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October 10, 2016 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts 3WT CP Last Week
1 < 1 Alabama (56) SEC 6-0 1520 0 *1 W 49-30 A #16 Arkansas
2 < 2 Ohio State (2) Big Ten 5-0 1444 0 *2 W 38-17 H Indiana
3 < 3 Clemson (2) ACC 6-0 1406 +2 *3 W 56-10 A Boston College
4 < 4 Michigan (1) Big Ten 6-0 1339 0 4 W 78-0 A Rutgers
5 < 5 Washington Pac-12 6-0 1286 +5 5 W 70-21 A Oregon
6 < 8 Texas A&M SEC 6-0 1202 +3 6 W 45-38 (2OT) H #9 Tennessee
7 < 7 Louisville ACC 4-1 1193 -4 7 DNP
8 < 11 Wisconsin Big Ten 4-1 1020 0 10 DNP
9 < 9 Tennessee SEC 5-1 962 +2 11 L 45-38 (2OT) A #8 Texas A&M
10 < 12 Nebraska Big Ten 5-0 958 +5 9 DNP
11 < 13 Baylor Big 12 5-0 934 +2 8 DNP
12 < 14 Mississippi SEC 3-2 800 +4 13 DNP
13 < 6 Houston AAC 5-1 701 -7 12 L 46-40 A Navy
14 < 23 Florida State ACC 4-2 628 -2 16 W 20-19 A #10 Miami (FL)
15 < 19 Boise State MWC 5-0 590 +9 15 W 49-21 A New Mexico
16 < 10 Miami (FL) ACC 4-1 576 -2 17 L 20-19 H #23 Florida State
17 < 25 Virginia Tech ACC 4-1 546 +9 19 W 34-3 A #17 North Carolina
18 < 18 Florida SEC 4-1 483 +5 14 DNP
19 < 20 Oklahoma Big 12 3-2 476 +7 20 W 45-40 N Texas
20 < 22 West Virginia Big 12 4-0 424 +6 18 DNP
21 < 24 Utah Pac-12 5-1 287 -3 21 W 36-23 H Arizona
22 < 16 Arkansas SEC 4-2 203 -2 22 L 49-30 H #1 Alabama
23 < NR Auburn SEC 4-2 166 +3 RV W 38-14 A Mississippi State
24 < NR Western Michigan MAC 6-0 154 +2 23 W 45-30 H Northern Illinois
25 < NR Navy AAC 4-1 122 +1 RV W 46-40 H #6 Houston
RV < NR Georgia SEC 4-2 59 -1 RV W 28-14 A South Carolina
RV < NR Arizona State Pac-12 5-1 53 0 24 W 23-20 H UCLA
RV < 17 North Carolina ACC 4-2 51 0 RV L 34-3 H #25 Virginia Tech
RV < NR LSU SEC 3-2 50 0 25 DNP
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 4-2 48 0 RV W 38-31 H Iowa State
RV < NR North Dakota State Other 5-0 36 0 NR W 27-3 A Missouri State
RV < 15 Stanford Pac-12 3-2 26 -19 RV L 42-16 H Washington State
RV < 21 Colorado Pac-12 4-2 22 0 RV L 21-17 A USC
RV < NR South Florida AAC 5-1 20 0 RV W 38-22 H East Carolina
RV < NR TCU Big 12 4-2 14 -5 RV W 24-23 A Kansas
RV < NR NC State ACC 4-1 9 0 RV W 10-3 H Notre Dame
RV < NR Washington State Pac-12 3-2 9 0 RV W 42-16 A #15 Stanford
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 4-2 3 0 NR W 14-7 A Minnesota
RV < NR Air Force MWC 4-1 2 0 NR L 35-26 A Wyoming
RV < NR San Diego State MWC 4-1 2 -7 RV W 26-7 H UNLV
RV < NR Wake Forest ACC 5-1 1 0 RV W 28-9 H Syracuse
NR < NR Appalachian State Sun Belt 3-2 0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Memphis AAC 4-1 0 0 RV W 34-27 H Temple
NR < NR Middle Tennessee CUSA 4-1 0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Penn State Big Ten 4-2 0 0 RV W 38-14 H Maryland
NR < NR Pittsburgh ACC 4-2 0 0 RV W 37-34 H Georgia Tech
NR < NR South Alabama Sun Belt 3-2 0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Troy Sun Belt 4-1 0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Tulsa AAC 4-1 0 0 RV W 43-40 H SMU
NR < NR USC Pac-12 3-3 0 0 RV W 21-17 H #21 Colorado

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 7 13.0 5336
ACC 5 11.4 4349
Big Ten 4 6.0 4761
Big 12 3 16.7 1834
Pac-12 2 13.0 1573
AAC 2 19.0 823
MWC 1 15.0 590
MAC 1 24.0 154

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- Auburn makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/13/2015 poll (19 polls)
- Nebraska makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 10/30/2011 poll (78 polls)
- Western Michigan makes first appearance EVER in the Top 25 (1110 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Stanford's Top 25 streak ends at 19

Total Appearances:
- Alabama reaches 750 appearances
- Boise State reaches 130 appearances
- Navy ties Washington State for #60
- Nebraska reaches 720 appearances
- Texas A&M reaches 430 appearances
- Western Michigan ties 12 others for #151

Miscellaneous:
- Tennessee lost, but maintained their previous ranking. Since 2009, there have been eight other such instances:

- According to my records, the last time the Big Ten had four teams in the Top 10 was October 5, 1964 poll. It has been reported elsewhere that it was October 3, 1960 or October 24, 1960. Here are all the polls I have where the Big Ten had four teams in the Top 10.
Date		Week
10/10/2016	6
8/15/1999	Pre
10/5/1964	2
10/14/1963	4
11/13/1961	8
10/9/1961	3
10/2/1961	2
10/24/1960	6
10/17/1960	5
10/3/1960	3
9/26/1960	2
10/5/1959	3
??		Pre
11/3/1958	7
10/27/1958	6
9/29/1958	2
10/7/1957	3
9/30/1957	2
??		Pre
11/26/1956	10
11/19/1956	9
11/12/1956	8
11/5/1956	7
10/29/1956	6
10/4/1954	3
10/15/1945	2
10/8/1945	1
11/16/1942	6
10/19/1942	2
10/12/1942	1
10/13/1941	1

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.
  • 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.