PENN STATE FOOTBALL
and the NATIONAL POLLS

[Associated Press] [United Press International] [USA Today/CNN]
Associated Press
voting by a panel of sportswriters

Associated Press
1996
  1. Florida
  2. Ohio State
  3. Florida State
  4. Arizona State
  5. Brigham Young
  6. Nebraska
  7. PENN STATE
  8. Colorado
  9. Tennessee
  10. North Carolina
Associated Press
1995
  1. Nebraska
  2. Florida
  3. Tennessee
  4. Florida State
  5. Colorado
  6. Ohio State
  7. Kansas State
  8. Northwestern
  9. Kansas
  10. Virginia Tech
13. PENN STATE
Associated Press
1994
  1. Nebraska
  2. PENN STATE
  3. Colorado
  4. Florida State
  5. Alabama
  6. Miami (Fla.)
  7. Florida
  8. Texas A & M
  9. Auburn
  10. Utah
Associated Press
1993
  1. Florida State
  2. Notre Dame
  3. Nebraska
  4. Auburn
  5. Florida
  6. Wisconsin
  7. West Virginia
  8. PENN STATE
  9. Texas A & M
  10. Arizona
Associated Press
1992
  1. Alabama
  2. Florida State
  3. Miami (Fla.)
  4. Notre Dame
  5. Michigan
  6. Syracuse
  7. Texas A & M
  8. Georgia
  9. Stanford
  10. Florida
Associated Press
1991
  1. Miami (Fla.)
  2. Washington
  3. PENN STATE
  4. Florida State
  5. Alabama
  6. Michigan
  7. Florida
  8. California
  9. East Carolina
  10. Iowa
Associated Press
1990
  1. Colorado
  2. Georgia Tech
  3. Miami (Fla.)
  4. Florida State
  5. Washington
  6. Notre Dame
  7. Michigan
  8. Tennessee
  9. Clemson
  10. Houston
  11. PENN STATE
Associated Press
1989
  1. Miami (Fla.)
  2. Notre Dame
  3. Florida State
  4. Colorado
  5. Tennessee
  6. Auburn
  7. Michigan
  8. Southern Cal
  9. Alabama
  10. Illinois
15. PENN STATE
Associated Press
1988
  1. Notre Dame
  2. Miami (Fla.)
  3. Florida State
  4. Michigan
  5. West Virginia
  6. UCLA
  7. Southern Cal
  8. Auburn
  9. Clemson
  10. Nebraska
Associated Press
1987
  1. Miami (Fla.)
  2. Florida State
  3. Oklahoma
  4. Syracuse
  5. LSU
  6. Nebraska
  7. Auburn
  8. Michigan State
  9. UCLA
  10. Texas A & M
Associated Press
1986
  1. PENN STATE
  2. Miami (Fla.)
  3. Oklahoma
  4. Arizona State
  5. Nebraska
  6. Auburn
  7. Ohio State
  8. Michigan
  9. Alabama
  10. LSU
Associated Press
1985
  1. Oklahoma
  2. Michigan
  3. PENN STATE
  4. Tennessee
  5. Florida
  6. Texas A & M
  7. UCLA
  8. Air Force
  9. Miami (Fla.)
  10. Iowa
Associated Press
1984
  1. Brigham Young
  2. Washington
  3. Florida
  4. Nebraska
  5. Boston College
  6. Oklahoma
  7. Oklahoma State
  8. SMU
  9. UCLA
  10. Southern Cal
Associated Press
1983
  1. Miami (Fla.)
  2. Nebraska
  3. Auburn
  4. Georgia
  5. Texas
  6. Florida
  7. Brigham Young
  8. Michigan
  9. Ohio State
  10. Illinois
Associated Press
1982
  1. PENN STATE
