1995 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

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Two human polls comprised the 1995 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-A football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll.

Legend

  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  National champion
(#–#)
  Win–loss record
(Italics)
  Number of first place votes
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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll

Preseason
Aug 22[1][2]
Week 1
Aug 29[3]
Week 2
Sep 5[4]
Week 3
Sep 12[5]
Week 4
Sep 19[6]
Week 5
Sep 26[7]
Week 6
Oct 3[8]
Week 7
Oct 10[9]
Week 8
Oct 17[10]
Week 9
Oct 24[11]
Week 10
Oct 31[12]
Week 11
Nov 7[13]
Week 12
Nov 14[14]
Week 13
Nov 21[15]
Week 14
Nov 28[16]
Week 15
Dec 5[17]
Week 16 (Final)
Jan 4[18]
1.Florida State (31)Florida State (0-0) (31)Florida State (1-0) (38)Florida State (2-0) (33)Florida State (3-0) (36)Florida State (4-0) (42)Florida State (4-0) (37)Florida State (5-0) (40)Florida State (6-0) (38)Florida State (7-0) (34)Nebraska (8-0) (23)Nebraska (9-0) (45)Nebraska (10-0) (45)Nebraska (10-0) (44)Nebraska (11-0) (51)Nebraska (11-0) (50)Nebraska (12-0) (62)1.
2.Nebraska (15)Nebraska (0-0) (15)Nebraska (1-0) (14)Nebraska (2-0) (20)Nebraska (3-0) (19)Nebraska (4-0) (18)Nebraska (5-0) (17)Nebraska (5-0) (16)Nebraska (6-0) (16)Nebraska (7-0) (20)Florida State (7-0) (31)Ohio State (9-0) (12)Ohio State (10-0) (12)Ohio State (11-0) (13)Florida (11-0) (11)Florida (12-0) (12)Florida (12-1)2.
3.Texas A&M (6)Texas A&M (0-0) (6)Texas A&M (1-0) (4)Texas A&M (1-0) (4)Texas A&M (2-0) (5)Florida (3-0) (2)Florida (4-0) (2)Florida (5-0) (2)Florida (6-0) (3)Florida (6-0) (3)Florida (7-0) (2)Florida (8-0) (5)Florida (9-0) (5)Florida (10-0) (5)Northwestern (10-1)Northwestern (10-1)Tennessee (11-1)3.
4.Penn State (1)Penn State (0-0) (1)Penn State (0-0) (1)Florida (2-0) (2)Florida (3-0) (2)Colorado (4-0)Colorado (5-0) (6)Ohio State (5-0) (4)Ohio State (6-0) (5)Ohio State (7-0) (5)Ohio State (8-0) (6)Tennessee (8-1)Tennessee (8-1)Northwestern (10-1)Tennessee (10-1)Tennessee (10-1) тFlorida State (10-2)4.
5.Florida (6)Florida (0-0) (5)Florida (1-0) (2)Auburn (2-0) (2)USC (2-0)USC (3-0)Ohio State (4-0) тUSC (5-0)USC (6-0)Tennessee (6-1)Tennessee (7-1)Northwestern (8-1)Northwestern (9-1)Tennessee (9-1)Ohio State (11-1)Ohio State (11-1) тColorado (10-2)5.
6.Auburn (2)Auburn (0-0) (2)Auburn (1-0) (2)USC (1-0)Penn State (2-0)Penn State (3-0)USC (4-0) тTennessee (5-1)Tennessee (6-1)Kansas (7-0)Northwestern (7-1)Florida State (7-1)Florida State (8-1)Florida State (9-1)Notre Dame (9-2)Notre Dame (9-2)Ohio State (11-2)6.
7.USCUSC (0-0)USC (0-0)Penn State (1-0)Colorado (3-0)Ohio State (3-0)Michigan (5-0)Auburn (4-1)Kansas (6-0)Colorado (6-1)Michigan (7-1)Kansas State (8-1)Kansas State (9-1)Notre Dame (9-2)Colorado (9-2)Colorado (9-2)Kansas State (10-2)7.
