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October 2, 2016 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts 3WT CP Last Week
1 < 1 Alabama (53) SEC 5-0 1514 0 *1 W 34-6 H Kentucky
2 < 2 Ohio State (6) Big Ten 4-0 1451 0 *2 W 58-0 H Rutgers
3 < 5 Clemson (1) ACC 5-0 1403 +2 *3 W 42-36 H #3 Louisville
4 < 4 Michigan (1) Big Ten 5-0 1334 0 4 W 14-7 H #8 Wisconsin
5 < 10 Washington Pac-12 5-0 1234 +4 6 W 44-6 H #7 Stanford
6 < 6 Houston AAC 5-0 1233 0 5 W 42-14 H Connecticut
7 < 3 Louisville ACC 4-1 1160 -4 8 L 42-36 A #5 Clemson
8 < 9 Texas A&M SEC 5-0 1113 +2 7 W 24-13 A South Carolina
9 < 11 Tennessee SEC 5-0 1045 +5 9 W 34-31 A #25 Georgia
10 < 14 Miami (FL) ACC 4-0 909 +5 10 W 35-21 A Georgia Tech
11 < 8 Wisconsin Big Ten 4-1 882 0 13 L 14-7 A #4 Michigan
12 < 15 Nebraska Big Ten 5-0 821 +8 12 W 31-16 H Illinois
13 < 13 Baylor Big 12 5-0 805 +3 11 W 45-42 A Iowa State
14 < 16 Mississippi SEC 3-2 712 +9 14 W 48-28 H Memphis
15 < 7 Stanford Pac-12 3-1 711 -8 15 L 44-6 A #10 Washington
16 < 20 Arkansas SEC 4-1 528 +1 17 W 52-10 H Alcorn State
17 < NR North Carolina ACC 4-1 497 +9 16 W 37-35 A #12 Florida State
18 < 23 Florida SEC 4-1 391 +1 18 W 13-6 A Vanderbilt
19 < 24 Boise State MWC 4-0 385 +7 19 W 21-10 H Utah State
20 < NR Oklahoma Big 12 2-2 324 +5 22 W 52-46 A #21 TCU
21 < NR Colorado Pac-12 4-1 276 +5 23 W 47-6 H Oregon State
22 < NR West Virginia Big 12 4-0 240 +4 20 W 17-16 H Kansas State
23 < 12 Florida State ACC 3-2 230 -10 21 L 37-35 H North Carolina
24 < 18 Utah Pac-12 4-1 86 0 24 L 28-23 A California
25 < NR Virginia Tech ACC 3-1 85 +1 RV DNP
RV < NR Western Michigan MAC 5-0 76 0 25 W 49-10 H Central Michigan
RV < NR UCLA Pac-12 3-2 56 0 RV W 45-24 H Arizona
RV < NR LSU SEC 3-2 49 -8 RV W 42-7 H Missouri
RV < NR Auburn SEC 3-2 46 0 RV W 58-7 H Louisiana-Monroe
RV < NR North Dakota State Other 4-0 46 0 NR W 31-10 H Illinois State
RV < 25 Georgia SEC 3-2 42 -14 RV L 34-31 H #11 Tennessee
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 3-2 41 0 RV W 49-31 H #22 Texas
RV < 21 TCU Big 12 3-2 26 0 RV L 52-46 H Oklahoma
RV < NR Maryland Big Ten 4-0 23 0 RV W 50-7 H Purdue
RV < NR Air Force MWC 4-0 17 0 RV W 28-14 H Navy
RV < 19 San Diego State MWC 3-1 10 -4 RV L 42-24 A South Alabama
RV < 17 Michigan State Big Ten 2-2 7 -18 RV L 24-21 (1OT) A Indiana
RV < NR South Florida AAC 4-1 6 0 RV W 45-20 A Cincinnati
RV < NR Arizona State Pac-12 4-1 4 0 RV L 41-20 A USC
RV < NR California Pac-12 3-2 3 0 RV W 28-23 H #18 Utah
RV < NR Indiana Big Ten 3-1 3 0 RV W 24-21 (1OT) H #17 Michigan State
RV < 22 Texas Big 12 2-2 1 -5 NR L 49-31 A Oklahoma State
NR < NR Appalachian State Sun Belt 3-2 0 0 RV W 17-3 H Georgia State
NR < NR Eastern Michigan MAC 4-1 0 0 RV W 28-25 A Bowling Green
NR < NR Middle Tennessee CUSA 4-1 0 0 RV W 30-13 A North Texas
NR < NR Minnesota Big Ten 3-1 0 0 RV L 29-26 (1OT) A Penn State
NR < NR South Alabama Sun Belt 3-2 0 0 RV W 42-24 H #19 San Diego State
NR < NR Southern Miss CUSA 4-1 0 0 RV W 44-28 H Rice
NR < NR Texas Tech Big 12 3-1 0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Troy Sun Belt 4-1 0 0 RV W 34-13 A Idaho
NR < NR USC Pac-12 2-3 0 0 RV W 41-20 H Arizona State
NR < NR Wake Forest ACC 4-1 0 0 RV L 33-16 A NC State

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 6 11.0 5303
ACC 6 14.2 4284
Big Ten 4 7.3 4488
Pac-12 4 16.3 2307
Big 12 3 18.3 1369
AAC 1 6.0 1233
MWC 1 19.0 385

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- Colorado makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 11/6/2005 poll (173 polls)
- Miami (FL) makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 10/27/2013 poll (45 polls)
- Virginia Tech makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/7/2014 poll (35 polls)
- Washington makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the final 2000 poll (252 polls)
- West Virginia makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/27/2015 poll (16 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Michigan State's Top 25 streak ends at 46

Total Appearances:
- Boise State ties Washington State for #59
- Colorado ties Pittsburgh for #26
- Houston reaches 190 appearances
- Ohio State reaches 860 appearances

Miscellaneous:
- Teams that have been ranked (before this season) since Colorado was last ranked:

Northwestern		Colorado State		Penn State
Navy			Minnesota		Virginia
Western Kentucky	East Carolina		Illinois
Temple			South Carolina		South Florida
Mississippi State	Virginia Tech		NC State
Washington State	UCF			Nevada
Toledo			Vanderbilt		Tulsa
Memphis			Fresno State		Hawaii
Pittsburgh		Northern Illinois	Connecticut
Duke			Texas Tech		Air Force
California		Maryland		Central Michigan
West Virginia		Oregon State		Kansas
Georgia Tech		Utah State		Ball State
Arizona			San Jose State		Boston College
Missouri		Kent State		Wake Forest
BYU			Rutgers			Kentucky
Auburn			Louisiana Tech		Purdue
Arizona State		Ohio			UTEP
Kansas State		Cincinnati		
Marshall		Southern Miss		

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.