DCTF's 2012 Texas College Power Poll — Final Regular Season
| # | School | Last Week Rank |
| 1 | Texas A&M Aggies | 1 |
| Brad Hilliard: The AT&T Cotton Bowl has a long history of Heisman winners being showcased in their game. Will Johnny Football become the newest member of that list? | ||
| 2 | TCU Horned Frogs | t-2 |
| Greg Tepper: TCU fought and fought vs. Oklahoma, but just didn't have enough in the tank. In the magazine, we predicted a possible late-season fade for the Frogs, but if beating Texas and losing a one-possession game to Oklahoma count as "a fade," you have too high of standards. | ||
| 3 | Texas Longhorns | t-2 |
| Jake Shaw: Mack Brown's going nowhere, but that's probably not true about his staff. | ||
| 4 | Baylor Bears | 4 |
| Adam Hochfelder: Is Baylor the state’s second-best team as of this week? You could argue. | ||
| 5 | Texas Tech Red Raiders | 5 |
| Brad Hilliard: Based on the classic we saw the last time the Red Raiders played Minnesota, the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas will be must-see TV. | ||
| 6 | Rice Owls | 6 |
| Greg Tepper: If there's one team in Texas that I had pegged wrong, it's the Owls. The way that QB Taylor McHargue and RB Charles Ross turned it up a notch in the final four games to push Rice to a bowl game was inspired. | ||
| 7 | SMU Mustangs | 7 |
| Adam Hochfelder: That's a big win over Tulsa, and now another bowl season for SMU as they're headed out west again. | ||
| 8 | Houston Cougars | 8 |
| Jake Shaw: The Big East in 2013 won't look much like the Big East Houston joined before the season. | ||
| 9 | UTSA Roadrunners | 9 |
| Brad Hilliard: Preparing to play in the ever-changing Conference USA must be like landing on an aircraft carrier at night, but Larry Coker and his young Road Runners will likely be ready for whatever they come up against the next few seasons. |
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| 10 | North Texas Mean Green | 10 |
| Greg Tepper: In my opinion, the state's most disappointing team. Maybe my hopes were too high, but the potential never materialized into wins, and now Dan McCarney is facing a critical third year at the helm in 2013. | ||
| 11 | Texas State Bobcats | 11 |
| Jake Shaw: Not what fans wanted, but Year 1 in the FBS had some bright spots for Bobcats. | ||
| 12 | UTEP Miners | 12 |
| Adam Hochfelder: A new era in El Paso dawns as the Price era ends | ||
ABOUT THE PANEL:
> Travis Stewart is the managing editor of DCTF
> Greg Tepper is the associate editor of DCTF
> Adam Hochfelder is the Executive Director of DCTF and several other IMG College properties
> Brad Hilliard is the operations coordinator for DCTF and several other IMG College properties
> Rick Epstein is an account executive for DCTF several other IMG College properties
> Jake Shaw is a contributor to TexasFootball.com
