AP Polls
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Final | 1 | Alabama | 4 | 3 | 37 | SEC |
| 13 | Final | 2 | Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 18 | Big Ten |
| 13 | Final | 3 | Arkansas | 2 | 1 | 1 | SWC |
| 13 | Final | 4 | UCLA | 5 | 1 | 1 | AAWU |
| 13 | Final | 5 | Nebraska | 3 | 2 | Big 8 | |
| 13 | Final | 6 | Missouri | 6 | Big 8 | ||
| 13 | Final | 7 | Tennessee | 7 | SEC | ||
| 13 | Final | 8 | LSU | SEC | |||
| 13 | Final | 9 | Notre Dame | 9 | Ind | ||
| 13 | Final | 10 | USC | 8 | 2 | AAWU | |
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 12 | 1965-11-29 | 1 | Michigan State (10-0-0) | 1 | 35 | Big Ten | |
| 12 | 1965-11-29 | 2 | Arkansas (10-0-0) | 2 | 10 | SWC | |
| 12 | 1965-11-29 | 3 | Nebraska (10-0-0) | 3 | Big 8 | ||
| 12 | 1965-11-29 | 4 | Alabama (8-1-1) | 5 | 1 | 1 | SEC |
| 12 | 1965-11-29 | 5 | UCLA (7-1-1) | 4 | 1 | AAWU | |
| 12 | 1965-11-29 | 6 | Missouri (7-2-1) | 7 | 1 | Big 8 | |
| 12 | 1965-11-29 | 7 | Tennessee (6-1-2) | 9 | 2 | SEC | |
| 12 | 1965-11-29 | 8 | USC (7-2-1) | 8 | AAWU | ||
| 12 | 1965-11-29 | 9 | Notre Dame (7-2-1) | 6 | 3 | Ind | |
| 12 | 1965-11-29 | 10 | Texas Tech (8-2-0) | 10 | SWC | ||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 11 | 1965-11-22 | 1 | Michigan State (10-0-0) | 1 | 34 | Big Ten | |
| 11 | 1965-11-22 | 2 | Arkansas (10-0-0) | 2 | 9 | SWC | |
| 11 | 1965-11-22 | 3 | Nebraska (9-0-0) | 3 | Big 8 | ||
| 11 | 1965-11-22 | 4 | UCLA (7-1-1) | 7 | 3 | AAWU | |
| 11 | 1965-11-22 | 5 | Alabama (7-1-1) | 5 | SEC | ||
| 11 | 1965-11-22 | 6 | Notre Dame (7-2-0) | 4 | 2 | Ind | |
| 11 | 1965-11-22 | 7 | Missouri (7-2-1) | 8 | 1 | Big 8 | |
| 11 | 1965-11-22 | 8 | USC (6-2-1) | 6 | 2 | AAWU | |
| 11 | 1965-11-22 | 9 | Tennessee (5-1-2) | SEC | |||
| 11 | 1965-11-22 | 10 | Texas Tech (8-2-0) | 9 | 1 | SWC | |
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 10 | 1965-11-15 | 1 | Michigan State (9-0-0) | 1 | 31 | Big Ten | |
| 10 | 1965-11-15 | 2 | Arkansas (9-0-0) | 2 | 15 | SWC | |
| 10 | 1965-11-15 | 3 | Nebraska (9-0-0) | 3 | 2 | Big 8 | |
| 10 | 1965-11-15 | 4 | Notre Dame (7-1-0) | 4 | Ind | ||
| 10 | 1965-11-15 | 5 | Alabama (7-1-1) | 5 | SEC | ||
| 10 | 1965-11-15 | 6 | USC (6-1-1) | 6 | AAWU | ||
| 10 | 1965-11-15 | 7 | UCLA (6-1-1) | 7 | AAWU | ||
| 10 | 1965-11-15 | 8 | Missouri (6-2-1) | 9 | 1 | Big 8 | |
| 10 | 1965-11-15 | 9 | Texas Tech (8-1-0) | SWC | |||
| 10 | 1965-11-15 | 10 | Florida (6-2-0) | SEC | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 9 | 1965-11-08 | 1 | Michigan State (8-0-0) | 1 | 32 | Big Ten | |
| 9 | 1965-11-08 | 2 | Arkansas (8-0-0) | 2 | 14 | SWC | |
| 9 | 1965-11-08 | 3 | Nebraska (8-0-0) | 3 | 4 | Big 8 | |
| 9 | 1965-11-08 | 4 | Notre Dame (6-1-0) | 4 | 1 | Ind | |
