AP Poll
| Preseason Aug 6 |
Week 1 Aug 27 |
Week 2 Sep 3 |
Week 3 Sep 10 |
Week 4 Sep 17 |
Week 5 Sep 24 |
Week 6 Oct 1 |
Week 7 Oct 8 |
Week 8 Oct 15 |
Week 9 Oct 22 |
Week 10 Oct 29 |
Week 11 Nov 5 |
Week 12 Nov 12 |
Week 13 Nov 19 |
Week 14 Nov 26 |
Week 15 Dec 3 |
Week 16 (Final) Jan 3 |
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| 1. | Nebraska (36) | Nebraska (0-0) (35) | Nebraska (1-0) (39) | Nebraska (2-0) (41) | Nebraska (2-0) (43) | Nebraska (3-0) (39) | Florida State (5-0) (42) | Nebraska (5-0) (67) | Nebraska (6-0) (66) | Nebraska (7-0) (67) | Oklahoma (7-0) (69) | Oklahoma (8-0) (70) | Oklahoma (9-0) (70) | Oklahoma (10-0) (70) | Oklahoma (11-0) (64) | Oklahoma (12-0) (67) | Oklahoma (13-0) (71) | 1. |
| 2. | Florida State (29) | Florida State (1-0) (30) | Florida State (1-0) (28) | Florida State (2-0) (26) | Florida State (3-0) (26) | Florida State (4-0) (30) | Nebraska (4-0) (28) | Kansas State (6-0) (3) | Virginia Tech (6-0) (1) | Virginia Tech (7-0) | Virginia Tech (8-0) | Miami (FL) (7-1) | Miami (FL) (8-1) | Miami (FL) (9-1) | Miami (FL) (10-1) (6) | Miami (FL) (10-1) (3) | Miami (FL) (11-1) | 2. |
| 3. | Alabama (3) | Alabama (0-0) (3) | Michigan (1-0) | Michigan (2-0) (1) | Florida (3-0) | Florida (4-0) (1) | Virginia Tech (4-0) | Virginia Tech (5-0) (1) | Oklahoma (6-0) (4) | Oklahoma (6-0) (3) | Miami (FL) (6-1) | Florida State (9-1) (1) | Florida State (10-1) | Florida State (11-1) (1) | Florida State (11-1) (1) | Florida State (11-1) (1) | Washington (11-1) | 3. |
| 4. | Wisconsin (1) | Wisconsin (0-0) (1) | Miami (FL) (1-0) | Wisconsin (2-0) (1) | Kansas State (3-0) (1) | Virginia Tech (3-0) | Kansas State (5-0) (1) | Miami (FL) (4-1) | Miami (FL) (4-1) | Miami (FL) (5-1) | Florida State (8-1) (1) | Nebraska (8-1) | Florida (9-1) | Washington (10-1) | Washington (10-1) | Washington (10-1) | Oregon State (11-1) | 4. |
| 5. | Miami (FL) | Miami (FL) (0-0) | Wisconsin (1-0) (1) | Texas (1-0) (2) | Virginia Tech (3-0) | Kansas State (4-0) (1) | Clemson (5-0) | Clemson (6-0) | Clemson (7-0) | Clemson (8-0) | Nebraska (7-1) | Florida (8-1) | Oregon (9-1) | Oregon State (10-1) | Oregon State (10-1) | Oregon State (10-1) | Florida State (11-2) | 5. |
| 6. | Michigan | Michigan (0-0) | Texas (0-0) (2) | Florida (2-0) | UCLA (3-0) (1) | Washington (3-0) | Michigan (4-1) | Ohio State (5-0) | Florida State (6-1) | Florida Sate (7-1) | Florida (7-1) | Oregon (8-1) | Washington (9-1) | Virginia Tech (9-1) | Virginia Tech (10-1) | Virginia Tech (10-1) | Virginia Tech (11-1) | 6. |
| 7. | Texas (1) | Texas (0-0) (2) | Kansas State (2-0) | Kansas State (2-0) | Wisconsin (3-0) | Clemson (4-0) | Miami (FL) (3-1) | Florida State (5-1) | Oregon (5-1) | Oregon (6-1) | Oregon (7-1) | Washington (8-1) | Virginia Tech (9-1) | Florida (9-2) | Florida (9-2) | Florida (10-2) | Oregon (10-2) | 7. |
| 8. | Kansas State | Kansas State (1-0) | Florida (1-0) | Virginia Tech (2-0) | Washington (3-0) | USC (3-0) | Ohio State (4-0) | Oklahoma (5-0) | Florida (6-1) | Florida (6-1) | Washington (7-1) | Virginia Tech (8-1) | Oregon State (9-1) | Kansas State (10-2) | Kansas State (10-2) | Oregon (9-2) | Nebraska (10-2) | 8. |
