1951 season · week 1
Polls
Poll
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- FBS Independents5
- Western4
- SEC3
- Other8
- 1TennesseeSEC—
- 2Michigan StateFBS Independents—
- 3Ohio StateWestern—
- 4OklahomaBig 7—
- 5CaliforniaPacific—
- 6Texas A&MSouthwest—
- 6KentuckySEC—
- 8WashingtonPacific—
- 9AlabamaSEC—
- 10IllinoisWestern—
- 11TexasSouthwest—
- 12NebraskaBig 7—
- 13BaylorSouthwest—
- 14Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 15WisconsinWestern—
- 16MarylandSouthern—
- 17MichiganWestern—
- 18PrincetonFBS Independents—
- 19PennsylvaniaFBS Independents—
- 20CornellFBS Independents—