NCAA Football Rankings 2012: Bruins fall to No. 17, Trojans receive just three votes

Following their 35-17 loss to the Stanford Cardinal last Saturday, the UCLA Bruins fell two spots to No. 17 in this week's SB Nation BlogPoll Top 25.

The Bruins (9-3, 6-3 Pac-12) received 8.06 votes per blog, were ranked as high as No. 14 by five blogs and ranked as low as No. 25 by two blogs. Jim Mora's squad will get a rematch with the No. 8 Cardinal in Palo Alto this Saturday in the Pac-12 Championship game. Kickoff is slated for 5 p.m. PT and the game will be televised on FOX.

The USC Trojans' regular season ended with a 22-13 loss to the No. 1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish last Saturday. An upset would have been a bright spot at the end of an otherwise-disappointing season, but the Irish defense stifled the Trojans and freshman quarterback Max Wittek.

USC (7-4, 5-4 Pac-12) did not place in this week's BlogPoll Top 25, but did receive three votes. One blog slotted the Trojans at No. 19, another at No. 23 and a third at No. 25.

The complete BlogPoll Top 25 is as follows:

Results for Week 13

#	School	Points/blog	SD	Delta
1	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (61)	25.13	2.92	--
2	Alabama Crimson Tide (5)	23.66	2.56	--
3	Oregon Ducks	21.83	2.18	--
4	Georgia Bulldogs (1)	21.44	0.95	--
5	Florida Gators (1)	21.24	1.28	1
6	Ohio State Buckeyes (3)	19.70	6.12	1
7	Kansas State Wildcats	19.39	0.92	-2
8	Stanford Cardinal	17.69	0.12	2
9	LSU Tigers	17.41	0.71	--
10	Texas A&M Aggies	17.16	1.02	1
11	South Carolina Gamecocks	15.23	0.94	3
12	Oklahoma Sooners	14.04	2.42	1
13	Florida State Seminoles	13.09	1.26	-5
14	Nebraska Cornhuskers	12.09	1.33	2
15	Clemson Tigers	11.17	1.24	-3
16	Oregon State Beavers	8.09	3.44	1
17	UCLA Bruins	8.06	2.45	-2
18	Kent State Golden Flashes	7.61	3.67	5
19	Northern Illinois Huskies	6.83	3.76	5
20	Utah State Aggies	4.74	2.58	6
21	Northwestern Wildcats	3.66	2.88	7
22	Michigan Wolverines	3.36	3.08	-1
23	Boise State Broncos	3.13	3.24	2
24	Oklahoma State Cowboys	2.70	3.30	-2
25	Texas Longhorns	2.50	2.97	-7
Others Receiving Votes: San Jose State Spartans | Louisville Cardinals | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | Penn State Nittany Lions | Vanderbilt Commodores | TCU Horned Frogs | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | Fresno State Bulldogs | Ball State Cardinals | San Diego State Aztecs | Cincinnati Bearcats | Mississippi St. Bulldogs | Central Florida Knights | USC Trojans | Arizona Wildcats | Washington Huskies | Toledo Rockets | Arizona State Sun Devils | North Carolina Tar Heels | Arkansas State Red Wolves | Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Updated: Nov 27, 2012 7:02 AM PST

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