1971 College Football Polls

AP Polls

AP Polls Table
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
15	Final	1	Nebraska	1		55	Big 8
15	Final	2	Oklahoma	3	1		Big 8
15	Final	3	Colorado	7	4		Big 8
15	Final	4	Alabama	2	2		SEC
15	Final	5	Penn State	10	5		Ind
15	Final	6	Michigan	4	2		Big Ten
15	Final	7	Georgia	6	1		SEC
15	Final	8	Arizona State	8			WAC
15	Final	9	Tennessee	9			SEC
15	Final	10	Stanford	16	6		Pac-8
15	Final	11	LSU	11			SEC
15	Final	12	Auburn	5	7		SEC
15	Final	13	Notre Dame	13			Ind
15	Final	14	Toledo	14			MAC
15	Final	15	Ole Miss	17	2		SEC
15	Final	16	Arkansas	18	2		SWC
15	Final	17	Houston	15	2		Ind
15	Final	18	Texas	12	6		SWC
15	Final	19	Washington	20	1		Pac-8
15	Final	20	USC				Pac-8
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
14	1971-12-06	1	Nebraska (12-0-0)	1		48	Big 8
14	1971-12-06	2	Alabama (11-0-0)	2		4	SEC
14	1971-12-06	3	Oklahoma (10-1-0)	3			Big 8
14	1971-12-06	4	Michigan (11-0-0)	4		3	Big Ten
14	1971-12-06	5	Auburn (9-1-0)	6	1		SEC
14	1971-12-06	6	Georgia (10-1-0)	7	1		SEC
14	1971-12-06	7	Colorado (9-2-0)	8	1		Big 8
14	1971-12-06	8	Arizona State (10-1-0)	9	1		WAC
14	1971-12-06	9	Tennessee (9-2-0)	12	3		SEC
14	1971-12-06	10	Penn State (10-1-0)	5	5		Ind
14	1971-12-06	11	LSU (8-3-0)	10	1		SEC
14	1971-12-06	12	Texas (8-2-0)	11	1		SWC
14	1971-12-06	13	Notre Dame (8-2-0)	14	1		Ind
14	1971-12-06	14	Toledo (11-0-0)	13	1		MAC
14	1971-12-06	15	Houston (9-2-0)	15			Ind
14	1971-12-06	16	Stanford (8-3-0)	16			Pac-8
14	1971-12-06	17	Ole Miss (9-2-0)	18	1		SEC
14	1971-12-06	18	Arkansas (8-2-1)	16	2		SWC
14	1971-12-06	19	Northwestern (7-4-0)				Big Ten
14	1971-12-06	20	Washington (8-3-0)	20			Pac-8
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
13	1971-11-29	1	Nebraska (11-0-0)	1		48	Big 8
13	1971-11-29	2	Alabama (11-0-0)	3	1	4	SEC
13	1971-11-29	3	Oklahoma (9-1-0)	2	1		Big 8
13	1971-11-29	4	Michigan (11-0-0)	4		2	Big Ten
13	1971-11-29	5	Penn State (10-0-0)	6	1	1	Ind
13	1971-11-29	6	Auburn (9-1-0)	5	1		SEC
13	1971-11-29	7	Georgia (10-1-0)	7			SEC
13	1971-11-29	8	Colorado (9-2-0)	8			Big 8
13	1971-11-29	9	Arizona State (10-1-0)	9			WAC
13	1971-11-29	10	LSU (8-3-0)	10			SEC
13	1971-11-29	11	Texas (8-2-0)	12	1		SWC
13	1971-11-29	12	Tennessee (8-2-0)	11	1		SEC
13	1971-11-29	13	Toledo (11-0-0)	14	1		MAC
13	1971-11-29	14	Notre Dame (8-2-0)	13	1		Ind
13	1971-11-29	15	Houston (9-2-0)	15			Ind
13	1971-11-29	16	Arkansas (8-2-1)	17	1		SWC
13	1971-11-29	16	Stanford (8-3-0)	16			Pac-8
13	1971-11-29	18	Ole Miss (9-2-0)	18			SEC
13	1971-11-29	18	North Carolina (9-2-0)	19	1		ACC
13	1971-11-29	20	Washington (8-3-0)	20			Pac-8
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
12	1971-11-22	1	Nebraska (10-0-0)	1		40	Big 8
