AP Polls
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Final | 1 | Alabama | 2 | 1 | 34 | SEC |
| 11 | Final | 2 | Arkansas | 3 | 1 | 11 | SWC |
| 11 | Final | 3 | Notre Dame | 1 | 2 | 6 | Ind |
| 11 | Final | 4 | Michigan | 4 | 3 | Big Ten | |
| 11 | Final | 5 | Texas | 5 | SWC | ||
| 11 | Final | 6 | Nebraska | 7 | 1 | Big 8 | |
| 11 | Final | 7 | LSU | 6 | 1 | SEC | |
| 11 | Final | 8 | Oregon State | 8 | AAWU | ||
| 11 | Final | 9 | Ohio State | 9 | Big Ten | ||
| 11 | Final | 10 | USC | AAWU | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 10 | 1964-11-23 | 1 | Notre Dame (9-0-0) | 1 | 36 | Ind | |
| 10 | 1964-11-23 | 2 | Alabama (9-0-0) | 2 | 6 | SEC | |
| 10 | 1964-11-23 | 3 | Arkansas (10-0-0) | 3 | 4 | SWC | |
| 10 | 1964-11-23 | 4 | Michigan (8-1-0) | 6 | 2 | 1 | Big Ten |
| 10 | 1964-11-23 | 5 | Texas (8-1-0) | 5 | SWC | ||
| 10 | 1964-11-23 | 6 | LSU (7-1-1) | 8 | 2 | SEC | |
| 10 | 1964-11-23 | 7 | Nebraska (9-1-0) | 4 | 3 | Big 8 | |
| 10 | 1964-11-23 | 8 | Oregon State (8-2-0) | AAWU | |||
| 10 | 1964-11-23 | 9 | Ohio State (7-2-0) | 7 | 2 | Big Ten | |
| 10 | 1964-11-23 | 10 | Florida State (8-1-1) | Ind | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 9 | 1964-11-16 | 1 | Notre Dame (8-0-0) | 1 | 34 | Ind | |
| 9 | 1964-11-16 | 2 | Alabama (9-0-0) | 2 | 9 | SEC | |
| 9 | 1964-11-16 | 3 | Arkansas (9-0-0) | 3 | 2 | SWC | |
| 9 | 1964-11-16 | 4 | Nebraska (9-0-0) | 4 | Big 8 | ||
| 9 | 1964-11-16 | 5 | Texas (8-1-0) | 5 | SWC | ||
| 9 | 1964-11-16 | 6 | Michigan (7-1-0) | 6 | Big Ten | ||
| 9 | 1964-11-16 | 7 | Ohio State (7-1-0) | 7 | Big Ten | ||
| 9 | 1964-11-16 | 8 | LSU (6-1-1) | 9 | 1 | SEC | |
| 9 | 1964-11-16 | 9 | Syracuse (7-2-0) | Ind | |||
| 9 | 1964-11-16 | 10 | Oregon (7-1-1) | AAWU | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 8 | 1964-11-09 | 1 | Notre Dame (7-0-0) | 1 | 26 | Ind | |
| 8 | 1964-11-09 | 2 | Alabama (8-0-0) | 3 | 1 | 11 | SEC |
| 8 | 1964-11-09 | 3 | Arkansas (8-0-0) | 4 | 1 | 3 | SWC |
| 8 | 1964-11-09 | 4 | Nebraska (8-0-0) | 5 | 1 | Big 8 | |
| 8 | 1964-11-09 | 5 | Texas (7-1-0) | 6 | 1 | SWC | |
| 8 | 1964-11-09 | 6 | Michigan (6-1-0) | Big Ten | |||
| 8 | 1964-11-09 | 7 | Ohio State (6-1-0) | 2 | 5 | Big Ten | |
| 8 | 1964-11-09 | 8 | Oregon State (7-1-0) | 1 | AAWU | ||
| 8 | 1964-11-09 | 9 | LSU (5-1-1) | 8 | 1 | SEC | |
| 8 | 1964-11-09 | 10 | Georgia Tech (7-1-0) | 7 | 3 | Ind | |
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 7 | 1964-11-02 | 1 | Notre Dame (6-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 29 | Ind |
| 7 | 1964-11-02 | 2 | Ohio State (6-0-0) | 1 | 1 | 11 | Big Ten |
| 7 | 1964-11-02 | 3 | Alabama (7-0-0) | 3 | 7 | SEC | |
| 7 | 1964-11-02 | 4 | Arkansas (7-0-0) | 4 | 1 | SWC | |
| 7 | 1964-11-02 | 5 | Nebraska (7-0-0) | 5 | Big 8 | ||
| 7 | 1964-11-02 | 6 | Texas (6-1-0) | 6 | SWC | ||
| 7 | 1964-11-02 | 7 | Georgia Tech (7-0-0) | 8 | 1 | Ind | |
| 7 | 1964-11-02 | 8 | LSU (5-0-1) | 9 | 1 | SEC | |
| 7 | 1964-11-02 | 9 | Florida (5-1-0) | 10 | 1 | SEC | |
| 7 | 1964-11-02 | 10 | Purdue (5-1-0) | Big Ten | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 6 | 1964-10-26 | 1 | Ohio State (5-0-0) | 1 | 32 | Big Ten | |
| 6 | 1964-10-26 | 2 | Notre Dame (5-0-0) | 2 | 6 | Ind | |
| 6 | 1964-10-26 | 3 | Alabama (6-0-0) | 3 | 8 | SEC | |
| 6 | 1964-10-26 | 4 | Arkansas (6-0-0) | 4 | 1 | SWC | |
| 6 | 1964-10-26 | 5 | Nebraska (6-0-0) | 5 | Big 8 | ||
