1972 season · week 12
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- Big 85
- SEC4
- Pac-83
- Other8
- 1–USCPac-8—
- 2–AlabamaSEC—
- 3–MichiganBig Ten—
- 4–OklahomaBig 8—
- 5–NebraskaBig 8—
- 6–Penn StateFBS Independents—
- 7–TexasSouthwest—
- 8–LSUSEC—
- 9–Ohio StateBig Ten—
- 10▲1AuburnSEC—
- 11▼1Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 12▲1TennesseeSEC—
- 13▲2ColoradoBig 8—
- 14–UCLAPac-8—
- 15▲1North CarolinaACC—
- 16▲3MissouriBig 8—
- 17▼5Iowa StateBig 8—
- 18–Arizona StateWestern Athletic—
- 19▲1Washington StatePac-8—
- 20NewTexas TechSouthwest—