AP Polls
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Final | 1 | Notre Dame | 1 | 172 | Ind | |
| 9 | Final | 2 | Oklahoma | 3 | 1 | 18 | Big 7 |
| 9 | Final | 3 | California | 2 | 1 | PCC | |
| 9 | Final | 4 | Army | 4 | 12 | Ind | |
| 9 | Final | 5 | Rice | 7 | 2 | SWC | |
| 9 | Final | 6 | Ohio State | 5 | 1 | Western | |
| 9 | Final | 7 | Michigan | 6 | 1 | Western | |
| 9 | Final | 8 | Minnesota | 8 | Western | ||
| 9 | Final | 9 | LSU | 13 | 4 | SEC | |
| 9 | Final | 10 | Pacific | 11 | 1 | 4 | |
| 9 | Final | 11 | Kentucky | 20 | 9 | SEC | |
| 9 | Final | 12 | Cornell | 20 | 8 | Ind | |
| 9 | Final | 13 | Villanova | 16 | 3 | 2 | Ind |
| 9 | Final | 14 | Maryland | 15 | 1 | Southern | |
| 9 | Final | 15 | Santa Clara | 14 | 1 | Ind | |
| 9 | Final | 16 | North Carolina | 19 | 3 | Southern | |
| 9 | Final | 17 | Tennessee | 18 | 1 | SEC | |
| 9 | Final | 18 | Princeton | Ind | |||
| 9 | Final | 19 | Michigan State | Ind | |||
| 9 | Final | 20 | Baylor | 9 | 11 | SWC | |
| 9 | Final | 20 | Missouri | Big 7 | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 8 | 1949-11-21 | 1 | Notre Dame (8-0-0) | 1 | 113 | Ind | |
| 8 | 1949-11-21 | 2 | California (10-0-0) | 3 | 1 | 24 | PCC |
| 8 | 1949-11-21 | 3 | Oklahoma (9-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 11 | Big 7 |
| 8 | 1949-11-21 | 4 | Army (8-0-0) | 4 | 1 | Ind | |
| 8 | 1949-11-21 | 5 | Ohio State (6-1-2) | 7 | 2 | Western | |
| 8 | 1949-11-21 | 6 | Michigan (6-2-1) | 5 | 1 | Western | |
| 8 | 1949-11-21 | 7 | Rice (8-1-0) | 6 | 1 | SWC | |
| 8 | 1949-11-21 | 8 | Minnesota (7-2-0) | 8 | Western | ||
| 8 | 1949-11-21 | 9 | Baylor (8-1-0) | 15 | 6 | SWC | |
| 8 | 1949-11-21 | 10 | Tulane (7-1-1) | 19 | 9 | SEC | |
| 8 | 1949-11-21 | 11 | Pacific | 2 | |||
| 8 | 1949-11-21 | 12 | Stanford (6-3-1) | 12 | PCC | ||
| 8 | 1949-11-21 | 13 | LSU (7-2-0) | 13 | SEC | ||
| 8 | 1949-11-21 | 14 | Santa Clara (7-2-1) | 19 | 5 | Ind | |
| 8 | 1949-11-21 | 15 | Maryland (6-1-0) | 16 | 1 | Southern | |
| 8 | 1949-11-21 | 16 | Villanova (8-1-0) | Ind | |||
| 8 | 1949-11-21 | 17 | USC (5-2-1) | PCC | |||
| 8 | 1949-11-21 | 18 | Tennessee (6-2-1) | SEC | |||
| 8 | 1949-11-21 | 19 | North Carolina (6-3-0) | Southern | |||
| 8 | 1949-11-21 | 20 | Cornell (7-1-0) | 17 | 3 | Ind | |
| 8 | 1949-11-21 | 20 | Kentucky (8-2-0) | 11 | 9 | SEC | |
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 7 | 1949-11-14 | 1 | Notre Dame (7-0-0) | 1 | 140 | Ind | |
| 7 | 1949-11-14 | 2 | Oklahoma (8-0-0) | 3 | 1 | 15 | Big 7 |
| 7 | 1949-11-14 | 3 | California (9-0-0) | 4 | 1 | 5 | PCC |
| 7 | 1949-11-14 | 4 | Army (8-0-0) | 2 | 2 | 1 | Ind |
| 7 | 1949-11-14 | 5 | Michigan (6-2-0) | 5 | Western | ||
| 7 | 1949-11-14 | 6 | Rice (7-1-0) | 7 | 1 | SWC | |
| 7 | 1949-11-14 | 7 | Ohio State (6-1-1) | 11 | 4 | Western | |
