1936 1937 1938 1939
1. Minnesota 1. Pitt 1. TCU 1. Texas A&M
2. LSU 2. California 2. Tennessee 2. Tennessee
3. Pitt 3. Fordham 3. Duke 3. Southern Cal
4. Alabama 4. Alabama 4. Oklahoma 4. Cornell
5. Washington 5. Minnesota 5. Notre Dame 5. Tulane
6. Santa Clara 6. Villanova 6. Carnegie-Mellon 6. Missouri
7. Northwestern 7. Dartmouth 7. Southern Cal 7. UCLA
8. Notre Dame 8. LSU 8. Pitt 8. Duke
9. Nebraska 9. Notre Dame 9. Holy Cross 9. Iowa
10 Pennsylvania Santa Clara 10. Minnesota 10. Duquesne
11. Duke 11. Nebraska 11. Texas Tech 11. Boston Coll.
12. Yale 12. Yale 12. Cornell 12. Clemson
13. Dartmouth 13. Ohio St. 13. Alabama 13. Notre Dame
14. Duquesne 14. Holy Cross 14. California 14. Santa Clara
15. Fordham Arkansas 15. Fordham 15. Ohio St.
16. TCU 16. TCU 16. Michigan 16. Georgia Tech
17. Tennessee 17. Colorado 17. Northwestern 17. Fordham
18. Arkansas 18. Rice 18. Villanova 18. Nebraska
Navy 19. N. Carolina 19. Tulane 19. Oklahoma
20. Marquette 20. Duke 20. Dartmouth 20. Michigan
1940 1941 1942 1943
1. Minnesota 1. Minnesota 1. Ohio St. 1. Notre Dame
2. Stanford 2. Duke 2. Georgia 2. Iowa Preflight
3. Michigan 3. Notre Dame 3. Wisconsin 3. Michigan
4. Tennessee 4. Texas 4. Tulsa 4. Navy
5. Boston College 5. Michigan 5. Georgia Tech 5. Purdue
6. Texas A&M 6. Fordham 6. Notre Dame 6. Great Lakes NTS
7. Nebraska 7. Missouri 7. Tennessee 7. Duke
8. Norhwestern 8. Duquesne 8. Boston College 8. Del Monte Prflt
9. Mississippi St. 9. Texas A&M 9. Michigan 9. Northwestern
10. Washington 10. Navy 10. Alabama 10. March Field
11. Santa Clara 11. Northwestern 11. Texas 11. Army
12. Fordham 12. Oregon St. 12. Stanford 12. Washington
13. Georgetown 13. Ohio St. 13. UCLA 13. Georgia Tech
14. Pennsylvania 14. Georgia 14. William & Mary 14. Texas
15. Cornell 15. Pennsylvania 15. Santa Clara 15. Tulsa
16. SMU 16. Mississippi St. 16. Auburn 16. Dartmouth
17. Hardin-Simmons 17. Mississippi 17. Washington St. 17. Bainbridge NTS
18. Duke 18. Tennessee 18. Mississippi St. 18. Colorado Coll
19. Lafayette 19. Washington St. 19. Minnesota 19. Pacific (Cal)
20. Penn St. 20. Alabama Holy Cross 20. Pennsylvania
1944 1945 1946 1947*
1. Army 1. Army 1. Notre Dame 1. Notre Dame
2. Ohio St. 2. Alabama 2. Army 2. Michigan
3. Randolph Field 3. Navy 3. Georgia 3. SMU
4. Navy 4. Indiana 4. UCLA 4. Penn St.
5. Bainbridge NTS 5. Oklahoma St. 5. Illinois 5. Texas
6. Iowa Preflight 6. Michigan 6. Michigan 6. Alabama
7. Southern Cal 7. St. Marys (Cal) 7. Tennessee 7. Pennsylvania
8. Michigan 8. Pennsylvania 8. LSU 8. Southern Cal
9. Notre Dame 9. Notre Dame 9. N. Carolina 9. N. Carolina
10. March Field 10. Texas 10. Rice 10. Georgia Tech
11. Duke 11. Southern Cal 11. Georgia Tech 11. Army
12. Tennessee 12. Ohio St. 12. Yale 12. Kansas
13. Georgia Tech 13. Duke 13. Pennsylvania 13. Mississippi
Norman Prefl't 14. Tennessee 14. Oklahoma 14. William & Mary
15. Illinois 15. LSU 15. Texas 15. California
16. El Toro Marines 16. Holy Cross 16. Arkansas 16. Oklahoma
17. Great Lakes NTS 17. Tulsa 17. Tulsa 17. NC State
18. Fort Pierce 18. Georgia 18. NC State 18. Rice
19. St. Mary's PF 19. Wake Forest 19. Delaware 19. Duke
20. 2nd Air Force 20. Columbia 20. Indiana 20. Columbia
* A special postseason poll was held on January 6, 1948 in which the Associated
Press voted Michigan number one and Notre Dame number two. However, this
poll does not supersede the final regular season poll of December 6, 1947.
