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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 2004

924 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Michigan 719 77.8% 8.6 1
2. Ohio State 688 74.5% 8.8 1
3. Notre Dame 676 73.2% 7.9 1
4. Oklahoma 625 67.6% 7.0 1
5. Nebraska 624 67.5% 6.7 1
6. USC 609 65.9% 9.1 1
7. Alabama 594 64.3% 8.8 1
8. Texas 592 64.1% 8.9 1
9. Tennessee 526 56.9% 9.9 1
10. Penn State 522 56.5% 9.6 1
11. UCLA 460 49.8% 11.3 1
12. Florida 436 47.2% 10.2 1
13. Auburn 433 46.9% 10.9 1
14. Florida State 420 45.5% 7.7 1
15. Georgia 418 45.2% 11.3 1
16. Miami (FL) 406 43.9% 7.9 1
  LSU 406 43.9% 11.6 1
18. Washington 388 42.0% 12.3 1
19. Arkansas 361 39.1% 11.4 1
20. Texas A&M 355 38.4% 11.9 1
21. Colorado 290 31.4% 11.5 1
22. Michigan State 288 31.2% 11.0 1
23. Clemson 275 29.8% 13.7 1
24. Pittsburgh 272 29.4% 11.5 1
25. Iowa 257 27.8% 12.2 1
26. Georgia Tech 243 26.3% 11.0 2
27. Mississippi 231 25.0% 11.5 1
28. Purdue 230 24.9% 13.0 1
29. Arizona State 221 23.9% 13.9 2
30. Wisconsin 220 23.8% 12.5 1
31. North Carolina 218 23.6% 12.9 1
32. Syracuse 196 21.2% 13.8 1
33. BYU 193 20.9% 14.8 1
34. Maryland 185 20.0% 11.7 1
  West Virginia 185 20.0% 14.7 3
36. Stanford 183 19.8% 14.7 2
37. Missouri 176 19.0% 13.6 1
38. Virginia Tech 172 18.6% 13.3 2
39. Illinois 165 17.9% 11.6 2
40. Kansas State 162 17.5% 12.7 2
41. SMU 161 17.4% 11.5 1
42. Duke 159 17.2% 12.6 2
43. Minnesota 155 16.8% 11.1 1
44. Virginia 154 16.7% 16.1 1
45. Houston 152 16.5% 13.2 2
46. California 145 15.7% 10.5 1
  Northwestern 145 15.7% 11.6 1
  NC State 145 15.7% 17.2 3
49. Army (NY) 140 15.2% 7.1 1
  Mississippi State 140 15.2% 17.4 7
51. Arizona 134 14.5% 14.8 3
52. Baylor 126 13.6% 13.7 3
  Oregon 126 13.6% 14.1 2
  Washington State 126 13.6% 15.4 3
55. Navy (MD) 122 13.2% 9.1 2
56. Oklahoma State 118 12.8% 15.0 3
57. TCU 111 12.0% 13.5 1
58. South Carolina 102 11.0% 16.2 2
59. Boston College 97 10.5% 15.2 1
60. Penn 89 9.6% 11.2 3
61. Texas Tech 85 9.2% 15.9 5
62. Kansas 82 8.9% 13.8 3
63. Air Force 76 8.2% 15.5 4
64. Kentucky 70 7.6% 12.4 3
65. Rice (TX) 69 7.5% 13.2 5
66. Oregon State 65 7.0% 13.8 4
67. Tulane (LA) 59 6.4% 14.3 4
68. Wyoming 56 6.1% 16.5 6
69. Indiana 55 6.0% 15.1 4
70. Southern Miss 51 5.5% 20.3 9
71. Cornell (NY) 47 5.1% 10.7 1
  Louisville 47 5.1% 18.2 6
73. Santa Clara (CA) 43 4.7% 12.7 5
74. Miami (OH) 42 4.5% 16.0 10
75. Fordham (NY) 40 4.3% 10.0 3
  Colorado State 40 4.3% 19.5 10
77. Holy Cross (MA) 39 4.2% 15.1 9
78. Tulsa 38 4.1% 15.7 4
  Toledo (OH) 38 4.1% 18.8 12
80. Dartmouth (NH) 37 4.0% 13.2 4
  Iowa State 37 4.0% 17.3 9
82. Utah 35 3.8% 14.5 4
83. Yale (CT) 30 3.2% 13.6 5
84. Princeton (NJ) 29 3.1% 12.1 4
85. Fresno State 26 2.8% 19.2 8
86. Villanova (PA) 25 2.7% 13.8 6
  Vanderbilt 25 2.7% 14.8 7
  Boise State 25 2.7% 17.6 10
  East Carolina 25 2.7% 18.2 9
90. Wake Forest (NC) 24 2.6% 17.3 11
91. Marshall (WV) 21 2.3% 15.9 10
92. Duquesne (PA) 20 2.2% 11.4 5
93. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 1.9% 6.3 2
94. William & Mary (VA) 16 1.7% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 1.7% 15.9 10
  Bowling Green (OH) 16 1.7% 21.4 15
97. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 1.6% 11.3 8
98. Pacific (CA) 14 1.5% 13.9 6
  San Diego State 14 1.5% 17.2 13
100. St. Mary's (CA) 13 1.4% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 1.4% 12.2 5
102. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 1.3% 11.4 5
103. Georgetown (DC) 11 1.2% 13.4 9
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 0.6% 14.7 10
  New Mexico State 6 0.6% 16.5 14
  2nd Air Force 6 0.6% 18.0 15
119. Norman Pre-Flight (OK) 5 0.5% 15.2 13
  El Toro Marines (CA) 5 0.5% 16.4 15
  Cincinnati 5 0.5% 17.0 12
  Colorado College 5 0.5% 17.2 16
  VMI 5 0.5% 17.2 13
  Harvard (MA) 5 0.5% 18.2 17
125. Hardin-Simmons (TX) 4 0.4% 18.3 17
  UTEP 4 0.4% 24.0 23
127. 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
135. 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
142. 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
  Memphis 1 0.1% 25.0 25

Notes

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