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Total Appearances in the AP Poll : 1936 to 2006

956 total polls

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Michigan 747 78.1% 8.7 1
2. Ohio State 720 75.3% 8.6 1
3. Notre Dame 707 74.0% 8.0 1
4. Oklahoma 645 67.5% 7.2 1
5. USC 641 67.1% 8.7 1
6. Nebraska 638 66.7% 7.0 1
7. Texas 624 65.3% 8.7 1
8. Alabama 607 63.5% 8.8 1
9. Tennessee 551 57.6% 10.1 1
10. Penn State 538 56.3% 9.7 1
11. UCLA 473 49.5% 11.4 1
12. Florida 468 49.0% 10.1 1
13. Auburn 461 48.2% 10.9 1
14. Georgia 442 46.2% 11.3 1
15. Florida State 441 46.1% 8.0 1
16. LSU 438 45.8% 11.3 1
17. Miami (FL) 425 44.5% 8.0 1
18. Washington 388 40.6% 12.3 1
19. Arkansas 371 38.8% 11.4 1
20. Texas A&M 362 37.9% 12.1 1
21. Michigan State 293 30.6% 11.1 1
  Colorado 293 30.6% 11.6 1
23. Clemson 292 30.5% 14.0 1
24. Pittsburgh 273 28.6% 11.5 1
25. Iowa 270 28.2% 12.4 1
26. Georgia Tech 262 27.4% 11.6 2
27. Wisconsin 242 25.3% 12.9 1
28. Purdue 235 24.6% 13.0 1
29. Mississippi 231 24.2% 11.5 1
  Arizona State 231 24.2% 14.1 2
31. North Carolina 218 22.8% 12.9 1
32. West Virginia 210 22.0% 14.1 3
33. Virginia Tech 202 21.1% 12.9 2
34. BYU 199 20.8% 15.0 1
35. Syracuse 196 20.5% 13.8 1
36. Maryland 187 19.6% 11.8 1
37. Stanford 183 19.1% 14.7 2
38. Missouri 181 18.9% 13.9 1
39. California 172 18.0% 11.5 1
40. Illinois 165 17.3% 11.6 2
41. Kansas State 162 16.9% 12.7 2
42. SMU 161 16.8% 11.5 1
43. Virginia 160 16.7% 16.4 1
44. Duke 159 16.6% 12.6 2
45. Minnesota 157 16.4% 11.3 1
46. Houston 152 15.9% 13.2 2
47. Oregon 149 15.6% 14.4 2
48. Northwestern 147 15.4% 11.8 1
49. NC State 145 15.2% 17.2 3
50. Army (NY) 140 14.6% 7.1 1
  Mississippi State 140 14.6% 17.4 7
52. Arizona 134 14.0% 14.8 3
53. TCU 129 13.5% 14.3 1
54. Washington State 127 13.3% 15.5 3
55. Baylor 126 13.2% 13.7 3
56. Boston College 123 12.9% 16.2 1
57. Navy (MD) 122 12.8% 9.1 2
58. Oklahoma State 118 12.3% 15.0 3
59. Texas Tech 104 10.9% 16.3 5
60. South Carolina 103 10.8% 16.2 2
61. Penn 89 9.3% 11.2 3
62. Kansas 82 8.6% 13.8 3
63. Louisville 77 8.1% 15.9 3
64. Air Force 76 7.9% 15.5 4
65. Kentucky 70 7.3% 12.4 3
66. Rice (TX) 69 7.2% 13.2 5
67. Oregon State 67 7.0% 14.0 4
68. Tulane (LA) 59 6.2% 14.3 4
69. Wyoming 56 5.9% 16.5 6
70. Indiana 55 5.8% 15.1 4
71. Southern Miss 51 5.3% 20.3 9
72. Cornell (NY) 47 4.9% 10.7 1
73. Santa Clara (CA) 43 4.5% 12.7 5
74. Miami (OH) 42 4.4% 16.0 10
75. Fordham (NY) 40 4.2% 10.0 3
  Iowa State 40 4.2% 17.7 9
  Colorado State 40 4.2% 19.5 10
78. Holy Cross (MA) 39 4.1% 15.1 9
  Boise State 39 4.1% 16.8 5
80. Tulsa 38 4.0% 15.7 4
  Toledo (OH) 38 4.0% 18.8 12
82. Dartmouth (NH) 37 3.9% 13.2 4
