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November 8, 2020 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP Last Week
1 < 2 Alabama (59) SEC 6-0 1547 *1 DNP
2 < 4 Notre Dame (2) ACC 7-0 1464 *2 W 47-40 (2OT) H #1 Clemson
3 < 3 Ohio State (1) Big Ten 3-0 1449 *3 W 49-27 H Rutgers
4 < 1 Clemson ACC 7-1 1355 4 L 47-40 (2OT) A #4 Notre Dame
5 < 7 Texas A&M SEC 5-1 1223 6 W 48-3 A South Carolina
6 < 8 Florida SEC 4-1 1213 5 W 44-28 N #5 Georgia
7 < 6 Cincinnati AAC 6-0 1208 7 W 38-10 H Houston
8 < 9 BYU Ind 8-0 1101 8 W 51-17 A #21 Boise State
9 < 11 Miami (FL) ACC 6-1 958 9 W 44-41 A NC State
10 < 13 Indiana Big Ten 3-0 956 10 W 38-21 H #23 Michigan
11 < 12 Oregon Pac-12 1-0 948 12 W 35-14 H Stanford
12 < 5 Georgia SEC 4-2 861 11 L 44-28 N #8 Florida
13 < 10 Wisconsin Big Ten 1-0 852 14 DNP
14 < 14 Oklahoma State Big 12 5-1 762 13 W 20-18 A Kansas State
15 < 15 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 7-0 551 17 W 23-6 H South Alabama
16 < 16 Marshall CUSA 6-0 534 15 W 51-10 H Massachusetts
17 < 17 Iowa State Big 12 5-2 491 16 W 38-31 H Baylor
18 < 19 Oklahoma Big 12 5-2 467 18 W 62-9 H Kansas
19 < 18 SMU AAC 7-1 456 19 W 47-23 A Temple
20 < 20 USC Pac-12 1-0 395 20 W 28-27 H Arizona State
21 < 22 Texas Big 12 5-2 265 24 W 17-13 H West Virginia
22 < 25 Liberty Ind 7-0 260 22 W 38-35 A Virginia Tech
23 < NR Northwestern Big Ten 3-0 250 23 W 21-13 H Nebraska
24 < 24 Auburn SEC 4-2 184 21 DNP
25 < NR Louisiana Sun Belt 6-1 118 RV W 27-20 H Arkansas State
RV < NR North Carolina ACC 5-2 85 RV W 56-24 A Duke
RV < NR Army Ind 6-1 54 25 DNP
RV < NR Tulsa AAC 3-1 47 RV DNP
RV < NR Utah Pac-12 0-0 33 RV DNP
RV < NR Washington Pac-12 0-0 21 RV DNP
RV < NR Arizona State Pac-12 0-1 11 NR L 28-27 A #20 USC
RV < NR Purdue Big Ten 2-0 8 RV DNP
RV < NR Wake Forest ACC 4-2 6 RV DNP
RV < 21 Boise State MWC 2-1 5 RV L 51-17 H #9 BYU
RV < NR Appalachian State Sun Belt 5-1 5 RV W 38-17 A Texas State
RV < NR California Pac-12 0-0 3 RV DNP
RV < NR Maryland Big Ten 2-1 3 RV W 35-19 A Penn State
RV < NR Nevada MWC 3-0 1 RV W 34-9 H Utah State
NR < 23 Michigan Big Ten 1-2 0 RV L 38-21 A #13 Indiana
NR < NR Arkansas SEC 3-3 0 RV W 24-13 H Tennessee
NR < NR Boston College ACC 5-3 0 RV W 16-13 A Syracuse
NR < NR Kansas State Big 12 4-3 0 RV L 20-18 H #14 Oklahoma State
NR < NR Kentucky SEC 2-4 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Memphis AAC 4-2 0 RV W 34-33 H South Florida
NR < NR Missouri SEC 2-3 0 RV DNP
NR < NR San Jose State MWC 3-0 0 RV W 28-17 A San Diego State
NR < NR Tennessee SEC 2-4 0 RV L 24-13 A Arkansas
NR < NR Virginia Tech ACC 4-3 0 RV L 38-35 H #25 Liberty

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 5 9.6 5028
Big Ten 4 12.3 3507
Big 12 4 17.5 1985
ACC 3 5.0 3777
AAC 2 13.0 1664
Ind 2 15.0 1361
Pac-12 2 15.5 1343
Sun Belt 2 20.0 669
CUSA 1 16.0 534

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- Indiana makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 9/22/1969 poll (828 polls)
- Northwestern makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2018 poll (26 polls)
- Texas A&M makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the final 2012 poll (124 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Alabama's Top 5 streak reaches 10
- Georgia's Top 5 streak ends at 15, Top 10 streak ends at 54
- Notre Dame's Top 10 streak reaches 10
- Oklahoma State's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Texas A&M's Top 25 streak reaches 10

Total Appearances:
- BYU ties North Carolina for #36
- Coastal Carolina ties Hardin-Simmons for #138
- Indiana ties two others for #71
- Liberty ties eight others for #146
- Louisiana ties three others for #122
- Marshall ties East Carolina for #90
- Northwestern ties Illinois for #48

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.