Every Preseason AP College Football Poll: Where Did Notre Dame Rank?

Where did Notre Dame rank in every preseason AP college football poll? Here's every ranking since 1950.

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The AP college football rankings have been around since 1936, but the outlet didn't start with a preseason poll until 1950.

Where did Notre Dame rank through the years?

The AP started with a preseason top 20 poll, and then went to a top 10 from 1961 to 1967, and then went back to 20 until 1990 when it went to 25.

The Irish were ranked in the preseason 60 times. They were No. 1 in the first AP preseason top 20, and were in the top spot six times in all. Here's the quick overall breakdown by preseason poll, and then the full AP preseason college football rankings for each season.

No. 1: 5
No. 2: 4
No. 3: 8
No. 4: 0
No. 5: 3
No. 6: 5
No. 7: 1
No. 8: 2
No. 9: 4
No. 10: 4
No. 11: 5
No. 12: 1
No. 13: 3
No. 14: 3
No. 15: 0
No. 16: 2
No. 17: 2
No. 18: 5
No. 19: 0
No. 20: 1
No. 21: 0
No. 22: 1
No. 23: 1
No. 24: 0
No. 25: 0

Preseason AP Top 25 College Football Polls 1989-2023

2023 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Georgia
2 Michigan
3 Ohio State
4 Alabama
5 LSU
6 USC
7 Penn State
8 Florida State
9 Clemson
10 Washington
11 Texas
12 Tennessee
13 Notre Dame 
14 Utah
15 Oregon
16 Kansas State
17 TCU
18 Oregon State
19 Wisconsin
20 Oklahoma
21 North Carolina
22 Ole Miss
23 Texas A&M
24 Tulane
25 Iowa

2022 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Alabama
2 Ohio State
3 Georgia
4 Clemson
5 Notre Dame 
6 Texas A&M
7 Utah
8 Michigan
9 Oklahoma
10 Baylor
11 Oregon
12 Oklahoma State
13 NC State
14 USC
15 Michigan State
16 Miami
17 Pitt
18 Wisconsin
19 Arkansas
20 Kentucky
21 Ole Miss
22 Wake Forest
23 Cincinnati
24 Houston
25 BYU

2021 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Alabama
2 Oklahoma
3 Clemson
4 Ohio State
5 Georgia
6 Texas A&M
7 Iowa State
8 Cincinnati
9 Notre Dame 
10 North Carolina
11 Oregon
12 Wisconsin
13 Florida
14 Miami
15 USC
16 LSU
17 Indiana
18 Iowa
19 Penn State
20 Washington
21 Texas
22 Coastal Carolina
23 Louisiana
24 Utah
25 Arizona State

2020 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Clemson
2 Ohio State
3 Alabama
4 Georgia
5 Oklahoma
6 LSU
7 Penn State
8 Florida
9 Oregon
10 Notre Dame 
11 Auburn
12 Wisconsin
13 Texas A&M
14 Texas
15 Oklahoma State
16 Michigan
17 USC
18 North Carolina
19 Minnesota
20 Cincinnati
21 UCF
22 Utah
23 Iowa State
24 Iowa
25 Tennessee

2019 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Clemson
2 Alabama
3 Georgia
4 Oklahoma
5 Ohio State
6 LSU
7 Michigan
8 Florida
9 Notre Dame 
10 Texas
11 Oregon
12 Texas A&M
13 Washington
14 Utah
15 Penn State
16 Auburn
17 UCF
18 Michigan State
19 Wisconsin
20 Iowa
21 Iowa State
22 Syracuse
23 Washington State
24 Nebraska
25 Stanford

2018 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Alabama
2 Clemson
3 Georgia
4 Wisconsin
5 Ohio State
6 Washington
7 Oklahoma
8 Miami
9 Auburn
10 Penn State
11 Michigan State
12 Notre Dame 
13 Stanford
14 Michigan
15 USC
16 TCU
17 West Virginia
18 Mississippi State
19 Florida State
20 Virginia Tech
21 UCF
22 Boise State
23 Texas
24 Oregon
25 LSU

