AP Poll
The AP Poll is the oldest poll still in use. This poll is compiled by sportswriters across the nation. This season was the first season since the inception of the BCS that the AP Poll was not included in the BCS formula. The AP ordered a cease and desist to stop the BCS from using their poll and the BCS complied and created the Harris Interactive Poll in response. The poll operates identically to the Coaches' and Harris Polls, except there is no inclusion into the BCS.
| Week 1 Preseason |
Week 2 Sept 3 |
Week 3 Sept 10 |
Week 4 Sept 17 |
Week 5 Sept 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 |
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| 1. | USC (60) | USC (61) (1–0) | USC (56) (2–0) | USC (57) (2–0) | USC (59) (3–0) | USC (59) (4–0) | USC (58) (5–0) | USC (57) (6–0) | USC (55) (7–0) | USC (57) (8–0) | USC (57) (9–0) | USC (56) (10–0) | USC (50) (11–0) | USC (55) (11–0) | USC (56) (12–0) | Texas* (65) (13–0) | 1. |
| 2. | Texas (4) | Texas (4) (1–0) | Texas (8) (2–0) | Texas (8) (3–0) | Texas (6) (3–0) | Texas (6) (4–0) | Texas (7) (5–0) | Texas (8) (6–0) | Texas (10) (7–0) | Texas (8) (8–0) | Texas (8) (9–0) | Texas (9) (10–0) | Texas (14) (10–0) | Texas (10) (11–0) | Texas (9) (12–0) | USC (12–1) | 2. |
| 3. | Tennessee (13) | Michigan (1–0) | LSU (1–0) | LSU (1–0) | Virginia Tech (4–0) | Virginia Tech (5–0) | Virginia Tech (6–0) | Virginia Tech (6–0) | Virginia Tech (7–0) | Virginia Tech (7–0) | Miami (7–1) | Miami (8–1) | LSU (9–1) | LSU (10–1) | Penn State (10–1) | Penn State (11–1) | 3. |
| 4. | Michigan | Ohio State (1–0) | Virginia Tech (2–0) | Virginia Tech (2–0) | LSU (1–0) | Florida State (4–0) | Florida State (5–0) | Georgia (6–0) | Georgia (7–0) | Alabama (8–0) | Alabama (9–0) | LSU (8–1) | Penn State (10–1) | Penn State (10–1) | Ohio State (9–2) | Ohio State (10–2) | 4. |
| 5. | LSU | LSU (0–0) | Tennessee (1–0) | Florida (3–0) | Florida (4–0) | Georgia (4–0) | Georgia (5–0) | Alabama (6–0) | Alabama (7–0) | Miami (6–1) | LSU (7–1) | Penn State (9–1) | Virginia Tech (9–1) | Virginia Tech (9–1) | Notre Dame (9–2) | West Virginia (11–1) | 5. |
| 6. | Ohio State | Tennessee (1–0) | Florida (2–0) | Florida State (3–0) | Florida State (3–0) | Ohio State (3–1) | Alabama (5–0) | Miami (5–1) | Miami (5–1) | LSU (6–1) | Penn State (9–1) | Notre Dame (7–2) | Notre Dame (8–2) | Ohio State (9–2) | Oregon (10–1) | LSU (11–2) | 6. |
| 7. | Oklahoma | Virginia Tech (1–0) | Georgia (2–0) | Georgia (3–0) | Georgia (4–0) | Alabama (5–0) | Miami (4–1) | LSU (4–1) | LSU (5–1) | UCLA (8–0) | Notre Dame (6–2) | Virginia Tech (8–1) | Ohio State (9–2) | Notre Dame (9–2) | Auburn (9–2) | Virginia Tech (11–2) | 7. |
| 8. | Virginia Tech | Iowa (1–0) | Florida State (2–0) | Ohio State (2–1) | Ohio State (3–1) | Tennessee (3–1) | Penn State (6–0) | UCLA (6–0) | UCLA (7–0) | Notre Dame (5–2) | Virginia Tech (8–1) | Alabama (8–1) | Oregon (10–1) | Oregon (10–1) | Georgia (10–2) | Alabama (10–2) | 8. |
