2012 College Football Rankings: Alabama Jumps USC In Both Polls

2012 BlogPoll, Week 2: No. 1 Alabama Breaks Everything, Including Michigan

Nearly 100 of the brightest blogging minds in the country voted on the top 25 college football teams after Week 1. And Alabama got almost all of the first-place votes.

College Football Rankings: Why Do We Have September Polls?

Even if we retain preseason college football polls, we don't need to have another poll until three or four weeks have passed, when we have begun to learn what we need to learn about the sport's best teams.

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College Football Rankings: Simulated BCS Standings Show Why Not To Play Alabama

College football's Week 1 was good for Michigan State, Clemson and Nebraska, but very bad for Michigan, which may have learned the value of soft scheduling in the BCS era. Below, a look at what the BCS standings would look like if they officially came out this week.

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The Week 2 Coaches' Poll, As Represented By 90s Sitcoms

College Football Rankings, Week 2: Coaches' Poll Dumps LSU For Alabama

The USA Today Coaches' Poll entered Week 1 with LSU at No. 1 ahead of Alabama and USC, but a trampling of No. 8 Michigan by the Tide means Nick Saban's crew sweeps the polls this week. LSU dips to No. 3 by a narrow margin, with USC having beaten a slightly better opponent in Hawai'i than LSU did in North Texas.

Oregon and Oklahoma switch spots, as do Florida State and Georgia, just as they did in the AP Top 25. West Virginia and South Carolina tied in the AP, but here WVU gets the clear edge.

The full Coaches' Poll Top 25 for Week 1:

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2012 College Football Rankings, Week 2: AP Top 25 Jumps Alabama Over USC

The Alabama Crimson Tide have reclaimed the top spot in the Associated Press Top 25 after USC held it for just one week. They're followed by USC, LSU, Oregon and Oklahoma in the top five.

Entering Tuesday, the big question regarding the polls was whether Bama's convincing win over No. 8 Michigan would be enough for the Tide to overtake No. 1 USC, which dusted Hawai'i. Some had also wondered whether No. 5 Oregon's blowout of Sun Belt champ Arkansas State meant the Ducks could swap spots with No. 4 Oklahoma, which didn't exactly overwhelm UTEP. It appears these things happened.

Early on, the BCS computers also might be leaning Alabama's way, as indicated by Jeff Sagarin's BCS-approved formula results.

The full AP Top 25:

• Dropped from rankings: Boise State 24
• Others receiving votes: Boise State 79, Tennessee 73, BYU 63, North Carolina 48, Baylor 38, Utah 34, Washington 15, Georgia Tech 14, Ohio 10, Texas State 10, Missouri 7, Texas A&M 5, South Florida 5, UCF 4, Mississippi State 3, Auburn 3, Cincinnati 2

Boise St falls out of AP Poll for 1st time since Sept. 2008. It had been ranked for 62 straight wks, 2nd longest active streak behind Bama.

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) September 4, 2012

Alabama reaches No. 1 in AP poll for 5th consecutive season - 2nd team to do this within last 50 years (Miami 1986-92)

— Brad Edwards (@JBradEdwards) September 4, 2012

Oregon's No. 4 AP ranking is highest Ducks have ever been at this point in regular season. Were No. 3 last preseason but lost opener.

— Rob Moseley (@DuckFootball) September 4, 2012

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2012 College Football Rankings: Alabama, TCU Top Sagarin Ratings

The year's first post-action college football rankings come out Tuesday, with the Associated Press Top 25 expected around noon ET. Official BCS standings won't start coming out until October.

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