 Oct 16	Week 8 Oct 23	Week 9 Oct 30	Week 10 Nov 6	Week 11 Nov 13	Week 12 Nov 20	Week 13 Nov 27	Week 14 (Final) Dec 4
1.	LSU (7–0)	LSU (8–0)	LSU (8–0)	LSU (9–0)	LSU (10–0)	LSU (11–0)	LSU (12–0)	LSU (13–0)	1.
2.	Alabama (7–0)	Alabama (8–0)	Alabama (8–0)	Oklahoma State (9–0)	Oklahoma State (10–0)	Alabama (10–1)	Alabama (11–1)	Alabama (11–1)	2.
3.	Oklahoma (6–0)	Oklahoma State (7–0)	Oklahoma State (8–0)	Alabama (8–1)	Alabama (9–1)	Arkansas (10–1)	Oklahoma State (10–1)	Oklahoma State (11–1)	3.
4.	Oklahoma State (6–0)	Boise State (7–0)	Stanford (8–0)	Stanford (9–0)	Oregon (9–1)	Oklahoma State (10–1)	Stanford (11–1)	Stanford (11–1)	4.
5.	Boise State (6–0)	Clemson (8–0)	Boise State (7–0)	Boise State (8–0)	Oklahoma (8–1)	Virginia Tech (10–1)	Virginia Tech (11–1)	Oregon (11–2)	5.
6.	Wisconsin (6–0)	Stanford (7–0)	Oklahoma (7–1)	Oklahoma (8–1)	Arkansas (9–1)	Stanford (10–1)	Houston (12–0)	Arkansas (10–2)	6.
7.	Clemson (7–0)	Oregon (6–1)	Arkansas (7–1)	Oregon (8–1)	Clemson (9–1)	Boise State (9–1)	Boise State (10–1)	Boise State (11–1)	7.
8.	Stanford (6–0)	Kansas State (7–0)	Oregon (7–1)	Arkansas (8–1)	Virginia Tech (9–1)	Houston (11–0)	Arkansas (10–2)	Kansas State (10–2)	8.
9.	Arkansas (5–1)	Oklahoma (6–1)	South Carolina (7–1)	Clemson (8–1)	Stanford (9–1)	Oklahoma (8–2)	Oregon (10–2)	South Carolina (10–2)	9.
10.	Oregon (5–1)	Arkansas (6–1)	Nebraska (7–1)	Virginia Tech (8–1)	Boise State (8–1)	Oregon (9–2)	Oklahoma (9–2)	Wisconsin (11–2)	10.
11.	Kansas State (6–0)	Michigan State (6–1)	Clemson (8–1)	Houston (9–0)	Houston (10–0)	Kansas State (9–2)	Kansas State (9–2)	Virginia Tech (11–2)	11.
12.	Virginia Tech (6–1)	Virginia Tech (7–1)	Virginia Tech (8–1)	Penn State (8–1)	South Carolina (8–2)	South Carolina (9–2)	South Carolina (10–2)	Baylor (9–3)	12.
13.	Nebraska (5–1)	South Carolina (6–1)	Houston (8–0)	South Carolina (7–2)	Kansas State (8–2)	Georgia (9–2)	Michigan State (10–2)	Michigan (10–2)	13.
