Teams Outside AP Top 10 Receiving First Place Votes
Note that prior to 1968 the number of voters sometimes numbered well over 100, and from 1961 to 1967 only 10 teams were ranked. This explains why there are more instances of lower-ranked teams with first-place votes in that period.
This list has been updated (September 2015) to include unranked teams. However, Others Receiving Votes data is very hard to find prior to the 1990s, so there may have been other unranked teams that received first-place votes that have not been found yet.
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Poll |
Team |
Rank |
FPV |
November 23, 1953 |
West Virginia |
11 |
17 |
October 16, 1950 |
Miami (FL) |
14 |
14 |
October 3, 1955 |
West Virginia |
11 |
13 |
November 29, 1948 |
Mississippi |
15 |
13 |
November 25, 1957 |
Arizona State |
11 |
11 |
December 2, 1957 |
Arizona State |
12 |
10 |
November 24, 1952 |
Tulsa |
11 |
8 |
October 23, 1950 |
Miami (FL) |
11 |
8 |
November 29, 1954 |
Miami (FL) |
11 |
7 |
October 13, 1952 |
Virginia |
11 |
7 |
November 20, 1950 |
Clemson |
11 |
7 |
November 13, 1950 |
Clemson |
11 |
7 |
November 6, 1950 |
Clemson |
13 |
7 |
November 30, 1959 |
Alabama |
11 |
6 |
1959 Preseason |
North Carolina |
12 |
6 |
November 17, 1958 |
Ohio State |
11 |
6 |
October 11, 1954 |
West Virginia |
14 |
6 |
November 29, 1948 |
Clemson |
11 |
6 |
November 1, 1948 |
Clemson |
12 |
6 |
October 30, 1944 |
March Field/4th AF |
11 |
6 |
October 11, 1943 |
Del Monte Pre-Flight |
11 |
6 |
November 23, 1959 |
Miami (FL) |
12 |
5 |
October 28, 1957 |
Arkansas |
11 |
5 |
October 4, 1954 |
West Virginia |
16 |
5 |
November 23, 1953 |
Kentucky |
13 |
5 |
October 5, 1953 |
West Virginia |
12 |
5 |
December 3, 1951 |
Virginia |
13 |
5 |
November 1, 1948 |
Nevada |
11 |
5 |
November 16, 1959 |
Alabama |
17 |
4 |
September 21, 1959 |
USC |
11 |
4 |
1959 Preseason |
South Carolina |
14 |
4 |
September 24, 1956 |
Stanford |
12 |
4 |
November 14, 1955 |
Auburn |
12 |
4 |
October 10, 1955 |
Washington |
12 |
4 |
October 10, 1955 |
Duke |
11 |
4 |
1955 Preseason |
Iowa |
12 |
4 |
September 28, 1953 |
West Virginia |
13 |
4 |
October 1, 1951 |
Georgia Tech |
11 |
4 |
November 27, 1950 |
Wyoming |
12 |
4 |
November 27, 1950 |
Washington |
11 |
4 |
October 16, 1950 |
Clemson |
12 |
4 |
October 9, 1950 |
Clemson |
13 |
4 |
October 11, 1943 |
March Field/4th AF |
12 |
4 |
November 16, 1959 |
Iowa |
16 |
3 |
November 9, 1959 |
Clemson |
11 |
3 |
October 5, 1959 |
South Carolina |
11 |
3 |
1959 Preseason |
Notre Dame |
16 |
3 |
November 3, 1958 |
Syracuse |
12 |
3 |
September 22, 1958 |
SMU |
20 |
3 |
November 18, 1957 |
