AP Polls
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Final | 1 | USC | 1 | 42 | AAWU | |
| 12 | Final | 2 | Wisconsin | 2 | 5 | Big Ten | |
| 12 | Final | 3 | Ole Miss | 3 | 2 | SEC | |
| 12 | Final | 4 | Texas | 4 | SWC | ||
| 12 | Final | 5 | Alabama | 5 | 1 | SEC | |
| 12 | Final | 6 | Arkansas | 6 | SWC | ||
| 12 | Final | 7 | LSU | 7 | SEC | ||
| 12 | Final | 8 | Oklahoma | 8 | Big 8 | ||
| 12 | Final | 9 | Penn State | 9 | 2 | Ind | |
| 12 | Final | 10 | Minnesota | 10 | Big Ten | ||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 11 | 1962-11-26 | 1 | USC (9-0-0) | 1 | 19 | AAWU | |
| 11 | 1962-11-26 | 2 | Wisconsin (8-1-0) | 3 | 1 | 9 | Big Ten |
| 11 | 1962-11-26 | 3 | Ole Miss (8-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 12 | SEC |
| 11 | 1962-11-26 | 4 | Texas (9-0-1) | 4 | SWC | ||
| 11 | 1962-11-26 | 5 | Alabama (8-1-0) | 6 | 1 | SEC | |
| 11 | 1962-11-26 | 6 | Arkansas (9-1-0) | 7 | 1 | SWC | |
| 11 | 1962-11-26 | 7 | LSU (8-1-1) | 8 | 1 | SEC | |
| 11 | 1962-11-26 | 8 | Oklahoma (7-2-0) | 10 | 2 | Big 8 | |
| 11 | 1962-11-26 | 9 | Penn State (9-1-0) | 9 | 3 | Ind | |
| 11 | 1962-11-26 | 10 | Minnesota (6-2-1) | 5 | 5 | Big Ten | |
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 10 | 1962-11-19 | 1 | USC (8-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 20 | AAWU |
| 10 | 1962-11-19 | 2 | Ole Miss (8-0-0) | 3 | 1 | 15 | SEC |
| 10 | 1962-11-19 | 3 | Wisconsin (7-1-0) | 4 | 1 | 7 | Big Ten |
| 10 | 1962-11-19 | 4 | Texas (8-0-1) | 5 | 1 | 3 | SWC |
| 10 | 1962-11-19 | 5 | Minnesota (6-1-1) | 8 | 3 | 1 | Big Ten |
| 10 | 1962-11-19 | 6 | Alabama (8-1-0) | 1 | 5 | SEC | |
| 10 | 1962-11-19 | 7 | Arkansas (8-1-0) | 7 | SWC | ||
| 10 | 1962-11-19 | 8 | LSU (7-1-1) | 10 | 2 | SEC | |
| 10 | 1962-11-19 | 9 | Penn State (8-1-0) | 3 | Ind | ||
| 10 | 1962-11-19 | 10 | Oklahoma (6-2-0) | Big 8 | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 9 | 1962-11-12 | 1 | Alabama (8-0-0) | 3 | 2 | 22 | SEC |
| 9 | 1962-11-12 | 2 | USC (7-0-0) | 2 | 17 | AAWU | |
| 9 | 1962-11-12 | 3 | Ole Miss (7-0-0) | 4 | 1 | 3 | SEC |
| 9 | 1962-11-12 | 4 | Wisconsin (6-1-0) | 8 | 4 | 8 | Big Ten |
| 9 | 1962-11-12 | 5 | Texas (7-0-1) | 5 | SWC | ||
| 9 | 1962-11-12 | 6 | Missouri (7-0-1) | 7 | 1 | Big 8 | |
| 9 | 1962-11-12 | 7 | Arkansas (7-1-0) | 6 | 1 | SWC | |
| 9 | 1962-11-12 | 8 | Minnesota (5-1-1) | 10 | 2 | Big Ten | |
| 9 | 1962-11-12 | 9 | Northwestern (6-1-0) | 1 | 8 | Big Ten | |
| 9 | 1962-11-12 | 10 | LSU (6-1-1) | 9 | 1 | SEC | |
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 8 | 1962-11-05 | 1 | Northwestern (6-0-0) | 1 | 24 | Big Ten | |
