Two human polls and one formulaic ranking make up the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), does not bestow a National Championship title for Division I-A football. That title is primarily bestowed by different polling agencies. There are several polls that currently exist. The main weekly polls are the AP Poll and Coaches Poll. About halfway through the season the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) standings are released.
Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week Selected for BCS National Championship Game Win–loss record Number of first place votes Tied with team above or below also with this symbol
AP Poll This season would be the last season that the AP Poll would be included in the BCS formula. The heavy end of the season politicking for ballot position lead the AP to believe that the BCS undermined the independence and integrity of the poll and could hurt the AP's reputation.
PreseasonAug 19 Week 1Sept 5 Week 2Sept 12 Week 3Sept 19 Week 4Sept 26 Week 5Oct 3 Week 6Oct 10 Week 7Oct 17 Week 8Oct 24 Week 9Oct 31 Week 10Nov 7 Week 11Nov 14 Week 12Nov 21 Week 13Nov 28 Week 14Dec 5 Week 15 (Final)Jan 5 1. USC (48) USC (1–0) (51) USC (2–0) (52) USC (3–0) (54) USC (4–0) (46) USC (4–0) (48) USC (5–0) (41) USC (6–0) (50) USC (7–0) (50) USC (8–0) (56) USC (9–0) (52) USC (10–0) (51) USC (10–0) (48) USC (11–0) (52) USC (12–0) (44) USC (13–0) (62)1.2. Oklahoma (11) Oklahoma (1–0) (10) Oklahoma (2–0) (10) Oklahoma (3–0) (10) Oklahoma (3–0) (18) Oklahoma (4–0) (15) Oklahoma (5–0) (23) Oklahoma (6–0) (13) Oklahoma (7–0) (13) Oklahoma (8–0) (8) Oklahoma (9–0) (10) Oklahoma (10–0) (8) т Oklahoma (11–0) (9) Oklahoma (11–0) (7) Oklahoma (12–0) (16) Auburn (13–0) (3)2.3. Georgia (5) Georgia (1–0) (4) Georgia (2–0) (3) Georgia (3–0) (1) Georgia (3–0) (1) Georgia (4–0) (2) Miami (FL) (4–0) Auburn (7–0) (2) Auburn (8–0) (2) Auburn (9–0) (1) Auburn (9–0) (3) Auburn (10–0) (6) т Auburn (11–0) (8) Auburn (11–0) (6) Auburn (12–0) (7) Oklahoma (12–1)3.4. LSU (1) Florida State (0–0) Miami (FL) (1–0) Miami (FL) (2–0) Miami (FL) (3–0) Miami (FL) (4–0) Auburn (6–0) Miami (FL) (5–0) Miami (FL) (6–0) California (6–1) Wisconsin (9–0) California (8–1) California (9–1) California (9–1) California (10–1) Utah (12–0)4.5. Florida State Miami (FL) (0–0) LSU (2–0) Texas (2–0) Texas (3–0) Texas (4–0) Purdue (5–0) Florida State (5–1) Florida State (6–1) Wisconsin (8–0) California (7–1) Utah (10–0) Utah (11–0) Utah (11–0) Utah (11–0) Texas (11–1)5.6. Miami (FL) LSU (1–0) Texas (2–0) West Virginia (3–0) West Virginia (4–0) Auburn (5–0) Virginia (5–0) Wisconsin (7–0) Wisconsin (8–0) Texas (7–1) Texas (8–1) Texas (9–1) Texas (9–1) Texas (10–1) Texas (10–1) Louisville (11–1)6.7. Texas Texas (1–0) West Virginia (2–0) Ohio State (3–0) Ohio State (3–0) California (3–0) Florida State (4–1) California (4–1) California (5–1) Utah (8–0) Utah (9–0) Michigan (9–1) Louisville (8–1) Louisville (9–1) Louisville (10–1) Georgia (10–2)7.8. Michigan Michigan (1–0) Florida State (0–1) Florida State (1–1) Auburn (4–0) Florida State (3–1) California (3–1) Texas (5–1) Texas (6–1) Georgia (7–1) Georgia (8–1) Louisville (7–1) Georgia (8–2) Georgia (9–2) Georgia (9–2) Iowa (10–2)8.9. Ohio State Ohio State (1–0) Ohio State (2–0) Auburn (3–0) Florida State (2–1) Purdue (4–0) Texas (4–1) Utah (6–0) Utah (7–0) Tennessee (7–1) Michigan (8–1) Wisconsin (9–1) Miami (FL) (8–2) Miami (FL) (8–2) Virginia Tech (10–2) California (10–2)9.10. West Virginia West Virginia (1–0) California (2–0) California (2–0) California (2–0) Virginia (4–0) Wisconsin (6–0) Georgia (5–1) Georgia (6–1) Michigan (8–1) Virginia (7–1) Florida State (8–2) Boise State (10–0) Virginia Tech (9–2) Boise State (11–0) Virginia Tech (10–3)10.11. Florida Florida (0–0) Florida (1–0) Tennessee (2–0) Tennessee (3–0) Utah (5–0) Utah (5–0) Tennessee (5–1) Tennessee (6–1) Miami (FL) (6–1) Florida State (7–2) Georgia (8–2) Virginia Tech (8–2) Boise State (11–0) Iowa (9–2) Miami (FL) (9–3)11.12. Kansas State California (1–0) Virginia (2–0) Virginia (3–0) Virginia (4–0) Florida (3–1) Georgia (4–1) Purdue (5–1) Michigan (7–1) Virginia (6–1) Louisville (6–1) Miami (FL) (7–2) Iowa (9–2) Iowa (9–2) LSU (9–2) Boise State (11–1)12.13. California Kansas State (1–0) Tennessee (1–0) LSU (2–1) LSU (3–1) Minnesota (5–0) Tennessee (4–1) Michigan (6–1) Virginia (6–1) Florida State (6–2) West Virginia (8–1) Boise State (9–0) Michigan (9–2) LSU (9–2) Michigan (9–2) Tennessee (10–3)13.14. Tennessee Tennessee (1–0) Auburn (2–0) Utah (3–0) Utah (4–0) Michigan (4–1) Michigan (5–1) Virginia (5–1) Louisville (5–1) Louisville (5–1) Boise State (8–0) LSU (7–2) LSU (8–2) Michigan (9–2) Miami (FL) (8–3) Michigan (9–3)14.15. Clemson Virginia (1–0) Utah (2–0) Purdue (2–0) Purdue (3–0) Wisconsin (5–0) Arizona State (5–0) West Virginia (5–1) т West Virginia (6–1) West Virginia (7–1) Tennessee (7–2) Tennessee (7–2) т Tennessee (8–2) Tennessee (9–2) Tennessee (9–3) Florida State (9–3)15.16. Virginia Iowa (1–0) Iowa (2–0) Florida (1–1) Florida (2–1) West Virginia (4–1) Oklahoma State (5–0) Louisville (4–1) т Texas A&M (6–1) Boise State (8–0) Virginia Tech (7–2) Virginia Tech (7–2) т Virginia (8–2) Florida State (8–3) Wisconsin (9–2) LSU (9–3)16.17. Auburn Utah (1–0) Michigan (1–1) Fresno State (3–0) Fresno State (3–0) Tennessee (3–1) West Virginia (4–1) Texas A&M (5–1) Purdue (5–2) LSU (6–2) LSU (6–2) Iowa (8–2) Boston College (8–2) Wisconsin (9–2) Florida State (8–3) Wisconsin (9–3)17.18. Missouri Auburn (1–0) Purdue (2–0) Michigan (2–1) Minnesota (4–0) Ohio State (3–1) Louisville (4–0) LSU (4–2) Boise State (7–0) Virginia Tech (6–2) Miami (FL) (6–2) Virginia (7–2) Arizona State (8–2) Virginia (8–3) Virginia (8–3) Texas Tech (8–4)18.19. Iowa Missouri (1–0) Fresno State (2–0) Minnesota (3–0) Michigan (3–1) Arizona State (5–0) Minnesota (5–1) Boise State (6–0) LSU (5–2) Oklahoma State (6–2) Iowa (7–2) Boston College (7–2) Florida State (8–3) Pittsburgh (7–3) Pittsburgh (8–3) Arizona State (9–3)19.20. Utah Clemson (1–0) Wisconsin (2–0) Wisconsin (3–0) Wisconsin (4–0) Louisville (4–0) LSU (4–2) Florida (4–2) Arizona State (6–1) т Iowa (6–2) Arizona State (7–2) Arizona State (8–2) Wisconsin (9–2) Florida (7–4) Florida (7–4) Ohio State (8–4)20.21. Wisconsin Wisconsin (1–0) Maryland (2–0) Boise State (3–0) Arizona State (4–0) Boise State (5–0) Boise State (5–0) Arizona State (5–1) Oklahoma State (6–1) т Southern Miss (5–1) Boston College (6–2) West Virginia (8–2) West Virginia (8–2) Arizona State (8–3) Arizona State (8–3) Boston College (9–3)21.22. Maryland Minnesota (1–0) Minnesota (2–0) Arizona State (3–0) Louisville (3–0) Oklahoma State (4–0) Florida (3–2) Oklahoma State (5–1) Virginia Tech (5–2) Texas A&M (6–2) Texas A&M (6–3) Texas A&M (7–3) Texas A&M (7–3) Texas A&M (7–4) Texas A&M (7–4) Fresno State (9–3)22.23. Oregon Maryland (1–0) Boise State (2–0) Maryland (2–1) Boise State (4–0) Maryland (3–1) Texas A&M (4–1) Virginia Tech (5–2) Iowa (5–2) Arizona State (6–2) UTEP (6–2) Oklahoma State (7–3) Oklahoma State (7–3) Boston College (8–3) Texas Tech (7–4) Virginia (8–4)23.24. Purdue Oregon (0–0) Louisville (2–0) Louisville (2–0) Maryland (3–1) LSU (3–2) Southern Miss (4–0) Notre Dame (5–2) Minnesota (6–2) Boston College (5–2) Notre Dame (6–3) UTEP (7–2) UTEP (8–2) Texas Tech (7–4) Ohio State (7–4) Navy (10–2)24.25. Minnesota Purdue (1–0) Memphis (2–0) Oklahoma State (3–0) Oklahoma State (3–0) South Carolina (4–1) Ohio State (3–2) Iowa (4–2) Southern Miss (5–1) UTEP (6–2) Oklahoma State (6–3) Bowling Green (8–2) Florida (7–4) Ohio State (7–4) Boston College (8–3) Pittsburgh (8–4)25. PreseasonAug 19 Week 1Sept 5 Week 2Sept 12 Week 3Sept 19 Week 4Sept 26 Week 5Oct 3 Week 6Oct 10 Week 7Oct 17 Week 8Oct 24 Week 9Oct 31 Week 10Nov 7 Week 11Nov 14 Week 12Nov 21 Week 13Nov 28 Week 14Dec 5 Week 15 (Final)Jan 5 Dropped:Kansas StateMissouriClemsonOregon Dropped:IowaMemphis Dropped:Fresno State Dropped:MarylandSouth Carolina Dropped:MinnesotaSouthern MissOhio State Dropped:FloridaNotre Dame Dropped:PurdueMinnesota Dropped:Southern Miss Dropped:Notre Dame Dropped:Bowling Green Dropped:West VirginiaOklahoma StateUTEP Dropped:FloridaTexas A&M
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