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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 1996

788 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Notre Dame 612 77.7% 7.1 1
2. Michigan 588 74.6% 8.2 1
3. Ohio State 572 72.6% 8.6 1
4. Alabama 551 69.9% 8.3 1
5. Oklahoma 538 68.3% 7.4 1
6. USC 536 68.0% 9.0 1
7. Nebraska 517 65.6% 6.6 1
8. Texas 483 61.3% 8.7 1
9. Penn State 454 57.6% 9.6 1
10. Tennessee 404 51.3% 10.3 1
11. UCLA 403 51.1% 11.3 1
12. Auburn 370 47.0% 10.4 1
13. Arkansas 329 41.8% 10.9 1
14. LSU 321 40.7% 11.2 1
15. Washington 315 40.0% 12.2 1
16. Florida 312 39.6% 10.7 1
17. Miami (FL) 294 37.3% 8.1 1
18. Georgia 291 36.9% 11.0 1
19. Florida State 286 36.3% 8.0 1
  Texas A&M 286 36.3% 10.7 1
21. Pittsburgh 250 31.7% 10.9 1
22. Colorado 243 30.8% 10.7 1
23. Michigan State 242 30.7% 9.8 1
  Clemson 242 30.7% 13.5 1
25. Mississippi 208 26.4% 10.5 1
26. Iowa 205 26.0% 11.7 1
27. North Carolina 197 25.0% 13.4 1
28. Georgia Tech 193 24.5% 9.6 2
29. Arizona State 182 23.1% 12.8 2
30. BYU 164 20.8% 14.3 1
31. SMU 161 20.4% 11.5 1
  Syracuse 161 20.4% 12.8 1
  Stanford 161 20.4% 14.3 2
34. Duke 159 20.2% 12.6 2
35. Purdue 156 19.8% 10.9 1
36. Maryland 155 19.7% 10.7 1
37. Houston 152 19.3% 13.2 2
38. West Virginia 151 19.2% 14.2 3
39. Illinois 148 18.8% 11.0 2
  Missouri 148 18.8% 12.2 1
41. Wisconsin 144 18.3% 11.6 1
42. Army (NY) 140 17.8% 7.1 1
43. California 128 16.2% 10.8 1
44. Minnesota 126 16.0% 9.0 1
  Northwestern 126 16.0% 10.5 1
  Baylor 126 16.0% 13.7 3
47. Navy (MD) 121 15.4% 9.0 2
48. NC State 118 15.0% 16.9 3
49. Virginia 114 14.5% 16.4 1
50. Arizona 111 14.1% 15.1 3
51. Mississippi State 103 13.1% 17.3 7
52. Penn 89 11.3% 11.2 3
  Oklahoma State 89 11.3% 12.8 3
54. Boston College 83 10.5% 14.0 1
55. Kansas 82 10.4% 13.8 3
56. Texas Tech 79 10.0% 15.4 5
57. TCU 74 9.4% 11.5 1
58. South Carolina 72 9.1% 15.2 2
59. Kentucky 70 8.9% 12.4 3
  Washington State 70 8.9% 18.5 10
61. Rice (TX) 69 8.8% 13.2 5
62. Oregon 63 8.0% 16.0 7
63. Kansas State 59 7.5% 15.7 7
64. Air Force 58 7.4% 13.9 4
65. Virginia Tech 57 7.2% 17.6 10
66. Indiana 55 7.0% 15.1 4
  Wyoming 55 7.0% 16.4 6
68. Tulane (LA) 48 6.1% 14.1 4
69. Cornell (NY) 47 6.0% 10.7 1
70. Oregon State 46 5.8% 13.2 6
71. Santa Clara (CA) 43 5.5% 12.7 5
72. Fordham (NY) 40 5.1% 10.0 3
73. Holy Cross (MA) 39 4.9% 15.1 9
74. Tulsa 38 4.8% 15.7 4
75. Dartmouth (NH) 37 4.7% 13.2 4
76. Miami (OH) 36 4.6% 16.1 10
77. Yale (CT) 30 3.8% 13.6 5
78. Princeton (NJ) 29 3.7% 12.1 4
79. Iowa State 28 3.6% 17.1 11
80. Toledo (OH) 27 3.4% 16.9 12
81. Villanova (PA) 25 3.2% 13.8 6
  Vanderbilt 25 3.2% 14.8 7
83. Wake Forest (NC) 23 2.9% 17.1 11
84. Louisville 21 2.7% 19.3 13
85. Duquesne (PA) 20 2.5% 11.4 5
86. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 2.3% 6.3 2
  Southern Miss 18 2.3% 20.1 9
88. William & Mary (VA) 16 2.0% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 2.0% 15.9 10
  Utah 16 2.0% 17.4 9
91. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 1.9% 11.3 8
92. 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
95. St. Mary's (CA) 13 1.6% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 1.6% 12.2 5
97. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 1.5% 11.4 5
  Colorado State 12 1.5% 14.1 10
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 1.1% 10.4 6
  Del Monte Pre-Flight (CA) 9 1.1% 13.0 8
  Rutgers (NJ) 9 1.1% 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.