1949
AP College
Football Poll
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| FINAL | Final | ||||
| 11/7 | 11/14 | 11/21 | 11/28 | Record | |
| Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9-0-0 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10-0-0 |
| California | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10-0-0 |
| Army | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9-0-0 |
| Rice | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 9-1-0 |
| Ohio State | 11 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6-1-2 |
| Michigan | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6-2-1 |
| Minnesota | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7-2-0 |
| Louisiana State | 16 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 8-2-0 |
| College of Pacific | 19 | 11 | 10 | 10-0-0 | |
| Kentucky | 14 | 11 | 11 | 9-2-0 | |
| Cornell | 17 | 12 | 8-1-0 | ||
| Villanova | 16 | 13 | 8-1-0 | ||
| Maryland | 16 | 15 | 14 | 7-1-0 | |
| Santa Clara | 20 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 7-2-1 |
| North Carolina | 19 | 16 | 7-3-0 | ||
| Tennessee | 18 | 17 | 7-2-1 | ||
| Princeton | 18 | 6-3-0 | |||
| Michigan State | 8 | 18 | 19 | 6-3-0 | |
| Missouri | 20 | 7-3-0 | |||
| Baylor | 15 | 9 | |||
| Tulane | 19 | 10 | |||
| Stanford | 17 | 12 | 12 | ||
| Southern California | 17 | ||||
| Cornell | 6 | 20 | |||
| Virginia | 10 | 9 | |||
| SMU | 12 | 10 | |||
| Dartmouth | 14 | ||||
| Texas | 13 | ||||
| Boston U. | 15 | ||||
| Wake Forest | 18 | ||||
| 10/3 | 10/10 | 10/17 | 10/24 | 10/31 | |
| Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Army | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| California | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Michigan | 1 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 5 |
| Baylor | 20 | 11 | 10 | 6 | |
| Cornell | 17 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Rice | 9 | 5 | 8 | ||
| SMU | 9 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 9 |
| Michigan State | 13 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 10 |
| Ohio State | 11 | 11 | 18 | 11 | |
| Southern California | 8 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 12 |
| Kentucky | 15 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 13 |
| Tennesse | 14 | ||||
| Iowa | 15 | ||||
| Duke | 14 | 16 | |||
| Louisiana State | 17 | 17 | |||
| Boston U. | 18 | ||||
| Virginia | 19 | ||||
| Penn | 20 | 14 | 9 | 20 | |
| Minnesota | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | |
| Villanova | 16 | 17 | |||
| North Carolina | 6 | 6 | 6 | 13 | |
| Missouri | 18 | 16 | |||
| Tulane | 4 | 4 | 20 | ||
| Texas | 12 | 16 | 10 | 19 | |
| UCLA | 18 | 13 | 20 | ||
| Northwestern | 13 | ||||
| Pittsburgh | 19 | 15 | 16 | ||
| Navy | 18 | ||||