1973 College Football Polls

AP Polls

AP Polls Table
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
15	Final	1	Notre Dame	3	2	33	Ind
15	Final	2	Ohio State	4	2	11	Big Ten
15	Final	3	Oklahoma	2	1	16	Big 8
15	Final	4	Alabama	1	3		SEC
15	Final	5	Penn State	6	1		Ind
15	Final	6	Michigan	5	1		Big Ten
15	Final	7	Nebraska	12	5		Big 8
15	Final	8	USC	7	1		Pac-8
15	Final	9	Arizona State	10	1		WAC
15	Final	9	Houston	14	5		Ind
15	Final	11	Texas Tech	11			SWC
15	Final	12	UCLA	9	3		Pac-8
15	Final	13	LSU	13			SEC
15	Final	14	Texas	8	6		SWC
15	Final	15	Miami (OH)	15			MAC
15	Final	16	North Carolina State	16			ACC
15	Final	17	Missouri				Big 8
15	Final	18	Kansas	19	1		Big 8
15	Final	19	Tennessee	20	1		SEC
15	Final	20	Maryland	18	2		ACC
15	Final	20	Tulane	17	3		Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
14	1973-12-03	1	Alabama (11-0-0)	1		34	SEC
14	1973-12-03	2	Oklahoma (10-0-1)	2		16	Big 8
14	1973-12-03	3	Notre Dame (10-0-0)	5	2	2	Ind
14	1973-12-03	4	Ohio State (9-0-1)	3	1	2	Big Ten
14	1973-12-03	5	Michigan (10-0-1)	4	1	1	Big Ten
14	1973-12-03	6	Penn State (11-0-0)	6		3	Ind
14	1973-12-03	7	USC (9-1-1)	7			Pac-8
14	1973-12-03	8	Texas (8-2-0)	9	1		SWC
14	1973-12-03	9	UCLA (9-2-0)	10	1		Pac-8
14	1973-12-03	10	Arizona State (10-1-0)	11	1		WAC
14	1973-12-03	11	Texas Tech (10-1-0)	12	1		SWC
14	1973-12-03	12	Nebraska (8-2-1)	13	1		Big 8
14	1973-12-03	13	LSU (9-2-0)	8	5		SEC
14	1973-12-03	14	Houston (10-1-0)	14			Ind
14	1973-12-03	15	Miami (OH) (10-0-0)	15			MAC
14	1973-12-03	16	North Carolina State (8-3-0)	16			ACC
14	1973-12-03	17	Tulane (9-2-0)				Ind
14	1973-12-03	18	Maryland (8-3-0)	18			ACC
14	1973-12-03	19	Kansas (7-3-1)	17	2		Big 8
14	1973-12-03	20	Tennessee (8-3-0)	19	1		SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
13	1973-11-26	1	Alabama (10-0-0)	2	1	36	SEC
13	1973-11-26	2	Oklahoma (9-0-1)	3	1	20	Big 8
13	1973-11-26	3	Ohio State (9-0-1)	1	2	2	Big Ten
13	1973-11-26	4	Michigan (10-0-1)	4		1	Big Ten
13	1973-11-26	5	Notre Dame (9-0-0)	5		2	Ind
13	1973-11-26	6	Penn State (11-0-0)	6		2	Ind
13	1973-11-26	7	USC (9-1-1)	9	2		Pac-8
13	1973-11-26	8	LSU (9-1-0)	7	1		SEC
13	1973-11-26	9	Texas (8-2-0)	11	2		SWC
13	1973-11-26	10	UCLA (9-2-0)	8	2		Pac-8
13	1973-11-26	11	Arizona State (10-1-0)	13	2		WAC
13	1973-11-26	12	Texas Tech (10-1-0)	12			SWC
13	1973-11-26	13	Nebraska (8-2-1)	10	3		Big 8
13	1973-11-26	14	Houston (9-1-0)	14			Ind
13	1973-11-26	15	Miami (OH) (10-0-0)	15			MAC
13	1973-11-26	16	North Carolina State (8-3-0)	16			ACC
13	1973-11-26	17	Kansas (7-3-1)	20	3		Big 8
13	1973-11-26	18	Maryland (8-3-0)				ACC
13	1973-11-26	19	Tennessee (7-3-0)				SEC
13	1973-11-26	20	Missouri (7-4-0)	19	1		Big 8
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
12	1973-11-19	1	Ohio State (9-0-0)	1		34	Big Ten
