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Total Appearances in the AP Poll

1256 total polls since 1936

  Team APP PCT AVG RK HIGH RK
1. Ohio State 1005 80.0% 7.8 1
2. Michigan 933 74.3% 9.4 1
3. Oklahoma 911 72.5% 7.9 1
4. Alabama 896 71.3% 7.3 1
  Notre Dame 896 71.3% 8.6 1
6. USC 821 65.4% 9.6 1
7. Texas 796 63.4% 9.2 1
8. Nebraska 732 58.3% 8.3 1
9. Penn State 717 57.1% 9.9 1
10. Georgia 684 54.5% 9.9 1
11. LSU 683 54.4% 10.9 1
12. Florida 648 51.6% 10.3 1
13. Tennessee 641 51.0% 10.7 1
14. Auburn 604 48.1% 11.4 1
15. Florida State 589 46.9% 8.6 1
16. UCLA 553 44.0% 12.1 1
17. Miami (FL) 541 43.1% 9.2 1
18. Clemson 516 41.1% 11.8 1
19. Texas A&M 508 40.4% 12.7 1
20. Washington 481 38.3% 12.1 1
21. Arkansas 432 34.4% 11.8 1
22. Michigan State 419 33.4% 11.7 1
23. Wisconsin 416 33.1% 13.2 1
24. Oregon 389 31.0% 11.0 1
25. Iowa 367 29.2% 13.3 1
26. Mississippi 356 28.3% 12.4 1
27. Pittsburgh 319 25.4% 12.7 1
28. Colorado 316 25.2% 12.1 1
29. Virginia Tech 311 24.8% 13.8 2
30. Georgia Tech 310 24.7% 12.3 2
31. West Virginia 306 24.4% 14.5 2
32. Stanford 303 24.1% 13.6 2
33. Arizona State 299 23.8% 14.7 2
34. BYU 294 23.4% 15.4 1
35. Oklahoma State 293 23.3% 14.3 2
36. Missouri 284 22.6% 14.3 1
37. North Carolina 280 22.3% 13.9 1
38. TCU 256 20.4% 12.5 1
39. Kansas State 250 19.9% 13.8 2
40. Purdue 237 18.9% 13.1 1
41. Baylor 226 18.0% 13.0 2
42. Syracuse 213 17.0% 14.1 1
43. Mississippi State 209 16.6% 17.5 1
44. Illinois 204 16.2% 13.1 2
45. Houston 203 16.2% 13.9 2
46. California 200 15.9% 12.1 1
  South Carolina 200 15.9% 15.3 2
48. SMU 196 15.6% 12.8 1
49. Maryland 193 15.4% 12.2 1
50. NC State 191 15.2% 18.0 3
51. Northwestern 188 15.0% 13.3 1
52. Utah 184 14.6% 15.2 2
53. Duke 180 14.3% 13.6 2
54. Boise State 179 14.3% 14.8 2
55. Arizona 177 14.1% 15.5 3
56. Minnesota 175 13.9% 11.9 1
  Virginia 175 13.9% 16.8 1
58. Washington State 170 13.5% 16.1 3
59. Louisville 161 12.8% 15.6 3
60. Army (NY) 156 12.4% 8.6 1
61. Texas Tech 147 11.7% 16.0 2
62. Boston College 145 11.5% 15.9 1
63. Navy (MD) 141 11.2% 10.8 2
64. Kansas 118 9.4% 14.6 2
65. Oregon State 116 9.2% 15.5 4
66. Kentucky 111 8.8% 13.9 3
67. Cincinnati 97 7.7% 13.8 2
68. Iowa State 90 7.2% 17.3 7
69. Penn 89 7.1% 11.2 3
70. Indiana 85 6.8% 14.4 4
71. Air Force 84 6.7% 16.1 4
72. Tulane (LA) 81 6.4% 15.8 4
73. Rice (TX) 69 5.5% 13.2 5
  Wake Forest (NC) 69 5.5% 18.2 10
75. Fresno State 65 5.2% 20.2 8
76. Wyoming 56 4.5% 16.5 6
  Southern Miss 56 4.5% 20.5 9
78. UCF 54 4.3% 15.9 6
79. Tulsa 48 3.8% 17.0 4
  South Florida 48 3.8% 18.7 2
81. Cornell (NY) 47 3.7% 10.7 1
  Toledo (OH) 47 3.7% 19.4 12
83. Santa Clara (CA) 43 3.4% 12.7 5
  Colorado State 43 3.4% 19.7 10
85. Miami (OH) 42 3.3% 16.0 10
86. Fordham (NY) 40 3.2% 10.0 3
87. Holy Cross (MA) 39 3.1% 15.1 9
88. Dartmouth (NH) 37 2.9% 13.2 4
  Marshall (WV) 37 2.9% 17.7 10
  Rutgers (NJ) 37 2.9% 18.1 7
91. Vanderbilt 36 2.9% 16.6 7
92. East Carolina 34 2.7% 18.5 9
93. San Diego State 32 2.5% 20.0 13
94. Yale (CT) 30 2.4% 13.6 5
  Memphis 30 2.4% 20.3 15
96. Princeton (NJ) 29 2.3% 12.1 4
97. Hawaii 28 2.2% 19.4 10
98. Villanova (PA) 25 2.0% 13.8 6
  Northern Illinois 25 2.0% 20.2 12
100. Coastal Carolina (SC) 24 1.9% 17.0 9
101. Louisiana 22 1.8% 19.8 14
102. Duquesne (PA) 20 1.6% 11.4 5
103. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 1.4% 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
  Liberty (VA) 16 1.3% 22.1 17
110. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 1.2% 11.3 8
111. Pacific (CA) 14 1.1% 13.9 6
112. St. Mary's (CA) 13 1.0% 11.6 5
  Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 1.0% 12.2 5
  Utah State 13 1.0% 17.8 10
115. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 1.0% 11.4 5
116. Georgetown (DC) 11 0.9% 13.4 9
  Ball State 11 0.9% 18.5 12
118. 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
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 0.6% 16.3 13
  San Jose State (CA) 8 0.6% 21.3 18
  James Madison (VA) 8 0.6% 23.0 18
128. 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
131. 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
  UNLV 6 0.5% 22.5 19
136. 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
143. Hardin-Simmons (TX) 4 0.3% 18.3 17
144. 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
152. 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
160. 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

Notes

  • Teams in the latest poll are in bold.
  • Updated through September 28, 2025.