SMU Mustangs Poll History

Seasons: 108 (1916 to 2025)

Record (W-L-T): 554-568-54

Adjusted Record (W-L-T): 550-562-54

Conferences: ACC, American, CUSA, WAC, SWC, Ind

Conf. Championships: 11

Bowl Record: 20 Bowls, 8-11-1, .425 W-L% (Major Bowls)

Ranked in AP Poll: 9 Times (Preseason), 13 Times (Final), 197 Weeks (Total), 2 Weeks at #1

Ranked in CFP Rankings: 2 Times (Final), 10 Weeks (Total)

Heisman Winners: Doak Walker (1948)

Stadium: Gerald J. Ford Stadium (cap. 32,000)

Location: Dallas, Texas

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AP Polls

AP Polls Table
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
1	2025	1	Preseason	16	NA	—
2	2025	2	2025-09-02	17	16	1
3	2025	14	2025-11-23	25
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
4	2024	7	2024-10-06	25
5	2024	8	2024-10-13	21	25	4
6	2024	9	2024-10-20	22	21	1
7	2024	10	2024-10-27	20	22	2
8	2024	11	2024-11-03	13	20	7
9	2024	12	2024-11-10	14	13	1
10	2024	13	2024-11-17	13	14	1
11	2024	14	2024-11-24	9	13	4
12	2024	15	2024-12-01	8	9	1
13	2024	16	2024-12-08	12	8	4
14	2024	17	Final	12	12
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
15	2023	14	2023-11-26	25
16	2023	15	2023-12-03	17	25	8
17	2023	16	Final	22	17	5
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
18	2021	6	2021-10-03	24
19	2021	7	2021-10-10	23	24	1
20	2021	8	2021-10-17	21	23	2
21	2021	9	2021-10-24	19	21	2
22	2021	10	2021-10-31	23	19	4
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
23	2020	5	2020-10-04	18
24	2020	6	2020-10-11	17	18	1
25	2020	7	2020-10-18	16	17	1
26	2020	8	2020-10-25	22	16	6
27	2020	9	2020-11-02	18	22	4
28	2020	10	2020-11-08	19	18	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
29	2019	6	2019-09-29	24
30	2019	7	2019-10-06	21	24	3
31	2019	8	2019-10-14	19	21	2
32	2019	9	2019-10-21	16	19	3
33	2019	10	2019-10-27	15	16	1
34	2019	11	2019-11-03	23	15	8
35	2019	12	2019-11-10	20	23	3
36	2019	13	2019-11-17	21	20	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
37	1986	7	1986-10-14	20
38	1986	8	1986-10-21	18	20	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
39	1985	1	Preseason	3	NA	—
40	1985	2	1985-09-03	3	3
41	1985	3	1985-09-10	6	3	3
42	1985	4	1985-09-17	5	6	1
43	1985	5	1985-09-24	6	5	1
44	1985	6	1985-10-01	3	6	3
45	1985	7	1985-10-08	16	3	13
46	1985	10	1985-10-29	20
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
47	1984	1	Preseason	15	NA	—
48	1984	2	1984-09-04	15	15
49	1984	3	1984-09-11	14	15	1
50	1984	4	1984-09-18	13	14	1
51	1984	5	1984-09-25	11	13	2
52	1984	6	1984-10-02	10	11	1
53	1984	7	1984-10-09	7	10	3
54	1984	8	1984-10-16	6	7	1
55	1984	9	1984-10-23	14	6	8
56	1984	10	1984-10-30	19	14	5
57	1984	11	1984-11-06	17	19	2
58	1984	12	1984-11-13	16	17	1
59	1984	13	1984-11-20	11	16	5
60	1984	14	1984-11-27	10	11	1
61	1984	15	1984-12-04	10	10
62	1984	16	Final	8	10	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
63	1983	1	Preseason	19	NA	—
64	1983	2	1983-09-05	15	19	4
65	1983	3	1983-09-12	18	15	3
66	1983	4	1983-09-19	18	18
67	1983	5	1983-09-26	13	18	5
68	1983	6	1983-10-03	13	13
69	1983	7	1983-10-10	12	13	1
70	1983	8	1983-10-17	9	12	3
71	1983	9	1983-10-24	10	9	1
72	1983	10	1983-10-31	8	10	2
73	1983	11	1983-11-07	7	8	1
74	1983	12	1983-11-14	6	7	1
75	1983	13	1983-11-21	6	6
76	1983	14	1983-11-28	6	6
77	1983	15	1983-12-05	6	6
78	1983	16	Final	12	6	6
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
79	1982	1	Preseason	6	NA	—
80	1982	2	1982-09-06	8	6	2
81	1982	3	1982-09-13	6	8	2
82	1982	4	1982-09-20	6	6
83	1982	5	1982-09-27	7	6	1
84	1982	6	1982-10-04	6	7	1
85	1982	7	1982-10-11	5	6	1
86	1982	8	1982-10-18	4	5	1
87	1982	9	1982-10-25	4	4
88	1982	10	1982-11-01	2	4	2
89	1982	11	1982-11-08	2	2
90	1982	12	1982-11-15	2	2
91	1982	13	1982-11-22	4	2	2
92	1982	14	1982-11-29	4	4
93	1982	15	1982-12-06	4	4
94	1982	16	Final	2	4	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
95	1981	4	1981-09-21	20
96	1981	5	1981-09-28	15	20	5
97	1981	6	1981-10-05	14	15	1
98	1981	7	1981-10-12	10	14	4
99	1981	8	1981-10-19	8	10	2
100	1981	9	1981-10-26	13	8	5
101	1981	10	1981-11-02	10	13	3
102	1981	11	1981-11-09	8	10	2
103	1981	12	1981-11-16	6	8	2
104	1981	13	1981-11-23	6	6
105	1981	14	1981-11-30	5	6	1
106	1981	15	Final	5	5
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
107	1980	6	1980-10-06	20