Arizona State |
17 |
3 |
November 5, 1956 |
Navy |
12 |
3 |
October 3, 1955 |
Duke |
13 |
3 |
September 26, 1955 |
West Virginia |
13 |
3 |
November 22, 1954 |
West Virginia |
12 |
3 |
November 30, 1953 |
Kentucky |
16 |
3 |
November 16, 1953 |
Kentucky |
13 |
3 |
October 5, 1953 |
Mississippi State |
13 |
3 |
December 1, 1952 |
Tulsa |
12 |
3 |
November 17, 1952 |
Tulsa |
11 |
3 |
October 6, 1952 |
Virginia |
15 |
3 |
November 26, 1951 |
California |
12 |
3 |
November 5, 1951 |
Kentucky |
12 |
3 |
November 20, 1950 |
Wyoming |
12 |
3 |
October 30, 1950 |
Clemson |
14 |
3 |
October 2, 1950 |
Clemson |
18 |
3 |
October 3, 1949 |
Duke |
14 |
3 |
November 22, 1948 |
Michigan State |
11 |
3 |
December 1, 1947 |
William & Mary |
13 |
3 |
October 20, 1941 |
Clemson |
14 |
3 |
1985 Preseason |
Illinois |
11 |
2 |
1985 Preseason |
Washington |
12 |
2 |
1984 Preseason |
Arizona State |
13 |
2 |
September 22, 1969 |
Florida |
12 |
2 |
November 23, 1959 |
Missouri |
18 |
2 |
November 9, 1959 |
Oregon |
14 |
2 |
November 9, 1959 |
Georgia |
12 |
2 |
October 26, 1959 |
Clemson |
12 |
2 |
October 5, 1959 |
Penn State |
16 |
2 |
October 5, 1959 |
Oklahoma |
13 |
2 |
September 21, 1959 |
Penn State |
18 |
2 |
1959 Preseason |
TCU |
13 |
2 |
1959 Preseason |
Purdue |
11 |
2 |
December 1, 1958 |
Mississippi |
11 |
2 |
November 10, 1958 |
North Carolina |
11 |
2 |
September 22, 1958 |
West Virginia |
13 |
2 |
September 22, 1958 |
Kentucky |
17 |
2 |
September 22, 1958 |
Wisconsin |
14 |
2 |
1958 Preseason |
Oregon State |
12 |
2 |
1957 Preseason |
Notre Dame |
18 |
2 |
November 19, 1956 |
Florida |
13 |
2 |
November 12, 1956 |
Florida |
12 |
2 |
September 24, 1956 |
Florida |
19 |
2 |
1956 Preseason |
Tennessee |
12 |
2 |
1956 Preseason |
USC |
15 |
2 |
November 21, 1955 |
Miami (FL) |
14 |
2 |
November 7, 1955 |
Auburn |
12 |
2 |
1955 Preseason |
USC |
13 |
2 |
November 29, 1954 |
West Virginia |
12 |
2 |
November 22, 1954 |
Arkansas |
13 |
2 |
November 22, 1954 |
Miami (FL) |
11 |
2 |
November 8, 1954 |
West Virginia |
16 |
2 |
October 18, 1954 |
Colorado |
11 |
2 |
October 11, 1954 |
Minnesota |
11 |
2 |
1954 Preseason |
Duke |
15 |
2 |
November 9, 1953 |
Mississippi |
11 |
2 |
October 22, 1952 |
Penn State |
17 |
2 |
September 29, 1952 |
Virginia |
16 |
2 |
September 29, 1952 |
Villanova |
12 |
2 |
September 29, 1952 |
Tennessee |
11 |
2 |
December 3, 1951 |
Boston |
16 |
2 |
December 3, 1951 |
San Francisco |
14 |
2 |
December 3, 1951 |
California |
12 |
2 |
October 1, 1951 |
Washington |
12 |
2 |
November 27, 1950 |
Washington & Lee |
18 |
2 |
November 27, 1950 |
Nebraska |
17 |
2 |
November 20, 1950 |
