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Appearances in the AP Top 10 : 1936 to 1975

451 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Notre Dame 294 65.2% 4.6 1
2. Ohio State 236 52.3% 4.1 1
3. Oklahoma 219 48.6% 3.8 1
  Michigan 219 48.6% 5.2 1
5. USC 214 47.5% 5.1 1
6. Texas 206 45.7% 4.7 1
7. Alabama 195 43.2% 4.4 1
8. Nebraska 142 31.5% 5.2 1
9. Tennessee 139 30.8% 6.1 1
10. Michigan State 129 28.6% 3.9 1
11. Penn State 123 27.3% 6.6 2
12. Georgia Tech 118 26.2% 6.0 2
13. LSU 115 25.5% 6.5 1
14. UCLA 110 24.4% 5.6 1
15. Mississippi 108 23.9% 5.3 1
16. Army (NY) 104 23.1% 3.9 1
17. Arkansas 101 22.4% 6.1 1
18. Auburn 85 18.8% 6.2 1
19. Minnesota 79 17.5% 5.0 1
20. Navy (MD) 75 16.6% 5.3 2
21. Texas A&M 74 16.4% 5.0 1
  Purdue 74 16.4% 6.4 1
23. Georgia 64 14.2% 5.9 1
  Wisconsin 64 14.2% 6.4 1
  Northwestern 64 14.2% 6.5 1
26. Duke 57 12.6% 6.3 2
27. California 56 12.4% 4.8 1
  Illinois 56 12.4% 5.6 2
  Missouri 56 12.4% 7.1 1
30. Iowa 54 12.0% 5.1 1
31. Maryland 52 11.5% 4.1 1
32. Penn 45 10.0% 7.1 3
33. Pittsburgh 44 9.8% 5.0 1
34. Colorado 40 8.9% 7.3 2
35. Syracuse 38 8.4% 6.1 1
36. TCU 35 7.8% 6.5 1
37. Stanford 34 7.5% 6.7 2
  Washington 34 7.5% 7.3 3
39. Baylor 32 7.1% 8.1 3
40. SMU 29 6.4% 6.0 1
41. Florida 27 6.0% 8.0 4
42. Arizona State 24 5.3% 8.3 2
43. Kansas 23 5.1% 7.0 3
44. Cornell (NY) 22 4.9% 5.0 1
  North Carolina 22 4.9% 6.3 1
46. Fordham (NY) 20 4.4% 5.5 3
47. Kentucky 19 4.2% 6.5 3
48. Clemson 18 4.0% 8.8 5
49. Iowa Pre-Flight 17 3.8% 6.0 2
  Rice (TX) 17 3.8% 7.5 5
  Santa Clara (CA) 17 3.8% 7.7 5
  Miami (FL) 17 3.8% 7.9 5
53. Boston College 15 3.3% 6.2 1
  Indiana 15 3.3% 6.2 4
  Tulane (LA) 15 3.3% 6.7 4
56. Princeton (NJ) 14 3.1% 6.9 4
  Oregon State 14 3.1% 8.1 6
  West Virginia 14 3.1% 8.1 5
59. Air Force 12 2.7% 8.4 6
60. Houston 11 2.4% 8.1 2
61. Dartmouth (NH) 10 2.2% 6.5 4
  NC State 10 2.2% 7.4 3
63. Randolph Field (TX) 9 2.0% 3.3 2
64. Wyoming 8 1.8% 7.8 6
  Duquesne (PA) 8 1.8% 8.1 5
66. St. Mary's (CA) 7 1.6% 7.6 5
  March Field/4th AF (CA) 7 1.6% 9.0 8
68. Yale (CT) 6 1.3% 6.3 5
  Texas Tech 6 1.3% 9.7 9
70. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 5 1.1% 5.4 5
  Carnegie Mellon (PA) 5 1.1% 6.2 6
  Tulsa 5 1.1% 6.4 4
  Oklahoma State 5 1.1% 6.8 5
  Villanova (PA) 5 1.1% 8.4 6
  Georgetown (DC) 5 1.1% 9.2 9
  Pacific (CA) 5 1.1% 9.2 6
  Holy Cross (MA) 5 1.1% 9.6 9
78. Marquette (WI) 4 0.9% 7.3 4
  North Carolina Pre-Flight 4 0.9% 7.3 2
  Oregon 4 0.9% 9.0 7
  Vanderbilt 4 0.9% 9.3 7
  Virginia 4 0.9% 9.5 9
83. Great Lakes Naval (IL) 3 0.7% 5.7 5
  Mississippi State 3 0.7% 9.3 9
  Florida State 3 0.7% 10.0 10
86. Del Monte Pre-Flight (CA) 2 0.4% 9.0 8
  Washington State 2 0.4% 10.0 10
88. Arizona 1 0.2% 9.0 9
  Colgate (NY) 1 0.2% 9.0 9
  Columbia (NY) 1 0.2% 10.0 10
  Miami (OH) 1 0.2% 10.0 10
  Nevada 1 0.2% 10.0 10
  Utah State 1 0.2% 10.0 10

Notes

  • Teams in the latest poll are in bold.
  • Updated through January 9, 2024.