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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 2005

940 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Michigan 731 77.8% 8.8 1
2. Ohio State 704 74.9% 8.8 1
3. Notre Dame 691 73.5% 8.0 1
4. Oklahoma 629 66.9% 7.1 1
5. Nebraska 625 66.5% 6.7 1
  USC 625 66.5% 8.9 1
7. Texas 608 64.7% 8.8 1
8. Alabama 607 64.6% 8.8 1
9. Tennessee 535 56.9% 9.9 1
10. Penn State 533 56.7% 9.6 1
11. UCLA 473 50.3% 11.4 1
12. Florida 452 48.1% 10.3 1
13. Auburn 445 47.3% 11.0 1
14. Florida State 435 46.3% 7.9 1
15. Georgia 434 46.2% 11.2 1
16. Miami (FL) 422 44.9% 8.0 1
  LSU 422 44.9% 11.4 1
18. Washington 388 41.3% 12.3 1
19. Arkansas 361 38.4% 11.4 1
20. Texas A&M 356 37.9% 11.9 1
21. Michigan State 293 31.2% 11.1 1
  Colorado 293 31.2% 11.6 1
23. Clemson 281 29.9% 13.9 1
24. Pittsburgh 273 29.0% 11.5 1
25. Iowa 263 28.0% 12.3 1
26. Georgia Tech 252 26.8% 11.3 2
27. Purdue 235 25.0% 13.0 1
28. Wisconsin 232 24.7% 12.8 1
29. Mississippi 231 24.6% 11.5 1
30. Arizona State 227 24.1% 14.0 2
31. North Carolina 218 23.2% 12.9 1
32. Syracuse 196 20.9% 13.8 1
33. West Virginia 194 20.6% 14.7 3
34. BYU 193 20.5% 14.8 1
35. Virginia Tech 188 20.0% 12.6 2
36. Maryland 185 19.7% 11.7 1
37. Stanford 183 19.5% 14.7 2
38. Missouri 176 18.7% 13.6 1
39. Illinois 165 17.6% 11.6 2
40. Kansas State 162 17.2% 12.7 2
41. SMU 161 17.1% 11.5 1
42. Virginia 160 17.0% 16.4 1
43. Duke 159 16.9% 12.6 2
44. Minnesota 157 16.7% 11.3 1
45. California 156 16.6% 11.1 1
46. Houston 152 16.2% 13.2 2
47. Northwestern 147 15.6% 11.8 1
48. NC State 145 15.4% 17.2 3
49. Army (NY) 140 14.9% 7.1 1
  Mississippi State 140 14.9% 17.4 7
51. Oregon 138 14.7% 14.1 2
52. Arizona 134 14.3% 14.8 3
53. Baylor 126 13.4% 13.7 3
  Washington State 126 13.4% 15.4 3
55. Navy (MD) 122 13.0% 9.1 2
  TCU 122 13.0% 13.9 1
57. Oklahoma State 118 12.6% 15.0 3
58. Boston College 111 11.8% 15.6 1
59. South Carolina 103 11.0% 16.2 2
60. Texas Tech 101 10.7% 16.1 5
61. Penn 89 9.5% 11.2 3
62. Kansas 82 8.7% 13.8 3
63. Air Force 76 8.1% 15.5 4
64. Kentucky 70 7.4% 12.4 3
65. Rice (TX) 69 7.3% 13.2 5
66. Oregon State 65 6.9% 13.8 4
67. Louisville 61 6.5% 18.0 6
68. Tulane (LA) 59 6.3% 14.3 4
69. Wyoming 56 6.0% 16.5 6
70. Indiana 55 5.9% 15.1 4
71. Southern Miss 51 5.4% 20.3 9
72. Cornell (NY) 47 5.0% 10.7 1
73. Santa Clara (CA) 43 4.6% 12.7 5
74. Miami (OH) 42 4.5% 16.0 10
75. Fordham (NY) 40 4.3% 10.0 3
  Iowa State 40 4.3% 17.7 9
  Colorado State 40 4.3% 19.5 10
78. Holy Cross (MA) 39 4.1% 15.1 9
79. Tulsa 38 4.0% 15.7 4
  Toledo (OH) 38 4.0% 18.8 12
81. Dartmouth (NH) 37 3.9% 13.2 4
82. Fresno State 36 3.8% 19.8 8
83. Utah 35 3.7% 14.5 4
84. Yale (CT) 30 3.2% 13.6 5
85. Princeton (NJ) 29 3.1% 12.1 4
86. Boise State 26 2.8% 17.6 10
87. Villanova (PA) 25 2.7% 13.8 6
  Vanderbilt 25 2.7% 14.8 7
  East Carolina 25 2.7% 18.2 9
90. Wake Forest (NC) 24 2.6% 17.3 11
91. Marshall (WV) 21 2.2% 15.9 10
92. Duquesne (PA) 20 2.1% 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 0.7% 11.9 2
  Marquette (WI) 7 0.7% 12.0 4
  George Washington (DC) 7 0.7% 16.4 14
  Ohio 7 0.7% 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
  UTEP 5 0.5% 24.0 23
126. Hardin-Simmons (TX) 4 0.4% 18.3 17
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.