Voting among all 126 FBS programs to grace the upcoming cover of NCAA Football ends Monday night, December 31. While it was expected from the get-go that the traditional college powers would dominate voting, tabulating the public Facebook voting totals shows some surprises as well.

Keep in mind that "every single fan interaction counts as a vote," so there could be some significant changes in store when the Top 32 is announced in January 2013. However, without regular updates (as stated would occur) the Facebook vote totals are the only way for fans & schools to see where they stand.

As of late Thursday night, the top schools in the voting were: Kentucky, Penn State, Texas A&M, Nebraska, Alabama and Notre Dame. Surprises in the top 32 include: #9 Navy, #21 Old Dominion, #26 Air Force, #27 Army and #32 Wyoming.

The voting total as of then sat at 85,308 with users being able to cast one vote for schools A-M and another for N-Z. While it appears the schools currently in the lead have benefited from promotion and word of mouth among fans, some schools seemingly have missed the memo. For example, 19 schools have less than 50 votes and FIU sits dead last with just 20 votes.

Having voting occur on Facebook was a smart idea as it ensures users can only vote once and - even better- it did not come in the form of an app that would intrude on user privacy. However, without a clear indication of "fan interaction votes" and an easy to follow leaderboard, fans & schools do not know where they stand thus decreasing any late 'get out the vote' attempts and hype for the cover vote. There may be programs just outside the top 32 who could have moved up with late promotion, but they had no idea of where they stood in voting.

Did you vote for your school in the NCAA Football Cover Vote? What aspects did you like & dislike? Continue on to view the full ranking of FBS programs. If the vote totals are available after the Dec. 31 deadline, we will update this article with them.


Rank School Votes
1 Kentucky 11,399
2 Penn State 10,493
3 Texas A&M 8,041
4 Nebraska 5,903
5 Alabama 3,805
6 Notre Dame 3,259
7 West Virginia 2,833
8 Ohio State 2,017
9 Navy 1,664
10 Michigan 1,663
11 Oregon 1,561
12 Louisville 1,391
13 Florida 1,242
14 Syracuse 1,224
15 South Carolina 1,219
16 LSU 1,183
17 Clemson 1,075
18 Georgia 1,065
19 Washington State 968
20 Florida State 945
21 Old Dominion 854
22 Miami 840
23 Arkansas 799
24 Oklahoma 765
25 Texas 722
26 Air Force 688
27 Army 627
28 Tennessee 594
29 Kansas State 592
30 Wisconsin 586
31 UCLA 579
32 Wyoming 554
33 Auburn 510
34 Virginia Tech 485
35 San Jose State 482
36 Texas Tech 472
37 Iowa 430
38 Michigan State 416
39 East Carolina 388
40 Missouri 372
41 UL Lafayette 352
42 Louisiana Tech 341
43 NC State 330
44 TCU 326
45 USC 320
46 Kansas 306
47 Baylor 302
48 UTSA 280
49 South Alabama 279
50 Boise State 274
51 North Carolina 260
52 Rutgers 247
53 Pittsburgh 246
54 Illinois 223
55 Washington 208
56t Arizona State 202
56t Oklahoma State 202
58 Utah 200
59 Arizona 199
60 BYU 198
61 Iowa State 196
62t Cincinnati 178
62t Ole Miss 178
64 Oregon State 161
65 Minnesota 156
66t Boston College 141
66t UCF 141
68 Idaho 128
69t Mississippi State 125
69t Northern Illinois 125
71t Akron 122
71t Fresno State 122
71t Maryland 122
74t Georgia Tech 121
74t Western Kentucky 121
76 Stanford 114
77 Northwestern 113
78 New Mexico 112
79 Arkansas State 104
80 Vanderbilt 102
81t Purdue 101
81t Nevada 101
83 Marshall 96
84 Virginia 94
85t Miami U 89
85t USF 89
87 Kent State 83
88 Hawai'i 82
89 New Mexico State 80
90 Colorado 79
91 Ohio 79
92 Indiana 77
93t California 75
93t Duke 75
95 Houston 72
96 Central Michigan 71
97t Temple 70
97t Texas State 70
99t Colorado State 64
99t Florida Atlantic 64
101 Middle Tennessee State 63
102 Utah State 61
103 Toledo 60
104 Bowling Green 58
105 North Texas 56
106 Ball State 52
107 UL Monroe 51
108 Connecticut 49
109 San Diego State 47
110 Buffalo 46
111 UMass 43
112 Troy 41
113t Eastern Michigan 37
113t Southern Miss 37
115 Western Michigan 35
116 Georgia State 32
117 Rice 30
118 Memphis 29
119 UTEP 29
120t SMU 27
120t Tulsa 27
122 UAB 26
123 Wake Forest 25
124 UNLV 23
125 Tulane 22
126 FIU 20

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