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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 1999

839 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Notre Dame 637 75.9% 7.5 1
2. Michigan 634 75.6% 8.2 1
3. Ohio State 618 73.7% 8.5 1
4. Alabama 576 68.7% 8.6 1
5. Nebraska 568 67.7% 6.5 1
6. USC 551 65.7% 9.3 1
7. Oklahoma 540 64.4% 7.5 1
8. Texas 508 60.5% 9.1 1
9. Penn State 505 60.2% 9.4 1
10. Tennessee 455 54.2% 9.7 1
11. UCLA 438 52.2% 11.1 1
12. Auburn 389 46.4% 10.5 1
13. Florida 363 43.3% 10.0 1
14. Arkansas 352 42.0% 11.3 1
15. LSU 346 41.2% 11.3 1
16. Washington 339 40.4% 12.2 1
17. Georgia 338 40.3% 11.4 1
18. Florida State 337 40.2% 7.3 1
19. Texas A&M 331 39.5% 11.2 1
20. Miami (FL) 321 38.3% 9.0 1
21. Michigan State 269 32.1% 10.4 1
22. Colorado 261 31.1% 11.0 1
23. Pittsburgh 250 29.8% 10.9 1
24. Clemson 248 29.6% 13.6 1
25. Georgia Tech 223 26.6% 10.4 2
26. Mississippi 218 26.0% 11.1 1
  Iowa 218 26.0% 11.9 1
28. North Carolina 216 25.7% 12.8 1
29. Arizona State 201 24.0% 13.3 2
30. Syracuse 188 22.4% 13.6 1
31. Purdue 183 21.8% 12.1 1
32. Wisconsin 180 21.5% 11.7 1
33. BYU 179 21.3% 14.7 1
34. Stanford 172 20.5% 14.7 2
35. Missouri 169 20.1% 13.3 1
36. West Virginia 164 19.5% 14.5 3
37. SMU 161 19.2% 11.5 1
38. Duke 159 19.0% 12.6 2
39. Maryland 155 18.5% 10.7 1
40. Houston 152 18.1% 13.2 2
41. Illinois 149 17.8% 11.1 2
42. Army (NY) 140 16.7% 7.1 1
43. Minnesota 134 16.0% 9.5 1
  Virginia 134 16.0% 16.3 1
45. Arizona 131 15.6% 14.7 3
46. Northwestern 128 15.3% 10.7 1
  California 128 15.3% 10.8 1
48. Baylor 126 15.0% 13.7 3
49. Mississippi State 125 14.9% 17.2 7
50. NC State 124 14.8% 17.1 3
51. Navy (MD) 121 14.4% 9.0 2
52. Kansas State 110 13.1% 13.2 2
53. Oklahoma State 99 11.8% 13.7 3
54. Virginia Tech 97 11.6% 15.9 2
55. Penn 89 10.6% 11.2 3
56. Boston College 87 10.4% 14.5 1
57. Washington State 84 10.0% 17.4 8
58. Kansas 82 9.8% 13.8 3
59. Texas Tech 81 9.7% 15.6 5
60. Oregon 79 9.4% 16.5 7
61. TCU 74 8.8% 11.5 1
62. Air Force 73 8.7% 15.3 4
63. South Carolina 72 8.6% 15.2 2
64. Kentucky 70 8.3% 12.4 3
65. Rice (TX) 69 8.2% 13.2 5
66. Tulane (LA) 59 7.0% 14.3 4
67. Wyoming 56 6.7% 16.5 6
68. Indiana 55 6.6% 15.1 4
69. Cornell (NY) 47 5.6% 10.7 1
70. Oregon State 46 5.5% 13.2 6
71. Santa Clara (CA) 43 5.1% 12.7 5
72. Fordham (NY) 40 4.8% 10.0 3
73. Holy Cross (MA) 39 4.6% 15.1 9
74. Tulsa 38 4.5% 15.7 4
75. Dartmouth (NH) 37 4.4% 13.2 4
76. Miami (OH) 36 4.3% 16.1 10
77. Southern Miss 35 4.2% 20.1 9
78. Yale (CT) 30 3.6% 13.6 5
  Toledo (OH) 30 3.6% 17.3 12
80. Princeton (NJ) 29 3.5% 12.1 4
81. Iowa State 28 3.3% 17.1 11
82. Villanova (PA) 25 3.0% 13.8 6
  Vanderbilt 25 3.0% 14.8 7
  East Carolina 25 3.0% 18.2 9
85. Wake Forest (NC) 23 2.7% 17.1 11
  Colorado State 23 2.7% 17.5 10
87. Louisville 21 2.5% 19.3 13
88. Duquesne (PA) 20 2.4% 11.4 5
89. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 2.1% 6.3 2
90. William & Mary (VA) 16 1.9% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 1.9% 15.9 10
  Utah 16 1.9% 17.4 9
93. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 1.8% 11.3 8
94. Pacific (CA) 14 1.7% 13.9 6
  San Diego State 14 1.7% 17.2 13
96. St. Mary's (CA) 13 1.5% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 1.5% 12.2 5
  Marshall (WV) 13 1.5% 13.5 10
99. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 1.4% 11.4 5
100. Georgetown (DC) 11 1.3% 13.4 9
  Fresno State 11 1.3% 23.3 18
102. Randolph Field (TX) 10 1.2% 4.8 2
103. 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
106. San Francisco 8 1.0% 16.3 13
  Temple (PA) 8 1.0% 17.9 13
  Hawaii 8 1.0% 22.8 19
109. North Carolina Pre-Flight 7 0.8% 11.9 2
  Marquette (WI) 7 0.8% 12.0 4
  George Washington (DC) 7 0.8% 16.4 14
  Ohio 7 0.8% 17.3 15
113. 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
116. 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
122. Hardin-Simmons (TX) 4 0.5% 18.3 17
123. 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
132. 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
139. 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
  Louisiana Tech 1 0.1% 25.0 25

Notes

  • Teams in the latest poll are in bold.
  • Updated through January 21, 2025.