108	1980	9	1980-10-27	19
109	1980	10	1980-11-03	18	19	1
110	1980	11	1980-11-10	18	18
111	1980	13	1980-11-24	20
112	1980	14	1980-12-01	19	20	1
113	1980	15	1980-12-08	19	19
114	1980	16	Final	20	19	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
115	1979	2	1979-09-10	20
116	1979	3	1979-09-17	18	20	2
117	1979	4	1979-09-24	19	18	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
118	1973	5	1973-10-01	19
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
119	1972	8	1972-10-23	18
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
120	1968	8	1968-10-28	13
121	1968	13	1968-12-02	20
122	1968	14	Final	14	20	6
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
123	1966	12	1966-11-28	10
124	1966	13	Final	10	10
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
125	1959	1	Preseason	4	NA	—
126	1959	2	1959-09-21	6	4	2
127	1959	4	1959-10-05	15
128	1959	5	1959-10-12	15	15
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
129	1958	1	Preseason	17	NA	—
130	1958	2	1958-09-22	20	17	3
131	1958	3	1958-09-29	17	20	3
132	1958	4	1958-10-06	18	17	1
133	1958	5	1958-10-13	16	18	2
134	1958	8	1958-11-03	20
135	1958	9	1958-11-10	15	20	5
136	1958	12	Final	18
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
137	1957	2	1957-09-23	15
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
138	1956	2	1956-09-24	5
139	1956	3	1956-10-01	12	5	7
140	1956	4	1956-10-08	19	12	7
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
141	1955	1	Preseason	16	NA	—
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
142	1954	7	1954-10-25	18
143	1954	9	1954-11-08	19
144	1954	10	1954-11-15	11	19	8
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
145	1953	5	1953-10-19	13
146	1953	6	1953-10-26	11	13	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
147	1951	4	1951-10-15	15
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
148	1950	1	Preseason	10	NA	—
149	1950	2	1950-10-02	3	10	7
150	1950	3	1950-10-09	2	3	1
151	1950	4	1950-10-16	3	2	1
152	1950	5	1950-10-23	1	3	2
153	1950	6	1950-10-30	1	1
154	1950	7	1950-11-06	7	1	6
155	1950	8	1950-11-13	14	7	7
156	1950	9	1950-11-20	15	14	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
157	1949	1	1949-10-03	9	NA	—
158	1949	2	1949-10-10	10	9	1
159	1949	3	1949-10-17	17	10	7
160	1949	4	1949-10-24	11	17	6
161	1949	5	1949-10-31	9	11	2
162	1949	6	1949-11-07	12	9	3
163	1949	7	1949-11-14	10	12	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
164	1948	1	1948-10-04	4	NA	—
165	1948	2	1948-10-11	14	4	10
166	1948	3	1948-10-18	11	14	3
167	1948	4	1948-10-25	11	11
168	1948	5	1948-11-01	8	11	3
169	1948	6	1948-11-08	7	8	1
170	1948	7	1948-11-15	10	7	3
171	1948	8	1948-11-22	8	10	2
172	1948	9	Final	10	8	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
173	1947	3	1947-10-20	12
174	1947	4	1947-10-27	8	12	4
175	1947	5	1947-11-03	3	8	5
176	1947	6	1947-11-10	4	3	1
177	1947	7	1947-11-17	3	4	1
178	1947	8	1947-11-24	3	3
179	1947	9	1947-12-01	4	3	1
180	1947	10	Final	3	4	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
181	1941	3	1941-10-27	20
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
182	1940	2	1940-10-21	19
183	1940	3	1940-10-28	15	19	4
184	1940	4	1940-11-04	14	15	1
185	1940	5	1940-11-11	20	14	6
186	1940	6	1940-11-18	18	20	2
187	1940	7	1940-11-25	16	18	2
188	1940	8	Final	16	16
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
189	1939	1	1939-10-16	18	NA	—
190	1939	2	1939-10-23	17	18	1
191	1939	3	1939-10-30	16	17	1
192	1939	4	1939-11-06	13	16	3
193	1939	5	1939-11-13	17	13	4
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
194	1936	1	1936-10-19	19	NA	—
195	1936	2	1936-10-26	15	19	4
196	1936	3	1936-11-02	12	15	3
197	1936	4	1936-11-09	19	12	7

College Football Playoff Rankings

College Football Playoff Rankings Table
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
1	2025	14	2025-11-25	21
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
2	2024	11	2024-11-05	13	20	7
3	2024	12	2024-11-12	14	13	1
4	2024	13	2024-11-19	13	14	1
5	2024	14	2024-11-26	9	13	4
6	2024	15	2024-12-03	8	9	1
7	2024	16	Final	10	8	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
8	2023	15	Final	24	25	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
9	2019	11	2019-11-06	25	15	10
10	2019	13	2019-11-19	25	20	5

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