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September 20, 1971 AP Football Poll

Rank

 

Team (FPV)

 

Conf

 

WLT

 

PTS

 

CP

 

Last Week

1

  <  1

 

Nebraska (32)

 

Big 8

 

2-0

 

1044

 

 

W 35-7 vs Minnesota

2

  <  2

 

Notre Dame (18)

 

Ind

 

1-0

 

1002

 

 

 

3

  <  3

 

Texas (3)

 

SWC

 

1-0

 

799

 

 

 

4

  <  4

 

Michigan

 

Big Ten

 

2-0

 

750

 

 

 

5

  <  7

 

Auburn (2)

 

SEC

 

1-0

 

498

 

 

 

6

  <  5

 

Ohio State

 

Big Ten

 

1-0

 

483

 

 

 

7

  <  6

 

Arkansas

 

SWC

 

2-0

 

480

 

 

 

8

  <  9

 

Alabama

 

SEC

 

2-0

 

406

 

 

 

9

  <  8

 

Tennessee

 

SEC

 

1-0

 

400

 

 

 

10

  <  12

 

Colorado

 

Big 8

 

2-0

 

331

 

 

 

11

  <  10

 

Oklahoma

 

Big 8

 

1-0

 

290

 

 

W 30-0 vs SMU

12

  <  14

 

Penn State

 

Ind

 

1-0

 

230

 

 

 

13

  <  13

 

Stanford

 

Pac-10

 

2-0

 

212

 

 

 

14

  <  11

 

Georgia

 

SEC

 

2-0

 

199

 

 

 

15

  <  16

 

Arizona State

 

WAC

 

1-0

 

116

 

 

 

16

  <  17

 

USC

 

Pac-10

 

1-1

 

49

 

 

 

17

  <  NR

 

Washington

 

Pac-10

 

2-0

 

48

 

 

 

18

  <  NR

 

LSU

 

SEC

 

1-1

 

35

 

 

 

19

  <  NR

 

Toledo (OH)

 

MAC

 

2-0

 

27

 

 

W 10-7 vs Villanova

20

  <  NR

 

Duke

 

ACC

 

2-0

 

26

 

 

 

NR

  <  20

 

Houston

 

Ind

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  18

 

Michigan State

 

Big Ten

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  19

 

South Carolina

 

Ind

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  15

 

Syracuse

 

Ind

 

 

 

 

 

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NOTES
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- Regular-season polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-67 had 10 teams (except for the 1961 final poll which had 20), and 1989-present had 25 teams.
- This weekly poll data was contributed to the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia



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