1948 1949 1950 1951
1. Michigan 1. Notre Dame 1. Oklahoma 1. Tennessee
2. Notre Dame 2. Oklahoma 2. Army 2. Michigan St.
3. N. Carolina 3. California 3. Texas 3. Maryland
4. California 4. Army 4. Tennessee 4. Illinois
5. Oklahoma 5. Rice 5. California 5. Georgia Tech
6. Army 6. Ohio St. 6. Princeton 6. Princeton
7. Northwestern 7. Michigan 7. Kentucky 7. Stanford
8. Georgia 8. Minnesota 8. Michigan St. 8. Wisconsin
9. Oregon 9. LSU 9. Michigan 9. Baylor
10. SMU 10. Pacific (Cal) 10. Clemson 10. Oklahoma
11. Clemson 11. Kentucky 11. Washington 11. TCU
12. Vanderbilt 12. Cornell 12. Wyoming 12. California
13. Tulane 13. Villanova 13. Illinois 13. Virginia
14. Michigan St. 14. Maryland 14. Ohio St. 14. San Francisco
15. Mississippi 15. Santa Clara 15. Miami (Fla) 15. Kentucky
16. Minnesota 16. N. Carolina 16. Alabama 16. Boston Univ.
17. William & Mary 17. Tennessee 17. Nebraska 17. UCLA
18. Penn St. 18. Princeton 18. Wash. & Lee 18. Washington St.
19. Cornell 19. Michigan St. 19. Tulsa 19. Holy Cross
20. Wake Forest 20. Missouri 20. Tulane 20. Clemson
Baylor
1952 1953 1954 1955
1. Michigan St. 1. Maryland 1. Ohio St. 1. Oklahoma
2. Georgia Tech 2. Notre Dame 2. UCLA 2. Michigan St.
3. Notre Dame 3. Michigan St. 3. Oklahoma 3. Maryland
4. Oklahoma 4. Oklahoma 4. Notre Dame 4. UCLA
5. Southern Cal 5. UCLA 5. Navy 5. Ohio St.
6. UCLA 6. Rice 6. Mississippi 6. TCU
7. Mississippi 7. Illinois 7. Army 7. Georgia Tech
8. Tennessee 8. Georgia Tech 8. Maryland 8. Auburn
9. Alabama 9. Iowa 9. Wisconsin 9. Notre Dame
10. Texas 10. W. Virginia 10. Arkansas 10. Mississippi
11. Wisconsin 11. Texas 11. Miami (Fla) 11. Pitt
12. Tulsa 12. Texas Tech 12. W. Virginia 12. Michigan
13. Maryland 13. Alabama 13. Auburn 13. Southern Cal
14. Syracuse 14. Army 14. Duke 14. Miami (Fla)
15. Florida 15. Wisconsin 15. Michigan 15. Miami (Ohio)
16. Duke 16. Kentucky 16. Virginia Tech 16. Stanford
17. Ohio St. 17. Auburn 17. Southern Cal 17. Texas A&M
18. Purdue 18. Duke 18. Baylor 18. Navy
19. Princeton 19. Stanford 19. Rice 19. W. Virginia
20. Kentucky 20. Michigan 20. Penn St. 20. Army
1956 1957 1958 1959
1. Oklahoma 1. Auburn 1. LSU 1. Syracuse
2. Tennessee 2. Ohio St. 2. Iowa 2. Mississippi
