Football

Home Last Poll Teams

December 3, 2023 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP CFP Last Week
1 < 2 Michigan (51) Big Ten 13-0 1539 *1 1 W 26-0 N #18 Iowa (Big Ten CG)
2 < 3 Washington (11) Pac-12 13-0 1499 *2 2 W 34-31 N #5 Oregon (Pac-12 CG)
3 < 7 Texas Big 12 12-1 1375 4 3 W 49-21 N #19 Oklahoma State (Big 12 CG)
4 < 4 Florida State ACC 13-0 1358 3 5 W 16-6 N #15 Louisville (ACC CG)
5 < 8 Alabama SEC 12-1 1329 *4 4 W 27-24 N #1 Georgia (SEC CG)
6 < 1 Georgia SEC 12-1 1256 6 6 L 27-24 N #8 Alabama (SEC CG)
7 < 6 Ohio State Big Ten 11-1 1185 7 7 DNP
8 < 5 Oregon Pac-12 11-2 1119 8 8 L 34-31 N #3 Washington (Pac-12 CG)
9 < 9 Missouri SEC 10-2 1014 9 9 DNP
10 < 10 Penn State Big Ten 10-2 960 10 10 DNP
11 < 11 Mississippi SEC 10-2 944 11 11 DNP
12 < 12 Oklahoma Big 12 10-2 867 12 12 DNP
13 < 13 LSU SEC 9-3 823 13 13 DNP
14 < 14 Arizona Pac-12 9-3 740 14 14 DNP
15 < 16 Notre Dame Ind 9-3 634 16 16 DNP
16 < 15 Louisville ACC 10-3 584 15 15 L 16-6 N #4 Florida State (ACC CG)
17 < 25 SMU AAC 11-2 432 19 24 W 26-14 A #17 Tulane (AAC CG)
18 < 20 Liberty CUSA 13-0 424 20 23 W 49-35 H New Mexico State (CUSA CG)
19 < 21 NC State ACC 9-3 377 18 18 DNP
20 < 18 Iowa Big Ten 10-3 356 17 17 L 26-0 N #2 Michigan (Big Ten CG)
21 < 21 Oregon State Pac-12 8-4 309 22 19 DNP
22 < 19 Oklahoma State Big 12 9-4 256 21 20 L 49-21 N #7 Texas (Big 12 CG)
23 < 17 Tulane AAC 11-2 201 24 NR L 26-14 H #25 SMU (AAC CG)
24 < 24 James Madison Sun Belt 11-1 177 25 NR DNP
25 < NR Tennessee SEC 8-4 98 23 21 DNP
RV < NR Clemson ACC 87 RV 22 DNP
RV < NR Troy Sun Belt 65 RV NR W 49-23 H Appalachian State (Sun Belt CG)
RV < NR Utah Pac-12 39 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Kansas State Big 12 38 RV 25 DNP
RV < NR Miami (OH) MAC 31 RV NR W 23-14 N #23 Toledo (MAC CG)
RV < 23 Toledo MAC 22 RV NR L 23-14 N Miami (OH) (MAC CG)
RV < NR Kansas Big 12 8 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Kentucky SEC 4 NR NR DNP
NR < NR Boise State MWC 0 RV NR W 44-20 A UNLV (MWC CG)
NR < NR New Mexico State Ind 0 RV NR L 49-35 A #20 Liberty (CUSA CG)
NR < NR San Jose State MWC 0 RV NR DNP
NR < NR West Virginia Big 12 0 RV NR DNP

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 6 11.5 5464
Big Ten 4 9.5 4040
Pac-12 4 11.3 3667
Big 12 3 12.3 2498
ACC 3 13.0 2319
AAC 2 20.0 633
Ind 1 15.0 634
CUSA 1 18.0 424
Sun Belt 1 24.0 177

Milestones

Last Appearances

  • Alabama makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 9/5/2023 poll (12 polls)
  • Michigan makes first appearance at Number 1 since the final 1997 poll (425 polls)

Weekly Streaks

  • Alabama's Top 25 streak reaches 260
  • Georgia's Number 1 streak ends at 24, Top 5 streak ends at 46
  • Louisville's Top 25 streak reaches 10
  • Michigan's Top 5 streak reaches 30
  • Oregon State's Top 25 streak reaches 20

Total Appearances

  • Georgia reaches 660 appearances (#11)
  • James Madison ties two others for #125
  • Liberty ties March Field for #109
  • NC State ties Northwestern for #48
  • Washington reaches 480 appearances (#20)

Miscellaneous

  • Washington: Highest rank since #2 in 9/15/1997 poll. Most FPV since 19 in 9/15/1997 poll.
  • Georgia: Lowest rank since #7 in final 2020 poll. Lowest regular season rank since #11 in 12/20/2020 poll.
  • SMU: Highest rank since #16 in 10/18/2020 poll.
  • Liberty: Highest rank since #17 in final 2020 poll.
  • Miscellaneous: Number 1 team had won 27 straight games, eight straight vs ranked teams, and four straight vs Top 10 teams.

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)
  • Clicking on the team name will display the week-by-week ranking for that team.
  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.