1972 season · week 2
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- SEC5
- Big 83
- Big Ten3
- Other9
- 1▲7USCPac-8—
- 2–ColoradoBig 8—
- 3–Ohio StateBig Ten—
- 4▲2OklahomaBig 8—
- 5▲2AlabamaSEC—
- 6▼1Penn StateFBS Independents—
- 7▲8TennesseeSEC—
- 8NewUCLAPac-8—
- 9▲2LSUSEC—
- 10▼9NebraskaBig 8—
- 11▼1MichiganBig Ten—
- 12▼3WashingtonPac-8—
- 13▼1Arizona StateWestern Athletic—
- 14▼1Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 15▼1TexasSouthwest—
- 16▲1GeorgiaSEC—
- 17▼13ArkansasSouthwest—
- 18–PurdueBig Ten—
- 19▼3Ole MissSEC—
- 20▼1Florida StateFBS Independents—