The HLS 25 is our version of a selection committee, much like college football will see in 2014.
However, unlike that process we will operate in a slightly different fashion. Our rankings will have both human and computer polls in wish to judge. Every week, the HLS staff will fill out their Top 25 ranking and the computer portion of the poll will be run by the NDtex25 program that Tex developed last season, which will see significant changes for the 2012 season.
For the first five weeks, the computer poll will not be a part of the rankings. Until that time, the HLS staff votes will determine the overall rankings.
HLS Top 25 (Updated 11/29/2012)
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
Last Week (Week 11) |
Change |
| 1 |
Notre Dame |
150 |
1 |
- |
| 2 |
Alabama |
137 |
4 |
2 |
| 3 |
Georgia |
133 |
5 |
2 |
| 4 |
Florida |
131 |
6 |
2 |
| 5 |
Oregon |
123 |
2 |
-3 |
| 6 |
Stanford |
112 |
11 |
5 |
| T-7 |
LSU |
107 |
10 |
3 |
| T-7 |
Kansas State |
107 |
3 |
-4 |
| 9 |
Texas A&M |
101 |
7 |
-2 |
| 10 |
Oklahoma |
91 |
12 |
2 |
| 11 |
Ohio State |
87 |
14 |
3 |
| 12 |
South Carolina |
83 |
9 |
-3 |
| 13 |
Nebraska |
79 |
T-17 |
4 |
| 14 |
Florida State |
73 |
8 |
-6 |
| 15 |
Clemson |
69 |
13 |
-2 |
| 16 |
UCLA |
62 |
T-17 |
1 |
| 17 |
Oregon State |
58 |
15 |
-2 |
| 18 |
Kent State |
53 |
NR |
- |
| 19 |
Michigan |
35 |
23 |
4 |
| 20 |
Texas |
33 |
16 |
-4 |
| 21 |
Northern Illinois |
23 |
NR |
- |
| 22 |
Boise State |
23 |
NR |
- |
| 23 |
Northwestern |
21 |
NR |
- |
| 24 |
Utah State |
17 |
NR |
- |
| 25 |
Oklahoma State |
13 |
25 |
- |
| T-25 |
Rutgers |
10 |
22 |
-3 |
| Others Receiving Votes (Points): Louisville (7); San Jose State (5); Michigan State (5); Penn State (1); Cincinnati (1) |
| Dropped From Rankings (Week 11): USC (19); Louisville (20); Rutgers (21); Louisiana Tech (22); Texas Tech (24) |
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| Rank |
Team |
Points |
Last Week |
Change |
| 1 |
Notre Dame (5) |
173 |
3 |
2 |
| 2 |
Oregon (2) |
166 |
2 |
- |
| 3 |
Kansas State |
163 |
4 |
1 |
| 4 |
Alabama |
148 |
3 |
-1 |
| 5 |
Georgia |
145 |
5 |
- |
| 6 |
Florida |
132 |
6 |
- |
| 7 |
Texas A&M |
123 |
7 |
- |
| 8 |
Florida State |
118 |
10 |
2 |
| 9 |
South Carolina |
111 |
11 |
2 |
| 10 |
LSU |
108 |
7 |
-3 |
| 11 |
Stanford |
97 |
16 |
5 |
| 12 |
Oklahoma |
92 |
13 |
1 |
| 13 |
Clemson |
88 |
12 |
-1 |
| 14 |
Ohio State |
83 |
9 |
-5 |
| 15 |
Oregon State |
71 |
14 |
-1 |
| T-16 |
Texas |
67 |
22 |
6 |
| T-16 |
Nebraska |
67 |
17 |
1 |
| 18 |
UCLA |
58 |
18 |
- |
| 19 |
USC |
48 |
21 |
2 |
| 20 |
Louisville |
46 |
8 |
-11 |
| 21 |
Rutgers |
45 |
T-19 |
-2 |
| 22 |
Louisiana Tech |
43 |
T-19 |
-3 |
| 23 |
Michigan |
37 |
NR |
- |
| 24 |
Texas Tech |
17 |
NR |
- |
| 25 |
Oklahoma State |
10 |
NR |
