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1951 Final AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 1 Tennessee (139) SEC 10-0 2706 W 35-27 H Vanderbilt
2 < 2 Michigan State (104) Ind 9-0 2609  
3 < 3 Maryland (18) Southern 9-0 2299  
4 < 4 Illinois (10) Big Ten 8-0-1 1913  
5 < 6 Georgia Tech (8) SEC 10-0-1 1555  
6 < 5 Princeton (3) Ind 9-0 1428 DNP
7 < 8 Stanford (1) PCC 9-1 1006  
8 < 7 Wisconsin (10) Big Ten 7-1-1 968  
9 < 9 Baylor Southwest 8-1-1 637  
10 < 10 Oklahoma (4) Big 7 8-2 441 W 41-6 H Oklahoma State
11 < 11 TCU Southwest 6-4 415 W 13-2 H SMU
12 < 12 California (2) PCC 8-2 151  
13 < 13 Virginia (5) Ind 8-1 112  
14 < 14 San Francisco (2) Ind 9-0 90  
15 < 17 Kentucky SEC 7-4 87  
16 < NR Boston (2) Ind 6-4 30 DNP
17 < 15 UCLA PCC 5-3-1 26  
18 < 18 Washington State PCC 7-3 20 DNP
19 < 19 Holy Cross (1) Ind 8-2 17 L 19-14 A Boston College
19 < NR Clemson Southern 7-2 17  
NR < 16 Texas Southwest 0  
NR < 20 USC PCC 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 6 11.7 4286
PCC 4 13.5 1203
SEC 3 7.0 4348
Big Ten 2 6.0 2881
Southwest 2 10.0 1052
Southern 2 11.0 2316
Big 7 1 10.0 441

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.