2017 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Alabama
2 Ohio State
3 Florida State
4 USC
5 Clemson
6 Penn State
7 Oklahoma
8 Washington
9 Wisconsin
10 Oklahoma State
11 Michigan
12 Auburn
13 LSU
14 Stanford
15 Georgia
16 Louisville
17 Florida
18 Miami
19 USF
20 Kansas State
21 Virginia Tech
22 West Virginia
23 Texas
24 Washington State
25 Tennessee

2016 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Alabama
2 Clemson
3 Oklahoma
4 Florida State
5 LSU
6 Ohio State
7 Michigan
8 Stanford
9 Tennessee
10 Notre Dame 
11 Ole Miss
12 Michigan State
13 TCU
14 Washington
15 Houston
16 UCLA
17 Iowa
18 Georgia
19 Louisville
20 USC
21 Oklahoma State
22 North Carolina
23 Baylor
24 Oregon
25 Florida

2015 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Ohio State
2 TCU
3 Alabama
4 Baylor
5 Michigan State
6 Auburn
7 Oregon
8 USC
9 Georgia
10 Florida State
11 Notre Dame 
12 Clemson
13 UCLA
14 LSU
15 Arizona State
16 Georgia Tech
17 Ole Miss
18 Arkansas
19 Oklahoma
20 Wisconsin
21 Stanford
22 Arizona
23 Boise State
24 Missouri
25 Tennessee

2014 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Florida State
2 Alabama
3 Oregon
4 Oklahoma
5 Ohio State
6 Auburn
7 UCLA
8 Michigan State
9 South Carolina
10 Baylor
11 Stanford
12 Georgia
13 LSU
14 Wisconsin
15 USC
16 Clemson
17 Notre Dame 
18 Ole Miss
19 Arizona State
20 Kansas State
21 Texas A&M
22 Nebraska
23 North Carolina
24 Missouri
25 Washington

2013 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Alabama
2 Ohio State
3 Oregon
4 Stanford
5 Georgia
6 South Carolina
7 Texas A&M
8 Clemson
9 Louisville
10 Florida
11 Florida State
12 LSU
13 Oklahoma State
14 Notre Dame 
15 Texas
16 Oklahoma
17 Michigan
18 Nebraska
19 Boise State
20 TCU
21 UCLA
22 Northwestern
23 Wisconsin
24 USC
25 Oregon State

2012 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 USC
2 Alabama
3 LSU
4 Oklahoma
5 Oregon
6 Georgia
7 Florida State
8 Michigan
9 South Carolina
10 Arkansas
11 West Virginia
12 Wisconsin
13 Michigan State
14 Clemson
15 Texas
16 Virginia Tech
17 Nebraska
18 Ohio State
19 Oklahoma State
20 TCU
21 Stanford
22 Kansas State
23 Florida
24 Boise State
25 Louisville

2011 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Oklahoma
2 Alabama
3 Oregon
4 LSU
5 Boise State
6 Florida State
7 Stanford
8 Texas A&M
9 Oklahoma State
10 Nebraska
11 Wisconsin
12 South Carolina
13 Virginia Tech
14 TCU
15 Arkansas
16 Notre Dame 
17 Michigan State
18 Ohio State
19 Georgia
20 Mississippi State
21 Missouri
22 Florida
23 Auburn
24 West Virginia
25 USC

2010 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Alabama
2 Ohio State
3 Boise State
4 Florida
5 Texas
6 TCU
7 Oklahoma
8 Nebraska
9 Iowa
10 Virginia Tech
11 Oregon
12 Wisconsin
13 Miami
14 USC
15 Pitt
16 Georgia Tech
17 Arkansas
18 North Carolina
19 Penn State
20 Florida State
21 LSU
22 Auburn
23 Georgia
24 Oregon State
25 West Virginia

