1981 College Football Polls

AP Polls

AP Polls Table
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
15	Final	1	Clemson	1		47	ACC
15	Final	2	Texas	6	4		SWC
15	Final	3	Penn State	7	4	1	Ind
15	Final	4	Pitt	10	6		Ind
15	Final	5	SMU	5		1	SWC
15	Final	6	Georgia	2	4		SEC
15	Final	7	Alabama	3	4		SEC
15	Final	8	Miami (FL)	9	1		Ind
15	Final	9	North Carolina	11	2		ACC
15	Final	10	Washington	12	2		Pac-10
15	Final	11	Nebraska	4	7		Big 8
15	Final	12	Michigan	16	4		Big Ten
15	Final	13	BYU	14	1		WAC
15	Final	14	USC	8	6		Pac-10
15	Final	15	Ohio State	15			Big Ten
15	Final	16	Arizona State	17	1		Pac-10
15	Final	17	West Virginia				Ind
15	Final	18	Iowa	13	5		Big Ten
15	Final	19	Missouri				Big 8
15	Final	20	Oklahoma				Big 8
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
14	1981-11-30	1	Clemson (11-0-0)	2	1	63	ACC
14	1981-11-30	2	Georgia (9-1-0)	3	1	1	SEC
14	1981-11-30	3	Alabama (9-1-1)	4	1		SEC
14	1981-11-30	4	Nebraska (9-2-0)	5	1	1	Big 8
14	1981-11-30	5	SMU (10-1-0)	6	1	1	SWC
14	1981-11-30	6	Texas (9-1-1)	7	1		SWC
14	1981-11-30	7	Penn State (9-2-0)	11	4	1	Ind
14	1981-11-30	8	USC (9-2-0)	8			Pac-10
14	1981-11-30	9	Miami (FL) (9-2-0)	9		1	Ind
14	1981-11-30	10	Pitt (10-1-0)	1	9		Ind
14	1981-11-30	11	North Carolina (9-2-0)	10	1		ACC
14	1981-11-30	12	Washington (9-2-0)	12			Pac-10
14	1981-11-30	13	Iowa (8-3-0)	13			Big Ten
14	1981-11-30	14	BYU (10-2-0)	14			WAC
14	1981-11-30	15	Ohio State (8-3-0)	15			Big Ten
14	1981-11-30	16	Michigan (8-3-0)	16			Big Ten
14	1981-11-30	17	Arizona State (9-2-0)	18	1		Pac-10
14	1981-11-30	18	Southern Mississippi (9-1-1)	17	1		Ind
14	1981-11-30	19	UCLA (7-3-1)	19			Pac-10
14	1981-11-30	20	Washington State (8-2-1)	20			Pac-10
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
13	1981-11-23	1	Pitt (10-0-0)	1		60	Ind
13	1981-11-23	2	Clemson (11-0-0)	2		5	ACC
13	1981-11-23	3	Georgia (9-1-0)	3			SEC
13	1981-11-23	4	Alabama (8-1-1)	4			SEC
13	1981-11-23	5	Nebraska (9-2-0)	5			Big 8
13	1981-11-23	6	SMU (10-1-0)	6			SWC
13	1981-11-23	7	Texas (8-1-1)	8	1		SWC
13	1981-11-23	8	USC (9-2-0)	10	2		Pac-10
13	1981-11-23	9	Miami (FL) (8-2-0)	11	2		Ind
13	1981-11-23	10	North Carolina (9-2-0)	12	2		ACC
13	1981-11-23	11	Penn State (8-2-0)	13	2		Ind
13	1981-11-23	12	Washington (9-2-0)	17	5		Pac-10
13	1981-11-23	13	Iowa (8-3-0)	19	6		Big Ten
13	1981-11-23	14	BYU (10-2-0)	18	4		WAC
13	1981-11-23	15	Ohio State (8-3-0)				Big Ten
13	1981-11-23	16	Michigan (8-3-0)	7	9		Big Ten
13	1981-11-23	17	Southern Mississippi (8-1-1)	9	8		Ind
13	1981-11-23	18	Arizona State (8-2-0)	20	2		Pac-10
13	1981-11-23	19	UCLA (7-3-1)	15	4		Pac-10
13	1981-11-23	20	Washington State (8-2-1)	14	6		Pac-10
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
12	1981-11-16	1	Pitt (9-0-0)	1		63	Ind
