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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 2009

1005 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Ohio State 769 76.5% 8.6 1
2. Michigan 757 75.3% 8.8 1
3. Notre Dame 712 70.8% 8.1 1
4. USC 689 68.6% 8.6 1
5. Oklahoma 688 68.5% 7.2 1
6. Texas 673 67.0% 8.6 1
7. Nebraska 654 65.1% 7.3 1
8. Alabama 645 64.2% 8.6 1
9. Penn State 577 57.4% 9.8 1
10. Tennessee 564 56.1% 10.3 1
11. Florida 517 51.4% 9.6 1
12. LSU 483 48.1% 10.9 1
13. Auburn 480 47.8% 11.1 1
  Georgia 480 47.8% 11.3 1
15. UCLA 477 47.5% 11.4 1
16. Florida State 452 45.0% 8.3 1
17. Miami (FL) 441 43.9% 8.3 1
18. Washington 389 38.7% 12.3 1
19. Arkansas 375 37.3% 11.5 1
20. Texas A&M 366 36.4% 12.2 1
21. Clemson 312 31.0% 14.4 1
22. Michigan State 303 30.1% 11.4 1
23. Colorado 293 29.2% 11.6 1
24. Pittsburgh 291 29.0% 11.9 1
25. Georgia Tech 285 28.4% 11.9 2
26. Iowa 284 28.3% 12.4 1
27. Wisconsin 265 26.4% 13.0 1
28. Arizona State 246 24.5% 14.1 2
29. Mississippi 244 24.3% 11.7 1
30. Virginia Tech 240 23.9% 12.9 2
31. West Virginia 237 23.6% 13.8 2
32. Purdue 236 23.5% 13.0 1
33. BYU 235 23.4% 15.2 1
34. North Carolina 229 22.8% 13.3 1
35. Missouri 213 21.2% 13.6 1
36. Syracuse 196 19.5% 13.8 1
37. California 193 19.2% 11.8 1
38. Maryland 190 18.9% 12.0 1
39. Stanford 187 18.6% 14.8 2
40. Oregon 186 18.5% 14.1 2
41. Illinois 176 17.5% 12.1 2
42. Virginia 166 16.5% 16.5 1
43. Kansas State 164 16.3% 12.8 2
44. Houston 163 16.2% 13.5 2
45. SMU 161 16.0% 11.5 1
46. Minnesota 159 15.8% 11.4 1
  Duke 159 15.8% 12.6 2
48. TCU 157 15.6% 13.8 1
49. Northwestern 150 14.9% 12.0 1
50. Oklahoma State 145 14.4% 14.7 3
  NC State 145 14.4% 17.2 3
52. Army (NY) 140 13.9% 7.1 1
  Boston College 140 13.9% 15.6 1
  Mississippi State 140 13.9% 17.4 7
55. Arizona 138 13.7% 15.0 3
56. Washington State 127 12.6% 15.5 3
57. Baylor 126 12.5% 13.7 3
58. Texas Tech 125 12.4% 15.3 2
59. Navy (MD) 122 12.1% 9.1 2
60. South Carolina 117 11.6% 16.4 2
61. Kansas 109 10.8% 14.1 2
62. Penn 89 8.9% 11.2 3
63. Louisville 81 8.1% 15.6 3
64. Kentucky 78 7.8% 12.8 3
  Oregon State 78 7.8% 14.9 4
66. Boise State 76 7.6% 14.3 4
  Air Force 76 7.6% 15.5 4
68. Rice (TX) 69 6.9% 13.2 5
69. Utah 63 6.3% 14.9 2
70. Tulane (LA) 59 5.9% 14.3 4
71. Wyoming 56 5.6% 16.5 6
72. Indiana 55 5.5% 15.1 4
73. Southern Miss 51 5.1% 20.3 9
74. Cornell (NY) 47 4.7% 10.7 1
75. Santa Clara (CA) 43 4.3% 12.7 5
76. Miami (OH) 42 4.2% 16.0 10
  Wake Forest (NC) 42 4.2% 18.4 11
78. Tulsa 41 4.1% 16.1 4
  Fresno State 41 4.1% 20.1 8
80. Fordham (NY) 40 4.0% 10.0 3
  Iowa State 40 4.0% 17.7 9
  Colorado State 40 4.0% 19.5 10
83. Holy Cross (MA) 39 3.9% 15.1 9
84. Toledo (OH) 38 3.8% 18.8 12
85. Dartmouth (NH) 37 3.7% 13.2 4
86. Cincinnati 35 3.5% 14.1 4
87. Yale (CT) 30 3.0% 13.6 5
88. Princeton (NJ) 29 2.9% 12.1 4
  Vanderbilt 29 2.9% 15.4 7
  Rutgers (NJ) 29 2.9% 17.3 7
91. East Carolina 28 2.8% 18.1 9
92. Hawaii 26 2.6% 19.0 10
93. Villanova (PA) 25 2.5% 13.8 6
94. South Florida 22 2.2% 16.6 2
95. Marshall (WV) 21 2.1% 15.9 10
96. Duquesne (PA) 20 2.0% 11.4 5
97. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 1.8% 6.3 2
98. William & Mary (VA) 16 1.6% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 1.6% 15.9 10
  Bowling Green (OH) 16 1.6% 21.4 15
101. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 1.5% 11.3 8
102. Pacific (CA) 14 1.4% 13.9 6
  San Diego State 14 1.4% 17.2 13
104. St. Mary's (CA) 13 1.3% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 1.3% 12.2 5
106. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 1.2% 11.4 5
107. Georgetown (DC) 11 1.1% 13.4 9
108. Randolph Field (TX) 10 1.0% 4.8 2
  Ball State 10 1.0% 18.1 12
110. Carnegie Mellon (PA) 9 0.9% 10.4 6
  Del Monte Pre-Flight (CA) 9 0.9% 13.0 8
112. San Francisco 8 0.8% 16.3 13
  Northern Illinois 8 0.8% 17.8 12
  Temple (PA) 8 0.8% 17.9 13
115. 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
119. 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
122. Norman Pre-Flight (OK) 5 0.5% 15.2 13
  El Toro Marines (CA) 5 0.5% 16.4 15
  Colorado College 5 0.5% 17.2 16
  VMI 5 0.5% 17.2 13
  Harvard (MA) 5 0.5% 18.2 17
  Connecticut 5 0.5% 20.2 16
  UTEP 5 0.5% 24.0 23
129. Hardin-Simmons (TX) 4 0.4% 18.3 17
130. 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
138. 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
  Central Michigan 2 0.2% 24.0 23
146. 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.