1951 season · week 9
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- FBS Independents5
- Pacific4
- SEC3
- Other8
- 1▲1TennesseeSEC—
- 2▼1Michigan StateFBS Independents—
- 3▲1StanfordPacific—
- 4▲1MarylandSouthern—
- 5▲1PrincetonFBS Independents—
- 6▼3IllinoisWestern—
- 7–Georgia TechSEC—
- 8–WisconsinWestern—
- 9–KentuckySEC—
- 10–BaylorSouthwest—
- 11–USCPacific—
- 12–OklahomaBig 7—
- 13▲1San FranciscoFBS Independents—
- 14▲1TexasSouthwest—
- 15NewVirginiaFBS Independents—
- 16NewHoly CrossFBS Independents—
- 17–Washington StatePacific—
- 18▲1RiceSouthwest—
- 19▼3CaliforniaPacific—
- 20NewBucknellPre-classification Independents—