Nebraska |
16 |
2 |
November 13, 1950 |
Wyoming |
13 |
2 |
November 6, 1950 |
Wyoming |
14 |
2 |
October 30, 1950 |
Wyoming |
18 |
2 |
October 16, 1950 |
Cornell |
17 |
2 |
October 9, 1950 |
Cornell |
17 |
2 |
October 9, 1950 |
Washington |
11 |
2 |
October 2, 1950 |
Alabama |
12 |
2 |
October 2, 1950 |
Iowa |
17 |
2 |
November 28, 1949 |
Villanova |
13 |
2 |
November 21, 1949 |
Pacific |
11 |
2 |
November 29, 1948 |
Vanderbilt |
12 |
2 |
November 29, 1948 |
Michigan State |
14 |
2 |
November 15, 1948 |
Michigan State |
12 |
2 |
November 15, 1948 |
Georgia |
11 |
2 |
November 1, 1948 |
Oklahoma |
15 |
2 |
October 13, 1947 |
Wake Forest |
14 |
2 |
November 25, 1946 |
Delaware |
15 |
2 |
October 30, 1944 |
Bainbridge Naval |
12 |
2 |
October 23, 1944 |
Bainbridge Naval |
13 |
2 |
October 16, 1944 |
Bainbridge Naval |
18 |
2 |
November 29, 1943 |
Colorado College |
18 |
2 |
November 22, 1943 |
Colorado College |
17 |
2 |
October 12, 1942 |
Duquesne |
13 |
2 |
November 11, 1940 |
Duke |
12 |
2 |
October 16, 1939 |
Oregon |
11 |
2 |
September 2, 2014 |
LSU |
12 |
1 |
October 14, 2007 |
Arizona State |
12 |
1 |
August 20, 2005 |
Louisville |
12 |
1 |
September 9, 2001 |
Fresno State |
11 |
1 |
September 3, 2000 |
UCLA |
16 |
1 |
September 6, 1999 |
Virginia Tech |
11 |
1 |
August 30, 1999 |
Virginia Tech |
11 |
1 |
August 15, 1999 |
Virginia Tech |
13 |
1 |
September 13, 1994 |
Alabama |
12 |
1 |
September 6, 1994 |
Alabama |
11 |
1 |
August 31, 1994 |
Alabama |
11 |
1 |
August 21, 1994 |
Alabama |
12 |
1 |
August 31, 1993 |
Stanford |
15 |
1 |
August 17, 1993 |
Stanford |
15 |
1 |
August 25, 1991 |
Houston |
12 |
1 |
October 9, 1990 |
Houston |
12 |
1 |
September 4, 1990 |
Michigan State |
22 |
1 |
August 26, 1990 |
Michigan State |
23 |
1 |
1988 Preseason |
Michigan |
11 |
1 |
1988 Preseason |
Notre Dame |
13 |
1 |
1987 Preseason |
Penn State |
11 |
1 |
September 24, 1985 |
Maryland |
17 |
1 |
September 24, 1985 |
Michigan |
12 |
1 |
September 3, 1985 |
Washington |
12 |
1 |
September 3, 1985 |
Illinois |
11 |
1 |
September 4, 1984 |
Michigan |
14 |
1 |
1984 Preseason |
Iowa |
12 |
1 |
1984 Preseason |
Michigan |
14 |
1 |
1983 Preseason |
Clemson |
NR |
1 |
1982 Preseason |
Clemson |
11 |
1 |
1981 Preseason |
Ohio State |
11 |
1 |
1978 Preseason |
Texas A&M |
16 |
1 |
October 3, 1977 |
BYU |
13 |
1 |
September 12, 1977 |
Texas |
18 |
1 |
November 16, 1976 |
Texas A&M |
11 |
1 |
September 11, 1972 |
Washington |
12 |
1 |
September 5, 1971 |
Northwestern |
20 |
1 |
November 9, 1970 |
Arizona State |
11 |
1 |
September 6, 1970 |
LSU |
12 |
1 |
September 23, 1968 |
Oregon State |
18 |
1 |
October 16, 1961 |