2009 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Florida
2 Texas
3 Oklahoma
4 USC
5 Alabama
6 Ohio State
7 Virginia Tech
8 Ole Miss
9 Oklahoma State
9 Penn State
11 LSU
12 Cal
13 Georgia
14 Boise State
15 Georgia Tech
16 Oregon
17 TCU
18 Florida State
19 Utah
20 BYU
21 North Carolina
22 Iowa
23 Notre Dame 
24 Nebraska
25 Kansas

2008 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Georgia
2 Ohio State
3 USC
4 Oklahoma
5 Florida
6 Missouri
7 LSU
8 West Virginia
9 Clemson
10 Auburn
11 Texas
12 Texas Tech
13 Wisconsin
14 Kansas
15 Arizona State
16 BYU
17 Virginia Tech
18 Tennessee
19 USF
20 Illinois
21 Oregon
22 Penn State
23 Wake Forest
24 Alabama
25 Pitt

2007 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 USC
2 LSU
3 West Virginia
4 Texas
5 Michigan
6 Florida
7 Wisconsin
8 Oklahoma
9 Virginia Tech
10 Louisville
11 Ohio State
12 Cal
13 Georgia
14 UCLA
15 Tennessee
16 Rutgers
17 Penn State
18 Auburn
19 Florida State
20 Nebraska
21 Arkansas
22 TCU
23 Hawaii
24 Boise State
25 Texas A&M

2006 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Ohio State
2 Notre Dame 
3 Texas
4 Auburn
5 West Virginia
6 USC
7 Florida
8 LSU
9 Cal
10 Oklahoma
11 Florida State
12 Miami
13 Louisville
14 Michigan
15 Georgia
16 Iowa
17 Virginia Tech
18 Clemson
19 Penn State
20 Nebraska
21 Oregon
22 TCU
23 Tennessee
24 Arizona State
25 Texas Tech

2005 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 USC
2 Texas
3 Tennessee
4 Michigan
5 LSU
6 Ohio State
7 Oklahoma
8 Virginia Tech
9 Miami
10 Florida
11 Iowa
12 Louisville
13 Georgia
14 Florida State
15 Purdue
16 Auburn
17 Texas A&M
18 Boise State
19 Cal
20 Arizona State
21 Texas Tech
22 Boston College
23 Pitt
24 Fresno State
25 Virginia

2004 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 USC
2 Oklahoma
3 Georgia
4 LSU
5 Florida State
6 Miami
7 Texas
8 Michigan
9 Ohio State
10 West Virginia
11 Florida
12 Kansas State
13 Cal
14 Tennessee
15 Clemson
16 Virginia
17 Auburn
18 Missouri
19 Iowa
20 Utah
21 Wisconsin
22 Maryland
23 Oregon
24 Purdue
25 Minnesota

2003 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Oklahoma
2 Ohio State
3 Miami
4 Michigan
5 Texas
6 Auburn
7 Kansas State
8 USC
9 Virginia Tech
10 Pitt
11 Georgia
12 Tennessee
13 Florida State
14 LSU
15 Maryland
16 NC State
17 Washington
18 Virginia
19 Purdue
20 Notre Dame 
21 Wisconsin
22 Arizona State
23 Colorado State
24 Oklahoma State
25 TCU

2002 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Miami
2 Oklahoma
3 Florida State
4 Texas
5 Tennessee
6 Florida
7 Colorado
8 Georgia
9 Washington
10 Nebraska
11 Washington State
12 Michigan
13 Ohio State
14 LSU
15 Oregon
16 Virginia Tech
17 Louisville
18 Michigan State
19 Marshall
20 USC
21 Maryland
22 South Carolina
23 Texas A&M
24 Penn State
25 Wisconsin