3. Iowa 3. Michigan St. 3. Army 3. LSU
4. Goergia Tech 4. Oklahoma 4. Auburn 4. Texas
5. Texas A&M 5. Navy 5. Oklahoma 5. Georgia
6. Miami (Fla) 6. Iowa 6. Air Force 6. Wisconsin
7. Michigan 7. Mississippi 7. Wisconsin 7. TCU
8. Syracuse 8. Rice 8. Ohio St. 8. Washington
9. Michigan St. 9. Texas A&M 9. Syracuse 9. Arkansas
10. Oregon St. 10. Notre Dame 10. TCU 10. Alabama
11. Baylor 11. Texas 11. Mississippi 11. Clemson
12. Minnesota 12. Arizona St. 12. Clemson 12. Penn St.
13. Pitt 13. Tennessee 13. Purdue 13. Illinois
14. TCU 14. Mississippi St. 14. Florida 14. Southern Cal
15. Ohio St. 15. N.C. State 15. S. Carolina 15. Oklahoma
16. Navy 16. Duke 16. California 16. Wyoming
17. Geo. Washington 17. Florida 17. Notre Dame 17. Notre Dame
18. Soutehrn Cal 18. Army 18. SMU 18. Missouri
19. Clemson 19. Wisconsin 19. Oklahoma St. 19. Florida
20. Colorado 20. Va. Military 20. Rutgers 20. Pitt
1960 1961 1962 1963
1. Minnesota 1. Alabama 1. Southern Cal 1. Texas
2. Mississippi 2. Ohio St. 2. Wisconsin 2. Navy
3. Iowa 3. Texas 3. Mississippi 3. Illinois
4. Navy 4. LSU 4. Texas 4. Pitt
5. Missouri 5. Mississippi 5. Alabama 5. Auburn
6. Washington 6. Minnesota 6. Arkansas 6. Nebraska
7. Arkansas 7. Colorado 7. LSU 7. Mississippi
8. Ohio St. 8. Michigan St. 8. Oklahoma 8. Alabama
9. Alabama 9. Arkansas 9. Penn St. 9. Oklahoma
10. Duke 10. Utah St. 10. Minnesota 10. Michigan St.
11. Kansas 11. Missouri (only ten ranked) (only ten ranked)
12. Baylor 12. Purdue
13. Auburn 13. Goergia Tech
14. Yale 14. Syracuse
15. Michigan St. 15. Rutgers
16. Penn St. 16. UCLA
17. New Mexico St. 17. Rice
18. Florida Penn St.
19. Syracuse Arizona
Purdue 20. Duke
1964 1965 1966 1967
1. Alabama 1. Alabama 1. Notre Dame 1. Southern Cal
2. Arkansas 2. Michigan St. 2. Michigan St. 2. Tennessee
3. Notre Dame 3. Arkansas 3. Alabama 3. Oklahoma
4. Michigan 4. UCLA 4. Georgia 4. Indiana
5. Texas 5. Nebraska 5. UCLA 5. Notre Dame
6. Nebraska 6. Missouri 6. Nebraska 6. Wyoming
7. LSU 7. Tennessee 7. Purdue 7. Oregon St.
8. Oregon St. 8. LSU 8. Georgia Tech 8. Alabama
9. Ohio St. 9. Notre Dame 9. Miami (Fla) 9. Purdue
10. Southern Cal 10. Southern Cal 10. SMU 10. Penn St.
(only ten ranked) (only ten ranked) (only ten ranked) (only ten ranked)
