1939
1. Texas A&M
2. Tennessee
3. Southern California
4. Cornell
5. Tulane
6. Missouri
7. UCLA
8. Duke
9. IOWA
10. Duquesne
11. Boston College
12. Clemson
13. Notre Dame
14. Santa Clara
15. Ohio State
16. Georgia Tech
17. Fordham
18. Nebraska
19. Oklahoma
20. Michigan
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
11. Texas
12. Texas Tech
13. Alabama
14. Army
15. Wisconsin
16. Kentucky
17. Auburn
18. Duke
19. Stanford
20. Michigan
1956
1. Oklahoma
2. Tennessee
3. IOWA
4. Georgia Tech
5. Texas A&M
6. Miami (FL)
7. Michigan
8. Syracuse
9. Michigan State
10. Oregon State
11. Baylor
12. Minnesota
13. Pittsburgh
14. Texas Christian
15. Ohio State
16. Navy
17. George Washington
18. Southern California
19. Clemson
20. Colorado
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
11. Texas
12. Arizona State
13. Tennessee
14. Mississippi State
15. North Carolina State
16. Duke
17. Florida
18. Army
19. Wisconsin
20. Virginia Military
1958
1. Louisiana State
2. IOWA
3. Army
4. Auburn
5. Oklahoma
6. Air Force
7. Wisconsin
8. Ohio State
9. Syracuse
10. Texas Christian
11. Mississippi
12. Clemson
13. Purdue
14. Florida
15. South Carolina
16. California
17. Notre Dame
18. Southern Methodist
19. Oklahoma State
20. Rutgers
1960
1. Minnesota
2. Mississippi
3. IOWA
4. Navy
5. Missouri
6. Washington
7. Arkansas
8. Ohio State
9. Alabama
10. Duke
11. Kansas
12. Baylor
13. Auburn
14. Yale
15. Michigan State
16. Penn State
17. New Mexico State
18. Florida
19. Syracuse
19. Purdue
1981
1. Clemson
2. Texas
3. Penn State
4. Pittsburgh
5. Southern Methodist
6. Georgia
7. Alabama
8. Miami (FL)
9. North Carolina
10. Washington
11. Nebraska
12. Michigan
13. Brigham Young
14. Southern California
15. Ohio State
16. Arizona State
17. West Virginia
18. IOWA
19. Missouri
20. Oklahoma
1983
1. Miami (FL)
2. Nebraska
3. Auburn
4. Georgia
5. Texas
6. Florida
7. Brigham Young
8. Michigan
9. Ohio State
10. Illinois
11. Clemson
12. Southern Methodist
13. Air Force
14. IOWA
15. Alabama
16. West Virginia
17. UCLA
18. Pittsburgh
19. Boston College
20. East Carolina
1984
1. Brigham Young
2. Washington
3. Florida
4. Nebraska
5. Boston College
6. Oklahoma
7. Oklahoma State
8. Southern Methodist
9. UCLA
10. Southern California
11. South Carolina
12. Maryland
13. Ohio State
14. Auburn
15. Louisiana State
16. IOWA
17. Florida State
18. Miami (FL)
19. Kentucky
20. Virginia
1985
1. Oklahoma
2. Michigan
3. Penn State
4. Tennessee
5. Florida
6. Texas A&M
7. UCLA
8. Air Force
9. Miami (FL)
10. IOWA
11. Nebraska
12. Arkansas
13. Alabama
14. Ohio State
15. Florida State
16. Brigham Young
17. Baylor
18. Maryland
19. Georgia Tech
20. Louisiana State
1986
1. Penn State
2. Miami (FL)
3. Oklahoma
4. Arizona State
5. Nebraska
6. Auburn
7. Ohio State
8. Michigan
9. Alabama
10. Louisiana State
11. Arizona
12. Baylor
13. Texas A&M
14. UCLA
15. Arkansas
16. IOWA
17. Clemson
18. Washington
19. Boston College
20. Virginia Tech
1987
1. Miami (FL)
2. Florida State
3. Oklahoma
4. Syracuse
5. Louisiana State
6. Nebraska
7. Auburn
8. Michigan State
9. UCLA
10. Texas A&M
11. Oklahoma State
12. Clemson
13. Georgia
14. Tennessee
15. South Carolina
16. IOWA
17. Notre Dame
18. Southern California
19. Michigan
20. Arizona State
1990
1. Colorado
2. Georgia Tech
3. Miami (FL)
4. Florida State
5. Washington
6. Notre Dame
7. Michigan
8. Tennessee
9. Clemson
10. Houston
11. Penn State
12. Texas
13. Florida
14. Louisville
15. Texas A&M
16. Michigan State
17. Oklahoma
18. IOWA
19. Auburn
20. Southern California
21. Mississippi
22. Brigham Young
23. Virginia
24. Nebraska
25. Illinois
1991
1. Miami (FL)
2. Washington
3. Penn State
4. Florida State
5. Alabama
6. Michigan
7. Florida
