Appearances

Total, Preseason, Final Polls | Weekly, Season Streaks | Last

Miscellaneous

National Championships

Number 1 vs Number 2

AP #1 Game Results

Total Points in the AP Poll

Preseason vs Final Rankings of #1 Teams

AP Polls With Unanimous #1

AP Polls with ties at #1:
November 27, 1939
October 27, 1941
October 20, 1992
August 26, 2002

AP Preseason #1 that Finished #1 with Fewest Regular-Season Weeks at #1:
1985 Oklahoma (1)
1978 Alabama (2)
1975 Oklahoma (4)
1974 Oklahoma (5)
1951 Tennessee (5)

AP Poll vs Harris Poll (preseason poll argument)

AP #1 wins but drops to #2

Most Points Allowed in One Game By an AP National Champion

January 7, 1948 Special Poll (Michigan/Notre Dame controversy)

November 15, 1934 Poll

Dates of Preseason/First Polls 1995-Present

Never Been Ranked

AP Voting Guidelines

FBS Scoring Streaks

Research from Others

If you have some research that you would like to publish here, or know of some located elsewhere on the internet, please contact me.

20-Year AP Top 25 Trends, Brian Fremeau, BCF Toys, March 2010.

Connectivity in College Football: 1989 vs. 2009, Brian Fremeau, BCF Toys, March 2010.

Ranking high: scientific proof that preseason polls matter, Scott Albrecht, College Football by the Numbers, August 2009.

Rectifying a Stupid Conclusion - Preseason Polls, Scott Albrecht, College Football by the Numbers, August 2008.

Games Where #1 Was Shutout, Doug Tammaro, August 2008.

Testing Bayesian Updating with the AP Top 25 (312 KB PDF), Daniel F.Stone, July 10, 2008. (check here for updates)

Whoa, Nellie! Empirical Tests of College Football's Conventional Wisdom (abstract only), Trevon D. Logan, November 2007.

Success of Current Division-I College Football Teams Since Inception of Polls in 1936 (94 KB PDF), Lemieux, September 2007.

Evidence of Television Exposure Effects in AP Top 25 College Footba-ll Rankings (abstract only), Noel D. Campbell, Tammy M. Rogers, R. Zachary Finney.

BCS Rankings

Total Appearances | National Championships

UPDATE  All BCS rankings have been added to the AP poll pages with the exception of a small percentage (3%) of teams ranked from #19 to #25 in the BCS that only appeared in the Others Receiving Votes section in the AP Poll. These BCS rankings will not display in the AP team week-by-week view, but are counted in the BCS total appearances.

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