AP Polls
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Final | 1 | Texas | 1 | 34 | SWC | |
| 13 | Final | 2 | Navy | 2 | 10 | Ind | |
| 13 | Final | 3 | Illinois | 3 | Big Ten | ||
| 13 | Final | 4 | Pitt | 4 | 5 | Ind | |
| 13 | Final | 5 | Auburn | 5 | SEC | ||
| 13 | Final | 6 | Nebraska | 6 | Big 8 | ||
| 13 | Final | 7 | Ole Miss | 7 | SEC | ||
| 13 | Final | 8 | Alabama | 9 | 1 | SEC | |
| 13 | Final | 9 | Michigan State | 10 | 1 | Big Ten | |
| 13 | Final | 10 | Oklahoma | 8 | 2 | Big 8 | |
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 12 | 1963-12-02 | 1 | Texas (10-0-0) | 1 | 42 | SWC | |
| 12 | 1963-12-02 | 2 | Navy (8-1-0) | 2 | 8 | Ind | |
| 12 | 1963-12-02 | 3 | Illinois (7-1-1) | 8 | 5 | Big Ten | |
| 12 | 1963-12-02 | 4 | Pitt (8-1-0) | 5 | 1 | 1 | Ind |
| 12 | 1963-12-02 | 5 | Auburn (9-1-0) | 9 | 4 | SEC | |
| 12 | 1963-12-02 | 6 | Nebraska (9-1-0) | 7 | 1 | Big 8 | |
| 12 | 1963-12-02 | 7 | Ole Miss (7-0-2) | 3 | 4 | SEC | |
| 12 | 1963-12-02 | 8 | Oklahoma (8-2-0) | 10 | 2 | Big 8 | |
| 12 | 1963-12-02 | 9 | Alabama (7-2-0) | 6 | 3 | SEC | |
| 12 | 1963-12-02 | 10 | Michigan State (6-2-1) | 4 | 6 | Big Ten | |
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 11 | 1963-11-25 | 1 | Texas (9-0-0) | 1 | 20 | SWC | |
| 11 | 1963-11-25 | 2 | Navy (8-1-0) | 2 | 2 | Ind | |
| 11 | 1963-11-25 | 3 | Ole Miss (7-0-1) | 3 | SEC | ||
| 11 | 1963-11-25 | 4 | Michigan State (6-1-1) | 4 | Big Ten | ||
| 11 | 1963-11-25 | 5 | Pitt (7-1-0) | 5 | Ind | ||
| 11 | 1963-11-25 | 6 | Alabama (7-1-0) | 7 | 1 | SEC | |
| 11 | 1963-11-25 | 7 | Nebraska (9-1-0) | 10 | 3 | Big 8 | |
| 11 | 1963-11-25 | 8 | Illinois (6-1-1) | 8 | Big Ten | ||
| 11 | 1963-11-25 | 9 | Auburn (8-1-0) | 9 | SEC | ||
| 11 | 1963-11-25 | 10 | Oklahoma (7-2-0) | 6 | 4 | Big 8 | |
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 10 | 1963-11-18 | 1 | Texas (9-0-0) | 1 | 45 | SWC | |
| 10 | 1963-11-18 | 2 | Navy (8-1-0) | 2 | 6 | Ind | |
| 10 | 1963-11-18 | 3 | Ole Miss (7-0-1) | 3 | SEC | ||
| 10 | 1963-11-18 | 4 | Michigan State (6-1-1) | 4 | Big Ten | ||
| 10 | 1963-11-18 | 5 | Pitt (7-1-0) | 6 | 1 | Ind | |
| 10 | 1963-11-18 | 6 | Oklahoma (7-1-0) | 5 | 1 | Big 8 | |
| 10 | 1963-11-18 | 7 | Alabama (7-1-0) | 7 | SEC | ||
| 10 | 1963-11-18 | 8 | Illinois (6-1-1) | 8 | Big Ten | ||
| 10 | 1963-11-18 | 9 | Auburn (7-1-0) | 9 | SEC | ||
| 10 | 1963-11-18 | 10 | Nebraska (8-1-0) | 10 | Big 8 | ||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 9 | 1963-11-11 | 1 | Texas (8-0-0) | 1 | 48 | SWC | |
| 9 | 1963-11-11 | 2 | Navy (7-1-0) | 4 | 2 | 4 | Ind |
| 9 | 1963-11-11 | 3 | Ole Miss (6-0-1) | 3 | SEC | ||
| 9 | 1963-11-11 | 4 | Michigan State (5-1-1) | 9 | 5 | 1 | Big Ten |
| 9 | 1963-11-11 | 5 | Oklahoma (6-1-0) | 6 | 1 | Big 8 | |