12	1981-11-16	2	Clemson (10-0-0)	2		5	ACC
12	1981-11-16	3	Georgia (9-1-0)	4	1		SEC
12	1981-11-16	4	Alabama (8-1-1)	6	2		SEC
12	1981-11-16	5	Nebraska (8-2-0)	7	2		Big 8
12	1981-11-16	6	SMU (9-1-0)	8	2		SWC
12	1981-11-16	7	Michigan (8-2-0)	11	4		Big Ten
12	1981-11-16	8	Texas (7-1-1)	10	2		SWC
12	1981-11-16	9	Southern Mississippi (8-0-1)	14	5		Ind
12	1981-11-16	10	USC (8-2-0)	3	7		Pac-10
12	1981-11-16	11	Miami (FL) (7-2-0)	12	1		Ind
12	1981-11-16	12	North Carolina (8-2-0)	13	1		ACC
12	1981-11-16	13	Penn State (7-2-0)	5	8		Ind
12	1981-11-16	14	Washington State (8-1-1)	17	3		Pac-10
12	1981-11-16	15	UCLA (7-2-1)	18	3		Pac-10
12	1981-11-16	16	Arkansas (8-2-0)	16			SWC
12	1981-11-16	17	Washington (8-2-0)				Pac-10
12	1981-11-16	18	BYU (9-2-0)				WAC
12	1981-11-16	19	Iowa (7-3-0)				Big Ten
12	1981-11-16	20	Arizona State (7-2-0)	9	11		Pac-10
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
11	1981-11-09	1	Pitt (8-0-0)	1		53	Ind
11	1981-11-09	2	Clemson (9-0-0)	2		7	ACC
11	1981-11-09	3	USC (8-1-0)	3		8	Pac-10
11	1981-11-09	4	Georgia (8-1-0)	4			SEC
11	1981-11-09	5	Penn State (7-1-0)	6	1		Ind
11	1981-11-09	6	Alabama (7-1-1)	7	1		SEC
11	1981-11-09	7	Nebraska (7-2-0)	11	4		Big 8
11	1981-11-09	8	SMU (8-1-0)	10	2		SWC
11	1981-11-09	9	Arizona State (7-1-0)	9			Pac-10
11	1981-11-09	10	Texas (6-1-1)	5	5		SWC
11	1981-11-09	11	Michigan (7-2-0)	12	1		Big Ten
11	1981-11-09	12	Miami (FL) (6-2-0)	13	1		Ind
11	1981-11-09	13	North Carolina (7-2-0)	8	5		ACC
11	1981-11-09	14	Southern Mississippi (7-0-1)	20	6		Ind
11	1981-11-09	15	Oklahoma (5-2-1)	17	2		Big 8
11	1981-11-09	16	Arkansas (7-2-0)	19	3		SWC
11	1981-11-09	17	Washington State (7-1-1)				Pac-10
11	1981-11-09	18	UCLA (6-2-1)				Pac-10
11	1981-11-09	19	Hawaii (7-0-0)				WAC
11	1981-11-09	20	Florida State (6-3-0)	14	6		Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
10	1981-11-02	1	Pitt (7-0-0)	2	1	49	Ind
10	1981-11-02	2	Clemson (8-0-0)	3	1	9	ACC
10	1981-11-02	3	USC (7-1-0)	4	1	7	Pac-10
10	1981-11-02	4	Georgia (7-1-0)	5	1		SEC
10	1981-11-02	5	Texas (6-1-0)	6	1		SWC
10	1981-11-02	6	Penn State (6-1-0)	1	5		Ind
10	1981-11-02	7	Alabama (7-1-1)	8	1		SEC
10	1981-11-02	8	North Carolina (7-1-0)	9	1		ACC
10	1981-11-02	9	Arizona State (7-1-0)	10	1		Pac-10
10	1981-11-02	10	SMU (7-1-0)	13	3		SWC
10	1981-11-02	11	Nebraska (6-2-0)	12	1		Big 8
10	1981-11-02	12	Michigan (6-2-0)	15	3		Big Ten
10	1981-11-02	13	Miami (FL) (5-2-0)				Ind
10	1981-11-02	14	Florida State (6-2-0)	17	3		Ind
10	1981-11-02	15	Mississippi State (6-2-0)	7	8		SEC
10	1981-11-02	16	Washington (7-1-0)	18	2		Pac-10
10	1981-11-02	17	Oklahoma (4-2-1)	19	2		Big 8
10	1981-11-02	18	Ohio State (6-2-0)				Big Ten
10	1981-11-02	19	Arkansas (6-2-0)	20	1		SWC
10	1981-11-02	20	Southern Mississippi (6-0-1)				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
