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September 11, 2016 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts 3WT CP Last Week
1 < 1 Alabama (56) SEC 2-0 1520 0 *1 W 38-10 H Western Kentucky
2 < 3 Florida State (4) ACC 2-0 1437 +2 *2 W 52-8 H Charleston Southern
3 < 4 Ohio State Big Ten 2-0 1359 +3 4 W 48-3 H Tulsa
4 < 5 Michigan (1) Big Ten 2-0 1298 +3 5 W 51-14 H UCF
5 < 2 Clemson ACC 2-0 1284 -3 *3 W 30-24 H Troy
6 < 6 Houston AAC 2-0 1264 +9 7 W 42-0 H Lamar
7 < 7 Stanford Pac-12 1-0 1137 +1 6 DNP
8 < 8 Washington Pac-12 2-0 983 +6 9 W 59-14 H Idaho
9 < 10 Wisconsin Big Ten 2-0 893 +17 12 W 54-10 H Akron
10 < 13 Louisville ACC 2-0 890 +9 10 W 62-28 A Syracuse
11 < 11 Texas Big 12 2-0 872 +15 16 W 41-7 H UTEP
12 < 12 Michigan State Big Ten 1-0 747 0 8 DNP
13 < 16 Iowa Big Ten 2-0 694 +4 11 W 42-3 H Iowa State
14 < 14 Oklahoma Big 12 1-1 686 -11 14 W 59-17 H Louisiana-Monroe
15 < 17 Tennessee SEC 2-0 665 -6 15 W 45-24 N Virginia Tech (Battle at Bristol)
16 < 9 Georgia SEC 2-0 584 +2 13 W 26-24 H Nicholls State
17 < 20 Texas A&M SEC 2-0 564 +9 20 W 67-0 H Prairie View A&M
18 < 18 Notre Dame Ind 1-1 526 -8 18 W 39-10 H Nevada
19 < 19 Mississippi SEC 1-1 473 -8 17 W 38-13 H Wofford
20 < 21 LSU SEC 1-1 391 -15 22 W 34-13 H Jacksonville State
21 < 23 Baylor Big 12 2-0 305 +2 19 W 40-13 H SMU
22 < 24 Oregon Pac-12 2-0 292 +2 21 W 44-26 H Virginia
23 < NR Florida SEC 2-0 205 +2 23 W 45-7 H Kentucky
24 < NR Arkansas SEC 2-0 198 +2 24 W 41-38 (2OT) A #15 TCU
25 < 25 Miami (FL) ACC 2-0 197 +1 25 W 38-10 H Florida Atlantic
RV < 15 TCU Big 12 1-1 62 -13 RV L 41-38 (2OT) H Arkansas
RV < NR Utah Pac-12 2-0 62 0 RV W 20-19 H BYU
RV < NR San Diego State MWC 2-0 51 0 RV W 45-40 H California
RV < NR UCLA Pac-12 1-1 47 -10 RV W 42-21 H UNLV
RV < NR Boise State MWC 2-0 42 0 RV W 31-28 H Washington State
RV < NR Pittsburgh ACC 2-0 39 0 RV W 42-39 H Penn State
RV < 22 Oklahoma State Big 12 1-1 22 -5 RV L 30-27 H Central Michigan
RV < NR Nebraska Big Ten 2-0 11 0 RV W 52-17 H Wyoming
RV < NR North Carolina ACC 1-1 10 -4 RV W 48-23 H Illinois
RV < NR Auburn SEC 1-1 7 0 RV W 51-14 H Arkansas State
RV < NR Central Michigan MAC 2-0 4 0 RV W 30-27 A #22 Oklahoma State
RV < NR Colorado Pac-12 2-0 2 0 RV W 56-7 H Idaho State
RV < NR Arizona State Pac-12 2-0 1 0 RV W 68-55 H Texas Tech
RV < NR Cincinnati AAC 2-0 1 0 NR W 38-20 A Purdue
NR < NR Appalachian State Sun Belt 1-1 0 0 RV W 31-7 H Old Dominion
NR < NR Georgia Southern Sun Belt 2-0 0 0 RV W 24-9 A South Alabama
NR < NR Marshall CUSA 1-0 0 0 RV W 62-0 H Morgan State
NR < NR Minnesota Big Ten 2-0 0 0 RV W 58-28 H Indiana State
NR < NR Navy AAC 2-0 0 0 RV W 28-24 H Connecticut
NR < NR South Florida AAC 2-0 0 0 RV W 48-17 H Northern Illinois
NR < NR Toledo MAC 2-0 0 0 RV W 45-3 H Maine
NR < NR West Virginia Big 12 2-0 0 0 RV W 38-21 H Youngstown State
NR < NR Western Kentucky CUSA 1-1 0 0 RV L 38-10 A #1 Alabama
NR < NR Western Michigan MAC 2-0 0 0 RV W 70-21 H North Carolina Central

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 8 16.9 4600
Big Ten 5 8.2 4991
ACC 4 10.5 3808
Pac-12 3 12.3 2412
Big 12 3 15.3 1863
AAC 1 6.0 1264
Ind 1 18.0 526

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- Arkansas makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/8/2015 poll (16 polls)
- Louisville makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 10/13/2013 poll (44 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Oklahoma State's Top 25 streak ends at 16
- TCU's Top 25 streak ends at 30

Total Appearances:
- Baylor ties Maryland for #43
- Clemson reaches 390 appearances
- Michigan reaches 810 appearances
- Notre Dame reaches 770 appearances
- Oregon reaches 280 appearances and ties Arizona State for #29

Miscellaneous:
- The last time any conference had eight or more teams ranked in the Top 25 was all the way back... in the 9/8/2015 poll when the SEC had a record 10 teams ranked. No other conference has had more than seven teams ranked in one poll.
- The SEC had only one team in the Top 10. This also happened in the 11/29/2015 and 12/6/2015 polls, but before that it last happened in the 11/14/2004 poll.

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
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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.