12	1971-11-22	2	Oklahoma (9-0-0)	2		8	Big 8
12	1971-11-22	3	Alabama (10-0-0)	4	1	1	SEC
12	1971-11-22	4	Michigan (11-0-0)	3	1	3	Big Ten
12	1971-11-22	5	Auburn (9-0-0)	5		1	SEC
12	1971-11-22	6	Penn State (10-0-0)	6		2	Ind
12	1971-11-22	7	Georgia (9-1-0)	8	1		SEC
12	1971-11-22	8	Colorado (9-2-0)	10	2		Big 8
12	1971-11-22	9	Arizona State (9-1-0)	9			WAC
12	1971-11-22	10	LSU (7-3-0)	14	4		SEC
12	1971-11-22	11	Tennessee (7-2-0)	11			SEC
12	1971-11-22	12	Texas (7-2-0)	12			SWC
12	1971-11-22	13	Notre Dame (8-2-0)	7	6		Ind
12	1971-11-22	14	Toledo (11-0-0)	13	1		MAC
12	1971-11-22	15	Houston (8-2-0)	16	1		Ind
12	1971-11-22	16	Stanford (8-3-0)	18	2		Pac-8
12	1971-11-22	17	Arkansas (8-2-1)	17			SWC
12	1971-11-22	18	Ole Miss (8-2-0)	20	2		SEC
12	1971-11-22	19	North Carolina (9-2-0)				ACC
12	1971-11-22	20	Washington (8-3-0)				Pac-8
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
11	1971-11-15	1	Nebraska (10-0-0)	1		40	Big 8
11	1971-11-15	2	Oklahoma (9-0-0)	2		8	Big 8
11	1971-11-15	3	Michigan (10-0-0)	3		4	Big Ten
11	1971-11-15	4	Alabama (10-0-0)	4		1	SEC
11	1971-11-15	5	Auburn (9-0-0)	6	1	1	SEC
11	1971-11-15	6	Penn State (9-0-0)	5	1	1	Ind
11	1971-11-15	7	Notre Dame (8-1-0)	8	1		Ind
11	1971-11-15	8	Georgia (9-1-0)	7	1		SEC
11	1971-11-15	9	Arizona State (8-1-0)	9			WAC
11	1971-11-15	10	Colorado (8-2-0)	12	2		Big 8
11	1971-11-15	11	Tennessee (6-2-0)	11			SEC
11	1971-11-15	12	Texas (7-2-0)	13	1		SWC
11	1971-11-15	13	Toledo (10-0-0)	14	1		MAC
11	1971-11-15	14	LSU (6-3-0)	20	6		SEC
11	1971-11-15	15	USC (6-4-0)	15			Pac-8
11	1971-11-15	16	Houston (7-2-0)	18	2		Ind
11	1971-11-15	17	Arkansas (7-2-1)	17			SWC
11	1971-11-15	18	Stanford (7-3-0)	10	8		Pac-8
11	1971-11-15	19	Michigan State (6-4-0)				Big Ten
11	1971-11-15	20	Ole Miss (8-2-0)				SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
10	1971-11-08	1	Nebraska (9-0-0)	1		41	Big 8
10	1971-11-08	2	Oklahoma (8-0-0)	2		6	Big 8
10	1971-11-08	3	Michigan (9-0-0)	3		6	Big Ten
10	1971-11-08	4	Alabama (9-0-0)	4			SEC
10	1971-11-08	5	Penn State (8-0-0)	6	1	1	Ind
10	1971-11-08	6	Auburn (8-0-0)	5	1	1	SEC
10	1971-11-08	7	Georgia (9-0-0)	7			SEC
10	1971-11-08	8	Notre Dame (7-1-0)	8			Ind
10	1971-11-08	9	Arizona State (7-1-0)	10	1		WAC
10	1971-11-08	10	Stanford (7-2-0)	12	2		Pac-8
10	1971-11-08	11	Tennessee (6-2-0)	11			SEC
10	1971-11-08	12	Colorado (7-2-0)	13	1		Big 8
10	1971-11-08	13	Texas (6-2-0)	15	2		SWC
10	1971-11-08	14	Toledo (9-0-0)	14			MAC
10	1971-11-08	15	USC (5-4-0)	17	2		Pac-8
10	1971-11-08	16	Ohio State (6-2-0)	9	7		Big Ten
10	1971-11-08	17	Arkansas (6-2-1)	16	1		SWC
10	1971-11-08	18	Houston (6-2-0)	19	1		Ind
10	1971-11-08	19	Washington (7-2-0)	20	1		Pac-8
10	1971-11-08	20	LSU (5-3-0)	18	2		SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