9	1981-10-26	1	Penn State (6-0-0)	1		45	Ind
9	1981-10-26	2	Pitt (6-0-0)	2		19	Ind
9	1981-10-26	3	Clemson (7-0-0)	4	1		ACC
9	1981-10-26	4	USC (6-1-0)	5	1		Pac-10
9	1981-10-26	5	Georgia (6-1-0)	7	2		SEC
9	1981-10-26	6	Texas (5-1-0)	10	4		SWC
9	1981-10-26	7	Mississippi State (6-1-0)	9	2		SEC
9	1981-10-26	8	Alabama (6-1-1)	11	3		SEC
9	1981-10-26	9	North Carolina (6-1-0)	3	6		ACC
9	1981-10-26	10	Arizona State (6-1-0)	17	7		Pac-10
9	1981-10-26	11	Iowa State (5-1-1)	14	3		Big 8
9	1981-10-26	12	Nebraska (5-2-0)	15	3		Big 8
9	1981-10-26	13	SMU (6-1-0)	8	5		SWC
9	1981-10-26	14	Washington State (6-0-1)	16	2		Pac-10
9	1981-10-26	15	Michigan (5-2-0)	18	3		Big Ten
9	1981-10-26	16	Iowa (5-2-0)	6	10		Big Ten
9	1981-10-26	17	Florida State (5-2-0)	20	3		Ind
9	1981-10-26	18	Washington (6-1-0)				Pac-10
9	1981-10-26	19	Oklahoma (3-2-1)				Big 8
9	1981-10-26	20	Arkansas (5-2-0)	12	8		SWC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
8	1981-10-19	1	Penn State (5-0-0)	2	1	36	Ind
8	1981-10-19	2	Pitt (5-0-0)	3	1	26	Ind
8	1981-10-19	3	North Carolina (6-0-0)	4	1	3	ACC
8	1981-10-19	4	Clemson (6-0-0)	6	2		ACC
8	1981-10-19	5	USC (5-1-0)	7	2		Pac-10
8	1981-10-19	6	Iowa (5-1-0)	12	6		Big Ten
8	1981-10-19	7	Georgia (5-1-0)	9	2		SEC
8	1981-10-19	8	SMU (6-0-0)	10	2		SWC
8	1981-10-19	9	Mississippi State (5-1-0)	16	7		SEC
8	1981-10-19	10	Texas (4-1-0)	1	9		SWC
8	1981-10-19	11	Alabama (5-1-1)	15	4		SEC
8	1981-10-19	12	Arkansas (5-1-0)				SWC
8	1981-10-19	13	BYU (6-1-0)	17	4		WAC
8	1981-10-19	14	Iowa State (4-1-1)				Big 8
8	1981-10-19	15	Nebraska (4-2-0)	19	4		Big 8
8	1981-10-19	16	Washington State (5-0-1)	18	2		Pac-10
8	1981-10-19	17	Arizona State (5-1-0)	20	3		Pac-10
8	1981-10-19	18	Michigan (4-2-0)	5	13		Big Ten
8	1981-10-19	19	Missouri (5-1-0)	8	11		Big 8
8	1981-10-19	20	Florida State (4-2-0)	11	9		Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
7	1981-10-12	1	Texas (4-0-0)	3	2	35	SWC
7	1981-10-12	2	Penn State (4-0-0)	2		24	Ind
7	1981-10-12	3	Pitt (4-0-0)	4	1	3	Ind
7	1981-10-12	4	North Carolina (5-0-0)	5	1	4	ACC
7	1981-10-12	5	Michigan (4-1-0)	6	1		Big Ten
7	1981-10-12	6	Clemson (5-0-0)	9	3		ACC
7	1981-10-12	7	USC (4-1-0)	1	6		Pac-10
7	1981-10-12	8	Missouri (5-0-0)	13	5		Big 8
7	1981-10-12	9	Georgia (4-1-0)	11	2		SEC
7	1981-10-12	10	SMU (5-0-0)	14	4		SWC
7	1981-10-12	11	Florida State (4-1-0)	20	9		Ind
7	1981-10-12	12	Iowa (4-1-0)	15	3		Big Ten
7	1981-10-12	13	Miami (FL) (3-1-0)	16	3		Ind
7	1981-10-12	14	Wisconsin (4-1-0)				Big Ten
7	1981-10-12	15	Alabama (4-1-1)	7	8		SEC
7	1981-10-12	16	Mississippi State (4-1-0)	19	3		SEC
7	1981-10-12	17	BYU (5-1-0)	8	9		WAC
7	1981-10-12	18	Washington State (5-0-0)				Pac-10
7	1981-10-12	19	Nebraska (3-2-0)				Big 8
