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October 16, 2016 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts 3WT CP Last Week
1 < 1 Alabama (60) SEC 7-0 1524 0 *1 W 49-10 A #9 Tennessee
2 < 2 Ohio State Big Ten 6-0 1457 0 *2 W 30-23 (1OT) A #8 Wisconsin
3 < 4 Michigan (1) Big Ten 6-0 1368 +1 4 DNP
4 < 3 Clemson ACC 7-0 1337 -1 *3 W 24-17 (1OT) H NC State
5 < 5 Washington Pac-12 6-0 1304 0 5 DNP
6 < 6 Texas A&M SEC 6-0 1218 +2 6 DNP
7 < 7 Louisville ACC 5-1 1168 0 7 W 24-14 H Duke
8 < 10 Nebraska Big Ten 6-0 1037 +4 9 W 27-22 A Indiana
9 < 11 Baylor Big 12 6-0 1021 +4 8 W 49-7 H Kansas
10 < 8 Wisconsin Big Ten 4-2 935 +1 10 L 30-23 (1OT) H #2 Ohio State
11 < 13 Houston AAC 6-1 766 -5 11 W 38-31 H Tulsa
12 < 20 West Virginia Big 12 5-0 744 +10 13 W 48-17 A Texas Tech
13 < 14 Florida State ACC 5-2 733 +10 15 W 17-6 H Wake Forest
14 < 15 Boise State MWC 6-0 694 +5 14 W 28-23 H Colorado State
15 < 18 Florida SEC 5-1 626 +3 12 W 40-14 H Missouri
16 < 19 Oklahoma Big 12 4-2 612 +4 16 W 38-17 H Kansas State
17 < 22 Arkansas SEC 5-2 584 -1 17 W 34-30 H #12 Mississippi
18 < 9 Tennessee SEC 5-2 550 -9 19 L 49-10 H #1 Alabama
19 < 21 Utah Pac-12 6-1 479 +5 18 W 19-14 A Oregon State
20 < 24 Western Michigan MAC 7-0 285 +6 20 W 41-0 A Akron
21 < 23 Auburn SEC 4-2 277 +5 24 DNP
22 < NR North Carolina ACC 5-2 254 -5 21 W 20-13 A #16 Miami (FL)
23 < 12 Mississippi SEC 3-3 188 -9 22 L 34-30 A #22 Arkansas
24 < 25 Navy AAC 4-1 163 +2 25 DNP
25 < NR LSU SEC 4-2 123 +1 23 W 45-10 H Southern Miss
RV < NR Colorado Pac-12 5-2 110 -5 RV W 40-16 H Arizona State
RV < 16 Miami (FL) ACC 4-2 69 -16 RV L 20-13 H North Carolina
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 4-2 47 0 RV DNP
RV < NR Washington State Pac-12 4-2 39 0 RV W 27-21 H UCLA
RV < 17 Virginia Tech ACC 4-2 38 -1 RV L 31-17 A Syracuse
RV < NR South Florida AAC 6-1 31 0 RV W 42-27 H Connecticut
RV < NR Stanford Pac-12 4-2 15 -11 RV W 17-10 A Notre Dame
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 5-2 7 0 RV W 49-35 A Purdue
RV < NR Arizona State Pac-12 5-2 6 0 RV L 40-16 A Colorado
RV < NR USC Pac-12 4-3 5 0 RV W 48-14 A Arizona
RV < NR NC State ACC 4-2 4 0 RV L 24-17 (1OT) A #3 Clemson
RV < NR San Diego State MWC 5-1 3 0 RV W 17-3 A Fresno State
RV < NR Pittsburgh ACC 5-2 2 0 RV W 45-31 A Virginia
RV < NR TCU Big 12 4-2 1 0 RV DNP
RV < NR Troy Sun Belt 5-1 1 0 RV W 31-21 H Georgia State
NR < NR Appalachian State Sun Belt 4-2 0 0 RV W 24-0 A Louisiana-Lafayette
NR < NR BYU Ind 4-3 0 0 RV W 28-21 (2OT) H Mississippi State
NR < NR Memphis AAC 5-1 0 0 RV W 24-14 A Tulane
NR < NR Tulsa AAC 4-2 0 0 RV L 38-31 A #13 Houston

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 8 15.8 5090
Big Ten 4 5.8 4797
ACC 4 11.5 3492
Big 12 3 12.3 2377
Pac-12 2 12.0 1783
AAC 2 17.5 929
MWC 1 14.0 694
MAC 1 20.0 285

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- Baylor makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 11/22/2015 poll (10 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Michigan's Top 25 streak reaches 20
- Ohio State's Top 10 streak reaches 30

Total Appearances:
- Baylor ties California and Syracuse for #41
- Florida State ties Georgia for #13
- Houston ties Maryland for #44
- LSU reaches 580 appearances
- Navy reaches 130 appearances
- North Carolina ties BYU for #35
- Oklahoma reaches 790 appearances
- Western Michigan ties 9 others for #142

Miscellaneous:
- With 60 first-place votes, Alabama is just the second team to have 60 or more in the regular season since 2012. #1 Progression
- Wisconsin remained in the Top 10 despite a second straight regular season loss (with a bye week in between). This has happened five times before:

1959	Northwestern	11/9 and 11/16
1961	Michigan State	11/6 and 11/13
1965	Texas		10/18 and 10/25
1991	Florida State	11/18 and 12/2 (with bye week)
1999	Florida		11/21 and 12/5 (with bye week)

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.