1947
AP College
Football Poll
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| FINAL | Final | ||||||
| 11/3 | 11/10 | 11/17 | 11/24 | 12/1 | 12/8 | Record | |
| Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9-0-0 |
| Michigan | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9-0-0 |
| SMU | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9-0-1 |
| Penn State | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9-0-0 |
| Texas | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9-1-0 |
| Alabama | 16 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8-2-0 |
| Penn | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7-0-1 |
| Southern California | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7-1-1 |
| North Carolina | 18 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8-2-0 |
| Georgia Tech | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9-1-0 |
| Army | 9 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 5-2-2 |
| Kansas | 17 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 8-0-2 | ||
| Mississippi | 16 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 8-2-0 | |
| William & Mary | 15 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 9-1-0 |
| California | 12 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 9-1-0 |
| Oklahoma | 20 | 18 | 16 | 7-2-1 | |||
| North Carolina State | 16 | 17 | 5-3-1 | ||||
| Rice | 20 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 6-3-1 | ||
| Duke | 13 | 19 | 4-3-2 | ||||
| Columbia | 17 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 7-2-0 | ||
| UCLA | 18 | 17 | 19 | ||||
| Catawba | 20 | ||||||
| Minnesota | 20 | 19 | |||||
| Illinois | 11 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Virginia | 10 | 15 | 16 | ||||
| Wisconsin | 19 | 9 | |||||
| Missouri | 17 | ||||||
| Utah | 18 | ||||||
| Purdue | 14 | ||||||
| Yale | 20 | ||||||
| 10/6 | 10/13 | 10/20 | 10/28 | |
| Notre Dame | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Michigan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Texas | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Penn | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Southern California | 20 | 11 | 10 | 5 |
| Georgia Tech | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Penn State | 12 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| SMU | 12 | 8 | ||
| Duke | 13 | 17 | 15 | 9 |
| Army | 5 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
| Illinois | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Virginia | 16 | 13 | 12 | |
| Kentucky | 20 | 14 | 13 | |
| California | 8 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| Wake Forest | 14 | 11 | 15 | |
| Purdue | 16 | |||
| Louisiana State | 18 | 17 | ||
| Alabama | 18 | |||
| UCLA | 19 | 16 | 19 | |
| Columbia | 11 | 20 | ||
| North Carolina | 19 | |||
| Mississippi | 18 | |||
| Oklahoma | 15 | |||
| North Carolina State | 18 | |||
| Rice | 16 | 15 | ||
| Minnesota | 17 | 13 | ||
| Yale | 14 | 12 | ||
| Baylor | 17 | |||
| Vanderbilt | 19 | |||
| San Francisco | 20 | |||
| Vanderbilt | 10 | 10 | ||
| Georgia | 9 | |||