83. Fresno State 36 3.8% 19.8 8
84. Utah 35 3.7% 14.5 4
85. Wake Forest (NC) 33 3.5% 17.8 11
86. Yale (CT) 30 3.1% 13.6 5
87. Princeton (NJ) 29 3.0% 12.1 4
88. Villanova (PA) 25 2.6% 13.8 6
  Vanderbilt 25 2.6% 14.8 7
  East Carolina 25 2.6% 18.2 9
91. Marshall (WV) 21 2.2% 15.9 10
  Rutgers (NJ) 21 2.2% 17.4 7
93. Duquesne (PA) 20 2.1% 11.4 5
94. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 1.9% 6.3 2
95. William & Mary (VA) 16 1.7% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 1.7% 15.9 10
  Bowling Green (OH) 16 1.7% 21.4 15
98. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 1.6% 11.3 8
99. Pacific (CA) 14 1.5% 13.9 6
  San Diego State 14 1.5% 17.2 13
101. St. Mary's (CA) 13 1.4% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 1.4% 12.2 5
103. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 1.3% 11.4 5
104. Georgetown (DC) 11 1.2% 13.4 9
105. Randolph Field (TX) 10 1.0% 4.8 2
  Hawaii 10 1.0% 23.1 19
107. Carnegie Mellon (PA) 9 0.9% 10.4 6
  Del Monte Pre-Flight (CA) 9 0.9% 13.0 8
109. San Francisco 8 0.8% 16.3 13
  Northern Illinois 8 0.8% 17.8 12
  Temple (PA) 8 0.8% 17.9 13
112. North Carolina Pre-Flight 7 0.7% 11.9 2
  Marquette (WI) 7 0.7% 12.0 4
  George Washington (DC) 7 0.7% 16.4 14
  Ohio 7 0.7% 17.3 15
116. Nevada 6 0.6% 14.7 10
  New Mexico State 6 0.6% 16.5 14
  2nd Air Force 6 0.6% 18.0 15
119. Norman Pre-Flight (OK) 5 0.5% 15.2 13
  El Toro Marines (CA) 5 0.5% 16.4 15
  Cincinnati 5 0.5% 17.0 12
  Colorado College 5 0.5% 17.2 16
  VMI 5 0.5% 17.2 13
  Harvard (MA) 5 0.5% 18.2 17
  UTEP 5 0.5% 24.0 23
126. Hardin-Simmons (TX) 4 0.4% 18.3 17
127. Southwestern (TX) 3 0.3% 13.3 11
  Memphis Naval 3 0.3% 15.7 13
  Utah State 3 0.3% 15.7 10
  Boston 3 0.3% 16.3 15
  Delaware 3 0.3% 16.7 15
  New York 3 0.3% 17.7 17
  Lafayette (PA) 3 0.3% 18.3 18
  San Jose State (CA) 3 0.3% 19.0 18
135. Colgate (NY) 2 0.2% 14.5 9
  Louisiana 2 0.2% 14.5 14
  Camp Peary (VA) 2 0.2% 15.5 14
  Detroit 2 0.2% 17.5 17
  North Texas 2 0.2% 18.0 16
  San Diego Naval 2 0.2% 18.5 17
  Washington & Lee (VA) 2 0.2% 18.5 18
142. Arkansas-Monticello 1 0.1% 17.0 17
  Fort Pierce Naval (FL) 1 0.1% 18.0 18
  3rd Air Force 1 0.1% 19.0 19
  Kent State (OH) 1 0.1% 19.0 19
  Lehigh (PA) 1 0.1% 19.0 19
  Muhlenberg (PA) 1 0.1% 19.0 19
  St. Mary's Pre-Flight (CA) 1 0.1% 19.0 19
  Bucknell (PA) 1 0.1% 20.0 20
  Camp Grant (IL) 1 0.1% 20.0 20
  Catawba (NC) 1 0.1% 20.0 20
  Loyola Marymount (CA) 1 0.1% 20.0 20
  Richmond (VA) 1 0.1% 20.0 20
  Williams (MA) 1 0.1% 20.0 20
  Louisiana Tech 1 0.1% 25.0 25
  Memphis 1 0.1% 25.0 25

Notes

  • Teams in the latest poll are in bold.
  • Updated through January 21, 2025.