| 7 | 1949-11-14 | 8 | Minnesota (6-2-0) | 9 | 1 | Western | |
| 7 | 1949-11-14 | 9 | Virginia (7-0-0) | 10 | 1 | 1 | Ind |
| 7 | 1949-11-14 | 10 | SMU (5-1-1) | 12 | 2 | SWC | |
| 7 | 1949-11-14 | 11 | Kentucky (8-1-0) | 14 | 3 | SEC | |
| 7 | 1949-11-14 | 12 | Stanford (6-2-1) | 17 | 5 | PCC | |
| 7 | 1949-11-14 | 13 | LSU (6-2-0) | 16 | 3 | SEC | |
| 7 | 1949-11-14 | 14 | Dartmouth (6-1-0) | Ind | |||
| 7 | 1949-11-14 | 15 | Baylor (7-1-0) | SWC | |||
| 7 | 1949-11-14 | 16 | Maryland (6-1-0) | Southern | |||
| 7 | 1949-11-14 | 17 | Cornell (7-1-0) | 6 | 11 | Ind | |
| 7 | 1949-11-14 | 18 | Michigan State (5-3-0) | 8 | 10 | Ind | |
| 7 | 1949-11-14 | 19 | Santa Clara (7-1-1) | 20 | 1 | Ind | |
| 7 | 1949-11-14 | 19 | Tulane (6-1-1) | SEC | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 6 | 1949-11-07 | 1 | Notre Dame (6-0-0) | 1 | 137 | Ind | |
| 6 | 1949-11-07 | 2 | Army (7-0-0) | 2 | 13 | Ind | |
| 6 | 1949-11-07 | 3 | Oklahoma (7-0-0) | 3 | 9 | Big 7 | |
| 6 | 1949-11-07 | 4 | California (8-0-0) | 4 | 3 | PCC | |
| 6 | 1949-11-07 | 5 | Michigan (5-2-0) | 5 | Western | ||
| 6 | 1949-11-07 | 6 | Cornell (7-0-0) | 7 | 1 | 1 | Ind |
| 6 | 1949-11-07 | 7 | Rice (6-1-0) | 8 | 1 | SWC | |
| 6 | 1949-11-07 | 8 | Michigan State (5-2-0) | 10 | 2 | Ind | |
| 6 | 1949-11-07 | 9 | Minnesota (5-2-0) | Western | |||
| 6 | 1949-11-07 | 10 | Virginia (7-0-0) | 19 | 9 | Ind | |
| 6 | 1949-11-07 | 11 | Ohio State (5-1-1) | 11 | Western | ||
| 6 | 1949-11-07 | 12 | SMU (4-1-1) | 9 | 3 | SWC | |
| 6 | 1949-11-07 | 13 | Texas (5-3-0) | SWC | |||
| 6 | 1949-11-07 | 14 | Kentucky (7-1-0) | 13 | 1 | SEC | |
| 6 | 1949-11-07 | 15 | Boston University (6-0-0) | 18 | 3 | Ind | |
| 6 | 1949-11-07 | 16 | LSU (5-2-0) | 17 | 1 | SEC | |
| 6 | 1949-11-07 | 17 | Stanford (5-2-1) | PCC | |||
| 6 | 1949-11-07 | 18 | Wake Forest (4-4-0) | Southern | |||
| 6 | 1949-11-07 | 19 | Pacific | ||||
| 6 | 1949-11-07 | 20 | Santa Clara (6-1-1) | Ind | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 5 | 1949-10-31 | 1 | Notre Dame (5-0-0) | 1 | 133 | Ind | |
| 5 | 1949-10-31 | 2 | Army (6-0-0) | 2 | 10 | Ind | |
| 5 | 1949-10-31 | 3 | Oklahoma (6-0-0) | 3 | 11 | Big 7 | |
| 5 | 1949-10-31 | 4 | California (7-0-0) | 4 | 4 | PCC | |
| 5 | 1949-10-31 | 5 | Michigan (4-2-0) | 6 | 1 | Western | |
| 5 | 1949-10-31 | 6 | Baylor (6-0-0) | 10 | 4 | SWC | |
| 5 | 1949-10-31 | 7 | Cornell (6-0-0) | 8 | 1 | 1 | Ind |
| 5 | 1949-10-31 | 8 | Rice (5-1-0) | 5 | 3 | SWC | |
| 5 | 1949-10-31 | 9 | SMU (4-1-0) | 11 | 2 | SWC | |
| 5 | 1949-10-31 | 10 | Michigan State (5-1-0) | 12 | 2 | 2 | Ind |
| 5 | 1949-10-31 | 11 | Ohio State (4-1-1) | 18 | 7 | Western | |
| 5 | 1949-10-31 | 12 | USC (4-1-1) | 15 | 3 | PCC | |
| 5 | 1949-10-31 | 13 | Kentucky (6-1-0) | 14 | 1 | SEC | |
