AP Polls
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Final | 1 | Notre Dame | 1 | 107 | Ind | |
| 10 | Final | 2 | Michigan | 2 | 25 | Western | |
| 10 | Final | 3 | SMU | 4 | 1 | SWC | |
| 10 | Final | 4 | Penn State | 5 | 1 | 1 | Ind |
| 10 | Final | 5 | Texas | 6 | 1 | SWC | |
| 10 | Final | 6 | Alabama | 7 | 1 | 1 | SEC |
| 10 | Final | 7 | Pennsylvania | 8 | 1 | Ind | |
| 10 | Final | 8 | USC | 3 | 5 | PCC | |
| 10 | Final | 9 | North Carolina | 10 | 1 | 7 | Southern |
| 10 | Final | 10 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 1 | SEC | |
| 10 | Final | 11 | Army | 11 | Ind | ||
| 10 | Final | 12 | Kansas | 13 | 1 | Big 6 | |
| 10 | Final | 13 | Ole Miss | 12 | 1 | SEC | |
| 10 | Final | 14 | William & Mary | 13 | 1 | Southern | |
| 10 | Final | 15 | California | 15 | PCC | ||
| 10 | Final | 16 | Oklahoma | 18 | 2 | 1 | Big 6 |
| 10 | Final | 17 | North Carolina State | 16 | 1 | Southern | |
| 10 | Final | 18 | Rice | 17 | 1 | SWC | |
| 10 | Final | 19 | Duke | Southern | |||
| 10 | Final | 20 | Columbia | Ind | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 9 | 1947-12-01 | 1 | Notre Dame (8-0-0) | 1 | 58 | Ind | |
| 9 | 1947-12-01 | 2 | Michigan (9-0-0) | 2 | 54 | Western | |
| 9 | 1947-12-01 | 3 | USC (7-0-1) | 4 | 1 | 2 | PCC |
| 9 | 1947-12-01 | 4 | SMU (9-0-1) | 3 | 1 | SWC | |
| 9 | 1947-12-01 | 5 | Penn State (9-0-0) | 5 | Ind | ||
| 9 | 1947-12-01 | 6 | Texas (9-1-0) | 7 | 1 | 2 | SWC |
| 9 | 1947-12-01 | 7 | Alabama (8-2-0) | 6 | 1 | SEC | |
| 9 | 1947-12-01 | 8 | Pennsylvania (7-0-1) | 8 | Ind | ||
| 9 | 1947-12-01 | 9 | Georgia Tech (9-1-0) | 9 | SEC | ||
| 9 | 1947-12-01 | 10 | North Carolina (8-2-0) | 10 | 9 | Southern | |
| 9 | 1947-12-01 | 11 | Army (5-2-2) | 12 | 1 | Ind | |
| 9 | 1947-12-01 | 12 | Ole Miss (8-2-0) | 15 | 3 | SEC | |
| 9 | 1947-12-01 | 13 | Kansas (8-0-2) | 13 | Big 6 | ||
| 9 | 1947-12-01 | 13 | William & Mary (9-1-0) | 14 | 1 | 3 | Southern |
| 9 | 1947-12-01 | 15 | California (9-1-0) | 11 | 4 | PCC | |
| 9 | 1947-12-01 | 16 | North Carolina State (5-3-1) | Southern | |||
| 9 | 1947-12-01 | 17 | Rice (6-3-1) | 18 | 1 | SWC | |
| 9 | 1947-12-01 | 18 | Oklahoma (7-2-1) | 20 | 2 | Big 6 | |
| 9 | 1947-12-01 | 19 | UCLA (5-4-0) | 17 | 2 | PCC | |
| 9 | 1947-12-01 | 20 | Catawba College | ||||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 8 | 1947-11-24 | 1 | Notre Dame (8-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 97 | Ind |
| 8 | 1947-11-24 | 2 | Michigan (9-0-0) | 1 | 1 | 81 | Western |
