Week 12 USA Today Poll 1. Ohio State (62) 11-0 1,574 2. Michigan (1) 11-0 1,513 3. Florida 9-1 1,381 4. USC 8-1 1,373 5. Notre Dame 9-1 1,273 6. Arkansas 9-1 1,248 7. West Virginia 8-1 1,113 8. Rutgers 9-0 1,082 9. LSU 8-2 1,054 10. Wisconsin 10-1 928 11. Texas 9-2 927 12. Louisville 8-1 884 13. Boise State 10-0 830 14. Wake Forest 9-1 724 15. Auburn 9-2 721 16. Oklahoma 8-2 711 17. California 8-2 580 18. Georgia Tech 8-2 566 19. Virginia Tech 8-2 420 20. Boston College 8-2 384 21. Maryland 8-2 325 22. Nebraska 8-3 228 23. Tennessee 7-3 213 24. Brigham Young 8-2 116 25. Clemson 8-3 94 Once again, USC is overrated... And Notre Dame for that matter...
Notre Dame plays USC and Rutgers plays West Virginia. We play Arkansas so if we win that game (and ole miss) will be up to 6 no matter what. Could be top 5 going into the postseason and top 3 in the final poll. I'm encouraged by this. I didn't think we would move that much this week.
If we win out, we'll head into bowl season at no worse than #6--probably even better. If we are #5 or #6 in the country, it would be tough for us to get excluded from a BCS bowl. It would help a lot if ND loses, because they get an automatic birth if they finish in the top 8.