- |
| Others Receiving Votes (Points): Kent State (9); Northwestern (4); Washington (3); Wisconsin (2); Northern Illinois (1) |
| Dropped From Rankings (Last Week): Mississippi State (23); Northwestern (24); Toledo (25) |
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
Last Week |
Change |
| 1 |
Alabama (7) |
175 |
1 |
- |
| 2 |
Oregon |
166 |
3 |
1 |
| 3 |
Notre Dame |
160 |
2 |
-1 |
| 4 |
Kansas State |
157 |
4 |
- |
| 5 |
Georgia |
137 |
6 |
1 |
| 6 |
Florida |
135 |
7 |
1 |
| 7 |
LSU |
120 |
5 |
-2 |
| 8 |
Louisville |
119 |
9 |
1 |
| 9 |
Ohio State |
118 |
11 |
2 |
| 10 |
Florida State |
117 |
8 |
-2 |
| 11 |
South Carolina |
105 |
15 |
4 |
| 12 |
Clemson |
104 |
11 |
-1 |
| 13 |
Oklahoma |
89 |
13 |
- |
| 14 |
Oregon State |
83 |
12 |
-2 |
| 15 |
Texas A&M |
76 |
17 |
2 |
| 16 |
Stanford |
75 |
16 |
- |
| 17 |
Nebraska |
61 |
21 |
4 |
| 18 |
UCLA |
54 |
NR |
- |
| T-19 |
Rutgers |
42 |
NR |
- |
| T-19 |
Louisiana Tech |
42 |
23 |
4 |
| 21 |
USC |
36 |
20 |
-1 |
| 22 |
Texas |
25 |
NR |
- |
| 23 |
Mississippi State |
25 |
14 |
-9 |
| 24 |
Northwestern |
22 |
NR |
- |
| 25 |
Toledo |
14 |
NR |
- |
| Others Receiving Votes (Points): Texas Tech (10); Michigan (2); Kent State (2); TCU (1); Northern Illinois (1); Cincinnati (1); Boise State (1) |
| Dropped From Rankings (Last Week): Texas Tech (18); Boise State (20); West Virginia (22); Arizona (24); Oklahoma State (25) |
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
Last Week |
Change |
| 1 |
Alabama (8) |
200 |
1 |
- |
| 2 |
Notre Dame |
191 |
3 |
1 |
| 3 |
Oregon |
181 |
2 |
-1 |
| 4 |
Kansas State |
180 |
5 |
1 |
| 5 |
LSU |
165 |
6 |
1 |
| T-6 |
Georgia |
149 |
10 |
4 |
| T-6 |
Florida |
149 |
3 |
-3 |
| 8 |
Florida State |
136 |
11 |
3 |
| 9 |
Louisville |
133 |
15 |
6 |
| 10 |
Clemson |
115 |
17 |
7 |
| 11 |
Ohio State |
110 |
13 |
2 |
| 12 |
Oregon State |
108 |
7 |
-5 |
| 13 |
Oklahoma |
99 |
8 |
-5 |
| 14 |
Mississippi State |
95 |
12 |
-2 |
| 15 |
South Carolina |
89 |
18 |
3 |
| 16 |
Stanford |
75 |
19 |
3 |
| 17 |
Texas A&M |
72 |
22 |
5 |
| 18 |
Texas Tech |
62 |
16 |
-2 |
| 19 |
USC |
61 |
9 |
-10 |
| 20 |
Boise State |
58 |
21 |
1 |
| 21 |
Nebraska |
41 |
NR |
- |
| 22 |
West Virginia |
30 |
25 |
3 |
| 23 |
Louisiana Tech |
26 |
NR |
- |
| 24 |
Arizona |
25 |
NR |
- |
| 25 |
Oklahoma State |
16 |
NR |
- |
| Others Receiving Votes (Points): Rutgers(14); Cincinnati(9); Texas (6); UCLA (4); Toledo (1) |
| Dropped From Rankings (Last Week): Rutgers (14); Ohio (20); Michigan (23); Texas (24) |
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
Last Week |
Change |
| 1 |
Alabama (6) |
198 |
1 |
- |
| 2 |
Oregon (2) |
189 |
2 |
- |
| 3 |
Florida |
180 |
4 |
1 |
| 4 |
Notre Dame |
174 |
3 |
-1 |
| 5 |
Kansas State |
157 |
5 |
- |
| 6 |
LSU |
148 |
6 |