9	1971-11-01	1	Nebraska (8-0-0)	1		34	Big 8
9	1971-11-01	2	Oklahoma (7-0-0)	2		17	Big 8
9	1971-11-01	3	Michigan (8-0-0)	3		2	Big Ten
9	1971-11-01	4	Alabama (8-0-0)	4			SEC
9	1971-11-01	5	Auburn (7-0-0)	5		1	SEC
9	1971-11-01	6	Penn State (7-0-0)	6		1	Ind
9	1971-11-01	7	Georgia (8-0-0)	7			SEC
9	1971-11-01	8	Notre Dame (6-1-0)	12	4		Ind
9	1971-11-01	9	Ohio State (6-1-0)	10	1		Big Ten
9	1971-11-01	10	Arizona State (6-1-0)	13	3		WAC
9	1971-11-01	11	Tennessee (5-2-0)	16	5		SEC
9	1971-11-01	12	Stanford (6-2-0)	17	5		Pac-8
9	1971-11-01	13	Colorado (6-2-0)	9	4		Big 8
9	1971-11-01	14	Toledo (8-0-0)	15	1		MAC
9	1971-11-01	15	Texas (5-2-0)	14	1		SWC
9	1971-11-01	16	Arkansas (6-2-0)	8	8		SWC
9	1971-11-01	17	USC (4-4-0)	20	3		Pac-8
9	1971-11-01	18	LSU (5-2-0)	11	7		SEC
9	1971-11-01	19	Houston (5-2-0)				Ind
9	1971-11-01	20	Washington (6-2-0)				Pac-8
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
8	1971-10-25	1	Nebraska (7-0-0)	1		31	Big 8
8	1971-10-25	2	Oklahoma (6-0-0)	2		21	Big 8
8	1971-10-25	3	Michigan (7-0-0)	3		1	Big Ten
8	1971-10-25	4	Alabama (7-0-0)	4		1	SEC
8	1971-10-25	5	Auburn (6-0-0)	5		1	SEC
8	1971-10-25	6	Penn State (6-0-0)	7	1		Ind
8	1971-10-25	7	Georgia (7-0-0)	8	1		SEC
8	1971-10-25	8	Arkansas (6-1-0)	9	1		SWC
8	1971-10-25	9	Colorado (6-1-0)	11	2		Big 8
8	1971-10-25	10	Ohio State (5-1-0)	12	2		Big Ten
8	1971-10-25	11	LSU (5-1-0)	13	2		SEC
8	1971-10-25	12	Notre Dame (5-1-0)	6	6		Ind
8	1971-10-25	13	Arizona State (5-1-0)	14	1		WAC
8	1971-10-25	14	Texas (4-2-0)	16	2		SWC
8	1971-10-25	15	Toledo (7-0-0)	14	1		MAC
8	1971-10-25	16	Tennessee (4-2-0)	18	2		SEC
8	1971-10-25	17	Stanford (5-2-0)	10	7		Pac-8
8	1971-10-25	18	Air Force (5-1-0)	20	2		Ind
8	1971-10-25	19	Florida State (6-1-0)				Ind
8	1971-10-25	20	USC (3-4-0)				Pac-8
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
7	1971-10-18	1	Nebraska (6-0-0)	1		35	Big 8
7	1971-10-18	2	Oklahoma (5-0-0)	2		18	Big 8
7	1971-10-18	3	Michigan (6-0-0)	3		1	Big Ten
7	1971-10-18	4	Alabama (6-0-0)	4			SEC
7	1971-10-18	5	Auburn (5-0-0)	5		1	SEC
7	1971-10-18	6	Notre Dame (5-0-0)	7	1		Ind
7	1971-10-18	7	Penn State (5-0-0)	9	2		Ind
7	1971-10-18	8	Georgia (6-0-0)	8			SEC
7	1971-10-18	9	Arkansas (5-1-0)	16	7		SWC
7	1971-10-18	10	Stanford (5-1-0)	15	5		Pac-8
7	1971-10-18	11	Colorado (5-1-0)	6	5		Big 8
7	1971-10-18	12	Ohio State (4-1-0)	13	1		Big Ten
7	1971-10-18	13	LSU (5-1-0)	12	1		SEC
7	1971-10-18	14	Arizona State (4-1-0)	11	3		WAC
7	1971-10-18	14	Toledo (6-0-0)	17	3		MAC
7	1971-10-18	16	Texas (3-2-0)	10	6		SWC
7	1971-10-18	17	Purdue (3-2-0)	20	3		Big Ten
7	1971-10-18	18	Tennessee (3-2-0)	14	4		SEC
7	1971-10-18	19	Duke (5-1-0)				ACC
7	1971-10-18	20	Air Force (4-1-0)				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
