As far as the polls go, Week 12 is more a personal week.

If your favorite team was one of the six ranked teams to fall in Week 11, you’ll check to see if they are still ranked. For fans concerned about the chase for the trophy, the new poll is one of the least anticipated.

Eighteen ranked teams, including the top 11, took care of business in Week 11. The highest-ranked team to fall was No. 12 Kentucky in an upset at unranked Tennessee.

Five other ranked teams also lost and the majority of those will probably be dropped the rankings. Those spots opening up in the Top 25 late in the season creates a potential feel-good story.

Members of the media are asked to check their fandom at the door, but if there’s one program the college football media loves to “pull for” it is UAB. The Blazers were shut down after the 2014 season, but returned in 2017. The fact that UAB is now 9-1 is one of the truly feel-good stories of the year in college football. UAB was already knocking on the door of the AP Top 25 as one of the teams receiving votes, look for voters to get them into the rankings.

Here’s how we predict the Week 12 AP Top 25:

  1. Alabama (10-0) def. No. 18 Mississippi State
  2. Clemson (10-0) def. No. 17 Boston College
  3. Notre Dame (10-0) def. FSU
  4. Michigan (9-1) def. Rutgers
  5. Georgia (9-1) def. Auburn
  6. Oklahoma (9-1) def. Oklahoma State
  7. West Virginia (8-1) def. TCU
  8. Ohio State (9-1) def. Michigan State
  9. LSU (8-2) def. Arkansas
  10. Washington State (9-1) def. Colorado
  11. UCF (9-0) def. Navy
  12. Syracuse (8-2) def. Louisville
  13. Utah State (9-1) def. San Jose State
  14. Texas (7-3) def. Texas Tech
  15. Florida (7-3) def. South Carolina
  16. Washington (7-3) OFF
  17. Penn State (7-3) def. Wisconsin
  18. Iowa State (6-3) def. Baylor
  19. Cincinnati (9-1) def. USF
  20. Utah (7-3) def. Oregon
  21. Kentucky (7-3) lost to Tennessee
  22. Boise State (8-2) def. No. 16 Fresno State
  23. Boston College (7-2) lost to No. 2 Clemson
  24. UAB (9-1) def. Southern Miss
  25. Army (8-2) def. Lafayette

Predicted to fall out of AP Top 25: No. 16 Fresno State (8-2) lost to Boise State; No. 18 Mississippi State (6-4) lost to No. 1 Alabama; No. 22 NC State (6-3) lost to Wake Forest; No. 24 Michigan State (6-4) lost to Ohio State