1972 College Football Polls

AP Polls

AP Polls Table
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
15	Final	1	USC	1		50	Pac-8
15	Final	2	Oklahoma	2			Big 8
15	Final	3	Texas	7	4		SWC
15	Final	4	Nebraska	9	5		Big 8
15	Final	5	Auburn	6	1		SEC
15	Final	6	Michigan	8	2		Big Ten
15	Final	7	Alabama	4	3		SEC
15	Final	8	Tennessee	11	3		SEC
15	Final	9	Ohio State	3	6		Big Ten
15	Final	10	Penn State	5	5		Ind
15	Final	11	LSU	10	1		SEC
15	Final	12	North Carolina	16	4		ACC
15	Final	13	Arizona State	15	2		WAC
15	Final	14	Notre Dame	12	2		Ind
15	Final	15	UCLA	14	1		Pac-8
15	Final	16	Colorado	13	3		Big 8
15	Final	17	North Carolina State				ACC
15	Final	18	Louisville	17	1		MVC
15	Final	19	Washington State	19			Pac-8
15	Final	20	Georgia Tech				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
14	1972-12-04	1	USC (11-0-0)	1		50	Pac-8
14	1972-12-04	2	Oklahoma (10-1-0)	3	1		Big 8
14	1972-12-04	3	Ohio State (9-1-0)	4	1		Big Ten
14	1972-12-04	4	Alabama (10-1-0)	2	2		SEC
14	1972-12-04	5	Penn State (10-1-0)	5			Ind
14	1972-12-04	6	Auburn (9-1-0)	9	3		SEC
14	1972-12-04	7	Texas (9-1-0)	6	1		SWC
14	1972-12-04	8	Michigan (10-1-0)	7	1		Big Ten
14	1972-12-04	9	Nebraska (8-2-1)	8	1		Big 8
14	1972-12-04	10	LSU (9-1-1)	11	1		SEC
14	1972-12-04	11	Tennessee (9-2-0)	12	1		SEC
14	1972-12-04	12	Notre Dame (8-2-0)	10	2		Ind
14	1972-12-04	13	Colorado (8-3-0)	13			Big 8
14	1972-12-04	14	UCLA (8-3-0)	15	1		Pac-8
14	1972-12-04	15	Arizona State (9-2-0)	16	1		WAC
14	1972-12-04	16	North Carolina (9-1-0)	14	2		ACC
14	1972-12-04	17	Louisville (9-1-0)	17			MVC
14	1972-12-04	18	West Virginia (8-3-0)	18			Ind
14	1972-12-04	19	Washington State (7-4-0)	19			Pac-8
14	1972-12-04	20	Purdue (6-5-0)				Big Ten
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
13	1972-11-27	1	USC (10-0-0)	1		46	Pac-8
13	1972-11-27	2	Alabama (10-0-0)	2		4	SEC
13	1972-11-27	3	Oklahoma (9-1-0)	4	1		Big 8
13	1972-11-27	4	Ohio State (9-1-0)	9	5		Big Ten
13	1972-11-27	5	Penn State (10-1-0)	6	1		Ind
13	1972-11-27	6	Texas (9-1-0)	7	1		SWC
13	1972-11-27	7	Michigan (10-1-0)	3	4		Big Ten
13	1972-11-27	8	Nebraska (8-2-1)	5	3		Big 8
13	1972-11-27	9	Auburn (8-1-0)	10	1		SEC
13	1972-11-27	10	Notre Dame (8-1-0)	11	1		Ind
13	1972-11-27	11	LSU (8-1-1)	8	3		SEC
13	1972-11-27	12	Tennessee (8-2-0)	12			SEC
13	1972-11-27	13	Colorado (8-3-0)	13			Big 8
13	1972-11-27	14	North Carolina (9-1-0)	15	1		ACC
13	1972-11-27	15	UCLA (8-3-0)	14	1		Pac-8
13	1972-11-27	16	Arizona State (9-2-0)	18	2		WAC
13	1972-11-27	17	Louisville (9-1-0)				MVC
13	1972-11-27	18	West Virginia (8-3-0)				Ind
13	1972-11-27	19	Washington State (7-4-0)	19			Pac-8
13	1972-11-27	20	Oklahoma State (6-4-0)				Big 8
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
12	1972-11-20	1	USC (10-0-0)	1		44	Pac-8
