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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 1991

702 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Notre Dame 535 76.2% 6.9 1
2. Michigan 505 71.9% 7.7 1
3. Oklahoma 495 70.5% 6.7 1
4. Ohio State 492 70.1% 8.2 1
5. USC 484 68.9% 8.3 1
6. Alabama 465 66.2% 8.1 1
7. Texas 442 63.0% 8.1 1
8. Nebraska 431 61.4% 6.9 1
9. UCLA 373 53.1% 10.9 1
10. Penn State 369 52.6% 9.4 1
11. Tennessee 329 46.9% 10.4 1
12. Arkansas 321 45.7% 10.7 1
13. Auburn 309 44.0% 9.9 1
14. LSU 300 42.7% 10.8 1
15. Georgia 268 38.2% 10.8 1
16. Pittsburgh 250 35.6% 10.9 1
17. Washington 244 34.8% 11.6 1
18. Michigan State 237 33.8% 9.5 1
19. Florida 226 32.2% 12.7 1
20. Miami (FL) 215 30.6% 7.9 1
  Clemson 215 30.6% 12.5 1
22. Texas A&M 214 30.5% 10.9 1
23. Mississippi 202 28.8% 10.2 1
24. Florida State 200 28.5% 10.0 1
25. Iowa 186 26.5% 10.6 1
26. Georgia Tech 183 26.1% 9.0 2
27. Arizona State 163 23.2% 13.2 2
28. SMU 161 22.9% 11.5 1
29. Colorado 157 22.4% 11.3 1
30. Purdue 156 22.2% 10.9 1
31. Maryland 153 21.8% 10.5 1
32. Houston 152 21.7% 13.2 2
33. Duke 151 21.5% 12.1 2
34. Missouri 148 21.1% 12.2 1
35. Illinois 144 20.5% 10.6 2
36. North Carolina 140 19.9% 12.4 1
37. Army (NY) 135 19.2% 6.5 1
38. Stanford 133 18.9% 13.7 2
39. Minnesota 126 17.9% 9.0 1
  BYU 126 17.9% 13.1 1
41. Baylor 125 17.8% 13.6 3
  West Virginia 125 17.8% 13.7 3
43. Navy (MD) 121 17.2% 9.0 2
44. Wisconsin 117 16.7% 10.5 1
45. California 116 16.5% 9.9 1
46. Syracuse 109 15.5% 11.8 1
47. Northwestern 98 14.0% 10.0 1
48. Penn 89 12.7% 11.2 3
  Oklahoma State 89 12.7% 12.8 3
50. NC State 86 12.3% 15.7 3
51. Mississippi State 78 11.1% 16.2 7
52. TCU 74 10.5% 11.5 1
53. Texas Tech 73 10.4% 14.7 5
54. South Carolina 71 10.1% 15.2 2
55. Kentucky 70 10.0% 12.4 3
56. Rice (TX) 69 9.8% 13.2 5
57. Arizona 64 9.1% 15.6 3
58. Kansas 57 8.1% 12.4 3
  Air Force 57 8.1% 13.8 4
60. Boston College 53 7.5% 11.3 1
  Virginia 53 7.5% 14.2 1
62. Tulane (LA) 48 6.8% 14.1 4
63. Cornell (NY) 47 6.7% 10.7 1
  Indiana 47 6.7% 14.1 4
  Washington State 47 6.7% 17.3 10
66. Oregon State 46 6.6% 13.2 6
67. Santa Clara (CA) 43 6.1% 12.7 5
68. Wyoming 41 5.8% 14.7 6
69. Fordham (NY) 40 5.7% 10.0 3
  Oregon 40 5.7% 16.3 7
71. Holy Cross (MA) 39 5.6% 15.1 9
72. Tulsa 38 5.4% 15.7 4
73. Dartmouth (NH) 37 5.3% 13.2 4
74. Miami (OH) 36 5.1% 16.1 10
75. Yale (CT) 30 4.3% 13.6 5
76. Princeton (NJ) 29 4.1% 12.1 4
77. Iowa State 28 4.0% 17.1 11
78. Villanova (PA) 25 3.6% 13.8 6
  Vanderbilt 25 3.6% 14.8 7
80. Toledo (OH) 24 3.4% 15.9 12
81. Wake Forest (NC) 21 3.0% 16.4 11
82. Duquesne (PA) 20 2.8% 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 2.1% 11.3 8
87. Pacific (CA) 14 2.0% 13.9 6
  East Carolina 14 2.0% 16.8 9
  Southern Miss 14 2.0% 19.2 9
90. 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
93. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 1.7% 11.4 5
94. Georgetown (DC) 11 1.6% 13.4 9
  San Diego State 11 1.6% 15.6 13
  Louisville 11 1.6% 18.6 14
97. Randolph Field (TX) 10 1.4% 4.8 2
98. 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
101. San Francisco 8 1.1% 16.3 13
  Temple (PA) 8 1.1% 17.9 13
  Fresno State 8 1.1% 22.8 18
104. 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
108. 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
113. 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
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.