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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 1998

822 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Notre Dame 632 76.9% 7.4 1
2. Michigan 617 75.1% 8.2 1
3. Ohio State 606 73.7% 8.4 1
4. Alabama 560 68.1% 8.5 1
5. Nebraska 551 67.0% 6.5 1
6. USC 545 66.3% 9.2 1
7. Oklahoma 538 65.5% 7.4 1
8. Texas 494 60.1% 8.9 1
9. Penn State 488 59.4% 9.5 1
10. Tennessee 438 53.3% 9.9 1
11. UCLA 433 52.7% 11.1 1
12. Auburn 389 47.3% 10.5 1
13. Florida 346 42.1% 10.2 1
  LSU 346 42.1% 11.3 1
15. Arkansas 341 41.5% 11.0 1
16. Washington 338 41.1% 12.2 1
17. Georgia 321 39.1% 11.3 1
18. Florida State 320 38.9% 7.6 1
19. Texas A&M 315 38.3% 11.0 1
20. Miami (FL) 306 37.2% 8.6 1
21. Colorado 259 31.5% 11.0 1
22. Michigan State 256 31.1% 10.3 1
23. Pittsburgh 250 30.4% 10.9 1
24. Clemson 248 30.2% 13.6 1
25. Iowa 218 26.5% 11.9 1
26. North Carolina 216 26.3% 12.8 1
27. Mississippi 210 25.5% 10.7 1
28. Georgia Tech 206 25.1% 10.3 2
29. Arizona State 197 24.0% 13.1 2
30. Syracuse 185 22.5% 13.5 1
31. BYU 170 20.7% 14.5 1
  Stanford 170 20.7% 14.6 2
33. Missouri 169 20.6% 13.3 1
34. Purdue 166 20.2% 11.4 1
35. Wisconsin 164 20.0% 11.8 1
  West Virginia 164 20.0% 14.5 3
37. SMU 161 19.6% 11.5 1
38. Duke 159 19.3% 12.6 2
39. Maryland 155 18.9% 10.7 1
40. Houston 152 18.5% 13.2 2
41. Illinois 148 18.0% 11.0 2
42. Army (NY) 140 17.0% 7.1 1
43. Virginia 130 15.8% 16.1 1
44. Northwestern 128 15.6% 10.7 1
  California 128 15.6% 10.8 1
46. Arizona 127 15.5% 14.7 3
47. Minnesota 126 15.3% 9.0 1
  Baylor 126 15.3% 13.7 3
49. Navy (MD) 121 14.7% 9.0 2
50. NC State 120 14.6% 16.9 3
51. Mississippi State 112 13.6% 17.7 7
52. Oklahoma State 99 12.0% 13.7 3
53. Kansas State 93 11.3% 13.7 2
54. Penn 89 10.8% 11.2 3
55. Washington State 84 10.2% 17.4 8
56. Boston College 83 10.1% 14.0 1
57. Kansas 82 10.0% 13.8 3
58. Texas Tech 81 9.9% 15.6 5
59. Virginia Tech 80 9.7% 18.2 10
60. Oregon 77 9.4% 16.3 7
61. TCU 74 9.0% 11.5 1
62. Air Force 72 8.8% 15.2 4
  South Carolina 72 8.8% 15.2 2
64. Kentucky 70 8.5% 12.4 3
65. Rice (TX) 69 8.4% 13.2 5
66. Tulane (LA) 59 7.2% 14.3 4
67. Wyoming 56 6.8% 16.5 6
68. Indiana 55 6.7% 15.1 4
69. Cornell (NY) 47 5.7% 10.7 1
70. Oregon State 46 5.6% 13.2 6
71. Santa Clara (CA) 43 5.2% 12.7 5
72. Fordham (NY) 40 4.9% 10.0 3
73. Holy Cross (MA) 39 4.7% 15.1 9
74. Tulsa 38 4.6% 15.7 4
75. Dartmouth (NH) 37 4.5% 13.2 4
76. Miami (OH) 36 4.4% 16.1 10
77. Yale (CT) 30 3.6% 13.6 5
  Toledo (OH) 30 3.6% 17.3 12
79. Princeton (NJ) 29 3.5% 12.1 4
80. Iowa State 28 3.4% 17.1 11
81. Villanova (PA) 25 3.0% 13.8 6
  Vanderbilt 25 3.0% 14.8 7
  Southern Miss 25 3.0% 20.6 9
84. Wake Forest (NC) 23 2.8% 17.1 11
85. Colorado State 21 2.6% 17.0 10
  Louisville 21 2.6% 19.3 13
87. Duquesne (PA) 20 2.4% 11.4 5
88. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 2.2% 6.3 2
89. William & Mary (VA) 16 1.9% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 1.9% 15.9 10
  Utah 16 1.9% 17.4 9
92. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 1.8% 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 1.3% 13.4 9
  Fresno State 11 1.3% 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.