12	1972-11-20	2	Alabama (10-0-0)	2		5	SEC
12	1972-11-20	3	Michigan (10-0-0)	3		1	Big Ten
12	1972-11-20	4	Oklahoma (8-1-0)	4			Big 8
12	1972-11-20	5	Nebraska (8-1-1)	5			Big 8
12	1972-11-20	6	Penn State (9-1-0)	6			Ind
12	1972-11-20	7	Texas (8-1-0)	7			SWC
12	1972-11-20	8	LSU (8-1-0)	8			SEC
12	1972-11-20	9	Ohio State (8-1-0)	9			Big Ten
12	1972-11-20	10	Auburn (8-1-0)	11	1		SEC
12	1972-11-20	11	Notre Dame (8-1-0)	10	1		Ind
12	1972-11-20	12	Tennessee (7-2-0)	13	1		SEC
12	1972-11-20	13	Colorado (8-3-0)	15	2		Big 8
12	1972-11-20	14	UCLA (8-3-0)	14			Pac-8
12	1972-11-20	15	North Carolina (8-1-0)	16	1		ACC
12	1972-11-20	16	Missouri (6-4-0)	19	3		Big 8
12	1972-11-20	17	Iowa State (5-3-1)	12	5		Big 8
12	1972-11-20	18	Arizona State (8-2-0)	18			WAC
12	1972-11-20	19	Washington State (7-4-0)	20	1		Pac-8
12	1972-11-20	20	Texas Tech (8-2-0)				SWC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
11	1972-11-13	1	USC (9-0-0)	1		42	Pac-8
11	1972-11-13	2	Alabama (9-0-0)	2		5	SEC
11	1972-11-13	3	Michigan (9-0-0)	4	1	3	Big Ten
11	1972-11-13	4	Oklahoma (7-1-0)	7	3		Big 8
11	1972-11-13	5	Nebraska (7-1-1)	3	2		Big 8
11	1972-11-13	6	Penn State (8-1-0)	10	4		Ind
11	1972-11-13	7	Texas (7-1-0)	9	2		SWC
11	1972-11-13	8	LSU (7-1-0)	6	2		SEC
11	1972-11-13	9	Ohio State (7-1-0)	5	4		Big Ten
11	1972-11-13	10	Notre Dame (7-1-0)	12	2		Ind
11	1972-11-13	11	Auburn (7-1-0)	11			SEC
11	1972-11-13	12	Iowa State (5-2-1)	17	5		Big 8
11	1972-11-13	13	Tennessee (6-2-0)	13			SEC
11	1972-11-13	14	UCLA (8-2-0)	8	6		Pac-8
11	1972-11-13	15	Colorado (7-3-0)	16	1		Big 8
11	1972-11-13	16	North Carolina (7-1-0)	18	2		ACC
11	1972-11-13	17	Washington (8-2-0)				Pac-8
11	1972-11-13	18	Arizona State (7-2-0)	19	1		WAC
11	1972-11-13	19	Missouri (5-4-0)	14	5		Big 8
11	1972-11-13	20	Washington State (6-4-0)				Pac-8
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
10	1972-11-06	1	USC (9-0-0)	1		40	Pac-8
10	1972-11-06	2	Alabama (8-0-0)	2		3	SEC
10	1972-11-06	3	Nebraska (7-1-0)	3		5	Big 8
10	1972-11-06	4	Michigan (8-0-0)	4		1	Big Ten
10	1972-11-06	5	Ohio State (7-0-0)	5		1	Big Ten
10	1972-11-06	6	LSU (7-0-0)	6			SEC
10	1972-11-06	7	Oklahoma (6-1-0)	7			Big 8
10	1972-11-06	8	UCLA (8-1-0)	8			Pac-8
10	1972-11-06	9	Texas (6-1-0)	9			SWC
10	1972-11-06	10	Penn State (7-1-0)	10			Ind
10	1972-11-06	11	Auburn (7-1-0)	11			SEC
10	1972-11-06	12	Notre Dame (6-1-0)	12			Ind
10	1972-11-06	13	Tennessee (6-2-0)	13			SEC
10	1972-11-06	14	Missouri (5-3-0)	16	2		Big 8
10	1972-11-06	15	Texas Tech (7-1-0)	18	3		SWC
10	1972-11-06	16	Colorado (6-3-0)	15	1		Big 8
10	1972-11-06	17	Iowa State (5-2-0)	14	3		Big 8
10	1972-11-06	18	North Carolina (6-1-0)				ACC
10	1972-11-06	19	Arizona State (6-2-0)				WAC
10	1972-11-06	20	Stanford (5-3-0)				Pac-8
