1971 season · week 3
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- SEC5
- Big 83
- Pac-83
- Other9
- 1–NebraskaBig 8—
- 2–Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 3–TexasSouthwest—
- 4–MichiganBig Ten—
- 5▲2AuburnSEC—
- 6▼1Ohio StateBig Ten—
- 7▼1ArkansasSouthwest—
- 8▲1AlabamaSEC—
- 9▼1TennesseeSEC—
- 10▲2ColoradoBig 8—
- 11▼1OklahomaBig 8—
- 12▲2Penn StateFBS Independents—
- 13–StanfordPac-8—
- 14▼3GeorgiaSEC—
- 15▲1Arizona StateWestern Athletic—
- 16▲1USCPac-8—
- 17NewWashingtonPac-8—
- 18NewLSUSEC—
- 19NewToledoMid-American—
- 20NewDukeACC—