College Football Rankings, Week 12: Boise State Indeed Jumps TCU In AP And Coaches' Poll, Alabama's Back To AP Top Ten

As sort of expected, the Boise St. Broncos impressed enough humans this week to sneak past the TCU Horned Frogs in the AP Poll, the first of today’s college football polls to be released. The Broncos pounded yet another overmatched opponent while the Frogs let a team pull within five points at garbage time. More damning for TCU, though, were losses by the Utah Utes and Baylor Bears, which were their prized pelts coming into this week. The Oregon St. Beavers also lost, but both schools beat them, so ehhh.

Oregon’s lead over Auburn did shrink a tad, with Auburn picking up ten first-place votes and the Ducks losing 11. If Auburn keeps winning that’ll only continue, as they play two straight top-17 teams next.

Around the SEC and ACC, Bama returns to the top ten by plastering the Mississippi St. Bulldogs. LSU stays put while Arkansas and South Carolina rise, and the Florida Gators leave us again. Virginia Tech is knocking on the top-ten door, having clawed back to the top 15 after their terrific loss to James Madison. Miami, Florida St., and N.C. State continue their weekly game of Duck Duck Goose around the bottom of the top 25.

1. Oregon Ducks (38)
2. Auburn Tigers (12)
3. Boise St. Broncos (9)
4. TCU Horned Frogs (1)
5. LSU Tigers
6. WIsconsin Badgers
7. Stanford Cardinal
8. Ohio St. Buckeyes
9. Nebraska Cornhuskers
10. Alabama Crimson Tide
11. Michigan St. Spartans
12. Oklahoma St. Cowboys
13. Arkansas Razorbacks
14. Virginia Tech Hokies
15. Missouri Tigers
16. Oklahoma Sooners
17. South Carolina Gamecocks
18. Texas A&M Aggies
19. Nevada Wolf Pack
20. USC Trojans
21. Iowa Hawkeyes
22. Mississippi St. Bulldogs
23. Arizona Wildcats
24. Miami Hurricanes
25. Utah Utes