Missouri |
NR |
1 |
November 21, 1960 |
Yale |
13 |
1 |
October 3, 1960 |
UCLA |
16 |
1 |
September 19, 1960 |
Pittsburgh |
17 |
1 |
November 30, 1959 |
Illinois |
12 |
1 |
November 23, 1959 |
Alabama |
19 |
1 |
November 16, 1959 |
Michigan State |
11 |
1 |
November 16, 1959 |
Oregon |
15 |
1 |
November 9, 1959 |
Iowa |
16 |
1 |
October 26, 1959 |
Yale |
13 |
1 |
October 19, 1959 |
Yale |
19 |
1 |
October 19, 1959 |
Oregon |
11 |
1 |
October 12, 1959 |
Auburn |
11 |
1 |
October 5, 1959 |
Syracuse |
12 |
1 |
September 28, 1959 |
USC |
11 |
1 |
1959 Preseason |
Michigan State |
19 |
1 |
1959 Preseason |
Clemson |
18 |
1 |
1959 Preseason |
Air Force |
15 |
1 |
December 1, 1958 |
Rutgers |
20 |
1 |
December 1, 1958 |
Clemson |
12 |
1 |
December 1, 1958 |
Notre Dame |
17 |
1 |
November 24, 1958 |
Clemson |
12 |
1 |
November 17, 1958 |
North Carolina |
17 |
1 |
November 10, 1958 |
Rutgers |
19 |
1 |
November 3, 1958 |
Ohio State |
16 |
1 |
November 3, 1958 |
Rutgers |
18 |
1 |
November 3, 1958 |
North Carolina |
15 |
1 |
October 27, 1958 |
Rutgers |
20 |
1 |
October 27, 1958 |
North Carolina |
17 |
1 |
October 20, 1958 |
Colorado |
12 |
1 |
October 13, 1958 |
Notre Dame |
12 |
1 |
October 13, 1958 |
Houston |
15 |
1 |
October 13, 1958 |
Iowa |
13 |
1 |
October 6, 1958 |
Michigan |
14 |
1 |
October 6, 1958 |
SMU |
18 |
1 |
September 29, 1958 |
SMU |
17 |
1 |
1958 Preseason |
Mississippi State |
15 |
1 |
1958 Preseason |
SMU |
17 |
1 |
December 2, 1957 |
VMI |
20 |
1 |
November 18, 1957 |
VMI |
16 |
1 |
November 18, 1957 |
Duke |
11 |
1 |
November 4, 1957 |
Mississippi |
14 |
1 |
November 4, 1957 |
Arkansas |
12 |
1 |
November 4, 1957 |
Missouri |
19 |
1 |
October 28, 1957 |
Navy |
16 |
1 |
October 21, 1957 |
Illinois |
16 |
1 |
October 21, 1957 |
Ohio State |
12 |
1 |
October 14, 1957 |
Mississippi |
11 |
1 |
September 30, 1957 |
Baylor |
11 |
1 |
September 23, 1957 |
Iowa |
12 |
1 |
1957 Preseason |
Miami (FL) |
14 |
1 |
1957 Preseason |
Ohio State |
17 |
1 |
December 3, 1956 |
Baylor |
11 |
1 |
November 26, 1956 |
Oregon State |
11 |
1 |
November 19, 1956 |
Oregon State |
11 |
1 |
November 19, 1956 |
Navy |
15 |
1 |
November 12, 1956 |
Oregon State |
11 |
1 |
November 5, 1956 |
UCLA |
19 |
1 |
October 15, 1956 |
Miami (FL) |
11 |
1 |
October 8, 1956 |
George Washington |
16 |
1 |
October 8, 1956 |
Miami (FL) |
11 |
1 |
November 28, 1955 |
Pittsburgh |
11 |
1 |
November 21, 1955 |
Pittsburgh |
13 |
1 |
November 14, 1955 |
Pittsburgh |
15 |
1 |
November 14, 1955 |
West Virginia |
13 |
1 |
October 24, 1955 |
Holy Cross |
13 |
1 |
October 17, 1955 |
Boston College |
17 |
1 |
October 3, 1955 |
