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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 1993

736 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Notre Dame 569 77.3% 6.8 1
2. Michigan 536 72.8% 7.8 1
3. Ohio State 523 71.1% 8.5 1
4. Oklahoma 519 70.5% 7.1 1
5. Alabama 499 67.8% 7.9 1
6. USC 498 67.7% 8.6 1
7. Nebraska 465 63.2% 7.0 1
8. Texas 445 60.5% 8.2 1
9. Penn State 402 54.6% 9.8 1
10. UCLA 391 53.1% 11.2 1
11. Tennessee 363 49.3% 10.5 1
12. Auburn 322 43.8% 10.0 1
13. Arkansas 321 43.6% 10.7 1
14. LSU 300 40.8% 10.8 1
15. Georgia 288 39.1% 10.9 1
16. Washington 272 37.0% 11.3 1
17. Florida 260 35.3% 12.3 1
18. Pittsburgh 250 34.0% 10.9 1
19. Miami (FL) 249 33.8% 7.3 1
20. Texas A&M 248 33.7% 10.4 1
21. Michigan State 242 32.9% 9.8 1
22. Florida State 234 31.8% 8.9 1
23. Clemson 232 31.5% 13.1 1
24. Mississippi 208 28.3% 10.5 1
25. Georgia Tech 191 26.0% 9.5 2
  Colorado 191 26.0% 11.7 1
27. Iowa 188 25.5% 10.7 1
28. North Carolina 165 22.4% 13.1 1
29. Arizona State 164 22.3% 13.3 2
30. SMU 161 21.9% 11.5 1
31. Purdue 156 21.2% 10.9 1
32. Stanford 155 21.1% 14.1 2
33. Maryland 153 20.8% 10.5 1
34. Houston 152 20.7% 13.2 2
35. Duke 151 20.5% 12.1 2
36. Missouri 148 20.1% 12.2 1
37. Illinois 144 19.6% 10.6 2
38. West Virginia 138 18.8% 13.6 3
  BYU 138 18.8% 13.9 1
40. Army (NY) 135 18.3% 6.5 1
  Syracuse 135 18.3% 11.7 1
42. Wisconsin 131 17.8% 11.0 1
43. Minnesota 126 17.1% 9.0 1
  California 126 17.1% 10.7 1
  Baylor 126 17.1% 13.7 3
46. Navy (MD) 121 16.4% 9.0 2
47. NC State 109 14.8% 16.4 3
48. Northwestern 98 13.3% 10.0 1
49. Mississippi State 96 13.0% 17.1 7
50. Penn 89 12.1% 11.2 3
  Oklahoma State 89 12.1% 12.8 3
  Arizona 89 12.1% 15.4 3
53. Boston College 76 10.3% 13.2 1
54. TCU 74 10.1% 11.5 1
55. Texas Tech 73 9.9% 14.7 5
56. South Carolina 72 9.8% 15.2 2
  Virginia 72 9.8% 15.6 1
58. Kentucky 70 9.5% 12.4 3
59. Rice (TX) 69 9.4% 13.2 5
60. Kansas 65 8.8% 13.4 3
61. Air Force 57 7.7% 13.8 4
  Washington State 57 7.7% 17.7 10
63. Indiana 54 7.3% 14.9 4
64. Tulane (LA) 48 6.5% 14.1 4
65. Cornell (NY) 47 6.4% 10.7 1
66. Oregon State 46 6.3% 13.2 6
67. Santa Clara (CA) 43 5.8% 12.7 5
  Wyoming 43 5.8% 15.1 6
69. Fordham (NY) 40 5.4% 10.0 3
  Oregon 40 5.4% 16.3 7
71. Holy Cross (MA) 39 5.3% 15.1 9
72. Tulsa 38 5.2% 15.7 4
73. Dartmouth (NH) 37 5.0% 13.2 4
74. Miami (OH) 36 4.9% 16.1 10
75. Yale (CT) 30 4.1% 13.6 5
76. Princeton (NJ) 29 3.9% 12.1 4
77. Iowa State 28 3.8% 17.1 11
78. Villanova (PA) 25 3.4% 13.8 6
  Vanderbilt 25 3.4% 14.8 7
80. Toledo (OH) 24 3.3% 15.9 12
81. Wake Forest (NC) 23 3.1% 17.1 11
82. Louisville 21 2.9% 19.3 13
83. Duquesne (PA) 20 2.7% 11.4 5
84. Virginia Tech 19 2.6% 18.4 14
85. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 2.4% 6.3 2
86. William & Mary (VA) 16 2.2% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 2.2% 15.9 10
88. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 2.0% 11.3 8
89. Pacific (CA) 14 1.9% 13.9 6
  East Carolina 14 1.9% 16.8 9
  Kansas State 14 1.9% 18.5 12
  Southern Miss 14 1.9% 19.2 9
93. St. Mary's (CA) 13 1.8% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 1.8% 12.2 5
  San Diego State 13 1.8% 16.6 13
96. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 1.6% 11.4 5
97. Georgetown (DC) 11 1.5% 13.4 9
  Fresno State 11 1.5% 23.3 18
99. Randolph Field (TX) 10 1.4% 4.8 2
100. Carnegie Mellon (PA) 9 1.2% 10.4 6
  Del Monte Pre-Flight (CA) 9 1.2% 13.0 8
  Rutgers (NJ) 9 1.2% 18.6 17
103. San Francisco 8 1.1% 16.3 13
  Temple (PA) 8 1.1% 17.9 13
  Hawaii 8 1.1% 22.8 19
106. 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
110. Nevada 6 0.8% 14.7 10
  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 0.5% 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.