14.	South Carolina (6–1)	Nebraska (6–1)	Kansas State (7–1)	Kansas State (7–2)	Georgia (8–2)	Michigan State (9–2)	Georgia (10–2)	Oklahoma (9–3)	14.
15.	West Virginia (5–1)	Wisconsin (6–1)	Michigan (7–1)	Georgia (7–2)	Michigan State (8–2)	Michigan (9–2)	Wisconsin (10–2)	Clemson (10–3)	15.
16.	Michigan State (5–1)	Texas A&M (5–2)	Penn State (8–1)	Texas (6–2)	Nebraska (8–2)	Wisconsin (9–2)	Michigan (10–2)	Georgia (10–3)	16.
17.	Texas A&M (4–2)	Houston (7–0)	Michigan State (6–2)	Michigan State (7–2)	Wisconsin (8–2)	Clemson (9–2)	Baylor (8–3)	Michigan State (10–3)	17.
18.	Michigan (6–1)	Michigan (6–1)	Georgia (6–2)	Wisconsin (7–2)	Michigan (8–2)	Baylor (7–3)	TCU (9–2)	TCU (10–2)	18.
19.	Houston (6–0)	Penn State (7–1)	Arizona State (6–2)	Nebraska (7–2)	TCU (8–2)	Penn State (9–2)	Nebraska (9–3)	Houston (12–1)	19.
20.	Auburn (5–2)	Texas Tech (5–2)	Wisconsin (6–2)	Auburn (6–3)	Southern Miss (9–1)	TCU (9–2)	Clemson (9–3)	Nebraska (9–3)	20.
21.	Penn State (6–1)	Arizona State (5–2)	Texas (5–2)	Georgia Tech (7–2)	Penn State (8–2)	Nebraska (8–3)	Penn State (9–3)	Southern Miss (11–2)	21.
22.	Georgia Tech (6–1)	Georgia (5–2)	Auburn (6–3)	Southern Miss (8–1)	Baylor (6–3)	Notre Dame (8–3)	Texas (7–4)	Penn State (9–3)	22.
23.	Illinois (6–1)	Auburn (5–3)	Georgia Tech (7–2)	Cincinnati (7–1)	Texas (6–3)	Georgia Tech (8–3)	West Virginia (8–3)	West Virginia (9–3)	23.
24.	Texas (4–2)	Texas (4–2)	West Virginia (6–2)	Michigan (7–2)	Auburn (6–4)	Auburn (7–4)	Southern Miss (10–2)	Texas (7–5)	24.
25.	Washington (5–1)	West Virginia (5–2)	Southern Miss (7–1)	Baylor (5–3)	Florida State (7–3)	Texas (6–4)	Missouri (7–5)	Auburn (7–5)	25.
	Week 7 Oct 16	Week 8 Oct 23	Week 9 Oct 30	Week 10 Nov 6	Week 11 Nov 13	Week 12 Nov 20	Week 13 Nov 27	Week 14 (Final) Dec 4
		Dropped: Georgia Tech Illinois Washington	Dropped: Texas A&M Texas Tech	Dropped: Arizona State West Virginia	Dropped: Georgia Tech Cincinnati	Dropped: Southern Miss Florida State	Dropped: Notre Dame Georgia Tech Auburn	Dropped: Missouri