| 8 | 1947-11-24 | 3 | SMU (9-0-0) | 3 | 6 | SWC | |
| 8 | 1947-11-24 | 4 | USC (7-0-1) | 4 | 3 | PCC | |
| 8 | 1947-11-24 | 5 | Penn State (9-0-0) | 5 | 1 | Ind | |
| 8 | 1947-11-24 | 6 | Alabama (7-2-0) | 8 | 2 | SEC | |
| 8 | 1947-11-24 | 7 | Texas (8-1-0) | 7 | SWC | ||
| 8 | 1947-11-24 | 8 | Pennsylvania (6-0-1) | 6 | 2 | Ind | |
| 8 | 1947-11-24 | 9 | Georgia Tech (8-1-0) | 10 | 1 | SEC | |
| 8 | 1947-11-24 | 10 | North Carolina (7-2-0) | 13 | 3 | 3 | Southern |
| 8 | 1947-11-24 | 11 | California (9-1-0) | 9 | 2 | PCC | |
| 8 | 1947-11-24 | 12 | Army (4-2-2) | 11 | 1 | Ind | |
| 8 | 1947-11-24 | 13 | Kansas (7-0-2) | 17 | 4 | Big 6 | |
| 8 | 1947-11-24 | 14 | William & Mary (8-1-0) | 14 | Southern | ||
| 8 | 1947-11-24 | 15 | Ole Miss (7-2-0) | 15 | SEC | ||
| 8 | 1947-11-24 | 16 | Columbia (7-2-0) | 19 | 3 | 1 | Ind |
| 8 | 1947-11-24 | 17 | UCLA (5-4-0) | 18 | 1 | PCC | |
| 8 | 1947-11-24 | 18 | Rice (5-3-1) | 20 | 2 | SWC | |
| 8 | 1947-11-24 | 19 | Minnesota (6-3-0) | Western | |||
| 8 | 1947-11-24 | 20 | Oklahoma (6-2-1) | Big 6 | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 7 | 1947-11-17 | 1 | Michigan (8-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 140 | Western |
| 7 | 1947-11-17 | 2 | Notre Dame (7-0-0) | 1 | 1 | 87 | Ind |
| 7 | 1947-11-17 | 3 | SMU (8-0-0) | 4 | 1 | 9 | SWC |
| 7 | 1947-11-17 | 4 | USC (6-0-1) | 5 | 1 | 3 | PCC |
| 7 | 1947-11-17 | 5 | Penn State (8-0-0) | 8 | 3 | 6 | Ind |
| 7 | 1947-11-17 | 6 | Pennsylvania (6-0-1) | 3 | 3 | Ind | |
| 7 | 1947-11-17 | 7 | Texas (8-1-0) | 7 | SWC | ||
| 7 | 1947-11-17 | 8 | Alabama (6-2-0) | 14 | 6 | SEC | |
| 7 | 1947-11-17 | 9 | California (8-1-0) | 10 | 1 | PCC | |
| 7 | 1947-11-17 | 10 | Georgia Tech (7-1-0) | 6 | 4 | SEC | |
| 7 | 1947-11-17 | 11 | Army (4-2-2) | 13 | 2 | Ind | |
| 7 | 1947-11-17 | 12 | Illinois (5-2-1) | 11 | 1 | Western | |
| 7 | 1947-11-17 | 13 | North Carolina (6-2-0) | 19 | 6 | 1 | Southern |
| 7 | 1947-11-17 | 14 | William & Mary (7-1-0) | 12 | 2 | Southern | |
| 7 | 1947-11-17 | 15 | Ole Miss (7-2-0) | 15 | SEC | ||
| 7 | 1947-11-17 | 16 | Virginia (7-1-0) | 15 | 1 | Ind | |
| 7 | 1947-11-17 | 17 | Kansas (6-0-2) | Big 6 | |||
| 7 | 1947-11-17 | 18 | UCLA (5-3-0) | PCC | |||
| 7 | 1947-11-17 | 19 | Columbia (6-2-0) | Ind | |||
| 7 | 1947-11-17 | 20 | Rice (4-3-1) | SWC | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 6 | 1947-11-10 | 1 | Notre Dame (6-0-0) | 1 | 117 | Ind | |