| 6 | 1964-10-26 | 6 | Texas (5-1-0) | 6 | SWC | ||
| 6 | 1964-10-26 | 7 | Oregon (6-0-0) | AAWU | |||
| 6 | 1964-10-26 | 8 | Georgia Tech (6-0-0) | Ind | |||
| 6 | 1964-10-26 | 9 | LSU (4-0-1) | 7 | 2 | SEC | |
| 6 | 1964-10-26 | 10 | Florida (4-1-0) | 9 | 1 | SEC | |
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 5 | 1964-10-19 | 1 | Ohio State (4-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 35 | Big Ten |
| 5 | 1964-10-19 | 2 | Notre Dame (4-0-0) | 4 | 2 | 2 | Ind |
| 5 | 1964-10-19 | 3 | Alabama (5-0-0) | 3 | 5 | SEC | |
| 5 | 1964-10-19 | 4 | Arkansas (5-0-0) | 8 | 4 | 2 | SWC |
| 5 | 1964-10-19 | 5 | Nebraska (5-0-0) | 6 | 1 | Big 8 | |
| 5 | 1964-10-19 | 6 | Texas (4-1-0) | 1 | 5 | SWC | |
| 5 | 1964-10-19 | 7 | LSU (4-0-0) | 9 | 2 | SEC | |
| 5 | 1964-10-19 | 8 | Syracuse (4-1-0) | 7 | 1 | Ind | |
| 5 | 1964-10-19 | 9 | Florida (4-0-0) | SEC | |||
| 5 | 1964-10-19 | 10 | Florida State (5-0-0) | 10 | Ind | ||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 4 | 1964-10-12 | 1 | Texas (4-0-0) | 1 | 30 | SWC | |
| 4 | 1964-10-12 | 2 | Ohio State (3-0-0) | 4 | 2 | 7 | Big Ten |
| 4 | 1964-10-12 | 3 | Alabama (4-0-0) | 3 | 2 | SEC | |
| 4 | 1964-10-12 | 4 | Notre Dame (3-0-0) | 6 | 2 | 1 | Ind |
| 4 | 1964-10-12 | 5 | Michigan (3-0-0) | 7 | 2 | Big Ten | |
| 4 | 1964-10-12 | 6 | Nebraska (4-0-0) | 8 | 2 | Big 8 | |
| 4 | 1964-10-12 | 7 | Syracuse (3-1-0) | Ind | |||
| 4 | 1964-10-12 | 8 | Arkansas (4-0-0) | 9 | 1 | SWC | |
| 4 | 1964-10-12 | 9 | LSU (3-0-0) | SEC | |||
| 4 | 1964-10-12 | 10 | Florida State (4-0-0) | Ind | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 3 | 1964-10-05 | 1 | Texas (3-0-0) | 1 | 32 | SWC | |
| 3 | 1964-10-05 | 2 | Illinois (2-0-0) | 3 | 1 | 6 | Big Ten |
| 3 | 1964-10-05 | 3 | Alabama (3-0-0) | 4 | 1 | 3 | SEC |
| 3 | 1964-10-05 | 4 | Ohio State (2-0-0) | 5 | 1 | Big Ten | |
| 3 | 1964-10-05 | 5 | Kentucky (3-0-0) | 5 | SEC | ||
| 3 | 1964-10-05 | 6 | Notre Dame (2-0-0) | 9 | 3 | Ind | |
| 3 | 1964-10-05 | 7 | Michigan (2-0-0) | 8 | 1 | 1 | Big Ten |
| 3 | 1964-10-05 | 8 | Nebraska (3-0-0) | Big 8 | |||
| 3 | 1964-10-05 | 9 | Arkansas (3-0-0) | SWC | |||
| 3 | 1964-10-05 | 9 | Michigan State (1-1-0) | Big Ten | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 2 | 1964-09-28 | 1 | Texas (2-0-0) | 4 | 3 | 14 | SWC |
| 2 | 1964-09-28 | 2 | USC (2-0-0) | 17 | AAWU | ||
| 2 | 1964-09-28 | 3 | Illinois (1-0-0) | 3 | 7 | Big Ten | |
| 2 | 1964-09-28 | 4 | Alabama (2-0-0) | 6 | 2 | 4 | SEC |
| 2 | 1964-09-28 | 5 | Ohio State (1-0-0) | 5 | 2 | Big Ten | |
| 2 | 1964-09-28 | 6 | Navy (2-0-0) | 10 | 4 | 1 | Ind |
| 2 | 1964-09-28 | 7 | Auburn (2-0-0) | 8 | 1 | 2 | SEC |
| 2 | 1964-09-28 | 8 | Michigan (1-0-0) | Big Ten | |||
| 2 | 1964-09-28 | 9 | Notre Dame (1-0-0) | Ind | |||
| 2 | 1964-09-28 | 10 | Washington (1-1-0) | 7 | 3 | 1 | AAWU |
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 1 | Preseason | 1 | Ole Miss | NA | — | 20 | SEC |
| 1 | Preseason | 2 | Oklahoma | NA | — | 15 | Big 8 |
| 1 | Preseason | 3 | Illinois | NA | — | 10 | Big Ten |
| 1 | Preseason | 4 | Texas | NA | — | SWC | |
| 1 | Preseason | 5 | Ohio State | NA | — | Big Ten | |
| 1 | Preseason | 6 | Alabama | NA | — | 1 | SEC |
| 1 | Preseason | 7 | Washington | NA | — | 1 | AAWU |
| 1 | Preseason | 8 | Auburn | NA | — | 1 | SEC |
| 1 | Preseason | 9 | Syracuse | NA | — | Ind | |
| 1 | Preseason | 10 | Navy | NA | — | Ind |
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