6	1971-10-11	1	Nebraska (5-0-0)	1		40	Big 8
6	1971-10-11	2	Oklahoma (4-0-0)	8	6	8	Big 8
6	1971-10-11	3	Michigan (5-0-0)	2	1	4	Big Ten
6	1971-10-11	4	Alabama (5-0-0)	6	2		SEC
6	1971-10-11	5	Auburn (4-0-0)	4	1	2	SEC
6	1971-10-11	6	Colorado (5-0-0)	5	1	1	Big 8
6	1971-10-11	7	Notre Dame (4-0-0)	7			Ind
6	1971-10-11	8	Georgia (5-0-0)	10	2		SEC
6	1971-10-11	9	Penn State (4-0-0)	9			Ind
6	1971-10-11	10	Texas (3-1-0)	3	7		SWC
6	1971-10-11	11	Arizona State (4-0-0)	12	1		WAC
6	1971-10-11	12	LSU (4-1-0)	16	4		SEC
6	1971-10-11	13	Ohio State (3-1-0)	15	2		Big Ten
6	1971-10-11	14	Tennessee (3-1-0)	13	1		SEC
6	1971-10-11	15	Stanford (4-1-0)	19	4		Pac-8
6	1971-10-11	16	Arkansas (4-1-0)	17	1		SWC
6	1971-10-11	17	Toledo (5-0-0)	20	3		MAC
6	1971-10-11	18	Washington (4-1-0)	11	7		Pac-8
6	1971-10-11	19	Florida State (5-0-0)				Ind
6	1971-10-11	20	Purdue (2-2-0)				Big Ten
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
5	1971-10-04	1	Nebraska (4-0-0)	1		43	Big 8
5	1971-10-04	2	Michigan (4-0-0)	2		5	Big Ten
5	1971-10-04	3	Texas (3-0-0)	3		3	SWC
5	1971-10-04	4	Auburn (3-0-0)	5	1	2	SEC
5	1971-10-04	5	Colorado (4-0-0)	6	1	2	Big 8
5	1971-10-04	6	Alabama (4-0-0)	7	1		SEC
5	1971-10-04	7	Notre Dame (3-0-0)	4	3		Ind
5	1971-10-04	8	Oklahoma (3-0-0)	8			Big 8
5	1971-10-04	9	Penn State (3-0-0)	9			Ind
5	1971-10-04	10	Georgia (4-0-0)	11	1		SEC
5	1971-10-04	11	Washington (4-0-0)	15	4		Pac-8
5	1971-10-04	12	Arizona State (3-0-0)	13	1		WAC
5	1971-10-04	13	Tennessee (2-1-0)	12	1		SEC
5	1971-10-04	14	Duke (4-0-0)	19	5		ACC
5	1971-10-04	15	Ohio State (2-1-0)	14	1		Big Ten
5	1971-10-04	16	LSU (3-1-0)	16			SEC
5	1971-10-04	17	Arkansas (3-1-0)	18	1		SWC
5	1971-10-04	18	North Carolina (4-0-0)	20	2		ACC
5	1971-10-04	19	Stanford (3-1-0)	10	9		Pac-8
5	1971-10-04	20	Toledo (4-0-0)				MAC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
4	1971-09-27	1	Nebraska (3-0-0)	1		44	Big 8
4	1971-09-27	2	Michigan (3-0-0)	4	2	3	Big Ten
4	1971-09-27	3	Texas (2-0-0)	3		3	SWC
4	1971-09-27	4	Notre Dame (2-0-0)	2	2	1	Ind
4	1971-09-27	5	Auburn (2-0-0)	5		2	SEC
4	1971-09-27	6	Colorado (3-0-0)	10	4	2	Big 8
4	1971-09-27	7	Alabama (3-0-0)	8	1		SEC
4	1971-09-27	8	Oklahoma (2-0-0)	11	3		Big 8
4	1971-09-27	9	Penn State (2-0-0)	12	3		Ind
4	1971-09-27	10	Stanford (3-0-0)	13	3		Pac-8
4	1971-09-27	11	Georgia (3-0-0)	14	3		SEC
4	1971-09-27	12	Tennessee (1-1-0)	9	3		SEC
4	1971-09-27	13	Arizona State (2-0-0)	15	2		WAC
4	1971-09-27	14	Ohio State (1-1-0)	6	8		Big Ten
4	1971-09-27	15	Washington (3-0-0)	17	2		Pac-8
4	1971-09-27	16	LSU (2-1-0)	18	2		SEC
4	1971-09-27	17	USC (2-1-0)	16	1		Pac-8
4	1971-09-27	18	Arkansas (2-1-0)	7	11		SWC
4	1971-09-27	19	Duke (3-0-0)	20	1		ACC
