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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 1977

479 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Notre Dame 385 80.4% 6.5 1
2. Ohio State 333 69.5% 6.5 1
3. Texas 322 67.2% 7.9 1
4. USC 320 66.8% 7.8 1
5. Michigan 312 65.1% 7.0 1
6. Oklahoma 300 62.6% 6.0 1
7. Alabama 288 60.1% 7.4 1
8. Tennessee 245 51.1% 10.0 1
9. UCLA 225 47.0% 9.9 1
10. Nebraska 210 43.8% 7.5 1
11. Penn State 200 41.8% 9.6 2
12. LSU 194 40.5% 10.0 1
13. Mississippi 190 39.7% 9.7 1
14. Arkansas 186 38.8% 10.1 1
15. Michigan State 182 38.0% 7.1 1
16. Georgia Tech 161 33.6% 8.4 2
17. Auburn 154 32.2% 10.0 1
18. Duke 146 30.5% 11.7 2
19. Army (NY) 134 28.0% 6.4 1
  Texas A&M 134 28.0% 8.8 1
21. Pittsburgh 131 27.3% 10.6 1
22. Purdue 125 26.1% 10.0 1
23. Minnesota 124 25.9% 8.8 1
24. Georgia 123 25.7% 9.6 1
25. Florida 121 25.3% 14.1 4
26. Missouri 118 24.6% 11.6 1
27. Navy (MD) 115 24.0% 8.6 2
28. Wisconsin 114 23.8% 10.3 1
29. Stanford 110 23.0% 13.0 2
30. Maryland 105 21.9% 8.6 1
31. California 103 21.5% 9.6 1
  Colorado 103 21.5% 11.9 2
33. Arizona State 99 20.7% 13.0 2
34. Northwestern 98 20.5% 10.0 1
35. Washington 94 19.6% 12.4 3
36. Penn 89 18.6% 11.2 3
37. Illinois 87 18.2% 8.6 2
38. Iowa 85 17.7% 8.8 1
39. Houston 82 17.1% 14.3 2
40. SMU 80 16.7% 12.3 1
41. North Carolina 78 16.3% 13.6 1
42. Clemson 76 15.9% 13.3 5
43. Baylor 75 15.7% 12.7 3
44. TCU 69 14.4% 11.1 1
  Rice (TX) 69 14.4% 13.2 5
46. Syracuse 67 14.0% 10.4 1
47. Texas Tech 66 13.8% 13.9 5
48. Kentucky 65 13.6% 12.0 3
49. Kansas 57 11.9% 12.4 3
50. West Virginia 55 11.5% 14.0 5
51. Miami (FL) 54 11.3% 12.9 5
52. Mississippi State 53 11.1% 16.1 9
53. NC State 49 10.2% 14.0 3
54. Cornell (NY) 47 9.8% 10.7 1
55. Oregon State 46 9.6% 13.2 6
56. Tulane (LA) 44 9.2% 13.8 4
57. Santa Clara (CA) 43 9.0% 12.7 5
58. Fordham (NY) 40 8.4% 10.0 3
59. Holy Cross (MA) 39 8.1% 15.1 9
60. Dartmouth (NH) 37 7.7% 13.2 4
61. Miami (OH) 36 7.5% 16.1 10
62. Air Force 35 7.3% 13.8 6
63. Oklahoma State 34 7.1% 14.5 5
64. Indiana 33 6.9% 12.3 4
65. Tulsa 31 6.5% 14.4 4
66. Yale (CT) 30 6.3% 13.6 5
67. Princeton (NJ) 29 6.1% 12.1 4
  Oregon 29 6.1% 14.6 7
69. Arizona 27 5.6% 15.4 9
  Washington State 27 5.6% 16.6 10
71. Boston College 25 5.2% 9.7 1
  Wyoming 25 5.2% 13.8 6
  Villanova (PA) 25 5.2% 13.8 6
74. Vanderbilt 24 5.0% 14.7 7
  Toledo (OH) 24 5.0% 15.9 12
76. Virginia 23 4.8% 14.3 9
77. Florida State 22 4.6% 16.5 10
78. Duquesne (PA) 20 4.2% 11.4 5
79. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 3.8% 6.3 2
  South Carolina 18 3.8% 17.2 11
81. Wake Forest (NC) 17 3.5% 16.2 11
82. William & Mary (VA) 16 3.3% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 3.3% 15.9 10
84. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 3.1% 11.3 8
85. Pacific (CA) 14 2.9% 13.9 6
  Iowa State 14 2.9% 16.8 12
  BYU 14 2.9% 17.0 13
88. St. Mary's (CA) 13 2.7% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 2.7% 12.2 5
90. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 2.5% 11.4 5
  Virginia Tech 12 2.5% 16.0 14
92. Georgetown (DC) 11 2.3% 13.4 9
  San Diego State 11 2.3% 15.6 13
94. Randolph Field (TX) 10 2.1% 4.8 2
95. 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
98. San Francisco 8 1.7% 16.3 13
99. 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
103. 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
107. Norman Pre-Flight (OK) 5 1.0% 15.2 13
  El Toro Marines (CA) 5 1.0% 16.4 15
  Cincinnati 5 1.0% 17.0 12
  Colorado College 5 1.0% 17.2 16
  VMI 5 1.0% 17.2 13
  Temple (PA) 5 1.0% 17.6 13
  Harvard (MA) 5 1.0% 18.2 17
114. Louisville 4 0.8% 17.3 17
  Hardin-Simmons (TX) 4 0.8% 18.3 17
116. 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
125. Colgate (NY) 2 0.4% 14.5 9
  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
  San Diego Naval 2 0.4% 18.5 17
  Washington & Lee (VA) 2 0.4% 18.5 18
132. 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.