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October 8, 1951 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 1 Michigan State (42) Ind 3-0 971 W 24-20 A #7 Ohio State
2 < 2 California (36) PCC 3-0 961  
3 < 3 Tennessee (18) SEC 2-0 821  
4 < 10 Texas A&M (3) Southwest 2-0 594  
5 < 5 Notre Dame (4) Ind 2-0 552  
6 < 6 Texas (4) Southwest 3-0 532  
7 < 8 Illinois Big Ten 2-0 352  
8 < 11 Georgia Tech (3) SEC 3-0 275  
9 < 7 Ohio State Big Ten 1-1 233  
10 < 9 Maryland (1) Southern 2-0 228  
11 < 4 Oklahoma Big 7 1-1 102 L 14-7 A #10 Texas A&M
12 < 19 Baylor Southwest 2-0 100  
13 < 14 Princeton Ind 2-0 86 W 24-20 A Navy
14 < NR USC PCC 3-0 63  
15 < NR Holy Cross Ind 2-0 51 W 54-20 H Fordham
16 < 18 Clemson Southern 3-0 41  
17 < NR Cornell Ind 2-0 30 W 41-18 A Colgate
18 < 15 Oregon State PCC 2-1 26  
19 < NR Stanford PCC 3-0 20  
20 < NR Pacific (1) Ind 3-0 16 W 34-6 H Oregon
NR < 12 Washington PCC 0  
NR < 13 Georgia SEC 0  
NR < 16 Duke Southern 0  
NR < 17 Kentucky SEC 0  
NR < 20 Kansas Big 7 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 6 11.8 1706
PCC 4 13.3 1070
Southwest 3 7.3 1226
SEC 2 5.5 1096
Big Ten 2 8.0 585
Southern 2 13.0 269
Big 7 1 11.0 102

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.