NCAA football rankings, week 12: Stanford moves up two spots, Oregon is new No. 1

Ezra Shaw

The Stanford Cardinal are now in the top 15 in the country but they are still chasing the top team in the Pac-12 in the Oregon Ducks.

The Associated Press college football poll was released on Sunday morning and the Stanford Cardinal moved up two spots to No. 14.

The Cardinal are now the second-highest ranked Pac-12 team behind the new No. 1 team in the country, the Oregon Ducks. The Ducks received 45 first-place votes after dispatching of the California Golden Bears on Saturday, 59-17. The Alabama Crimson Tide dropped to No. 4 after suffering their first loss of the season at the hands of the Texas A&M Aggies, who moved into the top 10 at No. 9.

The No. 2 Kansas St. Wildcats, No. 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish and No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs make up the rest of the top five. Five of the top nine teams in the country are in the SEC but due to them all beating up on one another, this season may see two non-SEC teams in the national championship game for the first time since 2005.

Full AP Top 25:

Rank	Team	Record	Votes	Previous
1	Oregon (45)	10-0	1,485	2
2	Kansas State (14)	10-0	1,451	3
3	Notre Dame (1)	10-0	1,382	4
4	Alabama	9-1	1,259	1
5	Georgia	9-1	1,223	5
6	Ohio State	10-0	1,212	5
7	Florida	9-1	1,089	7
8	LSU	8-2	1,046	9
9	Texas A&M	8-2	1,031	15
10	Florida State	9-1	1,024	8
11	Clemson	9-1	907	10
12	South Carolina	8-2	848	12
13	Oklahoma	7-2	798	14
14	Stanford	8-2	766	16
15	Oregon State	7-2	556	13
16	Nebraska	8-2	549	18
17	UCLA	8-2	541	17
18	Texas	8-2	496	19
19	Louisiana Tech	9-1	374	19
20	Louisville	9-1	322	11
21	USC	7-3	297	21
22	Rutgers	8-1	179	24
23	Michigan	7-3	135	NR
23	Texas Tech	7-3	135	25
25	Kent State	9-1	93	NR