  2. SMU
  3. Nebraska
  4. Georgia
  5. UCLA
  6. Arizona State
  7. Washington
  8. Clemson
  9. Arkansas
  10. Pittsburgh
Associated Press
1981
  1. Clemson
  2. Texas
  3. PENN STATE
  4. Pittsburgh
  5. SMU
  6. Georgia
  7. Alabama
  8. Miami (Fla.)
  9. North Carolina
  10. Washington
Associated Press
1980
  1. Georgia
  2. Pittsburgh
  3. Oklahoma
  4. Michigan
  5. Florida State
  6. Alabama
  7. Nebraska
  8. PENN STATE
  9. Notre Dame
  10. North Carolina
Associated Press
1979
  1. Alabama
  2. Southern Cal
  3. Oklahoma
  4. Ohio State
  5. Houston
  6. Florida State
  7. Pittsburgh
  8. Arkansas
  9. Nebraska
  10. Purdue
20. PENN STATE
Associated Press
1978
  1. Alabama
  2. Southern Cal
  3. Oklahoma
  4. PENN STATE
  5. Michigan
  6. Clemson
  7. Notre Dame
  8. Nebraska
  9. Texas
  10. Houston
Associated Press
1977
  1. Notre Dame
  2. Alabama
  3. Arkansas
  4. Texas
  5. PENN STATE
  6. Kentucky
  7. Oklahoma
  8. Pittsburgh
  9. Michigan
  10. Washington
Associated Press
1976
  1. Pittsburgh
  2. Southern Cal
  3. Michigan
  4. Houston
  5. Oklahoma
  6. Ohio State
  7. Texas A & M
  8. Maryland
  9. Nebraska
  10. Georgia
Associated Press
1975
  1. Oklahoma
  2. Arizona State
  3. Alabama
  4. Ohio State
  5. UCLA
  6. Texas
  7. Arkansas
  8. Michigan
  9. Nebraska
  10. PENN STATE
Associated Press
1974
  1. Oklahoma
  2. Southern Cal
  3. Michigan
  4. Ohio State
  5. Alabama
  6. Notre Dame
  7. PENN STATE
  8. Auburn
  9. Nebraska
  10. Miami (Ohio)
Associated Press
1973
  1. Notre Dame
  2. Ohio State
  3. Oklahoma
  4. Alabama
  5. PENN STATE
  6. Michigan
  7. Nebraska
  8. Southern Cal
  9. Houston
  10. Arizona State
Associated Press
1972
  1. Southern Cal
  2. Oklahoma
  3. Texas
  4. Nebraska
  5. Auburn
  6. Michigan
  7. Alabama
  8. Tennessee
  9. Ohio State
  10. PENN STATE
Associated Press
1971
  1. Nebraska
  2. Oklahoma
  3. Colorado
  4. Alabama
  5. PENN STATE
  6. Michigan
  7. Georgia
  8. Arizona State
  9. Tennessee
  10. Stanford
Associated Press
1970
  1. Nebraska
  2. Notre Dame
  3. Texas
  4. Tennessee
  5. Ohio State
  6. Arizona State
  7. LSU
  8. Stanford
  9. Michigan
  10. Auburn
18. PENN STATE
Associated Press
1969
  1. Texas
  2. PENN STATE
  3. Southern Cal
  4. Ohio State
  5. Notre Dame
  6. Missouri
  7. Arkansas
  8. Mississippi
  9. Michigan
  10. LSU
Associated Press
1968
  1. Ohio State
  2. PENN STATE
  3. Texas
  4. Southern Cal
  5. Notre Dame
  6. Arkansas
  7. Kansas
  8. Georgia
  9. Missouri
  10. Purdue
Associated Press
1967
  1. Southern Cal
  2. Tennessee
  3. Oklahoma
  4. Indiana
  5. Notre Dame
  6. Wyoming
  7. Oregon State
  8. Alabama
  9. Purdue
  10. PENN STATE
