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College Football Rankings 2012: Rutgers ranked No. 22 in BlogPoll

The Scarlet Knights gained two spots in the latest SB Nation BlogPoll.

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SB Nation released its latest college football BlogPoll Tuesday, and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights are ranked 22nd. According to the poll, the spot is better than last week's ranking of No. 24.

On Saturday, Scarlet Knights defeated the Army Black Knights, 28-7, at High Point Solutions Stadium. The victory helped Rutgers improve its record to 8-1 overall and was impressive enough to earn extra points in the latest poll.

Overall, the Oregon Ducks claimed the No. 1 ranking after the Alabama Crimson Tide were upset on Saturday. Slotted below Oregon was Kansas State (No. 2), Notre Dame (No. 3), Alabama (No. 4) and Georgia (No. 5).

The rest of the top 10 featured Florida (No. 6), Florida State (No. 7), LSU (No. 8), Ohio State (No. 9) and Texas A&M, which moved up 10 spots after defeating Alabama, 29-24.

The program that dropped the most was the Louisville Cardinals, who lost to the Syracuse Orange, 45-26, and are now ranked No. 19 after being 11 last week.

Below is the complete BlogPoll:

College Football Rankings 2011

Results for Week 11

# School Points/blog SD Delta
1 Oregon Ducks (44) 24.86 2.82 Arrow_up 1
2 Kansas St. Wildcats (24) 24.56 2.79 Arrow_up 1
3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4) 23.15 2.52 Arrow_up 1
4 Alabama Crimson Tide (2) 21.81 2.20 Arrow_down -3
5 Georgia Bulldogs 19.67 0.33 --
6 Florida Gators 18.52 0.66 --
7 Florida St. Seminoles 17.86 0.36 Arrow_up 1
8 LSU Tigers 17.77 0.88 Arrow_up 1
9 Ohio St. Buckeyes 17.67 6.43 Arrow_down -2
10 Texas A&M Aggies 17.52 0.89 Arrow_up 5
11 Clemson Tigers 15.27 1.65 Arrow_down -1
12 South Carolina Gamecocks 14.16 1.33 --
13 Oklahoma Sooners 13.93 2.36 Arrow_up 1
14 Stanford Cardinal 13.03 1.46 Arrow_up 2
15 Nebraska Cornhuskers 9.29 2.14 Arrow_up 2
16 Oregon St. Beavers 8.78 3.53 Arrow_down -3
17 UCLA Bruins 8.58 2.38 Arrow_up 1
18 Texas Longhorns 7.74 2.97 Arrow_up 2
19 Louisville Cardinals 6.51 3.24 Arrow_down -8
20 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 6.25 3.65 Arrow_down -1
21 USC Trojans 5.49 3.18 --
22 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 3.07 2.70 Arrow_up 2
23 Kent St. Golden Flashes 2.19 2.71 Arrow_up 4
24 Michigan Wolverines 2.19 2.12 Arrow_up 10
25 Oklahoma St. Cowboys 1.88 2.33 Arrow_up 7
Others Receiving Votes: Texas Tech Red Raiders | Northern Illinois Huskies | Wisconsin Badgers | Boise St. Broncos | Mississippi St. Bulldogs | Utah State Aggies | Cincinnati Bearcats | Fresno St. Bulldogs | Central Florida Knights | Washington Huskies | San Jose St. Spartans | San Diego St. Aztecs | TCU Horned Frogs | Northwestern Wildcats | Arizona Wildcats | Arizona St. Sun Devils | Toledo Rockets | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | Ohio Bobcats | UAB Blazers
Updated: Nov 13, 2012 9:00 AM EST