2012 PRE-SEASON FBS RATINGS
| TEAM | W | L | RATING | PVS | SCHED | RANK |
| 1 | ALABAMA | 0 | 0 | 111.6 | 1 | 80.3 | T49 |
| 2 | USC | 0 | 0 | 110.2 | 4 | 83.3 | T30 |
| 3 | LSU | 0 | 0 | 106.8 | 3 | 84.6 | T20 |
| 4 | OKLAHOMA ST | 0 | 0 | 105.8 | 5 | 81.7 | 40 |
| 5 | WISCONSIN | 0 | 0 | 104.3 | 12 | 79.0 | 58 |
| 6 | STANFORD | 0 | 0 | 102.9 | 10 | 84.6 | T20 |
| 7 | FLORIDA ST | 0 | 0 | 102.4 | 15 | 78.7 | 60 |
| 8 | OKLAHOMA | 0 | 0 | 101.4 | 13 | 85.6 | 13 |
| 9 | OREGON | 0 | 0 | 100.4 | 6 | 80.9 | T44 |
| 10 | GEORGIA | 0 | 0 | 100.4 | 19 | 78.2 | 63 |
| 11 | NOTRE DAME | 0 | 0 | 98.5 | 23 | 91.1 | 1 |
| 12 | MICHIGAN | 0 | 0 | 98.5 | 14 | 85.4 | T14 |
| 13 | TCU | 0 | 0 | 98.5 | 8 | 82.1 | T35 |
| 14 | ARKANSAS | 0 | 0 | 97.0 | 7 | 85.3 | 16 |
| 15 | W VIRGINIA | 0 | 0 | 96.0 | 26 | 84.9 | T18 |
| 16 | MICHIGAN ST | 0 | 0 | 96.0 | 9 | 80.9 | T44 |
| 17 | HOUSTON | 0 | 0 | 96.0 | 16 | 71.8 | 98 |
| 18 | TEXAS A&M | 0 | 0 | 95.5 | 35 | 85.4 | T14 |
| 19 | S CAROLINA | 0 | 0 | 95.0 | 11 | 84.4 | 23 |
| 20 | TEXAS | 0 | 0 | 93.6 | 31 | 81.7 | 39 |
| 21 | BAYLOR | 0 | 0 | 92.6 | 18 | 85.9 | 10 |
| 22 | BOSTON COLLEGE | 0 | 0 | 92.6 | 50 | 83.5 | T26 |
| 23 | BOISE ST | 0 | 0 | 92.6 | 2 | 73.4 | 84 |
| 24 | VIRGINIA TECH | 0 | 0 | 92.1 | 22 | 81.4 | 41 |
| 25 | OHIO ST | 0 | 0 | 92.1 | 41 | 80.9 | 43 |
| 26 | LOUISIANA TECH | 0 | 0 | 91.6 | 48 | 70.3 | 106 |
| 27 | BYU | 0 | 0 | 91.2 | 20 | 75.4 | T75 |
| 28 | VANDERBILT | 0 | 0 | 90.7 | 65 | 79.6 | T54 |
| 29 | NC STATE | 0 | 0 | 90.2 | 36 | 80.2 | T49 |
| 30 | FLORIDA | 0 | 0 | 89.2 | 37 | 86.9 | T5 |
| 31 | KANSAS ST | 0 | 0 | 89.2 | 27 | 86.4 | 8 |
| 32 | NEBRASKA | 0 | 0 | 89.2 | 24 | 80.3 | T47 |
| 33 | MISSOURI | 0 | 0 | 88.2 | 17 | 85.6 | 12 |
| 34 | MISSISSIPPI ST | 0 | 0 | 88.2 | 33 | 79.8 | T52 |
| 35 | CLEMSON | 0 | 0 | 87.3 | 32 | 83.5 | 28 |
| 36 | UTAH | 0 | 0 | 87.3 | 40 | 80.5 | T47 |
| 37 | LOUISVILLE | 0 | 0 | 87.3 | 45 | 79.5 | T56 |
| 38 | NEVADA | 0 | 0 | 87.3 | 47 | 68.7 | 112 |
| 39 | GEORGIA TECH | 0 | 0 | 86.8 | 46 | 80.4 | T49 |
| 40 | SRN MISSISSIPPI | 0 | 0 | 86.3 | 21 | 72.5 | T92 |
| 41 | WASHINGTON | 0 | 0 | 85.8 | 51 | 85.7 | 11 |
| 42 | CINCINNATI | 0 | 0 | 85.8 | 34 | 77.2 | T68 |
| 43 | TULSA | 0 | 0 | 85.8 | 25 | 72.2 | T94 |
| 44 | USF | 0 | 0 | 85.3 | 59 | 82.5 | 34 |
