1971 small college football rankings

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The 1971 small college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1971 college football season, including the 1971 NCAA College Division football season and the 1971 NAIA football season. Separate rankings were published by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). The AP rankings were selected by a board of sports writers, and the UPI rankings were selected by a board of small-college coaches.

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The 1971 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team (10–1), led by head coach Tubby Raymond, was rated No. 1 by both the AP and UPI. McNeese State (9–1–1) and Eastern Michigan (7–1–2) were ranked No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, by both the AP and the UPI.

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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

The AP poll

Week 1
Sept 22 [1] 		Week 2
Sept 29 [2] 		Week 3
Oct 6 [3] 		Week 4
Oct 13 [4] 		Week 5
Oct 20 [5] 		Week 6
Oct 27 [6] 		Week 7
Nov 3 [7] 		Week 8
Nov 10 [8] 		Week 9
Nov 17 [9] 		Week 10
Nov 24 [10]
1. North Dakota State (2–0) (8)Arkansas State (2–0) (8)North Dakota State (4–0) (6)North Dakota State (5–0)Delaware (5–0)Delaware (6–0) (10)McNeese State (7–0) (1)Delaware (7–1)Delaware (8–1) (12)Delaware (9–1) (9)1.
2. Arkansas State (1–0) (5)North Dakota State (3–0) (5)Arkansas State (2–0) (7)Eastern Michigan (4–0)McNeese State (6–0)McNeese State (6–0) (3)Eastern Michigan (6–0–1) (2)McNeese State (7–0–1)McNeese State (8–0–1) (2)McNeese State (9–0–1) (3)2.
3. Grambling (2–0) (1)Grambling (3–0)Grambling (4–0)Delaware (4–0)Eastern Michigan (4–0–1)Akron (6–0) (2)Delaware (6–1) (1)Eastern Michigan (6–0–2)Eastern Michigan (7–0–2) (1)Eastern Michigan (7–0–2)3.
4. Montana (2–0)Western Kentucky (2–0) (2)Delaware (3–0) (2)McNeese State (5–0)Akron (5–0)Eastern Michigan (5–0–1)North Dakota (6–2) (3)Louisiana Tech (7–1)Tennessee State (7–1) (1)Louisiana Tech (8–2)4.
5. Eastern Michigan (2–0) (1)Montana (3–0)Western Kentucky (3–0) (1)Akron (4–0)North Dakota State (5–1)North Dakota (5–2)Louisiana Tech (6–1)Boise State (8–1)Louisiana Tech (7–2)Tennessee State (8–1) (1)5.
6. Western Kentucky (1–0)Delaware (2–0)Eastern Michigan (3–0)Arkansas State (2–1)Tampa (4–1)North Dakota State (6–1)Western Kentucky (6–1)Tennessee State (6–1)Western Kentucky (7–2)Western Kentucky (8–2)6.
7. Delaware (1–0) Louisiana Tech (2–0)Eastern Kentucky (4–0)Grambling (4–1) North Dakota (4–2)Tennessee State (4–1)Tennessee State (5–1)Western Kentucky (6–2)Akron (7–2) тBoise State (9–2)7.
8. Eastern Kentucky (2–0)Eastern Michigan (2–0)Montana (3–1) (1)Tampa (3–1)Southern Illinois (4–1)Louisiana Tech (5–1)Akron (6–1)North Dakota (6–3)Boise State (8–2) тAkron (8–2)8.
9. Louisiana Tech (1–0) (1) тEastern Kentucky (3–0)Akron (3–0)Tennessee State (2–1)Tennessee State (3–1)Western Kentucky (5–1)North Dakota State (6–2)North Dakota State (7–2)North Dakota (6–3–1)North Dakota (6–3–1)9.
10. Southern Illinois (1–0) (1) тTennessee State (1–0) McNeese State (4–0)Southern Illinois (3–1) тLouisiana Tech (4–1)Tampa (4–2) Boise State (7–0)Akron (6–2)North Dakota State (7–2) Arkansas Tech (9–1)10.
11. Tennessee State (1–0)  Western Kentucky (3–1) т      11.
12. Akron (1–0)         12.
13. Tampa (0–1)         13.
14. Trinity (TX) (1–0)         14.
15. Wofford (1–1)         15.
16. Central Connecticut State (2–0)         16.
17. Texas A&I (0–1) т         17.
18. Southwestern Louisiana (1–0) т         18.
19. Morehead State (1–0) т         19.
20. Tennessee Tech (1–0) (1)         20.
Week 1
Sept 22 [11] 		Week 2
Sept 29 [12] 		Week 3
Oct 6 [13] 		Week 4
Oct 13 [14] 		Week 5
Oct 20 [15] 		Week 6
Oct 27 [16] 		Week 7
Nov 3 [17] 		Week 8
Nov 10 [18] 		Week 9
Nov 17 [19] 		Week 10
Nov 24 [20]
Dropped:
  • 10 Southern Illinois
  • 12 Akron
  • 13 Tampa
  • 14 Trinity (TX)
  • 15 Wofford
  • 16 Central Connecticut State
  • 17 Texas A&I
  • 18 Southwestern Louisiana
  • 19 Morehead State
  • 20 Tennessee Tech
Dropped:
  • 7 Louisiana Tech
  • 10 Tennessee State
Dropped:
  • 7 Eastern Kentucky
  • 8 Montana
Dropped:
  • 6 Arkansas State
  • 7 Grambling
  • 11 Western Kentucky
Dropped:
8 Southern Illinois		Dropped:
10 Tampa		NoneNoneDropped:
10 North Dakota State

