2011 AP/Coaches Polls
| AP TOP 25 | USA TODAY COACHES TOP 25 | |||||||||||
| 2011 PRESEASON | 2011 POSTSEASON | 2011 PRESEASON | 2011 POSTSEASON | |||||||||
| 8/30/11 | 1/12/12 | 8/30/11 | 1/12/12 | |||||||||
| RK | TEAM | PTS | RK | TEAM | REC | RK | TEAM | PTS | RK | TEAM | PTS | |
| 1 | Oklahoma (36) | 1464 | 1. | Alabama (55) | 12-1 | 1 | Oklahoma (42) | 1454 | 1. | Alabama (59) | 12-1 | |
| 2 | Alabama (17) | 1439 | 2. | LSU (1) | 13-1 | 2 | Alabama (13) | 1414 | 2. | LSU | 13-1 | |
| 3 | Oregon (4) | 1330 | 3. | Oklahoma St (4) | 12-1 | 3 | Oregon (2) | 1309 | 3. | Oklahoma St | 12-1 | |
| 4 | LSU (1) | 1286 | 4. | Oregon | 12-2 | 4 | LSU (2) | 1296 | 4. | Oregon | 12-2 | |
| 5 | Boise St (2) | 1200 | 5. | Arkansas | 11-2 | 5 | Florida State | 1116 | 5. | Arkansas | 11-2 | |
| 6 | Florida St | 1168 | 6. | USC | 10-2 | 6 | Stanford | 1101 | 6. | Boise St | 12-1 | |
| 7 | Stanford | 1091 | 7. | Stanford | 11-2 | 7 | Boise State | 1065 | 7. | Stanford | 11-2 | |
| 8 | Texas A&M | 965 | 8. | Boise St | 12-1 | 8 | Oklahoma State | 933 | 8. | South Carolina | 11-2 | |
| 9 | Oklahoma St | 955 | 9. | South Carolina | 11-2 | 9 | Texas A&M | 885 | 9. | Michigan | 11-2 | |
| 10 | Nebraska | 910 | 10. | Wisconsin | 11-3 | 10 | Wisconsin | 829 | 10. | Michigan St | 11-3 | |
| 11 | Wisconsin | 900 | 11. | Michigan St | 11-3 | 11 | Nebraska | 814 | 11. | Wisconsin | 11-3 | |
| 12 | South Carolina | 848 | 12. | Michigan | 11-2 | 12 | South Carolina | 779 | 12. | Baylor | 10-3 | |
| 13 | Virginia Tech | 821 | 13. | Baylor | 10-3 | 13 | Virginia Tech | 767 | 13. | TCU | 11-2 | |
| 14 | TCU | 690 | 14. | TCU | 11-2 | 14 | Arkansas | 750 | 14. | Houston | 13-1 | |
| 15 | Arkansas | 686 | 15. | Kansas St | 10-3 | 15 | TCU | 687 | 15. | Oklahoma | 10-3 | |
| 16 | Notre Dame | 530 | 16. | Oklahoma | 10-3 | 16 | Ohio State | 631 | 16. | Kansas St | 10-3 | |
| 17 | Michigan St | 519 | 17. | West Virginia | 10-3 | 17 | Michigan State | 536 | 17. | Virginia Tech | 11-3 | |
| 18 | Ohio State | 443 | 18. | Houston | 13-1 | 18 | Notre Dame | 440 | 18. | West Viginia | 10-3 | |
| 19 | Georgia | 369 | 19. | Georgia | 10-4 | 19 | Auburn | 329 | 19. | Southern Miss | 12-2 | |
| 20 | Mississippi St | 361 | 20. | Southern Miss | 12-2 | 20 | Mississippi State | 301 | 20. | Georgia | 10-4 | |
| 21 | Missouri | 258 | 21. | Virginia Tech | 11-3 | 21 | Missouri | 266 | 21. | Cincinnati | 10-3 | |
| 22 | Florida | 228 | 22. | Clemson | 10-4 | 22 | Georgia | 260 | 22. | Clemson | 10-4 | |
| 23 | Auburn | 219 | 23. | Florida St | 9-4 | 23 | Florida | 240 | 23. | Florida St | 9-4 | |
| 24 | West Virginia | 207 | 24. | Nebraska | 9-4 | 24 | Texas | 162 | 24. | Nebraska | 9-4 | |
| 25 | USC | 160 | 25. | Cincinnati | 10-3 | 25 | Penn State | 161 | 25. | BYU | 10-3 | |