7	1981-10-12	20	Arizona State (4-1-0)				Pac-10
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
6	1981-10-05	1	USC (4-0-0)	1		58	Pac-10
6	1981-10-05	2	Penn State (3-0-0)	2		6	Ind
6	1981-10-05	3	Texas (3-0-0)	3		1	SWC
6	1981-10-05	4	Pitt (3-0-0)	4			Ind
6	1981-10-05	5	North Carolina (4-0-0)	6	1		ACC
6	1981-10-05	6	Michigan (3-1-0)	8	2		Big Ten
6	1981-10-05	7	Alabama (4-1-0)	11	4		SEC
6	1981-10-05	8	BYU (5-0-0)	10	2		WAC
6	1981-10-05	9	Clemson (4-0-0)	14	5		ACC
6	1981-10-05	10	Oklahoma (1-1-1)	5	5		Big 8
6	1981-10-05	11	Georgia (3-1-0)	13	2		SEC
6	1981-10-05	12	Iowa State (3-0-1)	20	8		Big 8
6	1981-10-05	13	Missouri (4-0-0)				Big 8
6	1981-10-05	14	SMU (4-0-0)	15	1		SWC
6	1981-10-05	15	Iowa (3-1-0)	18	3		Big Ten
6	1981-10-05	16	Miami (FL) (3-1-0)	17	1		Ind
6	1981-10-05	17	UCLA (3-1-0)	16	1		Pac-10
6	1981-10-05	18	Ohio State (3-1-0)	7	11		Big Ten
6	1981-10-05	19	Mississippi State (3-1-0)	9	10		SEC
6	1981-10-05	20	Florida State (3-1-0)				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
5	1981-09-28	1	USC (3-0-0)	1		57	Pac-10
5	1981-09-28	2	Penn State (2-0-0)	3	1	5	Ind
5	1981-09-28	3	Texas (3-0-0)	4	1	1	SWC
5	1981-09-28	4	Pitt (2-0-0)	5	1		Ind
5	1981-09-28	5	Oklahoma (1-1-0)	2	3		Big 8
5	1981-09-28	6	North Carolina (3-0-0)	9	3		ACC
5	1981-09-28	7	Ohio State (3-0-0)	8	1		Big Ten
5	1981-09-28	8	Michigan (2-1-0)	7	1		Big Ten
5	1981-09-28	9	Mississippi State (3-0-0)	12	3		SEC
5	1981-09-28	10	BYU (4-0-0)	11	1		WAC
5	1981-09-28	11	Alabama (3-1-0)	10	1		SEC
5	1981-09-28	12	Washington (3-0-0)	16	4		Pac-10
5	1981-09-28	13	Georgia (3-1-0)	17	4		SEC
5	1981-09-28	14	Clemson (3-0-0)	19	5		ACC
5	1981-09-28	15	SMU (4-0-0)	20	5		SWC
5	1981-09-28	16	UCLA (2-1-0)	6	10		Pac-10
5	1981-09-28	17	Miami (FL) (2-1-0)	14	3		Ind
5	1981-09-28	18	Iowa (2-1-0)				Big Ten
5	1981-09-28	19	Arkansas (3-0-0)				SWC
5	1981-09-28	20	Iowa State (3-0-0)				Big 8
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
4	1981-09-21	1	USC (2-0-0)	2	1	46	Pac-10
4	1981-09-21	2	Oklahoma (1-0-0)	3	1	15	Big 8
4	1981-09-21	3	Penn State (1-0-0)	5	2	2	Ind
4	1981-09-21	4	Texas (2-0-0)	6	2	1	SWC
4	1981-09-21	5	Pitt (2-0-0)	7	2		Ind
4	1981-09-21	6	UCLA (2-0-0)	9	3		Pac-10
4	1981-09-21	7	Michigan (1-1-0)	11	4	1	Big Ten
4	1981-09-21	8	Ohio State (2-0-0)	8			Big Ten
4	1981-09-21	9	North Carolina (2-0-0)	10	1		ACC
4	1981-09-21	10	Alabama (2-1-0)	12	2		SEC
4	1981-09-21	11	BYU (3-0-0)	13	2		WAC
4	1981-09-21	12	Mississippi State (2-0-0)	14	2		SEC
4	1981-09-21	13	Notre Dame (1-1-0)	1	12		Ind
4	1981-09-21	14	Miami (FL) (2-0-0)	16	2		Ind
4	1981-09-21	15	Nebraska (1-1-0)	17	2		Big 8
4	1981-09-21	16	Washington (2-0-0)	15	1		Pac-10
4	1981-09-21	17	Georgia (2-1-0)	4	13		SEC
4	1981-09-21	18	Arizona State (2-0-0)	18			Pac-10
4	1981-09-21	19	Clemson (3-0-0)				ACC
