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October 12, 1981 AP Football Poll

Rank

 

Team (FPV)

 

Conf

 

WLT

 

PTS

 

CP

 

Last Week

1

  <  3

 

Texas (35)

 

SWC

 

4-0

 

1274

 

 

W 34-14 vs #10 Oklahoma

2

  <  2

 

Penn State (24)

 

Ind

 

4-0

 

1262

 

 

 

3

  <  4

 

Pittsburgh (3)

 

Ind

 

4-0

 

1192

 

 

 

4

  <  5

 

North Carolina (4)

 

ACC

 

5-0

 

1126

 

 

 

5

  <  6

 

Michigan

 

Big Ten

 

4-1

 

898

 

 

 

6

  <  9

 

Clemson

 

ACC

 

5-0

 

889

 

 

 

7

  <  1

 

USC

 

Pac-10

 

4-1

 

874

 

 

L 13-10 vs Arizona

8

  <  13

 

Missouri

 

Big 8

 

5-0

 

824

 

 

 

9

  <  11

 

Georgia

 

SEC

 

4-1

 

765

 

 

 

10

  <  14

 

SMU

 

SWC

 

5-0

 

629

 

 

 

11

  <  20

 

Florida State

 

Ind

 

4-1

 

591

 

 

 

12

  <  15

 

Iowa

 

Big Ten

 

4-1

 

558

 

 

 

13

  <  16

 

Miami (FL)

 

Ind

 

3-1

 

481

 

 

 

14

  <  NR

 

Wisconsin

 

Big Ten

 

4-1

 

427

 

 

 

15

  <  7

 

Alabama

 

SEC

 

4-1-1

 

358

 

 

 

16

  <  19

 

Mississippi State

 

SEC

 

4-1

 

344

 

 

 

17

  <  8

 

BYU

 

WAC

 

5-1

 

220

 

 

 

18

  <  NR

 

Washington State

 

Pac-10

 

5-0

 

195

 

 

W 23-0 at Oregon State

19

  <  NR

 

Nebraska

 

Big 8

 

3-2

 

161

 

 

 

20

  <  NR

 

Arizona State

 

Pac-10

 

4-1

 

125

 

 

 

NR

  <  12

 

Iowa State

 

Big 8

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  18

 

Ohio State

 

Big Ten

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  10

 

Oklahoma

 

Big 8

 

1-2-1

 

 

 

L 34-14 vs #3 Texas

NR

  <  17

 

UCLA

 

Pac-10

 

 

 

 

 

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NOTES
- Hold the mouse cursor over the non-AP rankings to see the first place votes, total points, and previous rank in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips), where available
- * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings)
- CP = Coaches Poll (1950 to present)
- HP = Harris Poll (2005 to present; starts in late September)
- BCS = BCS Rankings (1998 to present; starts in mid-October)
- Clicking on the team name will display the week-by-week ranking for that team.
- 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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