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September 17, 2023 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP Last Week
1 < 1 Georgia (57) SEC 3-0 1566 *1 W 24-14 H South Carolina
2 < 2 Michigan (2) Big Ten 3-0 1481 *2 W 31-6 H Bowling Green
3 < 4 Texas (3) Big 12 3-0 1380 6 W 31-10 H Wyoming
4 < 3 Florida State (1) ACC 3-0 1378 3 W 31-29 A Boston College
5 < 5 USC Pac-12 3-0 1296 5 DNP
6 < 6 Ohio State Big Ten 3-0 1291 *4 W 63-10 H Western Kentucky
7 < 7 Penn State Big Ten 3-0 1217 7 W 30-13 A Illinois
8 < 8 Washington Pac-12 3-0 1194 8 W 41-7 A Michigan State
9 < 9 Notre Dame Ind 4-0 1066 9 W 41-17 H Central Michigan
10 < 13 Oregon Pac-12 3-0 942 11 W 55-10 H Hawaii
11 < 12 Utah Pac-12 3-0 921 10 W 31-7 H Weber State
12 < 14 LSU SEC 2-1 805 13 W 41-14 A Mississippi State
13 < 10 Alabama SEC 2-1 796 12 W 17-3 A South Florida
14 < 16 Oregon State Pac-12 3-0 715 15 W 26-9 H San Diego State
15 < 17 Mississippi SEC 3-0 657 16 W 48-23 H Georgia Tech
16 < 19 Oklahoma Big 12 3-0 606 14 W 66-17 A Tulsa
17 < 20 North Carolina ACC 3-0 567 17 W 31-13 H Minnesota
18 < 21 Duke ACC 3-0 530 18 W 38-14 H Northwestern
19 < 18 Colorado Pac-12 3-0 509 19 W 43-35 (2OT) H Colorado State
20 < 22 Miami (FL) ACC 3-0 359 21 W 48-7 H Bethune-Cookman
21 < 23 Washington State Pac-12 3-0 278 24 W 64-21 H Northern Colorado
22 < 24 UCLA Pac-12 3-0 204 25 W 59-7 H North Carolina Central
23 < 11 Tennessee SEC 2-1 198 20 L 29-16 A Florida
24 < 25 Iowa Big Ten 3-0 125 22 W 41-10 H Western Michigan
25 < NR Florida SEC 2-1 103 RV W 29-16 H #11 Tennessee
RV < NR Clemson ACC 76 23 W 48-14 H Florida Atlantic
RV < NR Missouri SEC 72 RV W 30-27 H #15 Kansas State
RV < 15 Kansas State Big 12 54 RV L 30-27 A Missouri
RV < NR TCU Big 12 21 RV W 36-13 A Houston
RV < NR Fresno State MWC 17 RV W 29-0 A Arizona State
RV < NR Kansas Big 12 15 RV W 31-24 A Nevada
RV < NR Tulane AAC 13 RV W 21-3 A Southern Miss
RV < NR Kentucky SEC 10 RV W 35-3 H Akron
RV < NR Maryland Big Ten 4 RV W 42-14 H Virginia
RV < NR BYU Big 12 3 RV W 38-31 A Arkansas
RV < NR Syracuse ACC 2 RV W 35-20 A Purdue
RV < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 2 NR W 35-14 H Georgia Southern
RV < NR Auburn SEC 1 RV W 45-13 H Samford
RV < NR Louisville ACC 1 RV W 21-14 A Indiana
NR < NR Air Force MWC 0 RV W 39-21 H Utah State
NR < NR Arkansas SEC 0 RV L 38-31 H BYU
NR < NR James Madison Sun Belt 0 RV W 16-14 A Troy
NR < NR Memphis AAC 0 RV W 28-24 H Navy
NR < NR Ohio MAC 0 RV W 10-7 H Iowa State
NR < NR Texas A&M SEC 0 RV W 47-3 H Louisiana-Monroe
NR < NR UCF Big 12 0 RV W 48-14 H Villanova
NR < NR Wake Forest ACC 0 RV W 27-24 A Old Dominion
NR < NR Wyoming MWC 0 RV L 31-10 A Texas

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Pac-12 8 13.8 6059
SEC 6 14.8 4125
Big Ten 4 9.8 4114
ACC 4 14.8 2834
Big 12 2 9.5 1986
Ind 1 9.0 1066

Milestones

Last Appearances

  • Florida makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/18/2022 poll (15 polls)

Weekly Streaks

  • Alabama's Top 10 streak ends at 128
  • Florida State's Top 25 streak reaches 10
  • Kansas State's Top 25 streak ends at 15
  • Notre Dame's Top 25 streak reaches 10
  • Ohio State's Top 25 streak reaches 50
  • Washington's Top 25 streak reaches 10

Total Appearances

  • Duke ties Minnesota State for #52
  • Iowa reaches 360 appearances (#24)
  • Ohio State reaches 970 appearances (#1)
  • Nine of the top 10, 15 of the top 17, and 16 of the top 20 in Total Appearances are all ranked this week

Miscellaneous

  • Alabama (under Saban): Biggest drop (3) after a win, and just the third time that they have dropped more than one spot after a win (2022 and 2015).
  • Duke: Highest rank since #18 in 11/8/1994 poll (472 polls).
  • Oregon State: Highest rank since #13 in 11/4/2012 poll.
  • Tennessee: Second biggest drop since 9/16/1986 (#8 > NR) and biggest drop ever while remaining ranked (previous was 10 in 10/1/2000 poll, #11 > #21).
  • Texas: First time with multiple weeks in the Top 5 since 2010 (preseason and Week 1). First time with multiple weeks in the regular season Top 5 since 2009 (all polls that season).
  • Washington State: Highest rank since #19 in 9/15/2019 poll.
  • Big 12: Last time with only two teams ranked was 9/12/2021 (#3 Oklahoma, #14 Iowa State).
  • SEC: Last time with only one team in the Top 10 was 9/17/2017 (#1 Alabama; 5 others ranked 11-25).
  • Last time Florida/Florida State/Miami were all ranked was the 9/17/2017 poll (#20, #12, #14, respectively).

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.