2001 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Florida
2 Miami
3 Oklahoma
4 Nebraska
5 Texas
6 Florida State
7 Oregon
8 Tennessee
9 Virginia Tech
10 Georgia Tech
11 Oregon State
12 Michigan
13 Kansas State
14 LSU
15 Washington
16 Northwestern
17 UCLA
18 Notre Dame 
19 Clemson
20 Mississippi State
21 South Carolina
22 Wisconsin
23 Ohio State
24 Colorado State
25 Alabama

2000 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Nebraska
2 Florida State
3 Alabama
4 Wisconsin
5 Miami
6 Michigan
7 Texas
8 Kansas State
9 Florida
10 Georgia
11 Virginia Tech
12 Tennessee
13 Washington
14 Purdue
15 USC
16 Ohio State
17 Clemson
18 Ole Miss
19 Oklahoma
20 TCU
21 Illinois
22 Penn State
23 Southern Miss
24 Colorado
25 Michigan State

1999 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Florida State
2 Tennessee
3 Penn State
4 Arizona
5 Florida
6 Nebraska
7 Texas A&M
8 Michigan
9 Ohio State
10 Wisconsin
11 Georgia Tech
12 Miami
13 Virginia Tech
14 Georgia
15 Colorado
16 UCLA
17 Texas
18 Notre Dame 
19 USC
20 Alabama
20 Kansas State
22 Arkansas
23 Purdue
24 Virginia
25 Arizona State

1998 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Ohio State
2 Florida State
3 Florida
4 Nebraska
5 Michigan
6 Kansas State
7 UCLA
8 Arizona State
9 LSU
10 Tennessee
11 West Virginia
12 North Carolina
13 Penn State
14 Texas A&M
15 Colorado State
16 Virginia
17 Syracuse
18 Washington
19 Georgia
20 Wisconsin
21 Southern Miss
22 Notre Dame 
23 Michigan State
24 Arizona
25 Auburn

1997 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Penn State
2 Florida
3 Florida State
4 Washington
5 Tennessee
6 Nebraska
7 North Carolina
8 Colorado
9 Ohio State
10 LSU
11 Notre Dame 
12 Texas
13 Miami
14 Michigan
15 Alabama
16 Auburn
17 Syracuse
18 Stanford
19 BYU
20 Clemson
21 Iowa
22 USC
23 Kansas State
24 Wisconsin
25 Michigan State

1996 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Nebraska
2 Tennessee
3 Florida State
4 Florida
5 Colorado
6 Notre Dame 
7 USC
8 Texas
9 Ohio State
10 Syracuse
11 Penn State
12 Miami
13 Texas A&M
14 Michigan
15 Alabama
16 Virginia Tech
17 Auburn
18 Northwestern
19 LSU
20 Arizona State
21 Kansas State
22 Iowa
23 Virginia
24 Kansas
25 Clemson

1995 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Florida State
2 Nebraska
3 Texas A&M
4 Penn State
5 Florida
6 Auburn
7 USC
8 Tennessee
9 Notre Dame 
10 Alabama
11 Miami
12 Ohio State
13 Colorado
14 Michigan
15 Oklahoma
16 UCLA
17 Virginia
18 Texas
19 Arizona
20 North Carolina
21 Wisconsin
22 Boston College
23 West Virginia
24 Virginia Tech
24 Washington

1994 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Florida
2 Notre Dame 
3 Florida State
4 Nebraska
5 Michigan
6 Miami
7 Arizona
8 Colorado
9 Penn State
10 Wisconsin
11 Auburn
12 Alabama
13 Tennessee
14 UCLA
15 Texas A&M
16 Oklahoma
17 USC
18 Texas
19 North Carolina
20 Ohio State
21 Illinois
22 Virginia Tech
23 Washington
24 West Virginia
25 Clemson

1993 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Florida State
2 Alabama
3 Michigan
4 Texas A&M
5 Miami
6 Syracuse
7 Notre Dame 
8 Nebraska
9 Florida
10 Tennessee
11 Colorado
12 Washington
13 Georgia
14 Arizona
15 Stanford
16 Penn State
17 Ohio State
18 USC
19 BYU
20 North Carolina
21 Boston College
22 Oklahoma
23 Clemson
24 Mississippi State
25 NC State

