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October 23, 2016 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts 3WT CP Last Week
1 < 1 Alabama (60) SEC 8-0 1524 0 *1 W 33-14 H #6 Texas A&M
2 < 3 Michigan (1) Big Ten 7-0 1446 +2 2 W 41-8 H Illinois
3 < 4 Clemson ACC 7-0 1382 0 *3 DNP
4 < 5 Washington Pac-12 7-0 1373 +1 4 W 41-17 H Oregon State
5 < 7 Louisville ACC 6-1 1276 +2 5 W 54-13 H NC State
6 < 2 Ohio State Big Ten 6-1 1143 -4 8 L 24-21 A Penn State
7 < 8 Nebraska Big Ten 7-0 1083 +3 6 W 27-14 H Purdue
8 < 9 Baylor Big 12 6-0 1063 +3 6 DNP
9 < 6 Texas A&M SEC 6-1 1007 -3 10 L 33-14 A #1 Alabama
10 < 12 West Virginia Big 12 6-0 997 +10 9 W 34-10 H TCU
11 < 10 Wisconsin Big Ten 5-2 980 -3 11 W 17-9 A Iowa
12 < 13 Florida State ACC 5-2 725 +2 14 DNP
13 < 14 Boise State MWC 7-0 716 +2 13 W 28-27 H BYU
14 < 15 Florida SEC 5-1 654 +4 12 DNP
15 < 21 Auburn SEC 5-2 641 +8 17 W 56-3 H #17 Arkansas
16 < 16 Oklahoma Big 12 5-2 626 +3 15 W 66-59 A Texas Tech
17 < 19 Utah Pac-12 7-1 584 +4 16 W 52-45 A UCLA
18 < 18 Tennessee SEC 5-2 572 -9 18 DNP
19 < 25 LSU SEC 5-2 352 +7 19 W 38-21 H #23 Mississippi
20 < 20 Western Michigan MAC 8-0 349 +4 21 W 45-31 H Eastern Michigan
21 < 22 North Carolina ACC 6-2 328 +5 20 W 35-14 A Virginia
22 < 24 Navy AAC 5-1 251 +3 22 W 42-28 H Memphis
23 < NR Colorado Pac-12 6-2 207 +3 23 W 10-5 A Stanford
24 < NR Penn State Big Ten 5-2 193 +2 RV W 24-21 H #2 Ohio State
25 < NR Virginia Tech ACC 5-2 110 -8 25 W 37-16 H Miami (FL)
RV < NR Washington State Pac-12 5-2 84 0 RV W 37-32 A Arizona State
RV < 11 Houston AAC 6-2 67 -13 24 L 38-16 A SMU
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 5-2 62 0 RV W 44-20 A Kansas
RV < 17 Arkansas SEC 5-3 14 -4 RV L 56-3 A #21 Auburn
RV < NR Troy Sun Belt 6-1 6 0 RV W 28-21 A South Alabama
RV < NR USC Pac-12 4-3 5 0 RV DNP
RV < NR Pittsburgh ACC 5-2 2 0 RV DNP
RV < NR San Diego State MWC 6-1 2 0 RV W 42-3 H San Jose State
RV < NR SMU AAC 3-4 1 0 NR W 38-16 H #11 Houston
NR < 23 Mississippi SEC 3-4 0 -14 RV L 38-21 A #25 LSU
NR < NR Appalachian State Sun Belt 5-2 0 0 RV W 37-19 H Idaho
NR < NR Miami (FL) ACC 4-3 0 -10 RV L 37-16 A Virginia Tech
NR < NR Middle Tennessee CUSA 5-2 0 0 RV W 51-45 A Missouri
NR < NR South Florida AAC 6-2 0 0 RV L 46-30 A Temple
NR < NR Tulsa AAC 5-2 0 0 RV W 50-27 H Tulane
NR < NR Wyoming MWC 5-2 0 0 RV W 42-34 A Nevada

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 6 12.7 4750
Big Ten 5 10.0 4845
ACC 5 13.2 3821
Big 12 3 11.3 2686
Pac-12 3 14.7 2164
MWC 1 13.0 716
MAC 1 20.0 349
AAC 1 22.0 251

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- Penn State makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 12/4/2011 poll (75)
- West Virginia makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 10/7/2012 poll (67 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Alabama's #1 streak reaches 10
- Alabama's Top 10 streak reaches 20
- Alabama's Top 25 streak reaches 140
- Clemson's Top 10 streak reaches 20
- Houston's Top 25 streak ends at 18
- Mississippi's Top 25 streak ends at 13
- Tennessee's Top 25 streak reaches 10

Total Appearances:
- Western Michigan ties 6 others for #136

Miscellaneous:
- This is the highest rank for Michigan since the 11/19/2006 poll when they were ranked #2 after losing their showdown with #1 Ohio State 42-39.
- This is the highest rank for Washington since the final 2000 poll when they were ranked #3 after beating #13 Purdue 34-24 in the Rose Bowl.

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.