4	1981-09-21	20	SMU (3-0-0)				SWC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
3	1981-09-14	1	Notre Dame (1-0-0)	4	3	24	Ind
3	1981-09-14	2	USC (1-0-0)	5	3	12	Pac-10
3	1981-09-14	3	Oklahoma (1-0-0)	3		12	Big 8
3	1981-09-14	4	Georgia (2-0-0)	6	2	12	SEC
3	1981-09-14	5	Penn State (1-0-0)	9	4	1	Ind
3	1981-09-14	6	Texas (1-0-0)	8	2	1	SWC
3	1981-09-14	7	Pitt (1-0-0)	10	3		Ind
3	1981-09-14	8	Ohio State (1-0-0)	11	3		Big Ten
3	1981-09-14	9	UCLA (1-0-0)	12	3		Pac-10
3	1981-09-14	10	North Carolina (1-0-0)	13	3		ACC
3	1981-09-14	11	Michigan (0-1-0)	1	10		Big Ten
3	1981-09-14	12	Alabama (1-1-0)	2	10		SEC
3	1981-09-14	13	BYU (2-0-0)	15	2		WAC
3	1981-09-14	14	Mississippi State (1-0-0)	14			SEC
3	1981-09-14	15	Washington (1-0-0)	17	2		Pac-10
3	1981-09-14	16	Miami (FL) (1-0-0)	16			Ind
3	1981-09-14	17	Nebraska (0-1-0)	7	10		Big 8
3	1981-09-14	18	Arizona State (1-0-0)	20	2		Pac-10
3	1981-09-14	19	Florida State (2-0-0)	18	1		Ind
3	1981-09-14	20	Wisconsin (1-0-0)				Big Ten
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
2	1981-09-07	1	Michigan	1		37	Big Ten
2	1981-09-07	2	Alabama (1-0-0)	4	2	11	SEC
2	1981-09-07	3	Oklahoma	2	1		Big 8
2	1981-09-07	4	Notre Dame	3	1	4	Ind
2	1981-09-07	5	USC	5		3	Pac-10
2	1981-09-07	6	Georgia (1-0-0)	10	4	4	SEC
2	1981-09-07	7	Nebraska	6	1		Big 8
2	1981-09-07	8	Texas	9	1		SWC
2	1981-09-07	9	Penn State	7	2		Ind
2	1981-09-07	10	Pitt (1-0-0)	8	2		Ind
2	1981-09-07	11	Ohio State	11			Big Ten
2	1981-09-07	12	UCLA	13	1		Pac-10
2	1981-09-07	13	North Carolina	12	1		ACC
2	1981-09-07	14	Mississippi State (1-0-0)	14			SEC
2	1981-09-07	15	BYU (1-0-0)	16	1		WAC
2	1981-09-07	16	Miami (FL) (1-0-0)				Ind
2	1981-09-07	17	Washington	15	2		Pac-10
2	1981-09-07	18	Florida State (1-0-0)	19	1		Ind
2	1981-09-07	19	Stanford	18	1		Pac-10
2	1981-09-07	20	Arizona State	20			Pac-10
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
1	Preseason	1	Michigan	NA	—	38	Big Ten
1	Preseason	2	Oklahoma	NA	—	7	Big 8
1	Preseason	3	Notre Dame	NA	—	7	Ind
1	Preseason	4	Alabama	NA	—	3	SEC
1	Preseason	5	USC	NA	—	5	Pac-10
1	Preseason	6	Nebraska	NA	—		Big 8
1	Preseason	7	Penn State	NA	—	1	Ind
1	Preseason	8	Pitt	NA	—		Ind
1	Preseason	9	Texas	NA	—		SWC
1	Preseason	10	Georgia	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	11	Ohio State	NA	—	1	Big Ten
1	Preseason	12	North Carolina	NA	—		ACC
1	Preseason	13	UCLA	NA	—		Pac-10
1	Preseason	14	Mississippi State	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	15	Washington	NA	—		Pac-10
1	Preseason	16	BYU	NA	—		WAC
1	Preseason	17	Florida	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	18	Stanford	NA	—		Pac-10
1	Preseason	19	Florida State	NA	—		Ind
1	Preseason	20	Arizona State	NA	—		Pac-10

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