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September 20, 2020 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP Last Week
1 < 1 Clemson (59) ACC 2-0 1523 *1 W 49-0 H Citadel
2 < 2 Alabama (1) SEC 0-0 1458 *2 DNP
3 < 3 Oklahoma Big 12 1-0 1368 3 DNP
4 < 4 Georgia SEC 0-0 1320 3 DNP
5 < 5 Florida SEC 0-0 1239 6 DNP
6 < 6 LSU (1) SEC 0-0 1221 *5 DNP
7 < 7 Notre Dame ACC 2-0 1200 7 W 52-0 H South Florida
8 < 8 Auburn SEC 0-0 1037 8 DNP
8 < 9 Texas Big 12 1-0 1037 9 DNP
10 < 10 Texas A&M SEC 0-0 972 11 DNP
11 < 12 North Carolina ACC 1-0 883 12 DNP
12 < 17 Miami (FL) ACC 2-0 816 14 W 47-34 A #18 Louisville
13 < 14 UCF AAC 1-0 771 15 W 49-21 A Georgia Tech
14 < 13 Cincinnati AAC 1-0 720 16 W 55-20 H Austin Peay
15 < 11 Oklahoma State Big 12 1-0 693 18 W 16-7 H Tulsa
16 < 15 Tennessee SEC 0-0 529 21 DNP
17 < 16 Memphis AAC 1-0 510 20 DNP
18 < 21 BYU Ind 1-0 405 23 DNP
19 < 19 Louisiana Sun Belt 2-0 374 25 W 34-31 (1OT) A Georgia State
20 < 20 Virginia Tech ACC 0-0 350 24 DNP
21 < 25 Pittsburgh ACC 2-0 315 RV W 21-10 H Syracuse
22 < 22 Army Ind 2-0 296 RV DNP
23 < 23 Kentucky SEC 0-0 230 RV DNP
24 < 18 Louisville ACC 1-1 115 RV L 47-34 H #17 Miami (FL)
25 < NR Marshall CUSA 2-0 108 RV W 17-7 H #23 Appalachian State
RV < NR Baylor Big 12 0-0 89 RV DNP
RV < NR West Virginia Big 12 1-0 59 RV DNP
RV < NR SMU AAC 2-0 57 RV W 65-35 A North Texas
RV < NR TCU Big 12 0-0 30 RV DNP
RV < NR Virginia ACC 0-0 30 RV DNP
RV < NR Boston College ACC 1-0 23 RV W 26-6 A Duke
RV < NR Arkansas State Sun Belt 1-1 20 RV DNP
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 0-0 6 RV DNP
RV < NR Texas Tech Big 12 1-0 5 NR DNP
RV < NR UAB CUSA 1-1 5 NR DNP
RV < NR Mississippi SEC 0-0 4 RV DNP
RV < 23 Appalachian State Sun Belt 1-1 3 RV L 17-7 A Marshall
RV < NR UTSA CUSA 2-0 2 NR W 24-10 H Stephen F. Austin
RV < NR Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 2-0 1 RV W 43-21 H Campbell
RV < NR Troy Sun Belt 1-0 1 NR W 47-14 A Middle Tennessee
RV < NR Air Force MWC 0-0 0 RV DNP
RV < NR Georgia Tech ACC 1-1 0 RV L 49-21 H #14 UCF
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 0-0 0 RV DNP
RV < NR Louisiana Tech CUSA 1-0 0 RV W 31-30 A Southern Miss
RV < NR NC State ACC 1-0 0 RV W 45-42 H Wake Forest
RV < NR Nebraska Big Ten 0-0 0 RV DNP
RV < NR South Carolina SEC 0-0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Michigan Big Ten 0-0 0 19 DNP
NR < NR Minnesota Big Ten 0-0 0 22 DNP
NR < NR Ohio State Big Ten 0-0 0 *10 DNP
NR < NR Penn State Big Ten 0-0 0 13 DNP
NR < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 0-0 0 17 DNP

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 8 9.3 8006
ACC 7 13.7 5202
Big 12 3 8.7 3098
AAC 3 14.7 2001
Ind 2 20.0 701
Sun Belt 1 19.0 374
CUSA 1 25.0 108

Milestones


NOTE: This is the second poll where teams from the Big Ten, Pac-12, MAC, and Mountain West conferences were ineligible to receive votes since they are not playing at the time of the poll. This has affected many appearance and streak numbers. How this unusual interruption will be notated in the future will depend on when or if those conferences play games, and how the AP handles any polls if they do play. Until then, I'm going to treat them at face value (subject to sudden change), i.e., no asterisks at this point.

Last Appearances:
- Marshall makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2009 poll (165 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Auburn's Top 25 streak reaches 20

Total Appearances:
- Cincinnati reaches 60 appearances (#70)
- Florida reaches 620 appearances (#11)
- Louisiana ties Hardin Simmons for #137
- Oklahoma reaches 850 appearances (#3)
- Marshall ties Yale and reaches 30 appearances (#92)
- Virginia Tech ties Georgia Tech and West Virginia for #26

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)
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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.