Washington |
18 |
1 |
September 26, 1955 |
Pittsburgh |
12 |
1 |
September 26, 1955 |
Penn State |
18 |
1 |
September 26, 1955 |
Washington |
19 |
1 |
September 26, 1955 |
Iowa |
14 |
1 |
September 26, 1955 |
Navy |
15 |
1 |
September 19, 1955 |
Arkansas |
17 |
1 |
September 19, 1955 |
Purdue |
19 |
1 |
1955 Preseason |
Purdue |
20 |
1 |
1955 Preseason |
West Virginia |
19 |
1 |
1955 Preseason |
Duke |
18 |
1 |
November 29, 1954 |
Auburn |
13 |
1 |
November 1, 1954 |
West Virginia |
17 |
1 |
October 25, 1954 |
Virginia Tech |
14 |
1 |
October 11, 1954 |
Arkansas |
12 |
1 |
October 11, 1954 |
Colorado |
17 |
1 |
October 4, 1954 |
Florida |
14 |
1 |
September 27, 1954 |
South Carolina |
15 |
1 |
September 27, 1954 |
Ohio State |
14 |
1 |
September 20, 1954 |
Texas Tech |
14 |
1 |
1954 Preseason |
Ohio State |
20 |
1 |
1954 Preseason |
Iowa |
11 |
1 |
November 30, 1953 |
Michigan |
20 |
1 |
November 30, 1953 |
Alabama |
13 |
1 |
November 23, 1953 |
Auburn |
16 |
1 |
November 16, 1953 |
Alabama |
11 |
1 |
November 16, 1953 |
West Virginia |
19 |
1 |
November 16, 1953 |
Auburn |
14 |
1 |
November 16, 1953 |
Iowa |
20 |
1 |
November 9, 1953 |
Kentucky |
13 |
1 |
November 2, 1953 |
Mississippi |
12 |
1 |
November 2, 1953 |
Stanford |
11 |
1 |
October 26, 1953 |
Michigan |
16 |
1 |
October 19, 1953 |
Texas A&M |
15 |
1 |
October 12, 1953 |
Southern Miss |
17 |
1 |
October 12, 1953 |
Oklahoma |
12 |
1 |
September 28, 1953 |
Mississippi State |
11 |
1 |
September 28, 1953 |
Duke |
12 |
1 |
November 17, 1952 |
Pittsburgh |
16 |
1 |
November 10, 1952 |
Pittsburgh |
14 |
1 |
October 6, 1952 |
Oklahoma |
12 |
1 |
October 6, 1952 |
Penn State |
20 |
1 |
September 29, 1952 |
Princeton |
13 |
1 |
1952 Preseason |
Kansas |
17 |
1 |
1952 Preseason |
USC |
16 |
1 |
December 3, 1951 |
Holy Cross |
19 |
1 |
November 26, 1951 |
Virginia |
13 |
1 |
November 19, 1951 |
Virginia |
15 |
1 |
November 19, 1951 |
Holy Cross |
16 |
1 |
November 12, 1951 |
Oklahoma |
12 |
1 |
November 5, 1951 |
Oklahoma |
14 |
1 |
November 5, 1951 |
Notre Dame |
11 |
1 |
November 5, 1951 |
Pacific |
19 |
1 |
October 29, 1951 |
Kentucky |
14 |
1 |
October 29, 1951 |
Oklahoma |
17 |
1 |
October 22, 1951 |
Cornell |
12 |
1 |
October 22, 1951 |
Texas A&M |
16 |
1 |
October 22, 1951 |
Kentucky |
17 |
1 |
October 22, 1951 |
Stanford |
11 |
1 |
October 15, 1951 |
Pacific |
16 |
1 |
October 8, 1951 |
Pacific |
20 |
1 |
October 1, 1951 |
Oregon State |
15 |
1 |
October 1, 1951 |
Georgia |
13 |
1 |
October 1, 1951 |
Clemson |
18 |
1 |
September 10, 1951 |
Texas |
11 |
1 |
September 10, 1951 |
Notre Dame |
14 |
1 |
November 27, 1950 |
Alabama |
16 |
1 |
