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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 1976

465 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Notre Dame 371 79.8% 6.5 1
2. Ohio State 319 68.6% 6.5 1
3. Texas 309 66.5% 8.0 1
4. USC 308 66.2% 7.8 1
5. Michigan 298 64.1% 7.2 1
6. Oklahoma 286 61.5% 6.1 1
7. Alabama 274 58.9% 7.6 1
8. Tennessee 245 52.7% 10.0 1
9. UCLA 220 47.3% 9.8 1
10. Nebraska 197 42.4% 7.2 1
11. LSU 191 41.1% 9.9 1
12. Mississippi 190 40.9% 9.7 1
13. Penn State 186 40.0% 9.6 2
14. Michigan State 182 39.1% 7.1 1
15. Arkansas 174 37.4% 10.2 1
16. Georgia Tech 161 34.6% 8.4 2
17. Auburn 154 33.1% 10.0 1
18. Duke 146 31.4% 11.7 2
19. Army (NY) 134 28.8% 6.4 1
20. Purdue 125 26.9% 10.0 1
21. Minnesota 123 26.5% 8.7 1
22. Texas A&M 121 26.0% 8.6 1
  Georgia 121 26.0% 9.5 1
24. Pittsburgh 118 25.4% 10.4 1
  Missouri 118 25.4% 11.6 1
26. Navy (MD) 115 24.7% 8.6 2
27. Florida 113 24.3% 13.9 4
28. Wisconsin 112 24.1% 10.2 1
29. Stanford 109 23.4% 12.9 2
30. Maryland 103 22.2% 8.6 1
31. California 98 21.1% 9.3 1
  Northwestern 98 21.1% 10.0 1
33. Colorado 95 20.4% 12.1 2
34. Arizona State 91 19.6% 12.6 2
35. Washington 90 19.4% 12.3 3
36. Penn 89 19.1% 11.2 3
37. Illinois 87 18.7% 8.6 2
38. Iowa 85 18.3% 8.8 1
39. SMU 80 17.2% 12.3 1
40. Houston 77 16.6% 14.2 2
41. Baylor 75 16.1% 12.7 3
42. North Carolina 73 15.7% 13.4 1
43. TCU 69 14.8% 11.1 1
  Rice (TX) 69 14.8% 13.2 5
45. Clemson 68 14.6% 13.1 5
46. Syracuse 67 14.4% 10.4 1
47. Kansas 57 12.3% 12.4 3
48. Texas Tech 56 12.0% 14.1 5
49. Kentucky 55 11.8% 12.7 3
50. Miami (FL) 54 11.6% 12.9 5
  West Virginia 54 11.6% 14.0 5
52. NC State 49 10.5% 14.0 3
  Mississippi State 49 10.5% 16.2 9
54. Cornell (NY) 47 10.1% 10.7 1
55. Oregon State 46 9.9% 13.2 6
56. Tulane (LA) 44 9.5% 13.8 4
57. Santa Clara (CA) 43 9.2% 12.7 5
58. Fordham (NY) 40 8.6% 10.0 3
59. Holy Cross (MA) 39 8.4% 15.1 9
60. Dartmouth (NH) 37 8.0% 13.2 4
61. Miami (OH) 36 7.7% 16.1 10
62. Air Force 35 7.5% 13.8 6
63. Indiana 33 7.1% 12.3 4
64. Oklahoma State 32 6.9% 14.3 5
65. Tulsa 31 6.7% 14.4 4
66. Yale (CT) 30 6.5% 13.6 5
67. Princeton (NJ) 29 6.2% 12.1 4
  Oregon 29 6.2% 14.6 7
69. Arizona 27 5.8% 15.4 9
70. Washington State 26 5.6% 16.7 10
71. Boston College 25 5.4% 9.7 1
  Wyoming 25 5.4% 13.8 6
  Villanova (PA) 25 5.4% 13.8 6
74. Vanderbilt 24 5.2% 14.7 7
  Toledo (OH) 24 5.2% 15.9 12
76. Virginia 23 4.9% 14.3 9
77. Duquesne (PA) 20 4.3% 11.4 5
78. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 3.9% 6.3 2