| 9. | Florida | Florida (0-0) | Georgia (1-0) | Washington (2-0) | USC (2-0) | Michigan (3-1) | Oregon (4-1) | Oregon (4-1) | Washington (5-1) | Washington (6-1) | TCU (7-0) | Purdue (7-2) | Kansas State (9-2) | Nebraska (8-2) | Oregon (9-2) | Nebraska (9-2) | Kansas State (11-3) | 9. |
| 10. | Georgia | Georgia (0-0) | Virginia Tech (1-0) | USC (2-0) | Michigan (2-1) | Miami (FL) (2-1) | Oklahoma (4-0) | Florida (5-1) | Kansas State (6-1) | Kansas State (7-1) | Clemson (8-1) | Oregon State (8-1) | Nebraska (8-2) | Oregon (9-2) | Nebraska (9-2) | Notre Dame (9-2) | Florida (10-3) | 10. |
| 11. | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech (0-0) | USC (1-0) | Tennessee (1-0) | Clemson (3-0) | Tennessee (2-1) | Texas (3-1) | Washington (4-1) | TCU (5-0) | TCU (6-0) | Purdue (7-2) | Notre Dame (6-2) | Notre Dame (7-2) | Nortre Dame (8-2) | Notre Dame (9-2) | Kansas State (10-3) | Michigan (9-3) | 11. |
| 12. | Tennessee | USC (1-0) | Tennessee (1-0) | Miami (FL) (1-1) | Miami (FL) (1-1) | Ohio State (4-0) | Florida (4-1) | TCU (5-0) | Georgia (5-1) | Ohio State (6-1) | Michigan (6-2) | Northwestern (7-2) | Ohio State (8-2) | Texas (8-2) | Texas (9-2) | Texas (9-2) | Texas (9-3) | 12. |
| 13. | Washington | Tennessee (0-0) | Alabama (0-1) | Purdue (2-0) | Tennessee (1-1) | Texas (2-1) | Washington (3-1) | UCLA (4-1) | Mississippi State (4-1) | Georgia (6-1) | Southern Miss (6-1) | Ohio State (7-2) | Mississippi State (7-2) | TCU (9-1) | TCU (10-1) | TCU (10-1) | Purdue (8-4) | 13. |
| 14. | Purdue | Washington (0-0) | Purdue (1-0) | UCLA (2-0) | Ohio State (3-0) | Oklahoma (3-0) | TCU (4-0) | Georgia (4-1) | Ohio State (5-1) | Southern Miss (5-1) | Oregon State (7-1) | Georgia (6-2) | Texas (8-2) | Purdue (8-3) | Purdue (8-3) | Purdue (8-3) | Colorado State (10-2) | 14. |
| 15. | USC | Purdue (0-0) | Washington (1-0) | Alabama (1-1) | Texas (1-1) | UCLA (3-1) | Auburn (5-0) | Mississippi State (4-1) | Southern Miss(5-1) | Michigan (6-2) | Notre Dame (6-2) | Mississippi State (6-2) | TCU (8-1) | Clemson (9-2) | Clemson (9-2) | Georgia Tech (9-2) | Notre Dame (9-3) | 15. |
| 16. | Ohio State | Ohio State (0-0) | UCLA (1-0) (1) | Clemson (2-0) | Notre Dame (2-1) | TCU (3-0) | UCLA (4-1) | Southern Miss (4-1) | Michigan (5-2) | Purdue (6-2) | Ohio State (6-2) | Kansas Sate (8-2) | Clemson (8-2) | Michigan (8-3) | Michigan (8-3) | Clemson (9-2) | Clemson (9-3) | 16. |
| 17. | Clemson | Clemson (0-0) | Clemson (1-0) | Ohio State (2-0) | Oklahoma (2-0) | Wisconsin (3-1) | Southern Miss (3-1) | Northwestern (5-1) | Purdue (5-2) | South Carolina (7-1) | Georgia (6-2) | Clemson (8-2) | Purdue (7-3) | Auburn (9-2) | Georgia Tech (9-2) | Michigan (8-3) | Georgia Tech (9-3) | 17. |
| 18. | Mississippi | Mississippi (0-0) | Ohio State (1-0) | Oklahoma (2-0) | TCU (2-0) | Michigan State (3-0) | USC (3-1) | Michigan (4-2) | South Carolina (6-1) | Oregon State (6-1) | Mississippi State (5-2) | TCU (7-1) | Auburn (8-2) | Georgia Tech (8-2) | Auburn (9-2) | Northwestern (8-3) | Auburn (9-4) | 18. |
