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Biggest Jumps to AP Number 1

NOTE: No preseason polls or Week 1 polls prior to 1950 were included since they often have large jumps from season to season. The default view is 1968-present which represents the modern era of the AP poll.

Since 1968

Jump PRV Team Season Poll Week
9 10 Miami (FL) 1984 Sep 4 1
7 8 USC 1972 Sep 11 1
7 8 Wisconsin 1952 Oct 6 2
5 6 Miami (FL) 1988 Sep 6 2
4 5 Ohio State 2014 Jan 13 Final
4 5 Texas 2008 Oct 12 7
4 5 Miami (FL) 1983 Jan 3 Final
4 5 Notre Dame 1977 Jan 3 Final
4 5 Michigan State 1961 Oct 16 4
4 5 Maryland 1955 Sep 26 2
4 5 Michigan State 1951 Nov 12 7
4 5 Tennessee 1939 Oct 23 2
3 4 Alabama 2024 Sep 29 5
3 4 Alabama 2021 Dec 5 14
3 4 Alabama 2017 Jan 9 Final
3 4 Clemson 2017 Nov 26 13
3 4 Michigan 1997 Nov 10 12
3 4 Florida 1996 Sep 23 5
3 4 Notre Dame 1981 Sep 14 2
3 4 USC 1967 Nov 20 10
3 4 UCLA 1967 Nov 13 9
3 4 Alabama 1965 Jan 3 Final
3 4 Texas 1964 Sep 28 1
3 4 Minnesota 1960 Nov 21 10
3 4 Syracuse 1959 Nov 9 8
3 4 Michigan State 1957 Nov 18 9
3 4 Ohio State 1954 Oct 25 6
3 4 Army 1950 Oct 9 2
3 4 Michigan 1948 Oct 18 3
3 4 USC 1939 Nov 27 7
2 3 Georgia 2021 Jan 11 Final
2 3 Clemson 2016 Jan 10 Final
2 3 Clemson 2015 Nov 8 10
2 3 Mississippi State 2014 Oct 12 7
2 3 Notre Dame 2012 Nov 18 12
2 3 USC 2008 Sep 2 1
2 3 Ohio State 2007 Dec 2 14
2 3 Missouri 2007 Nov 25 13
2 3 Ohio State 2007 Oct 14 7
2 3 Oklahoma 2000 Oct 29 10
2 3 Florida 1997 Sep 22 5
2 3 Florida 1996 Jan 3 Final
2 3 Nebraska 1994 Nov 1 10
2 3 Penn State 1994 Oct 18 8
2 3 Michigan 1990 Oct 9 6
2 3 Oklahoma 1985 Jan 3 Final
2 3 Iowa 1985 Oct 1 5
2 3 BYU 1984 Nov 20 12
2 3 Georgia 1982 Nov 8 10
2 3 Texas 1981 Oct 12 6
2 3 Notre Dame 1980 Nov 3 9
2 3 Ohio State 1979 Dec 3 13
2 3 Oklahoma 1978 Sep 25 3
2 3 Michigan 1977 Oct 10 5
2 3 Oklahoma 1977 Sep 26 3
2 3 Oklahoma 1975 Jan 2 Final
2 3 Notre Dame 1973 Jan 3 Final
2 3 Ohio State 1973 Oct 1 4
2 3 Nebraska 1970 Jan 5 Final
2 3 Arkansas 1965 Oct 18 5
2 3 Texas 1965 Sep 27 2
2 3 Notre Dame 1965 Sep 20 1
2 3 Oklahoma 1963 Sep 30 2
2 3 Alabama 1962 Nov 12 8
2 3 Northwestern 1962 Oct 29 6
2 3 Alabama 1962 Sep 24 1
2 3 Texas 1961 Nov 6 7
2 3 Minnesota 1960 Nov 7 8
2 3 LSU 1958 Oct 27 6
2 3 Army 1958 Oct 13 4
2 3 Tennessee 1956 Nov 12 8
2 3 UCLA 1954 Nov 1 7
2 3 SMU 1950 Oct 23 4
2 3 Ohio State 1942 Nov 30 Final
2 3 Boston College 1942 Nov 23 7
2 3 Pittsburgh 1937 Nov 8 4
2 3 Northwestern 1936 Nov 2 3

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