| 9 | 1965-11-08 | 5 | Alabama (6-1-1) | 5 | SEC | ||
| 9 | 1965-11-08 | 6 | USC (5-1-1) | 6 | AAWU | ||
| 9 | 1965-11-08 | 7 | UCLA (5-1-1) | 8 | 1 | AAWU | |
| 9 | 1965-11-08 | 8 | Tennessee (4-0-2) | SEC | |||
| 9 | 1965-11-08 | 9 | Missouri (5-2-1) | 9 | Big 8 | ||
| 9 | 1965-11-08 | 10 | Kentucky (6-2-0) | 10 | SEC | ||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 8 | 1965-11-01 | 1 | Michigan State (7-0-0) | 1 | 36 | Big Ten | |
| 8 | 1965-11-01 | 2 | Arkansas (7-0-0) | 2 | 11 | SWC | |
| 8 | 1965-11-01 | 3 | Nebraska (7-0-0) | 3 | 3 | Big 8 | |
| 8 | 1965-11-01 | 4 | Notre Dame (5-1-0) | 4 | Ind | ||
| 8 | 1965-11-01 | 5 | Alabama (5-1-1) | 10 | 5 | SEC | |
| 8 | 1965-11-01 | 6 | USC (4-1-1) | 8 | 2 | AAWU | |
| 8 | 1965-11-01 | 7 | Georgia Tech (5-1-1) | Ind | |||
| 8 | 1965-11-01 | 8 | UCLA (4-1-1) | AAWU | |||
| 8 | 1965-11-01 | 9 | Missouri (4-2-1) | Big 8 | |||
| 8 | 1965-11-01 | 10 | Kentucky (5-2-0) | SEC | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 7 | 1965-10-25 | 1 | Michigan State (6-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 19 | Big Ten |
| 7 | 1965-10-25 | 2 | Arkansas (6-0-0) | 1 | 1 | 23 | SWC |
| 7 | 1965-10-25 | 3 | Nebraska (6-0-0) | 3 | 9 | Big 8 | |
| 7 | 1965-10-25 | 4 | Notre Dame (4-1-0) | 7 | 3 | Ind | |
| 7 | 1965-10-25 | 5 | LSU (5-1-0) | 9 | 4 | SEC | |
| 7 | 1965-10-25 | 6 | Purdue (4-1-1) | 6 | Big Ten | ||
| 7 | 1965-10-25 | 7 | Florida (4-1-0) | 8 | 1 | SEC | |
| 7 | 1965-10-25 | 8 | USC (4-1-1) | 4 | 4 | AAWU | |
| 7 | 1965-10-25 | 9 | Texas (4-2-0) | 5 | 4 | SWC | |
| 7 | 1965-10-25 | 10 | Alabama (4-1-1) | SEC | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 6 | 1965-10-18 | 1 | Arkansas (5-0-0) | 3 | 2 | 28 | SWC |
| 6 | 1965-10-18 | 2 | Michigan State (5-0-0) | 4 | 2 | 14 | Big Ten |
| 6 | 1965-10-18 | 3 | Nebraska (5-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 8 | Big 8 |
| 6 | 1965-10-18 | 4 | USC (4-0-1) | 6 | 2 | AAWU | |
| 6 | 1965-10-18 | 5 | Texas (4-1-0) | 1 | 4 | SWC | |
| 6 | 1965-10-18 | 6 | Purdue (4-0-1) | 7 | 1 | Big Ten | |
| 6 | 1965-10-18 | 7 | Notre Dame (3-1-0) | 8 | 1 | Ind | |
| 6 | 1965-10-18 | 8 | Florida (4-1-0) | 9 | 1 | SEC | |
| 6 | 1965-10-18 | 9 | LSU (4-1-0) | SEC | |||
| 6 | 1965-10-18 | 10 | Georgia (4-1-0) | 5 | 5 | SEC | |
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 5 | 1965-10-11 | 1 | Texas (4-0-0) | 1 | 22 | SWC | |
| 5 | 1965-10-11 | 2 | Nebraska (4-0-0) | 2 | 16 | Big 8 | |
| 5 | 1965-10-11 | 3 | Arkansas (4-0-0) | 3 | 4 | SWC | |
| 5 | 1965-10-11 | 4 | Michigan State (4-0-0) | 5 | 1 | 3 | Big Ten |
| 5 | 1965-10-11 | 5 | Georgia (4-0-0) | 4 | 1 | 2 | SEC |
| 5 | 1965-10-11 | 6 | USC (3-0-1) | 8 | 2 | AAWU | |
| 5 | 1965-10-11 | 7 | Purdue (3-0-1) | 6 | 1 | 1 | Big Ten |
