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October 18, 2015 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts 3WT CP Last Week
1 < 1 Ohio State (28) Big Ten 7-0 1428 0 *1 W 38-10 H Penn State
2 < 2 Baylor (12) Big 12 6-0 1416 +1 *2 W 62-38 H West Virginia
3 < 4 Utah (16) Pac-12 6-0 1362 +2 *7 W 34-18 H Arizona State
4 < 3 TCU (3) Big 12 7-0 1338 -2 *3 W 45-21 A Iowa State
5 < 6 LSU (1) SEC 6-0 1306 +2 *5 W 35-28 H #8 Florida
6 < 5 Clemson (1) ACC 6-0 1252 0 6 W 34-17 H Boston College
7 < 7 Michigan State Big Ten 7-0 1202 -3 4 W 27-23 A #12 Michigan
8 < 10 Alabama SEC 6-1 1133 0 8 W 41-23 A #9 Texas A&M
9 < 11 Florida State ACC 6-0 1041 +3 9 W 41-21 H Louisville
10 < 15 Stanford Pac-12 5-1 917 +6 11 W 56-35 H #18 UCLA
11 < 14 Notre Dame Ind 6-1 898 +4 10 W 41-31 H USC
12 < 17 Iowa Big Ten 7-0 820 +10 13 W 40-10 A #20 Northwestern
13 < 8 Florida SEC 6-1 785 -2 14 L 35-28 A #6 LSU
14 < 16 Oklahoma State Big 12 6-0 735 +7 12 DNP
15 < 9 Texas A&M SEC 5-1 614 -6 16 L 41-23 H #10 Alabama
15 < 12 Michigan Big Ten 5-2 614 +3 17 L 27-23 H #7 Michigan State
17 < 19 Oklahoma Big 12 5-1 565 -7 15 W 55-0 A Kansas State
18 < NR Memphis AAC 6-0 554 +8 17 W 37-24 H #13 Mississippi
19 < 22 Toledo MAC 6-0 346 +5 20 W 63-20 H Eastern Washington
20 < 23 California Pac-12 5-1 337 +3 19 DNP
21 < 24 Houston AAC 6-0 318 +5 22 W 42-7 A Tulane
22 < NR Temple AAC 6-0 217 +4 24 W 30-16 H UCF
23 < 25 Duke ACC 5-1 211 +3 21 DNP
24 < 13 Mississippi SEC 5-2 158 -10 23 L 37-24 A Memphis
25 < NR Pittsburgh ACC 5-1 73 +1 RV W 31-28 A Georgia Tech
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 5-2 63 0 RV W 45-20 H Louisiana Tech
RV < NR BYU Ind 5-2 21 0 RV W 38-24 H Cincinnati
RV < 18 UCLA Pac-12 4-2 18 -6 RV L 56-35 A #15 Stanford
RV < NR North Carolina ACC 5-1 17 0 RV W 50-14 H Wake Forest
RV < NR Texas Tech Big 12 5-2 14 0 RV W 30-20 A Kansas
RV < NR Georgia SEC 5-2 12 -7 25 W 9-6 H Missouri
RV < NR Western Kentucky CUSA 6-1 11 0 RV W 55-28 A North Texas
RV < NR Arizona State Pac-12 4-3 10 0 NR L 34-18 A #4 Utah
RV < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 5-2 8 0 RV W 24-7 H Purdue
RV < NR Utah State MWC 4-2 7 0 RV W 52-26 H #21 Boise State
RV < 20 Northwestern Big Ten 5-2 4 -13 RV L 40-10 H #17 Iowa
NR < 21 Boise State MWC 5-2 0 -1 RV L 52-26 A Utah State
NR < NR Arizona Pac-12 5-2 0 0 RV W 38-31 A Colorado
NR < NR Bowling Green MAC 5-2 0 0 RV W 59-10 H Akron
NR < NR Illinois Big Ten 4-2 0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Marshall CUSA 6-1 0 0 RV W 33-17 A Florida Atlantic
NR < NR Navy AAC 4-1 0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Oregon Pac-12 4-3 0 0 RV W 26-20 A Washington
NR < NR Tennessee SEC 3-3 0 0 NR DNP
NR < NR USC Pac-12 3-3 0 -9 NR L 41-31 A #14 Notre Dame
NR < NR Washington State Pac-12 4-2 0 0 RV W 52-31 H Oregon State
NR < NR West Virginia Big 12 3-3 0 0 NR L 62-38 A #2 Baylor

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 5 13.0 3996
Big Ten 4 8.8 4064
Big 12 4 9.3 4054
ACC 4 15.8 2577
Pac-12 3 11.0 2616
AAC 3 20.3 1089
Ind 1 11.0 898
MAC 1 19.0 346

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- LSU makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 10/28/2012 poll (47 polls)
- Pittsburgh makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 2010 preseason poll (88 polls)
- Stanford makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 12/8/2013 poll (25 polls)
- Temple makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 1979 poll (586 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Ohio State's Top 5 streak reaches 10
- TCU's Top 25 streak reaches 20
- UCLA's Top 25 streak ends at 16

Total Appearances:
- Baylor ties Illinois for #45
- California ties Syracuse for #41
- Houston ties Mississippi State for #47
- Iowa reaches 300 appearances
- Memphis ties six others for #135
- Mississippi ties Virginia Tech for #29
- Pittsburgh ties Colorado for #26
- Temple ties three others for #113
- Toledo ties three others for #78

Miscellaneous:
- Fifth time in two years that the #1 team has had less than 30 FPV. The previous four times occurred from 2001 to 2008.
- Temple's 586-poll wait to reappear in the AP Top 25 is sixth-longest since 2008:

902 Nevada
790 Utah State
697 Ohio
632 Kent State
602 San Jose State
- Each of the top six teams received at least one FPV. That is the most since the 9/7/2008 poll. Polls with seven or more since 1968:
9 - 8/25/1997
9 - 1997 Preseason
9 - 1977 Preseason
9 - 1976 Preseason
8 - 1998 Preseason
8 - 9/8/1997
8 - 9/2/1997
8 - 9/3/1985
8 - 9/11/1984
7 - 9/7/2008
7 - 9/2/2008
7 - 9/15/1997
7 - 8/31/1994
7 - 1994 Preseason
7 - 1985 Preseason
7 - 9/27/1982
7 - 10/1/1973
7 - 10/19/1970

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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  • 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.