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Ryan McGee provides a list of 10 teams that could rise up the polls this season based on their schedules in 2012.

Blog | Conversation | January 11, 2012

Alabama split the games and swept the titles.

Brock Huard makes the case for why the USC Trojans should be the No. 1 team in the 2012 preseason polls. The return of QB Matt Barkley, a manageable schedule and an improving defense are just three reasons why the Men of Troy could win it all in '12.

Story | Conversation | January 05, 2012

Alabama is No. 2 behind LSU and ahead of Oklahoma State in the latest Associated Press college football poll.

Nick Saban has a message to the poll voters who will help determine whether Alabama plays for a national title: Be "fair."

LSU and Alabama are still on pace to play for the national championship.

The voters in The Associated Press college football poll are clear on which two teams they believe are the best in the country.

Three weeks after losing its only game of the season, the Alabama Crimson Tide are back at No. 2 in the BCS standings.

The latest AP college football poll gives a new meaning to the term all-SEC.

Alabama, which lost to LSU the previous Saturday, is No. 3 and back in position to play in the BCS title game if LSU or Oklahoma State slips up down the stretch.

The LSU Tigers remained atop the BCS standings Sunday after outlasting Alabama an SEC showdown a night earlier.

LSU put a lock on the top spot, Oklahoma State moved up to No. 2 for the best ranking in school history, and Alabama slipped to No. 4 in The Associated Press Top 25 poll after losing a 1 vs. 2 showdown against the Tigers.

No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Alabama retained the top two spots in this week's BCS standings, days before they meet in a Nov. 5 showdown.

Clemson and Kansas State tumbled in The Associated Press college football poll after losing for the first time this season, and the top five teams in the rankings held their ground heading into the showdown between No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Alabama.

LSU and Alabama are on a collision course as the SEC rivals own the top two spots in this week's BCS standings, two weeks before they meet in a Nov. 5 showdown.

No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Alabama have locked in their spots for the biggest regular-season game in Southeastern Conference history.