| 6 | 1947-11-10 | 2 | Michigan (7-0-0) | 2 | 34 | Western | |
| 6 | 1947-11-10 | 3 | Pennsylvania (6-0-0) | 4 | 1 | 7 | Ind |
| 6 | 1947-11-10 | 4 | SMU (7-0-0) | 3 | 1 | 2 | SWC |
| 6 | 1947-11-10 | 5 | USC (6-0-1) | 5 | 5 | PCC | |
| 6 | 1947-11-10 | 6 | Georgia Tech (7-0-0) | 6 | 1 | SEC | |
| 6 | 1947-11-10 | 7 | Texas (7-1-0) | 8 | 1 | SWC | |
| 6 | 1947-11-10 | 8 | Penn State (7-0-0) | 7 | 1 | 3 | Ind |
| 6 | 1947-11-10 | 9 | Wisconsin (5-1-1) | 19 | 10 | Western | |
| 6 | 1947-11-10 | 10 | California (7-1-0) | 12 | 2 | PCC | |
| 6 | 1947-11-10 | 11 | Illinois (4-2-1) | 11 | Western | ||
| 6 | 1947-11-10 | 12 | William & Mary (6-1-0) | 15 | 3 | Southern | |
| 6 | 1947-11-10 | 13 | Army (4-2-1) | 9 | 4 | Ind | |
| 6 | 1947-11-10 | 14 | Alabama (5-2-0) | 16 | 2 | SEC | |
| 6 | 1947-11-10 | 15 | Ole Miss (6-2-0) | SEC | |||
| 6 | 1947-11-10 | 15 | Virginia (6-1-0) | 10 | 5 | Ind | |
| 6 | 1947-11-10 | 17 | Missouri (6-2-0) | Big 6 | |||
| 6 | 1947-11-10 | 18 | Utah (7-0-0) | MSAC | |||
| 6 | 1947-11-10 | 19 | North Carolina (5-2-0) | 18 | 1 | Southern | |
| 6 | 1947-11-10 | 20 | Minnesota (5-2-0) | Western | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 5 | 1947-11-03 | 1 | Notre Dame (5-0-0) | 1 | 106 | Ind | |
| 5 | 1947-11-03 | 2 | Michigan (6-0-0) | 2 | 56 | Western | |
| 5 | 1947-11-03 | 3 | SMU (6-0-0) | 8 | 5 | 7 | SWC |
| 5 | 1947-11-03 | 4 | Pennsylvania (5-0-0) | 4 | 8 | Ind | |
| 5 | 1947-11-03 | 5 | USC (5-0-1) | 5 | 2 | PCC | |
| 5 | 1947-11-03 | 6 | Georgia Tech (6-0-0) | 6 | 6 | SEC | |
| 5 | 1947-11-03 | 7 | Penn State (6-0-0) | 7 | 2 | Ind | |
| 5 | 1947-11-03 | 8 | Texas (6-1-0) | 3 | 5 | SWC | |
| 5 | 1947-11-03 | 9 | Army (4-1-1) | 10 | 1 | Ind | |
| 5 | 1947-11-03 | 10 | Virginia (6-0-0) | 12 | 2 | Ind | |
| 5 | 1947-11-03 | 11 | Illinois (3-2-1) | 11 | Western | ||
| 5 | 1947-11-03 | 12 | California (6-1-0) | 14 | 2 | PCC | |
| 5 | 1947-11-03 | 13 | Duke (4-1-1) | 9 | 4 | Southern | |
| 5 | 1947-11-03 | 14 | Purdue (4-2-0) | 16 | 2 | Western | |
| 5 | 1947-11-03 | 15 | William & Mary (5-1-0) | Southern | |||
| 5 | 1947-11-03 | 16 | Alabama (5-2-0) | 18 | 2 | SEC | |
| 5 | 1947-11-03 | 17 | Columbia (4-2-0) | 20 | 3 | Ind | |
| 5 | 1947-11-03 | 18 | North Carolina (4-2-0) | Southern | |||
| 5 | 1947-11-03 | 19 | Wisconsin (4-1-1) | Western | |||
| 5 | 1947-11-03 | 20 | Yale (5-1-0) | Ind | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 4 | 1947-10-27 | 1 | Notre Dame (4-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 78 | Ind |
