AP Poll released for Week 13: There’s a new No. 1, again

Glenn McGraw | November 18, 2012 at 1:02 pm | 2 Comments

The AP top 25 for Week 13 has been released. Move over Kansas State, Oregon, and the rest of the country, there’s a new No. 1 in town and it comes in the form of an old soul. Welcome back to the top, Notre Dame.

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With the losses of previously unbeaten Kansas State and Oregon, the college football world was turned on its head Saturday night. The door that had felt like it was all but shut for Alabama, swung right back open. As it did for Georgia, Florida, Florida State and a slew of other top 10 teams.

Falling in line behind the Irish is No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Georgia, No. 4 Ohio State, and No. 5 Oregon.

The SEC still leads the nation with five teams ranked in the top ten, followed by the ACC (1), Pac 12 (1), Big 12 (1), Big Ten (1), and Notre Dame.

No. 22 Oklahoma State, No. 24 Northern Illinois, and No. 25′s (tie) Utah State and Mississippi State moved into the top 25.

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Rank	Team	Record	Votes	Previous
1	Notre Dame(60)	11-0	1,500	3
2	Alabama	10-1	1,399	4
3	Georgia	10-1	1,316	5
4	Ohio State	11-0	1,292	6
5	Oregon	10-1	1,246	1
6	Florida	10-1	1,171	7
7	Kansas State	10-1	1,064	2
8	LSU	9-2	1,048	8
9	Texas A&M	9-2	1,028	9
10	Florida State	10-1	1,026	10
11	Stanford	9-2	991	14
12	Clemson	10-1	874	11
13	South Carolina	9-2	795	12
14	Oklahoma	8-2	734	13
15	UCLA	9-2	624	17
16	Oregon State	8-2	599	15
17	Nebraska	9-2	559	16
18	Texas	8-2	498	18
19	Louisville	9-1	362	20
20	Michigan	8-3	282	23
21	Rutgers	9-1	265	22
22	Oklahoma State	7-3	240	NR
23	Kent State	10-1	155	25
24	Northern Illinois	10-1	144	NR
25	Utah State	9-2	82	NR
25	Mississippi State	8-3	82	NR
Others Receiving Votes:Northwestern20, Washington20, Boise State20, Arizona13, USC12, Tulsa10, San Jose State8, Fresno State7, Wisconsin4, Louisiana Tech4, San Diego State2, Iowa State1, Vanderbilt1, Baylor1, TCU1