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2016 college football rankings, Week 13

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AP Poll

  1. Alabama
  2. Ohio State
  3. Michigan
  4. Clemson
  5. Wisconsin
  6. Washington
  7. Oklahoma
  8. Penn State
  9. Colorado
  10. Oklahoma State
  11. Louisville
  12. USC
  13. Florida
  14. Western Michigan
  15. Florida State
  16. Auburn
  17. Nebraska
  18. Houston
  19. West Virginia
  20. Boise State
  21. Utah
  22. Texas A&M
  23. Washington State
  24. Tennessee
  25. LSU

Others receiving votes:

Stanford 81, Virginia Tech 77, Navy 62, North Carolina 55, Pittsburgh 24, South Florida 24, Arkansas 10, Iowa 7, Troy 6, Minnesota 5, Temple 1, Wyoming 1

Coaches Poll

  1. Alabama
  2. Ohio State
  3. Clemson
  4. Michigan
  5. Washington
  6. Wisconsin
  7. Oklahoma
  8. Penn State
  9. Colorado
  10. Oklahoma State
  11. Louisville
  12. USC
  13. Florida
  14. Florida State
  15. Nebraska
  16. Auburn
  17. West Virginia
  18. Western Michigan
  19. Boise State
  20. Utah
  21. Houston
  22. Texas A&M
  23. Washington State
  24. Tennessee
  25. North Carolina

Others receiving votes:

Virginia Tech 101; Stanford 96; LSU 90; Navy 82; South Florida 46; Minnesota 11; Arkansas 10; Pittsburgh 8; San Diego State 7; Wyoming 6; Tulsa 1; Iowa 1; Miami (Fla.) 1.

rankings used here

The Associated Press Top 25: The longest-running and best-respected human poll. Didn't have any official bearing on the latter years of the BCS, and doesn't have any official bearing on the Playoff. Most outlets (including SB Nation) will use the AP's rankings as the standard until the committee takes over in November, though. Usually comes out on Sundays about 2 p.m. ET.

The USA Today Coaches Poll: Formerly part of the BCS, and now just a poll. It tends to react more cautiously than the AP's. Though polling athletic departments in order to rank other athletic departments is dubious, we still want multiple human polls in here, and this is the other big one. Releases early Sunday afternoons.

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