989 total polls
| Team | APP | PCT | AVG RK | HIGH RK | 1. | Michigan | 754 | 76.2% | 8.8 | 1 | 2. | Ohio State | 753 | 76.1% | 8.6 | 1 | 3. | Notre Dame | 707 | 71.5% | 8.0 | 1 | 4. | Oklahoma | 678 | 68.6% | 7.1 | 1 | 5. | USC | 674 | 68.1% | 8.6 | 1 | 6. | Texas | 657 | 66.4% | 8.7 | 1 | 7. | Nebraska | 644 | 65.1% | 7.1 | 1 | 8. | Alabama | 629 | 63.6% | 8.8 | 1 | 9. | Tennessee | 564 | 57.0% | 10.3 | 1 | 10. | Penn State | 561 | 56.7% | 9.7 | 1 | 11. | Florida | 501 | 50.7% | 9.9 | 1 | 12. | Auburn | 479 | 48.4% | 11.1 | 1 | 13. | UCLA | 477 | 48.2% | 11.4 | 1 | 14. | Georgia | 475 | 48.0% | 11.3 | 1 | 15. | LSU | 467 | 47.2% | 10.9 | 1 | 16. | Florida State | 450 | 45.5% | 8.2 | 1 | 17. | Miami (FL) | 426 | 43.1% | 8.0 | 1 | 18. | Washington | 388 | 39.2% | 12.3 | 1 | 19. | Arkansas | 375 | 37.9% | 11.5 | 1 | 20. | Texas A&M | 366 | 37.0% | 12.2 | 1 | 21. | Clemson | 307 | 31.0% | 14.3 | 1 | 22. | Michigan State | 303 | 30.6% | 11.4 | 1 | 23. | Colorado | 293 | 29.6% | 11.6 | 1 | 24. | Pittsburgh | 282 | 28.5% | 11.9 | 1 | 25. | Iowa | 271 | 27.4% | 12.5 | 1 | 26. | Georgia Tech | 270 | 27.3% | 11.8 | 2 | 27. | Wisconsin | 260 | 26.3% | 12.9 | 1 | 28. | Arizona State | 246 | 24.9% | 14.1 | 2 | 29. | Purdue | 236 | 23.9% | 13.0 | 1 | 30. | Mississippi | 235 | 23.8% | 11.6 | 1 | 31. | West Virginia | 232 | 23.5% | 13.6 | 2 | 32. | Virginia Tech | 224 | 22.6% | 12.9 | 2 | North Carolina | 224 | 22.6% | 13.1 | 1 | 34. | BYU | 220 | 22.2% | 15.1 | 1 | 35. | Missouri | 211 | 21.3% | 13.5 | 1 | 36. | Syracuse | 196 | 19.8% | 13.8 | 1 | 37. | Maryland | 190 | 19.2% | 12.0 | 1 | 38. | California | 185 | 18.7% | 11.6 | 1 | 39. | Stanford | 183 | 18.5% | 14.7 | 2 | 40. | Illinois | 176 | 17.8% | 12.1 | 2 | 41. | Oregon | 173 | 17.5% | 14.3 | 2 | 42. | Virginia | 166 | 16.8% | 16.5 | 1 | 43. | Kansas State | 164 | 16.6% | 12.8 | 2 | 44. | SMU | 161 | 16.3% | 11.5 | 1 | 45. | Minnesota | 159 | 16.1% | 11.4 | 1 | Duke | 159 | 16.1% | 12.6 | 2 | 47. | Houston | 152 | 15.4% | 13.2 | 2 | 48. | Northwestern | 150 | 15.2% | 12.0 | 1 | 49. | NC State | 145 | 14.7% | 17.2 | 3 | 50. | TCU | 141 | 14.3% | 14.3 | 1 | 51. | Army (NY) | 140 | 14.2% | 7.1 | 1 | Boston College | 140 | 14.2% | 15.6 | 1 | Mississippi State | 140 | 14.2% | 17.4 | 7 | 54. | Arizona | 134 | 13.5% | 14.8 | 3 | 55. | Oklahoma State | 130 | 13.1% | 14.7 | 3 | 56. | Washington State | 127 | 12.8% | 15.5 | 3 | 57. | Baylor | 126 | 12.7% | 13.7 | 3 | 58. | Texas Tech | 123 | 12.4% | 15.2 | 2 | 59. | Navy (MD) | 122 | 12.3% | 9.1 | 2 | 60. | South Carolina | 113 | 11.4% | 16.2 | 2 | 61. | Kansas | 101 | 10.2% | 13.5 | 2 | 62. | Penn | 89 | 9.0% | 11.2 | 3 | 63. | Louisville | 81 | 8.2% | 15.6 | 3 | 64. | Kentucky | 78 | 7.9% | 12.8 | 3 | 65. | Air Force | 76 | 7.7% | 15.5 | 4 | 66. | Oregon State | 74 | 7.5% | 14.8 | 4 | 67. | Rice (TX) | 69 | 7.0% | 13.2 | 5 | 68. | Boise State | 60 | 6.1% | 16.3 | 5 | 69. | Tulane (LA) | 59 | 6.0% | 14.3 | 4 | 70. | Wyoming | 56 | 5.7% | 16.5 | 6 | 71. | Indiana | 55 | 5.6% | 15.1 | 4 | 72. | Utah | 51 | 5.2% | 13.8 | 2 | Southern Miss | 51 | 5.2% | 20.3 | 9 | 74. | Cornell (NY) | 47 | 4.8% | 10.7 | 1 | 75. | Santa Clara (CA) | 43 | 4.3% | 12.7 | 5 | 76. | Miami (OH) | 42 | 4.2% | 16.0 | 10 | Wake Forest (NC) | 42 | 4.2% | 18.4 | 11 | 78. | Tulsa | 41 | 4.1% | 16.1 | 4 | Fresno State | 41 | 4.1% | 20.1 | 8 | 80. | Fordham (NY) | 40 | 4.0% | 10.0 | 3 | Iowa State | 40 | 4.0% | 17.7 | 9 | Colorado State | 40 | 4.0% | 19.5 | 10 | 83. | Holy Cross (MA) | 39 | 3.9% | 15.1 | 9 | 84. | Toledo (OH) | 38 | 3.8% | 18.8 | 12 | 85. | Dartmouth (NH) | 37 | 3.7% | 13.2 | 4 | 86. | Yale (CT) | 30 | 3.0% | 13.6 | 5 | 87. | Princeton (NJ) | 29 | 2.9% | 12.1 | 4 | Vanderbilt | 29 | 2.9% | 15.4 | 7 | 89. | Rutgers (NJ) | 28 | 2.8% | 17.0 | 7 | East Carolina | 28 | 2.8% | 18.1 | 9 | 91. | Hawaii | 26 | 2.6% | 19.0 | 10 | 92. | Villanova (PA) | 25 | 2.5% | 13.8 | 6 | 93. | Marshall (WV) | 21 | 2.1% | 15.9 | 10 | 94. | Duquesne (PA) | 20 | 2.0% | 11.4 | 5 | Cincinnati | 20 | 2.0% | 18.4 | 12 | 96. | South Florida | 19 | 1.9% | 15.7 | 2 | 97. | Iowa Pre-Flight | 18 | 1.8% | 6.3 | 2 | 98. | William & Mary (VA) | 16 | 1.6% | 15.8 | 12 | Columbia (NY) | 16 | 1.6% | 15.9 | 10 | Bowling Green (OH) | 16 | 1.6% | 21.4 | 15 | 101. | March Field/4th AF (CA) | 15 | 1.5% | 11.3 | 8 | 102. | Pacific (CA) | 14 | 1.4% | 13.9 | 6 | San Diego State | 14 | 1.4% | 17.2 | 13 | 104. | St. Mary's (CA) | 13 | 1.3% | 11.6 | 5 | Great Lakes Naval (IL) | 13 | 1.3% | 12.2 | 5 | 106. | Bainbridge Naval (MD) | 12 | 1.2% | 11.4 | 5 | 107. | Georgetown (DC) | 11 | 1.1% | 13.4 | 