JP Top 25: Week 12

Editor's note: J.P. Giglio is one of 60 AP voters.

• JP Top 25 archive
• AP, USA Today polls
• Pollspeak (how everyone else voted)

The top eight didn't change for the first time all season but No. 9 through No. 25 is the same roulette wheel it has been since Week 1.

Oregon (9) took control of the Pac-10 with a wild, comeback win at Arizona. Even with two losses, both on the road, I think Oregon's better than Pittsburgh (10).

Really, there's no explanation for Pitt's loss at N.C. State on Sept. 21. The Panthers led by two scores in the fourth quarter and they haven't given up as much 28 points in any other game, let alone the 38 to the Wolfpack.

Other voters have them higher, but I can't see bumping the Panthers up until the result of the Cincinnati game.

North Carolina (20) inexplicably continues to lag behind Virginia Tech (21) and Miami (22) in the proper AP poll, despite the same 8-3 record and wins over both teams.

The AP has VT at 14, Miami at 19 and UNC at 23. Strange.

1. Florida
Record: 11-0
Losses: none
Good wins: @ LSU, Georgia
Last week: 1 (beat FIU, 62-3)
This week: Florida State

2. Alabama
Record: 11-0
Losses: none
Good wins: LSU, @ Ole Miss, VT
Last week: 2 (beat Chattanooga, 45-0)
This week: @ Auburn (Friday)

3. TCU
Record: 11-0
Losses: none
Good wins: @ Clemson, Utah, @ BYU
Last week: 3 (won @ Wyoming, 45-10)
This week: New Mexico

4. Texas

Record: 11-0
Losses: none
Good wins: @ Oklahoma State, Oklahoma
Last week: 4 (beat Kansas, 51-20)
This week: @ Texas A&M (Thursday)

5. Boise State
Record: 11-0
Losses: none
Good wins: Oregon
Last week: 5 (won @ Utah State, 52-21)
This week: Nevada (Friday)

6. Cincinnati
Record: 10-0
Losses: none
Good wins: @ Oregon State, West Virginia, @ Rutgers
Last week: 6 (open)
This week: Illinois (Friday)

7. Georgia Tech
Record: 10-1
Losses: @ Miami
Good wins: Clemson, VT, UNC
Last week: 7 (open)
This week: Georgia

8. Ohio State
Record: 10-2
Losses: USC, @ Purdue
Good wins: Iowa, @ Penn State, Wisconsin, Navy
Last week: 8 (won @ Michigan, 21-10)
Next: Rose Bowl

9. Oregon
Record: 9-2
Losses: @ Boise State, @ Stanford
Good wins: USC, Utah, Cal, @ Arizona
Last week: 13 (won @ Arizona, 44-41 OT)
Next: Oregon State (Dec. 3)

10. Pitt
Record: 9-1
Loss: @ N.C. State
Good wins: Navy, Rutgers, Notre Dame
Last week: 10 (open)
This week: @ West Virginia (Friday)

11. Iowa
Record: 10-2
Losses: Northwestern, @ Ohio State
Good wins: @ Penn State, Arizona, Wisconsin
Last week: 14 (beat Minnesota, 12-0)
Next: bowl

12. Clemson
Record: 8-3
Losses: TCU, @ GT, @ Maryland
Good wins: @ Miami
Last week: 11 (beat Virginia, 34-21)
This week: @ South Carolina

13. Penn State
Record: 10-2
Losses: Iowa, Ohio State
Good wins: Temple
Last week: 15 (@ Michigan State, 42-14)
Next: bowl

14. Houston
Record: 9-2
Losses: @ UTEP, @ UCF
Good wins: @ Oklahoma State
Last week: 17 (beat Memphis, 55-14)
This week: Rice

15. Oklahoma State
Record: 9-2
Losses: Texas, Houston
Good wins: Georgia
Last week: 18 (beat Colorado, 31-28)
This week: @ Oklahoma

16. Oregon State
Record: 8-3
Losses: Cincinnati, @ USC, Arizona
Good wins: Stanford, @ Cal
Last week: 20 (won @ Washington State, 42-10)
Next: @ Oregon (Dec. 3)

17. Ole Miss
Record: 8-3
Losses: Alabama, @ South Carolina, @ Auburn
Good wins: LSU
Last week: NR (beat LSU, 25-23)
This week: @ Mississippi State

18. LSU
Record: 8-3
Losses: Florida, @ Alabama, @ Ole Miss
Good wins: @ Georgia, Auburn
Last week: 9 (lost @ Ole Miss, 25-23)
This week: Arkansas

19. USC
Record: 7-3
Losses: @ Washington, Stanford, @ Oregon
Good wins: @ Ohio State, @ Cal, @ Notre Dame, Oregon State
Last week: 19 (lost to Stanford, 55-21)
This week: UCLA

20. UNC
Record: 8-3
Losses: @ GT, FSU, Virginia
Good wins: VT, Miami
Last week: 21 (won @ BC, 31-13)
This week: @ N.C. State

21. Virginia Tech
Record: 8-3
Losses: Alabama, GT, UNC
Good wins: Miami, Nebraska
Last week: 22 (beat N.C. State, 38-10)
This week: @ Virginia

22. Miami
Record: 8-3
Losses: @ VT, @ UNC, Clemson
Good wins: GT, Oklahoma
Last week: 23 (beat Duke, 34-16)
This week: @ USF

23. Cal
Record: 8-3
Losses: @ Oregon, USC, Oregon State
Good wins: @ Stanford, Arizona
Last week: NR (beat Stanford, 34-28)
Next: @ Washington (Dec. 5)

24. Stanford
Record: 7-4
Losses: @ Wake, @ Oregon State, @ Arizona, Cal
Good wins: Oregon, @ USC
Last week: 12 (lost to Cal, 34-28)
This week: Notre Dame

25. BYU
Record: 9-2
Losses: FSU, TCU
Good wins: Oklahoma
Last week: 24 (beat Air Force, 38-21)
This week: Utah