Associated Press
1966
  1. Notre Dame
  2. Michigan State
  3. Alabama
  4. Georgia
  5. UCLA
  6. Nebraska
  7. Purdue
  8. Georgia Tech
  9. Miami (Fla.)
  10. SMU
Associated Press
1965
  1. Alabama
  2. Michigan State
  3. Arkansas
  4. UCLA
  5. Nebraska
  6. Missouri
  7. Tennessee
  8. LSU
  9. Notre Dame
  10. Southern Cal
Associated Press
1964
  1. Alabama
  2. Arkansas
  3. Notre Dame
  4. Michigan
  5. Texas
  6. Nebraska
  7. LSU
  8. Oregon State
  9. Ohio State
  10. Southern Cal
Associated Press
1963
  1. Texas
  2. Navy
  3. Illinois
  4. Pittsburgh
  5. Auburn
  6. Nebraska
  7. Mississippi
  8. Alabama
  9. Oklahoma
  10. Michigan State
Associated Press
1962
  1. Southern Cal
  2. Wisconsin
  3. Mississippi
  4. Texas
  5. Alabama
  6. Arkansas
  7. LSU
  8. Oklahoma
  9. PENN STATE
  10. Minnesota
Associated Press
1961
  1. Alabama
  2. Ohio State
  3. Texas
  4. LSU
  5. Mississippi
  6. Minnesota
  7. Colorado
  8. Michigan State
  9. Arkansas
  10. Utah State
18. PENN STATE
Associated Press
1960
  1. Minnesota
  2. Mississippi
  3. Iowa
  4. Navy
  5. Missouri
  6. Washington
  7. Arkansas
  8. Ohio State
  9. Alabama
  10. Duke
16. PENN STATE
Associated Press
1959
  1. Syracuse
  2. Mississippi
  3. LSU
  4. Texas
  5. Georgia
  6. Wisconsin
  7. Texas Christian
  8. Washington
  9. Arkansas
  10. Alabama
  11. PENN STATE
Associated Press
1958
  1. LSU
  2. Iowa
  3. Army
  4. Auburn
  5. Oklahoma
  6. Air Force
  7. Wisconsin
  8. Ohio State
  9. Syracuse
  10. Texas Christian
Associated Press
1957
  1. Auburn
  2. Ohio State
  3. Michigan State
  4. Oklahoma
  5. Navy
  6. Iowa
  7. Mississippi
  8. Rice
  9. Texas A & M
  10. Notre Dame
Associated Press
1956
  1. Oklahoma
  2. Tennessee
  3. Iowa
  4. Georgia Tech
  5. Texas A & M
  6. Miami (Fla.)
  7. Michigan
  8. Syracuse
  9. Michigan State
  10. Oregon State
Associated Press
1955
  1. Oklahoma
  2. Michigan State
  3. Maryland
  4. UCLA
  5. Texas Christian
  6. Ohio State
  7. Georgia Tech
  8. Notre Dame
  9. Mississippi
  10. Auburn
Associated Press
1954
  1. Ohio State
  2. UCLA
  3. Oklahoma
  4. Notre Dame
  5. Navy
  6. Mississippi
  7. Army
  8. Maryland
  9. Wisconsin
  10. Arkansas
Associated Press
1953
  1. Maryland
  2. Notre Dame
  3. Michigan State
  4. Oklahoma
  5. UCLA
  6. Rice
  7. Illinois
  8. Georgia Tech
  9. Iowa
  10. West Virginia
Associated Press
1952
  1. Michigan State
  2. Georgia Tech
  3. Notre Dame
  4. Oklahoma
  5. Southern Cal
  6. UCLA
  7. Mississippi
  8. Tennessee
  9. Alabama
  10. Texas
Associated Press
1951
  1. Tennessee
  2. Michigan State
  3. Maryland
  4. Illinois
  5. Georgia Tech
  6. Princeton
  7. Stanford
