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2012 College Football Rankings: Stanford finishes No. 7; San Jose State in top 25

Examining the final top 25 poll prior to all of the bowl games.

By Scott Coleman
Ezra Shaw

College football fans everywhere were in for yet another wild and wacky season the past couple of months. The regular season has now wrapped up, and now just a handful of bowl games remain for the eligible teams.

The Stanford Cardinal had a fine season that ended with a Pac-12 Championship Game win over the UCLA Bruins. They finished ranked seventh in SB Nation's Blog Poll. As for the other Pac-12 teams to make the list, the Oregon Ducks placed third, Oregon State is 15th and UCLA is No. 17. After spending all of the year in the top 25, the USC Trojans dropped out after another tough loss to Notre Dame on the final weekend of the regular season.

The San Jose St. Spartans haven't received a lot of national publicity in 2012, but they sure deserved some. SJSU is ranked 24th in SB Nation's Blog Poll, which makes them one of the best non-BCS schools in the nation. San Jose State will play Bowling Green in the Military Bowl later this month.

Here is a full look at the latest top 25 poll.

College Football Rankings 2011

Results for Week 14

# School Points/blog SD Delta
1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (42) 24.59 0.88 --
2 Alabama Crimson Tide (11) 23.89 0.82 --
3 Oregon Ducks 21.43 1.88 --
4 Florida Gators (1) 21.20 1.95 Arrow_up 1
5 Kansas St. Wildcats 20.00 1.50 Arrow_up 2
6 Georgia Bulldogs 19.48 2.45 Arrow_down -2
7 Stanford Cardinal 18.38 2.27 Arrow_up 1
8 Ohio St. Buckeyes (2) 18.05 7.51 Arrow_down -2
9 LSU Tigers 17.05 2.14 --
10 Texas A&M Aggies 16.88 2.90 --
11 South Carolina Gamecocks 14.71 1.82 --
12 Oklahoma Sooners 14.36 2.43 --
13 Florida St. Seminoles 13.43 2.14 --
14 Clemson Tigers 11.82 1.39 Arrow_up 1
15 Oregon St. Beavers 9.82 3.19 Arrow_up 1
16 Northern Illinois Huskies 9.68 3.48 Arrow_up 3
17 UCLA Bruins 7.02 2.95 --
18 Utah State Aggies 6.66 3.10 Arrow_up 2
19 Boise St. Broncos 5.09 4.26 Arrow_up 4
20 Louisville Cardinals 4.84 3.31 Arrow_up 7
21 Northwestern Wildcats 4.25 3.42 --
22 Nebraska Cornhuskers 4.00 3.82 Arrow_down -8
23 Michigan Wolverines 3.70 3.07 Arrow_down -1
24 San Jose St. Spartans 3.61 3.11 Arrow_up 2
25 Kent St. Golden Flashes 2.84 3.23 Arrow_down -7
Others Receiving Votes: Wisconsin Badgers | Texas Longhorns | Vanderbilt Commodores | Penn St. Nittany Lions | Baylor Bears | Fresno St. Bulldogs | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | Ball St. Cardinals | Arkansas St. Red Wolves | Cincinnati Bearcats | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | San Diego St. Aztecs | Mississippi St. Bulldogs | Toledo Rockets | Arizona St. Sun Devils | TCU Horned Frogs | North Carolina Tar Heels | USC Trojans | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | Arizona Wildcats | Central Florida Knights | West Virginia Mountaineers
Updated: Dec 4, 2012 6:30 AM PST

SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Rankings 2011