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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 1992

719 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Notre Dame 552 76.8% 6.9 1
2. Michigan 522 72.6% 7.6 1
3. Ohio State 506 70.4% 8.5 1
4. Oklahoma 502 69.8% 6.8 1
5. USC 496 69.0% 8.6 1
6. Alabama 482 67.0% 8.0 1
7. Nebraska 448 62.3% 7.1 1
8. Texas 445 61.9% 8.2 1
9. Penn State 385 53.5% 9.6 1
10. UCLA 380 52.9% 11.0 1
11. Tennessee 346 48.1% 10.7 1
12. Arkansas 321 44.6% 10.7 1
13. Auburn 309 43.0% 9.9 1
14. LSU 300 41.7% 10.8 1
15. Georgia 285 39.6% 10.8 1
16. Washington 261 36.3% 11.1 1
17. Pittsburgh 250 34.8% 10.9 1
18. Florida 243 33.8% 12.7 1
19. Michigan State 237 33.0% 9.5 1
20. Miami (FL) 232 32.3% 7.4 1
21. Texas A&M 231 32.1% 10.5 1
22. Clemson 224 31.2% 12.7 1
23. Florida State 217 30.2% 9.5 1
24. Mississippi 208 28.9% 10.5 1
25. Georgia Tech 191 26.6% 9.5 2
26. Iowa 188 26.1% 10.7 1
27. Colorado 174 24.2% 11.2 1
28. Arizona State 163 22.7% 13.2 2
29. SMU 161 22.4% 11.5 1
30. Purdue 156 21.7% 10.9 1
31. Maryland 153 21.3% 10.5 1
32. Houston 152 21.1% 13.2 2
33. Duke 151 21.0% 12.1 2
34. Stanford 150 20.9% 13.9 2
35. Missouri 148 20.6% 12.2 1
  North Carolina 148 20.6% 12.9 1
37. Illinois 144 20.0% 10.6 2
38. Army (NY) 135 18.8% 6.5 1
39. BYU 131 18.2% 13.6 1
40. Minnesota 126 17.5% 9.0 1
  Syracuse 126 17.5% 11.6 1
  West Virginia 126 17.5% 13.7 3
43. Baylor 125 17.4% 13.6 3
44. Navy (MD) 121 16.8% 9.0 2
45. California 120 16.7% 10.2 1
46. Wisconsin 117 16.3% 10.5 1
47. NC State 102 14.2% 16.1 3
48. Northwestern 98 13.6% 10.0 1
49. Mississippi State 94 13.1% 17.0 7
50. Penn 89 12.4% 11.2 3
  Oklahoma State 89 12.4% 12.8 3
52. TCU 74 10.3% 11.5 1
53. Texas Tech 73 10.2% 14.7 5
54. Arizona 72 10.0% 15.8 3
55. South Carolina 71 9.9% 15.2 2
56. Kentucky 70 9.7% 12.4 3
57. Rice (TX) 69 9.6% 13.2 5
58. Boston College 66 9.2% 12.5 1
59. Kansas 65 9.0% 13.4 3
60. Virginia 62 8.6% 14.9 1
61. Air Force 57 7.9% 13.8 4
62. Washington State 56 7.8% 17.6 10
63. Tulane (LA) 48 6.7% 14.1 4
64. Cornell (NY) 47 6.5% 10.7 1
  Indiana 47 6.5% 14.1 4
66. Oregon State 46 6.4% 13.2 6
67. Santa Clara (CA) 43 6.0% 12.7 5
68. Wyoming 41 5.7% 14.7 6
69. Fordham (NY) 40 5.6% 10.0 3
  Oregon 40 5.6% 16.3 7
71. Holy Cross (MA) 39 5.4% 15.1 9
72. Tulsa 38 5.3% 15.7 4
73. Dartmouth (NH) 37 5.1% 13.2 4
74. Miami (OH) 36 5.0% 16.1 10
75. Yale (CT) 30 4.2% 13.6 5
76. Princeton (NJ) 29 4.0% 12.1 4
77. Iowa State 28 3.9% 17.1 11
78. Villanova (PA) 25 3.5% 13.8 6
  Vanderbilt 25 3.5% 14.8 7
80. Toledo (OH) 24 3.3% 15.9 12
81. Wake Forest (NC) 23 3.2% 17.1 11
82. Duquesne (PA) 20 2.8% 11.4 5
83. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 2.5% 6.3 2
84. William & Mary (VA) 16 2.2% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 2.2% 15.9 10
86. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 2.1% 11.3 8
87. Pacific (CA) 14 1.9% 13.9 6
  East Carolina 14 1.9% 16.8 9
  Southern Miss 14 1.9% 19.2 9
90. St. Mary's (CA) 13 1.8% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 1.8% 12.2 5
  Virginia Tech 13 1.8% 16.3 14
  San Diego State 13 1.8% 16.6 13
94. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 1.7% 11.4 5
95. Georgetown (DC) 11 1.5% 13.4 9
  Louisville 11 1.5% 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
  Fresno State 9 1.3% 22.9 18
102. San Francisco 8 1.1% 16.3 13
  Temple (PA) 8 1.1% 17.9 13
  Hawaii 8 1.1% 22.8 19
105. 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
109. Nevada 6 0.8% 14.7 10
  Kansas State 6 0.8% 15.3 12
  New Mexico State 6 0.8% 16.5 14
  2nd Air Force 6 0.8% 18.0 15
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.