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November 5, 1951 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 1 Tennessee (60) SEC 6-0 1230 W 27-0 A North Carolina
2 < 3 Illinois (29) Big Ten 6-0 1150  
3 < 4 Maryland (21) Southern 6-0 1026  
4 < 6 Princeton (6) Ind 6-0 997 W 12-0 H Brown
5 < 2 Michigan State (12) Ind 6-0 991  
6 < 7 USC (6) PCC 7-0 640  
7 < 11 Stanford (8) PCC 7-0 474  
8 < 5 Georgia Tech (1) SEC 6-0-1 383  
9 < 10 Wisconsin (3) Big Ten 4-1-1 344  
10 < 12 Texas Southwest 6-1 287  
11 < 13 Notre Dame (1) Ind 5-1 187  
12 < 14 Kentucky (3) SEC 5-3 171  
13 < NR TCU Southwest 5-2 99 W 20-7 A Baylor
14 < 17 Oklahoma (1) Big 7 4-2 82 W 33-0 A Kansas State
15 < 20 San Francisco Ind 7-0 67  
16 < 8 Baylor Southwest 4-1-1 37  
17 < 9 California PCC 5-2 35  
17 < 16 Washington State PCC 5-2 35 L 21-13 A Stanford
19 < NR Pacific (1) Ind 6-1 32 W 39-27 A Marquette
20 < NR Arkansas Southwest 4-3 16  
20 < NR Ohio State Big Ten 3-2-1 16  
NR < 15 Michigan Big Ten 0  
NR < 18 Texas A&M Southwest 0  
NR < 19 Miami (FL) Ind 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 5 10.8 2274
PCC 4 11.8 1184
Southwest 4 14.8 439
SEC 3 7.0 1784
Big Ten 3 10.3 1510
Southern 1 3.0 1026
Big 7 1 14.0 82

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.