8.Tennessee (1)Tennessee (0-0) (1)Tennessee (1-0) (1)Tennessee (2-0) (1)Ohio State (2-0)Michigan (4-0)Texas A&M (2-1)Kansas State (5-0)Kansas State (6-0)Northwestern (6-1)Notre Dame (7-2)Notre Dame (8-2)Notre Dame (8-2)Colorado (9-2)Florida State (9-2)Florida State (9-2)Northwestern (10-2)8.
9.Notre DameNotre Dame (0-0)Ohio State (1-0)Colorado (2-0)Michigan (4-0)Texas A&M (2-1)Virginia (5-1)Colorado (5-1)Colorado (5-1)Michigan (6-1)Kansas State (7-1)Colorado (7-2)Colorado (8-2)Texas (8-1-1)Texas (9-1-1)Texas (10-1-1)Kansas (10-2)9.
10.AlabamaOhio State (1-0)Colorado (1-0)Ohio State (1-0)Oklahoma (2-0)Oklahoma (3-0)Tennessee (4-1)Kansas (5-0)Michigan (5-1)Oregon (6-1)Colorado (6-2)Kansas (8-1)Texas (7-1-1)Kansas State (9-2)Kansas State (9-2)Kansas State (9-2)Virginia Tech (10-1)10.
11.Miami (FL)Alabama (0-0)Michigan (2-0)Michigan (3-0)Virginia (3-1)Virginia (4-1)Auburn (3-1)Michigan (5-1)Northwestern (5-1)Auburn (5-2)Kansas (7-1)Texas (6-1-1)USC (8-1-1)Kansas (9-2)Kansas (9-2)Kansas (9-2)Notre Dame (9-3)11.
12.Ohio StateMiami (FL) (0-0)UCLA (1-0)UCLA (2-0)Oregon (3-0)Tennessee (3-1)Penn State (3-1)Alabama (4-1)Oregon (5-1)Notre Dame (6-2)Penn State (6-2)USC (7-1-1)Michigan (8-2)Oregon (9-2)Oregon (9-2)Oregon (9-2)USC (9-2-1)12.
13.ColoradoMichigan (1-0)Alabama (1-0)Alabama (2-0)Texas (2-0)Auburn (2-1)Kansas State (4-0)Oklahoma (4-1)Auburn (4-2)USC (6-1)Texas (5-1-1)Michigan (7-2)Virginia (8-3)Virginia Tech (9-2)Virginia Tech (9-2)Virginia Tech (9-2)Penn State (9-3)13.
14.MichiganColorado (0-0)Oklahoma (0-0)Oklahoma (2-0)Auburn (2-1)LSU (3-1)Oklahoma (3-1)Northwestern (4-1)Virginia (6-2)Kansas State (6-1)USC (6-1-1)Virginia (7-3)Arkansas (8-2)Penn State (7-3)Michigan (9-3)Michigan (9-3)Texas (10-2-1)14.
15.OklahomaUCLA (0-0)Texas (1-0)Texas (1-0)Tennessee (2-1)Notre Dame (3-1)Washington (3-1)Oregon (4-1)Oklahoma (4-1-1)Texas (5-1-1)Washington (5-2-1)Arkansas (7-2)Kansas (8-2)Texas A&M (7-2)Penn State (8-3)Penn State (8-3)Texas A&M (9-3)15.
16.UCLAOklahoma (0-0)Virginia (1-1)Virginia (2-1)UCLA (2-1)Kansas State (3-0)Alabama (3-1)Stanford (4-0-1)Texas (4-1-1)Penn State (5-2)Alabama (6-2)Alabama (7-2)Oregon (8-2)Auburn (8-3)Texas A&M (8-2)Auburn (8-3)Virginia (9-4)16.