4	1971-09-27	20	North Carolina (3-0-0)				ACC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
3	1971-09-20	1	Nebraska (2-0-0)	1		32	Big 8
3	1971-09-20	2	Notre Dame (1-0-0)	2		18	Ind
3	1971-09-20	3	Texas (1-0-0)	3		3	SWC
3	1971-09-20	4	Michigan (2-0-0)	4			Big Ten
3	1971-09-20	5	Auburn (1-0-0)	7	2	2	SEC
3	1971-09-20	6	Ohio State (1-0-0)	5	1		Big Ten
3	1971-09-20	7	Arkansas (2-0-0)	6	1		SWC
3	1971-09-20	8	Alabama (2-0-0)	9	1		SEC
3	1971-09-20	9	Tennessee (1-0-0)	8	1		SEC
3	1971-09-20	10	Colorado (2-0-0)	12	2		Big 8
3	1971-09-20	11	Oklahoma (1-0-0)	10	1		Big 8
3	1971-09-20	12	Penn State (1-0-0)	14	2		Ind
3	1971-09-20	13	Stanford (2-0-0)	13			Pac-8
3	1971-09-20	14	Georgia (2-0-0)	11	3		SEC
3	1971-09-20	15	Arizona State (1-0-0)	16	1		WAC
3	1971-09-20	16	USC (1-1-0)	17	1		Pac-8
3	1971-09-20	17	Washington (2-0-0)				Pac-8
3	1971-09-20	18	LSU (1-1-0)				SEC
3	1971-09-20	19	Toledo (2-0-0)				MAC
3	1971-09-20	20	Duke (2-0-0)				ACC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
2	1971-09-13	1	Nebraska (1-0-0)	2	1	31	Big 8
2	1971-09-13	2	Notre Dame	1	1	10	Ind
2	1971-09-13	3	Texas	3		5	SWC
2	1971-09-13	4	Michigan (1-0-0)	4		2	Big Ten
2	1971-09-13	5	Ohio State (1-0-0)	11	6		Big Ten
2	1971-09-13	6	Arkansas (1-0-0)	7	1		SWC
2	1971-09-13	7	Auburn	6	1	2	SEC
2	1971-09-13	8	Tennessee	8			SEC
2	1971-09-13	9	Alabama (1-0-0)	16	7		SEC
2	1971-09-13	10	Oklahoma	10			Big 8
2	1971-09-13	11	Georgia (1-0-0)	18	7		SEC
2	1971-09-13	12	Colorado (1-0-0)				Big 8
2	1971-09-13	13	Stanford (1-0-0)	19	6		Pac-8
2	1971-09-13	14	Penn State	12	2		Ind
2	1971-09-13	15	Syracuse	13	2		Ind
2	1971-09-13	16	Arizona State	14	2		WAC
2	1971-09-13	17	USC (0-1-0)	5	12		Pac-8
2	1971-09-13	18	Michigan State (1-0-0)				Big Ten
2	1971-09-13	19	South Carolina (1-0-0)				Ind
2	1971-09-13	20	Houston (1-0-0)				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
1	Preseason	1	Notre Dame	NA	—	15	Ind
1	Preseason	2	Nebraska	NA	—	26	Big 8
1	Preseason	3	Texas	NA	—	5	SWC
1	Preseason	4	Michigan	NA	—	1	Big Ten
1	Preseason	5	USC	NA	—	1	Pac-8
1	Preseason	6	Auburn	NA	—	1	SEC
1	Preseason	7	Arkansas	NA	—		SWC
1	Preseason	8	Tennessee	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	9	LSU	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	10	Oklahoma	NA	—		Big 8
1	Preseason	11	Ohio State	NA	—		Big Ten
1	Preseason	12	Penn State	NA	—		Ind
1	Preseason	13	Syracuse	NA	—		Ind
1	Preseason	14	Arizona State	NA	—		WAC
1	Preseason	15	UCLA	NA	—		Pac-8
1	Preseason	16	Alabama	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	17	Georgia Tech	NA	—		Ind
1	Preseason	18	Georgia	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	19	Stanford	NA	—		Pac-8
1	Preseason	20	Northwestern	NA	—	1	Big Ten

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