1951
AP College
Football Poll
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| FINAL | Final | |||||
| 11/5 | 11/12 | 11/19 | 11/26 | 12/3 | Record | |
| Tennessee | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10-0-0 |
| Michigan State | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9-0-0 |
| Maryland | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9-0-0 |
| Illinois | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8-0-1 |
| Georgia Tech | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10-0-1 |
| Princeton | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9-0-0 |
| Stanford | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9-1-0 |
| Wisconsin | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7-1-1 |
| Baylor | 16 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8-1-1 |
| Oklahoma | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8-2-0 |
| TCU | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 6-4-0 | |
| California | 17 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 8-2-0 |
| Virginia | 15 | 13 | 13 | 8-1-0 | ||
| San Francisco | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 9-0-0 |
| Kentucky | 12 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 7-4-0 |
| Boston U. | 16 | 6-4-0 | ||||
| UCLA | 18 | 15 | 17 | 5-3-1 | ||
| Washington State | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 7-3-0 |
| Holy Cross | 16 | 19 | 19 | 8-2-0 | ||
| Clemson | 20 | 7-2-0 | ||||
| Texas | 10 | 15 | 14 | 16 | ||
| Southern California | 6 | 11 | 11 | 20 | ||
| Rice | 19 | 18 | ||||
| Bucknell | 20 | |||||
| Cincinatii | 20 | |||||
| Notre Dame | 11 | |||||
| College of Pacific | 19 | |||||
| Ohio State | 20 | |||||
| PS | 10/1 | 10/8 | 10/15 | 10/22 | 10/29 | |
| Tennesse | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Michigan State | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Illinois | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| Maryland | 16 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Georgia Tech | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | |
| Princeton | 18 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| Southern California | 14 | 11 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Baylor | 13 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 |
| California | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| Wisconsin | 15 | 14 | 10 | |||
| Stanford | 19 | 13 | 11 | 11 | ||
| Texas | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 |
| Notre Dame | 14 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 13 | |
| Kentucky | 7 | 17 | 17 | 14 | ||
| Michigan | 17 | 15 | ||||
| Washington State | 18 | 16 | ||||
| Oklahoma | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 17 | |
| Texas A & M | 6 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 |
| Miami (Fla) | 19 | |||||
| San Francisco | 20 | 20 | ||||
| Holy Cross | 15 | |||||
| Clemson | 18 | 16 | ||||
| College of Pacific | 20 | 16 | ||||
| Ohio State | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | ||
| Cornell | 20 | 17 | 14 | 12 | ||
| Northwestern | 18 | 13 | ||||
| Arkansas | 19 | |||||
| Villanova | 12 | |||||
| SMU | 15 | |||||
| Washington | 8 | 12 | 20 | |||
| Oregon State | 15 | 18 | ||||
| Georgia | 13 | |||||
| Duke | 16 | |||||
| Kansas | 20 | |||||
| Alabama | 9 | |||||
| Nebraska | 12 | |||||
| Penn | 19 | |||||