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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 2017

1135 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Ohio State 886 78.1% 8.3 1
2. Michigan 833 73.4% 9.3 1
3. Oklahoma 814 71.7% 7.7 1
4. Notre Dame 783 69.0% 8.4 1
5. Alabama 775 68.3% 7.7 1
6. USC 764 67.3% 9.2 1
7. Nebraska 728 64.1% 8.2 1
8. Texas 707 62.3% 9.0 1
9. Penn State 614 54.1% 9.9 1
10. LSU 601 53.0% 11.0 1
11. Florida 588 51.8% 10.3 1
12. Tennessee 582 51.3% 10.5 1
13. Georgia 563 49.6% 11.3 1
14. Florida State 559 49.3% 8.6 1
  Auburn 559 49.3% 11.1 1
16. UCLA 532 46.9% 11.8 1
17. Miami (FL) 483 42.6% 8.8 1
18. Texas A&M 436 38.4% 12.4 1
19. Washington 432 38.1% 12.2 1
20. Clemson 419 36.9% 13.0 1
21. Arkansas 417 36.7% 11.6 1
22. Michigan State 390 34.4% 11.4 1
23. Wisconsin 367 32.3% 13.0 1
24. Iowa 314 27.7% 12.6 1
25. Georgia Tech 306 27.0% 12.2 2
26. Colorado 302 26.6% 11.7 1
27. Virginia Tech 297 26.2% 13.5 2
28. Pittsburgh 296 26.1% 12.1 1
29. Stanford 294 25.9% 13.6 2
30. West Virginia 290 25.6% 14.6 2
31. Mississippi 289 25.5% 12.2 1
32. Oregon 281 24.8% 11.4 1
33. Arizona State 280 24.7% 14.5 2
34. Missouri 252 22.2% 14.0 1
35. North Carolina 245 21.6% 13.5 1
36. BYU 242 21.3% 15.4 1
37. TCU 238 21.0% 12.6 1
38. Oklahoma State 237 20.9% 14.2 2
39. Purdue 236 20.8% 13.0 1
40. Kansas State 211 18.6% 12.9 2
41. Baylor 200 17.6% 13.0 2
42. California 197 17.4% 12.0 1
43. Syracuse 196 17.3% 13.8 1
44. Houston 193 17.0% 13.6 2
45. Maryland 192 16.9% 12.2 1
46. Mississippi State 189 16.7% 17.2 1
47. South Carolina 186 16.4% 15.1 2
48. Illinois 181 15.9% 12.3 2
49. Northwestern 176 15.5% 13.0 1
50. Duke 171 15.1% 13.3 2
51. Arizona 168 14.8% 15.4 3
52. Virginia 167 14.7% 16.6 1
53. SMU 161 14.2% 11.5 1
54. Minnesota 160 14.1% 11.5 1
55. NC State 156 13.7% 17.5 3
56. Washington State 148 13.0% 16.0 3
57. Louisville 141 12.4% 15.3 3
58. Army (NY) 140 12.3% 7.1 1
  Boston College 140 12.3% 15.6 1
  Texas Tech 140 12.3% 15.8 2
61. Boise State 139 12.2% 13.7 2
62. Navy (MD) 133 11.7% 10.1 2
63. Utah 115 10.1% 15.9 2
64. Kansas 109 9.6% 14.1 2
65. Oregon State 95 8.4% 15.2 4
66. Penn 89 7.8% 11.2 3
67. Kentucky 78 6.9% 12.8 3
  Air Force 78 6.9% 15.7 4
69. Rice (TX) 69 6.1% 13.2 5
70. Tulane (LA) 59 5.2% 14.3 4
71. Wyoming 56 4.9% 16.5 6
  Southern Miss 56 4.9% 20.5 9
73. Indiana 55 4.8% 15.1 4
74. Fresno State 54 4.8% 19.9 8
75. Cornell (NY) 47 4.1% 10.7 1
76. Toledo (OH) 45 4.0% 19.3 12
77. South Florida 44 3.9% 18.5 2
78. Santa Clara (CA) 43 3.8% 12.7 5
  Iowa State 43 3.8% 18.0 9
  Colorado State 43 3.8% 19.7 10
81. Miami (OH) 42 3.7% 16.0 10
  Tulsa 42 3.7% 16.3 4
  Wake Forest (NC) 42 3.7% 18.4 11
84. Cincinnati 41 3.6% 15.4 4
85. Fordham (NY) 40 3.5% 10.0 3
86. Holy Cross (MA) 39 3.4% 15.1 9
87. Dartmouth (NH) 37 3.3% 13.2 4
  Rutgers (NJ) 37 3.3% 18.1 7
89. East Carolina 34 3.0% 18.5 9
90. Vanderbilt 31 2.7% 15.9 7
91. Yale (CT) 30 2.6% 13.6 5
92. Princeton (NJ) 29 2.6% 12.1 4
  Marshall (WV) 29 2.6% 17.6 10
94. Hawaii 28 2.5% 19.4 10
95. Villanova (PA) 25 2.2% 13.8 6
96. Northern Illinois 23 2.0% 19.9 12
97. UCF 22 1.9% 16.5 6
  San Diego State 22 1.9% 18.6 13
99. Duquesne (PA) 20 1.8% 11.4 5
100. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 1.6% 6.3 2
101. William & Mary (VA) 16 1.4% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 1.4% 15.9 10
  Nevada 16 1.4% 17.2 10
  Temple (PA) 16 1.4% 20.1 13
  Bowling Green (OH) 16 1.4% 21.4 15
106. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 1.3% 11.3 8
  Memphis 15 1.3% 20.7 15
108. Pacific (CA) 14 1.2% 13.9 6
109. St. Mary's (CA) 13 1.1% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 1.1% 12.2 5
111. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 1.1% 11.4 5
112. Georgetown (DC) 11 1.0% 13.4 9
113. Randolph Field (TX) 10 0.9% 4.8 2
  Western Michigan 10 0.9% 16.3 12
  Ball State 10 0.9% 18.1 12
116. 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
119. San Francisco 8 0.7% 16.3 13
120. North Carolina Pre-Flight 7 0.6% 11.9 2
  Marquette (WI) 7 0.6% 12.0 4
  George Washington (DC) 7 0.6% 16.4 14
  Utah State 7 0.6% 18.0 10
124. New Mexico State 6 0.5% 16.5 14
  2nd Air Force 6 0.5% 18.0 15
  Connecticut 6 0.5% 21.0 16
  Louisiana Tech 6 0.5% 22.0 19
128. Norman Pre-Flight (OK) 5 0.4% 15.2 13
  El Toro Marines (CA) 5 0.4% 16.4 15
  Colorado College 5 0.4% 17.2 16
  VMI 5 0.4% 17.2 13
  Harvard (MA) 5 0.4% 18.2 17
  San Jose State (CA) 5 0.4% 20.4 18
  Kent State (OH) 5 0.4% 22.0 18
  UTEP 5 0.4% 24.0 23
136. Hardin-Simmons (TX) 4 0.4% 18.3 17
137. 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
143. 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
  Western Kentucky 2 0.2% 24.5 24
152. 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
  Troy (AL) 1 0.1% 25.0 25

Notes

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