12	1973-11-19	2	Alabama (9-0-0)	2		16	SEC
12	1973-11-19	3	Oklahoma (8-0-1)	3		9	Big 8
12	1973-11-19	4	Michigan (10-0-0)	4		1	Big Ten
12	1973-11-19	5	Notre Dame (8-0-0)	5		1	Ind
12	1973-11-19	6	Penn State (10-0-0)	6		1	Ind
12	1973-11-19	7	LSU (9-0-0)	7			SEC
12	1973-11-19	8	UCLA (9-1-0)	8			Pac-8
12	1973-11-19	9	USC (8-1-1)	9			Pac-8
12	1973-11-19	10	Nebraska (8-1-1)	10			Big 8
12	1973-11-19	11	Texas (7-2-0)	11			SWC
12	1973-11-19	12	Texas Tech (9-1-0)	12			SWC
12	1973-11-19	13	Arizona State (9-1-0)	13			WAC
12	1973-11-19	14	Houston (8-1-0)	15	1		Ind
12	1973-11-19	15	Miami (OH) (10-0-0)	17	2		MAC
12	1973-11-19	16	North Carolina State (7-3-0)	20	4		ACC
12	1973-11-19	17	Tulane (8-1-0)				Ind
12	1973-11-19	18	Oklahoma State (5-2-2)				Big 8
12	1973-11-19	19	Missouri (7-3-0)	14	5		Big 8
12	1973-11-19	20	Kansas (6-3-1)	18	2		Big 8
12	1973-11-19	20	Pitt (6-3-1)				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
11	1973-11-12	1	Ohio State (8-0-0)	1		35	Big Ten
11	1973-11-12	2	Alabama (8-0-0)	2		13	SEC
11	1973-11-12	3	Oklahoma (7-0-1)	3		10	Big 8
11	1973-11-12	4	Michigan (9-0-0)	4		1	Big Ten
11	1973-11-12	5	Notre Dame (8-0-0)	5		1	Ind
11	1973-11-12	6	Penn State (9-0-0)	6		1	Ind
11	1973-11-12	7	LSU (8-0-0)	7			SEC
11	1973-11-12	8	UCLA (8-1-0)	9	1		Pac-8
11	1973-11-12	9	USC (7-1-1)	8	1		Pac-8
11	1973-11-12	10	Nebraska (7-1-1)	11	1		Big 8
11	1973-11-12	11	Texas (6-2-0)	13	2		SWC
11	1973-11-12	12	Texas Tech (8-1-0)	12			SWC
11	1973-11-12	13	Arizona State (8-1-0)	14	1		WAC
11	1973-11-12	14	Missouri (7-2-0)	10	4		Big 8
11	1973-11-12	15	Houston (8-1-0)	15			Ind
11	1973-11-12	16	Tennessee (6-2-0)	16			SEC
11	1973-11-12	17	Miami (OH) (9-0-0)	17			MAC
11	1973-11-12	18	Kansas (6-2-1)	18			Big 8
11	1973-11-12	19	Arizona (8-1-0)				WAC
11	1973-11-12	20	North Carolina State (6-3-0)				ACC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
10	1973-11-05	1	Ohio State (7-0-0)	1		35	Big Ten
10	1973-11-05	2	Alabama (8-0-0)	2		14	SEC
10	1973-11-05	3	Oklahoma (6-0-1)	3		7	Big 8
10	1973-11-05	4	Michigan (8-0-0)	4		1	Big Ten
10	1973-11-05	5	Notre Dame (7-0-0)	5		1	Ind
10	1973-11-05	6	Penn State (8-0-0)	6		4	Ind
10	1973-11-05	7	LSU (8-0-0)	7			SEC
10	1973-11-05	8	USC (6-1-1)	9	1		Pac-8
10	1973-11-05	9	UCLA (7-1-0)	10	1		Pac-8
10	1973-11-05	10	Missouri (7-1-0)	12	2		Big 8
10	1973-11-05	11	Nebraska (6-1-1)	13	2		Big 8
10	1973-11-05	12	Texas Tech (7-1-0)	15	3		SWC
10	1973-11-05	13	Texas (5-2-0)	19	6		SWC
10	1973-11-05	14	Arizona State (7-1-0)	8	6		WAC
10	1973-11-05	15	Houston (7-1-0)	18	3		Ind
10	1973-11-05	16	Tennessee (6-2-0)	11	5		SEC
10	1973-11-05	17	Miami (OH) (8-0-0)	16	1		MAC
10	1973-11-05	18	Kansas (5-2-1)				Big 8
10	1973-11-05	19	Kent State (7-1-0)				MAC
