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Total Appearances in the AP Poll

1223 total polls since 1936

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Ohio State 972 79.5% 8.0 1
2. Michigan 909 74.3% 9.3 1
3. Oklahoma 888 72.6% 7.8 1
4. Alabama 863 70.6% 7.2 1
  Notre Dame 863 70.6% 8.4 1
6. USC 809 66.1% 9.5 1
7. Texas 763 62.4% 9.4 1
8. Nebraska 730 59.7% 8.3 1
9. Penn State 684 55.9% 10.1 1
10. LSU 655 53.6% 10.8 1
11. Georgia 651 53.2% 10.3 1
12. Florida 646 52.8% 10.3 1
13. Tennessee 609 49.8% 10.6 1
14. Auburn 602 49.2% 11.3 1
15. Florida State 573 46.9% 8.7 1
16. UCLA 549 44.9% 12.0 1
17. Miami (FL) 517 42.3% 9.2 1
18. Clemson 495 40.5% 11.7 1
19. Texas A&M 490 40.1% 12.6 1
20. Washington 471 38.5% 12.3 1
21. Arkansas 432 35.3% 11.8 1
22. Michigan State 419 34.3% 11.7 1
23. Wisconsin 416 34.0% 13.2 1
24. Iowa 360 29.4% 13.1 1
25. Oregon 356 29.1% 11.6 1
26. Mississippi 323 26.4% 12.4 1
27. Pittsburgh 314 25.7% 12.6 1
28. Virginia Tech 311 25.4% 13.8 2
29. Colorado 308 25.2% 11.9 1
30. Georgia Tech 306 25.0% 12.2 2
  West Virginia 306 25.0% 14.5 2
32. Stanford 303 24.8% 13.6 2
33. Arizona State 291 23.8% 14.7 2
34. Oklahoma State 282 23.1% 14.1 2
35. BYU 279 22.8% 15.4 1
36. North Carolina 275 22.5% 13.8 1
37. Missouri 256 20.9% 14.1 1
38. TCU 255 20.9% 12.4 1
39. Purdue 237 19.4% 13.1 1
40. Kansas State 233 19.1% 13.5 2
41. Baylor 226 18.5% 13.0 2
42. Syracuse 210 17.2% 14.0 1
43. Mississippi State 209 17.1% 17.5 1
44. Houston 203 16.6% 13.9 2
45. California 200 16.4% 12.1 1
46. Maryland 193 15.8% 12.2 1
47. South Carolina 191 15.6% 15.3 2
48. Northwestern 188 15.4% 13.3 1
49. Illinois 186 15.2% 12.5 2
  NC State 186 15.2% 17.9 3
51. SMU 180 14.7% 12.4 1
52. Duke 177 14.5% 13.5 2
53. Minnesota 175 14.3% 11.9 1
54. Virginia 174 14.2% 16.8 1
55. Utah 168 13.7% 15.2 2
  Arizona 168 13.7% 15.4 3
57. Boise State 165 13.5% 14.7 2
  Washington State 165 13.5% 15.9 3
59. Army (NY) 146 11.9% 7.7 1
60. Louisville 144 11.8% 15.4 3
  Boston College 144 11.8% 15.8 1
62. Texas Tech 141 11.5% 15.9 2
63. Navy (MD) 139 11.4% 10.6 2
64. Kansas 112 9.2% 14.3 2
65. Kentucky 110 9.0% 13.8 3
66. Oregon State 107 8.7% 15.6 4
67. Cincinnati 97 7.9% 13.8 2
68. Penn 89 7.3% 11.2 3
69. Air Force 81 6.6% 16.0 4
70. Tulane (LA) 70 5.7% 15.1 4
  Iowa State 70 5.7% 17.8 7
72. Rice (TX) 69 5.6% 13.2 5
  Wake Forest (NC) 69 5.6% 18.2 10
74. Indiana 67 5.5% 14.6 4
75. Fresno State 65 5.3% 20.2 8
76. Wyoming 56 4.6% 16.5 6
  Southern Miss 56 4.6% 20.5 9
78. UCF 54 4.4% 15.9 6
79. Tulsa 48 3.9% 17.0 4
80. Cornell (NY) 47 3.8% 10.7 1
  South Florida 47 3.8% 18.7 2
82. Toledo (OH) 45 3.7% 19.3 12
83. Santa Clara (CA) 43 3.5% 12.7 5
  Colorado State 43 3.5% 19.7 10
85. Miami (OH) 42 3.4% 16.0 10
86. Fordham (NY) 40 3.3% 10.0 3
87. Holy Cross (MA) 39 3.2% 15.1 9
88. Dartmouth (NH) 37 3.0% 13.2 4
  Marshall (WV) 37 3.0% 17.7 10