  8. Wisconsin
  9. Baylor
  10. Oklahoma
Associated Press
1950
  1. Oklahoma
  2. Army
  3. Texas
  4. Tennessee
  5. California
  6. Princeton
  7. Kentucky
  8. Michigan State
  9. Michigan
  10. Clemson
Associated Press
1949
  1. Notre Dame
  2. Oklahoma
  3. California
  4. Army
  5. Rice
  6. Ohio State
  7. Michigan
  8. Minnesota
  9. LSU
  10. Pacific
Associated Press
1948
  1. Michigan
  2. Notre Dame
  3. North Carolina
  4. California
  5. Oklahoma
  6. Army
  7. Northwestern
  8. Georgia
  9. Oregon
  10. SMU
18. PENN STATE
Associated Press
1947
  1. Notre Dame
  2. Michigan
  3. SMU
  4. PENN STATE
  5. Texas
  6. Alabama
  7. Pennsylvania
  8. Southern Cal
  9. North Carolina
  10. Georgia Tech
Associated Press
1946
  1. Notre Dame
  2. Army
  3. Georgia
  4. UCLA
  5. Illinois
  6. Michigan
  7. Tennessee
  8. LSU
  9. North Carolina
  10. Rice
Associated Press
1945
  1. Army
  2. Alabama
  3. Navy
  4. Indiana
  5. Oklahoma State
  6. Michigan
  7. St. Mary's (Calif.)
  8. Pennsylvania
  9. Notre Dame
  10. Texas
Associated Press
1944
  1. Army
  2. Ohio State
  3. Randolph Field
  4. Navy
  5. Bainbrdige
  6. Iowa Pre-Flight
  7. Southern Cal
  8. Michigan
  9. Notre Dame
  10. 4th AAF
Associated Press
1943
  1. Notre Dame
  2. Iowa Pre-Flight
  3. Michigan
  4. Navy
  5. Purdue
  6. Great Lakes
  7. Duke
  8. Del Monte
  9. Northwestern
  10. March Field
Associated Press
1942
  1. Ohio State
  2. Georgia
  3. Wisconsin
  4. Tulsa
  5. Georgia Tech
  6. Notre Dame
  7. Tennessee
  8. Boston College
  9. Michigan
  10. Alabama
19. PENN STATE
Associated Press
1941
  1. Minnesota
  2. Duke
  3. Notre Dame
  4. Texas
  5. Michigan
  6. Fordham
  7. Missouri
  8. Duquesne
  9. Texas A & M
  10. Navy
Associated Press
1940
  1. Minnesota
  2. Stanford
  3. Michigan
  4. Tennessee
  5. Boston College
  6. Texas A & M
  7. Northwestern
  8. Nebraska
  9. Mississippi State
  10. Washington
Associated Press
1939
  1. Texas A & M
  2. Tennessee
  3. Southern Cal
  4. Cornell
  5. Tulane
  6. Missouri
  7. UCLA
  8. Duke
  9. Iowa
  10. Duquesne
Associated Press
1938
  1. Texas Christian
  2. Tennessee
  3. Duke
  4. Oklahoma
  5. Notre Dame
  6. Carnegie Tech
  7. Southern Cal
  8. Pittsburgh
  9. Holy Cross
  10. Minnesota
Associated Press
1937
  1. Pittsburgh
  2. California
  3. Fordham
  4. Alabama
  5. Minnesota
  6. Villanova
  7. Dartmouth
  8. LSU
  9. Notre Dame
  10. Santa Clara
Associated Press
1936
  1. Minnesota
  2. LSU
  3. Pittsburgh
  4. Alabama
  5. Washington
  6. Santa Clara
  7. Northwestern
  8. Notre Dame
  9. Nebraska
  10. Pennsylvania
     



United Press International
voting by a panel of college head coaches

