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NCAA football rankings 2012: Gators ranked No. 5, Seminoles No. 13 in BlogPoll

The Florida Gators are up to No. 5 in the SB Nation BlogPoll. The Florida St. Seminoles rose to No. 13 as well.

Chris Trotman

In the latest SB Nation BlogPoll, the Florida Gators rose one spot to No. 5 in the rankings, actually receiving one first-place vote. The Gators find themselves looking up at the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at No. 1, Alabama Crimson Tide at No. 2, Oregon Ducks at No. 3 and the Georgia Bulldogs at No. 4.

Other SEC teams in the BlogPoll include the LSU Tigers at No. 9, Texas A&M Aggies at No. 10 and the South Carolina Gamecocks at No. 11. The other major team from the Sunshine State, the Florida St. Seminoles, fell five spots to No. 13. The only other ACC team to be in the top 25 of the BlogPoll is the Clemson Tigers at No. 15. The Central Florida Knights also received votes in the BlogPoll rankings.

The biggest riser in the BlogPoll rankings is the Northwestern Wildcats, who rose seven spots in the rankings to No. 21. The Utah St. Aggies rose six spots to No. 20 and both the Northern Illinois Huskies and the Kent. St. Golden Flashes rose five spots to Nos. 19 and 18, respectively.

The biggest tumble in the BlogPoll belongs to the Texas Longhorns who fell seven spots after their loss to the TCU Horned Frogs last week.

College Football Rankings 2011

Results for Week 13

# School Points/blog SD Delta
1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (61) 25.13 2.92 --
2 Alabama Crimson Tide (5) 23.66 2.56 --
3 Oregon Ducks 21.83 2.18 --
4 Georgia Bulldogs (1) 21.44 0.95 --
5 Florida Gators (1) 21.24 1.28 Arrow_up 1
6 Ohio St. Buckeyes (3) 19.70 6.12 Arrow_up 1
7 Kansas St. Wildcats 19.39 0.92 Arrow_down -2
8 Stanford Cardinal 17.69 0.12 Arrow_up 2
9 LSU Tigers 17.41 0.71 --
10 Texas A&M Aggies 17.16 1.02 Arrow_up 1
11 South Carolina Gamecocks 15.23 0.94 Arrow_up 3
12 Oklahoma Sooners 14.04 2.42 Arrow_up 1
13 Florida St. Seminoles 13.09 1.26 Arrow_down -5
14 Nebraska Cornhuskers 12.09 1.33 Arrow_up 2
15 Clemson Tigers 11.17 1.24 Arrow_down -3
16 Oregon St. Beavers 8.09 3.44 Arrow_up 1
17 UCLA Bruins 8.06 2.45 Arrow_down -2
18 Kent St. Golden Flashes 7.61 3.67 Arrow_up 5
19 Northern Illinois Huskies 6.83 3.76 Arrow_up 5
20 Utah State Aggies 4.74 2.58 Arrow_up 6
21 Northwestern Wildcats 3.66 2.88 Arrow_up 7
22 Michigan Wolverines 3.36 3.08 Arrow_down -1
23 Boise St. Broncos 3.13 3.24 Arrow_up 2
24 Oklahoma St. Cowboys 2.70 3.30 Arrow_down -2
25 Texas Longhorns 2.50 2.97 Arrow_down -7
Others Receiving Votes: San Jose St. Spartans | Louisville Cardinals | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | Penn St. Nittany Lions | Vanderbilt Commodores | TCU Horned Frogs | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | Fresno St. Bulldogs | Ball St. Cardinals | San Diego St. Aztecs | Cincinnati Bearcats | Mississippi St. Bulldogs | Central Florida Knights | USC Trojans | Arizona Wildcats | Washington Huskies | Toledo Rockets | Arizona St. Sun Devils | North Carolina Tar Heels | Arkansas St. Red Wolves | Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Updated: Nov 27, 2012 10:02 AM EST

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