Football

2015 Final AP Football Poll

Conference Breakdown

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- Alabama makes first appearance at #1 since the 12/7/2014 poll (16 polls)
- Houston makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 11/27/2011 (67 polls)
- Tennessee makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/8/2015 (13 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Alabama has longest active Top 25 streak at 131
- Clemson's Top 25 streak reaches 20
- Clemson has longest active Top 5 streak at 8
- Houston's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Ohio State has longest active Top 10 streak at 22

Season Streaks:
- Clemson's season streak reaches 5
- Clemson's final poll streak reaches 5
- Nebraska's season streak ends at 6
- Notre Dame's season streak reaches 5
- Ohio State has longest active season streak with 48
- Oregon has longest active final poll streak with 9
- South Carolina's season streak ends at 8
- Virginia Tech's season streak ends at 22

Preseason vs Final Polls:
- Average number of teams that were ranked in the final poll that were not ranked in the preseason poll is 8 (7.98)
- Preseason turnover of 10 teams was highest since 12 in 2010
- Since 1992, there have been only two seasons where the turnover was less than the average: 2011 (7) and 1996 (5)

Total Appearances:
- Each of the Top 5 in total appearances finished ranked
- Alabama has the most Top 10 appearances in the final AP polls with 40
- Michigan has the most appearances in the final AP polls with 58
- Northwestern ties Duke for #49
- Ohio State has most Top 25, Top 10, and #1 appearances with 854, 577, and 105 respectively
- Oklahoma has the most Top 5 appearances in the final AP polls with 30
- Oklahoma has most Top 5 appearances with 393
- TCU reaches 220 appearances
- Western Kentucky ties several others for #142

Alabama:
- has won four of the last seven AP national championships. This matches Notre Dame's record from 1943 to 1949. Reference
- has won four straight games vs the AP #1 team. Miami (FL) holds the record with eight straight from 1981 to 1991.
- ties for second-most points allowed by an AP national champion with 43 (43-37 loss to Mississippi). Reference
- ties LSU for number of 40-point games allowed by an AP national champion with two.
- ties for second-lowest November-December rank (#7) since 1989 for an AP national champion. Reference
- becomes fifth team to win three AP national championships in one decade and first team to do it twice (also in the 1960s). Notre Dame had four in the 1940s, Miami (FL) had three in the 1980s, and Oklahoma had three in the 1950s.
- ties Notre Dame for number of #1 vs #2 games played with 10. They are 6-2 as the #2 team in those matchups which is twice as many wins as any other #2 team.

Miscellaneous:
- The College Football Playoff title game was the 50th matchup of AP #1 vs #2. Reference
- The AP #1 team has lost three of the last four game against the #2 team.
- The AP #1 team is now 297-2 when scoring 40 or more points. Reference

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