17.VirginiaVirginia (0-1)Arizona (1-0)Arizona (2-0)Miami (FL) (1-1)Maryland (4-0)Oregon (3-1)Notre Dame (4-2)Notre Dame (5-2)Washington (5-2)Texas A&M (5-2)Oregon (7-2)Alabama (8-2)USC (8-2-1)Auburn (8-3)USC (8-2-1)Michigan (9-4)17.
18.TexasTexas (0-0)Washington (1-0)Washington (1-0)LSU (2-1)Washington (2-1)Arkansas (4-1)Texas (4-1)Iowa (5-0)Alabama (5-2)Arkansas (6-2)Texas A&M (5-2)Texas A&M (6-2)Michigan (8-3)USC (8-2-1)Virginia (8-4)Oregon (9-3)18.
19.ArizonaArizona (0-0)Miami (FL) (0-1)Miami (FL) (1-1)Kansas State (2-0)Oregon (3-1)Stanford (3-0-1)Virginia (5-2)Penn State (4-2)Texas A&M (4-2)Oregon (6-2)Penn State (6-3)Penn State (6-3)Virginia (8-4)Virginia (8-4)Texas A&M (8-3)Syracuse (9-3)19.
20.North CarolinaNorth Carolina (0-0)Virginia Tech (0-0)Oregon (2-0)Georgia (2-1)Alabama (2-1)Texas (3-1)Penn State (3-2)Washington (4-2)Virginia (6-3)Syracuse (6-1)Auburn (6-3)Virginia Tech (8-2)Washington (7-3-1)Washington (7-3-1)Washington (7-3-1)Miami (FL) (8-3)20.
21.WisconsinWisconsin (0-0)Kansas State (1-0)Air Force (2-0)Notre Dame (2-1)Texas (2-1)LSU (3-1-1)Wisconsin (2-1-1)Alabama (4-2)Syracuse (6-1)Auburn (5-3)Virginia Tech (7-2)Auburn (7-3)Alabama (8-3)Alabama (8-3)Alabama (8-3)Alabama (8-3)21.
22.Boston CollegeWashington (0-0)Syracuse (1-0)Kansas State (2-0)Washington (1-1)Stanford (3-0-1)Wisconsin (2-1-1)Texas A&M (2-2)Texas A&M (3-2)Texas Tech (4-2)UCLA (6-2)Washington (5-3-1)Washington (6-3-1)Syracuse (8-2)Miami (FL) (8-3)Miami (FL) (8-3)Auburn (8-4)22.
23.West VirginiaWest Virginia (0-0)NC State (1-0)Georgia (1-1)Alabama (2-1)Arkansas (3-1)Notre Dame (3-2)Iowa (4-0)Stanford (4-1-1)Oklahoma (4-2-1)Texas Tech (5-2)Syracuse (6-2)Syracuse (7-2)Arkansas (8-3)Arkansas (8-3)Clemson (8-3)Texas Tech (9-3)23.
24.Virginia Tech тVirginia Tech (0-0)Oregon (1-0)Notre Dame (1-1)Maryland (3-0)Texas Tech (1-1)Kansas (4-0)Washington (3-2)Wisconsin (2-2-1)UCLA (5-2)Virginia (6-3)Clemson (6-3)Clemson (7-3)Clemson (8-3)Clemson (8-3)Arkansas (8-4)Toledo (11-0-1)24.
25.Washington тIllinois (0-0)Notre Dame (0-1)Northwestern (1-0)Arizona (2-1)Kansas (4-0)Northwestern (3-1)Texas Tech (2-2)Texas Tech (3-2)Iowa (5-1)Oklahoma (5-2-1)San Diego State (7-2)Miami (FL) (6-3)Miami (FL) (7-3)Toledo (10-0-1)Toledo (10-0-1)Iowa (8-4)25.