United Press Int'l
1995
  1. Nebraska
  2. Florida
  3. Tennessee
  4. Colorado
  5. Florida State
  6. Ohio State
  7. Kansas State
  8. Northwestern
  9. Virginia Tech
  10. Kansas
12. PENN STATE
United Press Int'l
1994
  1. Nebraska
  2. PENN STATE
  3. Colorado
  4. Florida State
  5. Alabama
  6. Miami (Fla.)
  7. Florida
  8. Utah
  9. Michigan
  10. Ohio State
United Press Int'l
1993
  1. Florida State
  2. Notre Dame
  3. Nebraska
  4. Florida
  5. Wisconsin
  6. Texas A & M
  7. PENN STATE
  8. West Virginia
  9. Ohio State
  10. Arizona
United Press Int'l
1992
  1. Alabama
  2. Florida State
  3. Miami (Fla.)
  4. Notre Dame
  5. Michigan
  6. Syracuse
  7. Texas A & M
  8. Georgia
  9. Stanford
  10. Florida
24. PENN STATE
United Press Int'l
1991
  1. Washington
  2. Miami (Fla.)
  3. PENN STATE
  4. Florida State
  5. Alabama
  6. Michigan
  7. Florida
  8. California
  9. East Carolina
  10. Iowa
United Press Int'l
1990
  1. Georgia Tech
  2. Colorado
  3. Miami (Fla.)
  4. Florida State
  5. Washington
  6. Notre Dame
  7. Tennessee
  8. Michigan
  9. Clemson
  10. PENN STATE
United Press Int'l
1989
  1. Miami (Fla.)
  2. Florida State
  3. Notre Dame
  4. Colorado
  5. Tennessee
  6. Auburn
  7. Alabama
  8. Michigan
  9. Southern Cal
  10. Illinois
14. PENN STATE
United Press Int'l
1988
  1. Notre Dame
  2. Miami (Fla.)
  3. Florida State
  4. Michigan
  5. West Virginia
  6. UCLA
  7. Auburn
  8. Clemson
  9. Southern Cal
  10. Nebraska
United Press Int'l
1987
  1. Miami (Fla.)
  2. Florida State
  3. Oklahoma
  4. Syracuse
  5. LSU
  6. Nebraska
  7. Auburn
  8. Michigan State
  9. Texas A & M
  10. UCLA
United Press Int'l
1986
  1. PENN STATE
  2. Miami (Fla.)
  3. Oklahoma
  4. Nebraska
  5. Arizona State
  6. Ohio State
  7. Michigan
  8. Auburn
  9. Alabama
  10. Arizona
United Press Int'l
1985
  1. Oklahoma
  2. Michigan
  3. PENN STATE
  4. Tennessee
  5. Air Force
  6. UCLA
  7. Texas A & M
  8. Miami (Fla.)
  9. Iowa
  10. Nebraska
United Press Int'l
1984
  1. Brigham Young
  2. Washington
  3. Nebraska
  4. Boston College
  5. Oklahoma State
  6. Oklahoma
  7. Florida
  8. SMU
  9. Southern Cal
  10. UCLA
United Press Int'l
1983
  1. Miami (Fla.)
  2. Nebraska
  3. Auburn
  4. Georgia
  5. Texas
  6. Florida
  7. Brigham Young
  8. Ohio State
  9. Michigan
  10. Illinois
17. PENN STATE
United Press Int'l
1982
  1. PENN STATE
  2. SMU
  3. Nebraska
  4. Georgia
  5. UCLA
  6. Arizona State
  7. Washington
  8. Arkansas
  9. Pittsburgh
  10. Florida State
United Press Int'l
1981
  1. Clemson
  2. Pittsburgh
  3. PENN STATE
  4. Texas
  5. Georgia
  6. Alabama
  7. North Carolina
  8. Washington
  9. Nebraska
  10. Michigan
United Press Int'l
1980
  1. Georgia
  2. Pittsburgh
  3. Oklahoma
  4. Michigan
  5. Florida State
  6. Alabama
  7. Nebraska
  8. PENN STATE
  9. North Carolina
  10. Notre Dame
United Press Int'l
1979
  1. Alabama
  2. Southern Cal
  3. Oklahoma
  4. Ohio State
  5. Houston
  6. Pittsburgh
  7. Nebraska
  8. Florida State
  9. Arkansas
  10. Purdue
18. PENN STATE
United Press Int'l
1978
