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October 15, 1951 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 2 California (50) PCC 4-0 1129 W 42-35 A Washington State
2 < 3 Tennessee (26) SEC 3-0 977  
3 < 1 Michigan State (16) Ind 4-0 935 W 20-14 H Marquette
4 < 6 Texas (6) Southwest 4-0 719  
5 < 8 Georgia Tech (12) SEC 4-0 689  
6 < 4 Texas A&M (8) Southwest 3-0 652  
7 < 10 Maryland (14) Southern 3-0 634  
8 < 7 Illinois (3) Big Ten 3-0 584  
9 < 13 Princeton (1) Ind 3-0 221 W 13-7 A Penn
10 < 12 Baylor Southwest 3-0 148  
11 < 14 USC PCC 4-0 125  
12 < NR Villanova Ind 3-0 98 W 41-18 A Alabama
13 < 19 Stanford PCC 4-0 97  
14 < 17 Cornell Ind 3-0 76 W 42-6 H Harvard
15 < NR SMU Southwest 3-1 67  
16 < 20 Pacific (1) Ind 4-0 65 W 21-7 H Clemson
17 < 9 Ohio State Big Ten 1-1-1 55  
18 < NR Northwestern Big Ten 3-0 28  
19 < 11 Oklahoma Big 7 1-2 26 L 9-7 N #6 Texas
20 < NR Washington PCC 3-1 25  
NR < 5 Notre Dame Ind 0  
NR < 15 Holy Cross Ind 0  
NR < 16 Clemson Southern 0  
NR < 18 Oregon State PCC 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 5 10.8 1395
Southwest 4 8.8 1586
PCC 4 11.3 1376
Big Ten 3 14.3 667
SEC 2 3.5 1666
Southern 1 7.0 634
Big 7 1 19.0 26

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.