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1981 Preseason AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conf	Rec	Pts	Last Week
1	<	4	Michigan (38)	Big Ten	0-0	1183	DNP
2	<	3	Oklahoma (7)	Big 8	0-0	1100	DNP
3	<	9	Notre Dame (7)	Ind	0-0	1050	DNP
4	<	6	Alabama (3)	SEC	0-0	1020	DNP
5	<	11	USC (5)	Pac-10	0-0	1014	DNP
6	<	7	Nebraska	Big 8	0-0	768	DNP
7	<	8	Penn State (1)	Ind	0-0	716	DNP
8	<	2	Pittsburgh	Ind	0-0	686	DNP
9	<	NR	Texas	Southwest	0-0	647	DNP
10	<	1	Georgia	SEC	0-0	624	DNP
11	<	15	Ohio State (1)	Big Ten	0-0	594	DNP
12	<	10	North Carolina	ACC	0-0	462	DNP
13	<	13	UCLA	Pac-10	0-0	454	DNP
14	<	19	Mississippi State	SEC	0-0	359	DNP
15	<	16	Washington	Pac-10	0-0	272	DNP
16	<	12	BYU	WAC	0-0	269	DNP
17	<	NR	Florida	SEC	0-0	268	DNP
18	<	NR	Stanford	Pac-10	0-0	205	DNP
19	<	5	Florida State	Ind	0-0	198	DNP
20	<	NR	Arizona State	Pac-10	0-0	158	DNP
NR	<	14	Baylor	Southwest	0-0	0	DNP
NR	<	17	Purdue	Big Ten	0-0	0	DNP
NR	<	18	Miami (FL)	Ind	0-0	0	DNP
NR	<	20	SMU	Southwest	0-0	0	DNP

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Pac-10	5	14.2	2103
Ind	4	9.3	2650
SEC	4	11.3	2271
Big 8	2	4.0	1868
Big Ten	2	6.0	1777
Southwest	1	9.0	647
ACC	1	12.0	462
WAC	1	16.0	269

* = 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.