November 27, 1950 |
Miami (FL) |
15 |
1 |
November 20, 1950 |
Washington & Lee |
19 |
1 |
November 20, 1950 |
Miami (FL) |
14 |
1 |
November 20, 1950 |
Loyola Marymount |
20 |
1 |
November 13, 1950 |
Nebraska |
18 |
1 |
November 13, 1950 |
Texas A&M |
12 |
1 |
October 23, 1950 |
Illinois |
12 |
1 |
October 23, 1950 |
Florida |
20 |
1 |
October 16, 1950 |
Wake Forest |
19 |
1 |
October 9, 1950 |
Rice |
15 |
1 |
October 2, 1950 |
North Carolina |
11 |
1 |
October 2, 1950 |
Illinois |
15 |
1 |
October 24, 1949 |
Michigan State |
12 |
1 |
October 3, 1949 |
Kentucky |
15 |
1 |
November 22, 1948 |
Georgia |
12 |
1 |
November 8, 1948 |
Michigan State |
12 |
1 |
November 8, 1948 |
Georgia |
13 |
1 |
November 1, 1948 |
Vanderbilt |
RV |
1 |
November 1, 1948 |
Penn State |
14 |
1 |
October 25, 1948 |
Oklahoma |
16 |
1 |
October 25, 1948 |
Penn State |
12 |
1 |
October 18, 1948 |
Nevada |
15 |
1 |
October 11, 1948 |
Missouri |
12 |
1 |
December 8, 1947 |
Oklahoma |
16 |
1 |
November 24, 1947 |
Columbia |
16 |
1 |
November 17, 1947 |
North Carolina |
13 |
1 |
October 13, 1947 |
Minnesota |
13 |
1 |
October 6, 1947 |
Minnesota |
17 |
1 |
October 6, 1947 |
Penn State |
12 |
1 |
December 2, 1946 |
Texas |
15 |
1 |
December 2, 1946 |
Indiana |
20 |
1 |
October 28, 1946 |
Harvard |
17 |
1 |
November 19, 1945 |
UCLA |
12 |
1 |
November 20, 1944 |
Duke |
11 |
1 |
November 6, 1944 |
Wake Forest |
12 |
1 |
October 16, 1944 |
California |
12 |
1 |
October 16, 1944 |
March Field/4th AF |
14 |
1 |
October 9, 1944 |
Iowa Pre-Flight |
11 |
1 |
October 9, 1944 |
Tennessee |
15 |
1 |
November 29, 1943 |
Washington |
12 |
1 |
November 30, 1942 |
William & Mary |
14 |
1 |
November 30, 1942 |
Holy Cross |
19 |
1 |
November 23, 1942 |
Washington State |
15 |
1 |
November 16, 1942 |
Washington State |
12 |
1 |
November 2, 1942 |
Fresno State |
18 |
1 |
October 12, 1942 |
Santa Clara |
15 |
1 |
October 12, 1942 |
Boston College |
11 |
1 |
October 12, 1942 |
Minnesota |
14 |
1 |
October 12, 1942 |
Tennessee |
15 |
1 |
October 20, 1941 |
Ohio State |
11 |
1 |
October 13, 1941 |
Clemson |
13 |
1 |
October 13, 1941 |
Tulane |
17 |
1 |
October 21, 1940 |
Clemson |
13 |
1 |
October 21, 1940 |
Mississippi |
14 |
1 |
December 4, 1939 |
Clemson |
15 |
1 |
November 27, 1939 |
Clemson |
14 |
1 |
November 20, 1939 |
Clemson |
15 |
1 |
November 13, 1939 |
Clemson |
16 |
1 |
October 16, 1939 |
Cornell |
12 |
1 |
November 7, 1938 |
Michigan |
18 |
1 |
November 10, 1941 |
Mississippi State |
13 |
0.5 |
November 10, 1941 |
Mississippi |
15 |
0.5 |
October 16, 1944 |
2nd Air Force |
19 |
0.25 |
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