| 9. | Miami | Georgia (1–0) | Ohio State (1–1) | Louisville (2–0) | Miami (2–1) | Miami (3–1) | Notre Dame (4–1) | Notre Dame (4–2) | Notre Dame (5–2) | Florida State (7–1) | Georgia (7–1) | Ohio State (8–2) | Auburn (9–2) | Auburn (9–2) | Miami (9–2) | Notre Dame (9–3) | 9. |
| 10. | Florida | Florida (1–0) | Notre Dame (2–0) | Tennessee (1–1) | Tennessee (1–1) | California (5–0) | LSU (3–1) | Texas Tech (6–0) | Florida State (6–1) | Penn State (8–1) | Ohio State (7–2) | Oregon (9–1) | Miami (8–2) | Miami (9–2) | LSU (10–2) | Georgia (10–3) | 10. |
| 11. | Iowa | Florida State (1–0) | Louisville (1–0) | Purdue (2–0) | Michigan State (4–0) | LSU (2–1) | Florida (5–1) | Florida State (5–1) | Penn State (7–1) | Georgia (7–1) | Oregon (8–1) | Auburn (8–2) | UCLA (9–1) | UCLA (9–1) | West Virginia (10–1) | TCU (11–1) | 11. |
| 12. | Louisville (1) | Louisville (1–0) | Purdue (1–0) | Miami (1–1) | California (4–0) | Notre Dame (4–1) | UCLA (5–0) | Penn State (6–1) | Ohio State (5–2) | Ohio State (6–2) | Florida (7–2) | UCLA (9–1) | West Virginia (8–1) | West Virginia (9–1) | Virginia Tech (10–2) | Florida (9–3) | 12. |
| 13. | Georgia | Purdue (0–0) | Miami (0–1) | California (3–0) | Notre Dame (3–1) | Florida (4–1) | Texas Tech (5–0) | Boston College (6–1) | Boston College (6–1) | Florida (6–2) | Texas Tech (8–1) | West Virginia (8–1) | Georgia (8–2) | Georgia (9–2) | Alabama (9–2) | Oregon (10–2) | 13. |
| 14. | Florida State | Miami (0–1) | Michigan (1–1) | Michigan (2–1) | Arizona State (3–1) | Wisconsin (5–0) | Boston College (5–1) | Ohio State (4–2) | Oregon (7–1) | Wisconsin (8–1) | UCLA (8–1) | Georgia (7–2) | Alabama (9–2) | Alabama (9–2) | TCU (10–1) | Auburn (9–3) | 14. |
| 15. | Purdue | Arizona State (1–0) | California (2–0) | Georgia Tech (3–0) | Alabama (4–0) | Texas Tech (4–0) | Ohio State (3–2) | Oregon (6–1) | Wisconsin (7–1) | Oregon (7–1) | Auburn (7–2) | TCU (10–1) | TCU (10–1) | TCU (10–1) | Louisville (9–2) | Wisconsin (10–3) | 15. |
| 16. | Auburn | California (1–0) | Georgia Tech (2–0) | Notre Dame (2–1) | Texas Tech (3–0) | Penn State (5–0) | Michigan State (4–1) | Auburn (5–1) | Florida (5–2) | Texas Tech (7–1) | West Virginia (7–1) | Fresno State (8–1) | Fresno State (8–2) | Louisville (8–2) | Florida (8–3) | UCLA (10–2) | 16. |
| 17. | Texas A&M | Georgia Tech (1–0) | Boston College (2–0) | Michigan State (3–0) | Wisconsin (4–0) | Arizona State (3–2) | Tennessee (3–2) | Tennessee (3–2) | Texas Tech (6–1) | Auburn (6–2) | Florida State (7–2) | Michigan (7–3) | Louisville (7–2) | Florida (8–3) | UCLA (9–2) | Miami (9–3) | 17. |
| 18. | Boise State | Oklahoma (0–1) | Arizona State (1–1) | Arizona State (2–1) | Minnesota (4–0) | Boston College (4–1) | California (5–1) | Florida (5–2) | West Virginia (6–1) | West Virginia (6–1) | TCU (9–1) | Louisville (7–2) | Texas Tech (9–2) | Texas Tech (9–2) | Texas Tech (9–2) | Boston College (9–3) | 18. |
