Final 2012 NCAA Football Rankings

Privately, I have made weekly Top 25 college football rankings since about October, and listed below are my final rankings for the 2012 season (expanded to 40 this week just because I felt like it). Stats junkies will hate these rankings because it is essentially a cumulative eye test that is based on "who did you play?", "how did you do?", and "what was the result?" You won't make it to #2 before you probably disagree with me, but remember, if everyone is thinking the same thing - then someone is not thinking. I believe Texas A&M's win AT Alabama was the biggest win of the season. A&M's two losses were earlier in the season to Florida and LSU - neither are slouches, having both finished in mine, and the AP's, top 15. I understand, you could make a similar (maybe better) argument for Alabama - having beaten LSU, Georgia, and Notre Dame to "compensate for their loss to A&M. I can not argue with that. A part of me feels that A&M and Alabama are 1a and 1b, but for the sake of sharing an opinion that is slightly different than the majority, here are my rankings:

Rank	Last	Team	Record
1	1	Texas A&M	(11-2, 6-2)
2	3	Alabama	(13-1, 7-1)
3	4	Ohio St.	(12-0, 8-0)
4	5	Stanford	(12-2, 8-1)
5	6	Oregon	(12-1, 8-1)
6	2	Notre Dame	(12-1)
7	8	Georgia	(12-2, 7-1)
8	10	South Carolina	(11-2, 6-2)
9	14	Clemson	(11-2, 7-1)
10	9	Kansas St.	(11-2, 8-1)
11	11	LSU	(10-3, 6-2)
12	13	Florida St.	(12-2, 7-1)
13	NR	Louisville	(11-2, 5-2)
14	7	Florida	(11-2, 7-1)
15	20	Boise St.	(11-2, 7-1)
16	23	Northwestern	(10-3, 5-3)
17	12	Oklahoma	(10-3, 8-1)
18	NR	Texas	(9-4, 5-4)
19	25	Baylor	(8-5, 4-5)
20	16	Oregon St.	(9-4, 6-3)
21	18	Michigan	(8-5, 6-2)
22	22	Utah St.	(11-2, 6-0)
23	15	UCLA	(9-4, 6-3)
24	24	Penn St.	(8-4, 6-2)
25	17	N. Illinois	(12-2, 8-0)
26	NR	San Jose St.	(11-2, 5-1)
27	NR	Tulsa	(11-3, 7-1)
28	NR	Vanderbilt	(9-4, 5-3)
29	NR	Cincinnati	(10-3, 5-2)
30	NR	Oklahoma St.	(8-5, 5-4)
31	NR	Arkansas St.	(9-4, 7-1)
32	NR	UCF	(10-4, 7-1)
33	NR	Nebraska	(10-4, 7-1)
34	21	Kent St.	(11-3, 8-0)
35	NR	Arizona St.	(8-5, 5-4)
36	NR	Syracuse	(8-5, 5-2)
37	NR	BYU	(8-5)
38	NR	Texas Tech	(8-5, 4-5)
39	NR	Ohio	(9-4, 4-4)
40	19	San Diego St.	(9-4, 7-1)