| 4 | 1947-10-27 | 2 | Michigan (5-0-0) | 1 | 1 | 69 | Western |
| 4 | 1947-10-27 | 3 | Texas (6-0-0) | 3 | 25 | SWC | |
| 4 | 1947-10-27 | 4 | Pennsylvania (4-0-0) | 8 | 4 | 11 | Ind |
| 4 | 1947-10-27 | 5 | USC (4-0-1) | 10 | 5 | 6 | PCC |
| 4 | 1947-10-27 | 6 | Georgia Tech (5-0-0) | 7 | 1 | 2 | SEC |
| 4 | 1947-10-27 | 7 | Penn State (5-0-0) | 9 | 2 | 2 | Ind |
| 4 | 1947-10-27 | 8 | SMU (5-0-0) | 12 | 4 | SWC | |
| 4 | 1947-10-27 | 9 | Duke (4-0-1) | 15 | 6 | 2 | Southern |
| 4 | 1947-10-27 | 10 | Army (3-1-1) | 6 | 4 | Ind | |
| 4 | 1947-10-27 | 11 | Illinois (3-1-1) | 5 | 6 | Western | |
| 4 | 1947-10-27 | 12 | Virginia (5-0-0) | 13 | 1 | Ind | |
| 4 | 1947-10-27 | 13 | Kentucky (5-1-0) | 14 | 1 | SEC | |
| 4 | 1947-10-27 | 14 | California (5-1-0) | 4 | 10 | PCC | |
| 4 | 1947-10-27 | 15 | Wake Forest (4-1-0) | 11 | 4 | Southern | |
| 4 | 1947-10-27 | 16 | Purdue (3-2-0) | Western | |||
| 4 | 1947-10-27 | 17 | LSU (4-1-0) | 18 | 1 | SEC | |
| 4 | 1947-10-27 | 18 | Alabama (4-2-0) | SEC | |||
| 4 | 1947-10-27 | 19 | UCLA (3-2-0) | 16 | 3 | PCC | |
| 4 | 1947-10-27 | 20 | Columbia (3-2-0) | Ind | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 3 | 1947-10-20 | 1 | Michigan (4-0-0) | 1 | 147 | Western | |
| 3 | 1947-10-20 | 2 | Notre Dame (3-0-0) | 2 | 21 | Ind | |
| 3 | 1947-10-20 | 3 | Texas (5-0-0) | 3 | 10 | SWC | |
| 3 | 1947-10-20 | 4 | California (5-0-0) | 4 | 1 | PCC | |
| 3 | 1947-10-20 | 5 | Illinois (3-0-1) | 6 | 1 | Western | |
| 3 | 1947-10-20 | 6 | Army (3-0-1) | 7 | 1 | 2 | Ind |
| 3 | 1947-10-20 | 7 | Georgia Tech (4-0-0) | 5 | 2 | 2 | SEC |
| 3 | 1947-10-20 | 8 | Pennsylvania (3-0-0) | 8 | Ind | ||
| 3 | 1947-10-20 | 9 | Penn State (4-0-0) | 9 | 1 | Ind | |
| 3 | 1947-10-20 | 10 | USC (3-0-1) | 11 | 1 | PCC | |
| 3 | 1947-10-20 | 11 | Wake Forest (4-0-0) | 14 | 3 | Southern | |
| 3 | 1947-10-20 | 12 | SMU (4-0-0) | SWC | |||
| 3 | 1947-10-20 | 13 | Virginia (4-0-0) | 16 | 3 | Ind | |
| 3 | 1947-10-20 | 14 | Kentucky (4-1-0) | 20 | 6 | SEC | |
| 3 | 1947-10-20 | 15 | Duke (3-0-1) | 17 | 2 | Southern | |
| 3 | 1947-10-20 | 16 | UCLA (3-1-0) | 19 | 3 | PCC | |
| 3 | 1947-10-20 | 17 | Baylor (4-0-0) | SWC | |||
| 3 | 1947-10-20 | 18 | LSU (3-1-0) | SEC | |||
| 3 | 1947-10-20 | 19 | Vanderbilt (3-1-0) | 10 | 9 | SEC | |
| 3 | 1947-10-20 | 20 | San Francisco (4-1-0) | Ind | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 2 | 1947-10-13 | 1 | Michigan (3-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 93 | Western |