10	1972-11-06	20	Yale (5-1-0)				Ivy
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
9	1972-10-30	1	USC (8-0-0)	1		41	Pac-8
9	1972-10-30	2	Alabama (7-0-0)	2		3	SEC
9	1972-10-30	3	Nebraska (6-1-0)	3		4	Big 8
9	1972-10-30	4	Michigan (7-0-0)	5	1	1	Big Ten
9	1972-10-30	5	Ohio State (6-0-0)	4	1	1	Big Ten
9	1972-10-30	6	LSU (6-0-0)	6			SEC
9	1972-10-30	7	Oklahoma (5-1-0)	8	1		Big 8
9	1972-10-30	8	UCLA (7-1-0)	9	1		Pac-8
9	1972-10-30	9	Texas (5-1-0)	10	1		SWC
9	1972-10-30	10	Penn State (6-1-0)	11	1		Ind
9	1972-10-30	11	Auburn (6-1-0)	12	1		SEC
9	1972-10-30	12	Notre Dame (5-1-0)	13	1		Ind
9	1972-10-30	13	Tennessee (5-2-0)	14	1		SEC
9	1972-10-30	14	Iowa State (5-1-0)	15	1		Big 8
9	1972-10-30	15	Colorado (6-2-0)	7	8		Big 8
9	1972-10-30	16	Missouri (4-3-0)				Big 8
9	1972-10-30	17	Louisville (6-0-0)				MVC
9	1972-10-30	18	Texas Tech (6-1-0)				SWC
9	1972-10-30	19	Air Force (6-1-0)				Ind
9	1972-10-30	20	Arkansas (5-2-0)	18	2		SWC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
8	1972-10-23	1	USC (7-0-0)	1		44	Pac-8
8	1972-10-23	2	Alabama (6-0-0)	3	1	2	SEC
8	1972-10-23	3	Nebraska (5-1-0)	5	2	2	Big 8
8	1972-10-23	4	Ohio State (5-0-0)	4		1	Big Ten
8	1972-10-23	5	Michigan (6-0-0)	6	1	1	Big Ten
8	1972-10-23	6	LSU (6-0-0)	7	1		SEC
8	1972-10-23	7	Colorado (6-1-0)	9	2		Big 8
8	1972-10-23	8	Oklahoma (4-1-0)	2	6		Big 8
8	1972-10-23	9	UCLA (6-1-0)	11	2		Pac-8
8	1972-10-23	10	Texas (4-1-0)	14	4		SWC
8	1972-10-23	11	Penn State (5-1-0)	12	1		Ind
8	1972-10-23	12	Auburn (5-1-0)	14	2		SEC
8	1972-10-23	13	Notre Dame (4-1-0)	8	5		Ind
8	1972-10-23	14	Tennessee (4-2-0)	10	4		SEC
8	1972-10-23	15	Iowa State (4-1-0)	20	5		Big 8
8	1972-10-23	16	Arizona State (5-1-0)	19	3		WAC
8	1972-10-23	17	Florida State (6-1-0)				Ind
8	1972-10-23	18	Arkansas (4-2-0)	17	1		SWC
8	1972-10-23	18	SMU (4-1-0)				SWC
8	1972-10-23	18	West Virginia (5-2-0)				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
7	1972-10-16	1	USC (6-0-0)	1		28	Pac-8
7	1972-10-16	2	Oklahoma (4-0-0)	2		20	Big 8
7	1972-10-16	3	Alabama (5-0-0)	3			SEC
7	1972-10-16	4	Ohio State (4-0-0)	4		1	Big Ten
7	1972-10-16	5	Nebraska (4-1-0)	6	1		Big 8
7	1972-10-16	6	Michigan (5-0-0)	5	1	1	Big Ten
7	1972-10-16	7	LSU (5-0-0)	8	1		SEC
7	1972-10-16	8	Notre Dame (4-0-0)	7	1		Ind
7	1972-10-16	9	Colorado (5-1-0)	13	4		Big 8
7	1972-10-16	10	Tennessee (4-1-0)	11	1		SEC
7	1972-10-16	11	UCLA (5-1-0)	14	3		Pac-8
7	1972-10-16	12	Penn State (4-1-0)	15	3		Ind
7	1972-10-16	13	Stanford (4-1-0)	17	4		Pac-8
7	1972-10-16	14	Auburn (4-1-0)	9	5		SEC
7	1972-10-16	14	Texas (3-1-0)	10	4		SWC
7	1972-10-16	16	Air Force (5-0-0)	16			Ind
7	1972-10-16	17	Arkansas (4-1-0)	20	3		SWC
7	1972-10-16	18	Washington (5-1-0)	12	6		Pac-8
7	1972-10-16	19	Arizona State (4-1-0)				WAC
7	1972-10-16	20	Iowa State (3-1-0)	18	2		Big 8
