| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Oregon | Cal has done pretty well keeping Oregon's offense under control over the years, but UO usually wins anyway. | 2 |
| 2 |  | Kansas State | Kansas State got by their first road test in November. This week they head to Waco to give the defense another test. | 3 |
| 3 |  | Notre Dame | The Irish just have one more bad ACC team to struggle against before the huge game against USC. | 4 |
| 4 |  | Ohio State | After a week off, Ohio State gets to go to Madison and try and take on the Badgers brutal ground game. | 5 |
| 5 |  | Alabama | Alabama nearly came back after quickly going down 20-0 to TAMU. National title hopes are not gone quite yet. | 1 |
| 6 |  | Georgia | Georgia won the SEC East by beating Auburn. The next two weeks they play out of conference games. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Florida | For the most part Florida sat back as Louisiana clutched defeat from the jaws of victory. The Gators got lucky. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Florida State | It may not have been a particularly pretty game, but beating Virginia Tech in Blacksburg is never easy. | 8 |
| 9 |  | LSU | LSU got the best of Mississippi State in the end. This week they host the other team from Mississippi. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Clemson | Clemson crushed Maryland, but next week they will be huge Terps fans if they want a chance to reach the title game. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Texas A&M | Texas A&M just got back on the national radar and gained a lot of fans in Oregon, Kansas and northern Indiana. | 16 |
| 12 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina had little trouble with Arkansas. This week they host FCS member Wofford. | 11 |
| 13 |  | Stanford | The Cardinal beat Oregon State and now they can really mess up the Pac-12 North picture if they win at Oregon. | 14 |
| 14 |  | Oklahoma | OU had a decent win against Baylor. This week they take a trip to WVU in a must win game to keep Big 12 title hopes. | 12 |
| 15 |  | USC | USC didn't have too much trouble with ASU. This week they head to UCLA, a game with huge title implications. | 17 |
| 16 |  | Oregon State | OSU lost their second straight road game. While they are out of road games, the Beavers are out of the Rose Bowl. | 13 |
| 17 |  | Texas | Texas crushed Iowa State. They get a week off now before finishing up with TCU and a trip to Kansas State. | 19 |
| 18 |  | Louisville | Any road game is going to be tough, but Louisville hardly even gave Syracuse a game. Now they have a week off. | 15 |
| 19 |  | Nebraska | Nebraska, yet again, came back in the second half against a conference foe. Now they are smelling roses. | 20 |
| 20 |  | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech's defense was pretty non-existent, but the offense was very impressive against Texas State. | 18 |
| 21 |  | UCLA | If UCLA wants to go to the Pac-12 title game, they have to get through USC at the Rose Bowl on Saturday. | 21 |
| 22 |  | Boise State | Even the long road trip was not enough to stop Boise State from jumping all over a pretty bad Hawaii team. | 23 |
| 23 |  | Michigan | The Wolverines got a quality overtime win against Northwestern, but they need Nebraska to slip up soon. | NR |
| 24 |  | Texas Tech | It took overtime for Texas Tech to beat Kansas. That is not a good sign, but at least the Red Raiders got the win. | NR |
| 25 |  | Rutgers | Rutgers did not look very good against Army. With a win at Cincinnati their BCS destiny is in their own hands. | NR |
Week 11 Football Top 25 Rankings
Sat, 11/10/2012