- |
| 7 |
Oregon State |
146 |
T-7 |
- |
| 8 |
Oklahoma |
142 |
10 |
2 |
| 9 |
USC |
130 |
9 |
- |
| 10 |
Georgia |
116 |
11 |
1 |
| 11 |
Florida State |
108 |
13 |
2 |
| 12 |
Mississippi State |
107 |
12 |
- |
| 13 |
Ohio State |
103 |
14 |
1 |
| 14 |
Rutgers |
94 |
15 |
1 |
| 15 |
Louisville |
91 |
16 |
1 |
| 16 |
Texas Tech |
90 |
20 |
4 |
| 17 |
Clemson |
89 |
17 |
- |
| 18 |
South Carolina |
67 |
T-7 |
-11 |
| 19 |
Stanford |
61 |
22 |
3 |
| 20 |
Ohio |
41 |
23 |
3 |
| 21 |
Boise State |
40 |
24 |
3 |
| 22 |
Texas A&M |
38 |
19 |
-3 |
| 23 |
Michigan |
29 |
NR |
- |
| 24 |
Texas |
16 |
NR |
- |
| 25 |
West Virginia |
15 |
18 |
-7 |
| Others Receiving Votes (Points): Louisiana Tech (13); Wisconsin (8); Cincinnati (6); Penn State (3); Toledo (1) |
| Dropped From Rankings (Last Week): Cincinnati (22); TCU (25) |
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
Last Week |
Change |
| 1 |
Alabama (8) |
200 |
1 |
- |
| 2 |
Oregon |
189 |
2 |
- |
| 3 |
Notre Dame |
180 |
4 |
1 |
| 4 |
Florida |
178 |
7 |
3 |
| 5 |
Kansas State |
169 |
6 |
1 |
| 6 |
LSU |
142 |
10 |
4 |
| T-7 |
South Carolina |
140 |
3 |
-4 |
| T-7 |
Oregon State |
140 |
9 |
2 |
| 9 |
USC |
120 |
11 |
2 |
| 10 |
Oklahoma |
115 |
12 |
2 |
| 11 |
Georgia |
111 |
16 |
5 |
| 12 |
Mississippi State |
108 |
18 |
6 |
| 13 |
Florida State |
97 |
15 |
2 |
| 14 |
Ohio State |
91 |
8 |
-6 |
| 15 |
Rutgers |
85 |
20 |
5 |
| 16 |
Louisville |
81 |
19 |
3 |
| 17 |
Clemson |
78 |
14 |
-3 |
| 18 |
West Virginia |
64 |
5 |
-13 |
| 19 |
Texas A&M |
53 |
23 |
4 |
| 20 |
Texas Tech |
49 |
NR |
- |
| 21 |
Cincinnati |
48 |
21 |
0 |
| 22 |
Stanford |
43 |
17 |
-5 |
| 23 |
Ohio |
25 |
25 |
2 |
| 24 |
Boise State |
23 |
24 |
0 |
| 25 |
TCU |
15 |
NR |
- |
| Others Receiving Votes (Points): Texas (13); Michigan (13); Iowa State (9); Northwestern (8); Louisiana Tech (7); Arizona State (5); Tulane (1) |
| Dropped From Rankings (Last Week): Texas (14); Louisiana Tech (2) |
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
Last Week |
Change |
| 1 |
Alabama (8) |
200 |
1 |
- |
| 2 |
Oregon |
192 |
2 |
- |
| 3 |
South Carolina |
182 |
7 |
4 |
| 4 |
Notre Dame |
168 |
9 |
5 |
| 5 |
West Virginia |
165 |
6 |
1 |
| 6 |
Kansas State |
164 |
8 |
2 |
| 7 |
Florida |
140 |
11 |
4 |
| 8 |
Ohio State |
134 |
12 |
4 |
| 9 |
Oregon State |
125 |
15 |
6 |
| 10 |
LSU |
119 |
5 |
-5 |
| 11 |
USC |
117 |
14 |
3 |
| 12 |
Oklahoma |
101 |
17 |
5 |
| 13 |
Texas |
90 |
10 |
-3 |
| 14 |
Clemson |
89 |
16 |
2 |
| 15 |
Florida State |
84 |
3 |
-12 |
| 16 |
Georgia |
83 |
4 |
-12 |
| 17 |
Stanford |
76 |
18 |
1 |
| 18 |
Mississippi State |
73 |
20 |
2 |
| 19 |
Louisville |
69 |
19 |
- |
| 20 |
Rutgers |
56 |
23 |
3 |
| 21 |
Cincinnati |
48 |
25 |
4 |
| 22 |
Louisiana Tech |
35 |
NR |
- |
| 23 |
Texas A&M |
