AP Poll
| Preseason Aug 11 |
Week 1 Aug 26 |
Week 2 Sep 2 |
Week 3 Sep 9 |
Week 4 Sep 23 |
Week 5 Sep 30 |
Week 6 Oct 7 |
Week 7 Oct 14 |
Week 8 Oct 21 |
Week 9 Oct 28 |
Week 10 Nov 4 |
Week 11 Nov 11 |
Week 12 Nov 18 |
Week 13 Nov 25 |
Week 14 Dec 2 |
Week 15 Dec 9 |
Week 16 (Final) Jan 4 |
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| 1. | Florida (20) | Florida (0-0) (21) | Miami (FL) (1-0) (37) | Miami (FL) (2-0) (40) | Miami (FL) (2-0) (39) | Miami (FL) (3-0) (34) | Florida (5-0) (30) | Miami (FL) (5-0) (48) | Miami (FL) (5-0) (47) | Miami (FL) (6-0) (55) | Miami (FL) (7-0) (55) | Miami (FL) (8-0) (44) | Miami (FL) (9-0) (52) | Miami (FL) (10-0) (71) | Miami (FL) (11-0) (72) | Miami (FL) (11-0) (72) | Miami (FL) (12-0) (72) | 1. |
| 2. | Miami (FL) (33) | Miami (FL) (0-0) (33) | Florida (1-0) (19) | Florida (2-0) (14) | Florida (3-0) (15) | Florida (4-0) (22) | Miami (FL) (4-0) (23) | Oklahoma (6-0) (21) | Oklahoma (7-0) (22) | Nebraska (9-0) (17) | Nebraska (10-0) (17) | Nebraska (11-0) (28) | Nebraska (11-0) (20) | Florida (9-1) (1) | Tennessee (10-1) | Oregon (10-1) | Oregon (11-1) | 2. |
| 3. | Oklahoma (10) | Oklahoma (1-0) (10) | Oklahoma (2-0) (10) | Oklahoma (3-0) (11) | Oklahoma (3-0) (11) | Oklahoma (4-0) (9) | Oklahoma (5-0) (16) | Nebraska (7-0) (2) | Nebraska (8-0) (2) | Oklahoma (7-1) | Oklahoma (8-1) | Oklahoma (9-1) | Florida (9-1) | Texas (10-1) | Oregon (10-1) | Colorado (10-2) | Florida (10-2) | 3. |
| 4. | Nebraska (4) | Nebraska (1-0) (3) | Texas (1-0) (4) | Nebraska (3-0) (2) | Nebraska (4-0) (2) | Nebraska (5-0) (2) | Nebraska (6-0) (2) | UCLA (5-0) (1) | UCLA (6-0) (1) | Florida (6-1) | Florida (7-1) | Florida (8-1) | Oklahoma (10-1) | Oregon (9-1) | Colorado (10-2) | Nebraska (11-1) | Tennessee (11-2) | 4. |
| 5. | Texas (5) | Texas (0-0) (4) | Nebraska (2-0) (2) | Texas (2-0) (4) | Texas (3-0) (4) | Texas (4-0) (4) | Oregon (5-0) | Oregon (6-0) | Virginia Tech (6-0) | Texas (7-1) | Texas (8-1) | Texas (9-1) | Texas (9-1) | Tennessee (9-1) | Nebraska (11-1) | Florida (9-2) | Texas (11-2) | 5. |
| 6. | Florida State | Florida State (0-0) | Florida State (1-0) | Florida State (2-0) | Oregon (3-0) | Tennessee (3-0) (7) | Virginia Tech (5-0) | Virginia Tech (6-0) | Florida (5-1) | Michigan (6-1) | Tennessee (6-1) | Tennessee (7-1) | Oregon (9-1) | Nebraska (11-1) | Florida (9-2) | Maryland (10-1) | Oklahoma (11-2) | 6. |
| 7. | Oregon | Oregon (0-0) (1) | Oregon (1-0) | Oregon (2-0) | Tennessee (2-0) | Oregon (4-0) | UCLA (4-0) | Florida (5-1) | Texas (6-1) | Tennessee (5-1) | Oregon (8-1) | Oregon (9-1) | Tennessee (8-1) | Maryland (10-1) | Maryland (10-1) | Illinois (10-1) | LSU (10-3) | 7. |
| 8. | Tennessee | Tennessee (0-0) | Tennessee (1-0) | Tennessee (2-0) | Virginia Tech (3-0) | Virginia Tech (4-0) | Fresno State (5-0) (1) | Fresno State (6-0) | Michigan (5-1) | Oregon (7-1) | Washington (7-1) | BYU (10-0) | Maryland (10-1) | Illinois (10-1) | Illinois (10-1) | Tennessee (10-2) | Nebraska (11-2) | 8. |
