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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 1982

556 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Notre Dame 437 78.6% 6.9 1
2. USC 397 71.4% 7.6 1
3. Ohio State 391 70.3% 7.1 1
  Texas 391 70.3% 8.0 1
5. Michigan 380 68.3% 7.6 1
6. Oklahoma 367 66.0% 6.3 1
7. Alabama 360 64.7% 6.8 1
8. Nebraska 285 51.3% 7.3 1
9. UCLA 281 50.5% 10.4 1
10. Penn State 270 48.6% 8.9 1
11. Tennessee 250 45.0% 10.1 1
12. Arkansas 246 44.2% 10.2 1
13. LSU 219 39.4% 10.4 1
14. Pittsburgh 204 36.7% 9.6 1
15. Michigan State 195 35.1% 7.5 1
16. Mississippi 190 34.2% 9.7 1
17. Georgia 182 32.7% 8.7 1
18. Auburn 174 31.3% 10.8 1
19. Georgia Tech 162 29.1% 8.5 2
20. Purdue 155 27.9% 10.8 1
21. Washington 151 27.2% 12.1 1
22. Missouri 147 26.4% 12.2 1
23. Duke 146 26.3% 11.7 2
24. Texas A&M 143 25.7% 9.0 1
25. Army (NY) 134 24.1% 6.4 1
  Florida 134 24.1% 14.1 4
27. Arizona State 132 23.7% 13.1 2
28. Maryland 127 22.8% 9.6 1
  North Carolina 127 22.8% 12.8 1
30. Minnesota 125 22.5% 8.9 1
31. Stanford 123 22.1% 13.3 2
32. Navy (MD) 121 21.8% 9.0 2
33. SMU 119 21.4% 11.6 1
34. Wisconsin 116 20.9% 10.4 1
35. Clemson 115 20.7% 12.5 1
36. Houston 110 19.8% 12.9 2
37. Colorado 107 19.2% 12.0 2
38. California 103 18.5% 9.6 1
39. Northwestern 98 17.6% 10.0 1
40. Iowa 94 16.9% 9.3 1
41. Baylor 93 16.7% 12.9 3
42. Illinois 90 16.2% 8.9 2
43. Penn 89 16.0% 11.2 3
44. Miami (FL) 81 14.6% 13.6 5
45. Florida State 77 13.8% 12.6 2
46. West Virginia 70 12.6% 14.2 5
  Mississippi State 70 12.6% 15.8 7
48. TCU 69 12.4% 11.1 1
  Rice (TX) 69 12.4% 13.2 5
50. Syracuse 67 12.1% 10.4 1
  Kentucky 67 12.1% 12.1 3
52. Texas Tech 66 11.9% 13.9 5
53. Kansas 57 10.3% 12.4 3
  NC State 57 10.3% 14.4 3
55. Tulane (LA) 48 8.6% 14.1 4
56. Cornell (NY) 47 8.5% 10.7 1
57. Oregon State 46 8.3% 13.2 6
  BYU 46 8.3% 14.3 8
59. Santa Clara (CA) 43 7.7% 12.7 5
60. Fordham (NY) 40 7.2% 10.0 3
61. Holy Cross (MA) 39 7.0% 15.1 9
62. Dartmouth (NH) 37 6.7% 13.2 4
63. Miami (OH) 36 6.5% 16.1 10
64. Air Force 35 6.3% 13.8 6
65. Indiana 34 6.1% 12.5 4
  Oklahoma State 34 6.1% 14.5 5
  Tulsa 34 6.1% 14.9 4
  Washington State 34 6.1% 16.7 10
  South Carolina 34 6.1% 17.0 11
70. Yale (CT) 30 5.4% 13.6 5
71. Princeton (NJ) 29 5.2% 12.1 4
  Oregon 29 5.2% 14.6 7
73. Iowa State 28 5.0% 17.1 11
74. Boston College 27 4.9% 10.3 1
  Arizona 27 4.9% 15.4 9
76. Wyoming 25 4.5% 13.8 6
  Villanova (PA) 25 4.5% 13.8 6
78. Vanderbilt 24 4.3% 14.7 7
  Toledo (OH) 24 4.3% 15.9 12
80. Virginia 23 4.1% 14.3 9
81. Wake Forest (NC) 21 3.8% 16.4 11
82. Duquesne (PA) 20 3.6% 11.4 5
83. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 3.2% 6.3 2
84. William & Mary (VA) 16 2.9% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 2.9% 15.9 10
86. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 2.7% 11.3 8
87. Pacific (CA) 14 2.5% 13.9 6
88. St. Mary's (CA) 13 2.3% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 2.3% 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 1.8% 4.8 2
95. Carnegie Mellon (PA) 9 1.6% 10.4 6
  Del Monte Pre-Flight (CA) 9 1.6% 13.0 8
  Southern Miss 9 1.6% 17.1 9
  Rutgers (NJ) 9 1.6% 18.6 17
99. San Francisco 8 1.4% 16.3 13
  Temple (PA) 8 1.4% 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 0.5% 13.3 11
  Memphis Naval 3 0.5% 15.7 13
  Utah State 3 0.5% 15.7 10
  Boston 3 0.5% 16.3 15
  Delaware 3 0.5% 16.7 15
  New York 3 0.5% 17.7 17
  Lafayette (PA) 3 0.5% 18.3 18
  San Jose State (CA) 3 0.5% 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.