9 | 108. | Randolph Field (TX) | 10 | 1.0% | 4.8 | 2 | Ball State | 10 | 1.0% | 18.1 | 12 | 110. | Carnegie Mellon (PA) | 9 | 0.9% | 10.4 | 6 | Del Monte Pre-Flight (CA) | 9 | 0.9% | 13.0 | 8 | 112. | San Francisco | 8 | 0.8% | 16.3 | 13 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 0.8% | 17.8 | 12 | Temple (PA) | 8 | 0.8% | 17.9 | 13 | 115. | North Carolina Pre-Flight | 7 | 0.7% | 11.9 | 2 | Marquette (WI) | 7 | 0.7% | 12.0 | 4 | George Washington (DC) | 7 | 0.7% | 16.4 | 14 | Ohio | 7 | 0.7% | 17.3 | 15 | 119. | Nevada | 6 | 0.6% | 14.7 | 10 | New Mexico State | 6 | 0.6% | 16.5 | 14 | 2nd Air Force | 6 | 0.6% | 18.0 | 15 | 122. | Norman Pre-Flight (OK) | 5 | 0.5% | 15.2 | 13 | El Toro Marines (CA) | 5 | 0.5% | 16.4 | 15 | Colorado College | 5 | 0.5% | 17.2 | 16 | VMI | 5 | 0.5% | 17.2 | 13 | Harvard (MA) | 5 | 0.5% | 18.2 | 17 | Connecticut | 5 | 0.5% | 20.2 | 16 | UTEP | 5 | 0.5% | 24.0 | 23 | 129. | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 4 | 0.4% | 18.3 | 17 | 130. | Southwestern (TX) | 3 | 0.3% | 13.3 | 11 | Memphis Naval | 3 | 0.3% | 15.7 | 13 | Utah State | 3 | 0.3% | 15.7 | 10 | Boston | 3 | 0.3% | 16.3 | 15 | Delaware | 3 | 0.3% | 16.7 | 15 | New York | 3 | 0.3% | 17.7 | 17 | Lafayette (PA) | 3 | 0.3% | 18.3 | 18 | San Jose State (CA) | 3 | 0.3% | 19.0 | 18 | 138. | Colgate (NY) | 2 | 0.2% | 14.5 | 9 | Louisiana | 2 | 0.2% | 14.5 | 14 | Camp Peary (VA) | 2 | 0.2% | 15.5 | 14 | Detroit | 2 | 0.2% | 17.5 | 17 | North Texas | 2 | 0.2% | 18.0 | 16 | San Diego Naval | 2 | 0.2% | 18.5 | 17 | Washington & Lee (VA) | 2 | 0.2% | 18.5 | 18 | 145. | Arkansas-Monticello | 1 | 0.1% | 17.0 | 17 | Fort Pierce Naval (FL) | 1 | 0.1% | 18.0 | 18 | 3rd Air Force | 1 | 0.1% | 19.0 | 19 | Kent State (OH) | 1 | 0.1% | 19.0 | 19 | Lehigh (PA) | 1 | 0.1% | 19.0 | 19 | Muhlenberg (PA) | 1 | 0.1% | 19.0 | 19 | St. Mary's Pre-Flight (CA) | 1 | 0.1% | 19.0 | 19 | Bucknell (PA) | 1 | 0.1% | 20.0 | 20 | Camp Grant (IL) | 1 | 0.1% | 20.0 | 20 | Catawba (NC) | 1 | 0.1% | 20.0 | 20 | Loyola Marymount (CA) | 1 | 0.1% | 20.0 | 20 | Richmond (VA) | 1 | 0.1% | 20.0 | 20 | Williams (MA) | 1 | 0.1% | 20.0 | 20 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 0.1% | 25.0 | 25 | Memphis | 1 | 0.1% | 25.0 | 25 |
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