The UPI Coaches poll

Week 1
Sept 15 [21] 		Week 2
Sept 22 [22] 		Week 3
Sept 29 [23] 		Week 4
Oct 6 [24] 		Week 5
Oct 13 [25] 		Week 6
Oct 20 [26] 		Week 7
Oct 27 [27] 		Week 8
Nov 3 [28] 		Week 9
Nov 10 [29] 		Week 10
Nov 17 [30] 		Week 11
Nov 24 [31]
1.North Dakota State (1–0) (16)North Dakota State (2–0) (22)North Dakota State (3–0) (17)North Dakota State (4–0) (21)North Dakota State (5–0) (21)Delaware (5–0) (25)Delaware (6–0)Eastern Michigan (6–0–1) (14)Delaware (7–1) (16)Delaware (8–1) (18)Delaware (9–1) (20)1.
2.Arkansas State (0–0) (3)Arkansas State (1–0) (8)Arkansas State (2–0) (11)Arkansas State (2–0) (8)Delaware (4–0) (5)Tampa (4–1) (2)Akron (6–0)McNeese State (7–0) (13)McNeese State (7–0–1) (78)McNeese State (8–0–1) (6)McNeese State (9–0–1) (5)2.
3.Tampa (0–0) (1)Grambling (2–0) (1) тGrambling (3–0) (1)Grambling (4–0)Eastern Michigan (4–0) (1)Eastern Michigan (4–0–1)Eastern Michigan (5–0–1)Delaware (6–1) (3)Eastern Michigan (6–0–2) (5)Eastern Michigan (7–0–2) (4)Eastern Michigan (7–0–2) (3)3.
4.Grambling (1–0) (2)Montana (2–0) тMontana (3–0) (2)Delaware (3–0)Drake (4–1)Akron (5–0) (3)McNeese State (6–0)Western Kentucky (6–1)Boise State (8–1) (1)Tennessee State (7–1) (2)Tennessee State (8–1) (1)4.
5.Montana (0–0)Delaware (1–0)Delaware (2–0)Eastern Michigan (3–0)Eastern Kentucky (5–0)McNeese State (6–0) (2)North Dakota State (6–1)North Dakota (6–2)Tennessee State (6–1) (2)C.W. Post (8–1)C.W. Post (8–1)5.
6.Texas A&I (0–0)Eastern Michigan (2–0)Eastern Michigan (2–0)Western Kentucky (3–0) (1)Tampa (3–1) (2)Southern Illinois (4–1)Weber State (5–0–1)Akron (6–1) (1)Louisiana Tech (7–1) (1)Arkansas Tech (10–0)Arkansas Tech (11–0)6.
7.Delaware (0–0) тEastern Kentucky (2–0)Eastern Kentucky (3–0)Eastern Kentucky (4–0)Weber State (4–0)Grambling (5–1)North Dakota (5–2)Boise State (7–1)Arkansas Tech (9–0)Samford (7–1)Samford (8–1)7.
8.Eastern Michigan (1–0) (1) тWestern Kentucky (1–0) тTennessee State (1–0)Drake (3–1)Arkansas State (2–1)North Dakota State (5–1)Western Kentucky (5–1)Tennessee State (5–1)C.W. Post (7–1)Northern Colorado (7–1–1)Northern Colorado (8–1–1) (2)8.
9.Tennessee State (0–0)Tennessee State (1–0) тWestern Kentucky (2–0)Weber State (3–0) (1)Akron (4–0)North Dakota (4–2)Tennessee State (4–1)Louisiana Tech (6–1)Western Kentucky (6–2)Howard Payne (8–1–1)Louisiana Tech (8–2)9.
10. Abilene Christian (1–0)Florida A&M (1–0)Louisiana Tech (2–0) (1)Tampa (2–1)Grambling (4–1)Western Kentucky (4–1)Tampa (4–2)Weber State (5–1–1)Northern Colorado (6–1–1) (1)Louisiana Tech (7–2)Howard Payne (9–1–1)10.
11. Long Beach State (0–1)Southern Illinois (1–0) тDrake (2–1)Montana (3–1)Southern Illinois (3–1) тWeber State (4–0–1)Drake (5–2)Arkansas State (3–2)Saint John's (MN) (8–1)Western Kentucky (7–2)Chico State (9–1)11.
12. Alcorn A&M (0–0) (1)Boise State (2–0) тBoise State (3–0)Central Oklahoma (3–0)Central Oklahoma (4–0) тEastern Kentucky (4–1–1)Boise State (6–1)Jackson State (5–1)Southwest Texas State (6–1–1)Southwest Texas State (7–1–1)Western Kentucky (8–2)12.
