AP & USA Today Coaches' Polls

The NCAA football rankings are out for the week in college football and the Alabama Crimson Tide remain on top in both polls after a 51-0 thrashing of the Arkansas Razorbacks.

With USC losing, the LSU Tigers are now second in both polls. Those two teams are followed by Oregon, Florida State and Georgia in the AP Poll. In the USA Today Coaches’ Poll, they are followed by Oregon, Florida State and Oklahoma.

The only team ranked in the top 25 of both polls from the Big East are the Louisville Cardinals (20,18). The Rutgers Scarlet Knights and Cincinnati Bearcats are the only teams from the Big East among the others receiving votes.

For a full look at the 2012 NCAA Football Rankings – Week 4 (Sept. 16), please click on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.

AP Top 25 USA Today Coaches’ Poll
RK TEAM REC PTS PVS RK TEAM REC PTS PVS
1 Alabama (58) 3-0 1498 1 1 Alabama (54) 3-0 1470 1
2 LSU (2) 3-0 1433 3 2 LSU (5) 3-0 1411 2
3 Oregon 3-0 1356 4 3 Oregon 3-0 1339 4
4 Florida State 3-0 1275 5 4 Florida State 3-0 1240 6
5 Georgia 3-0 1203 7 5 Oklahoma 2-0 1201 5
6 Oklahoma 2-0 1181 5 6 Georgia 3-0 1150 7
7 South Carolina 3-0 1081 8 7 West Virginia 2-0 1114 8
8 West Virginia 2-0 1051 9 8 South Carolina 3-0 1071 9
9 Stanford 3-0 1009 21 9 Clemson 3-0 955 11
10 Clemson 3-0 899 11 10 Texas 3-0 869 12
11 Notre Dame 3-0 854 20 11 Stanford 3-0 868 16
12 Texas 3-0 816 14 12 USC 2-1 779 3
13 USC 2-1 776 2 13 Kansas State 3-0 767 14
14 Florida 3-0 743 18 14 Florida 3-0 689 17
15 Kansas State 3-0 683 15 15 Notre Dame 3-0 681 19
16 Ohio State 3-0 680 12 16 TCU 2-0 675 15
17 TCU 2-0 535 16 17 Michigan 2-1 507 18
18 Michigan 2-1 448 17 18 Louisville 3-0 434 20
19 UCLA 3-0 429 22 19 UCLA 3-0 375 23
20 Louisville 3-0 366 19 20 Michigan State 2-1 354 10
21 Michigan State 2-1 318 10 21 Arizona 3-0 296 25
22 Arizona 3-0 296 24 22 Nebraska 2-1 194 24
23 Mississippi State 3-0 106 NR 23 Mississippi State 3-0 99 NR
24 Boise State 1-1 95 NR 24 Wisconsin 2-1 97 22
25 Nebraska 2-1 80 NR 25 Oklahoma State 2-1 73 NR
Dropped from rankings: Dropped from rankings:
Virginia Tech 13, Tennessee 23, Brigham Young 25 Virginia Tech 13, Arkansas 21
Others receiving votes: Others receiving votes:
Oregon State 68, Baylor 55, Northwestern 41, Ohio 20, Oklahoma State 19, Rutgers 19, Iowa State 15, Virginia Tech 13, Cincinnati 9, Tennessee 6, Wisconsin 5, Texas Tech 5, Texas A&M 4, Missouri 4, Georgia Tech 3, Fresno State 2, Utah 1 Virginia Tech 71, Boise State 70, Baylor 54, Cincinnati 39, Northwestern 33, Rutgers 29, Iowa State 29, Oregon State 24, Georgia Tech 20, Louisiana Tech 18, Missouri 18, Texas Tech 15, Brigham Young 8, Texas A&M 7, Utah 6, Tennessee 6, Ohio 5, Arizona State 5, Louisiana-Monroe 4, Western Kentucky 3, Washington 2, San Jose State 1

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