NOTE: It seems likely that the UPI stopped reporting teams in the "Others Receiving Votes" section.  Though votes were heavily concentrated among the upper tier of teams this season (as evidenced by 5 weeks of polling failing to yield a full 20 teams), it is unusual that not a single paper carried a tally for the "RV" section, especially when considering that several of the weeks where the 20th team received >1 vote (weeks 1-2: 4, week 11: 2) failed to include any additional teams.

no pre-season poll


Sep 14 1971* - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105079730/1971-09-14-coaches-poll/

1. Nebraska (26)
2. Notre Dame (8)
3. Texas
4. Ohio State
5. Michigan
6. Alabama
7. Tennessee
8. Colorado
9. Arkansas
10. Auburn
11. Stanford
12. Oklahoma
13. Georgia
14. Washington
15. Arizona State
16. Penn State
17. Southern California
18. Louisiana State
19. Syracuse
20. Houston
Others Receiving Votes: N/A

* Only 34 of 35 coaches participated in voting this week

Sep 21 1971* - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105080116/1971-09-21-coaches-poll/

1. Nebraska (25)
2. Notre Dame (8)
3. Texas
4. Michigan
5. Ohio State
6. Alabama
7. Auburn
8. Tennessee
9. Arkansas
10. Colorado
11. Oklahoma
12. Stanford
T-13. Georgia
 -- . Washington
 -- . Penn State
16. Arizona State
17. Southern California
18. Louisiana State
T-19. North Carolina
 -- . Georgia Tech
Others Receiving Votes: N/A

* Only 33 of 35 coaches participated in voting this week


Sep 28 1971 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105080435/1971-09-28-coaches-poll/

1. Nebraska (33)
2. Michigan
3. Texas
4. Notre Dame (1)
5. Alabama
6. Colorado (1)
7. Auburn
8. Oklahoma
9. Stanford
10. Washington
11. Penn State
12. Arizona State
13. Georgia
14. Southern California
15. Tennessee
16. Louisiana State
17. Ohio State
18. North Carolina
19. N/A
20. N/A


Oct 5 1971 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105080598/1971-10-05-coaches-poll/

1. Nebraska (33)
2. Michigan (1)
3. Texas (1)
4. Alabama
5. Notre Dame
6. Auburn
T-7. Colorado
 - . Oklahoma
9. Washington
10. Georgia
T-11. Penn State
 -- . Tennessee
13. Ohio State
14. Arizona State
15. Duke
16. Louisiana State
17. North Carolina
18. Arkansas
19. N/A
20. N/A


Oct 12 1971 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105128726/1971-10-12-coaches-poll/

1. Nebraska (31)
2. Oklahoma (3)
3. Michigan (1)
4. Alabama
5. Colorado
6. Notre Dame
7. Auburn
8. Georgia
9. Penn State
10. Texas
11. Arizona State
12. Louisiana State
13. Stanford
14. Tennessee
15. Ohio State
16. Florida State
17. Arkansas
18. Washington
19. N/A
20. N/A


Oct 19 1971* - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105128752/1971-10-19-coaches-poll/

1. Nebraska (29)
2. Oklahoma (5)
3. Michigan
4. Alabama
5. Auburn
6. Notre Dame
7. Georgia
8. Penn State
9. Arkansas
10. Stanford
11. Ohio State
12. Colorado
13. Louisiana State
14. Arizona State
15. Houston
T-16. Purdue
 -- . Tennessee
18. N/A
19. N/A
20. N/A

* Only 34 of 35 coaches participated in voting this week


Oct 25 1971 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105128797/1971-10-26-coaches-poll/

1. Nebraska (26)
2. Oklahoma (8)
3. Michigan
4. Alabama (1)
5. Auburn
6. Georgia
7. Penn State
8. Arkansas
9. Colorado
10. Ohio State
11. Notre Dame
12. Louisiana State
13. Toledo
14. Tennessee
15. Arizona State
16. Florida State
17. Texas
18. Air Force
19. N/A
20. N/A


Nov 2 1971 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105128833/1971-11-02-coaches-poll/

1. Nebraska (24)
2. Oklahoma (9)
3. Michigan (1)
4. Alabama (1)
5. Auburn
6. Georgia
7. Penn State
8. Ohio State
9. Notre Dame
10. Arizona State
11. Colorado
T-12. Arkansas
 -- . Stanford
14. Toledo
15. Tennesee
16. Houston
17. Texas
18. Louisiana State
T-19. North Carolina
 -- . Southern California
Others Receiving Votes: N/A


Nov 9 1971 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105129875/1971-11-09-coaches-poll/

1. Nebraska (30)
2. Oklahoma (3)
3. Michigan (1)
4. Alabama (1)
5. Auburn
6. Georgia
7. Penn State
8. Notre Dame
9. Arizona State
10. Stanford
11. Colorado
12. Tennessee
13. Toledo
14. Houston
T-15. Southern California
 -- . North Carolina
 -- . Texas
 -- . Michigan State
T-19. Florida State
 -- . Ohio State
Others Receiving Votes: N/A


Nov 16 1971 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105129927/1971-11-16-coaches-poll/

1. Nebraska (30)
2. Oklahoma (3)
3. Michigan (1)
4. Alabama (1)
5. Auburn
6. Penn State
7. Notre Dame
8. Arizona State
9. Georgia
10. Colorado
11. Tennessee
12. Toledo
13. Houston
14. Texas
15. Michigan State
16. Southern California
17. North Carolina
18. Louisiana State
T-19. Arkansas
 -- . Stanford
Others Receiving Votes: N/A


Nov 23 1971 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105130041/1971-11-23-coaches-poll/

1. Nebraska
2. Oklahoma
3. Alabama
4. Auburn
5. Michigan
6. Penn State
7. Georgia
8. Colorado
9. Arizona State
10. Louisiana State
11. Tennessee
12. Toledo
13. Houston
14. Notre Dame
15. North Carolina
16. Stanford
17. Iowa State
T-18. Arkansas
 -- . Texas
20. Florida State


Nov 30 1971* - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105130288/1971-11-30-coaches-poll/

1. Nebraska (32)
2. Alabama (1)
3. Oklahoma
4. Michigan (1)
5. Penn State
6. Auburn
7. Colorado
8. Georgia
9. Arizona State
10. Louisiana State
11. Texas
12. Tennessee
13. Toledo
14. Houston
15. Stanford
16. Notre Dame
17. North Carolina
18. Iowa State
19. Florida State
20. Washington

* Only 34 of 35 coaches participated in voting this week


Dec 7 1971* - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105130383/1971-12-07-coaches-poll/

1. Nebraska (29)
2. Alabama (2)
3. Oklahoma
4. Michigan (1)
5. Auburn
6. Arizona State
7. Colorado
8. Georgia
9. Tennessee
10. Louisiana State
11. Penn State
12. Texas
13. Toledo
14. Houston
15. Notre Dame
16. Stanford
17. Iowa State
18. North Carolina
19. Florida State
T-20. Arkansas
 -- . Mississippi

* While several long-form descriptions of the UPI poll printed papers noted that only 32 of the 35 coaches voted in the final poll of the season, every copy of the poll I found failed to indicate who the 32nd vote went to, except for one (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105145233/1971-12-07-coaches-poll-1st-place-votes/), which attributed the vote to Michigan 


no post-season poll