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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 1983

572 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Notre Dame 443 77.4% 6.9 1
2. Ohio State 407 71.2% 7.2 1
  Texas 407 71.2% 7.8 1
4. USC 401 70.1% 7.6 1
5. Michigan 396 69.2% 7.7 1
6. Oklahoma 378 66.1% 6.4 1
7. Alabama 375 65.6% 7.1 1
8. Nebraska 301 52.6% 7.0 1
9. UCLA 283 49.5% 10.4 1
10. Penn State 272 47.6% 8.9 1
11. Tennessee 250 43.7% 10.1 1
12. Arkansas 246 43.0% 10.2 1
13. LSU 222 38.8% 10.4 1
14. Pittsburgh 212 37.1% 9.9 1
15. Georgia 198 34.6% 8.7 1
16. Michigan State 195 34.1% 7.5 1
17. Mississippi 190 33.2% 9.7 1
  Auburn 190 33.2% 10.3 1
19. Washington 163 28.5% 12.4 1
20. Georgia Tech 162 28.3% 8.5 2
21. Purdue 155 27.1% 10.8 1
22. Florida 149 26.0% 13.8 4
23. Missouri 148 25.9% 12.2 1
24. Duke 146 25.5% 11.7 2
25. Texas A&M 143 25.0% 9.0 1
26. Maryland 141 24.7% 10.2 1
27. North Carolina 138 24.1% 12.3 1
28. Arizona State 136 23.8% 13.2 2
29. SMU 135 23.6% 11.6 1
30. Army (NY) 134 23.4% 6.4 1
31. Minnesota 125 21.9% 8.9 1
32. Stanford 123 21.5% 13.3 2
33. Navy (MD) 121 21.2% 9.0 2
  Clemson 121 21.2% 12.5 1
35. Wisconsin 116 20.3% 10.4 1
36. Iowa 110 19.2% 9.8 1
  Houston 110 19.2% 12.9 2
38. Colorado 107 18.7% 12.0 2
39. California 103 18.0% 9.6 1
40. Illinois 101 17.7% 8.9 2
41. Northwestern 98 17.1% 10.0 1
42. Baylor 94 16.4% 13.0 3
43. Miami (FL) 93 16.3% 12.7 1
44. Penn 89 15.6% 11.2 3
45. West Virginia 84 14.7% 14.0 4
46. Florida State 82 14.3% 12.6 2
47. Mississippi State 70 12.2% 15.8 7
48. TCU 69 12.1% 11.1 1
  Rice (TX) 69 12.1% 13.2 5
50. Syracuse 67 11.7% 10.4 1
  Kentucky 67 11.7% 12.1 3
52. Texas Tech 66 11.5% 13.9 5
53. Kansas 57 10.0% 12.4 3
  BYU 57 10.0% 13.9 7
  NC State 57 10.0% 14.4 3
56. Tulane (LA) 48 8.4% 14.1 4
57. Cornell (NY) 47 8.2% 10.7 1
58. Oregon State 46 8.0% 13.2 6
59. Santa Clara (CA) 43 7.5% 12.7 5
60. Fordham (NY) 40 7.0% 10.0 3
61. Air Force 39 6.8% 14.0 6
  Holy Cross (MA) 39 6.8% 15.1 9
63. Dartmouth (NH) 37 6.5% 13.2 4
64. Boston College 36 6.3% 11.8 1
  Miami (OH) 36 6.3% 16.1 10
66. Arizona 35 6.1% 14.1 3
67. Indiana 34 5.9% 12.5 4
  Oklahoma State 34 5.9% 14.5 5
  Tulsa 34 5.9% 14.9 4
  Washington State 34 5.9% 16.7 10
  South Carolina 34 5.9% 17.0 11
72. Yale (CT) 30 5.2% 13.6 5
73. Princeton (NJ) 29 5.1% 12.1 4
  Oregon 29 5.1% 14.6 7
75. Iowa State 28 4.9% 17.1 11
76. Wyoming 25 4.4% 13.8 6
  Villanova (PA) 25 4.4% 13.8 6
78. Vanderbilt 24 4.2% 14.7 7
  Toledo (OH) 24 4.2% 15.9 12
80. Virginia 23 4.0% 14.3 9
81. Wake Forest (NC) 21 3.7% 16.4 11
82. Duquesne (PA) 20 3.5% 11.4 5
83. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 3.1% 6.3 2
84. William & Mary (VA) 16 2.8% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 2.8% 15.9 10
86. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 2.6% 11.3 8
87. Pacific (CA) 14 2.4% 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 2.1% 11.4 5
  Virginia Tech 12 2.1% 16.0 14
92. Georgetown (DC) 11 1.9% 13.4 9
  San Diego State 11 1.9% 15.6 13
94. Randolph Field (TX) 10 1.7% 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 1.2% 11.9 2
  Marquette (WI) 7 1.2% 12.0 4
  George Washington (DC) 7 1.2% 16.4 14
  Ohio 7 1.2% 17.3 15
105. Nevada 6 1.0% 14.7 10
  Kansas State 6 1.0% 15.3 12
  New Mexico State 6 1.0% 16.5 14
  2nd Air Force 6 1.0% 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
  East Carolina 5 0.9% 19.8 19
116. Louisville 4 0.7% 17.3 17
  Hardin-Simmons (TX) 4 0.7% 18.3 17
118. 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
126. Colgate (NY) 2 0.3% 14.5 9
  Louisiana 2 0.3% 14.5 14
  Camp Peary (VA) 2 0.3% 15.5 14
  Detroit 2 0.3% 17.5 17
  North Texas 2 0.3% 18.0 16
  San Diego Naval 2 0.3% 18.5 17
  Washington & Lee (VA) 2 0.3% 18.5 18
133. 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
  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.