Harris Interactive Poll
| Week 4 Sep 27 |
Week 5 Oct 4 |
Week 6 Oct 11 |
Week 7 Oct 18 |
Week 8 Oct 25 |
Week 9 Nov 1 |
Week 10 Nov 8 |
Week 11 Nov 15 |
Week 12 Nov 22 |
Week 13 Nov 29 |
Week 14 Dec 6 |
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| 1. | Florida (4–0) (99) | Florida (4–0) (97) | Florida (5–0) (99) | Florida (6–0) (77) | Florida (7–0) (75) | Florida (8–0) (83) | Florida (9–0) (82) | Florida (10–0) (78) | Florida (11–0) (78) | Florida (12–0) (82) | Alabama (13–0) | 1. |
| 2. | Texas (4–0) (4) | Texas (4–0) (12) | Alabama (6–0) (13) т | Alabama (7–0) (33) | Alabama (8–0) (17) | Texas (8–0) (19) | Texas (9–0) (18) | Texas (10–0) (19) | Texas (11–0) (18) | Texas (12–0) (15) | Texas (13–0) | 2. |
| 3. | Alabama (4–0) (11) | Alabama (5–0) (5) | Texas (5–0) (2) т | Texas (6–0) (4) | Texas (7–0) (20) | Alabama (8–0) (9) | Alabama (9–0) (14) | Alabama (10–0) (16) | Alabama (11–0) (15) | Alabama (12–0) (12) | TCU (12–0) | 3. |
| 4. | LSU (4–0) | LSU (5–0) | Virginia Tech (5–1) | USC (5–1) | USC (6–1) | Boise State (8–0) (1) | TCU (9–0) | TCU (10–0) (1) | TCU (11–0) (3) | TCU (12–0) (4) | Cincinnati (12–0) | 4. |
| 5. | Boise State (4–0) | Boise State (5–0) | Boise State (5–0) | Boise State (6–0) | Boise State (7–0) | Cincinnati (8–0) | Cincinnati (9–0) | Cincinnati (10–0) | Cincinnati (10–0) | Cincinnati (11–0) | Florida (12–1) | 5. |
| 6. | Virginia Tech (3–1) | Virginia Tech (4–1) | USC (4–1) | Cincinnati (6–0) | Cincinnati (7–0) | TCU (8–0) | Boise State (9–0) | Boise State (10–0) | Boise State (11–0) | Boise State (12–0) | Boise State (13–0) | 6. |
| 7. | USC (3–1) | USC (4–1) | Ohio State (5–1) | Iowa (7–0) | TCU (7–0) | Iowa (9–0) (2) | Georgia Tech (9–1) | Georgia Tech (10–1) | Georgia Tech (10–1) | Ohio State (10–2) | Oregon (10–2) | 7. |
| 8. | Ohio State (3–1) | Ohio State (4–1) | Cincinnati (5–0) | TCU (6–0) | Iowa (8–0) (1) | Oregon (7–1) | Ohio State (8–2) | Ohio State (9–2) | Ohio State (10–2) | Oregon (9–2) | Ohio State (10–2) | 8. |
| 9. | Oklahoma (2–1) | Cincinnati (5–0) | LSU (5–1) | LSU (5–1) | LSU (6–1) | LSU (7–1) | Pittsburgh (8–1) | Pittsburgh (9–1) | Pittsburgh (9–1) | Penn State (10–2) | Penn State (10–2) | 9. |
| 10. | Cincinnati (4–0) | TCU (4–0) | TCU (5–0) | Miami, Fla. (5–1) | Penn State (7–1) | Penn State (8–1) | USC (7–2) | LSU (8–2) | Oregon (9–2) | Iowa (10–2) | Georgia Tech (11–2) | 10. |
| 11. | TCU (3–0) | Iowa (5–0) | Iowa (6–0) | Penn State (6–1) | Oregan (6–1) | Georgia Tech (8–1) | LSU (7–2) | Oregon (8–2) | Penn State (10–2) | Georgia Tech (10-2) | Iowa (10–2) | 11. |
| 12. | Penn State (3–1) | Miami (FL) (3–1) | Miami (FL) (4–1) | Oregon (5–1) | Georgia Tech (7–1) | USC (6–2) | Iowa (9–1) | Penn State (9–2) | Oklahoma State (9–2) | Virginia Tech (10–2) | Virginia Tech (9–3) | 12. |
