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October 21, 2018 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts 3WT CP Last Week
1 < 1 Alabama (61) SEC 8-0 1525 0 *1 W 58-21 A Tennessee
2 < 3 Clemson ACC 7-0 1454 +2 *2 W 41-7 H #16 NC State
3 < 4 Notre Dame Ind 7-0 1400 +2 3 DNP
4 < 5 LSU SEC 7-1 1327 +9 4 W 19-3 H #22 Mississippi State
5 < 6 Michigan Big Ten 7-1 1250 +7 5 W 21-7 A #24 Michigan State
6 < 7 Texas Big 12 6-1 1186 +3 7 DNP
7 < 8 Georgia SEC 6-1 1136 -5 6 DNP
8 < 9 Oklahoma Big 12 6-1 1065 +3 8 W 52-27 A TCU
9 < 11 Florida SEC 6-1 998 +5 11 DNP
10 < 10 UCF AAC 7-0 996 0 10 W 37-10 A East Carolina
11 < 2 Ohio State Big Ten 7-1 985 -8 9 L 49-20 A Purdue
12 < 14 Kentucky SEC 6-1 754 +6 14 W 14-7 H Vanderbilt
13 < 13 West Virginia Big 12 5-1 747 -7 12 DNP
14 < 25 Washington State Pac-12 6-1 692 +12 15 W 34-20 H #12 Oregon
15 < 15 Washington Pac-12 6-2 677 -8 13 W 27-13 H Colorado
16 < 17 Texas A&M SEC 5-2 622 +6 17 DNP
17 < 18 Penn State Big Ten 5-2 528 -9 16 W 33-28 A Indiana
18 < 19 Iowa Big Ten 6-1 489 +8 18 W 23-0 H Maryland
19 < 12 Oregon Pac-12 5-2 450 -2 21 L 34-20 A #25 Washington State
20 < 23 Wisconsin Big Ten 5-2 357 -5 19 W 49-20 H Illinois
21 < 21 South Florida AAC 7-0 291 +2 20 W 38-30 H Connecticut
22 < 16 NC State ACC 5-1 186 -2 22 L 41-7 A #3 Clemson
23 < NR Utah Pac-12 5-2 180 +3 24 W 41-28 H USC
24 < NR Stanford Pac-12 5-2 144 +2 23 W 20-13 A Arizona State
25 < NR Appalachian State Sun Belt 5-1 79 +1 RV W 27-17 H Louisiana
RV < NR Texas Tech Big 12 5-2 54 -- RV W 48-16 H Kansas
RV < NR Utah State MWC 6-1 50 -- RV W 24-16 A Wyoming
RV < NR San Diego State MWC 6-1 48 -- RV W 16-13 H San Jose State
RV < NR Fresno State MWC 6-1 35 -- RV W 38-7 A New Mexico
RV < NR Miami (FL) ACC 5-2 34 -10 25 DNP
RV < NR Virginia ACC 5-2 25 -- RV W 28-14 A Duke
RV < NR Houston AAC 6-1 19 -- RV W 49-36 A Navy
RV < NR Purdue Big Ten 4-3 17 -- RV W 49-20 H #2 Ohio State
RV < 24 Michigan State Big Ten 4-3 8 -- RV L 21-7 H #6 Michigan
RV < 20 Cincinnati AAC 6-1 7 -1 RV L 24-17 (1OT) A Temple
RV < NR Auburn SEC 5-3 5 -5 RV W 31-16 A Mississippi
RV < 22 Mississippi State SEC 4-3 2 -2 RV L 19-3 A #5 LSU
RV < NR Boston College ACC 5-2 2 -- NR DNP
RV < NR UAB CUSA 6-1 1 -- RV W 29-21 H North Texas
NR < NR Army Ind 5-2 0 -- RV W 31-30 (2OT) H Miami (OH)
NR < NR Buffalo MAC 7-1 0 -- RV W 31-17 A Toledo
NR < NR Colorado Pac-12 5-2 0 -7 RV L 27-13 A #15 Washington
NR < NR Duke ACC 5-2 0 -- RV L 28-14 H Virginia
NR < NR Georgia Southern Sun Belt 6-1 0 -- RV W 48-31 A New Mexico State
NR < NR South Carolina SEC 3-3 0 -- RV DNP
NR < NR Syracuse ACC 5-2 0 -- RV W 40-37 (2OT) H North Carolina
NR < NR Virginia Tech ACC 4-2 0 -- RV DNP

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 6 8.2 6362
Big Ten 5 14.2 3609
Pac-12 5 19.0 2143
Big 12 3 9.0 2998
ACC 2 12.0 1640
AAC 2 15.5 1287
Ind 1 3.0 1400
Sun Belt 1 25.0 79

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- Appalachian State makes first ever appearance in the Top 25
- Florida makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 10/30/2016 poll (30 polls)
- Michigan makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 11/21/2016 poll (26 polls)
- Utah makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 10/1/2017 poll (18 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Alabama's #1 streak reaches 10
- Ohio State's Top 5 streak ends at 10, Top 10 streak ends at 13
- UCF's Top 25 streak reaches 20
- Wisconsin's Top 25 streak reaches 40

Season Streaks:
- Utah's streak reaches 5

Total Appearances:
- Appalachian State ties 13 others for #152
- LSU reaches 610 appearances (#10)
- NC State reaches 160 appearances and ties Minnesota for #54
- Oregon reaches 290 appearances (#31)
- South Florida ties Cornell for #75
- Texas A&M reaches 440 appearances (#19)
- UCF ties Vanderbilt for #90
- Washington State reaches 150 appearances (#56)

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.