10	1973-11-05	20	Pitt (5-2-1)				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
9	1973-10-29	1	Ohio State (6-0-0)	1		36	Big Ten
9	1973-10-29	2	Alabama (7-0-0)	2		12	SEC
9	1973-10-29	3	Oklahoma (5-0-1)	3		9	Big 8
9	1973-10-29	4	Michigan (7-0-0)	4		1	Big Ten
9	1973-10-29	5	Notre Dame (6-0-0)	8	3		Ind
9	1973-10-29	6	Penn State (7-0-0)	5	1	4	Ind
9	1973-10-29	7	LSU (7-0-0)	9	2		SEC
9	1973-10-29	8	Arizona State (7-0-0)	11	3		WAC
9	1973-10-29	9	USC (5-1-1)	6	3		Pac-8
9	1973-10-29	10	UCLA (6-1-0)	13	3		Pac-8
9	1973-10-29	11	Tennessee (6-1-0)	14	3		SEC
9	1973-10-29	12	Missouri (6-1-0)	7	5		Big 8
9	1973-10-29	13	Nebraska (5-1-1)	10	3		Big 8
9	1973-10-29	14	Tulane (6-0-0)	15	1		Ind
9	1973-10-29	15	Texas Tech (6-1-0)	18	3		SWC
9	1973-10-29	16	Miami (OH) (7-0-0)	16			MAC
9	1973-10-29	17	Colorado (5-2-0)				Big 8
9	1973-10-29	18	Houston (6-1-0)	12	6		Ind
9	1973-10-29	19	Auburn (5-2-0)				SEC
9	1973-10-29	19	Texas (4-2-0)	19			SWC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
8	1973-10-22	1	Ohio State (5-0-0)	1		35	Big Ten
8	1973-10-22	2	Alabama (6-0-0)	2		12	SEC
8	1973-10-22	3	Oklahoma (4-0-1)	3		8	Big 8
8	1973-10-22	4	Michigan (6-0-0)	4		1	Big Ten
8	1973-10-22	5	Penn State (6-0-0)	5		4	Ind
8	1973-10-22	6	USC (5-0-1)	6			Pac-8
8	1973-10-22	7	Missouri (6-0-0)	7		1	Big 8
8	1973-10-22	8	Notre Dame (5-0-0)	8			Ind
8	1973-10-22	9	LSU (6-0-0)	9			SEC
8	1973-10-22	10	Nebraska (5-1-0)	11	1		Big 8
8	1973-10-22	11	Arizona State (6-0-0)	12	1		WAC
8	1973-10-22	12	Houston (6-0-0)	14	2		Ind
8	1973-10-22	13	UCLA (5-1-0)	13			Pac-8
8	1973-10-22	14	Tennessee (5-1-0)	10	4		SEC
8	1973-10-22	15	Tulane (5-0-0)	17	2		Ind
8	1973-10-22	16	Miami (OH) (6-0-0)	20	4		MAC
8	1973-10-22	17	Kansas (4-2-0)	18	1		Big 8
8	1973-10-22	18	Texas Tech (5-1-0)				SWC
8	1973-10-22	19	Texas (3-2-0)				SWC
8	1973-10-22	20	Richmond (6-0-0)				Southern
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
7	1973-10-15	1	Ohio State (4-0-0)	1		39	Big Ten
7	1973-10-15	2	Alabama (5-0-0)	3	1	6	SEC
7	1973-10-15	3	Oklahoma (3-0-1)	6	3	8	Big 8
7	1973-10-15	4	Michigan (5-0-0)	5	1	1	Big Ten
7	1973-10-15	5	Penn State (5-0-0)	7	2	4	Ind
7	1973-10-15	6	USC (4-0-1)	4	2		Pac-8
7	1973-10-15	7	Missouri (5-0-0)	12	5	1	Big 8
7	1973-10-15	8	Notre Dame (4-0-0)	9	1		Ind
7	1973-10-15	9	LSU (5-0-0)	10	1		SEC
7	1973-10-15	10	Tennessee (5-0-0)	8	2		SEC
7	1973-10-15	11	Nebraska (4-1-0)	2	9		Big 8
7	1973-10-15	12	Arizona State (5-0-0)	11	1		WAC
7	1973-10-15	13	UCLA (4-1-0)	15	2		Pac-8
7	1973-10-15	14	Houston (5-0-0)	14			Ind
7	1973-10-15	15	Miami (FL) (3-1-0)	16	1		Ind
7	1973-10-15	16	Colorado (4-1-0)	17	1		Big 8
7	1973-10-15	17	Tulane (4-0-0)	18	1		Ind
7	1973-10-15	18	Kansas (4-1-0)	19	1		Big 8
7	1973-10-15	19	Arizona (5-0-0)				WAC