13.Eastern Kentucky (1–0)Louisiana Tech (1–0)Tampa (1–1)Akron (3–0) тMcNeese State (5–0) (1)Drake (4–2)Southwest Texas State (6–0)Northern Colorado (5–1–1) (1) Samford (6–1)Chico State (8–1)Boise State (9–2)13.
14.Boise State (1–0)Tampa (0–1)Texas A&I (1–1) (1)McNeese State (4–0) тHoward Payne (5–0)Tennessee State (3–1)Arkansas State (3–2)Grambling (6–2)Texas A&I (7–1) Livingston (7–1)Westminster (PA) (8–0)14.
15.Western Kentucky (0–0) Drake (1–1)Weber State (2–0)Saint John's (MN) (4–0)Western Kentucky (3–1)Northern Colorado (3–1–1) (1)Northern Colorado (4–1–1)Saint John's (MN) (7–1)Grambling (6–2)Akron (7–2)Southwest Texas State (8–1–1)15.
16. Florida A&M (0–0) тSouthwestern Louisiana (1–0)Southwestern Louisiana (2–0)Abilene Christian (3–1) тTennessee State (2–1)Southwest Texas State (5–0) Texas Southern (5–1)Arkansas Tech (8–0)Akron (6–2)Saint John's (MN) (8–1)Alcorn A&M (8–2) (1)16.
17.Southwestern Louisiana (0–0) тAlcorn A&M (0–1) (1) Saint John's (MN) (3–0) т Howard Payne (4–0) т Northern Michigan (5–0)Boise State (5–1)Louisiana Tech (5–1) Baldwin–Wallace (7–0) Chico State (7–1) Westminster (PA) (8–0)Livingston (8–1)17.
18. Northeastern Oklahoma (0–0) (1) тTexas A&I (0–1) (1) Central Oklahoma (2–0) тTexas A&I (2–1) т Northern Colorado (2–1–1) (1)Saint John's (MN) (5–1) Jackson State (4–1) C.W. Post (6–1)Jackson State (5–1–1)Alcorn A&M (6–2) (1)Saint John's (MN) (8–1)18.
19. Chattanooga (0–1) т Concordia (MN) (2–0) тAkron (2–0) т Southwest Texas State (3–0) тBoise State (4–1)Arkansas State (2–2)Grambling (5–2)Tennessee Tech (6–1)Long Beach State (6–3)Luther (8–1) (1)Long Beach State (8–3)19.
20.Southern Illinois (0–1) т Weber State (1–0) тAbilene Christian (2–1) тBoise State (3–1)Abilene Christian (4–1)Abilene Christian (4–1)Saint John's (MN) (6–1)Southwest Texas State (6–1) Luther (8–1) (1) тBoise State (8–2)Akron (8–2)20.
21.         Hampden–Sydney (8–0) т  21.
Week 1
Sept 15 [32] 		Week 2
Sept 22 [33] 		Week 3
Sept 29 [34] 		Week 4
Oct 6 [35] 		Week 5
Oct 13 [36] 		Week 6
Oct 20 [37] 		Week 7
Oct 27 [38] 		Week 8
Nov 3 [39] 		Week 9
Nov 10 [40] 		Week 10
Nov 17 [41] 		Week 11
Nov 24 [42]
Dropped:
  • 10 Abilene Christian
  • 11 Long Beach State
  • 18 Northeastern Oklahoma
  • 19 Chattanooga
Dropped:
  • 10 Florida A&M
  • 11 Southern Illinois
  • 17 Alcorn A&M
  • 19 Concordia (MN)
Dropped:
  • 8 Tennessee State
  • 10 Louisiana Tech
  • 16 Southwestern Louisiana
Dropped:
  • 11 Montana
  • 15 Saint John's (MN)
  • 18 Texas A&I
  • 19 Southwest Texas State
Dropped:
  • 12 Central Oklahoma
  • 14 Howard Payne
  • 17 Northern Michigan
Dropped:
  • 6 Southern Illinois
  • 12 Eastern Kentucky
  • 20 Abilene Christian
Dropped:
  • 5 North Dakota State
  • 10 Tampa
  • 11 Drake
  • 16 Texas Southern
Dropped:
  • 5 North Dakota
  • 10 Weber State
  • 11 Arkansas State
  • 17 Baldwin–Wallace
  • 19 Tennessee Tech
Dropped:
  • 14 Texas A&I
  • 15 Grambling
  • 18 Jackson State
  • 19 Long Beach State
  • 20 Hampden–Sydney
Dropped:
19 Luther

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