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Southern Methodist Mustangs AP Poll History

Location: Dallas, Texas ▪ Colors: Red & Blue
Stadium: Gerald J. Ford Stadium (cap. 32,000)
Record*: 95 Years, 466-494-54, .486 W-L% (Major School)
*W-L-T adjusted to 462-488-54 by NCAA.

Conferences: CUSA, WAC, SWC and Ind
Conference Champion: 10 Times
Bowls: 15 Bowls, 7-7-1, .500 W-L% (Major Bowls)

Ranked in AP Poll: 8 Times (Preseason), 11 Times (Final), 161 Weeks (Total)

161 Polls

Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
1	1986	7	1986-10-14	20
2	1986	8	1986-10-21	18	20	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
3	1985	1	Preseason	3	NA	—
4	1985	2	1985-09-03	3	3	NC
5	1985	3	1985-09-10	6	3	3
6	1985	4	1985-09-17	5	6	1
7	1985	5	1985-09-24	6	5	1
8	1985	6	1985-10-01	3	6	3
9	1985	7	1985-10-08	16	3	13
10	1985	10	1985-10-29	20
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
11	1984	1	Preseason	15	NA	—
12	1984	2	1984-09-04	15	15	NC
13	1984	3	1984-09-11	14	15	1
14	1984	4	1984-09-18	13	14	1
15	1984	5	1984-09-25	11	13	2
16	1984	6	1984-10-02	10	11	1
17	1984	7	1984-10-09	7	10	3
18	1984	8	1984-10-16	6	7	1
19	1984	9	1984-10-23	14	6	8
20	1984	10	1984-10-30	19	14	5
21	1984	11	1984-11-06	17	19	2
22	1984	12	1984-11-13	16	17	1
23	1984	13	1984-11-20	11	16	5
24	1984	14	1984-11-27	10	11	1
25	1984	15	1984-12-04	10	10	NC
26	1984	16	Final	8	10	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
27	1983	1	Preseason	19	NA	—
28	1983	2	1983-09-05	15	19	4
29	1983	3	1983-09-12	18	15	3
30	1983	4	1983-09-19	18	18	NC
31	1983	5	1983-09-26	13	18	5
32	1983	6	1983-10-03	13	13	NC
33	1983	7	1983-10-10	12	13	1
34	1983	8	1983-10-17	9	12	3
35	1983	9	1983-10-24	10	9	1
36	1983	10	1983-10-31	8	10	2
37	1983	11	1983-11-07	7	8	1
38	1983	12	1983-11-14	6	7	1
39	1983	13	1983-11-21	6	6	NC
40	1983	14	1983-11-28	6	6	NC
41	1983	15	1983-12-05	6	6	NC
42	1983	16	Final	12	6	6
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
43	1982	1	Preseason	6	NA	—
44	1982	2	1982-09-06	8	6	2
45	1982	3	1982-09-13	6	8	2
46	1982	4	1982-09-20	6	6	NC
47	1982	5	1982-09-27	7	6	1
48	1982	6	1982-10-04	6	7	1
49	1982	7	1982-10-11	5	6	1
50	1982	8	1982-10-18	4	5	1
51	1982	9	1982-10-25	4	4	NC
52	1982	10	1982-11-01	2	4	2
53	1982	11	1982-11-08	2	2	NC
54	1982	12	1982-11-15	2	2	NC
55	1982	13	1982-11-22	4	2	2
56	1982	14	1982-11-29	4	4	NC
57	1982	15	1982-12-06	4	4	NC
58	1982	16	Final	2	4	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
59	1981	4	1981-09-21	20
60	1981	5	1981-09-28	15	20	5
61	1981	6	1981-10-05	14	15	1
62	1981	7	1981-10-12	10	14	4
63	1981	8	1981-10-19	8	10	2
64	1981	9	1981-10-26	13	8	5
65	1981	10	1981-11-02	10	13	3
66	1981	11	1981-11-09	8	10	2
67	1981	12	1981-11-16	6	8	2
68	1981	13	1981-11-23	6	6	NC
69	1981	14	1981-11-30	5	6	1
70	1981	15	Final	5	5	NC
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
71	1980	6	1980-10-06	20
72	1980	9	1980-10-27	19
73	1980	10	1980-11-03	18	19	1
74	1980	11	1980-11-10	18	18	NC
75	1980	13	1980-11-24	20
76	1980	14	1980-12-01	19	20	1
77	1980	15	1980-12-08	19	19	NC
78	1980	16	Final	20	19	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
79	1979	2	1979-09-10	20
80	1979	3	1979-09-17	18	20	2
81	1979	4	1979-09-24	19	18	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
82	1973	5	1973-10-01	19
