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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 1969

361 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Notre Dame 273 75.6% 5.9 1
2. Ohio State 220 60.9% 7.6 1
3. USC 217 60.1% 8.1 1
4. Texas 214 59.3% 7.5 1
5. Michigan 194 53.7% 8.4 1
6. Oklahoma 191 52.9% 6.7 1
7. Alabama 183 50.7% 8.2 1
8. Tennessee 177 49.0% 9.2 1
9. Michigan State 169 46.8% 6.5 1
10. Mississippi 162 44.9% 9.0 1
11. Georgia Tech 150 41.6% 7.9 2
12. UCLA 149 41.3% 8.8 1
13. Duke 142 39.3% 11.6 2
14. Army (NY) 134 37.1% 6.4 1
15. LSU 125 34.6% 9.4 1
16. Minnesota 123 34.1% 8.7 1
17. Purdue 120 33.2% 9.7 1
18. Arkansas 117 32.4% 8.8 1
19. Navy (MD) 115 31.9% 8.6 2
20. Wisconsin 107 29.6% 9.9 1
21. Auburn 97 26.9% 10.6 1
22. Penn State 95 26.3% 9.7 2
23. Nebraska 93 25.8% 9.1 1
24. Northwestern 92 25.5% 9.4 1
25. Penn 89 24.7% 11.2 3
26. California 87 24.1% 8.4 1
27. Iowa 85 23.5% 8.8 1
28. Illinois 84 23.3% 8.4 2
29. Texas A&M 83 23.0% 8.3 1
  Georgia 83 23.0% 9.0 1
  Pittsburgh 83 23.0% 10.2 1
32. SMU 78 21.6% 12.1 1
33. Missouri 74 20.5% 10.6 1
  Florida 74 20.5% 13.9 4
35. Washington 71 19.7% 11.2 3
36. TCU 69 19.1% 11.1 1
  Baylor 69 19.1% 12.4 3
  Rice (TX) 69 19.1% 13.2 5
39. Stanford 68 18.8% 12.9 2
  Clemson 68 18.8% 13.1 5
41. Syracuse 64 17.7% 10.1 1
42. Maryland 63 17.5% 6.1 1
43. Kentucky 54 15.0% 12.6 3
44. North Carolina 53 14.7% 11.9 1
45. Miami (FL) 48 13.3% 12.4 5
46. Cornell (NY) 47 13.0% 10.7 1
47. Oregon State 46 12.7% 13.2 6
48. Santa Clara (CA) 43 11.9% 12.7 5
49. Mississippi State 42 11.6% 15.8 9
50. Fordham (NY) 40 11.1% 10.0 3
51. West Virginia 39 10.8% 13.0 5
  Holy Cross (MA) 39 10.8% 15.1 9
53. Kansas 37 10.2% 10.3 3
54. Colorado 35 9.7% 12.3 3
55. Indiana 33 9.1% 12.3 4
  Tulane (LA) 33 9.1% 12.6 4
57. Tulsa 31 8.6% 14.4 4
58. Dartmouth (NH) 30 8.3% 12.8 4
  Houston 30 8.3% 13.1 2
60. Princeton (NJ) 29 8.0% 12.1 4
  Yale (CT) 29 8.0% 13.4 5
62. Oregon 27 7.5% 14.4 7
63. Wyoming 25 6.9% 13.8 6
  Villanova (PA) 25 6.9% 13.8 6
65. NC State 24 6.6% 13.1 3
  Vanderbilt 24 6.6% 14.7 7
67. Virginia 23 6.4% 14.3 9
68. Boston College 21 5.8% 8.6 1
  Texas Tech 21 5.8% 15.0 9
  Washington State 21 5.8% 16.0 10
71. Duquesne (PA) 20 5.5% 11.4 5
72. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 5.0% 6.3 2
73. Wake Forest (NC) 17 4.7% 16.2 11
74. Air Force 16 4.4% 14.6 6
  William & Mary (VA) 16 4.4% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 4.4% 15.9 10
77. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 4.2% 11.3 8
78. Pacific (CA) 14 3.9% 13.9 6
79. St. Mary's (CA) 13 3.6% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 3.6% 12.2 5
  South Carolina 13 3.6% 16.5 11
82. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 3.3% 11.4 5
  Oklahoma State 12 3.3% 12.0 5
  Virginia Tech 12 3.3% 16.0 14
85. Georgetown (DC) 11 3.0% 13.4 9
86. Randolph Field (TX) 10 2.8% 4.8 2
  Arizona State 10 2.8% 16.3 11
88. Carnegie Mellon (PA) 9 2.5% 10.4 6
  Del Monte Pre-Flight (CA) 9 2.5% 13.0 8
90. San Francisco 8 2.2% 16.3 13
91. North Carolina Pre-Flight 7 1.9% 11.9 2
  Marquette (WI) 7 1.9% 12.0 4
  Florida State 7 1.9% 15.1 10
  George Washington (DC) 7 1.9% 16.4 14
  Ohio 7 1.9% 17.3 15
96. Nevada 6 1.7% 14.7 10
  Miami (OH) 6 1.7% 15.5 13
  New Mexico State 6 1.7% 16.5 14
  2nd Air Force 6 1.7% 18.0 15
100. Norman Pre-Flight (OK) 5 1.4% 15.2 13
  El Toro Marines (CA) 5 1.4% 16.4 15
  Colorado College 5 1.4% 17.2 16
  VMI 5 1.4% 17.2 13
  Harvard (MA) 5 1.4% 18.2 17
  Rutgers (NJ) 5 1.4% 19.4 18
106. Cincinnati 4 1.1% 16.3 12
  Temple (PA) 4 1.1% 17.3 13
  Hardin-Simmons (TX) 4 1.1% 18.3 17
  Toledo (OH) 4 1.1% 20.0 20
110. Southwestern (TX) 3 0.8% 13.3 11
  Kansas State 3 0.8% 15.0 12
  Memphis Naval 3 0.8% 15.7 13
  Utah State 3 0.8% 15.7 10
  Boston 3 0.8% 16.3 15
  Delaware 3 0.8% 16.7 15
  New York 3 0.8% 17.7 17
  Lafayette (PA) 3 0.8% 18.3 18
  Southern Miss 3 0.8% 18.7 17
119. Louisiana 2 0.6% 14.5 14
  Camp Peary (VA) 2 0.6% 15.5 14
  Detroit 2 0.6% 17.5 17
  North Texas 2 0.6% 18.0 16
  San Diego Naval 2 0.6% 18.5 17
  San Jose State (CA) 2 0.6% 18.5 18
  Washington & Lee (VA) 2 0.6% 18.5 18
126. 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
  Arizona 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.