1992 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Miami
2 Washington
3 Notre Dame 
4 Florida
5 Florida State
6 Michigan
7 Texas A&M
8 Penn State
9 Alabama
10 Syracuse
11 Nebraska
12 Colorado
13 Clemson
14 Georgia
15 Oklahoma
16 Iowa
17 Stanford
18 UCLA
19 Ohio State
20 Cal
21 Tennessee
22 Mississippi State
23 Georgia Tech
24 BYU
25 Texas

1991 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Florida State
2 Michigan
3 Miami
4 Washington
5 Florida
6 Notre Dame 
7 Penn State
8 Georgia Tech
9 Clemson
10 Oklahoma
11 Tennessee
12 Houston
13 Colorado
14 Texas
15 Nebraska
16 USC
17 Auburn
18 Iowa
19 BYU
20 Michigan State
21 Texas A&M
22 Alabama
23 Ohio State
24 UCLA
25 Syracuse

1990 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Miami
2 Notre Dame 
3 Auburn
4 Florida State
5 Colorado
6 Michigan
7 Nebraska
8 Tennessee
9 USC
10 Clemson
11 Illinois
12 Alabama
13 Texas A&M
14 Arkansas
15 Virginia
16 BYU
17 Ohio State
18 Pitt
19 UCLA
20 Washington
21 Penn State
22 Oklahoma
23 Michigan State
24 Houston
25 West Virginia

1989 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Michigan
2 Notre Dame 
3 Nebraska
4 Miami
5 USC
6 Florida State
7 LSU
8 Auburn
9 UCLA
10 Arkansas
11 Penn State
12 Clemson
13 Syracuse
14 Colorado
15 Oklahoma
16 Alabama
17 West Virginia
18 Arizona
19 BYU
20 Pitt
21 Houston
22 Illinois
23 Iowa
24 NC State
25 Ohio State

Preseason AP Top 20 College Football Polls 1960-1988

1988 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Florida State
2 Nebraska
3 Oklahoma
4 Clemson
5 UCLA
6 USC
7 Auburn
8 Miami
9 Iowa
10 Texas A&M
11 Michigan
12 Georgia
13 Notre Dame 
14 Alabama
15 Michigan State
16 West Virginia
17 Tennessee
18 LSU
19 South Carolina
20 Penn State

1987 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Oklahoma
2 Nebraska
3 UCLA
4 Ohio State
5 Auburn
6 LSU
7 Michigan
8 Florida State
9 Clemson
10 Miami
11 Penn State
12 Arkansas
13 Washington
14 Arizona State
15 Texas A&M
16 Iowa
17 Tennessee
18 Notre Dame 
19 USC
T20 Florida
T20 Georgia

1986 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Oklahoma
2 Michigan
3 Miami
4 UCLA
5 Alabama
6 Penn State
7 Texas A&M
8 Nebraska
9 Ohio State
10 Tennessee
11 Florida State
12 Baylor
13 Florida
14 Auburn
15 LSU
16 Georgia
16 Washington
18 BYU
19 Arkansas
20 Michigan State

1985 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Oklahoma
2 Auburn
3 SMU
4 Iowa
5 Florida
6 USC
7 Maryland
8 Ohio State
9 Nebraska
10 BYU
11 Illinois
12 Washington
13 LSU
14 Notre Dame 
15 Arkansas
16 Oklahoma State
17 South Carolina
18 Penn State
19 Florida State
20 UCLA

1984 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Auburn
2 Nebraska
3 Pitt
4 Clemson
5 UCLA
6 Texas
7 Ohio State
8 Notre Dame 
9 Alabama
10 Miami
11 Penn State
12 Iowa
13 Arizona State
14 Michigan
15 SMU
16 Oklahoma
17 Florida
18 Washington
19 Boston College
20 Florida State