| 8 | 1962-11-05 | 2 | USC (6-0-0) | 3 | 1 | 6 | AAWU |
| 8 | 1962-11-05 | 3 | Alabama (7-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 9 | SEC |
| 8 | 1962-11-05 | 4 | Ole Miss (6-0-0) | 6 | 2 | 9 | SEC |
| 8 | 1962-11-05 | 5 | Texas (6-0-1) | 5 | 1 | SWC | |
| 8 | 1962-11-05 | 6 | Arkansas (6-1-0) | 8 | 2 | SWC | |
| 8 | 1962-11-05 | 7 | Missouri (6-0-1) | Big 8 | |||
| 8 | 1962-11-05 | 8 | Wisconsin (5-1-0) | Big Ten | |||
| 8 | 1962-11-05 | 9 | LSU (5-1-1) | 4 | 5 | SEC | |
| 8 | 1962-11-05 | 10 | Minnesota (4-1-1) | Big Ten | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 7 | 1962-10-29 | 1 | Northwestern (5-0-0) | 3 | 2 | 34 | Big Ten |
| 7 | 1962-10-29 | 2 | Alabama (6-0-0) | 2 | 15 | SEC | |
| 7 | 1962-10-29 | 3 | USC (5-0-0) | 4 | 1 | 1 | AAWU |
| 7 | 1962-10-29 | 4 | LSU (5-0-1) | 6 | 2 | SEC | |
| 7 | 1962-10-29 | 5 | Texas (5-0-1) | 1 | 4 | SWC | |
| 7 | 1962-10-29 | 6 | Ole Miss (5-0-0) | 7 | 1 | 1 | SEC |
| 7 | 1962-10-29 | 7 | Michigan State (4-1-0) | 10 | 3 | 1 | Big Ten |
| 7 | 1962-10-29 | 8 | Arkansas (5-1-0) | 9 | 1 | SWC | |
| 7 | 1962-10-29 | 9 | Washington (4-0-2) | 8 | 1 | AAWU | |
| 7 | 1962-10-29 | 10 | Auburn (5-0-0) | SEC | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 6 | 1962-10-22 | 1 | Texas (5-0-0) | 1 | 23 | SWC | |
| 6 | 1962-10-22 | 2 | Alabama (5-0-0) | 2 | 18 | SEC | |
| 6 | 1962-10-22 | 3 | Northwestern (4-0-0) | 8 | 5 | 8 | Big Ten |
| 6 | 1962-10-22 | 4 | USC (4-0-0) | 3 | 1 | 1 | AAWU |
| 6 | 1962-10-22 | 5 | Wisconsin (4-0-0) | 10 | 5 | 1 | Big Ten |
| 6 | 1962-10-22 | 6 | LSU (4-0-1) | 4 | 2 | SEC | |
| 6 | 1962-10-22 | 7 | Ole Miss (4-0-0) | 5 | 2 | SEC | |
| 6 | 1962-10-22 | 8 | Washington (4-0-1) | 9 | 1 | AAWU | |
| 6 | 1962-10-22 | 9 | Arkansas (4-1-0) | 7 | 2 | SWC | |
| 6 | 1962-10-22 | 10 | Michigan State (3-1-0) | Big Ten | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 5 | 1962-10-15 | 1 | Texas (4-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 21 | SWC |
| 5 | 1962-10-15 | 2 | Alabama (4-0-0) | 1 | 1 | 24 | SEC |
| 5 | 1962-10-15 | 3 | USC (3-0-0) | 4 | 1 | AAWU | |
| 5 | 1962-10-15 | 4 | LSU (3-0-1) | 6 | 2 | SEC | |
| 5 | 1962-10-15 | 5 | Ole Miss (3-0-0) | 5 | SEC | ||
| 5 | 1962-10-15 | 6 | Ohio State (2-1-0) | 10 | 4 | 2 | Big Ten |
| 5 | 1962-10-15 | 7 | Arkansas (4-0-0) | 8 | 1 | 1 | SWC |
| 5 | 1962-10-15 | 8 | Northwestern (3-0-0) | 3 | Big Ten | ||
| 5 | 1962-10-15 | 9 | Washington (3-0-1) | 7 | 2 | AAWU | |
