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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 1964

295 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Notre Dame 210 71.2% 5.8 1
2. Ohio State 191 64.7% 8.3 1
3. Texas 178 60.3% 8.1 1
4. Oklahoma 173 58.6% 6.5 1
5. Michigan 169 57.3% 8.1 1
6. USC 155 52.5% 9.5 1
7. Mississippi 147 49.8% 8.4 1
8. Duke 142 48.1% 11.6 2
9. Alabama 140 47.5% 8.5 1
10. Georgia Tech 138 46.8% 8.0 2
11. Michigan State 135 45.8% 6.9 1
12. Army (NY) 134 45.4% 6.4 1
13. Tennessee 132 44.7% 9.5 1
14. Minnesota 119 40.3% 8.4 1
15. Navy (MD) 115 39.0% 8.6 2
16. Wisconsin 107 36.3% 9.9 1
17. UCLA 101 34.2% 9.9 1
18. LSU 97 32.9% 8.7 1
19. Northwestern 92 31.2% 9.4 1
20. Penn 89 30.2% 11.2 3
21. Iowa 85 28.8% 8.8 1
22. Illinois 84 28.5% 8.4 2
23. Pittsburgh 83 28.1% 10.2 1
24. California 80 27.1% 7.9 1
  Texas A&M 80 27.1% 8.1 1
26. Auburn 79 26.8% 9.6 1
27. SMU 73 24.7% 12.0 1
28. Arkansas 71 24.1% 10.6 2
  Washington 71 24.1% 11.2 3
30. TCU 69 23.4% 11.1 1
  Rice (TX) 69 23.4% 13.2 5
32. Clemson 68 23.1% 13.1 5
33. Purdue 67 22.7% 10.6 2
  Baylor 67 22.7% 12.5 3
35. Penn State 66 22.4% 12.1 3
36. Maryland 63 21.4% 6.1 1
37. Syracuse 58 19.7% 9.9 1
38. North Carolina 53 18.0% 11.9 1
  Stanford 53 18.0% 11.9 2
40. Kentucky 50 16.9% 12.9 3
41. Nebraska 49 16.6% 10.6 4
42. Cornell (NY) 47 15.9% 10.7 1
43. Georgia 45 15.3% 9.7 1
  Missouri 45 15.3% 11.5 1
45. Santa Clara (CA) 43 14.6% 12.7 5
46. Florida 41 13.9% 16.8 9
47. Fordham (NY) 40 13.6% 10.0 3
  Mississippi State 40 13.6% 16.2 9
49. Holy Cross (MA) 39 13.2% 15.1 9
50. Miami (FL) 38 12.9% 12.5 6
51. Tulane (LA) 33 11.2% 12.6 4
  Oregon State 33 11.2% 13.5 7
53. West Virginia 32 10.8% 12.0 5
54. Tulsa 31 10.5% 14.4 4
55. Dartmouth (NH) 30 10.2% 12.8 4
56. Princeton (NJ) 29 9.8% 12.1 4
  Yale (CT) 29 9.8% 13.4 5
58. Oregon 27 9.2% 14.4 7
59. Kansas 25 8.5% 12.4 5
  Colorado 25 8.5% 13.7 6
  Villanova (PA) 25 8.5% 13.8 6
62. Vanderbilt 24 8.1% 14.7 7
63. Virginia 23 7.8% 14.3 9
64. Boston College 21 7.1% 8.6 1
  Indiana 21 7.1% 12.9 4
  Washington State 21 7.1% 16.0 10
67. Duquesne (PA) 20 6.8% 11.4 5
68. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 6.1% 6.3 2
  NC State 18 6.1% 15.4 10
70. Wake Forest (NC) 17 5.8% 16.2 11
71. William & Mary (VA) 16 5.4% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 5.4% 15.9 10
73. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 5.1% 11.3 8
  Texas Tech 15 5.1% 16.2 11
75. Pacific (CA) 14 4.7% 13.9 6
76. St. Mary's (CA) 13 4.4% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 4.4% 12.2 5
  South Carolina 13 4.4% 16.5 11
79. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 4.1% 11.4 5
  Oklahoma State 12 4.1% 12.0 5
  Air Force 12 4.1% 13.0 6
  Virginia Tech 12 4.1% 16.0 14
83. Georgetown (DC) 11 3.7% 13.4 9
84. Randolph Field (TX) 10 3.4% 4.8 2
85. Carnegie Mellon (PA) 9 3.1% 10.4 6
  Del Monte Pre-Flight (CA) 9 3.1% 13.0 8
87. Wyoming 8 2.7% 15.0 12
  San Francisco 8 2.7% 16.3 13
89. North Carolina Pre-Flight 7 2.4% 11.9 2
  Marquette (WI) 7 2.4% 12.0 4
  George Washington (DC) 7 2.4% 16.4 14
92. Nevada 6 2.0% 14.7 10
  Miami (OH) 6 2.0% 15.5 13
  New Mexico State 6 2.0% 16.5 14
  2nd Air Force 6 2.0% 18.0 15
96. Norman Pre-Flight (OK) 5 1.7% 15.2 13
  El Toro Marines (CA) 5 1.7% 16.4 15
  Colorado College 5 1.7% 17.2 16
  Houston 5 1.7% 17.2 14
  VMI 5 1.7% 17.2 13
  Harvard (MA) 5 1.7% 18.2 17
  Rutgers (NJ) 5 1.7% 19.4 18
103. Arizona State 4 1.4% 14.5 11
  Cincinnati 4 1.4% 16.3 12
  Temple (PA) 4 1.4% 17.3 13
  Hardin-Simmons (TX) 4 1.4% 18.3 17
107. Florida State 3 1.0% 10.0 10
  Southwestern (TX) 3 1.0% 13.3 11
  Memphis Naval 3 1.0% 15.7 13
  Utah State 3 1.0% 15.7 10
  Boston 3 1.0% 16.3 15
  Delaware 3 1.0% 16.7 15
  New York 3 1.0% 17.7 17
  Lafayette (PA) 3 1.0% 18.3 18
  Southern Miss 3 1.0% 18.7 17
116. Louisiana 2 0.7% 14.5 14
  Camp Peary (VA) 2 0.7% 15.5 14
  Detroit 2 0.7% 17.5 17
  North Texas 2 0.7% 18.0 16
  San Diego Naval 2 0.7% 18.5 17
  San Jose State (CA) 2 0.7% 18.5 18
  Washington & Lee (VA) 2 0.7% 18.5 18
123. Colgate (NY) 1 0.3% 9.0 9
  Arkansas-Monticello 1 0.3% 17.0 17
  Fort Pierce Naval (FL) 1 0.3% 18.0 18
  Fresno State 1 0.3% 18.0 18
  Iowa State 1 0.3% 18.0 18
  Utah 1 0.3% 18.0 18
  3rd Air Force 1 0.3% 19.0 19
  Lehigh (PA) 1 0.3% 19.0 19
  Muhlenberg (PA) 1 0.3% 19.0 19
  St. Mary's Pre-Flight (CA) 1 0.3% 19.0 19
  Bucknell (PA) 1 0.3% 20.0 20
  Camp Grant (IL) 1 0.3% 20.0 20
  Catawba (NC) 1 0.3% 20.0 20
  Loyola Marymount (CA) 1 0.3% 20.0 20
  Williams (MA) 1 0.3% 20.0 20

Notes

  • Teams in the latest poll are in bold.
  • Updated through January 21, 2025.