Preseason
Aug 22[1][2]
Week 1
Aug 29[3]
Week 2
Sep 5[4]
Week 3
Sep 12[5]
Week 4
Sep 19[6]
Week 5
Sep 26[7]
Week 6
Oct 3[8]
Week 7
Oct 10[9]
Week 8
Oct 17[10]
Week 9
Oct 24[11]
Week 10
Oct 31[12]
Week 11
Nov 7[13]
Week 12
Nov 14[14]
Week 13
Nov 21[15]
Week 14
Nov 28[16]
Week 15
Dec 5[17]
Week 16 (Final)
Jan 4[18]
Dropped:
  • Boston College
Dropped:
  • North Carolina
  • Wisconsin
  • West Virginia
  • Illinois
Dropped:
  • Virginia Tech
  • Syracuse
  • NC State
Dropped:
  • Air Force
  • Northwestern
Dropped:
  • UCLA
  • Miami (FL)
  • Georgia
  • Arizona
Dropped:
  • Maryland
  • Texas Tech
Dropped:
  • Arkansas
  • LSU
NoneDropped:
  • Stanford
  • Wisconsin
Dropped:
  • Iowa
Dropped:
  • UCLA
  • Texas Tech
  • Oklahoma
Dropped:
  • San Diego State
NoneDropped:
  • Syracuse
NoneDropped:
  • Washington
  • Clemson
  • Arkansas

Coaches' Poll

Preseason
Aug 22[19]
Week 1
Aug 29
Week 2
Sep 5
Week 3
Sep 12
Week 4
Sep 19[20]
Week 5
Sep 26
Week 6
Oct 3[21]
Week 7
Oct 10[22]
Week 8
Oct 17[23]
Week 9
Oct 24
Week 10
Oct 31
Week 11
Nov 7[24]
Week 12
Nov 14[25]
Week 13
Nov 21[26]
Week 14
Nov 28
Week 15
Dec 5
Week 16 (Final)
Jan 4[27]
1.Florida State (28)Florida State (3-0) (33)Florida State (4-0) (34)Florida State (5-0) (33)Florida State (6-0) (34)Nebraska (9-0) (52)Nebraska (10-0) (50)Nebraska (10-0) (44)Nebraska (12-0) (62)1.
2.Nebraska (17)Nebraska (3-0) (24)Nebraska (5-0) (24)Nebraska (5-0) (24)Nebraska (6-0) (22)Ohio State (9-0) (9)Ohio State (10-0) (11)Ohio State (11-0) (16)Tennessee (11-1)2.
3.Texas A&M (7)Texas A&M (2-0) (4)Florida (4-0)Florida (5-0)Florida (6-0) (1)Florida (8-0) (1)Florida (9-0) (1)Florida (10-0) (2)Florida (12-1)3.
4.Penn State (3)Florida (3-0)USC (4-0) (2)Ohio State (5-0) (3)Ohio State (6-0) (4)Tennessee (8-1)Tennessee (8-1)Northwestern (10-1)Colorado (10-2)4.
5.Florida (5)USC (2-0)Ohio State (4-0) (2)USC (5-0) (2)USC (6-0) (1)Northwestern (8-1)Northwestern (9-1)Tennessee (9-1)Florida State (10-2)5.
6.USC (2)Penn State (2-0)Colorado (5-0)Auburn (4-1)Tennessee (6-1)Florida State (7-1)Florida State (8-1)Florida State (9-1)Kansas State (10-2)6.
7.AuburnColorado (3-0)Michigan (5-0)Tennessee (5-1)Kansas (6-0)Kansas State (8-1)Kansas State (9-1)Texas (8-1-1)Northwestern (10-2)7.
8.Notre DameOhio State (2-0)Texas A&M (2-1)Kansas State (5-0)Kansas State (6-0)Texas (6-1-1)Texas (7-1-1)Colorado (9-2)Ohio State (11-2)8.
9.Miami (FL)Michigan (4-0)Virginia (5-1)Kansas (5-0)Colorado (5-1)Notre Dame (8-2)Colorado (8-2)Notre Dame (9-2)Virginia Tech (10-2)9.
10.Ohio StateOklahoma (2-0)Auburn (3-1)Colorado (4-1)Michigan (5-1)Colorado (7-2)Notre Dame (8-2)Kansas State (9-2)Kansas (10-2)10.
