1973 season · week 5
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- Big 85
- FBS Independents5
- SEC3
- Other7
- 1▲2Ohio StateBig Ten—
- 2–NebraskaBig 8—
- 3▲2AlabamaSEC—
- 4▼3USCPac-8—
- 5▼1MichiganBig Ten—
- 6▲2OklahomaBig 8—
- 7▼1Penn StateFBS Independents—
- 8▼1Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 9–TennesseeSEC—
- 10–LSUSEC—
- 11▲1Oklahoma StateBig 8—
- 12▲1Arizona StateWestern Athletic—
- 13▲1TexasSouthwest—
- 14▲1HoustonFBS Independents—
- 15▲5MissouriBig 8—
- 16▲1UCLAPac-8—
- 17▲1MiamiFBS Independents—
- 18NewColoradoBig 8—
- 19NewSMUSouthwest—
- 20NewWest VirginiaFBS Independents—