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Final CFB Power Rankings

By Charles  Davis

WEEK#    
Posted January 10, 2012 08:59 PM EST

The season is over and the best team won the BCS Championship Game. Here's how the power rankings look to finish up 2011.

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+17

Cincinnati Bearcats

-7

Clemson Tigers

FOX SPORTS NCAA FB POWER RANKINGS

RK Team RECORD CHANGE HIGH/LOW COMMENTS
1

12-1 1 1/5
Dominant in National Championship Game vs. LSU. Entertaining? No. But, DOMINANT
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
2

13-1 1 1/2
Best body of work of all teams in 2011, title game performance notwithstanding
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
3

12-1 - 2/7
TREMENDOUS year for OSU, one that could have ended playing for the national title — something most of the country wanted to see
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
4

11-2 5 3/23
Excellent performance, especially on defense in the Cotton Bowl against Kansas State . . . only two losses to Alabama and LSU
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
5

12-2 1 4/20
The BCS game "jinx" for head coach Chip Kelly and the Pac-12 champion Ducks is over
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
6

10-2 1 5/31
Not eligible for the conference or national title in 2011, but were playing SO well down the stretch. And QB Matt Barkley returns in 2012
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
7

11-2 1 3/8
Back to back 11-win, BCS bowl seasons. Andrew Luck departs, but head coach David Shaw will keep the Cardinal on track as a top program
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
8

12-1 1 4/10
This team never gets its due. A BCS caliber team. QB Kellen Moore leaves with 50 career wins
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
9

11-3 1 4/19
The Big Ten champions will be happy to have Heisman finalist RB Montee Ball back in 2012
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
10

11-2 1 9/15
A school record number of wins (11) for the Gamecocks
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
11

11-3 5 9/24
Came from 16 down at the half to beat Georgia in the Outback Bowl — a true program now under head coach Mark Dantonio
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
12

10-3 1 12/31
They may have scored again as I was typing this. A 10-win year, a bowl victory, and a Heisman Trophy for QB Robert Griffin III — a BANNER year for the Bears
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
13

11-2 1 11/21
Year 1 under head coach Brady Hoke yields 11 wins, and a BCS bowl victory. Sounds like Michigan of old
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
14

11-2 - 14/34
Even in a "rebuilding" year, the Horned Frogs of Gary Patterson won 11 games, and the Mountain West Conference title
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
15

10-3 5 10/22
No one saw 10 wins, and a Cotton Bowl berth coming for Bill Snyder's Wildcats. Next year, opponents know that QB Collin Klein is headed their way, along with his record 27 rushing TDs.
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
16

10-3 2 1/18
Besieged by injuries down the stretch, the Sooners comforted themselves with a bowl win over Iowa
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
17

10-3 7 12/29
That explosion of 70 points in the Orange Bowl sends notice to the Big 12 that the Mountaineers are on their way in 2012 (if they work things out with the Big East)
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
18

10-4 3 11/20
From so much anxiety about the 2011 season to unbridled optimism for 2012 for the SEC East champs
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
19

12-2 2 19/31
Conference USA champions is the mantle that new head coach Ellis Johnson inherits
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
20

13-1 3 7/25
Frustrated by their loss to Southern Miss in the conference title game, the Cougars, and QB for the ages, Case Keenum took it out on Penn State in the bowl game
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
21

9-4 4 9/35
So much talk about being a Top 5 team in 2011. It didn't pan out, but the Seminoles finish with the win over Notre Dame in the bowl game has FSU fans thinking big things in 2012
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
22

10-3 17 22/39
The fourth 10-win season for the Bearcats in the last five years. Cincy will be a contender over the next few seasons
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
23

9-4 3 8/23
Actually outplayed South Carolina in the Capital One Bowl , but could not gain the victory. Nine wins was good in their initial Big Ten season, but the Huskers always aim higher
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
24

10-4 7 6/24
The wipeout loss to West Virginia will take a while to get over, but in time, the team, and fans will remember that in 2011, the Tigers won their first ACC title of this century
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule
25

11-3 6 5/25
Played a tough game against Michigan in the Sugar Bowl. The Hokies are always going to contend in the ACC under head coach Frank Beamer
Team: Home | Stats | Schedule

 

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