| 9 | 1963-11-11 | 6 | Pitt (6-1-0) | 8 | 2 | Ind | |
| 9 | 1963-11-11 | 7 | Alabama (6-1-0) | 7 | SEC | ||
| 9 | 1963-11-11 | 8 | Illinois (5-1-1) | 2 | 6 | Big Ten | |
| 9 | 1963-11-11 | 9 | Auburn (6-1-0) | 5 | 4 | SEC | |
| 9 | 1963-11-11 | 10 | Nebraska (7-1-0) | Big 8 | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 8 | 1963-11-04 | 1 | Texas (7-0-0) | 1 | 45 | SWC | |
| 8 | 1963-11-04 | 2 | Illinois (5-0-1) | 2 | 4 | Big Ten | |
| 8 | 1963-11-04 | 3 | Ole Miss (5-0-1) | 3 | 1 | SEC | |
| 8 | 1963-11-04 | 4 | Navy (6-1-0) | 4 | 1 | Ind | |
| 8 | 1963-11-04 | 5 | Auburn (6-0-0) | 5 | 2 | SEC | |
| 8 | 1963-11-04 | 6 | Oklahoma (5-1-0) | 6 | Big 8 | ||
| 8 | 1963-11-04 | 7 | Alabama (6-1-0) | 7 | SEC | ||
| 8 | 1963-11-04 | 8 | Pitt (5-1-0) | 10 | 2 | Ind | |
| 8 | 1963-11-04 | 9 | Michigan State (4-1-1) | Big Ten | |||
| 8 | 1963-11-04 | 10 | Ohio State (4-1-1) | 9 | 1 | Big Ten | |
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 7 | 1963-10-28 | 1 | Texas (6-0-0) | 1 | 49 | SWC | |
| 7 | 1963-10-28 | 2 | Illinois (4-0-1) | 4 | 2 | 1 | Big Ten |
| 7 | 1963-10-28 | 3 | Ole Miss (4-0-1) | 5 | 2 | SEC | |
| 7 | 1963-10-28 | 4 | Navy (5-1-0) | 10 | 6 | 1 | Ind |
| 7 | 1963-10-28 | 5 | Auburn (5-0-0) | 8 | 3 | SEC | |
| 7 | 1963-10-28 | 6 | Oklahoma (4-1-0) | 7 | 1 | Big 8 | |
| 7 | 1963-10-28 | 7 | Alabama (5-1-0) | 6 | 1 | SEC | |
| 7 | 1963-10-28 | 8 | Wisconsin (4-1-0) | 2 | 6 | Big Ten | |
| 7 | 1963-10-28 | 9 | Ohio State (3-1-1) | Big Ten | |||
| 7 | 1963-10-28 | 10 | Pitt (4-1-0) | 3 | 7 | Ind | |
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 6 | 1963-10-21 | 1 | Texas (5-0-0) | 1 | 50 | SWC | |
| 6 | 1963-10-21 | 2 | Wisconsin (4-0-0) | 2 | 3 | Big Ten | |
| 6 | 1963-10-21 | 3 | Pitt (4-0-0) | 3 | Ind | ||
| 6 | 1963-10-21 | 4 | Illinois (3-0-1) | 7 | 3 | Big Ten | |
| 6 | 1963-10-21 | 5 | Ole Miss (3-0-1) | 5 | SEC | ||
| 6 | 1963-10-21 | 6 | Alabama (4-1-0) | 9 | 3 | SEC | |
| 6 | 1963-10-21 | 7 | Oklahoma (3-1-0) | 6 | 1 | Big 8 | |
| 6 | 1963-10-21 | 8 | Auburn (5-0-0) | SEC | |||
| 6 | 1963-10-21 | 9 | Northwestern (4-1-0) | 10 | 1 | Big Ten | |
| 6 | 1963-10-21 | 10 | Navy (4-1-0) | 10 | Ind | ||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 5 | 1963-10-14 | 1 | Texas (4-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 51 | SWC |
| 5 | 1963-10-14 | 2 | Wisconsin (3-0-0) | 5 | 3 | 5 | Big Ten |
| 5 | 1963-10-14 | 3 | Pitt (3-0-0) | 6 | 3 | Ind | |
| 5 | 1963-10-14 | 4 | Ohio State (2-0-1) | 8 | 4 | Big Ten | |
| 5 | 1963-10-14 | 5 | Ole Miss (2-0-1) | 10 | 5 | SEC | |
| 5 | 1963-10-14 | 6 | Oklahoma (2-1-0) | 1 | 5 | Big 8 | |
| 5 | 1963-10-14 | 7 | Illinois (2-0-1) | Big Ten | |||
| 5 | 1963-10-14 | 8 | Georgia Tech (3-1-0) | SEC | |||
