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September 23, 2018 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts 3WT CP Last Week
1 < 1 Alabama (60) SEC 4-0 1523 0 1 W 45-23 H #22 Texas A&M
2 < 2 Georgia SEC 4-0 1422 +1 3 W 43-29 A Missouri
3 < 3 Clemson (1) ACC 4-0 1409 -1 2 W 49-21 A Georgia Tech
4 < 4 Ohio State Big Ten 4-0 1363 0 4 W 49-6 H Tulane
5 < 6 LSU SEC 4-0 1238 +7 6 W 38-21 H Louisiana Tech
6 < 5 Oklahoma Big 12 4-0 1201 -1 5 W 28-21 (1OT) H Army
7 < 7 Stanford Pac-12 4-0 1143 +2 7 W 38-31 (1OT) A #20 Oregon
8 < 8 Notre Dame Ind 4-0 1067 0 8 W 56-27 A Wake Forest
9 < 10 Penn State Big Ten 4-0 1001 +2 9 W 63-24 A Illinois
10 < 9 Auburn SEC 3-1 987 -3 10 W 34-3 H Arkansas
11 < 10 Washington Pac-12 3-1 946 -1 11 W 27-20 H Arizona State
12 < 12 West Virginia Big 12 3-0 923 +2 12 W 35-6 H Kansas State
13 < 16 UCF AAC 3-0 727 +5 14 W 56-36 H Florida Atlantic
14 < 19 Michigan Big Ten 3-1 698 +5 15 W 56-10 H Nebraska
15 < 18 Wisconsin Big Ten 3-1 662 -9 13 W 28-17 A Iowa
16 < 21 Miami (FL) ACC 3-1 571 +5 16 W 31-17 H Florida International
17 < NR Kentucky SEC 4-0 541 +9 17 W 28-7 H #14 Mississippi State
18 < NR Texas Big 12 3-1 308 -- 22 W 31-16 H #17 TCU
19 < 20 Oregon Pac-12 3-1 297 +1 20 L 38-31 (1OT) H #7 Stanford
20 < 25 BYU Ind 3-1 270 -- RV W 30-3 H McNeese
21 < 24 Michigan State Big Ten 2-1 256 +4 18 W 35-21 A Indiana
22 < NR Duke ACC 4-0 244 +4 23 W 55-13 H North Carolina Central
23 < 14 Mississippi State SEC 3-1 241 -7 19 L 28-7 A Kentucky
24 < NR California Pac-12 3-0 118 -- RV DNP
25 < NR Texas Tech Big 12 3-1 106 -- RV W 41-17 A #15 Oklahoma State
RV < NR Colorado Pac-12 3-0 83 -- RV DNP
RV < NR Boise State MWC 2-1 58 -9 25 DNP
RV < 13 Virginia Tech ACC 2-1 55 -13 24 L 49-35 A Old Dominion
RV < NR South Florida AAC 4-0 50 -- RV W 20-13 H East Carolina
RV < 15 Oklahoma State Big 12 3-1 44 -2 21 L 41-17 H Texas Tech
RV < 22 Texas A&M SEC 2-2 41 -- RV L 45-23 A #1 Alabama
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 3-1 31 -- RV L 28-17 H #18 Wisconsin
RV < NR South Carolina SEC 2-1 31 -- RV W 37-14 A Vanderbilt
RV < NR Florida SEC 3-1 29 -- RV W 47-21 A Tennessee
RV < NR NC State ACC 3-0 28 -- RV W 37-20 A Marshall
RV < NR Syracuse ACC 4-0 25 -- RV W 51-21 H Connecticut
RV < 17 TCU Big 12 2-2 24 -11 RV L 31-16 A Texas
RV < NR Cincinnati AAC 4-0 10 -- RV W 34-30 H Ohio
RV < NR North Texas CUSA 4-0 10 -- RV W 47-7 A Liberty
RV < NR Utah Pac-12 2-1 9 -- RV DNP
RV < NR Mississippi SEC 3-1 7 -- NR W 38-17 H Kent State
RV < NR Missouri SEC 3-1 7 -- RV L 43-29 H #2 Georgia
RV < NR Buffalo MAC 4-0 6 -- RV W 42-13 A Rutgers
RV < NR Maryland Big Ten 3-1 6 -- RV W 42-13 H Minnesota
RV < NR San Diego State MWC 3-1 5 -- RV W 23-20 (1OT) H Eastern Michigan
RV < NR Arizona State Pac-12 2-2 4 -3 RV L 27-20 A #10 Washington
NR < 23 Boston College ACC 3-1 0 -- RV L 30-13 A Purdue
NR < NR Appalachian State Sun Belt 2-1 0 -- RV W 72-7 H Gardner-Webb
NR < NR Arkansas State Sun Belt 3-1 0 -- RV W 27-20 H UNLV
NR < NR Army Ind 2-2 0 -- RV L 28-21 (1OT) A #5 Oklahoma
NR < NR Troy Sun Belt 3-1 0 -- RV W 35-27 A Louisiana-Monroe
NR < NR USC Pac-12 2-2 0 -4 RV W 39-36 H Washington State
NR < NR Virginia ACC 3-1 0 -- RV W 27-3 H Louisville
NR < NR Washington State Pac-12 3-1 0 -- RV L 39-36 A USC

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 6 9.7 5952
Big Ten 5 12.6 3980
Pac-12 4 15.3 2504
Big 12 4 15.3 2538
ACC 3 13.7 2224
Ind 2 14.0 1337
AAC 1 13.0 727

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- California makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 10/18/2015 poll (44 polls)
- Duke makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 10/25/2015 poll (43 polls)
- Kentucky makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 11/11/2007 poll (171 polls)
- LSU makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 2016 preseason poll (35 polls)
- Texas Tech makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 10/8/2017 poll (13 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- LSU's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Ohio State's Top 10 streak reaches 10
- TCU's Top 25 streak ends at 19

Total Appearances:
- Alabama reaches 780 appearances (#5)
- Texas Tech ties two others for #58
- Washington ties Texas A&M for #18

Notes

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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.