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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 1981

540 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Notre Dame 427 79.1% 6.7 1
2. Ohio State 383 70.9% 6.9 1
3. USC 381 70.6% 7.3 1
4. Texas 377 69.8% 7.7 1
5. Michigan 369 68.3% 7.4 1
6. Oklahoma 356 65.9% 6.0 1
7. Alabama 349 64.6% 6.8 1
8. Nebraska 269 49.8% 7.5 1
9. UCLA 265 49.1% 10.4 1
10. Penn State 254 47.0% 9.2 1
11. Tennessee 250 46.3% 10.1 1
12. Arkansas 230 42.6% 10.3 1
13. LSU 208 38.5% 10.3 1
14. Michigan State 195 36.1% 7.5 1
15. Mississippi 190 35.2% 9.7 1
16. Pittsburgh 188 34.8% 10.1 1
17. Auburn 169 31.3% 10.6 1
18. Georgia 166 30.7% 9.2 1
19. Georgia Tech 162 30.0% 8.5 2
20. Purdue 155 28.7% 10.8 1
21. Missouri 147 27.2% 12.2 1
22. Duke 146 27.0% 11.7 2
23. Texas A&M 143 26.5% 9.0 1
24. Washington 135 25.0% 13.0 3
25. Army (NY) 134 24.8% 6.4 1
26. Florida 127 23.5% 14.3 4
27. Minnesota 124 23.0% 8.8 1
28. Stanford 123 22.8% 13.3 2
29. Navy (MD) 121 22.4% 9.0 2
30. Maryland 120 22.2% 9.1 1
31. Wisconsin 116 21.5% 10.4 1
  North Carolina 116 21.5% 12.9 1
  Arizona State 116 21.5% 13.5 2
34. Houston 110 20.4% 12.9 2
35. Colorado 107 19.8% 12.0 2
36. California 103 19.1% 9.6 1
  SMU 103 19.1% 12.7 1
38. Clemson 102 18.9% 12.5 1
39. Northwestern 98 18.1% 10.0 1
40. Iowa 94 17.4% 9.3 1
41. Baylor 93 17.2% 12.9 3
42. Penn 89 16.5% 11.2 3
43. Illinois 87 16.1% 8.6 2
44. Miami (FL) 72 13.3% 13.2 5
45. Mississippi State 70 13.0% 15.8 7
46. TCU 69 12.8% 11.1 1
  Rice (TX) 69 12.8% 13.2 5
48. Florida State 68 12.6% 12.5 2
49. Syracuse 67 12.4% 10.4 1
  Kentucky 67 12.4% 12.1 3
51. Texas Tech 66 12.2% 13.9 5
52. Kansas 57 10.6% 12.4 3
  NC State 57 10.6% 14.4 3
54. West Virginia 56 10.4% 14.1 5
55. Tulane (LA) 48 8.9% 14.1 4
56. Cornell (NY) 47 8.7% 10.7 1
57. Oregon State 46 8.5% 13.2 6
  BYU 46 8.5% 14.3 8
59. Santa Clara (CA) 43 8.0% 12.7 5
60. Fordham (NY) 40 7.4% 10.0 3
61. Holy Cross (MA) 39 7.2% 15.1 9
62. Dartmouth (NH) 37 6.9% 13.2 4
63. Miami (OH) 36 6.7% 16.1 10
64. Air Force 35 6.5% 13.8 6
65. Indiana 34 6.3% 12.5 4
  Oklahoma State 34 6.3% 14.5 5
  Washington State 34 6.3% 16.7 10
  South Carolina 34 6.3% 17.0 11
69. Tulsa 31 5.7% 14.4 4
70. Yale (CT) 30 5.6% 13.6 5
71. Princeton (NJ) 29 5.4% 12.1 4
  Oregon 29 5.4% 14.6 7
73. Iowa State 28 5.2% 17.1 11
74. Arizona 27 5.0% 15.4 9
75. Boston College 25 4.6% 9.7 1
  Wyoming 25 4.6% 13.8 6
  Villanova (PA) 25 4.6% 13.8 6
78. Vanderbilt 24 4.4% 14.7 7
  Toledo (OH) 24 4.4% 15.9 12
80. Virginia 23 4.3% 14.3 9
81. Wake Forest (NC) 21 3.9% 16.4 11
82. Duquesne (PA) 20 3.7% 11.4 5
83. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 3.3% 6.3 2
84. William & Mary (VA) 16 3.0% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 3.0% 15.9 10
86. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 2.8% 11.3 8
87. Pacific (CA) 14 2.6% 13.9 6
88. St. Mary's (CA) 13 2.4% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 2.4% 12.2 5
90. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 2.2% 11.4 5
  Virginia Tech 12 2.2% 16.0 14
92. Georgetown (DC) 11 2.0% 13.4 9
  San Diego State 11 2.0% 15.6 13
94. Randolph Field (TX) 10 1.9% 4.8 2
95. Carnegie Mellon (PA) 9 1.7% 10.4 6
  Del Monte Pre-Flight (CA) 9 1.7% 13.0 8
  Southern Miss 9 1.7% 17.1 9
  Rutgers (NJ) 9 1.7% 18.6 17
99. San Francisco 8 1.5% 16.3 13
  Temple (PA) 8 1.5% 17.9 13
101. North Carolina Pre-Flight 7 1.3% 11.9 2
  Marquette (WI) 7 1.3% 12.0 4
  George Washington (DC) 7 1.3% 16.4 14
  Ohio 7 1.3% 17.3 15
105. Nevada 6 1.1% 14.7 10
  Kansas State 6 1.1% 15.3 12
  New Mexico State 6 1.1% 16.5 14
  2nd Air Force 6 1.1% 18.0 15
109. Norman Pre-Flight (OK) 5 0.9% 15.2 13
  El Toro Marines (CA) 5 0.9% 16.4 15
  Cincinnati 5 0.9% 17.0 12
  Colorado College 5 0.9% 17.2 16
  VMI 5 0.9% 17.2 13
  Harvard (MA) 5 0.9% 18.2 17
115. Louisville 4 0.7% 17.3 17
  Hardin-Simmons (TX) 4 0.7% 18.3 17
117. 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
  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
  Hawaii 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.