| 5 | 1965-10-11 | 8 | Notre Dame (3-1-0) | 7 | 1 | Ind | |
| 5 | 1965-10-11 | 9 | Florida (3-1-0) | 10 | 1 | SEC | |
| 5 | 1965-10-11 | 10 | Mississippi State (4-0-0) | 9 | 1 | SEC | |
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 4 | 1965-10-04 | 1 | Texas (3-0-0) | 1 | 25 | SWC | |
| 4 | 1965-10-04 | 2 | Nebraska (3-0-0) | 3 | 1 | 10 | Big 8 |
| 4 | 1965-10-04 | 3 | Arkansas (3-0-0) | 4 | 1 | 1 | SWC |
| 4 | 1965-10-04 | 4 | Georgia (3-0-0) | 10 | 6 | 3 | SEC |
| 4 | 1965-10-04 | 5 | Michigan State (3-0-0) | 9 | 4 | Big Ten | |
| 4 | 1965-10-04 | 6 | Purdue (2-0-1) | 2 | 4 | 1 | Big Ten |
| 4 | 1965-10-04 | 7 | Notre Dame (2-1-0) | 8 | 1 | Ind | |
| 4 | 1965-10-04 | 8 | USC (2-0-1) | AAWU | |||
| 4 | 1965-10-04 | 9 | Mississippi State (3-0-0) | SEC | |||
| 4 | 1965-10-04 | 10 | Florida (2-1-0) | SEC | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 3 | 1965-09-27 | 1 | Texas (2-0-0) | 3 | 2 | 15 | SWC |
| 3 | 1965-09-27 | 2 | Purdue (2-0-0) | 6 | 4 | 14 | Big Ten |
| 3 | 1965-09-27 | 3 | Nebraska (2-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 13 | Big 8 |
| 3 | 1965-09-27 | 4 | Arkansas (2-0-0) | 5 | 1 | 3 | SWC |
| 3 | 1965-09-27 | 5 | LSU (2-0-0) | 7 | 2 | SEC | |
| 3 | 1965-09-27 | 6 | Kentucky (2-0-0) | 10 | 4 | 1 | SEC |
| 3 | 1965-09-27 | 7 | Michigan (2-0-0) | 4 | 3 | Big Ten | |
| 3 | 1965-09-27 | 8 | Notre Dame (1-1-0) | 1 | 7 | Ind | |
| 3 | 1965-09-27 | 9 | Michigan State (2-0-0) | Big Ten | |||
| 3 | 1965-09-27 | 10 | Georgia (2-0-0) | SEC | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 2 | 1965-09-20 | 1 | Notre Dame (1-0-0) | 3 | 2 | 24 | Ind |
| 2 | 1965-09-20 | 2 | Nebraska (1-0-0) | 1 | 1 | 16 | Big 8 |
| 2 | 1965-09-20 | 3 | Texas (1-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 7 | SWC |
| 2 | 1965-09-20 | 4 | Michigan (1-0-0) | 4 | 2 | Big Ten | |
| 2 | 1965-09-20 | 5 | Arkansas (1-0-0) | 6 | 1 | 4 | SWC |
| 2 | 1965-09-20 | 6 | Purdue (1-0-0) | 9 | 3 | Big Ten | |
| 2 | 1965-09-20 | 7 | LSU (1-0-0) | 8 | 1 | SEC | |
| 2 | 1965-09-20 | 8 | Florida (1-0-0) | SEC | |||
| 2 | 1965-09-20 | 9 | Syracuse (1-0-0) | Ind | |||
| 2 | 1965-09-20 | 10 | Kentucky (1-0-0) | SEC | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 1 | Preseason | 1 | Nebraska | NA | — | 11 | Big 8 |
| 1 | Preseason | 2 | Texas | NA | — | 7 | SWC |
| 1 | Preseason | 3 | Notre Dame | NA | — | 7 | Ind |
| 1 | Preseason | 4 | Michigan | NA | — | 5 | Big Ten |
| 1 | Preseason | 5 | Alabama | NA | — | 4 | SEC |
| 1 | Preseason | 6 | Arkansas | NA | — | 6 | SWC |
| 1 | Preseason | 7 | USC | NA | — | 4 | AAWU |
| 1 | Preseason | 8 | LSU | NA | — | SEC | |
| 1 | Preseason | 9 | Purdue | NA | — | 1 | Big Ten |
| 1 | Preseason | 10 | Ohio State | NA | — | 1 | Big Ten |
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