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1981 Final AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conf	Rec	Pts	Last Week
1	<	1	Clemson (47)	ACC	12-0	977	W 22-15 N #4 Nebraska (Orange)
2	<	6	Texas	Southwest	10-1-1	862
3	<	7	Penn State (1)	Ind	10-2	845
4	<	10	Pittsburgh	Ind	11-1	834
5	<	5	SMU (1)	Southwest	10-1	774
6	<	2	Georgia	SEC	10-2	691
7	<	3	Alabama	SEC	9-2-1	638
8	<	9	Miami (FL)	Ind	9-2	594
9	<	11	North Carolina	ACC	10-2	590
10	<	12	Washington	Pac-10	10-2	587
11	<	4	Nebraska	Big 8	9-3	535
12	<	16	Michigan	Big Ten	9-3	416
13	<	14	BYU	WAC	11-2	388
14	<	8	USC	Pac-10	9-3	325
15	<	15	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-3	310
16	<	17	Arizona State	Pac-10	9-2	245
17	<	NR	West Virginia	Ind	9-3	111
18	<	13	Iowa	Big Ten	8-4	103
19	<	NR	Missouri	Big 8	8-4	85
20	<	NR	Oklahoma	Big 8	7-4-1	76	W 40-14 N Houston (Sun)
NR	<	18	Southern Miss	Ind		0
NR	<	19	UCLA	Pac-10		0
NR	<	20	Washington State	Pac-10		0

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Ind	4	8.0	2384
Pac-10	3	13.3	1157
Big Ten	3	15.0	829
Big 8	3	16.7	696
Southwest	2	3.5	1636
ACC	2	5.0	1567
SEC	2	6.5	1329
WAC	1	13.0	388

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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.