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
6	1972-10-09	1	USC (5-0-0)	1		34	Pac-8
6	1972-10-09	2	Oklahoma (3-0-0)	2		15	Big 8
6	1972-10-09	3	Alabama (4-0-0)	4	1		SEC
6	1972-10-09	4	Ohio State (3-0-0)	3	1	1	Big Ten
6	1972-10-09	5	Michigan (4-0-0)	5			Big Ten
6	1972-10-09	6	Nebraska (3-1-0)	6			Big 8
6	1972-10-09	7	Notre Dame (3-0-0)	7			Ind
6	1972-10-09	8	LSU (4-0-0)	8			SEC
6	1972-10-09	9	Auburn (4-0-0)	17	8		SEC
6	1972-10-09	10	Texas (3-0-0)	9	1		SWC
6	1972-10-09	11	Tennessee (4-1-0)	10	1		SEC
6	1972-10-09	12	Washington (5-0-0)	11	1		Pac-8
6	1972-10-09	13	Colorado (4-1-0)	12	1		Big 8
6	1972-10-09	14	UCLA (4-1-0)	14			Pac-8
6	1972-10-09	15	Penn State (3-1-0)	16	1		Ind
6	1972-10-09	16	Air Force (4-0-0)	19	3		Ind
6	1972-10-09	17	Stanford (3-1-0)	15	2		Pac-8
6	1972-10-09	18	Iowa State (3-0-0)	20	2		Big 8
6	1972-10-09	19	Oklahoma State (3-1-0)				Big 8
6	1972-10-09	20	Arkansas (3-1-0)				SWC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
5	1972-10-02	1	USC (4-0-0)	1		36	Pac-8
5	1972-10-02	2	Oklahoma (3-0-0)	2		13	Big 8
5	1972-10-02	3	Ohio State (2-0-0)	5	2		Big Ten
5	1972-10-02	4	Alabama (3-0-0)	6	2		SEC
5	1972-10-02	5	Michigan (3-0-0)	8	3	1	Big Ten
5	1972-10-02	6	Nebraska (3-1-0)	7	1		Big 8
5	1972-10-02	7	Notre Dame (2-0-0)	10	3		Ind
5	1972-10-02	8	LSU (3-0-0)	9	1		SEC
5	1972-10-02	9	Texas (2-0-0)	12	3		SWC
5	1972-10-02	10	Tennessee (3-1-0)	4	6		SEC
5	1972-10-02	11	Washington (4-0-0)	14	3		Pac-8
5	1972-10-02	12	Colorado (3-1-0)	3	9		Big 8
5	1972-10-02	13	Florida State (4-0-0)	16	3		Ind
5	1972-10-02	14	UCLA (3-1-0)	15	1		Pac-8
5	1972-10-02	15	Stanford (3-0-0)	19	4		Pac-8
5	1972-10-02	16	Penn State (2-1-0)	13	3		Ind
5	1972-10-02	17	Auburn (3-0-0)				SEC
5	1972-10-02	18	Ole Miss (3-0-0)	17	1		SEC
5	1972-10-02	19	Air Force (3-0-0)				Ind
5	1972-10-02	20	Iowa State (3-0-0)				Big 8
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
4	1972-09-25	1	USC (3-0-0)	1		28	Pac-8
4	1972-09-25	2	Oklahoma (2-0-0)	2		14	Big 8
4	1972-09-25	3	Colorado (3-0-0)	3		5	Big 8
4	1972-09-25	4	Tennessee (3-0-0)	5	1	1	SEC
4	1972-09-25	5	Ohio State (1-0-0)	4	1	1	Big Ten
4	1972-09-25	6	Alabama (2-0-0)	7	1		SEC
4	1972-09-25	7	Nebraska (2-1-0)	9	2		Big 8
4	1972-09-25	8	Michigan (2-0-0)	12	4	1	Big Ten
4	1972-09-25	9	LSU (2-0-0)	8	1		SEC
4	1972-09-25	10	Notre Dame (1-0-0)	13	3		Ind
4	1972-09-25	11	Arizona State (2-0-0)	10	1		WAC
4	1972-09-25	12	Texas (1-0-0)	14	2		SWC
4	1972-09-25	13	Penn State (1-1-0)	11	2		Ind
4	1972-09-25	14	Washington (3-0-0)	15	1		Pac-8
4	1972-09-25	15	UCLA (2-1-0)	6	9		Pac-8
4	1972-09-25	16	Florida State (3-0-0)	17	1		Ind
4	1972-09-25	17	Ole Miss (2-0-0)	20	3		SEC
4	1972-09-25	18	Tulane (2-0-0)				Ind
4	1972-09-25	19	Stanford (2-0-0)	19			Pac-8