| 13. | Houston (3–0) | Penn State (4–1) | Penn State (5–1) | Georgia Tech (6–1) | Oklahoma State (6–1) | Ohio State (7–2) | Houston (8–1) | Oklahoma State (8–2) | Iowa (10–2) | BYU (10–2) | LSU (9–3) | 13. |
| 14. | Iowa (4–0) | Oklahoma State (3–1) | Oregon (5–1) | Oklahoma State (5–1) | Virginia Tech (5–2) | Houston (7–1) | Oregon (7–2) | Iowa (9–2) | Virginia Tech (8–3) | LSU (9–3) | BYU (10–2) | 14. |
| 15. | Oklahoma State (3–1) | Oregon (4–1) | Oklahoma State (4–1) | Virginia Tech (5–2) | Ohio State (5–2) | Pittsburgh (7–1) | Miami (7–2) | Wisconsin (8–2) | BYU (9–2) | Pittsburgh (9–2) | Miami (FL) (9–3) | 15. |
| 16. | Kansas (4–0) | Kansas (4–0) | Kansas (5–0) | BYU (6–1) | Houston (6–1) | Utah (7–1) | Utah (8–1) | Virginia Tech (7–3) | LSU (8–3) | Oregon State (8–3) | Pittsburgh (9–3) | 16. |
| 17. | Georgia (3–1) | BYU (4–1) | BYU (5–1) | Ohio State (5–2) | Pittsburgh (7–1) | Miami, Fla. (6–2) | Penn State (8–2) | Stanford (7–3) | Clemson (8–3) | Miami (FL) (9–3) | Oklahoma State (9–3) | 17. |
| 18. | Mississippi (2–1) | Mississippi (3–1) | Oklahoma (2–2) | Houston (5–1) | Miami (5–2) | Oklahoma State (6–2) | Oklahoma State (7–2) | Brigham Young (8–2) | Oregon State (8–3) | Houston (10–2) | West Virginia (9–3) | 18. |
| 19. | BYU (3–1) | Auburn (5–0) | Nebraska (4–1) | Utah (5–1) | Utah (6–1) | Oklahoma (5–3) | Arizona (6–2) | Clemson (7–3) | Utah (9–2) | USC (8–3) | Oregon State (8–4) | 19. |
| 20. | Michigan (4–0) | Oklahoma (2–2) | Georgia Tech (5–1) | Pittsburgh (6–1) | West Virginia (6–1) | Notre Dame (6–2) | Wisconsin (7–2) | USC (7–3) | Houston (9–2) | Oklahoma State (9–3) | Nebraska (8–4) | 20. |
| 21. | California (3–1) | Nebraska (3–1) | South Florida (5–0) | Kansas (5–1) | South Carolina (6–2) | Arizona (5–2) | Virginia Tech (6–3) | Utah (8–2) | Miami (FL) (8–3) | California (8–3) | Stanford (8–4) | 21. |
| 22. | Miami (FL) (2–1) | Georgia Tech (4–1) | South Carolina (5–1) | Texas Tech (5–2) | Oklahoma (4–3) | California (6–2) | BYU (7–2) | Oregon State (7–3) | USC (7–3) | Nebraska (9–3) | Utah (9–3) | 22. |
| 23. | Oregon (3–1) | Missouri (4–0) | Houston (4–1) | West Virginia (5–1) | Mississippi (5–2) | Virginia Tech (5–3) | South Florida (6–2) | Houston (8–2) | California (8–3) | Stanford (8–4) | Wisconsin (9–3) | 23. |
| 24. | Nebraska (3–1) | South Florida (5–0) | Auburn (5–0) | South Florida (5–1) | Notre Dame (5–2) | Wisconsin (6–2) | West Virginia (7–2) | Miami, Fla. (7–3) | Nebraska (8–3) | Utah (9–3) | Arizona (8–4) | 24. |
| 25. | Missouri (4–0) | Wisconsin (5–0) | Notre Dame (4–1) | Oklahoma (3–3) | Arizona (5–2) | Brigham Young (6–2) | Clemson (6–3) | Nebraska (7–3) | Mississippi (8–3) | West Virginia (8–3) | Houston (10–3) | 25. |
| Week 4 Sep 27 |
Week 5 Oct 4 |
Week 6 Oct 11 |
Week 7 Oct 18 |
Week 8 Oct 25 |
Week 9 Nov 1 |
Week 10 Nov 8 |
Week 11 Nov 15 |
Week 12 Nov 22 |
Week 13 Nov 29 |
Week 14 Dec 6 |
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