College football rankings 2012: Louisville moves up in BlogPoll

Louisville continued its undefeated season with a 34-31 overtime win against the Cincinnati Bearcats Saturday. At 8-0 overall and 3-0 in Big East play, the Cardinals improved to No. 12 in this week's SB Nation BlogPoll Top 25.

Louisville moved up four spots in this week's rankings. The Cardinals are a half game behind Rutgers (7-1, 4-0) in the Big East standings, with the teams set to meet in the regular-season finale Thursday, Nov. 29. Rutgers dropped out of this week's BlogPoll rankings after a 35-23 home loss to Kent State.

West Virginia was off in Week 9 after losing consecutive games against Texas Tech and Kansas State. The Mountaineers moved improved two spots to No. 23.

Alabama is once again ranked No. 1. The Crimson Tide strengthened their hold on the top spot after a 38-7 win over previously unbeaten Mississippi State. With a 55-24 win over Texas Tech, Kansas State moved up to No. 2. Florida, last week's second-ranked team, fell to No. 7 after a 17-9 defeat at the hands of the Georgia Bulldogs.

The complete BlogPoll rankings are as follows:

Results for Week 9

#	School	Points/blog	SD	Delta
1	Alabama Crimson Tide (60)	25.04	2.79	--
2	Kansas St. Wildcats (11)	23.75	2.55	2
3	Oregon Ducks (2)	23.43	2.44	--
4	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3)	22.86	2.45	1
5	LSU Tigers	19.71	0.59	1
6	Georgia Bulldogs	18.58	0.85	9
7	Florida Gators	18.54	0.82	-5
8	Ohio St. Buckeyes (1)	18.09	4.93	1
9	Florida St. Seminoles	17.79	1.45	2
10	Clemson Tigers	14.53	3.09	4
11	South Carolina Gamecocks	14.11	1.71	6
12	Louisville Cardinals	13.83	3.67	4
13	Oregon St. Beavers	12.67	3.45	-6
14	Oklahoma Sooners	12.63	3.44	-6
15	Stanford Cardinal	10.26	3.46	4
16	Texas A&M Aggies	10.12	3.31	5
17	Mississippi St. Bulldogs	8.24	3.72	-5
18	USC Trojans	7.29	3.32	-8
19	Texas Tech Red Raiders	6.79	3.83	-6
20	Boise St. Broncos	5.75	4.17	3
21	Nebraska Cornhuskers	4.87	3.17	8
22	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	3.86	3.40	2
23	West Virginia Mountaineers	2.37	2.58	2
24	Arizona Wildcats	2.33	3.03	15
25	UCLA Bruins	2.05	2.96	15
Others Receiving Votes: Toledo Rockets | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | Kent St. Golden Flashes | Texas Longhorns | Northern Illinois Huskies | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | Northwestern Wildcats | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | Ohio Bobcats | Utah State Aggies | North Carolina Tar Heels | Iowa St. Cyclones | Central Florida Knights | Cincinnati Bearcats | Michigan Wolverines | ULM Warhawks | Arizona St. Sun Devils | Duke Blue Devils | Penn St. Nittany Lions | Ball St. Cardinals
Updated: Oct 30, 2012 7:37 AM CDT

SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Rankings 2011