8. California
9. East Carolina
10. IOWA
11. Syracuse
12. Texas A&M
13. Notre Dame
14. Tennessee
15. Nebraska
16. Oklahoma
17. Georgia
18. Clemson
19. UCLA
20. Colorado
21. Tulsa
22. Stanford
23. Brigham Young
24. North Carolina State
25. Air Force
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
11. Notre Dame
12. Southern Cal
13. Penn State
14. Texas
15. Texas A&M
16. Virginia
17. Michigan
18. Oregon
19. Syracuse
20. Miami
21. Alabama
22. Auburn
23. Texas Tech
24. Toledo
25. IOWA
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
11. Alabama
12. LSU
13. Virginia Tech
14. Miami (FL)
15. Northwestern
16. Washington
17. Kansas State
18. IOWA
19. Notre Dame
20. Michigan
21. Syracuse
22. Wyoming
23. Texas
24. Auburn
25. Army
2002
1. Ohio State
2. Miami (FL)
3. Georgia
4. USC
5. Oklahoma
6. Texas
7. Kansas State
8. IOWA
9. Michigan
10. Washington State
11. Alabama
12. North Carolina State
13. Maryland
14. Auburn
15. Boise State
16. Penn State
17. Notre Dame
18. Virginia Tech
19. Pittsburgh
20. Colorado
21. Florida State
22. Virginia
23. Texas Christian
24. Marshall
25. West Virginia
2003
1. Southern Cal
2. Louisiana State
3. Oklahoma
4. Ohio State
5. Miami
6. Michigan
7. Georgia
8. IOWA
9. Washington State
10. Miami, OH
11. Florida State
12. Texas
13. Mississippi
14. Kansas State
15. Tennessee
16. Boise State
17. Maryland
18. Purdue
19. Nebraska
20. Minnesota
21. Utah
22. Clemson
23. Bowling Green
24. Florida
25. Texas Christian
2004
1. Southern Cal
2. Auburn
3. Oklahoma
4. Utah
5. Texas
6. Louisville
7. Georgia
8. IOWA
9. California
10. Virginia Tech
11. Miami
12. Boise State
13. Tennessee
14. Michigan
15. Florida State
16. LSU
17. Wisconsin
18. Texas Tech
19. Arizona State
20. Ohio State
21. Boston College
22. Fresno State
23. Virginia
24. Navy
25. Pittsburgh
United Press International
1939
Not available, Iowa was ranked 9th
1953
1. Maryland
2. Notre Dame
3. Michigan State
4. UCLA
5. Oklahoma
6. Rice
7. Illinois
8. Texas
9. Georgia Tech
10. IOWA
11. Alabama
12. Texas Tech
13. West Virginia
14. Wisconsin
15. Kentucky
16. Army
17. Stanford
18. Duke
19. Michigan
20. Ohio State
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
11. Pittsburgh
12. Southern Cal
13. Michigan
14. Texas A&M
15. Army
16. Duke
17. West Virginia
18. Miami (FL)
19. IOWA
20. Navy
20. Stanford
20. Miami (OH)
1956
1. Oklahoma
2. Tennessee
3. IOWA
4. Georgia Tech
5. Texas A&M
6. Miami (FL)
7. Michigan
8. Syracuse
9. Minnesota
10. Michigan State
11. Baylor
12. Pittsburgh
13. Oregon State
14. Texas Christian
15. Southern California
16. Wyoming
17. Yale
18. Colorado
19. Navy
20. Duke
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
11. Texas
12. Arizona State
13. Army
14. Duke
15. Wisconsin
16. Tennessee
17. Oregon
18. Clemson
19. UCLA
20. North Carolina State
1958
1. Louisiana State
2. IOWA
3. Army
4. Auburn
5. Oklahoma
6. Wisconsin
7. Ohio State
8. Air Force
9. Texas Christian
10. Syracuse
11. Purdue
12. Mississippi
13. Clemson
14. Notre Dame
15. Florida
16. California
17. Northwestern
18. Southern Methodist
* – – Only 18 teams ranked
1960
1. Minnesota
2. IOWA
3. Mississippi
4. Missouri
5. Washington
6. Navy
7. Arkansas
8. Ohio State
9. Kansas
9. Alabama
11. Duke
12. Baylor
13. Michigan State
14. Auburn
15. Purdue
16. Florida
17. Texas
18. Yale
19. New Mexico State
20. Tennessee
1981
1. Clemson
2. Pittsburgh
3. Penn State
4. Texas
5. Georgia
6. Alabama
7. Washington
8. North Carolina
9. Nebraska
10. Michigan
11. Brigham Young
12. Ohio State
13. Southern Cal
14. Oklahoma
15. IOWA
16. Arkansas
17. Mississippi State
18. West Virginia
19. Southern Mississippi
20. Missouri
1983
1. Miami (FL)
2. Nebraska
3. Auburn
4. Georgia
5. Texas