  Rutgers (NJ) 37 3.0% 18.1 7
91. East Carolina 34 2.8% 18.5 9
92. San Diego State 32 2.6% 20.0 13
93. Vanderbilt 31 2.5% 15.9 7
94. Yale (CT) 30 2.5% 13.6 5
95. Princeton (NJ) 29 2.4% 12.1 4
96. Hawaii 28 2.3% 19.4 10
97. Memphis 27 2.2% 19.8 15
98. Villanova (PA) 25 2.0% 13.8 6
99. Coastal Carolina (SC) 24 2.0% 17.0 9
100. Northern Illinois 23 1.9% 19.9 12
101. Louisiana 22 1.8% 19.8 14
102. Duquesne (PA) 20 1.6% 11.4 5
103. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 1.5% 6.3 2
104. William & Mary (VA) 16 1.3% 15.8 12
  Columbia (NY) 16 1.3% 15.9 10
  Nevada 16 1.3% 17.2 10
  Temple (PA) 16 1.3% 20.1 13
  Bowling Green (OH) 16 1.3% 21.4 15
109. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 1.2% 11.3 8
110. Pacific (CA) 14 1.1% 13.9 6
111. St. Mary's (CA) 13 1.1% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 1.1% 12.2 5
  Utah State 13 1.1% 17.8 10
114. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 1.0% 11.4 5
115. Georgetown (DC) 11 0.9% 13.4 9
  Ball State 11 0.9% 18.5 12
117. Randolph Field (TX) 10 0.8% 4.8 2
  Western Michigan 10 0.8% 16.3 12
  Appalachian State (NC) 10 0.8% 21.7 19
  Liberty (VA) 10 0.8% 21.9 17
121. Carnegie Mellon (PA) 9 0.7% 10.4 6
  Del Monte Pre-Flight (CA) 9 0.7% 13.0 8
  Ohio 9 0.7% 18.8 15
  UTSA 9 0.7% 19.7 15
125. San Francisco 8 0.7% 16.3 13
  San Jose State (CA) 8 0.7% 21.3 18
127. North Carolina Pre-Flight 7 0.6% 11.9 2
  Marquette (WI) 7 0.6% 12.0 4
  George Washington (DC) 7 0.6% 16.4 14
130. New Mexico State 6 0.5% 16.5 14
  2nd Air Force 6 0.5% 18.0 15
  Connecticut 6 0.5% 21.0 16
  Louisiana Tech 6 0.5% 22.0 19
134. Norman Pre-Flight (OK) 5 0.4% 15.2 13
  El Toro Marines (CA) 5 0.4% 16.4 15
  Colorado College 5 0.4% 17.2 16
  VMI 5 0.4% 17.2 13
  Harvard (MA) 5 0.4% 18.2 17
  Kent State (OH) 5 0.4% 22.0 18
  UTEP 5 0.4% 24.0 23
141. Hardin-Simmons (TX) 4 0.3% 18.3 17
142. Southwestern (TX) 3 0.2% 13.3 11
  Memphis Naval 3 0.2% 15.7 13
  Boston 3 0.2% 16.3 15
  Delaware 3 0.2% 16.7 15
  New York 3 0.2% 17.7 17
  Lafayette (PA) 3 0.2% 18.3 18
  Troy (AL) 3 0.2% 22.3 19
  Buffalo 3 0.2% 24.0 23
150. Colgate (NY) 2 0.2% 14.5 9
  Camp Peary (VA) 2 0.2% 15.5 14
  Detroit 2 0.2% 17.5 17
  North Texas 2 0.2% 18.0 16
  San Diego Naval 2 0.2% 18.5 17
  Washington & Lee (VA) 2 0.2% 18.5 18
  Central Michigan 2 0.2% 24.0 23
  Western Kentucky 2 0.2% 24.5 24
158. Arkansas-Monticello 1 0.1% 17.0 17
  Fort Pierce Naval (FL) 1 0.1% 18.0 18
  3rd Air Force 1 0.1% 19.0 19
  Lehigh (PA) 1 0.1% 19.0 19
  Muhlenberg (PA) 1 0.1% 19.0 19
  St. Mary's Pre-Flight (CA) 1 0.1% 19.0 19
  Bucknell (PA) 1 0.1% 20.0 20
  Camp Grant (IL) 1 0.1% 20.0 20
  Catawba (NC) 1 0.1% 20.0 20
  Loyola Marymount (CA) 1 0.1% 20.0 20
  Richmond (VA) 1 0.1% 20.0 20
  Williams (MA) 1 0.1% 20.0 20
  James Madison (VA) 1 0.1% 25.0 25

Notes

  • Teams in the latest poll are in bold.
  • Updated through October 1, 2023.