| 45 | TEMPLE | 0 | 0 | 85.3 | 54 | 78.2 | T61 |
| 46 | CALIFORNIA | 0 | 0 | 84.8 | 42 | 88.0 | 2 |
| 47 | MIAMI (FLA) | 0 | 0 | 84.8 | 38 | 86.1 | 9 |
| 48 | RUTGERS
| 0 | 0 | 84.8 | 39
| 77.0
| 70 |
| 49 | AUBURN
| 0 | 0 | 84.3 | 29 | 85.2
| 17 |
| 50 | OREGON ST
| 0 | 0 | 84.3 | 81
| 82.0 | 38
|
| 51 | ILLINOIS
| 0 | 0 | 84.3 | 61 | 76.1
| 71
|
| 52 | IOWA ST
| 0 | 0 | 83.9 | 58
| 86.8
| 7 |
| 53 | UCLA
| 0 | 0 | 83.9 | 68 | 84.6
| T20
|
| 54 | N CAROLINA
| 0 | 0 | 83.9 | 52
| 77.8
| 66
|
| 55 | PURDUE
| 0 | 0 | 83.4 | 70
| 78.9 | 59
|
| 56 | WRN MICHIGAN
| 0 | 0 | 83.4 | 60
| 72.5 | T92
|
| 57 | TENNESSEE
| 0 | 0 | 82.9 | 72
| 82.2
| 37
|
| 58 | CONNECTICUT | 0 | 0 | 82.9 | 64 | 77.3 | T68 |
| 59 | NRN ILLINOIS | 0 | 0 | 82.4 | 28 | 66.2 | 123 |
| 60 | UCF | 0 | 0 | 81.9 | 79 | 72.8 | 91 |
| 61 | TOLEDO | 0 | 0 | 81.9 | 44 | 66.5 | 121 |
| 62 | OHIO | 0 | 0 | 81.4 | 77 | 66.8 | 120 |
| 63 | IOWA | 0 | 0 | 80.5 | 43 | 79.4 | T54 |
| 64 | PENN ST
| 0 | 0 | 80.0
| 30
| 79.8
| T52
|
| 65 | WRN KENTUCKY
| 0 | 0 | 79.5
| 80 | 71.6 | 99
|
| 66 | TEXAS TECH
| 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 67
| 82.8
| 32
|
| 67 | WASHINGTON ST | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 88 | 82.3 | T35 |
| 68 | PITTSBURGH | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 62 | 79.5 | T56 |
| 69 | WAKE FOREST | 0 | 0 | 78.5 | 69 | 83.2 | T30 |
| 70 | ARIZONA ST | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 63 | 83.8 | 25 |
| 71 | DUKE | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 93 | 80.5 | 46 |
| 72 | N TEXAS | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 100 | 70.4 | T104 |
| 73 | MIAMI (O) | 0 | 0 | 77.5 | 82 | 73.1 | 87 |
| 74 | NORTHWESTERN | 0 | 0 | 76.5 | 53 | 81.3 | 42 |
| 75 | FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL | 0 | 0 | 75.5 | 86 | 66.2 | 122 |
| 76 | SMU | 0 | 0 | 75.1 | 57 | 78.5 | T61 |
| 77 | BOWLING GREEN | 0 | 0 | 75.1 | 95 | 71.6 | 100 |
| 78 | KENT ST | 0 | 0 | 75.1 | 92 | 69.6 | T107 |
| 79 | UTAH ST | 0 | 0 | 75.1 | 84 | 69.4 | 109 |
| 80 | AIR FORCE | 0 | 0 | 75.1 | 49 | 68.6 | T113 |
| 81 | NAVY | 0 | 0 | 75.1 | 76 | 67.8 | 119 |
| 82 | VIRGINIA | 0 | 0 | 74.6 | 56 | 82.6 | 33 |
| 83 | WYOMING | 0 | 0 | 74.6 | 71 | 73.1 | 86 |