| 19. | California | Boston College (1–0) | Texas Tech (1–0) | Texas Tech (2–0) | Virginia (3–0) | Michigan State (4–1) | Louisville (4–1) | Wisconsin (6–1) | Auburn (5–2) | Boston College (6–2) | Wisconsin (8–2) | South Carolina (7–3) | Florida (7–3) | Boston College (8–3) | Boston College (8–3) | Louisville (9–3) | 19. |
| 20. | Arizona State | Notre Dame (1–0) | Clemson (2–0) | Alabama (3–0) | UCLA (3–0) | UCLA (4–0) | Oregon (5–1) | West Virginia (6–1) | TCU (7–1) | TCU (8–1) | Fresno State (7–1) | Florida (7–3) | Georgia Tech (7–3) | Michigan (7–4) | Michigan (7–4) | Texas Tech (9–3) | 20. |
| 21. | Texas Tech | Texas Tech (0–0) | Oklahoma (1–1) | Iowa (2–1) | Boston College (3–1) | Michigan (3–2) | Auburn (4–1) | TCU (6–1) | Northwestern (5–2) | Fresno State (6–1) | Michigan (6–3) | Texas Tech (8–2) | Boston College (8–3) | Wisconsin (9–3) | Wisconsin (9–3) | Clemson (8–4) | 21. |
| 22. | Boston College | TCU (1–0) | Iowa (1–1) | Iowa State (2–0) | Purdue (2–1) | Auburn (4–1) | Minnesota (5–1) | Michigan State (4–2) | Fresno State (5–1) | Michigan (6–3) | Colorado (7–2) | Florida State (7–3) | Michigan (7–4) | Clemson (7–4) | Florida State (8–4) | Oklahoma (8–4) | 22. |
| 23. | Pittsburgh | Virginia (1–0) | Fresno State (1–0) | Virginia (2–0) | Iowa State (3–0) | Louisville (3–1) | Wisconsin (5–1) | Virginia (4–2) | Tennessee (3–3) | California (6–2) | Louisville (6–2) | Boston College (7–3) | Florida State (7–3) | Fresno State (8–3) | Clemson (7–4) | Florida State (8–5) | 23. |
| 24. | Fresno State | Fresno State (0–0) | Iowa State (2–0) | Oregon (3–0) | Louisville (2–1) | Georgia Tech (3–1) | Colorado (4–1) | Fresno State (4–1) | California (6–2) | Louisville (5–2) | Georgia Tech (6–2) | UTEP (8–1) | Wisconsin (8–3) | Georgia Tech (7–4) | Georgia Tech (7–4) | Nebraska (8–4) | 24. |
| 25. | Virginia | Clemson (1–0) | Virginia (1–0) | UCLA (3–0) | Georgia Tech (3–1) | Oregon (4–1) | TCU (5–1) | California (5–2) | Michigan (5–3) | Colorado (6–2) | Northwestern (6–3) | Wisconsin (8–3) | Clemson (7–4) | Iowa (7–4) | Iowa (7–4) | California (8–4) | 25. |
| Week 1 Preseason |
Week 2 Sept 3 |
Week 3 Sept 10 |
Week 4 Sept 17 |
Week 5 Sept 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 |
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| Dropped: Auburn Texas A&M Boise State Pittsburgh |
Dropped: TCU |
Dropped: Boston College Clemson Oklahoma Fresno State |
Dropped: Michigan Iowa Oregon |
Dropped: Minnesota Virginia Purdue Iowa State |
Dropped: Arizona State Michigan Georgia Tech |
Dropped: Louisville Minnesota Colorado |
Dropped: Michigan State Virginia |
Dropped: Northwestern Tennessee |
Dropped: Boston College California |
Dropped: Colorado Georgia Tech Northwestern |
Dropped: South Carolina UTEP |
Dropped: Michigan Georgia Tech Iowa |
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