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September 18, 2016 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts 3WT CP Last Week
1 < 1 Alabama (50) SEC 3-0 1510 0 *1 W 48-43 A #19 Mississippi
2 < 3 Ohio State (4) Big Ten 3-0 1442 +2 *2 W 45-24 A #14 Oklahoma
3 < 10 Louisville (6) ACC 3-0 1406 +10 4 W 63-20 H #2 Florida State
4 < 4 Michigan (1) Big Ten 3-0 1277 +1 5 W 45-28 H Colorado
5 < 5 Clemson ACC 3-0 1258 -3 *3 W 59-0 H South Carolina State
6 < 6 Houston AAC 3-0 1245 0 7 W 40-16 A Cincinnati
7 < 7 Stanford Pac-12 2-0 1195 0 6 W 27-10 H USC
8 < 12 Michigan State Big Ten 2-0 1084 +4 8 W 36-28 A #18 Notre Dame
9 < 8 Washington Pac-12 3-0 1040 -1 9 W 41-3 H Portland State
10 < 17 Texas A&M SEC 3-0 890 +10 13 W 29-16 A Auburn
11 < 9 Wisconsin Big Ten 3-0 828 -1 10 W 23-17 H Georgia State
12 < 16 Georgia SEC 3-0 726 -3 11 W 28-27 A Missouri
13 < 2 Florida State ACC 2-1 722 -10 14 L 63-20 A #10 Louisville
14 < 15 Tennessee SEC 3-0 707 +3 12 W 28-19 H Ohio
15 < 25 Miami (FL) ACC 3-0 565 +10 19 W 45-10 A Appalachian State
16 < 21 Baylor Big 12 3-0 529 +7 15 W 38-10 A Rice
17 < 24 Arkansas SEC 3-0 528 +9 18 W 42-3 H Texas State
18 < 20 LSU SEC 2-1 517 +3 17 W 23-20 H Mississippi State
19 < 23 Florida SEC 3-0 479 +7 16 W 32-0 H North Texas
20 < NR Nebraska Big Ten 3-0 420 +6 20 W 35-32 H #22 Oregon
21 < 11 Texas Big 12 2-1 196 -10 24 L 50-43 A California
22 < NR San Diego State MWC 3-0 183 +4 RV W 42-28 A Northern Illinois
23 < 19 Mississippi SEC 1-2 172 -4 21 L 48-43 H #1 Alabama
24 < NR Utah Pac-12 3-0 154 +2 23 W 34-17 A San Jose State
25 < 14 Oklahoma Big 12 1-2 139 -11 RV L 45-24 H #3 Ohio State
RV < NR TCU Big 12 2-1 132 -11 21 W 41-20 H Iowa State
RV < NR North Dakota State MVC 3-0 74 0 NR W 23-21 A #13 Iowa
RV < NR UCLA Pac-12 2-1 74 0 RV W 17-14 A BYU
RV < NR Boise State MWC 2-0 69 0 RV DNP
RV < 13 Iowa Big Ten 2-1 47 -10 25 L 23-21 H North Dakota State
RV < NR California Pac-12 2-1 44 0 RV W 50-43 H #11 Texas
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 2-1 42 -4 RV W 45-38 H Pittsburgh
RV < 18 Notre Dame Ind 1-2 32 -8 RV L 36-28 H #12 Michigan State
RV < 22 Oregon Pac-12 2-1 23 -2 RV L 35-32 A Nebraska
RV < NR Georgia Tech ACC 3-0 17 0 RV W 38-7 H Vanderbilt
RV < NR North Carolina ACC 2-1 17 0 RV W 56-28 H James Madison
RV < NR Central Michigan MAC 3-0 16 0 RV W 44-21 H UNLV
RV < NR South Florida AAC 3-0 7 0 RV W 45-20 A Syracuse
RV < NR Toledo MAC 3-0 6 0 RV W 52-17 H Fresno State
RV < NR Western Michigan MAC 3-0 6 0 RV W 34-10 A Illinois
RV < NR Arizona State Pac-12 3-0 3 0 RV W 32-28 A UTSA
RV < NR Maryland Big Ten 3-0 3 0 RV W 30-24 (2OT) A UCF
RV < NR Virginia Tech ACC 2-1 1 0 NR W 49-0 H Boston College
NR < NR Army Ind 3-0 0 0 RV W 66-14 A UTEP
NR < NR Auburn SEC 1-2 0 0 RV L 29-16 H #17 Texas A&M
NR < NR Kansas State Big 12 1-1 0 0 RV W 63-7 H Florida Atlantic
NR < NR Memphis AAC 2-0 0 0 RV W 43-7 H Kansas
NR < NR Minnesota Big Ten 2-0 0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Navy AAC 3-0 0 0 RV W 21-14 A Tulane
NR < NR West Virginia Big 12 2-0 0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Western Kentucky CUSA 2-1 0 0 RV W 31-24 A Miami (OH)

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 8 14.3 5529
Big Ten 5 9.0 5051
ACC 4 9.0 3951
Pac-12 3 13.3 2389
Big 12 3 20.7 864
AAC 1 6.0 1245
MWC 1 22.0 183

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- Louisville makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 12/3/2006 poll (151 polls)
- Nebraska makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 12/7/2014 poll (20 polls)
- San Diego State makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 11/7/1995 poll (341 polls)
- Texas A&M makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 10/11/2015 poll (12 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Alabama's Top 5 streak reaches 10
- Iowa's Top 25 streak ends at 14
- Notre Dame's Top 25 streak ends at 19
- Ohio State's Top 25 streak reaches 70
- Oklahoma's Top 25 streak reaches 20

Total Appearances:
- Florida reaches 570 appearances
- San Diego State ties two others for #103

Miscellaneous:
- The Big 12 does not have a team ranked in the Top 15 for the first time since their inception (1996).
- Louisville received first-place votes for just the second time in their history. They received one in the 2005 preseason poll.

Notes

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  • The 3WT (3 Week AP Ranking Trend) column represents the net change in AP ranking over the last three weeks by comparing the rank from two weeks ago to the current rank (three total rankings). If a team was not ranked two weeks ago, they are given a default rank of 26 whether they received votes or not. This may or may not be a permanent feature, or it could be changed to four weeks.
  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.