1983 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Nebraska
2 Oklahoma
3 Texas
4 Penn State
5 Auburn
6 Notre Dame 
7 Florida State
8 USC
9 Ohio State
10 Michigan
11 North Carolina
12 LSU
13 Alabama
14 Arizona
15 Georgia
16 Iowa
17 Maryland
18 Washington
19 SMU
20 UCLA

1982 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Pitt
2 Washington
3 Alabama
4 Nebraska
5 North Carolina
6 SMU
7 Georgia
8 Penn State
9 Oklahoma
10 USC
11 Clemson
12 Michigan
13 Arkansas
14 Ohio State
15 Miami
16 Florida
17 Texas
18 Notre Dame 
19 Arizona State
20 UCLA

1981 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Michigan
2 Oklahoma
3 Notre Dame 
4 Alabama
5 USC
6 Nebraska
7 Penn State
8 Pitt
9 Texas
10 Georgia
11 Ohio State
12 North Carolina
13 UCLA
14 Mississippi State
15 Washington
16 BYU
17 Florida
18 Stanford
19 Florida State
20 Arizona State

1980 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Ohio State
2 Alabama
3 Pitt
4 USC
5 Oklahoma
6 Arkansas
7 Nebraska
8 Houston
9 Purdue
10 Texas
11 Notre Dame 
12 Michigan
13 Florida State
14 North Carolina
15 Stanford
16 Georgia
17 Missouri
18 Penn State
19 Auburn
20 Washington

1979 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 USC
2 Alabama
3 Oklahoma
4 Texas
5 Penn State
6 Purdue
7 Michigan
8 Nebraska
9 Notre Dame 
10 Michigan State
11 Georgia
12 Missouri
13 Stanford
14 Texas A&M
15 Washington
16 Houston
17 Pitt
18 Arizona State
19 Florida State
20 Arkansas

1978 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Alabama
2 Arkansas
3 Penn State
4 Oklahoma
5 Notre Dame 
6 Michigan
7 Ohio State
8 Texas
9 USC
10 Nebraska
11 Washington
12 UCLA
13 LSU
14 Pitt
15 Kentucky
16 Texas A&M
17 Florida State
18 Clemson
19 North Carolina
20 Iowa State

1977 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Oklahoma
2 Michigan
3 Notre Dame 
4 USC
5 Ohio State
6 Alabama
7 Pitt
8 Texas Tech
9 Texas A&M
10 Maryland
11 UCLA
12 Colorado
13 Penn State
14 Houston
15 Nebraska
16 Mississippi State
17 Arizona State
18 Florida
19 Georgia
20 Oklahoma State

1976 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Nebraska
2 Michigan
3 Arizona State
4 Ohio State
5 Oklahoma
6 Alabama
7 Texas
8 USC
9 Pitt
10 Penn State
11 Notre Dame 
12 Maryland
13 Arkansas
14 Texas A&M
15 Cal
16 Georgia
17 UCLA
18 Florida
19 Kansas
20 Miami University

1975 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Oklahoma
2 Alabama
3 Michigan
4 Ohio State
5 USC
6 Penn State
7 Nebraska
8 Auburn
9 Texas A&M
10 Notre Dame 
11 Texas
12 Michigan State
13 NC State
14 UCLA
15 Florida
16 Arizona
17 Maryland
18 Tennessee
19 Arkansas
20 Stanford

1974 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Oklahoma
2 Ohio State
3 Notre Dame 
4 Alabama
5 USC
6 Michigan
7 Nebraska
8 Penn State
9 LSU
10 Texas
11 Houston
12 UCLA
13 Pitt
14 Maryland
15 Arizona State
16 Tennessee
17 Arizona
18 NC State
19 Arkansas
20 Texas A&M