| 9. | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech (0-0) | Virginia Tech (1-0) | Virginia Tech (2-0) | Georgia Tech (3-0) | UCLA (4-0) | South Carolina (5-0) | Texas (5-1) | Tennessee (4-1) | UCLA (6-1) | BYU (9-0) | Washington State (9-1) | BYU (11-0) | Colorado (9-2) | BYU (12-0) | Texas (10-2) | Colorado (10-3) | 9. |
| 10. | Georgia Tech | Oregon State (0-0) | Georgia Tech (2-0) | Georgia Tech (3-0) | Fresno State (4-0) (1) | Fresno State (5-0) (1) | Washington (4-0) | Michigan (5-1) | Maryland (7-0) | Stanford (5-1) | Florida State (6-2) | Maryland (9-1) | Illinois (9-1) | BYU (11-0) | Texas (10-2) | Oklahoma (10-2) | Washington State (10-2) | 10. |
| 11. | Oregon State | Georgia Tech (1-0) | Michigan (1-0) | Fresno State (3-0) (1) | Kansas State (2-0) | Washington (3-0) | Texas (4-1) | Tennessee (3-1) | Oregon (6-1) | Washington (6-1) | Washington State (8-1) | Michigan (7-2) | Michigan (8-2) | Oklahoma (10-2) | Oklahoma (10-2) | Stanford (9-2) | Maryland (10-2) | 11. |
| 12. | Michigan | Michigan (0-0) | Kansas State (0-0) | Kansas State (1-0) | UCLA (3-0) | Kansas State (2-1) | Michigan (4-1) | Maryland (6-0) | South Carolina (6-1) | Virginia Tech (6-1) | Michigan (6-2) | Illinois (8-1) | Washington (8-2) | Stanford (8-2) | Stanford (9-2) | LSU (9-3) | Illinois (10-2) | 12. |
| 13. | Kansas State | Kansas State (0-0) | LSU (1-0) | Washington (1-0) | Washington (2-0) | South Carolina (4-0) | Tennessee (3-1) | Clemson (4-1) | Washington (5-1) | BYU (8-0) | Maryland (8-1) | Stanford (6-2) | Stanford (7-2) | Washington State (9-2) | Washington State (9-2) | Washington State (9-2) | South Carolina (9-3) | 13. |
| 14. | LSU | LSU (0-0) | UCLA (1-0) | UCLA (2-0) | LSU (2-0) | Northwestern (3-0) | Florida State (3-1) | Colorado (5-1) | Washington State (7-0) | Florida State (5-2) | South Carolina (7-2) | Syracuse (8-2) | Colorado (8-2) | Virginia Tech (8-2) | South Carolina (8-3) | South Carolina (8-3) | Syracuse (10-3) | 14. |
| 15. | Washington | Washington (0-0) | Washington (0-0) | LSU (2-0) | South Carolina (3-0) | Mighigan (3-1) | Georgia Tech (4-1) | Washington (4-1) | Georgia (5-1) | Maryland (7-1) | Illinois (7-1) | Colorado (8-2) | Washington State (9-2) | South Carolina (8-3) | Virginia Tech (8-3) | Virginia Tech (8-3) | Florida State (8-4) | 15. |
| 16. | Northwestern | Northwestern (0-0) | Northwestern (0-0) | Northwestern (1-0) | Northwestern (2-0) | Florida State (3-1) | Clemson (3-1) | South Carolina (5-1) | BYU (7-0) | Washington State (7-1) | Stanford (5-2) | Washington (7-2) | Virginia Tech (8-2) | Georgia (7-3) | Georgia (8-3) | Georgia (8-3) | Stanford (9-3) | 16. |
| 17. | UCLA | UCLA (0-0) | Notre Dame (0-0) | Mississippi State (1-0) | Michigan (2-1) | Georgia Tech (3-1) | Purdue (4-0) | Georgia (4-1) | Auburn (6-1) | South Carolina (6-2) | UCLA (6-2) | Auburn (7-2) | Louiville (10-1) | Michigan (8-3) | Michigan (8-3) | Michigan (8-3) | Louisville (11-2) | 17. |
| 18. | Notre Dame | Notre Dame (0-0) | Mississippi State (1-0) | South Carolina (2-0) | Florida State (2-1) | LSU (2-1) | BYU (5-0) | BYU (6-0) | Fresno State (6-1) | Georgia (5-2) | Syracuse (7-2) | Virginia Tech (7-2) | South Carolina (8-3) | Syracuse (9-3) | Syracuse (9-3) | Syracuse (9-3) | Virginia Tech (8-4) | 18. |
