1951 season · week 8
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- Pacific5
- Southwest4
- FBS Independents3
- Other8
- 1▲4Michigan StateFBS Independents—
- 2▼1TennesseeSEC—
- 3▼1IllinoisWestern—
- 4▲3StanfordPacific—
- 5▼2MarylandSouthern—
- 6▼2PrincetonFBS Independents—
- 7▲1Georgia TechSEC—
- 8▲1WisconsinWestern—
- 9▲3KentuckySEC—
- 10▲6BaylorSouthwest—
- 11▼5USCPacific—
- 12▲2OklahomaBig 7—
- 13–TCUSouthwest—
- 14▲1San FranciscoFBS Independents—
- 15▼5TexasSouthwest—
- 16▲1CaliforniaPacific—
- 17–Washington StatePacific—
- 18NewUCLAPacific—
- 19NewRiceSouthwest—
- 20NewCincinnatiMid-American—