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
83	1972	8	1972-10-23	18
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
84	1968	8	1968-10-28	13
85	1968	13	1968-12-02	20
86	1968	14	Final	14	20	6
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
87	1966	12	1966-11-28	10
88	1966	13	Final	10	10	NC
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
89	1959	1	Preseason	4	NA	—
90	1959	2	1959-09-21	6	4	2
91	1959	4	1959-10-05	15
92	1959	5	1959-10-12	15	15	NC
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
93	1958	1	Preseason	17	NA	—
94	1958	2	1958-09-22	20	17	3
95	1958	3	1958-09-29	17	20	3
96	1958	4	1958-10-06	18	17	1
97	1958	5	1958-10-13	16	18	2
98	1958	8	1958-11-03	20
99	1958	9	1958-11-10	15	20	5
100	1958	12	Final	18
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
101	1957	2	1957-09-23	15
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
102	1956	2	1956-09-24	5
103	1956	3	1956-10-01	12	5	7
104	1956	4	1956-10-08	19	12	7
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
105	1955	1	Preseason	16	NA	—
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
106	1954	7	1954-10-25	18
107	1954	9	1954-11-08	19
108	1954	10	1954-11-15	11	19	8
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
109	1953	5	1953-10-19	13
110	1953	6	1953-10-26	11	13	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
111	1951	4	1951-10-15	15
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
112	1950	1	Preseason	10	NA	—
113	1950	2	1950-10-02	3	10	7
114	1950	3	1950-10-09	2	3	1
115	1950	4	1950-10-16	3	2	1
116	1950	5	1950-10-23	1	3	2
117	1950	6	1950-10-30	1	1	NC
118	1950	7	1950-11-06	7	1	6
119	1950	8	1950-11-13	14	7	7
120	1950	9	1950-11-20	15	14	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
121	1949	1	1949-10-03	9	NA	—
122	1949	2	1949-10-10	10	9	1
123	1949	3	1949-10-17	17	10	7
124	1949	4	1949-10-24	11	17	6
125	1949	5	1949-10-31	9	11	2
126	1949	6	1949-11-07	12	9	3
127	1949	7	1949-11-14	10	12	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
128	1948	1	1948-10-04	4	NA	—
129	1948	2	1948-10-11	14	4	10
130	1948	3	1948-10-18	11	14	3
131	1948	4	1948-10-25	11	11	NC
132	1948	5	1948-11-01	8	11	3
133	1948	6	1948-11-08	7	8	1
134	1948	7	1948-11-15	10	7	3
135	1948	8	1948-11-22	8	10	2
136	1948	9	Final	10	8	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
137	1947	3	1947-10-20	12
138	1947	4	1947-10-27	8	12	4
139	1947	5	1947-11-03	3	8	5
140	1947	6	1947-11-10	4	3	1
141	1947	7	1947-11-17	3	4	1
142	1947	8	1947-11-24	3	3	NC
143	1947	9	1947-12-01	4	3	1
144	1947	10	Final	3	4	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
145	1941	3	1941-10-27	20
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
146	1940	2	1940-10-21	19
147	1940	3	1940-10-28	15	19	4
148	1940	4	1940-11-04	14	15	1
149	1940	5	1940-11-11	20	14	6
150	1940	6	1940-11-18	18	20	2
151	1940	7	1940-11-25	16	18	2
152	1940	8	Final	16	16	NC
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
153	1939	1	1939-10-16	18	NA	—
154	1939	2	1939-10-23	17	18	1
155	1939	3	1939-10-30	16	17	1
156	1939	4	1939-11-06	13	16	3
157	1939	5	1939-11-13	17	13	4
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
158	1936	1	1936-10-19	19	NA	—
159	1936	2	1936-10-26	15	19	4
160	1936	3	1936-11-02	12	15	3
161	1936	4	1936-11-09	19	12	7

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