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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 2001

873 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Michigan 668 76.5% 8.5 1
2. Notre Dame 655 75.0% 7.8 1
3. Ohio State 643 73.7% 8.9 1
4. Nebraska 602 69.0% 6.3 1
5. Alabama 582 66.7% 8.7 1
6. Oklahoma 574 65.8% 7.4 1
7. USC 558 63.9% 9.3 1
8. Texas 541 62.0% 9.1 1
9. Penn State 506 58.0% 9.4 1
10. Tennessee 482 55.2% 9.7 1
11. UCLA 457 52.3% 11.2 1
12. Auburn 407 46.6% 10.9 1
13. Florida 397 45.5% 9.6 1
14. Washington 373 42.7% 12.1 1
15. Florida State 369 42.3% 7.4 1
16. Georgia 367 42.0% 12.0 1
17. LSU 358 41.0% 11.4 1
18. Miami (FL) 355 40.7% 8.4 1
19. Arkansas 353 40.4% 11.3 1
20. Texas A&M 339 38.8% 11.5 1
21. Michigan State 277 31.7% 10.8 1
22. Colorado 274 31.4% 11.2 1
23. Clemson 272 31.2% 13.7 1
24. Pittsburgh 250 28.6% 10.9 1
25. Georgia Tech 243 27.8% 11.0 2
26. Mississippi 221 25.3% 11.2 1
27. Iowa 218 25.0% 11.9 1
  North Carolina 218 25.0% 12.9 1
29. Purdue 205 23.5% 12.6 1
30. Arizona State 201 23.0% 13.3 2
31. Syracuse 196 22.5% 13.8 1
32. BYU 193 22.1% 14.8 1
33. Wisconsin 191 21.9% 11.8 1
34. Stanford 183 21.0% 14.7 2
35. Missouri 169 19.4% 13.3 1
36. Maryland 167 19.1% 10.8 1
37. Illinois 165 18.9% 11.6 2
38. West Virginia 164 18.8% 14.5 3
39. SMU 161 18.4% 11.5 1
40. Duke 159 18.2% 12.6 2
41. Houston 152 17.4% 13.2 2
42. Northwestern 145 16.6% 11.6 1
43. Army (NY) 140 16.0% 7.1 1
  Mississippi State 140 16.0% 17.4 7
45. Minnesota 135 15.5% 9.6 1
46. Kansas State 134 15.3% 12.7 2
  Arizona 134 15.3% 14.8 3
  Virginia 134 15.3% 16.3 1
49. Virginia Tech 131 15.0% 14.1 2
50. California 128 14.7% 10.8 1
51. Baylor 126 14.4% 13.7 3
  NC State 126 14.4% 17.2 3
53. Navy (MD) 121 13.9% 9.0 2
54. Oregon 108 12.4% 14.0 2
55. Oklahoma State 99 11.3% 13.7 3
56. South Carolina 97 11.1% 15.9 2
57. Washington State 94 10.8% 17.0 8
58. TCU 91 10.4% 12.3 1
59. Penn 89 10.2% 11.2 3
  Boston College 89 10.2% 14.7 1
61. Kansas 82 9.4% 13.8 3
62. Texas Tech 81 9.3% 15.6 5
63. Air Force 73 8.4% 15.3 4
64. Kentucky 70 8.0% 12.4 3
65. Rice (TX) 69 7.9% 13.2 5
66. Oregon State 62 7.1% 13.3 4
67. Tulane (LA) 59 6.8% 14.3 4
68. Wyoming 56 6.4% 16.5 6
69. Indiana 55 6.3% 15.1 4
70. Southern Miss 48 5.5% 20.1 9
71. Cornell (NY) 47 5.4% 10.7 1
72. Santa Clara (CA) 43 4.9% 12.7 5
73. Fordham (NY) 40 4.6% 10.0 3
74. Holy Cross (MA) 39 4.5% 15.1 9
75. Tulsa 38 4.4% 15.7 4
  Toledo (OH) 38 4.4% 18.8 12
77. Dartmouth (NH) 37 4.2% 13.2 4
78. Miami (OH) 36 4.1% 16.1 10
79. Louisville 31 3.6% 20.1 13
80. Yale (CT) 30 3.4% 13.6 5
81. Princeton (NJ) 29 3.3% 12.1 4
  Iowa State 29 3.3% 17.4 11
83. Colorado State 28 3.2% 18.3 10
84. Villanova (PA) 25 2.9% 13.8 6
  Vanderbilt 25 2.9% 14.8 7
  East Carolina 25 2.9% 18.2 9
87. Wake Forest (NC) 23 2.6% 17.1 11
88. Fresno State 22 2.5% 19.2 8
89. Duquesne (PA) 20 2.3% 11.4 5
90. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 2.1% 6.3 2
91. Marshall (WV) 16 1.8% 15.0 10
  William & Mary (VA) 16 1.8% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 1.8% 15.9 10
  Utah 16 1.8% 17.4 9
95. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 1.7% 11.3 8
96. Pacific (CA) 14 1.6% 13.9 6
  San Diego State 14 1.6% 17.2 13
98. St. Mary's (CA) 13 1.5% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 1.5% 12.2 5
100. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 1.4% 11.4 5
101. Georgetown (DC) 11 1.3% 13.4 9
102. Randolph Field (TX) 10 1.1% 4.8 2
103. Carnegie Mellon (PA) 9 1.0% 10.4 6
  Del Monte Pre-Flight (CA) 9 1.0% 13.0 8
  Rutgers (NJ) 9 1.0% 18.6 17
106. San Francisco 8 0.9% 16.3 13
  Temple (PA) 8 0.9% 17.9 13
  Hawaii 8 0.9% 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 0.3% 13.3 11
  Memphis Naval 3 0.3% 15.7 13
  Utah State 3 0.3% 15.7 10
  Boston 3 0.3% 16.3 15
  Delaware 3 0.3% 16.7 15
  New York 3 0.3% 17.7 17
  Lafayette (PA) 3 0.3% 18.3 18
  San Jose State (CA) 3 0.3% 19.0 18
  Bowling Green (OH) 3 0.3% 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.