7	1973-10-15	20	Miami (OH) (5-0-0)	20			MAC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
6	1973-10-08	1	Ohio State (3-0-0)	1		41	Big Ten
6	1973-10-08	2	Nebraska (4-0-0)	2		9	Big 8
6	1973-10-08	3	Alabama (4-0-0)	3		6	SEC
6	1973-10-08	4	USC (3-0-1)	4		1	Pac-8
6	1973-10-08	5	Michigan (4-0-0)	5		1	Big Ten
6	1973-10-08	6	Oklahoma (2-0-1)	6			Big 8
6	1973-10-08	7	Penn State (4-0-0)	7		3	Ind
6	1973-10-08	8	Tennessee (4-0-0)	9	1		SEC
6	1973-10-08	9	Notre Dame (3-0-0)	8	1		Ind
6	1973-10-08	10	LSU (4-0-0)	10			SEC
6	1973-10-08	11	Arizona State (4-0-0)	12	1		WAC
6	1973-10-08	12	Missouri (4-0-0)	15	3		Big 8
6	1973-10-08	13	Texas (2-1-0)	13			SWC
6	1973-10-08	14	Houston (4-0-0)	14			Ind
6	1973-10-08	15	UCLA (3-1-0)	16	1		Pac-8
6	1973-10-08	16	Miami (FL) (2-1-0)	17	1		Ind
6	1973-10-08	17	Colorado (3-1-0)	18	1		Big 8
6	1973-10-08	18	Tulane (3-0-0)				Ind
6	1973-10-08	19	Kansas (3-1-0)				Big 8
6	1973-10-08	20	Miami (OH) (4-0-0)				MAC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
5	1973-10-01	1	Ohio State (2-0-0)	3	2	35	Big Ten
5	1973-10-01	2	Nebraska (3-0-0)	2		10	Big 8
5	1973-10-01	3	Alabama (3-0-0)	5	2	6	SEC
5	1973-10-01	4	USC (2-0-1)	1	3	3	Pac-8
5	1973-10-01	5	Michigan (3-0-0)	4	1	2	Big Ten
5	1973-10-01	6	Oklahoma (1-0-1)	8	2	1	Big 8
5	1973-10-01	7	Penn State (3-0-0)	6	1	3	Ind
5	1973-10-01	8	Notre Dame (2-0-0)	7	1		Ind
5	1973-10-01	9	Tennessee (3-0-0)	9			SEC
5	1973-10-01	10	LSU (3-0-0)	10			SEC
5	1973-10-01	11	Oklahoma State (3-0-0)	12	1		Big 8
5	1973-10-01	12	Arizona State (3-0-0)	13	1		WAC
5	1973-10-01	13	Texas (1-1-0)	14	1		SWC
5	1973-10-01	14	Houston (3-0-0)	15	1		Ind
5	1973-10-01	15	Missouri (3-0-0)	20	5		Big 8
5	1973-10-01	16	UCLA (2-1-0)	17	1		Pac-8
5	1973-10-01	17	Miami (FL) (2-0-0)	18	1		Ind
5	1973-10-01	18	Colorado (2-1-0)				Big 8
5	1973-10-01	19	SMU (3-0-0)				SWC
5	1973-10-01	20	West Virginia (3-0-0)				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
4	1973-09-24	1	USC (2-0-0)	1		36	Pac-8
4	1973-09-24	2	Nebraska (2-0-0)	2		12	Big 8
4	1973-09-24	3	Ohio State (1-0-0)	3		8	Big Ten
4	1973-09-24	4	Michigan (2-0-0)	5	1	1	Big Ten
4	1973-09-24	5	Alabama (2-0-0)	4	1	1	SEC
4	1973-09-24	6	Penn State (2-0-0)	7	1	2	Ind
4	1973-09-24	7	Notre Dame (1-0-0)	8	1		Ind
4	1973-09-24	8	Oklahoma (1-0-0)	9	1	1	Big 8
4	1973-09-24	9	Tennessee (2-0-0)	10	1		SEC
4	1973-09-24	10	LSU (2-0-0)	11	1		SEC
4	1973-09-24	11	Auburn (2-0-0)	12	1		SEC
4	1973-09-24	12	Oklahoma State (2-0-0)	17	5		Big 8
4	1973-09-24	13	Arizona State (2-0-0)	13			WAC
4	1973-09-24	14	Texas (0-1-0)	6	8		SWC
4	1973-09-24	15	Houston (2-0-0)	16	1		Ind
4	1973-09-24	16	Florida (2-0-0)	15	1		SEC
4	1973-09-24	17	UCLA (1-1-0)	18	1		Pac-8
4	1973-09-24	18	Miami (FL) (1-0-0)				Ind
4	1973-09-24	19	North Carolina State (2-1-0)	14	5		ACC
4	1973-09-24	20	Missouri (2-0-0)	20			Big 8