| 84 | ARKANSAS ST | 0 | 0 | 74.6 | 55 | 68.5 | 116 |
| 85 | SAN DIEGO ST | 0 | 0 | 74.1 | 66 | 70.9 | 102 |
| 86 | KENTUCKY | 0 | 0 | 73.6 | 74 | 84.2 | 24 |
| 87 | SYRACUSE | 0 | 0 | 73.6 | 83 | 83.6 | T26 |
| 88 | ARIZONA | 0 | 0 | 73.1 | 73 | 87.0 | T5 |
| 89 | MINNESOTA | 0 | 0 | 72.1 | 85 | 77.8 | 65 |
| 90 | MARSHALL | 0 | 0 | 72.1 | 75 | 75.9 | T72 |
| 91 | FRESNO ST | 0 | 0 | 72.1 | 99 | 73.4 | 85 |
| 92 | LOUISIANA-MONROE | 0 | 0 | 72.1 | 104 | 70.7 | 103 |
| 93 | E CAROLINA | 0 | 0 | 71.2 | 87 | 74.1 | 81 |
| 94 | COLORADO ST | 0 | 0 | 71.2 | 110 | 68.6 | T113 |
| 95 | LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE | 0 | 0 | 71.2 | 78 | 68.5 | 115 |
| 96 | ARMY | 0 | 0 | 70.7 | 102 | 77.4 | 67 |
| 97 | ERN MICHIGAN | 0 | 0 | 70.2 | 98 | 75.4 | T75 |
| 98 | BALL ST | 0 | 0 | 70.2 | 89 | 74.8 | 78 |
| 99 | MARYLAND | 0 | 0 | 69.7 | 90 | 84.9 | T18 |
| 100 | SAN JOSE ST | 0 | 0 | 68.3 | 94 | 72.3 | T94 |
| 101 | COLORADO | 0 | 0 | 67.8 | 91 | 83.5 | 29 |
| 102 | UTEP | 0 | 0 | 66.3 | 97 | 75.3 | 77 |
| 103 | CENTRAL MICHIGAN | 0 | 0 | 66.3 | 107 | 71.3 | 101 |
| 104 | MASSACHUSETTS | 0 | 0 | 65.3 | --- | 73.6 | 83 |
| 105 | MISSISSIPPI | 0 | 0 | 64.8 | 103 | 87.5 | 3 |
| 106 | KANSAS | 0 | 0 | 64.8 | 105 | 87.3 | 4 |
| 107 | TROY | 0 | 0 | 64.8 | 108 | 69.0 | 111 |
| 108 | BUFFALO | 0 | 0 | 63.4 | 113 | 75.7 | T72 |
| 109 | HAWAII | 0 | 0 | 63.4 | 106 | 73.8 | 82 |
| 110 | RICE | 0 | 0 | 62.9 | 101 | 74.3 | 80 |
| 111 | INDIANA | 0 | 0 | 62.4 | 112 | 77.9 | 64 |
| 112 | UAB | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 96 | 75.7 | 74 |
| 113 | S ALABAMA | 0 | 0 | 60.5 | --- | 68.1 | 117 |
| 114 | IDAHO | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 109 | 73.0 | 88 |
| 115 | UTSA | 0 | 0 | 59.5 | --- | 58.7 | 124 |
| 116 | TEXAS ST | 0 | 0 | 58.5 | --- | 71.8 | 97 |
| 117 | UNLV | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 115 | 72.8 | T89 |
| 118 | MEMPHIS | 0 | 0 | 55.1 | 118 | 69.1 | 110 |
| 119 | MIDDLE TENENSSEE ST
| 0 | 0 | 54.1 | 114 | 68.0
| 118
|
| 120 | TULANE
| 0 | 0 | 53.6 | 116 | 72.2
| 96
|
| 121 | NEW MEXICO | 0 | 0 | 52.2 | 120 | 69.6 | T107 |
| 122 | FLORIDA ATLANTIC | 0 | 0 | 50.7 | 117 | 72.8 | T89 |
| 123 | NEW MEXICO ST | 0 | 0 | 50.7 | 111 | 70.4 | T104 |
| 124 | AKRON | 0 | 0 | 44.9 | 119 | 74.7 | 79 |