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October 25, 2020 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP Last Week
1 < 1 Clemson (52) ACC 6-0 1539 *1 W 47-21 H Syracuse
2 < 2 Alabama (10) SEC 5-0 1494 *2 W 48-17 A Tennessee
3 < 5 Ohio State Big Ten 1-0 1402 *3 W 52-17 H Nebraska
4 < 3 Notre Dame ACC 5-0 1353 4 W 45-3 A Pittsburgh
5 < 4 Georgia SEC 3-1 1292 5 DNP
6 < 6 Oklahoma State Big 12 4-0 1201 6 W 24-21 H #17 Iowa State
7 < 9 Cincinnati AAC 4-0 1100 7 W 42-13 A #16 SMU
8 < 7 Texas A&M SEC 3-1 1094 8 DNP
9 < 14 Wisconsin Big Ten 1-0 950 11 W 45-7 H Illinois
10 < 10 Florida SEC 2-1 933 9 DNP
11 < 12 BYU Ind 6-0 906 10 W 52-14 H Texas State
12 < 11 Miami (FL) ACC 5-1 888 12 W 19-14 H Virginia
13 < 18 Michigan Big Ten 1-0 839 14 W 49-24 A #21 Minnesota
14 < 13 Oregon Pac-12 0-0 784 15 DNP
15 < 14 North Carolina ACC 4-1 758 13 W 48-21 H #23 NC State
16 < 20 Kansas State Big 12 4-1 562 16 W 55-14 H Kansas
17 < NR Indiana Big Ten 1-0 466 19 W 36-35 (1OT) H #8 Penn State
18 < 8 Penn State Big Ten 0-1 443 17 L 36-35 (1OT) A Indiana
19 < 22 Marshall CUSA 5-0 379 18 W 20-9 H Florida Atlantic
20 < 25 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 5-0 282 21 W 28-14 H Georgia Southern
21 < 24 USC Pac-12 0-0 243 20 DNP
22 < 16 SMU AAC 5-1 208 23 L 42-13 H #9 Cincinnati
23 < 17 Iowa State Big 12 3-2 205 22 L 24-21 A #6 Oklahoma State
24 < NR Oklahoma Big 12 3-2 155 24 W 33-14 A TCU
25 < NR Boise State MWC 1-0 113 RV W 42-13 H Utah State
RV < NR Memphis AAC 3-1 105 RV W 41-29 H Temple
RV < NR Liberty Ind 6-0 85 RV W 56-35 H Southern Miss
RV < NR Tulane AAC 2-4 80 NR L 51-34 A UCF
RV < NR Louisiana Sun Belt 4-1 50 RV W 24-20 A UAB
RV < NR Army Ind 6-1 44 25 W 49-3 H Mercer
RV < NR Auburn SEC 3-2 41 RV W 35-28 A Mississippi
RV < 21 Minnesota Big Ten 0-1 40 RV L 49-24 H #18 Michigan
RV < NR Utah Pac-12 0-0 36 RV DNP
RV < NR Northwestern Big Ten 1-0 20 RV W 43-3 H Maryland
RV < NR Arkansas SEC 2-2 15 RV DNP
RV < NR Washington Pac-12 0-0 15 RV DNP
RV < NR Purdue Big Ten 1-0 8 RV W 24-20 H Iowa
RV < NR Arizona State Pac-12 0-0 7 RV DNP
RV < NR Appalachian State Sun Belt 3-1 6 RV W 45-17 H Arkansas State
RV < NR California Pac-12 0-0 4 RV DNP
RV < NR Boston College ACC 4-2 2 RV W 48-27 H Georgia Tech
RV < NR Texas Big 12 3-2 2 RV W 27-16 H Baylor
RV < NR San Diego State MWC 1-0 1 NR W 34-6 H UNLV
NR < 19 Virginia Tech ACC 3-2 0 RV L 23-16 A Wake Forest
NR < 23 NC State ACC 4-2 0 RV L 48-21 A #14 North Carolina
NR < NR Houston AAC 2-1 0 RV W 37-21 A Navy
NR < NR Iowa Big Ten 0-1 0 RV L 24-20 A Purdue
NR < NR LSU SEC 2-2 0 RV W 52-24 H South Carolina
NR < NR Missouri SEC 2-2 0 RV W 20-10 H Kentucky
NR < NR Stanford Pac-12 0-0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Tennessee SEC 2-3 0 RV L 48-17 H #2 Alabama
NR < NR Tulsa AAC 2-1 0 RV W 42-13 A South Florida
NR < NR UCF AAC 3-2 0 RV W 51-34 H Tulane
NR < NR Wake Forest ACC 3-2 0 RV W 23-16 H #19 Virginia Tech
NR < NR West Virginia Big 12 3-2 0 RV L 34-27 A Texas Tech

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 5 12.0 4100
SEC 4 6.3 4813
ACC 4 8.0 4538
Big 12 4 17.3 2123
AAC 2 14.5 1308
Pac-12 2 17.5 1027
Ind 1 11.0 906
CUSA 1 19.0 379
Sun Belt 1 20.0 282
MWC 1 25.0 113

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- Indiana makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 11/10/2019 poll (12 polls)

Total Appearances:
- Clemson reaches 460 appearances (#18)
- Coastal Carolina ties eight others for #145
- Iowa State ties two others for #74
- Texas A&M reaches 460 appearances (#18)

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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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.