| 5 | 1963-10-14 | 9 | Alabama (3-1-0) | 3 | 6 | SEC | |
| 5 | 1963-10-14 | 10 | Navy (3-1-0) | 4 | 6 | Ind | |
| 5 | 1963-10-14 | 10 | Northwestern (3-1-0) | Big Ten | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 4 | 1963-10-07 | 1 | Oklahoma (2-0-0) | 1 | 40 | Big 8 | |
| 4 | 1963-10-07 | 2 | Texas (3-0-0) | 3 | 1 | 5 | SWC |
| 4 | 1963-10-07 | 3 | Alabama (3-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 4 | SEC |
| 4 | 1963-10-07 | 4 | Navy (3-0-0) | 6 | 2 | 3 | Ind |
| 4 | 1963-10-07 | 5 | Wisconsin (2-0-0) | 4 | 1 | 1 | Big Ten |
| 4 | 1963-10-07 | 6 | Pitt (3-0-0) | 9 | 3 | 1 | Ind |
| 4 | 1963-10-07 | 7 | USC (2-1-0) | 8 | 1 | AAWU | |
| 4 | 1963-10-07 | 8 | Ohio State (2-0-0) | Big Ten | |||
| 4 | 1963-10-07 | 9 | Penn State (3-0-0) | Ind | |||
| 4 | 1963-10-07 | 10 | Ole Miss (2-0-1) | 10 | SEC | ||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 3 | 1963-09-30 | 1 | Oklahoma (2-0-0) | 3 | 2 | 36 | Big 8 |
| 3 | 1963-09-30 | 2 | Alabama (2-0-0) | 2 | 9 | SEC | |
| 3 | 1963-09-30 | 3 | Texas (2-0-0) | 4 | 1 | 2 | SWC |
| 3 | 1963-09-30 | 4 | Northwestern (2-0-0) | 7 | 3 | 1 | Big Ten |
| 3 | 1963-09-30 | 4 | Wisconsin (2-0-0) | 6 | 2 | 1 | Big Ten |
| 3 | 1963-09-30 | 6 | Navy (2-0-0) | 5 | 1 | 2 | Ind |
| 3 | 1963-09-30 | 7 | Georgia Tech (2-0-0) | 9 | 2 | 2 | SEC |
| 3 | 1963-09-30 | 8 | USC (1-1-0) | 1 | 7 | AAWU | |
| 3 | 1963-09-30 | 9 | Pitt (2-0-0) | 10 | 1 | Ind | |
| 3 | 1963-09-30 | 10 | Ole Miss (1-0-1) | SEC | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 2 | 1963-09-23 | 1 | USC (1-0-0) | 1 | 23 | AAWU | |
| 2 | 1963-09-23 | 2 | Alabama (1-0-0) | 3 | 1 | 16 | SEC |
| 2 | 1963-09-23 | 3 | Oklahoma (1-0-0) | 4 | 1 | 2 | Big 8 |
| 2 | 1963-09-23 | 4 | Texas (1-0-0) | 5 | 1 | SWC | |
| 2 | 1963-09-23 | 5 | Navy (1-0-0) | 9 | 4 | 3 | Ind |
| 2 | 1963-09-23 | 6 | Wisconsin (1-0-0) | 7 | 1 | Big Ten | |
| 2 | 1963-09-23 | 7 | Northwestern (1-0-0) | 6 | 1 | 5 | Big Ten |
| 2 | 1963-09-23 | 8 | Arkansas (1-0-0) | 8 | SWC | ||
| 2 | 1963-09-23 | 9 | Georgia Tech (1-0-0) | SEC | |||
| 2 | 1963-09-23 | 10 | Pitt (1-0-0) | 2 | Ind | ||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 1 | Preseason | 1 | USC | NA | — | 34 | AAWU |
| 1 | Preseason | 2 | Ole Miss | NA | — | 9 | SEC |
| 1 | Preseason | 3 | Alabama | NA | — | 5 | SEC |
| 1 | Preseason | 4 | Oklahoma | NA | — | Big 8 | |
| 1 | Preseason | 5 | Texas | NA | — | SWC | |
| 1 | Preseason | 6 | Northwestern | NA | — | Big Ten | |
| 1 | Preseason | 7 | Wisconsin | NA | — | Big Ten | |
| 1 | Preseason | 8 | Arkansas | NA | — | SWC | |
| 1 | Preseason | 9 | Navy | NA | — | Ind | |
| 1 | Preseason | 10 | Ohio State | NA | — | Big Ten | |
| 1 | Preseason | 10 | Washington | NA | — | AAWU |
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