6. Florida
7. Brigham Young
8. Ohio State
9. Michigan
10. Illinois
11. Southern Methodist
12. Alabama
13. UCLA
14. IOWA
15. Air Force
16. West Virginia
17. Penn State
18. Oklahoma State
19. Pittsburgh
20. Boston College
1984
1. Brigham Young
2. Washington
3. Nebraska
4. Boston College
5. Oklahoma State
6. Oklahoma
7. Florida
8. Southern Methodist
9. Southern Cal
10. UCLA
11. Maryland
12. Ohio State
13. South Carolina
14. Auburn
15. IOWA
16. Louisiana State
17. Virginia
18. West Virginia
19. Kentucky
20. Florida State
1985
1. Oklahoma
2. Michigan
3. Penn State
4. Tennessee
5. Air Force
6. UCLA
7. Texas A&M
8. Miami (FL)
9. IOWA
10. Nebraska
11. Ohio State
12. Arkansas
13. Florida State
14. Alabama
15. Baylor
16. Fresno State
17. Brigham Young
18. Georgia Tech
19. Maryland
20. Louisiana State
1986
1. Penn State
2. Miami (FL)
3. Oklahoma
4. Nebraska
5. Arizona State
6. Ohio State
7. Michigan
8. Auburn
9. Alabama
10. Arizona
11. Louisiana State
12. Texas A&M
13. Baylor
14. UCLA
15. IOWA
16. Arkansas
17. Washington
18. Boston College
19. Clemson
20. Florida State
1987
1. Miami (FL)
2. Florida State
3. Oklahoma
4. Syracuse
5. Louisiana State
6. Nebraska
7. Auburn
8. Michigan State
9. Texas A&M
10. Clemson
11. UCLA
12. Oklahoma State
13. Tennessee
14. Georgia
15. South Carolina
15. IOWA
17. Southern California
18. Michigan
19. Texas
20. Indiana
1990
1. Georgia
2. Colorado
3. Miami (FL)
4. Florida State
5. Washington
6. Notre Dame
7. Tennessee
8. Michigan
9. Clemson
10. Penn State
11. Texas
12. Louisville
13. Texas A&M
14. Michigan State
15. Virginia
16. IOWA
17. Nebraska
17. Brigham Young
19. Auburn
20. San Jose State
21. Syracuse
22. Southern Cal
23. Mississippi
24. Illinois
25. Virginia Tech
CNN/USA Today Coaches Poll
1991
1. Washington
2. Miami (FL)
3. Penn State
4. Florida State
5. Alabama
6. Michigan
7. California
8. Florida
9. East Carolina
10. IOWA
11. Syracuse
12. Notre Dame
13. Texas A&M
14. Oklahoma
15. Tennessee
16. Nebraska
17. Clemson
18. UCLA
19. Georgia
20. Colorado
21. Tulsa
22. Stanford
23. Brigham Young
24. Air Force
25. North Carolina State
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
11. Southern Cal
12. Penn State
13. Notre Dame
14. Texas
15. Texas A&M
16. Syracuse
17. Virginia
18. Oregon
19. Michigan
20. Texas Tech
21. Auburn
22. IOWA
23. East Carolina
24. Toledo
25. Louisiana State
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
11. Alabama
12. Virginia Tech
13. Louisiana State
14. Miami (FL)
15. Washington
16. Northwestern
17. Kansas State
18. IOWA
19. Syracuse
20. Michigan
21. Notre Dame
22. Wyoming
23. Texas
24. Army
25. Auburn
2002
1. Ohio State
2. Miami (FL)
3. Georgia
4. Southern California
5. Oklahoma
6. Kansas State
7. Texas
8. IOWA
9. Michigan
10. Washington State
11. North Carolina State
12. Boise State
13. Maryland
14. Virginia Tech
15. Penn State
16. Auburn
17. Notre Dame
18. Pittsburgh
19. Marshall
20. West Virginia
21. Colorado
22. Texas Christian
23. Florida State
24. Florida
25. Virginia
2003
1. Louisiana State
2. Southern Cal
3. Oklahoma
4. Ohio State
5. Miami
6. Georgia
7. Michigan
8. IOWA
9. Washington State
10. Florida State
11. Texas
12. Miami, OH
13. Kansas State
14. Mississippi
15. Boise State
16. Tennessee
17. Minnesota
18. Nebraska
19. Purdue
20. Maryland
21. Utah
22. Clemson
23. Bowling Green
24. Texas Christian
25. Florida
2004
1. Southern Cal
2. Auburn
3. Oklahoma
4. Texas
5. Utah
6. Georgia
7. Louisville
8. IOWA
9. California
10. Virginia Tech
11. Miami
12. Michigan
13. Boise State
14. Florida State
15. Tennessee
16. LSU
17. Texas Tech
18. Wisconsin
19. Ohio State
20. Arizona State
21. Boston College
22. Fresno State
23. Virginia
24. Navy
25. Florida