| 5 | 1949-10-31 | 14 | Tennessee (4-1-1) | SEC | |||
| 5 | 1949-10-31 | 15 | Iowa (4-2-0) | Western | |||
| 5 | 1949-10-31 | 16 | Duke (5-1-0) | Southern | |||
| 5 | 1949-10-31 | 17 | LSU (4-2-0) | 17 | SEC | ||
| 5 | 1949-10-31 | 18 | Boston University (5-0-0) | Ind | |||
| 5 | 1949-10-31 | 19 | Virginia (6-0-0) | Ind | |||
| 5 | 1949-10-31 | 20 | Fordham (4-0-0) | Ind | |||
| 5 | 1949-10-31 | 20 | Pennsylvania (4-1-0) | 9 | 11 | Ind | |
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 4 | 1949-10-24 | 1 | Notre Dame (4-0-0) | 1 | 120 | Ind | |
| 4 | 1949-10-24 | 2 | Army (5-0-0) | 2 | 12 | Ind | |
| 4 | 1949-10-24 | 3 | Oklahoma (5-0-0) | 4 | 1 | 10 | Big 7 |
| 4 | 1949-10-24 | 4 | California (6-0-0) | 5 | 1 | PCC | |
| 4 | 1949-10-24 | 5 | Rice (4-1-0) | 9 | 4 | SWC | |
| 4 | 1949-10-24 | 6 | Michigan (3-2-0) | 12 | 6 | Western | |
| 4 | 1949-10-24 | 7 | Minnesota (4-1-0) | 3 | 4 | Western | |
| 4 | 1949-10-24 | 8 | Cornell (5-0-0) | 8 | Ind | ||
| 4 | 1949-10-24 | 9 | Pennsylvania (4-0-0) | 14 | 5 | Ind | |
| 4 | 1949-10-24 | 10 | Baylor (5-0-0) | 11 | 1 | SWC | |
| 4 | 1949-10-24 | 11 | SMU (3-1-0) | 17 | 6 | SWC | |
| 4 | 1949-10-24 | 12 | Michigan State (4-1-0) | 15 | 3 | 1 | Ind |
| 4 | 1949-10-24 | 13 | North Carolina (4-1-0) | 6 | 7 | Southern | |
| 4 | 1949-10-24 | 14 | Kentucky (5-1-0) | 7 | 7 | SEC | |
| 4 | 1949-10-24 | 15 | USC (3-1-1) | 19 | 4 | PCC | |
| 4 | 1949-10-24 | 16 | Missouri (3-2-0) | 18 | 2 | Big 7 | |
| 4 | 1949-10-24 | 17 | LSU (3-2-0) | SEC | |||
| 4 | 1949-10-24 | 18 | Ohio State (3-1-1) | Western | |||
| 4 | 1949-10-24 | 19 | Texas (4-2-0) | 10 | 9 | SWC | |
| 4 | 1949-10-24 | 20 | UCLA (5-1-0) | PCC | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 3 | 1949-10-17 | 1 | Notre Dame (4-0-0) | 1 | 146 | Ind | |
| 3 | 1949-10-17 | 2 | Army (4-0-0) | 2 | 10 | Ind | |
| 3 | 1949-10-17 | 3 | Minnesota (4-0-0) | 5 | 2 | 8 | Western |
| 3 | 1949-10-17 | 4 | Oklahoma (4-0-0) | 3 | 1 | 6 | Big 7 |
| 3 | 1949-10-17 | 5 | California (5-0-0) | 9 | 4 | PCC | |
| 3 | 1949-10-17 | 6 | North Carolina (4-0-0) | 6 | 6 | Southern | |
| 3 | 1949-10-17 | 7 | Kentucky (5-0-0) | 8 | 1 | 3 | SEC |
| 3 | 1949-10-17 | 8 | Cornell (4-0-0) | 14 | 6 | Ind | |
| 3 | 1949-10-17 | 9 | Rice (3-1-0) | SWC | |||
| 3 | 1949-10-17 | 10 | Texas (4-1-0) | 16 | 6 | SWC | |
| 3 | 1949-10-17 | 11 | Baylor (4-0-0) | 20 | 9 | SWC | |
| 3 | 1949-10-17 | 12 | Michigan (2-2-0) | 7 | 5 | Western | |
| 3 | 1949-10-17 | 13 | Northwestern (2-2-0) | Western | |||
| 3 | 1949-10-17 | 14 | Pennsylvania (3-0-0) | Ind | |||
| 3 | 1949-10-17 | 15 | Michigan State (3-1-0) | 19 | 4 | Ind | |
| 3 | 1949-10-17 | 16 | Pitt (4-0-0) | 15 | 1 | Ind | |
| 3 | 1949-10-17 | 17 | SMU (2-1-0) | 10 | 7 | SWC | |
| 3 | 1949-10-17 | 18 | Missouri (2-2-0) | Big 7 | |||
| 3 | 1949-10-17 | 19 | USC (2-1-1) | 12 | 7 | PCC | |
