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There's nothing wrong with winning ugly, as sometimes it can be a true test of a team's resolve as the 2011 college football season begins to draw to an end. Ask Oklahoma State, Oregon and Oklahoma if they'd take an ugly win over a pretty loss.
With the 19-10 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats, the Georgia Bulldogs have punched their ticket for the SEC Championship in Atlanta. At 9-2 on the season (losses against No. 8 Boise State and No. 13 South Carolina) they are now ranked No. 14 in this week's coaches poll.
Georgia Tech is ranked No. 21 this week in the coaches poll after defeating Duke 38-31 in Durham on Saturday. The Yellow Jackets are now 8-3 and are out of the ACC Championship picture.
Here is the USA Today/Coaches poll for Week 12:
|
Rank
|
Team (first-place votes) |
Record
|
Points
|
Last week's poll
|
|
|
1.
|
LSU (59)
|
11-0
|
1,475
|
1
|
|
|
2.
|
Alabama
|
10-1
|
1,413
|
3
|
|
|
3.
|
Arkansas |
10-1
|
1,349
|
6
|
|
|
4.
|
Virginia Tech |
10-1
|
1,242
|
7
|
|
|
5.
|
Stanford
|
10-1
|
1,222
|
9
|
|
|
6.
|
Oklahoma State |
10-1
|
1,156
|
2
|
|
|
7.
|
Houston |
11-0
|
1,075
|
10
|
|
|
8.
|
Boise State
|
9-1
|
982
|
11
|
|
|
9.
|
Oregon
|
9-2
|
933
|
4
|
|
|
10.
|
Michigan State |
9-2
|
928
|
12
|
|
|
11.
|
Oklahoma
|
8-2
|
826
|
5
|
|
|
12.
|
Wisconsin
|
9-2
|
808
|
13
|
|
|
13.
|
South Carolina |
9-2
|
806
|
14
|
|
|
14.
|
Georgia |
9-2
|
803
|
15
|
|
|
15.
|
Kansas State |
9-2
|
671
|
17
|
|
|
16.
|
Michigan
|
9-2
|
618
|
18
|
|
|
17.
|
Clemson
|
9-2
|
587
|
8
|
|
|
18.
|
TCU |
9-2
|
494
|
19
|
|
|
19.
|
Penn State |
9-2
|
455
|
21
|
|
|
20.
|
Baylor |
7-3
|
302
|
NR
|
|
|
21.
|
Georgia Tech |
8-3
|
203
|
23 (tie)
|
|
|
22.
|
Nebraska
|
8-3
|
165
|
16
|
|
|
23.
|
West Virginia |
7-3
|
158
|
23 (tie)
|
|
|
24.
|
Notre Dame |
8-3
|
156
|
25
|
|
|
25.
|
Virginia |
8-3
|
154
|
NR
|
|
|
|
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| Dropped out | |||||
| No. 20 Southern Mississippi (9-2, lost to Alabama-Birmingham 34-31), No. 22 Florida State (7-4, lost to then-unranked Virginia 14-13). | |||||
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| Others receiving votes | |||||
| Rutgers (8-3) 54; Auburn (7-4) 33; Southern Mississippi (9-2) 25; Tulsa (8-3) 23; Brigham Young (8-3) 21; Arkansas State (9-2) 10; Northern Illinois (8-3) 10; Missouri (6-5) 8; Texas A&M (6-5) 4; Utah (7-4) 3; Florida State (7-4) 1; Iowa State (6-4) 1; Texas (6-4) 1. | |||||