1973 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 USC
2 Ohio State
3 Texas
4 Nebraska
5 Michigan
6 Alabama
7 Penn State
8 Notre Dame 
9 Tennessee
10 UCLA
11 Colorado
11 Oklahoma
13 Auburn
14 Arizona State
15 Florida
16 LSU
17 NC State
18 Houston
19 North Carolina
20 Texas Tech

1972 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Nebraska
2 Colorado
3 Ohio State
4 Arkansas
5 Penn State
6 Oklahoma
7 Alabama
8 USC
9 Washington
10 Michigan
11 LSU
12 Arizona State
13 Notre Dame 
14 Texas
15 Tennessee
16 Ole Miss
17 Georgia
18 Purdue
19 Florida State
20 Stanford

1971 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Notre Dame 
2 Nebraska
3 Texas
4 Michigan
5 USC
6 Auburn
7 Arkansas
8 Tennessee
9 LSU
10 Oklahoma
11 Ohio State
12 Penn State
13 Syracuse
14 Arizona State
15 UCLA
16 Alabama
17 Georgia Tech
18 Georgia
19 Stanford
20 Northwestern

1970 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Ohio State
2 Texas
3 Arkansas
4 Ole Miss
5 Notre Dame 
6 Penn State
7 Michigan
8 Nebraska
9 Stanford
10 Missouri
11 LSU
12 Houston
13 Florida
14 Alabama
15 South Carolina
16 UCLA
17 Arizona State
18 Auburn
19 Arizona State
T20 Auburn
T20 Oklahoma
T20 West Virginia

1969 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Ohio State
2 Arkansas
3 Penn State
4 Texas
5 USC
6 Oklahoma
7 Houston
8 Georgia
9 Ole Miss
10 Missouri
11 Notre Dame 
12 Michigan State
13 Alabama
14 Indiana
15 Tennessee
16 Stanford
17 UCLA
18 Purdue
19 Minnesota
20 Auburn

1968 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Purdue
2 USC
3 Notre Dame 
4 Oklahoma
5 Texas
6 Oregon State
7 Florida
8 Penn State
9 Tennessee
10 Alabama
11 Ohio State
12 Texas A&M
13 Indiana
14 Nebraska
15 Minnesota
16 UCLA
17 Arizona State
18 LSU
19 Syracuse
20 Miami

Preseason AP Top 10 College Football Polls

1967 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Notre Dame 
2 Alabama
3 Michigan State
4 Texas
5 Miami
6 Georgia
7 USC
8 UCLA
9 Tennessee
10 Colorado

1966 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Alabama
2 Michigan State
3 Nebraska
4 UCLA
5 Arkansas
6 Notre Dame 
7 Syracuse
8 Purdue
9 USC
10 Tennessee

1965 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Nebraska
2 Texas
3 Notre Dame 
4 Michigan
5 Alabama
6 Arkansas
7 USC
8 LSU
9 Purdue
10 Ohio State

1964 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Ole Miss
2 Oklahoma
3 Illinois
4 Texas
5 Ohio State
6 Alabama
7 Washington
8 Auburn
9 Syracuse
10 Navy

1963 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 USC
2 Ole Miss
3 Alabama
4 Oklahoma
5 Texas
6 Northwestern
7 Wisconsin
8 Arkansas
9 Navy
T10 Ohio State
T10 Washington

1962 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Ohio State
2 Texas
3 Alabama
4 Michigan State
5 LSU
6 Ole Miss
7 Purdue
8 Duke
9 Penn State
10 Washington

1961 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Iowa
2 Ohio State
3 Alabama
4 Texas
5 LSU
6 Michigan State
7 Penn State
8 Kansas
9 Ole Miss
10 Syracuse

Preseason AP Top 20 College Football Polls 1950-1960

1960 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Syracuse
2 Ole Miss
3 Washington
4 Texas
5 Illinois
6 USC
7 Pitt
8 Michigan State
9 Clemson
10 Oklahoma
11 TCU
12 Auburn
13 Georgia
14 Northwestern
15 Iowa
16 Ohio State
17 Notre Dame 
18 Tennessee
T19 Arkansas
T19 Penn State