| 2 | 1947-10-13 | 2 | Notre Dame (2-0-0) | 1 | 1 | 23 | Ind |
| 2 | 1947-10-13 | 3 | Texas (4-0-0) | 3 | 10 | SWC | |
| 2 | 1947-10-13 | 4 | California (4-0-0) | 8 | 4 | PCC | |
| 2 | 1947-10-13 | 5 | Georgia Tech (3-0-0) | 4 | 1 | 1 | SEC |
| 2 | 1947-10-13 | 6 | Illinois (2-0-1) | 6 | 1 | Western | |
| 2 | 1947-10-13 | 7 | Army (2-0-1) | 5 | 2 | Ind | |
| 2 | 1947-10-13 | 8 | Pennsylvania (2-0-0) | 7 | 1 | Ind | |
| 2 | 1947-10-13 | 9 | Penn State (3-0-0) | 12 | 3 | Ind | |
| 2 | 1947-10-13 | 10 | Vanderbilt (3-0-0) | 10 | SEC | ||
| 2 | 1947-10-13 | 11 | USC (2-0-1) | 20 | 9 | PCC | |
| 2 | 1947-10-13 | 12 | Yale (3-0-0) | 14 | 2 | Ind | |
| 2 | 1947-10-13 | 13 | Minnesota (3-0-0) | 17 | 4 | 1 | Western |
| 2 | 1947-10-13 | 14 | Wake Forest (3-0-0) | 2 | Southern | ||
| 2 | 1947-10-13 | 15 | Rice (1-1-1) | 16 | 1 | SWC | |
| 2 | 1947-10-13 | 16 | Virginia (3-0-0) | Ind | |||
| 2 | 1947-10-13 | 17 | Duke (2-0-1) | 13 | 4 | Southern | |
| 2 | 1947-10-13 | 18 | North Carolina State (2-1-0) | Southern | |||
| 2 | 1947-10-13 | 19 | UCLA (2-1-0) | PCC | |||
| 2 | 1947-10-13 | 20 | Kentucky (3-1-0) | SEC | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 1 | 1947-10-06 | 1 | Notre Dame (1-0-0) | NA | — | 52 | Ind |
| 1 | 1947-10-06 | 2 | Michigan (2-0-0) | NA | — | 29 | Western |
| 1 | 1947-10-06 | 3 | Texas (3-0-0) | NA | — | 15 | SWC |
| 1 | 1947-10-06 | 4 | Georgia Tech (2-0-0) | NA | — | 3 | SEC |
| 1 | 1947-10-06 | 5 | Army (2-0-0) | NA | — | 1 | Ind |
| 1 | 1947-10-06 | 6 | Illinois (2-0-0) | NA | — | Western | |
| 1 | 1947-10-06 | 7 | Pennsylvania (1-0-0) | NA | — | Ind | |
| 1 | 1947-10-06 | 8 | California (3-0-0) | NA | — | 1 | PCC |
| 1 | 1947-10-06 | 9 | Georgia (2-1-0) | NA | — | SEC | |
| 1 | 1947-10-06 | 10 | Vanderbilt (2-0-0) | NA | — | SEC | |
| 1 | 1947-10-06 | 11 | Columbia (2-0-0) | NA | — | Ind | |
| 1 | 1947-10-06 | 12 | Penn State (2-0-0) | NA | — | 1 | Ind |
| 1 | 1947-10-06 | 13 | Duke (2-0-0) | NA | — | Southern | |
| 1 | 1947-10-06 | 14 | Yale (2-0-0) | NA | — | Ind | |
| 1 | 1947-10-06 | 15 | Oklahoma (2-0-0) | NA | — | Big 6 | |
| 1 | 1947-10-06 | 16 | Rice (0-1-1) | NA | — | SWC | |
| 1 | 1947-10-06 | 17 | Minnesota (2-0-0) | NA | — | 1 | Western |
| 1 | 1947-10-06 | 18 | Ole Miss (3-0-0) | NA | — | SEC | |
| 1 | 1947-10-06 | 19 | North Carolina (1-1-0) | NA | — | Southern | |
| 1 | 1947-10-06 | 20 | USC (1-0-1) | NA | — | PCC |
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