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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 1995

770 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Notre Dame 594 77.1% 7.0 1
2. Michigan 570 74.0% 8.0 1
3. Ohio State 554 71.9% 8.7 1
4. Oklahoma 538 69.9% 7.4 1
5. Alabama 533 69.2% 8.2 1
6. USC 529 68.7% 8.9 1
7. Nebraska 499 64.8% 6.7 1
8. Texas 473 61.4% 8.6 1
9. Penn State 436 56.6% 9.6 1
10. UCLA 403 52.3% 11.3 1
11. Tennessee 386 50.1% 10.5 1
12. Auburn 356 46.2% 10.0 1
13. Arkansas 329 42.7% 10.9 1
14. LSU 303 39.4% 10.9 1
15. Washington 301 39.1% 12.0 1
16. Florida 294 38.2% 11.3 1
17. Georgia 291 37.8% 11.0 1
18. Texas A&M 282 36.6% 10.5 1
19. Miami (FL) 276 35.8% 7.7 1
20. Florida State 268 34.8% 8.4 1
21. Pittsburgh 250 32.5% 10.9 1
22. Michigan State 242 31.4% 9.8 1
23. Clemson 240 31.2% 13.4 1
24. Colorado 225 29.2% 11.0 1
25. Mississippi 208 27.0% 10.5 1
26. Iowa 192 24.9% 11.0 1
27. Georgia Tech 191 24.8% 9.5 2
28. North Carolina 181 23.5% 13.5 1
29. Arizona State 164 21.3% 13.3 2
30. SMU 161 20.9% 11.5 1
  Stanford 161 20.9% 14.3 2
32. Duke 159 20.6% 12.6 2
33. Purdue 156 20.3% 10.9 1
34. Maryland 155 20.1% 10.7 1
35. Houston 152 19.7% 13.2 2
36. Syracuse 149 19.4% 12.4 1
37. Illinois 148 19.2% 11.0 2
  Missouri 148 19.2% 12.2 1
  BYU 148 19.2% 14.4 1
40. Wisconsin 144 18.7% 11.6 1
41. West Virginia 141 18.3% 13.8 3
42. Army (NY) 135 17.5% 6.5 1
43. Minnesota 126 16.4% 9.0 1
  California 126 16.4% 10.7 1
  Baylor 126 16.4% 13.7 3
46. Navy (MD) 121 15.7% 9.0 2
47. NC State 118 15.3% 16.9 3
48. Arizona 111 14.4% 15.1 3
49. Northwestern 110 14.3% 10.0 1
50. Mississippi State 103 13.4% 17.3 7
51. Virginia 98 12.7% 15.9 1
52. Penn 89 11.6% 11.2 3
  Oklahoma State 89 11.6% 12.8 3
54. Boston College 83 10.8% 14.0 1
55. Texas Tech 79 10.3% 15.4 5
56. Kansas 77 10.0% 13.2 3
57. TCU 74 9.6% 11.5 1
58. South Carolina 72 9.4% 15.2 2
59. Kentucky 70 9.1% 12.4 3
  Washington State 70 9.1% 18.5 10
61. Rice (TX) 69 9.0% 13.2 5
62. Oregon 62 8.1% 15.8 7
63. Air Force 58 7.5% 13.9 4
64. Indiana 55 7.1% 15.1 4
65. Tulane (LA) 48 6.2% 14.1 4
66. Cornell (NY) 47 6.1% 10.7 1
67. Oregon State 46 6.0% 13.2 6
68. Virginia Tech 44 5.7% 17.9 10
69. Santa Clara (CA) 43 5.6% 12.7 5
  Wyoming 43 5.6% 15.1 6
71. Kansas State 41 5.3% 15.3 7
72. Fordham (NY) 40 5.2% 10.0 3
73. Holy Cross (MA) 39 5.1% 15.1 9
74. Tulsa 38 4.9% 15.7 4
75. Dartmouth (NH) 37 4.8% 13.2 4
76. Miami (OH) 36 4.7% 16.1 10
77. Yale (CT) 30 3.9% 13.6 5
78. Princeton (NJ) 29 3.8% 12.1 4
79. Iowa State 28 3.6% 17.1 11
80. Toledo (OH) 27 3.5% 16.9 12
81. Villanova (PA) 25 3.2% 13.8 6
  Vanderbilt 25 3.2% 14.8 7
83. Wake Forest (NC) 23 3.0% 17.1 11
84. Louisville 21 2.7% 19.3 13
85. Duquesne (PA) 20 2.6% 11.4 5
86. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 2.3% 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 1.9% 11.3 8
90. Pacific (CA) 14 1.8% 13.9 6
  East Carolina 14 1.8% 16.8 9
  San Diego State 14 1.8% 17.2 13
  Southern Miss 14 1.8% 19.2 9
94. St. Mary's (CA) 13 1.7% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 1.7% 12.2 5
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 1.4% 13.4 9
  Fresno State 11 1.4% 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 1.0% 16.3 13
  Temple (PA) 8 1.0% 17.9 13
  Hawaii 8 1.0% 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 0.6% 15.2 13
  El Toro Marines (CA) 5 0.6% 16.4 15
  Cincinnati 5 0.6% 17.0 12
  Colorado College 5 0.6% 17.2 16
  VMI 5 0.6% 17.2 13
  Harvard (MA) 5 0.6% 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.