OU ranked No. 15 in season's final college football polls
BY ERIC BAILEY World Sports Writer
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
1/09/13 at 4:35 AM
Oklahoma was ranked No. 15 in the final Associated Press and the USA Today Coaches Top 25 polls released Tuesday.
Tulsa was ranked No. 25 in the coaches' poll. Oklahoma State was unranked but received votes in both polls.
The Sooners were ranked No. 4 in both polls in the preseason. Oklahoma finished 10-3 with a 41-13 loss to Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl.
Tulsa (11-3) finished as Conference USA champions and defeated Iowa State 31-17 in the Liberty Bowl. The Golden Hurricane ends its season ranked in the Top 25 for the second time in three years. TU was No. 24 in the AP's final poll in 2010.
OSU (8-5) finished its year unranked for the first time since 2009. The Cowboys defeated Purdue 58-14 in the Heart of Dallas Bowl.
AP Top 25
First-place votes in parentheses, final records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
|
Record |
Pts |
Pv |
| 1. Alabama (59) |
13-1 |
1,475 |
2 |
| 2. Oregon |
12-1 |
1,358 |
5 |
| 3. Ohio St. |
12-0 |
1,302 |
3 |
| 4. Notre Dame |
12-1 |
1,288 |
1 |
| 5. Georgia |
12-2 |
1,230 |
6 |
| 5. Texas A&M |
11-2 |
1,230 |
10 |
| 7. Stanford |
12-2 |
1,169 |
8 |
| 8. South Carolina |
11-2 |
1,038 |
11 |
| 9. Florida |
11-2 |
933 |
4 |
| 10. Florida St. |
12-2 |
922 |
13 |
| 11. Clemson |
11-2 |
889 |
14 |
| 12. Kansas St. |
11-2 |
871 |
7 |
| 13. Louisville |
11-2 |
781 |
22 |
| 14. LSU |
10-3 |
756 |
9 |
| 15. Oklahoma |
10-3 |
615 |
12 |
| 16. Utah St. |
11-2 |
456 |
18 |
| 17. Northwestern |
10-3 |
443 |
21 |
| 18. Boise St. |
11-2 |
419 |
20 |
| 19. Texas |
9-4 |
358 |
NR |
| 20. Oregon St. |
9-4 |
303 |
15 |
| 21. San Jose St. |
11-2 |
243 |
24 |
| 22. N. Illinois |
12-2 |
227 |
16 |
| 23. Vanderbilt |
9-4 |
180 |
NR |
| 24. Michigan |
8-5 |
147 |
19 |
| 25. Nebraska |
10-4 |
119 |
23 |
Others receiving votes: Baylor 95, Penn St. 90, Cincinnati 78, Oklahoma St. 42, Tulsa 34, UCLA 31, Arkansas St. 28, TCU 9, UCF 9, Wisconsin 6, N. Dakota St. 1.
USA Today Top 25
First-place votes in parentheses, final records, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking:
|
Record |
Pts |
Pvs |
| 1. Alabama (56) |
13-1 |
1,400 |
2 |
| 2. Oregon |
12-1 |
1,322 |
3 |
| 3. Notre Dame |
12-1 |
1,253 |
1 |
| 4. Georgia |
12-2 |
1,213 |
5 |
| 5. Texas A&M |
11-2 |
1,171 |
9 |
| 6. Stanford |
12-2 |
1,167 |
8 |
| 7. South Carolina |
11-2 |
1,064 |
10 |
| 8. Florida State |
12-2 |
942 |
12 |
| 9. Clemson |
11-2 |
916 |
13 |
| 10. Florida |
11-2 |
886 |
4 |
| 11. Kansas State |
11-2 |
841 |
6 |
| 12. LSU |
10-3 |
775 |
7 |
| 13. Louisville |
11-2 |
772 |
18 |
| 14. Boise State |
11-2 |
633 |
15 |
| 15. Oklahoma |
10-3 |
600 |
11 |
| 16. Northwestern |
10-3 |
580 |
17 |
| 17. Utah State |
11-2 |
444 |
20 |
| 18. Texas |
9-4 |
398 |
25 |
| 19. Oregon State |
9-4 |
366 |
14 |
| 20. Vanderbilt |
9-4 |
248 |
NR |
| 21. San Jose State |
11-2 |
244 |
24 |
| 22. Cincinnati |
10-3 |
186 |
NR |
| 23. Nebraska |
10-4 |
175 |
21 |
| 24. Northern Illinois |
12-2 |
156 |
16 |
| 25. Tulsa |
11-3 |
110 |
NR |
Others receiving votes: Michigan 101; UCLA 75; Baylor 52; Oklahoma State 36; Wisconsin 18; Central Florida 15; Arkansas State 13; Arizona State 10; Rutgers 9; Kent State 5; Louisiana Tech 2; Arizona 1; Ohio 1.
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