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December 4, 2016 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts 3WT CP CFP Last Week
1 < 1 Alabama (61) SEC 13-0 1525 0 *1 1 W 54-16 N #15 Florida (SEC CG)
2 < 2 Ohio State Big Ten 11-1 1444 0 2 3 DNP
3 < 3 Clemson ACC 12-1 1396 +1 3 2 W 42-35 N #19 Virginia Tech (ACC CG)
4 < 4 Washington Pac-12 12-1 1329 +2 4 4 W 41-10 N #9 Colorado (Pac-12 CG)
5 < 8 Penn State Big Ten 11-2 1252 +3 5 5 W 38-31 N #6 Wisconsin (Big Ten CG)
6 < 5 Michigan Big Ten 10-2 1249 -3 6 6 DNP
7 < 7 Oklahoma Big 12 10-2 1173 0 7 7 W 38-20 H #11 Oklahoma State
8 < 6 Wisconsin Big Ten 10-3 1054 -3 8 8 L 38-31 N #8 Penn State (Big Ten CG)
9 < 10 USC Pac-12 9-3 1040 +3 9 9 DNP
10 < 12 Florida State ACC 9-3 889 +5 10 11 DNP
11 < 9 Colorado Pac-12 10-3 886 -2 11 10 L 41-10 N #4 Washington (Pac-12 CG)
12 < 13 Western Michigan MAC 13-0 871 +2 14 15 W 29-23 N Ohio (MAC CG)
13 < 11 Oklahoma State Big 12 9-3 800 -3 13 12 L 38-20 A #7 Oklahoma
14 < 14 West Virginia Big 12 10-2 788 +5 12 16 W 24-21 H Baylor
15 < 16 Louisville ACC 9-3 542 -4 15 13 DNP
16 < 17 Stanford Pac-12 9-3 508 +10 16 18 DNP
17 < 18 Auburn SEC 8-4 493 -1 17 14 DNP
18 < 19 Virginia Tech ACC 9-4 372 +8 19 22 L 42-35 N #3 Clemson (ACC CG)
19 < 21 LSU SEC 7-4 351 +6 20 20 DNP
20 < 15 Florida SEC 8-4 331 -7 18 17 L 54-16 N #1 Alabama (SEC CG)
21 < 22 Iowa Big Ten 8-4 272 +5 25 NR DNP
22 < 24 Pittsburgh ACC 8-4 237 +4 RV 23 DNP
23 < NR Temple AAC 10-3 229 +3 24 24 W 34-10 A #20 Navy (AAC CG)
24 < 23 Nebraska Big Ten 9-3 196 -7 21 NR DNP
25 < 24 South Florida AAC 10-2 173 +1 22 NR DNP
RV < NR Houston AAC 9-3 101 -8 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Utah Pac-12 8-4 99 -5 23 19 DNP
RV < NR Boise State MWC 10-2 95 -6 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Washington State Pac-12 8-4 31 -3 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Texas A&M SEC 8-4 26 -4 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Air Force MWC 9-3 20 0 NR NR DNP
RV < 20 Navy AAC 9-3 15 0 RV 25 L 34-10 H Temple (AAC CG)
RV < NR Tennessee SEC 8-4 12 -2 RV 21 DNP
RV < NR San Diego State MWC 10-3 8 0 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Western Kentucky CUSA 10-3 7 0 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Miami (FL) ACC 8-4 6 0 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Georgia Tech ACC 8-4 3 0 NR NR DNP
RV < NR Kansas State Big 12 8-4 2 0 NR NR DNP
NR < NR Appalachian State Sun Belt 9-3 0 0 RV NR DNP
NR < NR Kentucky SEC 7-5 0 0 RV NR DNP
NR < NR North Carolina ACC 8-4 0 0 RV NR DNP

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 6 11.0 5467
ACC 5 13.6 3436
Pac-12 4 10.0 3763
SEC 4 14.3 2700
Big 12 3 11.3 2761
AAC 2 24.0 402
MAC 1 12.0 871

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- Florida State makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 9/11/2016 poll (11 polls)
- Penn State makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 9/20/2009 poll (124 polls)
- Temple makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 12/6/2015 poll (15 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Michigan's Top 5 streak ends at 13
- Oklahoma's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- West Virginia's Top 25 streak reaches 10

Total Appearances:
- Oklahoma State reaches 220 appearances
- South Florida ties Hawaii for #93
- Temple ties four others for #100
- Western Michigan ties three others for #114
- Wisconsin reaches 350 appearances

Miscellaneous:
- The state of Pennsylvania has three teams ranked in the Top 25 for the first time since the final 1979 poll. This has happened 19 times overall. Twice the state has had four teams ranked: 10/22/1952 and 11/16/1936.

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.