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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 1990

686 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Notre Dame 519 75.7% 6.8 1
2. Michigan 489 71.3% 7.9 1
3. USC 481 70.1% 8.3 1
4. Oklahoma 479 69.8% 6.4 1
5. Ohio State 477 69.5% 7.9 1
6. Alabama 450 65.6% 7.9 1
7. Texas 440 64.1% 8.0 1
8. Nebraska 415 60.5% 6.7 1
9. UCLA 363 52.9% 10.6 1
10. Penn State 353 51.5% 9.5 1
11. Arkansas 319 46.5% 10.6 1
12. Tennessee 313 45.6% 10.4 1
13. Auburn 302 44.0% 9.8 1
14. LSU 300 43.7% 10.8 1
15. Georgia 258 37.6% 10.3 1
16. Pittsburgh 243 35.4% 10.7 1
17. Michigan State 234 34.1% 9.3 1
18. Washington 228 33.2% 12.2 1
19. Florida 210 30.6% 13.2 1
20. Mississippi 201 29.3% 10.2 1
21. Miami (FL) 199 29.0% 8.4 1
  Texas A&M 199 29.0% 10.5 1
  Clemson 199 29.0% 12.5 1
24. Florida State 184 26.8% 10.7 1
25. Georgia Tech 177 25.8% 8.7 2
26. Iowa 170 24.8% 10.6 1
27. SMU 161 23.5% 11.5 1
  Arizona State 161 23.5% 13.1 2
29. Purdue 156 22.7% 10.9 1
30. Maryland 153 22.3% 10.5 1
31. Duke 151 22.0% 12.1 2
32. Missouri 148 21.6% 12.2 1
  Houston 148 21.6% 13.2 2
34. Colorado 141 20.6% 10.6 1
35. North Carolina 139 20.3% 12.4 1
36. Illinois 138 20.1% 10.2 2
37. Army (NY) 135 19.7% 6.5 1
38. Stanford 128 18.7% 13.5 2
39. Minnesota 126 18.4% 9.0 1
40. West Virginia 125 18.2% 13.7 3
41. BYU 122 17.8% 12.8 1
42. Navy (MD) 121 17.6% 9.0 2
43. Wisconsin 117 17.1% 10.5 1
44. Baylor 115 16.8% 13.3 3
45. California 103 15.0% 9.6 1
46. Northwestern 98 14.3% 10.0 1
47. Syracuse 93 13.6% 10.8 1
48. Penn 89 13.0% 11.2 3
  Oklahoma State 89 13.0% 12.8 3
50. NC State 75 10.9% 15.3 3
  Mississippi State 75 10.9% 15.9 7
52. TCU 74 10.8% 11.5 1
53. Texas Tech 73 10.6% 14.7 5
54. South Carolina 71 10.3% 15.2 2
55. Kentucky 70 10.2% 12.4 3
56. Rice (TX) 69 10.1% 13.2 5
57. Arizona 64 9.3% 15.6 3
58. Kansas 57 8.3% 12.4 3
59. Air Force 56 8.2% 13.6 4
60. Boston College 53 7.7% 11.3 1
61. Virginia 48 7.0% 13.5 1
  Tulane (LA) 48 7.0% 14.1 4
63. Cornell (NY) 47 6.9% 10.7 1
  Washington State 47 6.9% 17.3 10
65. Oregon State 46 6.7% 13.2 6
  Indiana 46 6.7% 13.9 4
67. Santa Clara (CA) 43 6.3% 12.7 5
68. Wyoming 41 6.0% 14.7 6
69. Fordham (NY) 40 5.8% 10.0 3
  Oregon 40 5.8% 16.3 7
71. Holy Cross (MA) 39 5.7% 15.1 9
72. Dartmouth (NH) 37 5.4% 13.2 4
73. Miami (OH) 36 5.2% 16.1 10
74. Tulsa 34 5.0% 14.9 4
75. Yale (CT) 30 4.4% 13.6 5
76. Princeton (NJ) 29 4.2% 12.1 4
77. Iowa State 28 4.1% 17.1 11
