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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 1985

605 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Notre Dame 452 74.7% 7.1 1
2. Ohio State 440 72.7% 7.3 1
3. Texas 426 70.4% 7.8 1
4. USC 417 68.9% 7.9 1
5. Michigan 416 68.8% 7.7 1
6. Oklahoma 411 67.9% 6.3 1
7. Alabama 389 64.3% 7.3 1
8. Nebraska 334 55.2% 6.9 1
9. UCLA 308 50.9% 10.7 1
10. Penn State 298 49.3% 8.9 1
11. Arkansas 263 43.5% 10.3 1
12. Tennessee 262 43.3% 10.3 1
13. LSU 250 41.3% 10.8 1
14. Auburn 222 36.7% 10.4 1
15. Georgia 217 35.9% 9.3 1
16. Pittsburgh 215 35.5% 9.9 1
17. Michigan State 195 32.2% 7.5 1
18. Mississippi 190 31.4% 9.7 1
19. Washington 181 29.9% 11.9 1
20. Florida 177 29.3% 12.8 1
21. Georgia Tech 166 27.4% 8.7 2
22. SMU 159 26.3% 11.4 1
23. Purdue 156 25.8% 10.9 1
24. Maryland 152 25.1% 10.5 1
25. Texas A&M 148 24.5% 9.1 1
  Missouri 148 24.5% 12.2 1
27. Duke 146 24.1% 11.7 2
28. North Carolina 138 22.8% 12.3 1
  Arizona State 138 22.8% 13.2 2
30. Iowa 136 22.5% 9.3 1
31. Army (NY) 135 22.3% 6.5 1
32. Clemson 127 21.0% 12.2 1
33. Minnesota 126 20.8% 9.0 1
34. Stanford 123 20.3% 13.3 2
35. Navy (MD) 121 20.0% 9.0 2
36. Miami (FL) 118 19.5% 11.9 1
37. Wisconsin 117 19.3% 10.5 1
38. Florida State 115 19.0% 12.8 2
39. Houston 110 18.2% 12.9 2
40. Colorado 107 17.7% 12.0 2
41. Illinois 105 17.4% 9.1 2
42. California 103 17.0% 9.6 1
  Baylor 103 17.0% 13.2 3
44. Northwestern 98 16.2% 10.0 1
45. Penn 89 14.7% 11.2 3
  BYU 89 14.7% 12.1 1
  West Virginia 89 14.7% 14.2 4
48. TCU 73 12.1% 11.4 1
49. Kentucky 70 11.6% 12.4 3
  Mississippi State 70 11.6% 15.8 7
51. Rice (TX) 69 11.4% 13.2 5
52. Syracuse 67 11.1% 10.4 1
53. Texas Tech 66 10.9% 13.9 5
54. Oklahoma State 64 10.6% 12.5 3
55. Kansas 57 9.4% 12.4 3
  NC State 57 9.4% 14.4 3
57. Boston College 52 8.6% 11.1 1
  Air Force 52 8.6% 13.1 4
59. Tulane (LA) 48 7.9% 14.1 4
  South Carolina 48 7.9% 15.1 2
61. Cornell (NY) 47 7.8% 10.7 1
62. Oregon State 46 7.6% 13.2 6
63. Santa Clara (CA) 43 7.1% 12.7 5
64. Fordham (NY) 40 6.6% 10.0 3
65. Holy Cross (MA) 39 6.4% 15.1 9
66. Dartmouth (NH) 37 6.1% 13.2 4
67. Miami (OH) 36 6.0% 16.1 10
68. Arizona 35 5.8% 14.1 3
69. Indiana 34 5.6% 12.5 4
  Tulsa 34 5.6% 14.9 4
  Washington State 34 5.6% 16.7 10
72. Yale (CT) 30 5.0% 13.6 5
73. Princeton (NJ) 29 4.8% 12.1 4
  Oregon 29 4.8% 14.6 7
75. Iowa State 28 4.6% 17.1 11
76. Virginia 26 4.3% 14.9 9
77. Wyoming 25 4.1% 13.8 6
  Villanova (PA) 25 4.1% 13.8 6
  Vanderbilt 25 4.1% 14.8 7
80. Toledo (OH) 24 4.0% 15.9 12
81. Wake Forest (NC) 21 3.5% 16.4 11
82. Duquesne (PA) 20 3.3% 11.4 5
83. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 3.0% 6.3 2
84. William & Mary (VA) 16 2.6% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 2.6% 15.9 10
86. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 2.5% 11.3 8
87. Pacific (CA) 14 2.3% 13.9 6
88. St. Mary's (CA) 13 2.1% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 2.1% 12.2 5
90. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 2.0% 11.4 5
  Virginia Tech 12 2.0% 16.0 14
92. Georgetown (DC) 11 1.8% 13.4 9
  San Diego State 11 1.8% 15.6 13
94. Randolph Field (TX) 10 1.7% 4.8 2
95. Carnegie Mellon (PA) 9 1.5% 10.4 6
  Del Monte Pre-Flight (CA) 9 1.5% 13.0 8
  Southern Miss 9 1.5% 17.1 9
  Rutgers (NJ) 9 1.5% 18.6 17
99. San Francisco 8 1.3% 16.3 13
  Temple (PA) 8 1.3% 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 0.8% 15.2 13
  El Toro Marines (CA) 5 0.8% 16.4 15
  Cincinnati 5 0.8% 17.0 12
  Colorado College 5 0.8% 17.2 16
  VMI 5 0.8% 17.2 13
  Harvard (MA) 5 0.8% 18.2 17
  East Carolina 5 0.8% 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
  Bowling Green (OH) 3 0.5% 20.0 20
127. 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
134. 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
  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.