AP Poll Summary
| Pre | 9/7 | 9/14 | 9/21 | 9/28 | 10/5 | 10/12 | 10/19 | 10/26 | 11/2 | 11/9 | 11/16 | 11/23 | 11/30 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
12 Games
| G | Date | Day | School | Opponent | Conf | Pts | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5, 1981 | Sat | (4) Alabama | @ | LSU | SEC | W | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Sep 12, 1981 | Sat | (2) Alabama | Georgia Tech | Ind | L | 21 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Sep 19, 1981 | Sat | (12) Alabama | @ | Kentucky | SEC | W | 19 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 4 | Sep 26, 1981 | Sat | (10) Alabama | @ | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 5 | Oct 3, 1981 | Sat | (11) Alabama | Ole Miss | SEC | W | 38 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 6 | Oct 10, 1981 | Sat | (7) Alabama | Southern Mississippi | Ind | T | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | T 1 | ||
| 7 | Oct 17, 1981 | Sat | (15) Alabama | Tennessee | SEC | W | 38 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Oct 24, 1981 | Sat | (11) Alabama | Rutgers | Ind | W | 31 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 9 | Oct 31, 1981 | Sat | (8) Alabama | (7) Mississippi State | SEC | W | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 10 | Nov 14, 1981 | Sat | (6) Alabama | @ | (5) Penn State | Ind | W | 31 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | W 4 | |
| 11 | Nov 28, 1981 | Sat | (4) Alabama | N | Auburn | SEC | W | 28 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | W 5 | |
| 12 | Jan 1, 1982 | Fri | (3) Alabama | N | (6) Texas | SWC | L | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | Cotton Bowl (Dallas, TX) |
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