  South Carolina 18 3.9% 17.2 11
80. Wake Forest (NC) 17 3.7% 16.2 11
81. William & Mary (VA) 16 3.4% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 3.4% 15.9 10
83. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 3.2% 11.3 8
  Florida State 15 3.2% 16.4 10
85. Pacific (CA) 14 3.0% 13.9 6
86. St. Mary's (CA) 13 2.8% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 2.8% 12.2 5
88. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 2.6% 11.4 5
  Virginia Tech 12 2.6% 16.0 14
  Iowa State 12 2.6% 16.7 12
91. Georgetown (DC) 11 2.4% 13.4 9
92. Randolph Field (TX) 10 2.2% 4.8 2
93. Carnegie Mellon (PA) 9 1.9% 10.4 6
  Del Monte Pre-Flight (CA) 9 1.9% 13.0 8
  Rutgers (NJ) 9 1.9% 18.6 17
96. San Diego State 8 1.7% 15.5 13
  San Francisco 8 1.7% 16.3 13
98. North Carolina Pre-Flight 7 1.5% 11.9 2
  Marquette (WI) 7 1.5% 12.0 4
  George Washington (DC) 7 1.5% 16.4 14
  Ohio 7 1.5% 17.3 15
102. Nevada 6 1.3% 14.7 10
  Kansas State 6 1.3% 15.3 12
  New Mexico State 6 1.3% 16.5 14
  2nd Air Force 6 1.3% 18.0 15
106. Norman Pre-Flight (OK) 5 1.1% 15.2 13
  El Toro Marines (CA) 5 1.1% 16.4 15
  Cincinnati 5 1.1% 17.0 12
  Colorado College 5 1.1% 17.2 16
  VMI 5 1.1% 17.2 13
  Temple (PA) 5 1.1% 17.6 13
  Harvard (MA) 5 1.1% 18.2 17
113. Louisville 4 0.9% 17.3 17
  Hardin-Simmons (TX) 4 0.9% 18.3 17
115. Southwestern (TX) 3 0.6% 13.3 11
  Memphis Naval 3 0.6% 15.7 13
  Utah State 3 0.6% 15.7 10
  Boston 3 0.6% 16.3 15
  Delaware 3 0.6% 16.7 15
  New York 3 0.6% 17.7 17
  Lafayette (PA) 3 0.6% 18.3 18
  Southern Miss 3 0.6% 18.7 17
  San Jose State (CA) 3 0.6% 19.0 18
124. Louisiana 2 0.4% 14.5 14
  Camp Peary (VA) 2 0.4% 15.5 14
  Detroit 2 0.4% 17.5 17
  North Texas 2 0.4% 18.0 16
  BYU 2 0.4% 18.5 17
  San Diego Naval 2 0.4% 18.5 17
  Washington & Lee (VA) 2 0.4% 18.5 18
131. Colgate (NY) 1 0.2% 9.0 9
  Arkansas-Monticello 1 0.2% 17.0 17
  Fort Pierce Naval (FL) 1 0.2% 18.0 18
  Fresno State 1 0.2% 18.0 18
  Utah 1 0.2% 18.0 18
  3rd Air Force 1 0.2% 19.0 19
  Kent State (OH) 1 0.2% 19.0 19
  Lehigh (PA) 1 0.2% 19.0 19
  Muhlenberg (PA) 1 0.2% 19.0 19
  St. Mary's Pre-Flight (CA) 1 0.2% 19.0 19
  Bowling Green (OH) 1 0.2% 20.0 20
  Bucknell (PA) 1 0.2% 20.0 20
  Camp Grant (IL) 1 0.2% 20.0 20
  Catawba (NC) 1 0.2% 20.0 20
  East Carolina 1 0.2% 20.0 20
  Loyola Marymount (CA) 1 0.2% 20.0 20
  Richmond (VA) 1 0.2% 20.0 20
  Williams (MA) 1 0.2% 20.0 20

Notes

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