1968 1969 1970 1971
1. Ohio St. 1. Texas 1. Nebraska 1. Nebraska
2. Penn St. 2. Penn St. 2. Notre Dame 2. Oklahoma
3. Texas 3. Southern Cal 3. Texas 3. Colorado
4. Southern Cal 4. Ohio St. 4. Tennessee 4. Alabama
5. Notre Dame 5. Notre Dame 5. Ohio St. 5. Penn St.
6. Nebraska 6. Missouri 6. Arizona St. 6. Michigan
7. Kansas 7. Arkansas 7. LSU 7. Georgia
8. Georgia 8. Mississippi 8. Stanford 8. Arizona St.
9. Missouri 9. Michigan 9. Michigan 9. Tennessee
10. Purdue 10. LSU 10. Auburn 10. Stanford
11. Oklahoma 11. Nebraska 11. Arkansas 11. LSU
12. Michigan 12. Houston 12. Toledo 12. Auburn
13. Tennessee 13. UCLA 13. Georgia Tech 13. Notre Dame
14. SMU 14. Florida 14. Dartmouth 14. Toledo
15. Oregon St. 15. Tennessee 15. Southern Cal 15. Mississippi
16. Auburn 16. Colorado 16. Air Force 16. Arkansas
17. Alabama 17. W. Virginia 17. Tulane 17. Houston
18. Houston 18. Purdue 18. Penn St. 18. Texas
19. LSU 19. Stanford 19. Houston 19. Washington
20. Ohio Univ. 20. Auburn 20. Oklahoma 20. Washington
Misssissippi
1972 1973 1974 1975
1. Southern Cal 1. Notre Dame 1. Oklahoma 1. Oklahoma
2. Oklahoma 2. Ohio St. 2. Southern Cal 2. Arizona St.
3. Texas 3. Oklahoma 3. Michigan 3. Alabama
4. Nebraska 4. Alabama 4. Ohio St. 4. Ohio St.
5. Auburn 5. Penn St. 5. Alabama 5. UCLA
6. Michigan 6. Michigan 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas
7. Alabama 7. Nebraska 7. Penn St. 7. Arkansas
8. Tennessee 8. Southern Cal 8. Auburn 8. Michigan
9. Ohio St. 9. Arizona St. 9. Nebraska 9. Nebraska
10. Penn St. Houston 10. Miami (Ohio) 10. Penn St.
11. LSU 11. Texas Tech 11. N.C. State 11. Texas A&M
12. N. Carolina 12. UCLA 12. Michigan St. 12. Miami (Ohio)
13. Arizona St. 13. LSU 13. Maryland 13. Maryland
14. Notre Dame 14. Texas 14. Baylor 14. California
15. UCLA 15. Miami (Ohio) 15. Florida 15. Pitt
16. Colorado 16. N.C. State 16. Texas A&M 16. Colorado
17. N.C. State 17. Missouri 17. Mississippi St. 17. Southern Cal
18. Louisville 18. Kansas Texas 18. Arizona
19. Washington St. 19. Tennessee 19. Houston 19. Georgia
20. Georgia Tech 20. Maryland 20. Tennessee 20. W. Virginia
Tulane
1976 1977 1978 1979
1. Pitt 1. Notre Dame 1. Alabama 1. Alabama
2. Southern Cal 2. Alabama 2. Southern Cal 2. Southern Cal
3. Michigan 3. Arkansas 3. Oklahoma 3. Oklahoma
4. Houston 4. Texas 4. Penn St. 4. Ohio St.
5. Oklahoma 5. Penn St. 5. Michigan 5. Houston
6. Ohio St. 6. Kentucky 6. Clemson 6. Florida St.
7. Texas A&M 7. Oklahoma 7. Notre Dame 7. Pitt
8. Maryland 8. Pitt 8. Nebraska 8. Arkansas
9. Nebraska 9. Michigan 9. Texas 9. Nebraska
10. Georgia 10. Washington 10. Houston 10. Purdue
11. Alabama 11. Ohio St. 11. Arkansas 11. Washington
12. Notre Dame 12. Nebraska 12. Michigan St. 12. Texas
13. Texas Tech 13. Southern Cal 13. Purdue 13. Brigham Young
14. Oklahoma St. 14. Florida St. 14. UCLA 14. Baylor
15. UCLA 15. Stanford 15. Missouri 15. N. Carolina
16. Colorado 16. San Diego St. 16. Georgia 16. Auburn
17. Rutgers 17. N. Carolina 17. Stanford 17. Temple
18. Kentucky 18. Arizona St. 18. N.C. State 18. Michigan
19. Iowa St. 19. Clemson 19. Texas A&M 19. Indiana
20. Mississippi St. 20. Brigham Young 20. Maryland 20. Penn St.
1980 1981 1982 1983
1. Georgia 1. Clemson 1. Penn St. 1. Miami (Fla)
2. Pitt 2. Texas 2. SMU 2. Nebraska
3. Oklahoma 3. Penn St. 3. Nebraska 3. Auburn
4. Michigan 4. Pitt 4. Georgia 4. Georgia
5. Florida St. 5. SMU 5. UCLA 5. Texas
6. Alabama 6. Georgia 6. Arizona St. 6. Florida
7. Nebraska 7. Alabama 7. Washington 7. Brigham Young
8. Penn St. 8. Miami (Fla) 8. Clemson 8. Michigan
9. Notre Dame 9. N. Carolina 9. Arkansas 9. Ohio St.
