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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 2003

908 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Michigan 703 77.4% 8.5 1
2. Ohio State 678 74.7% 8.7 1
3. Notre Dame 674 74.2% 7.9 1
4. Nebraska 624 68.7% 6.7 1
5. Oklahoma 609 67.1% 7.1 1
6. Alabama 594 65.4% 8.8 1
7. USC 593 65.3% 9.3 1
8. Texas 576 63.4% 9.0 1
9. Penn State 522 57.5% 9.6 1
10. Tennessee 510 56.2% 9.8 1
11. UCLA 460 50.7% 11.3 1
12. Florida 425 46.8% 10.0 1
13. Auburn 417 45.9% 11.1 1
14. Florida State 404 44.5% 7.6 1
15. Georgia 402 44.3% 11.5 1
16. Miami (FL) 390 43.0% 7.9 1
  LSU 390 43.0% 11.5 1
18. Washington 388 42.7% 12.3 1
19. Arkansas 361 39.8% 11.4 1
20. Texas A&M 346 38.1% 11.7 1
21. Colorado 290 31.9% 11.5 1
22. Michigan State 288 31.7% 11.0 1
23. Clemson 273 30.1% 13.7 1
24. Pittsburgh 269 29.6% 11.4 1
25. Iowa 245 27.0% 12.0 1
26. Georgia Tech 243 26.8% 11.0 2
27. Mississippi 231 25.4% 11.5 1
28. Purdue 221 24.3% 12.9 1
29. North Carolina 218 24.0% 12.9 1
30. Arizona State 208 22.9% 13.5 2
31. Wisconsin 204 22.5% 12.4 1
32. Syracuse 196 21.6% 13.8 1
33. BYU 193 21.3% 14.8 1
34. Stanford 183 20.2% 14.7 2
35. Maryland 179 19.7% 11.4 1
36. Missouri 174 19.2% 13.6 1
37. West Virginia 172 18.9% 14.8 3
38. Illinois 165 18.2% 11.6 2
39. Virginia Tech 163 18.0% 13.2 2
40. SMU 161 17.7% 11.5 1
41. Kansas State 160 17.6% 12.7 2
42. Duke 159 17.5% 12.6 2
43. Houston 152 16.7% 13.2 2
44. Minnesota 147 16.2% 10.6 1
45. Northwestern 145 16.0% 11.6 1
  NC State 145 16.0% 17.2 3
47. Army (NY) 140 15.4% 7.1 1
  Mississippi State 140 15.4% 17.4 7
49. Virginia 138 15.2% 16.4 1
50. Arizona 134 14.8% 14.8 3
51. California 129 14.2% 10.9 1
52. Baylor 126 13.9% 13.7 3
  Washington State 126 13.9% 15.4 3
54. Oregon 124 13.7% 13.9 2
55. Navy (MD) 121 13.3% 9.0 2
56. TCU 111 12.2% 13.5 1
57. Oklahoma State 108 11.9% 14.3 3
58. South Carolina 101 11.1% 16.1 2
59. Penn 89 9.8% 11.2 3
  Boston College 89 9.8% 14.7 1
61. Kansas 82 9.0% 13.8 3
  Texas Tech 82 9.0% 15.7 5
63. Air Force 76 8.4% 15.5 4
64. Kentucky 70 7.7% 12.4 3
65. Rice (TX) 69 7.6% 13.2 5
66. Oregon State 65 7.2% 13.8 4
67. Tulane (LA) 59 6.5% 14.3 4
68. Wyoming 56 6.2% 16.5 6
69. Indiana 55 6.1% 15.1 4
70. Southern Miss 48 5.3% 20.1 9
71. Cornell (NY) 47 5.2% 10.7 1
72. Santa Clara (CA) 43 4.7% 12.7 5
73. Miami (OH) 42 4.6% 16.0 10
74. Fordham (NY) 40 4.4% 10.0 3
  Colorado State 40 4.4% 19.5 10
76. Holy Cross (MA) 39 4.3% 15.1 9
77. Tulsa 38 4.2% 15.7 4
  Toledo (OH) 38 4.2% 18.8 12
79. Dartmouth (NH) 37 4.1% 13.2 4
  Iowa State 37 4.1% 17.3 9
81. Louisville 33 3.6% 19.9 13
82. Yale (CT) 30 3.3% 13.6 5
83. Princeton (NJ) 29 3.2% 12.1 4
84. Villanova (PA) 25 2.8% 13.8 6
  Vanderbilt 25 2.8% 14.8 7
  East Carolina 25 2.8% 18.2 9
87. Wake Forest (NC) 24 2.6% 17.3 11
88. Fresno State 22 2.4% 19.2 8
89. Marshall (WV) 21 2.3% 15.9 10
90. Duquesne (PA) 20 2.2% 11.4 5
91. Utah 19 2.1% 18.3 9
92. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 2.0% 6.3 2
93. William & Mary (VA) 16 1.8% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 1.8% 15.9 10
95. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 1.7% 11.3 8
  Bowling Green (OH) 15 1.7% 21.1 15
97. Pacific (CA) 14 1.5% 13.9 6
  San Diego State 14 1.5% 17.2 13
99. St. Mary's (CA) 13 1.4% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 1.4% 12.2 5
101. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 1.3% 11.4 5
102. Georgetown (DC) 11 1.2% 13.4 9
  Boise State 11 1.2% 18.9 15
104. Randolph Field (TX) 10 1.1% 4.8 2
105. 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
108. San Francisco 8 0.9% 16.3 13
  Northern Illinois 8 0.9% 17.8 12
  Temple (PA) 8 0.9% 17.9 13
  Hawaii 8 0.9% 22.8 19
112. 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
116. 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
119. 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
125. Hardin-Simmons (TX) 4 0.4% 18.3 17
126. 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
134. 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
141. 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.