| 19. | Clemson | Clemson (0-0) | Fresno State (2-0) | Clemson (2-0) | Oregon State (1-1) | Clemson (3-1) | Georgia (3-1) | Washington State (6-0) | Florida State (4-2) | Syracuse (7-2) | Georgia (5-2) | Louisville (9-1) | Georgia (6-3) | Washington (8-3) | Fresno State (11-2) | BYU (12-1) | Washington (8-4) | 19. |
| 20. | Mississippi State | Mississippi State (0-0) | Clemson (1-0) | Michigan (1-1) | BYU (3-0) | BYU (4-0) | Colorado (4-1) | Auburn (5-1) | Stanford (4-1) | Purdue (5-1) | Georgia Tech (6-2) | UCLA (6-3) | Marshall (9-1) | Marshall (10-1) | Washington (8-3) | Fresno State (11-2) | Michigan (8-4) | 20. |
| 21. | South Carolina | South Carolina (0-0) | South Carolina (1-0) | Ohio State (1-0) | Mississippi State (1-1) | Purdue (3-0) | Ohio State (3-1) | Florida State (3-2) | Georgia Tech (5-3) | Illinois (6-1) | Colorado (7-2) | Florida State (6-3) | Georgia Tech (7-3) | Fresno State (10-2) | LSU (8-3) | Washington (8-3) | Boston College (8-4) | 21. |
| 22. | Wisconsin | Wisconsin (1-0) | Oregon State (0-1) | Oregon State (1-1) | Illinois (3-0) | Stanford (3-0) | Maryland (5-0) | Northwestern (4-1) | Illinois (6-1) | North Carolina (5-3) | Michigan State (5-2) | South Carolina (7-3) | Syracuse (8-3) | LSU (7-3) | Ohio State (7-4) | Ohio State (7-4) | Georgia (8-4) | 22. |
| 23. | Ohio State | Ohio State (0-0) | Wisconsin (1-1) | Notre Dame (0-1) | Michigan State (2-0) | Toledo (4-0) | Stanford (3-0) | Georgia Tech (4-2) | North Carolina | Georgia Tech (5-2) | Virginia Tech (6-2) | Georgia (5-3) | Fresno State (9-2) | Ohio State (7-4) | Louisville (10-2) | Louisville (10-2) | Toledo (10-2) | 23. |
| 24. | Colorado State | Colorado State (0-0) | Ohio State (0-0) | BYU (3-0) | Purdue (2-0) | Texas A&M (4-0) | Kansas State (2-2) | Purdue (4-1) | Purdue (4-1) | Texas A&M (7-1) | Auburn (6-2) | Marshall (8-1) | Arkansas (7-3) | Louiville (10-2) | Florida State (7-4) | Florida State (7-4) | Georgia Tech (8-5) | 24. |
| 25. | Alabama | Alabama(0-0) | Georgia (1-0) | Louisville (3-0) | Toledo (3-0) | Maryland (4-0) | Texas A&M (5-0) | Toledo (5-0) | Colorado (5-2) | Colorado (6-2) | Louisville (8-1) | Ohio state (6-3) | Boston College (7-3) | Auburn (7-3) | Toledo (9-2) | Toledo (9-2) | BYU (12-2) | 25. |
| Preseason Aug 11 |
Week 1 Aug 26 |
Week 2 Sep 2 |
Week 3 Sep 9 |
Week 4 Sep 23 |
Week 5 Sep 30 |
Week 6 Oct 7 |
Week 7 Oct 14 |
Week 8 Oct 21 |
Week 9 Oct 28 |
Week 10 Nov 4 |
Week 11 Nov 11 |
Week 12 Nov 18 |
Week 13 Nov 25 |
Week 14 Dec 2 |
Week 15 Dec 9 |
Week 16 (Final) Jan 4 |
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Dropped: Clemson Ohio State Notre Dame Louisville |
Dropped: Oregon State Mississippi State Illinois Michigan State |
Dropped: Northwestern LSU Toledo |
Dropped: Ohio State Stanford Kansas State Texas A&M |
Dropped: Clemson Northwestern Toledo |
Dropped: Auburn Fresno State |
Dropped: Purdue North Carolina Texas A&M |
Dropped: Georgia Tech Michigan State |
Dropped: Auburn UCLA Florida State Ohio State |
Dropped: Georgia Tech Arkansas Boston College |
Dropped: Marshall Auburn |
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Dropped: Fresno State Ohio State |
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