| 3 | 1949-10-17 | 20 | Tulane (3-1-0) | 4 | 16 | SEC | |
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 2 | 1949-10-10 | 1 | Notre Dame (3-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 67 | Ind |
| 2 | 1949-10-10 | 2 | Army (3-0-0) | 7 | 5 | 58 | Ind |
| 2 | 1949-10-10 | 3 | Oklahoma (3-0-0) | 3 | 28 | Big 7 | |
| 2 | 1949-10-10 | 4 | Tulane (3-0-0) | 4 | 1 | SEC | |
| 2 | 1949-10-10 | 5 | Minnesota (3-0-0) | 5 | 6 | Western | |
| 2 | 1949-10-10 | 6 | North Carolina (3-0-0) | 6 | 3 | Southern | |
| 2 | 1949-10-10 | 7 | Michigan (2-1-0) | 1 | 6 | Western | |
| 2 | 1949-10-10 | 8 | Kentucky (4-0-0) | 15 | 7 | 8 | SEC |
| 2 | 1949-10-10 | 9 | California (4-0-0) | 10 | 1 | PCC | |
| 2 | 1949-10-10 | 10 | SMU (2-0-0) | 9 | 1 | 1 | SWC |
| 2 | 1949-10-10 | 11 | Ohio State (2-0-1) | 11 | Western | ||
| 2 | 1949-10-10 | 12 | USC (2-0-1) | 8 | 4 | PCC | |
| 2 | 1949-10-10 | 13 | UCLA (4-0-0) | 18 | 5 | PCC | |
| 2 | 1949-10-10 | 14 | Cornell (3-0-0) | 17 | 3 | Ind | |
| 2 | 1949-10-10 | 15 | Pitt (3-0-0) | 19 | 4 | Ind | |
| 2 | 1949-10-10 | 16 | Texas (3-1-0) | 12 | 4 | SWC | |
| 2 | 1949-10-10 | 17 | Villanova (4-0-0) | 16 | 1 | Ind | |
| 2 | 1949-10-10 | 18 | Navy (2-1-0) | Ind | |||
| 2 | 1949-10-10 | 19 | Michigan State (2-1-0) | 13 | 6 | Ind | |
| 2 | 1949-10-10 | 20 | Baylor (3-0-0) | SWC | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 1 | 1949-10-03 | 1 | Michigan (2-0-0) | NA | — | 34 | Western |
| 1 | 1949-10-03 | 2 | Notre Dame (2-0-0) | NA | — | 15 | Ind |
| 1 | 1949-10-03 | 3 | Oklahoma (2-0-0) | NA | — | 17 | Big 7 |
| 1 | 1949-10-03 | 4 | Tulane (2-0-0) | NA | — | 4 | SEC |
| 1 | 1949-10-03 | 5 | Minnesota (2-0-0) | NA | — | 2 | Western |
| 1 | 1949-10-03 | 6 | North Carolina (2-0-0) | NA | — | 3 | Southern |
| 1 | 1949-10-03 | 7 | Army (2-0-0) | NA | — | 1 | Ind |
| 1 | 1949-10-03 | 8 | USC (2-0-0) | NA | — | PCC | |
| 1 | 1949-10-03 | 9 | SMU (2-0-0) | NA | — | SWC | |
| 1 | 1949-10-03 | 10 | California (3-0-0) | NA | — | PCC | |
| 1 | 1949-10-03 | 11 | Ohio State (2-0-0) | NA | — | Western | |
| 1 | 1949-10-03 | 12 | Texas (3-0-0) | NA | — | SWC | |
| 1 | 1949-10-03 | 13 | Michigan State (1-1-0) | NA | — | Ind | |
| 1 | 1949-10-03 | 14 | Duke (2-0-0) | NA | — | 3 | Southern |
| 1 | 1949-10-03 | 15 | Kentucky (3-0-0) | NA | — | 1 | SEC |
| 1 | 1949-10-03 | 16 | Villanova (3-0-0) | NA | — | Ind | |
| 1 | 1949-10-03 | 17 | Cornell (2-0-0) | NA | — | Ind | |
| 1 | 1949-10-03 | 18 | UCLA (3-0-0) | NA | — | PCC | |
| 1 | 1949-10-03 | 19 | Pitt (2-0-0) | NA | — | Ind | |
| 1 | 1949-10-03 | 20 | Missouri (0-2-0) | NA | — | Big 7 | |
| 1 | 1949-10-03 | 20 | Northwestern (1-1-0) | NA | — | Western | |
| 1 | 1949-10-03 | 20 | Pennsylvania (1-0-0) | NA | — | Ind |
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