  1. Southern Cal
  2. Alabama
  3. Oklahoma
  4. PENN STATE
  5. Michigan
  6. Clemson
  7. Notre Dame
  8. Nebraska
  9. Texas
  10. Arkansas
United Press Int'l
1977
  1. Notre Dame
  2. Alabama
  3. Arkansas
  4. PENN STATE
  5. Texas
  6. Oklahoma
  7. Pittsburgh
  8. Michigan
  9. Washington
  10. Nebraska
United Press Int'l
1976
  1. Pittsburgh
  2. Southern Cal
  3. Michigan
  4. Houston
  5. Ohio State
  6. Oklahoma
  7. Nebraska
  8. Texas A & M
  9. Alabama
  10. Georgia
United Press Int'l
1975
  1. Oklahoma
  2. Arizona State
  3. Alabama
  4. Ohio State
  5. UCLA
  6. Arkansas
  7. Texas
  8. Michigan
  9. Nebraska
  10. PENN STATE
United Press Int'l
1974
  1. Southern Cal
  2. Alabama
  3. Ohio State
  4. Notre Dame
  5. Michigan
  6. Auburn
  7. PENN STATE
  8. Nebraska
  9. N. Carolina State
  10. Miami (Ohio)
United Press Int'l
1973
  1. Alabama
  2. Oklahoma
  3. Ohio State
  4. Notre Dame
  5. PENN STATE
  6. Michigan
  7. Southern Cal
  8. Texas
  9. UCLA
  10. Arizona State
United Press Int'l
1972
  1. Southern Cal
  2. Oklahoma
  3. Ohio State
  4. Alabama
  5. Texas
  6. Michigan
  7. Auburn
  8. PENN STATE
  9. Nebraska
  10. LSU
United Press Int'l
1971
  1. Nebraska
  2. Alabama
  3. Oklahoma
  4. Michigan
  5. Auburn
  6. Arizona State
  7. Colorado
  8. Georgia
  9. Tennessee
  10. LSU
  11. PENN STATE
United Press Int'l
1970
  1. Texas
  2. Ohio State
  3. Nebraska
  4. Tennessee
  5. Notre Dame
  6. LSU
  7. Michigan
  8. Arizona State
  9. Auburn
  10. Stanford
19. PENN STATE
United Press Int'l
1969
  1. Texas
  2. PENN STATE
  3. Arkansas
  4. Southern Cal
  5. Ohio State
  6. Missouri
  7. LSU
  8. Michigan
  9. Notre Dame
  10. UCLA
United Press Int'l
1968
  1. Ohio State
  2. Southern Cal
  3. PENN STATE
  4. Georgia
  5. Texas
  6. Kansas
  7. Tennessee
  8. Notre Dame
  9. Arkansas
  10. Oklahoma
United Press Int'l
1967
  1. Southern Cal
  2. Tennessee
  3. Oklahoma
  4. Notre Dame
  5. Wyoming
  6. Indiana
  7. Alabama
  8. Oregon State
  9. Nebraska
  10. LSU
United Press Int'l
1966
  1. Notre Dame
  2. Michigan State
  3. Alabama
  4. Georgia
  5. UCLA
  6. Purdue
  7. Nebraska
  8. Georgia Tech
  9. SMU
  10. Miami (Fla.)
United Press Int'l
1965
  1. Michigan State
  2. Arkansas
  3. Nebraska
  4. Alabama
  5. UCLA
  6. Missouri
  7. Tennessee
  8. Notre Dame
  9. Southern Cal
  10. Texas Tech
United Press Int'l
1964
  1. Alabama
  2. Arkansas
  3. Notre Dame
  4. Michigan
  5. Texas
  6. Nebraska
  7. LSU
  8. Oregon State
  9. Ohio State
  10. Southern Cal
14. PENN STATE
United Press Int'l
1963
  1. Texas
  2. Navy
  3. Pittsburgh
  4. Illinois
  5. Nebraska
  6. Auburn
  7. Mississippi
  8. Oklahoma
  9. Alabama
  10. Michigan State
16. PENN STATE
United Press Int'l
1962
  1. Southern Cal
  2. Wisconsin
  3. Mississippi
  4. Texas
  5. Alabama
  6. Arkansas
  7. Oklahoma
  8. LSU
  9. PENN STATE
  10. Minnesota
United Press Int'l
1961
  1. Alabama
  2. Ohio State
  3. LSU
  4. Texas
  5. Mississippi
  6. Minnesota
  7. Colorado
  8. Arkansas
  9. Michigan State
  10. Utah State
19. PENN STATE
