| AP Poll | USA Today Poll | Combination Rankings | ||||||||||
| October 21, 2012 | 1st Place | October 21, 2012 | 1st Place | (Based on adding the two %'s) | ||||||||
| Pts | % | Votes | Pts | % | Votes | |||||||
| 1. | Alabama | 1499 | 7.687 | 59 | 1. | Alabama | 1475 | 7.692 | 59 | 1. | Alabama | 15.379 |
| 2. | Oregon | 1424 | 7.303 | 2. | Oregon | 1403 | 7.317 | 2. | Oregon | 14.619 | ||
| 3. | Florida | 1380 | 7.077 | 1 | 3. | Florida | 1329 | 6.931 | 3. | Florida | 14.008 | |
| 4. | Kansas State | 1333 | 6.836 | 4. | Kansas State | 1326 | 6.915 | 4. | Kansas State | 13.751 | ||
| 5. | Notre Dame | 1241 | 6.364 | 5. | Notre Dame | 1221 | 6.368 | 5. | Notre Dame | 12.732 | ||
| 6. | LSU | 1172 | 6.010 | 6. | LSU | 1164 | 6.070 | 6. | LSU | 12.081 | ||
| 7. | Oregon State | 1106 | 5.672 | 7. | Oklahoma | 1084 | 5.653 | 7. | Oklahoma | 11.115 | ||
| 8. | Oklahoma | 1065 | 5.462 | 8. | Southern Cal | 1014 | 5.288 | 8. | Oregon State | 10.751 | ||
| 9. | Ohio State | 1028 | 5.272 | 9. | Oregon State | 974 | 5.080 | 9. | Southern Cal | 10.129 | ||
| 10. | Southern Cal | 944 | 4.841 | 10. | Florida State | 948 | 4.944 | 10. | Florida State | 9.416 | ||
| 11. | Florida State | 872 | 4.472 | 11. | Georgia | 850 | 4.433 | 11. | Georgia | 8.253 | ||
| 12. | Georgia | 745 | 3.821 | 12. | Mississippi St. | 800 | 4.172 | 12. | Mississippi St. | 7.962 | ||
| 13. | Mississippi St. | 739 | 3.790 | 13. | Clemson | 788 | 4.110 | 13. | Clemson | 7.766 | ||
| 14. | Clemson | 713 | 3.656 | 14. | Louisville | 720 | 3.755 | 14. | Louisville | 6.934 | ||
| 15. | Texas Tech | 653 | 3.349 | 15. | Rutgers | 637 | 3.322 | 15. | Texas Tech | 6.327 | ||
| 16. | Louisville | 620 | 3.179 | 16. | South Carolina | 598 | 3.119 | 16. | South Carolina | 6.149 | ||
| 17. | South Carolina | 591 | 3.031 | 17. | Texas Tech | 571 | 2.978 | 17. | Rutgers | 6.086 | ||
| 18. | Rutgers | 539 | 2.764 | 18. | Boise State | 407 | 2.123 | 18. | Ohio State | 5.272 | ||
| 19. | Stanford | 421 | 2.159 | 19. | Stanford | 401 | 2.091 | 19. | Stanford | 4.250 | ||
| 20. | Michigan | 300 | 1.538 | 20. | Michigan | 264 | 1.377 | 20. | Boise State | 3.446 | ||
| 21. | Boise State | 258 | 1.323 | 21. | Texas A&M | 229 | 1.194 | 21. | Michigan | 2.915 | ||
| 22. | Texas A&M | 252 | 1.292 | 22. | West Virginia | 173 | 0.902 | 22. | Texas A&M | 2.487 | ||
| 23. | Ohio | 181 | 0.928 | 23. | Ohio | 132 | 0.688 | 23. | Ohio | 1.617 | ||
| 24. | Louisiana Tech | 106 | 0.544 | 24. | Texas | 109 | 0.568 | 24. | West Virginia | 1.292 | ||
| 25. | West Virginia | 76 | 0.390 | 25. | Wisconsin | 104 | 0.542 | 25. | Louisiana Tech | 1.065 | ||
| 26. | Toledo | 49 | 0.251 | 26. | Louisiana Tech | 100 | 0.522 | 26. | Texas | 0.738 | ||
| 27. | Texas | 33 | 0.169 | 27. | Texas Christian | 71 | 0.370 | 27. | Wisconsin | 0.701 | ||
| 28. | Wisconsin | 31 | 0.159 | 28. | Nebraska | 71 | 0.370 | 28. | Texas Christian | 0.519 | ||
| 29. | Texas Christian | 29 | 0.149 | 29. | Cincinnati | 51 | 0.266 | 29. | Nebraska | 0.493 | ||
| 30. | Nebraska | 24 | 0.123 | 30. | Oklahoma State | 37 | 0.193 | 30. | Toledo | 0.408 | ||
| 31. | Penn State | 18 | 0.092 | 31. | Toledo | 30 | 0.156 | 31. | Cincinnati | 0.281 | ||
| 32. | N. C. State | 13 | 0.067 | 32. | Arizona State | 21 | 0.110 | 32. | Oklahoma State | 0.254 | ||
| 33. | Oklahoma State | 12 | 0.062 | 33. | Tulsa | 21 | 0.110 | 33. | Tulsa | 0.140 | ||
| 34. | Arizona | 7 | 0.036 | 34. | Duke | 16 | 0.083 | 34. | Arizona State | 0.135 | ||
| 35. | UCLA | 7 | 0.036 | 35. | Northern Illinois | 14 | 0.073 | 35. | Northern Illinois | 0.099 | ||
| 36. | Tulsa | 6 | 0.031 | 36. | Northwestern | 11 | 0.057 | 36. | Penn State | 0.092 | ||
| 37. | Arizona State | 5 | 0.026 | 37. | UL-Monroe | 7 | 0.037 | 37. | Duke | 0.083 | ||
| 38. | Northern Illinois | 5 | 0.026 | 38. | W. Kentucky | 3 | 0.016 | 38. | N. C. State | 0.067 | ||
| 39. | Cincinnati | 3 | 0.015 | 39. | UCLA | 1 | 0.005 | 39. | Northwestern | 0.057 | ||
| 40. | UCLA | 0.041 | ||||||||||
| 41. | UL-Monroe | 0.037 | ||||||||||
| 42. | Arizona | 0.036 | ||||||||||
| 43. | W. Kentucky | 0.016 | ||||||||||
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