Football

Home Last Poll Teams

1974 Preseason AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 3 Oklahoma (23) Big 8 0-0 976 DNP
2 < 2 Ohio State (14) Big Ten 0-0 907 DNP
3 < 1 Notre Dame (13) Ind 0-0 864 DNP
4 < 4 Alabama (6) SEC 0-0 859 DNP
5 < 8 USC (1) Pac-8 0-0 752 DNP
6 < 6 Michigan (1) Big Ten 0-0 586 DNP
7 < 7 Nebraska Big 8 0-0 472 DNP
8 < 5 Penn State Ind 0-0 451 DNP
9 < 13 LSU SEC 0-0 360 DNP
10 < 14 Texas Southwest 0-0 328 DNP
11 < 9 Houston Ind 0-0 241 DNP
12 < 12 UCLA Pac-8 0-0 182 DNP
13 < NR Pittsburgh Ind 0-0 141 DNP
14 < 20 Maryland ACC 0-0 137 DNP
15 < 9 Arizona State WAC 0-0 88 DNP
16 < 19 Tennessee SEC 0-0 79 DNP
17 < NR Arizona WAC 0-0 76 DNP
18 < 16 NC State ACC 0-0 50 DNP
19 < NR Arkansas Southwest 0-0 45 DNP
20 < NR Texas A&M Southwest 0-0 33 DNP
NR < 11 Texas Tech Southwest 0-0 0 DNP
NR < 15 Miami (OH) MAC 0-0 0 DNP
NR < 17 Missouri Big 8 0-0 0 DNP
NR < 18 Kansas Big 8 0-0 0 DNP
NR < 20 Tulane Ind 0-0 0 DNP

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 4 8.8 1697
SEC 3 9.7 1298
Southwest 3 16.3 406
Big 8 2 4.0 1448
Big Ten 2 4.0 1493
Pac-8 2 8.5 934
ACC 2 16.0 187
WAC 2 16.0 164

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)
  • Clicking on the team name will display the week-by-week ranking for that team.
  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.