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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 1994

753 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Notre Dame 577 76.6% 6.8 1
2. Michigan 553 73.4% 7.9 1
3. Ohio State 537 71.3% 8.8 1
4. Oklahoma 527 70.0% 7.3 1
5. Alabama 516 68.5% 7.9 1
6. USC 512 68.0% 8.9 1
7. Nebraska 482 64.0% 6.8 1
8. Texas 456 60.6% 8.4 1
9. Penn State 419 55.6% 9.5 1
10. UCLA 396 52.6% 11.2 1
11. Tennessee 369 49.0% 10.7 1
12. Auburn 339 45.0% 9.9 1
13. Arkansas 321 42.6% 10.7 1
14. LSU 300 39.8% 10.8 1
15. Georgia 289 38.4% 10.9 1
16. Washington 285 37.8% 11.5 1
17. Florida 277 36.8% 11.8 1
18. Miami (FL) 266 35.3% 7.2 1
19. Texas A&M 265 35.2% 10.4 1
20. Florida State 251 33.3% 8.7 1
21. Pittsburgh 250 33.2% 10.9 1
22. Michigan State 242 32.1% 9.8 1
23. Clemson 235 31.2% 13.2 1
24. Mississippi 208 27.6% 10.5 1
  Colorado 208 27.6% 11.2 1
26. Georgia Tech 191 25.4% 9.5 2
27. Iowa 188 25.0% 10.7 1
28. North Carolina 179 23.8% 13.5 1
29. Arizona State 164 21.8% 13.3 2
30. SMU 161 21.4% 11.5 1
31. Duke 159 21.1% 12.6 2
32. Stanford 157 20.8% 14.2 2
33. Purdue 156 20.7% 10.9 1
34. Maryland 153 20.3% 10.5 1
35. Houston 152 20.2% 13.2 2
36. Missouri 148 19.7% 12.2 1
  BYU 148 19.7% 14.4 1
38. Illinois 147 19.5% 10.9 2
39. Syracuse 142 18.9% 12.0 1
40. Wisconsin 139 18.5% 11.2 1
  West Virginia 139 18.5% 13.7 3
42. Army (NY) 135 17.9% 6.5 1
43. Minnesota 126 16.7% 9.0 1
  California 126 16.7% 10.7 1
  Baylor 126 16.7% 13.7 3
46. Navy (MD) 121 16.1% 9.0 2
47. NC State 117 15.5% 16.8 3
48. Arizona 106 14.1% 14.8 3
49. Mississippi State 103 13.7% 17.3 7
50. Northwestern 98 13.0% 10.0 1
51. Penn 89 11.8% 11.2 3
  Oklahoma State 89 11.8% 12.8 3
53. Boston College 82 10.9% 13.9 1
54. Virginia 81 10.8% 15.8 1
55. TCU 74 9.8% 11.5 1
56. Texas Tech 73 9.7% 14.7 5
57. South Carolina 72 9.6% 15.2 2
58. Kentucky 70 9.3% 12.4 3
  Washington State 70 9.3% 18.5 10
60. Rice (TX) 69 9.2% 13.2 5
61. Kansas 65 8.6% 13.4 3
62. Air Force 57 7.6% 13.8 4
63. Indiana 55 7.3% 15.1 4
64. Tulane (LA) 48 6.4% 14.1 4
65. Cornell (NY) 47 6.2% 10.7 1
  Oregon 47 6.2% 15.9 7
67. Oregon State 46 6.1% 13.2 6
68. Santa Clara (CA) 43 5.7% 12.7 5
  Wyoming 43 5.7% 15.1 6
70. Fordham (NY) 40 5.3% 10.0 3
71. Holy Cross (MA) 39 5.2% 15.1 9
72. Tulsa 38 5.0% 15.7 4
73. Dartmouth (NH) 37 4.9% 13.2 4
74. Miami (OH) 36 4.8% 16.1 10
75. Virginia Tech 35 4.6% 17.9 13
76. Yale (CT) 30 4.0% 13.6 5
77. Princeton (NJ) 29 3.9% 12.1 4
78. Iowa State 28 3.7% 17.1 11
79. Kansas State 26 3.5% 17.2 11
80. Villanova (PA) 25 3.3% 13.8 6
  Vanderbilt 25 3.3% 14.8 7
82. Toledo (OH) 24 3.2% 15.9 12
83. Wake Forest (NC) 23 3.1% 17.1 11
84. Louisville 21 2.8% 19.3 13
85. Duquesne (PA) 20 2.7% 11.4 5
86. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 2.4% 6.3 2
87. William & Mary (VA) 16 2.1% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 2.1% 15.9 10
89. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 2.0% 11.3 8
90. Pacific (CA) 14 1.9% 13.9 6
  East Carolina 14 1.9% 16.8 9
  Southern Miss 14 1.9% 19.2 9
93. St. Mary's (CA) 13 1.7% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 1.7% 12.2 5
  San Diego State 13 1.7% 16.6 13
96. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 1.6% 11.4 5
  Colorado State 12 1.6% 14.1 10
  Utah 12 1.6% 15.8 9
99. Georgetown (DC) 11 1.5% 13.4 9
  Fresno State 11 1.5% 23.3 18
101. Randolph Field (TX) 10 1.3% 4.8 2
102. 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
105. San Francisco 8 1.1% 16.3 13
  Temple (PA) 8 1.1% 17.9 13
  Hawaii 8 1.1% 22.8 19
108. North Carolina Pre-Flight 7 0.9% 11.9 2
  Marquette (WI) 7 0.9% 12.0 4
  George Washington (DC) 7 0.9% 16.4 14
  Ohio 7 0.9% 17.3 15
112. 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
115. 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
121. Hardin-Simmons (TX) 4 0.5% 18.3 17
122. 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
131. 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
138. Arkansas-Monticello 1 0.1% 17.0 17
  Fort Pierce Naval (FL) 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.