NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Sep 13, 2012
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	3	Oklahoma (39)	2	0	1503
2	4	Georgia (21)	2	0	1451
3	5	Arkansas (1)	2	0	1357
4	6	Florida State	2	0	1287
5	7	West Virginia	1	0	1218
6	8	South Carolina	2	0	1151
7	9	Michigan State	2	0	1104
8	10	Kansas State	2	0	1021
9	11	Virginia Tech	2	0	958
10	2	LSU	1	1	885
11	13	Wisconsin	2	0	855
12	12	Michigan	1	1	838
13	15	TCU	1	0	723
14	17	Ohio State	2	0	615
15	1	Alabama	1	1	576
16	18	Stanford	2	0	563
17	19	Arkansas State	2	0	513
18	20	Texas	2	0	464
19	22	Oklahoma State	2	0	385
20	21	Clemson	1	1	372
21	23	Auburn	2	0	341
22	--	Washington	2	0	328
23	24	Notre Dame	2	0	285
24	25	Florida	2	0	262
25	--	Syracuse	2	0	182

2012 Week 2 Top 25

Coach Smith Post Game Press Conference:

“Well the best thing we can take from this is our first half performance. I thought going into the half that we had a real shot at possibly keeping this one close going into the fourth quarter. I couldn't of been more wrong. The third quarter was a struggle for us with both of our turnovers in that quarter both of which resulting in touchdowns. We have got to take better care of the football it's as simple as that. As for the QB battle it is still up in the air. We will continue to go with whoever is hot rotating out when needed. The ground game and option game seems to be what we will rely on heavily this season with Cox stepping up as a play maker. Next week should be a better week with Indiana at home so hopefully we can pick up some momentum heading into the big one against Michigan. Any questions?”

Media Member: “Coach what is the status of Pagel? And what kind of adjustments are you looking for next week?”

Will Smith: “Pagel should return to action next week and will still be the starter. He only had 4 passes before he was knocked out early in the first quarter so I feel like he still needs some time to prove what he can do. As far as the adjustments go, I think defensively we need to take a few more risks and bring a bit more pressure on 1st and second downs. As far as offense goes we need to rely more on the ground game or some receivers need to step up, too many dropped passes tonight.”

Media Member 2: “What is your prediction for next week?”

Will Smith: “I try not to predict any scores or anything like that. However I do feel like we should be able to move the ball a bit more and play match up better defensively. There is no reason not to believe that we can't come out with the W. Rough game today hopefully we will be talking about what we did right next week.”

UMass Minutemen 2012 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Aug 30	at Connecticut
Sep 8	vs Indiana
Sep 15	at Michigan
Sep 22	at Miami University
Sep 29	vs Ohio
Oct 6	at Western Michigan
Oct 20	vs Bowling Green
Oct 27	at Vanderbilt
Nov 3	at Northern Illinois
Nov 10	at Akron
Nov 17	vs Buffalo
Nov 24	vs Central Michigan

UMass Preseason 2012

When asked about his recruiting efforts and redshirts this preseason coach Smith only had the following to say:
“I have just finalized the list of players who will be sitting out this season to add more depth for the future of the team. Right now that is my main priority is building for the future. Unfortunately not many players are looking at UMass to play ball for so unless we have anything out of the ordinary happen I will not have any further comments on that for most likely the season”


Redshirts:
FR AJ Doyle QB 61 OVR
FR Stacey Bedell HB 68 OVR
FR Jaurice Jones WR 62 OVR
FR Derek Beck TE 66 OVR
FR Tyrell Smith RG 61 OVR

UMASS Looks For Fresh Start