1972 season · week 5
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- SEC5
- Big 84
- FBS Independents4
- Other7
- 1–USCPac-8—
- 2–OklahomaBig 8—
- 3▲2Ohio StateBig Ten—
- 4▲2AlabamaSEC—
- 5▲3MichiganBig Ten—
- 6▲1NebraskaBig 8—
- 7▲3Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 8▲1LSUSEC—
- 9▲3TexasSouthwest—
- 10▼6TennesseeSEC—
- 11▲3WashingtonPac-8—
- 12▼9ColoradoBig 8—
- 13▲3Florida StateFBS Independents—
- 14▲1UCLAPac-8—
- 15▲4StanfordPac-8—
- 16▼3Penn StateFBS Independents—
- 17NewAuburnSEC—
- 18▼1Ole MissSEC—
- 19NewAir ForceFBS Independents—
- 20NewIowa StateBig 8—