4	1972-09-25	20	West Virginia (3-0-0)				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
3	1972-09-18	1	USC (2-0-0)	1		28	Pac-8
3	1972-09-18	2	Oklahoma (1-0-0)	4	2	11	Big 8
3	1972-09-18	3	Colorado (2-0-0)	2	1	7	Big 8
3	1972-09-18	4	Ohio State (1-0-0)	3	1	2	Big Ten
3	1972-09-18	5	Tennessee (2-0-0)	7	2	2	SEC
3	1972-09-18	6	UCLA (2-0-0)	8	2		Pac-8
3	1972-09-18	7	Alabama (1-0-0)	5	2		SEC
3	1972-09-18	8	LSU (1-0-0)	9	1		SEC
3	1972-09-18	9	Nebraska (1-1-0)	10	1		Big 8
3	1972-09-18	10	Arizona State (1-0-0)	13	3		WAC
3	1972-09-18	11	Penn State (0-1-0)	6	5		Ind
3	1972-09-18	12	Michigan (1-0-0)	11	1		Big Ten
3	1972-09-18	13	Notre Dame	14	1		Ind
3	1972-09-18	14	Texas	15	1		SWC
3	1972-09-18	15	Washington (2-0-0)	12	3		Pac-8
3	1972-09-18	16	Georgia (1-0-0)	16			SEC
3	1972-09-18	17	Florida State (2-0-0)	20	3		Ind
3	1972-09-18	18	Michigan State (1-0-0)				Big Ten
3	1972-09-18	19	Stanford (1-0-0)				Pac-8
3	1972-09-18	20	Ole Miss (1-0-0)	19	1		SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
2	1972-09-11	1	USC (1-0-0)	8	7	13	Pac-8
2	1972-09-11	2	Colorado (1-0-0)	2		12	Big 8
2	1972-09-11	3	Ohio State	3		5	Big Ten
2	1972-09-11	4	Oklahoma	6	2	12	Big 8
2	1972-09-11	5	Alabama (1-0-0)	7	2		SEC
2	1972-09-11	6	Penn State	5	1	1	Ind
2	1972-09-11	7	Tennessee (1-0-0)	15	8	1	SEC
2	1972-09-11	8	UCLA (1-0-0)				Pac-8
2	1972-09-11	9	LSU	11	2		SEC
2	1972-09-11	10	Nebraska (0-1-0)	1	9	1	Big 8
2	1972-09-11	11	Michigan	10	1		Big Ten
2	1972-09-11	12	Washington (1-0-0)	9	3	1	Pac-8
2	1972-09-11	13	Arizona State	12	1		WAC
2	1972-09-11	14	Notre Dame	13	1		Ind
2	1972-09-11	15	Texas	14	1		SWC
2	1972-09-11	16	Georgia	17	1		SEC
2	1972-09-11	17	Arkansas (0-1-0)	4	13		SWC
2	1972-09-11	18	Purdue	18			Big Ten
2	1972-09-11	19	Ole Miss	16	3		SEC
2	1972-09-11	20	Florida State (1-0-0)	19	1		Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
1	Preseason	1	Nebraska	NA	—	28	Big 8
1	Preseason	2	Colorado	NA	—	13	Big 8
1	Preseason	3	Ohio State	NA	—	4	Big Ten
1	Preseason	4	Arkansas	NA	—	2	SWC
1	Preseason	5	Penn State	NA	—		Ind
1	Preseason	6	Oklahoma	NA	—	2	Big 8
1	Preseason	7	Alabama	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	8	USC	NA	—		Pac-8
1	Preseason	9	Washington	NA	—	1	Pac-8
1	Preseason	10	Michigan	NA	—		Big Ten
1	Preseason	11	LSU	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	12	Arizona State	NA	—		WAC
1	Preseason	13	Notre Dame	NA	—		Ind
1	Preseason	14	Texas	NA	—		SWC
1	Preseason	15	Tennessee	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	16	Ole Miss	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	17	Georgia	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	18	Purdue	NA	—		Big Ten
1	Preseason	19	Florida State	NA	—		Ind
1	Preseason	20	Stanford	NA	—		Pac-8

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