| 5 | 1962-10-15 | 10 | Wisconsin (3-0-0) | Big Ten | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 4 | 1962-10-08 | 1 | Alabama (3-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 23 | SEC |
| 4 | 1962-10-08 | 2 | Texas (3-0-0) | 3 | 1 | 20 | SWC |
| 4 | 1962-10-08 | 3 | Penn State (3-0-0) | 4 | 1 | 3 | Ind |
| 4 | 1962-10-08 | 4 | USC (3-0-0) | 6 | 2 | 1 | AAWU |
| 4 | 1962-10-08 | 5 | Ole Miss (3-0-0) | 7 | 2 | 1 | SEC |
| 4 | 1962-10-08 | 6 | LSU (2-0-1) | SEC | |||
| 4 | 1962-10-08 | 7 | Washington (2-0-1) | 8 | 1 | AAWU | |
| 4 | 1962-10-08 | 8 | Arkansas (3-0-0) | 1 | SWC | ||
| 4 | 1962-10-08 | 9 | Purdue (1-0-1) | Big Ten | |||
| 4 | 1962-10-08 | 10 | Ohio State (1-1-0) | 1 | 9 | Big Ten | |
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 3 | 1962-10-01 | 1 | Ohio State (1-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 18 | Big Ten |
| 3 | 1962-10-01 | 2 | Alabama (2-0-0) | 1 | 1 | 19 | SEC |
| 3 | 1962-10-01 | 3 | Texas (2-0-0) | 3 | 3 | SWC | |
| 3 | 1962-10-01 | 4 | Penn State (2-0-0) | 4 | Ind | ||
| 3 | 1962-10-01 | 5 | Georgia Tech (2-0-0) | 8 | 3 | SEC | |
| 3 | 1962-10-01 | 6 | USC (2-0-0) | 9 | 3 | AAWU | |
| 3 | 1962-10-01 | 7 | Ole Miss (2-0-0) | 7 | SEC | ||
| 3 | 1962-10-01 | 8 | Washington (1-0-1) | AAWU | |||
| 3 | 1962-10-01 | 9 | Miami (FL) (2-0-0) | Ind | |||
| 3 | 1962-10-01 | 10 | Army (2-0-0) | Ind | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 2 | 1962-09-24 | 1 | Alabama (1-0-0) | 3 | 2 | 14 | SEC |
| 2 | 1962-09-24 | 2 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 19 | Big Ten |
| 2 | 1962-09-24 | 3 | Texas (1-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 3 | SWC |
| 2 | 1962-09-24 | 4 | Penn State (1-0-0) | 9 | 5 | 3 | Ind |
| 2 | 1962-09-24 | 5 | LSU (1-0-0) | 5 | SEC | ||
| 2 | 1962-09-24 | 6 | Michigan State | 4 | 2 | Big Ten | |
| 2 | 1962-09-24 | 7 | Ole Miss (1-0-0) | 6 | 1 | 1 | SEC |
| 2 | 1962-09-24 | 8 | Georgia Tech (1-0-0) | SEC | |||
| 2 | 1962-09-24 | 9 | USC (1-0-0) | AAWU | |||
| 2 | 1962-09-24 | 10 | Missouri (1-0-0) | Big 8 | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 1 | Preseason | 1 | Ohio State | NA | — | 41 | Big Ten |
| 1 | Preseason | 2 | Texas | NA | — | 1 | SWC |
| 1 | Preseason | 3 | Alabama | NA | — | 3 | SEC |
| 1 | Preseason | 4 | Michigan State | NA | — | 2 | Big Ten |
| 1 | Preseason | 5 | LSU | NA | — | SEC | |
| 1 | Preseason | 6 | Ole Miss | NA | — | 2 | SEC |
| 1 | Preseason | 7 | Purdue | NA | — | 1 | Big Ten |
| 1 | Preseason | 8 | Duke | NA | — | ACC | |
| 1 | Preseason | 9 | Penn State | NA | — | Ind | |
| 1 | Preseason | 10 | Washington | NA | — | AAWU |
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