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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 2013

1070 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Ohio State 821 76.7% 8.5 1
2. Michigan 795 74.3% 9.3 1
3. Oklahoma 753 70.4% 7.5 1
4. Notre Dame 739 69.1% 8.3 1
5. USC 723 67.6% 9.0 1
6. Alabama 710 66.4% 8.1 1
7. Nebraska 702 65.6% 7.9 1
  Texas 702 65.6% 8.9 1
9. Penn State 590 55.1% 10.0 1
10. Tennessee 565 52.8% 10.3 1
11. Florida 555 51.9% 9.9 1
12. LSU 548 51.2% 10.5 1
13. Georgia 519 48.5% 11.4 1
14. Auburn 513 47.9% 11.1 1
15. Florida State 506 47.3% 8.6 1
16. UCLA 503 47.0% 11.7 1
17. Miami (FL) 460 43.0% 8.6 1
18. Arkansas 409 38.2% 11.5 1
19. Texas A&M 408 38.1% 12.4 1
20. Washington 399 37.3% 12.5 1
21. Clemson 358 33.5% 13.9 1
22. Michigan State 342 32.0% 11.6 1
23. Wisconsin 314 29.3% 13.1 1
24. Iowa 297 27.8% 12.5 1
25. Georgia Tech 295 27.6% 12.1 2
26. Colorado 293 27.4% 11.6 1
27. Pittsburgh 292 27.3% 11.9 1
28. Virginia Tech 273 25.5% 13.1 2
29. West Virginia 268 25.0% 14.2 2
30. Arizona State 263 24.6% 14.5 2
31. Oregon 251 23.5% 11.7 1
  Stanford 251 23.5% 13.5 2
33. Mississippi 249 23.3% 11.9 1
34. Missouri 237 22.1% 13.6 1
35. Purdue 236 22.1% 13.0 1
  BYU 236 22.1% 15.3 1
37. North Carolina 230 21.5% 13.3 1
38. Syracuse 196 18.3% 13.8 1
39. California 193 18.0% 11.8 1
  Oklahoma State 193 18.0% 14.1 2
41. Maryland 192 17.9% 12.2 1
  TCU 192 17.9% 13.5 1
43. Kansas State 191 17.9% 12.6 2
44. Illinois 181 16.9% 12.3 2
  South Carolina 181 16.9% 15.1 2
46. Houston 174 16.3% 13.6 2
47. Virginia 167 15.6% 16.6 1
48. Duke 164 15.3% 12.9 2
49. SMU 161 15.0% 11.5 1
  Northwestern 161 15.0% 12.5 1
  Mississippi State 161 15.0% 17.8 7
52. Minnesota 159 14.9% 11.4 1
53. Baylor 156 14.6% 14.1 3
54. Arizona 152 14.2% 15.3 3
55. NC State 149 13.9% 17.3 3
56. Army (NY) 140 13.1% 7.1 1
  Boston College 140 13.1% 15.6 1
58. Texas Tech 139 13.0% 15.8 2
59. Washington State 127 11.9% 15.5 3
60. Navy (MD) 122 11.4% 9.1 2
61. Boise State 119 11.1% 12.5 2
62. Louisville 113 10.6% 15.7 3
63. Kansas 109 10.2% 14.1 2
64. Oregon State 95 8.9% 15.2 4
65. Penn 89 8.3% 11.2 3
66. Kentucky 78 7.3% 12.8 3
  Air Force 78 7.3% 15.7 4
68. Utah 77 7.2% 14.9 2
69. Rice (TX) 69 6.4% 13.2 5
70. Tulane (LA) 59 5.5% 14.3 4
71. Wyoming 56 5.2% 16.5 6
  Southern Miss 56 5.2% 20.5 9
73. Indiana 55 5.1% 15.1 4
74. Fresno State 53 5.0% 19.8 8
75. Cornell (NY) 47 4.4% 10.7 1
76. Santa Clara (CA) 43 4.0% 12.7 5
77. Miami (OH) 42 3.9% 16.0 10
  Tulsa 42 3.9% 16.3 4
  Wake Forest (NC) 42 3.9% 18.4 11
80. Cincinnati 41 3.8% 15.4 4
81. Fordham (NY) 40 3.7% 10.0 3
  Iowa State 40 3.7% 17.7 9
  Colorado State 40 3.7% 19.5 10
84. Holy Cross (MA) 39 3.6% 15.1 9
  Toledo (OH) 39 3.6% 18.9 12
86. Dartmouth (NH) 37 3.5% 13.2 4
  Rutgers (NJ) 37 3.5% 18.1 7
88. Vanderbilt 31 2.9% 15.9 7
89. Yale (CT) 30 2.8% 13.6 5
90. Princeton (NJ) 29 2.7% 12.1 4
91. East Carolina 28 2.6% 18.1 9
  Hawaii 28 2.6% 19.4 10
93. South Florida 26 2.4% 17.0 2
94. Villanova (PA) 25 2.3% 13.8 6
95. Northern Illinois 23 2.1% 19.9 12
96. Marshall (WV) 21 2.0% 15.9 10
97. Duquesne (PA) 20 1.9% 11.4 5
98. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 1.7% 6.3 2
99. William & Mary (VA) 16 1.5% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 1.5% 15.9 10
  Nevada 16 1.5% 17.2 10
  Bowling Green (OH) 16 1.5% 21.4 15
103. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 1.4% 11.3 8
104. Pacific (CA) 14 1.3% 13.9 6
  San Diego State 14 1.3% 17.2 13
106. St. Mary's (CA) 13 1.2% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 1.2% 12.2 5
108. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 1.1% 11.4 5
109. Georgetown (DC) 11 1.0% 13.4 9
  UCF 11 1.0% 17.6 10
111. Randolph Field (TX) 10 0.9% 4.8 2
  Ball State 10 0.9% 18.1 12
113. Carnegie Mellon (PA) 9 0.8% 10.4 6
  Del Monte Pre-Flight (CA) 9 0.8% 13.0 8
  Ohio 9 0.8% 18.8 15
116. San Francisco 8 0.7% 16.3 13
  Temple (PA) 8 0.7% 17.9 13
118. 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
  Utah State 7 0.7% 18.0 10
122. New Mexico State 6 0.6% 16.5 14
  2nd Air Force 6 0.6% 18.0 15
  Connecticut 6 0.6% 21.0 16
  Louisiana Tech 6 0.6% 22.0 19
126. 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
  San Jose State (CA) 5 0.5% 20.4 18
  Kent State (OH) 5 0.5% 22.0 18
  UTEP 5 0.5% 24.0 23
134. Hardin-Simmons (TX) 4 0.4% 18.3 17
135. Southwestern (TX) 3 0.3% 13.3 11
  Memphis Naval 3 0.3% 15.7 13
  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
141. 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
149. 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
  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
  Memphis 1 0.1% 25.0 25

Notes

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