34 |
NR |
- |
| 24 |
Boise State |
18 |
NR |
- |
| 25 |
Ohio |
15 |
NR |
- |
| Others Receiving Votes (Points): Iowa State (9); TCU (5); Baylor (5); Northwestern (2); Duke (1); Michigan (1) |
| Dropped From Rankings (Last Week): TCU (13); Nebraska (21); Northwestern (22); Washington (24) |
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
Last Week |
Change |
| 1 |
Alabama (8) |
200 |
1 |
- |
| 2 |
Oregon |
190 |
2 |
- |
| 3 |
Florida State |
175 |
3 |
- |
| 4 |
Georgia |
172 |
4 |
- |
| 5 |
LSU |
163 |
5 |
- |
| 6 |
West Virginia |
157 |
8 |
2 |
| 7 |
South Carolina |
152 |
6 |
-1 |
| 8 |
Kansas State |
152 |
7 |
-1 |
| 9 |
Notre Dame |
145 |
10 |
1 |
| 10 |
Texas |
127 |
11 |
1 |
| 11 |
Florida |
102 |
12 |
1 |
| 12 |
Ohio State |
101 |
16 |
4 |
| 13 |
TCU |
96 |
14 |
1 |
| 14 |
USC |
93 |
13 |
-1 |
| 15 |
Oregon State |
91 |
19 |
4 |
| 16 |
Clemson |
86 |
17 |
1 |
| 17 |
Oklahoma |
79 |
15 |
-2 |
| 18 |
Stanford |
64 |
9 |
-9 |
| 19 |
Louisville |
61 |
18 |
-1 |
| 20 |
Mississippi State |
44 |
21 |
1 |
| 21 |
Nebraska |
40 |
22 |
1 |
| 22 |
Northwestern |
33 |
NR |
- |
| 23 |
Rutgers |
31 |
23 |
- |
| 24 |
Washington |
11 |
NR |
- |
| 25 |
Cincinnati |
9 |
NR |
- |
| Others Receiving Votes (Points): UCLA (8); Texas Tech (7); Boise State (3); Baylor (3); Ohio (3); Texas A&M (2) |
| Dropped From Rankings (Last Week): Michigan State (20); Boise State (24); Virginia Tech (25) |
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
Last Week |
Change |
| 1 |
Alabama (8) |
200 |
1 |
- |
| 2 |
Oregon |
189 |
3 |
1 |
| 3 |
Florida State |
170 |
5 |
2 |
| 4 |
Georgia |
168 |
4 |
- |
| 5 |
LSU |
161 |
2 |
-3 |
| T-6 |
South Carolina |
153 |
8 |
2 |
| T-6 |
Kansas State |
153 |
13 |
6 |
| 8 |
West Virginia |
143 |
7 |
-1 |
| 9 |
Stanford |
142 |
11 |
2 |
| 10 |
Notre Dame |
140 |
10 |
- |
| 11 |
Texas |
117 |
12 |
1 |
| 12 |
Florida |
114 |
14 |
2 |
| 13 |
USC |
96 |
15 |
2 |
| 14 |
TCU |
94 |
17 |
3 |
| 15 |
Oklahoma |
79 |
5 |
-10 |
| 16 |
Ohio State |
76 |
16 |
- |
| 17 |
Clemson |
72 |
10 |
-7 |
| 18 |
Louisville |
67 |
19 |
1 |
| 19 |
Oregon State |
54 |
NR |
- |
| 20 |
Michigan State |
49 |
22 |
2 |
| 21 |
Mississippi State |
41 |
23 |
2 |
| 22 |
Nebraska |
36 |
24 |
2 |
| 23 |
Rutgers |
20 |
NR |
- |
| 24 |
Boise State |
12 |
T-25 |
1 |
| 25 |
Virginia Tech |
11 |
NR |
- |
| Others Receiving Votes (Points): Northwestern (10); Oklahoma State (10); Baylor (7); Arizona (6); Ohio (5); Tennesee (3); UCLA (2) |
| Dropped From Rankings (Last Week): UCLA (18); Michigan (20); Arizona (21); Northwestern (T-25) |
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
Last Week |
Change |
| 1 |
Alabama (8) |
200 |
1 |
- |
| 2 |
LSU |
191 |
2 |
- |
| 3 |
Oregon |
180 |
4 |
1 |
| 4 |
Georgia |
168 |
5 |
1 |
| 5 |
Florida State |
165 |
7 |
2 |