Preseason polls[]

Various publications release their preseason top 25 months before the season commences.

	Athlon^[1]	Lindy's^[2]	Phil Steele	CCR^[3]	Sporting News^[4]	College Football News^[5]	Sports Illustrated^[6]	CFP Users^[7]	ESPN	Rivals.com^[8]	USA Today Coaches' Poll ^[9]	NationalChamps .net^[10]
1.	Alabama	Oklahoma	Alabama	Oklahoma	LSU	Alabama	Alabama	Oklahoma		Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	1.
2.	Oklahoma	Alabama	Oklahoma	Alabama	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Alabama		Alabama	Alabama	Alabama	2.
3.	Oregon	Oregon	Boise State	Boise State	Alabama	Oregon	LSU	Oregon		Oregon	Oregon	LSU	3.
4.	Florida State	LSU	Oregon	Nebraska	Stanford	Florida State	Stanford	LSU		LSU	LSU	Oregon	4.
5.	Boise State	Florida State	Virginia Tech	Virginia Tech	Oregon	Missouri	Oregon	Boise State		Boise State	Florida State	Stanford	5.
6.	Notre Dame	Boise State	Notre Dame	LSU	Boise State	Wisconsin	Florida State	Florida State		Stanford	Stanford	Boise State	6.
7.	Virginia Tech	Oklahoma State	LSU	Texas A&M	Florida State	Stanford	South Carolina	Stanford		Wisconsin	Boise State	Ohio State	7.
8.	LSU	Stanford	Texas A&M	Oregon	Oklahoma State	LSU	Boise State	Oklahoma State		Florida State	Oklahoma State	Oklahoma State	8.
9.	Ohio State	Nebraska	Georgia	Florida State	Nebraska	South Carolina	Nebraska	Texas A&M		Nebraska	Texas A&M	Texas A&M	9.
10.	Nebraska	Arkansas	Florida State	Missouri	Wisconsin	Arkansas	Texas A&M	Nebraska		Texas A&M	Wisconsin	Florida State	10.
11.	Texas A&M	South Carolina	TCU	Notre Dame	Arkansas	Texas A&M	Wisconsin	Ohio State		Oklahoma State	Nebraska	Auburn	11.
12.	Oklahoma State	Virginia Tech	Nebraska	Southern Miss	Texas A&M	Georgia	Oklahoma State	Wisconsin		Virginia Tech	South Carolina	Michigan State	12.
13.	Stanford	Texas A&M	Arkansas	BYU	Virginia Tech	Oklahoma State	Michigan State	South Carolina		Notre Dame	Virginia Tech	TCU	13.
14.	Georgia	Ohio State	South Carolina	Wisconsin	Michigan State	Florida	Notre Dame	Arkansas		Arkansas	Arkansas	Wisconsin	14.
15.	TCU	TCU	Ohio State	South Carolina	Notre Dame	TCU	Virginia Tech	Virginia Tech		TCU	TCU	Arkansas	15.
16.	Arkansas	Georgia	Stanford	Michigan State	South Carolina	Miami	Arkansas	Notre Dame		Ohio State	Ohio State	Mississippi State	16.
17.	West Virginia	Wisconsin	USC	Oklahoma State	Ohio State	Boise State	Arizona State	TCU		South Carolina	Michigan State	South Carolina	17.
18.	Florida	West Virginia	Texas	Toledo	Auburn	Texas	TCU	Georgia		Michigan State	Notre Dame	Virginia Tech	18.
19.	Miami	Notre Dame	Oklahoma State	Air Force	TCU	Virginia Tech	Ohio State	Michigan State		USC	Auburn	Nebraska	19.
20.	USC	Florida	Southern Miss	Stanford	Mississippi State	Notre Dame	USC	Mississippi State		Arizona State	Mississippi State	Notre Dame	20.
21.	South Carolina	Mississippi State	Houston	Arkansas	Utah	Ohio State	Mississippi State	West Virginia		Florida	Missouri	Missouri	21.
22.	Michigan State	Michigan State	Arizona State	Miami,Ohio	West Virginia	USC	Missouri	Missouri		Texas	Georgia	Florida	22.
23.	Wisconsin	Missouri	Wisconsin	N. C. State	Arizona State	Clemson	West Virginia	Florida		Penn State	Florida	Arizona State	23.
24.	Texas	Auburn	Penn State	West Virginia	Penn State	Nebraska	Auburn	Auburn		West Virginia	Texas	Texas	24.
25.	Missouri	Arizona State	USF	Mississippi State	USC	Michigan	Florida	Texas		BYU	Penn State	Tulsa	25.
	Athlon	Lindy's	Phil Steele	CCR	Sporting News	College Football News	Sports Illustrated	CFP Users	ESPN	Rivals.com	USA Today Coaches' Poll	NationalChamps .net

References[]

↑ "Season Previews, Predictions and Pre-Game Analysis". AthlonSports.com. http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football/top-25. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
↑ "Lindy’s Preseason College Football Top 25". Lindys Sports. http://www.lindyssports.com/article.php?cn=378. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
↑ "Congrove Computer Rankings Projected Final Regular Season CCR Top 120". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20110721190017/http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/pre_season_congrove_rankings.html. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
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