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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 1978

494 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Notre Dame 397 80.4% 6.7 1
2. Ohio State 343 69.4% 6.7 1
3. Texas 337 68.2% 7.9 1
4. USC 335 67.8% 7.6 1
5. Michigan 327 66.2% 6.9 1
6. Oklahoma 315 63.8% 5.8 1
7. Alabama 303 61.3% 7.2 1
8. Tennessee 245 49.6% 10.0 1
9. UCLA 240 48.6% 10.1 1
10. Nebraska 225 45.5% 7.5 1
11. Penn State 215 43.5% 9.1 1
12. LSU 205 41.5% 10.2 1
13. Arkansas 201 40.7% 9.9 1
14. Mississippi 190 38.5% 9.7 1
15. Michigan State 189 38.3% 7.4 1
16. Georgia Tech 162 32.8% 8.5 2
17. Auburn 155 31.4% 10.0 1
18. Duke 146 29.6% 11.7 2
19. Pittsburgh 145 29.4% 10.9 1
20. Texas A&M 142 28.7% 8.9 1
21. Army (NY) 134 27.1% 6.4 1
  Purdue 134 27.1% 10.4 1
23. Georgia 133 26.9% 9.9 1
24. Missouri 128 25.9% 12.0 1
25. Minnesota 124 25.1% 8.8 1
26. Florida 121 24.5% 14.1 4
27. Navy (MD) 119 24.1% 8.8 2
  Maryland 119 24.1% 9.1 1
29. Wisconsin 114 23.1% 10.3 1
  Stanford 114 23.1% 13.1 2
31. Colorado 107 21.7% 12.0 2
32. California 103 20.9% 9.6 1
33. Arizona State 101 20.4% 13.0 2
34. Washington 99 20.0% 12.6 3
35. Northwestern 98 19.8% 10.0 1
36. Houston 92 18.6% 13.8 2
37. Penn 89 18.0% 11.2 3
38. Illinois 87 17.6% 8.6 2
39. Iowa 85 17.2% 8.8 1
  Clemson 85 17.2% 13.2 5
41. SMU 80 16.2% 12.3 1
42. North Carolina 79 16.0% 13.6 1
43. Baylor 75 15.2% 12.7 3
44. TCU 69 14.0% 11.1 1
  Rice (TX) 69 14.0% 13.2 5
46. Syracuse 67 13.6% 10.4 1
  Kentucky 67 13.6% 12.1 3
48. Texas Tech 66 13.4% 13.9 5
49. Kansas 57 11.5% 12.4 3
50. West Virginia 55 11.1% 14.0 5
51. Miami (FL) 54 10.9% 12.9 5
52. Mississippi State 53 10.7% 16.1 9
53. NC State 51 10.3% 14.2 3
54. Cornell (NY) 47 9.5% 10.7 1
55. Oregon State 46 9.3% 13.2 6
56. Tulane (LA) 44 8.9% 13.8 4
57. Santa Clara (CA) 43 8.7% 12.7 5
58. Fordham (NY) 40 8.1% 10.0 3
59. Holy Cross (MA) 39 7.9% 15.1 9
60. Dartmouth (NH) 37 7.5% 13.2 4
61. Miami (OH) 36 7.3% 16.1 10
62. Air Force 35 7.1% 13.8 6
63. Oklahoma State 34 6.9% 14.5 5
64. Indiana 33 6.7% 12.3 4
65. Tulsa 31 6.3% 14.4 4
66. Yale (CT) 30 6.1% 13.6 5
67. Princeton (NJ) 29 5.9% 12.1 4
  Oregon 29 5.9% 14.6 7
69. Florida State 28 5.7% 16.1 10
70. Arizona 27 5.5% 15.4 9
  Washington State 27 5.5% 16.6 10
72. Boston College 25 5.1% 9.7 1
  Wyoming 25 5.1% 13.8 6
  Villanova (PA) 25 5.1% 13.8 6
75. Vanderbilt 24 4.9% 14.7 7
  Toledo (OH) 24 4.9% 15.9 12
77. Virginia 23 4.7% 14.3 9
  Iowa State 23 4.7% 17.6 12
79. Duquesne (PA) 20 4.0% 11.4 5
80. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 3.6% 6.3 2
  South Carolina 18 3.6% 17.2 11
82. Wake Forest (NC) 17 3.4% 16.2 11
83. William & Mary (VA) 16 3.2% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 3.2% 15.9 10
85. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 3.0% 11.3 8
86. Pacific (CA) 14 2.8% 13.9 6
  BYU 14 2.8% 17.0 13
88. St. Mary's (CA) 13 2.6% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 2.6% 12.2 5
90. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 2.4% 11.4 5
  Virginia Tech 12 2.4% 16.0 14
92. Georgetown (DC) 11 2.2% 13.4 9
  San Diego State 11 2.2% 15.6 13
94. Randolph Field (TX) 10 2.0% 4.8 2
95. Carnegie Mellon (PA) 9 1.8% 10.4 6
  Del Monte Pre-Flight (CA) 9 1.8% 13.0 8
  Rutgers (NJ) 9 1.8% 18.6 17
98. San Francisco 8 1.6% 16.3 13
99. North Carolina Pre-Flight 7 1.4% 11.9 2
  Marquette (WI) 7 1.4% 12.0 4
  George Washington (DC) 7 1.4% 16.4 14
  Ohio 7 1.4% 17.3 15
103. Nevada 6 1.2% 14.7 10
  Kansas State 6 1.2% 15.3 12
  New Mexico State 6 1.2% 16.5 14
  2nd Air Force 6 1.2% 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.