1959 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 LSU
2 Oklahoma
3 Auburn
4 SMU
5 Army
6 Wisconsin
7 Ohio State
8 Ole Miss
9 Iowa
10 Northwestern
11 Purdue
12 North Carolina
13 TCU
14 South Carolina
15 Air Force
16 Notre Dame 
17 Texas
18 Clemson
19 Michigan State
20 Syracuse

1958 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Ohio State
2 Oklahoma
3 Notre Dame 
4 Michigan State
5 Auburn
6 Ole Miss
7 Navy
8 TCU
9 Army
10 North Carolina
11 Texas
12 Oregon State
13 Iowa
14 Wisconsin
15 Mississippi State
16 Miami
17 SMU
18 Clemson
19 Pitt
20 Texas A&M

1957 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Oklahoma
2 Texas A&M
3 Michigan State
4 Minnesota
5 Tennessee
6 Michigan
7 Baylor
8 Pitt
9 Iowa
10 Duke
11 Georgia Tech
12 Navy
13 Oregon State
14 Miami
15 Auburn
16 Penn State
17 Ohio State
18 Notre Dame 
19 USC
20 Kentucky

1956 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Oklahoma
2 Michigan State
3 Notre Dame 
4 Georgia Tech
5 Ohio State
6 Maryland
7 TCU
8 Michigan
9 Texas A&M
10 Pitt
11 Army
12 Tennessee
13 Ole Miss
14 Stanford
15 USC
16 Duke
17 UCLA
18 Miami
19 Yale
20 Illinois

1955 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 UCLA
2 Oklahoma
3 Michigan
4 Ohio State
5 Maryland
6 Notre Dame 
7 Army
8 Navy
9 Miami
10 Georgia Tech
11 Rice
12 Iowa
13 USC
14 Wisconsin
15 Ole Miss
16 SMU
17 Auburn
18 Duke
19 West Virginia
20 Purdue

1954 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Notre Dame 
2 Oklahoma
3 Maryland
4 Texas
5 Illinois
6 Michigan State
7 Georgia Tech
8 UCLA
9 Wisconsin
10 Ole Miss
11 Iowa
12 Cal
13 Army
14 Alabama
15 Duke
16 Rice
17 USC
18 Oregon
19 Texas Tech
20 Ohio State

1953 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Notre Dame 
2 Michigan State
3 Georgia Tech
4 UCLA
5 Alabama
6 Oklahoma
7 Ohio State
8 USC
9 Maryland
10 Duke
11 Texas
12 Rice
13 Navy
14 Cal
15 Florida
16 West Virginia
17 Pitt
17 Tennessee
19 Princeton
20 Baylor

1952 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Michigan State
2 Maryland
3 Georgia Tech
4 Oklahoma
5 Illinois
6 Tennessee
7 Wisconsin
8 Cal
9 TCU
10 Notre Dame 
11 Texas
12 Penn
13 Stanford
14 Princeton
15 Washington State
16 USC
17 Kansas
18 UCLA
19 Duke
20 Ohio State

1951 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Tennessee
2 Michigan State
3 Ohio State
4 Oklahoma
5 Cal
6 Kentucky
7 Texas A&M
8 Washington
9 Alabama
10 Illinois
11 Texas
12 Nebraska
13 Baylor
14 Notre Dame 
15 Wisconsin
16 Maryland
17 Michigan
18 Princeton
19 Penn
20 Cornell

1950 AP Preseason College Football Poll

1 Notre Dame 
2 Army
3 Michigan
4 Tennessee
5 Texas
6 Oklahoma
7 Stanford
8 Illinois
9 Cornell
10 SMU
11 Ohio State
12 USC
13 Kentucky
14 Cal
15 Maryland
16 Duke
17 Missouri
18 Minnesota
19 Michigan State
20 North Carolina