One human poll made up the 2001

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Poll release dates

The poll release dates were: * August 21, 2001 (Preseason) * September 11, 2001 (Week 1) * September 25, 2001 (Week 3) * October 2, 2001 (Week 4) * October 9, 2001 (Week 5) * October 16, 2001 (Week 6) * October 23, 2001 (Week 7) * October 30, 2001 (Week 8) * November 6, 2001 (Week 9) * November 11, 2001 (Final) * January 6, 2002 (Postseason)

Week by week poll

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school=Concordia University (Nebraska), title=Concordia (NE), , Week11-7-Color=u , Week11-8={{cfb link, year=2001, team=Mary Marauders, school=University of Mary, title=Mary (ND), , Week11-8-Color=d , Week11-9={{cfb link, year=2001, team=Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers, school=Northwestern Oklahoma State University, title=Northwestern Oklahoma State, , Week11-9-Color=u , Week11-10={{cfb link, year=2001, team=Campbellsville Tigers, school=Campbellsville University, title=Campbellsville (KY), , Week11-10-Color=u , Week11-11={{cfb link, year=2001, team=Trine Thunder, school=Trine University, title=Tri-State (IN), , Week11-11-Color=d , Week11-12={{cfb link, year=2001, team=St. Ambrose Fighting Bees, school=St. Ambrose University, title=St. Ambrose (IA), , Week11-12-Color=u , Week11-13={{cfb link, year=2001, team=Valley City State Vikings, school=Valley City State University, title=Valley City State (ND), , Week11-13-Color=d , Week11-14= Saint Francis (IN), , Week11-14-Color=d , Week11-15={{cfb link, year=2001, team=McKendree Bearcats, school=McKendree University, title=McKendree (IL), , Week11-15-Color=u , Week11-16={{cfb link, year=2001, team=Montana Tech Orediggers, school=Montana Tech, title=Montana Tech, , Week11-16-Color=u , Week11-17={{cfb link, year=2001, team=Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes, school=Kansas Wesleyan University, title=Kansas Wesleyan, , Week11-17-Color=d , Week11-18={{cfb link, year=2001, team=Hastings Broncos, school=Hastings College, title=Hastings (NE), , Week11-18-Color= , Week11-19={{cfb link, year=2001, team=Bethany Swedes, school=Bethany College (Kansas), title=Bethany (KS), , Week11-19-Color= , Week11-20={{cfb link, year=2001, team=Walsh Cavaliers, school=Walsh University, title=Walsh (OH), , Week11-20-Color= , Week11-21={{cfb link, year=2001, team=Huron Screaming Eagles, school=Huron University, title=Huron (SD), , Week11-21-Color= , Week11-22={{cfb link, year=2001, team=Doane Tigers, school=Doane College, title=Doane (NE), , 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Leading vote-getters

Since the inception of the Coaches' Poll in 1999, the #1 ranking in the various weekly polls has been held by only a select group of teams. Through the postseason poll of the 2001 season, the teams and the number of times they have held the #1 weekly ranking are shown below. The number of times a team has been ranked #1 in the postseason poll (the national champion) is shown in parentheses. In 1999, the results of a postseason poll, if one was conducted, are not known. Therefore, an additional poll has been presumed, and the #1 postseason ranking has been credited to the postseason tournament champion, the Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers. {, class="wikitable" style="width:40%;" , - !style="background:#4169E1; color:white;" , Team !style="background:#4169E1; color:white;" , Total #1 Rankings , - style="text-align:center;" , Georgetown (KY), , 21 (2) , - style="text-align:center;" , {{cfb link, year=2001, team=Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers, school=Northwestern Oklahoma State University, title=Northwestern Oklahoma State, , 12 (1) , - style="text-align:center;" , {{cfb link, year=2001, team=Azusa Pacific Cougars, school=Azusa Pacific University, title=Azusa Pacific (CA), , 3 , - style="text-align:center;"

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