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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 1997

806 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Notre Dame 616 76.4% 7.2 1
2. Michigan 606 75.2% 8.1 1
3. Ohio State 590 73.2% 8.5 1
4. Alabama 558 69.2% 8.4 1
5. USC 540 67.0% 9.1 1
6. Oklahoma 538 66.7% 7.4 1
7. Nebraska 535 66.4% 6.5 1
8. Texas 487 60.4% 8.7 1
9. Penn State 472 58.6% 9.4 1
10. Tennessee 422 52.4% 10.1 1
11. UCLA 417 51.7% 11.3 1
12. Auburn 388 48.1% 10.5 1
13. LSU 339 42.1% 11.3 1
14. Washington 333 41.3% 12.1 1
15. Florida 330 40.9% 10.4 1
16. Arkansas 329 40.8% 10.9 1
17. Georgia 305 37.8% 11.2 1
18. Florida State 304 37.7% 7.7 1
19. Miami (FL) 299 37.1% 8.3 1
  Texas A&M 299 37.1% 11.0 1
21. Michigan State 255 31.6% 10.2 1
22. Colorado 251 31.1% 10.8 1
23. Pittsburgh 250 31.0% 10.9 1
24. Clemson 248 30.8% 13.6 1
25. Iowa 218 27.0% 11.9 1
26. North Carolina 215 26.7% 12.8 1
27. Mississippi 210 26.1% 10.7 1
28. Georgia Tech 196 24.3% 9.9 2
29. Arizona State 195 24.2% 13.1 2
30. Syracuse 170 21.1% 13.1 1
  BYU 170 21.1% 14.5 1
  Stanford 170 21.1% 14.6 2
33. Purdue 165 20.5% 11.3 1
34. SMU 161 20.0% 11.5 1
35. Duke 159 19.7% 12.6 2
36. Maryland 155 19.2% 10.7 1
  West Virginia 155 19.2% 14.4 3
38. Missouri 154 19.1% 12.6 1
39. Houston 152 18.9% 13.2 2
40. Illinois 148 18.4% 11.0 2
  Wisconsin 148 18.4% 11.9 1
42. Army (NY) 140 17.4% 7.1 1
43. Northwestern 128 15.9% 10.7 1
  California 128 15.9% 10.8 1
45. Minnesota 126 15.6% 9.0 1
  Baylor 126 15.6% 13.7 3
47. Navy (MD) 121 15.0% 9.0 2
48. NC State 118 14.6% 16.9 3
49. Virginia 114 14.1% 16.4 1
50. Arizona 111 13.8% 15.1 3
51. Mississippi State 107 13.3% 17.4 7
52. Oklahoma State 99 12.3% 13.7 3
53. Penn 89 11.0% 11.2 3
54. Washington State 84 10.4% 17.4 8
55. Boston College 83 10.3% 14.0 1
56. Kansas 82 10.2% 13.8 3
57. Texas Tech 79 9.8% 15.4 5
58. Kansas State 77 9.6% 15.6 7
59. TCU 74 9.2% 11.5 1
60. South Carolina 72 8.9% 15.2 2
61. Kentucky 70 8.7% 12.4 3
62. Rice (TX) 69 8.6% 13.2 5
63. Virginia Tech 68 8.4% 17.9 10
64. Air Force 64 7.9% 14.7 4
65. Oregon 63 7.8% 16.0 7
66. Indiana 55 6.8% 15.1 4
  Wyoming 55 6.8% 16.4 6
68. Tulane (LA) 48 6.0% 14.1 4
69. Cornell (NY) 47 5.8% 10.7 1
70. Oregon State 46 5.7% 13.2 6
71. Santa Clara (CA) 43 5.3% 12.7 5
72. Fordham (NY) 40 5.0% 10.0 3
73. Holy Cross (MA) 39 4.8% 15.1 9
74. Tulsa 38 4.7% 15.7 4
75. Dartmouth (NH) 37 4.6% 13.2 4
76. Miami (OH) 36 4.5% 16.1 10
77. Yale (CT) 30 3.7% 13.6 5
  Toledo (OH) 30 3.7% 17.3 12
79. Princeton (NJ) 29 3.6% 12.1 4
80. Iowa State 28 3.5% 17.1 11
81. Villanova (PA) 25 3.1% 13.8 6
  Vanderbilt 25 3.1% 14.8 7
83. Southern Miss 24 3.0% 20.6 9
84. Wake Forest (NC) 23 2.9% 17.1 11
85. Louisville 21 2.6% 19.3 13
86. Duquesne (PA) 20 2.5% 11.4 5
  Colorado State 20 2.5% 17.1 10
88. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 2.2% 6.3 2
89. William & Mary (VA) 16 2.0% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 2.0% 15.9 10
  Utah 16 2.0% 17.4 9
92. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 1.9% 11.3 8
93. Pacific (CA) 14 1.7% 13.9 6
  East Carolina 14 1.7% 16.8 9
  San Diego State 14 1.7% 17.2 13
96. St. Mary's (CA) 13 1.6% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 1.6% 12.2 5
98. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 1.5% 11.4 5
99. Georgetown (DC) 11 1.4% 13.4 9
  Fresno State 11 1.4% 23.3 18
101. Randolph Field (TX) 10 1.2% 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 0.7% 14.7 10
  New Mexico State 6 0.7% 16.5 14
  2nd Air Force 6 0.7% 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 0.2% 14.5 9
  Louisiana 2 0.2% 14.5 14
  Camp Peary (VA) 2 0.2% 15.5 14
  Detroit 2 0.2% 17.5 17
  North Texas 2 0.2% 18.0 16
  San Diego Naval 2 0.2% 18.5 17
  Washington & Lee (VA) 2 0.2% 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.