78. Villanova (PA) 25 3.6% 13.8 6
  Vanderbilt 25 3.6% 14.8 7
80. Toledo (OH) 24 3.5% 15.9 12
81. Wake Forest (NC) 21 3.1% 16.4 11
82. Duquesne (PA) 20 2.9% 11.4 5
83. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 2.6% 6.3 2
84. William & Mary (VA) 16 2.3% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 2.3% 15.9 10
86. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 2.2% 11.3 8
87. Pacific (CA) 14 2.0% 13.9 6
  Southern Miss 14 2.0% 19.2 9
89. St. Mary's (CA) 13 1.9% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 1.9% 12.2 5
  Virginia Tech 13 1.9% 16.3 14
92. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 1.7% 11.4 5
93. Georgetown (DC) 11 1.6% 13.4 9
  San Diego State 11 1.6% 15.6 13
  Louisville 11 1.6% 18.6 14
96. Randolph Field (TX) 10 1.5% 4.8 2
97. Carnegie Mellon (PA) 9 1.3% 10.4 6
  Del Monte Pre-Flight (CA) 9 1.3% 13.0 8
  Rutgers (NJ) 9 1.3% 18.6 17
100. San Francisco 8 1.2% 16.3 13
  Temple (PA) 8 1.2% 17.9 13
102. North Carolina Pre-Flight 7 1.0% 11.9 2
  Marquette (WI) 7 1.0% 12.0 4
  George Washington (DC) 7 1.0% 16.4 14
  Ohio 7 1.0% 17.3 15
  Fresno State 7 1.0% 22.4 18
107. Nevada 6 0.9% 14.7 10
  Kansas State 6 0.9% 15.3 12
  New Mexico State 6 0.9% 16.5 14
  2nd Air Force 6 0.9% 18.0 15
  Hawaii 6 0.9% 23.0 19
112. Norman Pre-Flight (OK) 5 0.7% 15.2 13
  El Toro Marines (CA) 5 0.7% 16.4 15
  Cincinnati 5 0.7% 17.0 12
  Colorado College 5 0.7% 17.2 16
  VMI 5 0.7% 17.2 13
  Harvard (MA) 5 0.7% 18.2 17
  East Carolina 5 0.7% 19.8 19
119. Hardin-Simmons (TX) 4 0.6% 18.3 17
120. Southwestern (TX) 3 0.4% 13.3 11
  Memphis Naval 3 0.4% 15.7 13
  Utah State 3 0.4% 15.7 10
  Boston 3 0.4% 16.3 15
  Delaware 3 0.4% 16.7 15
  New York 3 0.4% 17.7 17
  Lafayette (PA) 3 0.4% 18.3 18
  San Jose State (CA) 3 0.4% 19.0 18
  Bowling Green (OH) 3 0.4% 20.0 20
129. 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
136. Arkansas-Monticello 1 0.1% 17.0 17
  Fort Pierce Naval (FL) 1 0.1% 18.0 18
  Utah 1 0.1% 18.0 18
  3rd Air Force 1 0.1% 19.0 19
  Kent State (OH) 1 0.1% 19.0 19
  Lehigh (PA) 1 0.1% 19.0 19
  Muhlenberg (PA) 1 0.1% 19.0 19
  St. Mary's Pre-Flight (CA) 1 0.1% 19.0 19
  Bucknell (PA) 1 0.1% 20.0 20
  Camp Grant (IL) 1 0.1% 20.0 20
  Catawba (NC) 1 0.1% 20.0 20
  Loyola Marymount (CA) 1 0.1% 20.0 20
  Richmond (VA) 1 0.1% 20.0 20
  Williams (MA) 1 0.1% 20.0 20

Notes

  • Teams in the latest poll are in bold.
  • Updated through January 21, 2025.