| 19. | Oklahoma | Oklahoma (0-0) | Mississippi (1-0) | Illinois (2-0) | Illinois (3-0) | Auburn (4-0) | Georgia (3-1) | Auburn (5-1) | Oregon State (5-1) | Notre Dame (5-2) | Kansas State (7-2) | Texas (7-2) | Michigan (7-3) | Georgia (7-3) | Northwestern (8-3) | Ohio State (8-3) | South Carolina (8-4) | 19. |
| 20. | TCU | TCU (0-0) | Oklahoma (1-0) | TCU (1-0) | Auburn (3-0) | Oregon (3-1) | Mississippi State (3-1) | Notre Dame (3-2) | Notre Dame (4-2) | Mississippi State (4-2) | Texas (6-2) | Michigan (6-3) | Georgia Tech (7-2) | Northwestern (8-3) | Ohio State (8-3) | Auburn (9-3) | Georgia (8-4) | 20. |
| 21. | Illinois | Illinois (0-0) | Illinois (1-0) | Notre Dame (1-1) | Purdue (2-1) | Southern Miss (2-1) | Tennessee (2-2) | Purdue (4-2) | Arizona (5-1) | NC State (5-1) | Northwestern (6-2) | South Carolina (7-2) | Texas A&M (7-3) | Ohio State (8-3) | Tennessee (8-3) | Tennessee (8-3) | TCU (10-2) | 21. |
| 22. | Penn State | Southern Miss (0-0) | TCU (0-0) | Michigan State (1-0) | Southern Miss (1-1) | Purdue (3-1) | Northwestern (4-1) | Arizona (4-1) | Minnesota (5-2) | Texas (5-2) | South Carolina (7-2) | Auburn (7-2) | Georgia (6-3) | Texas A&M (7-3) | Louisville (9-2) | Louisville (9-2) | LSU (8-4) | 22. |
| 23. | Southern Miss | Colorado (0-0) | Notre Dame (1-0) | Georgia (1-1) | Michigan State (2-0) | South Carolina (4-0) | Oregon State (4-0) | Oregon State (4-1) | UCLA (4-2) | Northwestern (5-2) | Auburn (7-2) | Texas A&M (7-2) | Northwestern (7-3) | Mississippi State (7-3) | Colorado State (9-2) | Colorado State (9-2) | Wisconsin (9-4) | 23. |
| 24. | Colorado | Michigan State (0-0) | Michigan State (0-0) | Auburn (2-0) | Georgia (1-1) | Illinois (3-1) | Wisconsin (3-2) | South Carolina (5-1) | NC State (5-1) | Arizona (5-2) | Texas A&M (6-2) | Georgia Tech (6-2) | Southern Miss (7-2) | LSU (7-3) | Georgia (7-4) | Georgia (7-4) | Mississippi State (8-4) | 24. |
| 25. | Michigan State | Texas A&M (0-0) | Southern Miss (0-1) | Southern Miss (0-1) | Mississippi State (2-0) | Georgia (2-1) | Notre Dame (2-2) | Texas (3-2) | Northwestern (5-2) | Auburn (6-2) | Georgia Tech (6-2) | Southern Miss (6-2) | South Carolina (7-3) | Tennessee (7-3) | Toledo (10-1) | Toledo (10-1) | Iowa State (9-3) | 25. |
| Preseason Aug 6 |
Week 1 Aug 27 |
Week 2 Sep 3 |
Week 3 Sep 10 |
Week 4 Sep 17 |
Week 5 Sep 24 |
Week 6 Oct 1 |
Week 7 Oct 8 |
Week 8 Oct 15 |
Week 9 Oct 22 |
Week 10 Oct 29 |
Week 11 Nov 5 |
Week 12 Nov 12 |
Week 13 Nov 19 |
Week 14 Nov 26 |
Week 15 Dec 3 |
Week 16 (Final) Jan 3 |
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| Dropped: Penn State |
Dropped: Colorado Texas A&M |
Dropped: Mississippi |
Dropped: Alabama |
Dropped: Notre Dame Mississippi State |
Dropped: Michigan State Purdue South Carolina Illinois |
Dropped: USC Tennessee Wisconsin |
Dropped: Auburn Texas |
Dropped: Minnesota UCLA |
Dropped: NC State Arizona |
Dropped: None |
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Dropped: Southern Miss South Carolina |
Dropped: Texas A&M Mississippi State LSU |
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Dropped: Auburn Northwestern Tennessee Louisville Toledo |
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