11.TennesseeVirginia (3-1)Tennessee (4-1)Michigan (5-1)Northwestern (5-1)USC (7-1-1)USC (8-1-1)Virginia Tech (9-2)USC (9-2-1)11.
12.MichiganOregonPenn State (3-1)Oklahoma (4-1)Oregon (5-1)Kansas (8-1)Virginia (8-3)Oregon (9-2)Penn State (9-3)12.
13.ColoradoTexas (2-0)Kansas State (4-0)Texas (4-1)Auburn (4-2)Virginia (7-3)Arkansas (8-2)Texas A&M (7-2)Notre Dame (9-3)13.
14.AlabamaAuburn (2-1)Oklahoma (3-1)Alabama (4-1)Oklahoma (4-1-1)Texas A&M (6-2)Michigan (8-2)Kansas (9-2)Texas (10-2-1)14.
15.UCLATennessee (2-1)Washington (3-1)Oregon (4-1)Virginia (6-2)Michigan (7-2)Texas A&M (6-2)Auburn (8-3)Texas A&M (9-3)15.
16.VirginiaUCLATexas (3-1)Virginia (5-2)Texas (4-1-1)Arkansas (7-2)Oregon (8-2)Penn State (7-3)Syracuse (9-3)16.
17.OklahomaMiami (FL) (1-1)Alabama (3-1)Northwestern (4-1)Iowa (5-0)Oregon (7-2)Kansas (8-2)USC (8-2-1)Virginia (9-4)17.
18.TexasLSU (2-1)Oregon (3-1)Texas A&M (2-2)Penn State (4-2)Alabama (7-2)Virginia Tech (8-2)Syracuse (8-2)Oregon (9-3)18.
19.ArizonaKansas StateKansas (4-0)Stanford (4-0-1)Texas A&M (3-2)Virginia Tech (7-2)Alabama (8-2)Virginia (8-4)Michigan (9-4)19.
20.North CarolinaGeorgiaStanford (3-0-1)Penn State (3-2)Syracuse (5-1)Auburn (6-3)Auburn (7-3)Michigan (8-3)Texas Tech (9-3)20.
21.WashingtonNotre DameArkansas (4-1)Notre Dame (4-2)Baylor (4-1)Penn State (6-3)Penn State (6-3)Washington (7-3-1)Auburn (8-4)21.
22.WisconsinWashington (1-1)LSU (3-1-1)Iowa (4-0)Notre Dame (5-2)Syracuse (6-2)Syracuse (7-2)Clemson (8-3)Iowa (8-4)22.
23.Boston CollegeAlabama (2-1)Notre Dame (3-2)Baylor (3-1)Washington (4-2)Washington (5-3-1)Washington (6-3-1)Alabama (8-3)East Carolina (9-3)23.
24.IllinoisMarylandBaylor (3-1)Syracuse (4-1)Alabama (4-2)UCLA (6-3)Clemson (7-3)Arkansas (8-3)Toledo (11-0-1)24.
25.NC StateArizona (2-1)Arizona (3-2)Wisconsin (2-1-1)Stanford (4-1-1)Clemson (6-3)BYU (6-3)Miami (FL) (7-3)LSU (7-4-1)25.
Preseason
Aug 22[19]
Week 1
Aug 29
Week 2
Sep 5
Week 3
Sep 12
Week 4
Sep 19[20]
Week 5
Sep 26
Week 6
Oct 3[21]
Week 7
Oct 10[22]
Week 8
Oct 17[23]
Week 9
Oct 24
Week 10
Oct 31
Week 11
Nov 7[24]
Week 12
Nov 14[25]
Week 13
Nov 21[26]
Week 14
Nov 28
Week 15
Dec 5
Week 16 (Final)
Jan 4[27]
NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneDropped:
  • Washington
  • Arkansas
  • LSU
  • Arizona
Dropped:
  • Wisconsin
NoneNoneNoneDropped:
  • UCLA
Dropped:
  • BYU
NoneNoneDropped:
  • Washington
  • Clemson
  • Arkansas

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