United Press Int'l
1960
  1. Minnesota
  2. Iowa
  3. Mississippi
  4. Missouri
  5. Washington
  6. Navy
  7. Arkansas
  8. Ohio State
  9. Kansas State
  10. Alabama
United Press Int'l
1959
  1. Syracuse
  2. Mississippi
  3. LSU
  4. Texas
  5. Georgia
  6. Wisconsin
  7. Washington
  8. Texas Christian
  9. Arkansas
  10. Clemson
14. PENN STATE
United Press Int'l
1958
  1. LSU
  2. Iowa
  3. Army
  4. Auburn
  5. Oklahoma
  6. Wisconsin
  7. Ohio State
  8. Air Force
  9. Texas Christian
  10. Syracuse
United Press Int'l
1957
  1. Ohio State
  2. Auburn
  3. Michigan State
  4. Oklahoma
  5. Iowa
  6. Navy
  7. Rice
  8. Mississippi
  9. Notre Dame
  10. Texas A & M
United Press Int'l
1956
  1. Oklahoma
  2. Tennessee
  3. Iowa
  4. Georgia Tech
  5. Texas A & M
  6. Miami (Fla.)
  7. Michigan
  8. Syracuse
  9. Minnesota
  10. Michigan State
United Press Int'l
1955
  1. Oklahoma
  2. Michigan State
  3. Maryland
  4. UCLA
  5. Ohio State
  6. Texas Christian
  7. Georgia Tech
  8. Auburn
  9. Notre Dame
  10. Mississippi
United Press Int'l
1954
  1. UCLA
  2. Ohio State
  3. Oklahoma
  4. Notre Dame
  5. Navy
  6. Mississippi
  7. Army
  8. Arkansas
  9. Miami (Fla.)
  10. Wisconsin
16. PENN STATE
United Press Int'l
1953
  1. Maryland
  2. Notre Dame
  3. Michigan State
  4. UCLA
  5. Oklahoma
  6. Rice
  7. Illinois
  8. Texas
  9. Georgia Tech
  10. Iowa
United Press Int'l
1952
  1. Michigan State
  2. Georgia Tech
  3. Notre Dame
  4. Oklahoma
  5. Southern Cal
  6. UCLA
  7. Mississippi
  8. Tennessee
  9. Alabama
  10. Wisconsin
United Press Int'l
1951
  1. Tennessee
  2. Michigan State
  3. Illinois
  4. Maryland
  5. Georgia Tech
  6. Princeton
  7. Stanford
  8. Wisconsin
  9. Baylor
  10. Texas Christian
United Press Int'l
1950
  1. Oklahoma
  2. Texas
  3. Tennessee
  4. California
  5. Army
  6. Michigan
  7. Kentucky
  8. Princeton
  9. Michigan State
  10. Ohio State
   



USA Today / CNN
voting by a panel of college head coaches

USA Today / CNN
1996
  1. Florida
  2. Ohio State
  3. Florida State
  4. Arizona State
  5. Brigham Young
  6. Nebraska
  7. PENN STATE
  8. Colorado
  9. Tennessee
  10. North Carolina
USA Today / CNN
1995
  1. Nebraska
  2. Tennessee
  3. Florida
  4. Colorado
  5. Florida State
  6. Kansas State
  7. Northwestern
  8. Ohio State
  9. Virginia Tech
  10. Kansas
12. PENN STATE
USA Today / CNN
1994
  1. Nebraska
  2. PENN STATE
  3. Colorado
  4. Alabama
  5. Florida State
  6. Miami (Fla.)
  7. Florida
  8. Utah
  9. Ohio State
  10. Brigham Young
USA Today / CNN
1993
  1. Florida State
  2. Notre Dame
  3. Nebraska
  4. Florida
  5. Wisconsin
  6. West Virginia
  7. PENN STATE
  8. Texas A & M
  9. Arizona
  10. Ohio State
USA Today / CNN
1992
  1. Alabama
  2. Florida State
  3. Miami (Fla.)
  4. Notre Dame
  5. Michigan
  6. Texas A & M
  7. Syracuse
  8. Georgia
  9. Stanford
  10. Washington
24. PENN STATE
USA Today / CNN
1991
  1. Washington
  2. Miami (Fla.)
  3. PENN STATE
  4. Florida State
  5. Alabama
  6. Michigan
  7. California
  8. Florida
  9. East Carolina
  10. Iowa