| 6 |
Oklahoma |
164 |
6 |
- |
| 7 |
West Virginia |
148 |
8 |
1 |
| 8 |
South Carolina |
139 |
9 |
1 |
| 9 |
Clemson |
126 |
10 |
1 |
| 10 |
Notre Dame |
124 |
17 |
7 |
| 11 |
Stanford |
121 |
24 |
13 |
| 12 |
Texas |
116 |
14 |
2 |
| 13 |
Kansas State |
100 |
13 |
- |
| 14 |
Florida |
91 |
18 |
4 |
| 15 |
USC |
88 |
3 |
-12 |
| 16 |
Ohio State |
86 |
12 |
-4 |
| 17 |
TCU |
75 |
16 |
-1 |
| 18 |
UCLA |
63 |
23 |
5 |
| 19 |
Louisville |
55 |
20 |
1 |
| 20 |
Michigan |
54 |
19 |
-1 |
| 21 |
Arizona |
39 |
25 |
4 |
| 22 |
Michigan State |
36 |
11 |
-11 |
| 23 |
Mississippi State |
23 |
NR |
- |
| 24 |
Nebraska |
10 |
NR |
- |
| T-25 |
Boise State |
6 |
NR |
- |
| T-25 |
Northwestern |
6 |
NR |
- |
| Others Receiving Votes (Points): Ohio (3); Oregon State (2); Wisconsin (2); Tennessee (1) |
| Dropped From Rankings (Last Week): Virginia Tech (15); Tennessee (21); BYU (22) |
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
Last Week |
Change |
| 1 |
Alabama (8) |
200 |
1 |
- |
| 2 |
LSU |
187 |
3 |
1 |
| 3 |
USC |
186 |
2 |
-1 |
| 4 |
Oregon |
177 |
4 |
- |
| 5 |
Georgia |
162 |
8 |
3 |
| 6 |
Oklahoma |
154 |
7 |
1 |
| 7 |
Florida State |
147 |
5 |
-2 |
| 8 |
West Virginia |
147 |
6 |
-2 |
| 9 |
South Carolina |
125 |
13 |
4 |
| 10 |
Clemson |
123 |
9 |
-1 |
| 11 |
Michigan State |
120 |
15 |
4 |
| 12 |
Ohio State |
114 |
12 |
- |
| 13 |
Kansas State |
103 |
19 |
6 |
| 14 |
Texas |
102 |
16 |
2 |
| 15 |
Virginia Tech |
99 |
18 |
3 |
| 16 |
TCU |
74 |
22 |
6 |
| 17 |
Notre Dame |
72 |
20 |
3 |
| 18 |
Florida |
56 |
NR |
- |
| 19 |
Michigan |
45 |
21 |
2 |
| 20 |
Louisville |
43 |
23 |
3 |
| 21 |
Tennessee |
34 |
24 |
3 |
| 22 |
BYU |
32 |
25 |
3 |
| 23 |
UCLA |
30 |
NR |
- |
| 24 |
Stanford |
29 |
NR |
- |
| 25 |
Arizona |
16 |
NR |
- |
| Others Receiving Votes (Points): Ohio (6); Arkansas (4); UL Monroe (4); Purdue (1) |
| Dropped From Rankings (Last Week): Arkansas (10); Nebraska (11); Oklahoma State (14); Wisconsin (17) |
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
| 1 |
Alabama (8) |
200 |
| 2 |
USC |
190 |
| 3 |
LSU |
181 |
| 4 |
Oregon |
177 |
| 5 |
Florida State |
161 |
| 6 |
West Virginia |
146 |
| 7 |
Oklahoma |
141 |
| 8 |
Georgia |
133 |
| 9 |
Clemson |
126 |
| 10 |
Arkansas |
125 |
| 11 |
Nebraska |
113 |
| 12 |
Ohio State |
107 |
| 13 |
South Carolina |
104 |
| 14 |
Oklahoma State |
100 |
| 15 |
Michigan State |
88 |
| 16 |
Texas |
80 |
| 17 |
Wisconsin |
69 |
| 18 |
Virginia Tech |
63 |
| 19 |
Kansas State |
62 |
| 20 |
Notre Dame |
56 |
| 21 |
Michigan |
50 |
| 22 |
TCU |
27 |
| 23 |
Louisville |
24 |
| 24 |
Tennessee |
20 |
| 25 |
BYU |
19 |
| Others Receiving Votes (Points): Stanford (17); Florida (13); Boise State (5); Georgia Tech (2); Ohio (1) |
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