10. N. Carolina 10. Washington 10. Pitt 10. Illinois
11. Southern Cal 11. Nebraska 11. LSU 11. Clemson
12. Brigham Young 12. Michigan 12. Ohio St. 12. SMU
13. UCLA 13. Brigham Young 13. Florida St. 13. Air Force
14. Baylor 14. Southern Cal 14. Auburn 14. Iowa
15. Ohio St. 15. Ohio St. 15. Southern Cal 15. Alabama
16. Washington 16. Arizona St. 16. Oklahoma 16. W. Virginia
17. Purdue 17. W. Virginia 17. Texas 17. UCLA
18. Miami (Fla) 18. Iowa 18. N. Carolina 18. Pitt
19. Mississippi St. 19. Missouri 19. W. Virginia 19. Boston Coll.
20. SMU 20. Oklahoma 20. Maryland 20. E. Carolina
1984 1985 1986 1987
1. Brigham Young 1. Oklahoma 1. Penn St. 1. Miami (Fla)
2. Washington 2. Michigan 2. Miami (Fla) 2. Florida St.
3. Florida 3. Penn St. 3. Oklahoma 3. Oklahoma
4. Nebraska 4. Tennessee 4. Arizona St. 4. Syracuse
5. Boston College 5. Florida 5. Nebraska 5. LSU
6. Oklahoma 6. Texas A&M 6. Auburn 6. Nebraska
7. Oklahoma St. 7. UCLA 7. Ohio St. 7. Auburn
8. SMU 8. Air Force 8. Michigan 8. Michigan St.
9. UCLA 9. Miami (Fla) 9. Alabama 9. UCLA
10. Southern Cal 10. Iowa 10. LSU 10. Texas A&M
11. S. Carolina 11. Nebraska 11. Arizona 11. Oklahoma St.
12. Maryland 12. Arkansas 12. Baylor 12. Clemson
13. Ohio St. 13. Alabama 13. Texas A&M 13. Georgia
14. Auburn 14. Ohio St. 14. UCLA 14. Tennessee
15. LSU 15. Florida St. 15. Arkansas 15. S. Carolina
16. Iowa 16. Brigham Young 16. Iowa 16. Iowa
17. Florida St. 17. Baylor 17. Clemson 17. Notre Dame
18. Miami (Fla) 18. Maryland 18. Washington 18. Southern Cal
19. Kentucky 19. Georgia Tech 19. Boston Coll. 19. Michigan
20. Virginia 20. LSU 20. Virginia Tech 20. Arizona St.
1988 1989 1990 1991
1. Notre Dame 1. Miami (Fla) 1. Colorado 1. Miami (Fla)
2. Miami (Fla) 2. Notre Dame 2. Georgia Tech 2. Washington
3. Florida St. 3. Flroida St. 3. Miami (Fla) 3. Penn St.
4. Michigan 4. Colorado 4. Florida St. 4. Florida St.
5. W. Virginia 5. Tennessee 5. Washington 5. Alabama
6. UCLA 6. Auburn 6. Notre Dame 6. Michigan
7. Southern Cal 7. Michigan 7. Michigan 7. Florida
8. Auburn 8. Southern Cal 8. Tennessee 8. California
9. Clemson 9. Alabama 9. Clemson 9. E. Carolina
10. Nebraska 10. Illinois 10. Houston 10. Iowa
11. Oklahoma St. 11. Nebraska 11. Penn St. 11. Syracuse
12. Arkansas 12. Clemson 12. Texas 12. Texas A&M
13. Syracuse 13. Arkansas 13. Florida 13. Notre Dame
14. Oklahoma 14. Houston 14. Louisville 14. Tennessee
15. Goergia 15. Penn St. 15. Texas A&M 15. Nebraska
16. Washington St. 16. Michigan St. 16. Michigan St. 16. Oklahoma
17. Alabama 17. Pitt 17. Oklahoma 17. Georgia
18. Houston 18. Virginia 18. Iowa 18. Clemson
19. LSU 19. Texas Tech 19. Auburn 19. UCLA
20. Indiana 20. Texas A&M 20. Southern Cal 20. Colorado
21. W. Virginia 21. Mississippi 21. Tulsa
22. Brigham Young 22. Brigham Young 22. Stanford
23. Washington 23. Virginia 23. Brigham Young
24. Ohio St. 24. Nebraska 24. N.C. State
25. Arizona 25. Illinois 25. Air Force
1992 1993
1. Alabama 1. Florida St.
2. Florida St. 2. Notre Dame
3. Miami (Fla) 3. Nebraska
4. Notre Dame 4. Auburn
5. Michigan 5. Florida
6. Syracuse 6. Wisconsin
7. Texas A&M 7. W. Virginia
8. Georgia 8. Penn St.
9. Stanford 9. Texas A&M
10. Florida 10. Arizona
11. Washington 11. Ohio St.
12. Tennessee 12. Tennessee
13. Colorado 13. Boston Coll.
14. Nebraska 14. Alabama
15. Washington St. 15. Miami (Fla)
16. Mississippi 16. Colorado
17. N.C. State 17. Oklahoma
18. Ohio St. 18. UCLA
19. N. Carolina 19. N. Carolina
20. Hawaii 20. Kansas St.
21. Boston Coll. 21. Michigan
22. Kansas 22. Virginia Tech
23. Mississippi St. 23. Clemson
24. Fresno St. 24. Louisville
25. Wake Forest 25. California