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
3	1973-09-17	1	USC (1-0-0)	1		38	Pac-8
3	1973-09-17	2	Nebraska (1-0-0)	2		8	Big 8
3	1973-09-17	3	Ohio State (1-0-0)	3		11	Big Ten
3	1973-09-17	4	Alabama (1-0-0)	6	2	2	SEC
3	1973-09-17	5	Michigan (1-0-0)	5			Big Ten
3	1973-09-17	6	Texas	4	2		SWC
3	1973-09-17	7	Penn State (1-0-0)	7		1	Ind
3	1973-09-17	8	Notre Dame	8			Ind
3	1973-09-17	9	Oklahoma (1-0-0)	11	2		Big 8
3	1973-09-17	10	Tennessee (1-0-0)	9	1		SEC
3	1973-09-17	11	LSU (1-0-0)	15	4		SEC
3	1973-09-17	12	Auburn (1-0-0)	12			SEC
3	1973-09-17	13	Arizona State (1-0-0)	13			WAC
3	1973-09-17	14	North Carolina State (2-0-0)	17	3		ACC
3	1973-09-17	15	Florida (1-0-0)	14	1		SEC
3	1973-09-17	16	Houston (1-0-0)	18	2		Ind
3	1973-09-17	17	Oklahoma State (1-0-0)				Big 8
3	1973-09-17	18	UCLA (0-1-0)	16	2		Pac-8
3	1973-09-17	19	Colorado (0-1-0)	10	9		Big 8
3	1973-09-17	20	Bowling Green (1-0-0)				MAC
3	1973-09-17	20	Missouri (1-0-0)				Big 8
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
2	1973-09-10	1	USC	1		49	Pac-8
2	1973-09-10	2	Nebraska (1-0-0)	4	2	8	Big 8
2	1973-09-10	3	Ohio State	2	1	2	Big Ten
2	1973-09-10	4	Texas	3	1		SWC
2	1973-09-10	5	Michigan	5		1	Big Ten
2	1973-09-10	6	Alabama	6			SEC
2	1973-09-10	7	Penn State	7		1	Ind
2	1973-09-10	8	Notre Dame	8			Ind
2	1973-09-10	9	Tennessee	9			SEC
2	1973-09-10	10	Colorado	11	1		Big 8
2	1973-09-10	11	Oklahoma	11			Big 8
2	1973-09-10	12	Auburn	13	1		SEC
2	1973-09-10	13	Arizona State	14	1		WAC
2	1973-09-10	14	Florida	15	1		SEC
2	1973-09-10	15	LSU	16	1		SEC
2	1973-09-10	16	UCLA (0-1-0)	10	6		Pac-8
2	1973-09-10	17	North Carolina State (1-0-0)	17			ACC
2	1973-09-10	18	Houston	18			Ind
2	1973-09-10	19	North Carolina	19			ACC
2	1973-09-10	20	Texas Tech	20			SWC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
1	Preseason	1	USC	NA	—	55	Pac-8
1	Preseason	2	Ohio State	NA	—	2	Big Ten
1	Preseason	3	Texas	NA	—	1	SWC
1	Preseason	4	Nebraska	NA	—	2	Big 8
1	Preseason	5	Michigan	NA	—	2	Big Ten
1	Preseason	6	Alabama	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	7	Penn State	NA	—	1	Ind
1	Preseason	8	Notre Dame	NA	—		Ind
1	Preseason	9	Tennessee	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	10	UCLA	NA	—		Pac-8
1	Preseason	11	Colorado	NA	—		Big 8
1	Preseason	11	Oklahoma	NA	—		Big 8
1	Preseason	13	Auburn	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	14	Arizona State	NA	—		WAC
1	Preseason	15	Florida	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	16	LSU	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	17	North Carolina State	NA	—		ACC
1	Preseason	18	Houston	NA	—		Ind
1	Preseason	19	North Carolina	NA	—		ACC
1	Preseason	20	Texas Tech	NA	—		SWC

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