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September 27, 2015 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts 3WT CP Last Week
1 < 1 Ohio State (45) Big Ten 4-0 1482 0 *1 W 38-12 H Western Michigan
2 < 2 Michigan State (5) Big Ten 4-0 1397 +2 *2 W 30-10 H Central Michigan
3 < 3 Mississippi (10) SEC 4-0 1349 +12 *5 W 27-16 H Vanderbilt
4 < 3 TCU Big 12 4-0 1254 -1 3 W 55-52 A Texas Tech
5 < 5 Baylor Big 12 3-0 1196 0 4 W 70-17 H Rice
6 < 6 Notre Dame Ind 4-0 1163 +2 7 W 62-27 H Massachusetts
7 < 9 UCLA Pac-12 4-0 1156 +3 10 W 56-30 A #16 Arizona
8 < 7 Georgia SEC 4-0 1147 -1 6 W 48-6 H Southern
9 < 8 LSU SEC 3-0 1075 +4 8 W 34-24 A Syracuse
10 < 18 Utah (1) Pac-12 4-0 1034 +11 12 W 62-20 A #13 Oregon
11 < 10 Florida State ACC 3-0 888 -2 9 DNP
12 < 11 Clemson ACC 3-0 853 -1 11 DNP
13 < 12 Alabama SEC 3-1 850 -11 13 W 34-0 H Louisiana-Monroe
14 < 14 Texas A&M SEC 4-0 776 +3 15 W 28-21 (1OT) N Arkansas (Southwest Classic)
15 < 15 Oklahoma Big 12 3-0 747 +1 14 DNP
16 < 17 Northwestern Big Ten 4-0 566 +7 17 W 24-19 H Ball State
17 < 19 USC Pac-12 3-1 509 -11 16 W 42-14 A Arizona State
18 < 21 Stanford Pac-12 3-1 486 +8 20 W 42-24 A Oregon State
19 < 22 Wisconsin Big Ten 3-1 309 +5 18 W 28-0 H Hawaii
20 < 24 Oklahoma State Big 12 4-0 281 +5 19 W 30-27 A Texas
21 < NR Mississippi State SEC 3-1 211 +5 22 W 17-9 A Auburn
22 < NR Michigan Big Ten 3-1 209 +4 RV W 31-0 H #22 BYU
23 < NR West Virginia Big 12 3-0 179 +3 21 W 45-6 H Maryland
24 < NR California Pac-12 4-0 149 +2 24 W 30-24 A Washington
25 < NR Florida SEC 4-0 140 +1 23 W 28-27 H Tennessee
RV < NR Toledo MAC 3-0 68 0 RV W 37-7 H Arkansas State
RV < 13 Oregon Pac-12 2-2 64 -14 24 L 62-20 H #18 Utah
RV < 16 Arizona Pac-12 3-1 48 -6 RV L 56-30 H #9 UCLA
RV < NR Boise State MWC 3-1 38 0 RV W 56-14 A Virginia
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 4-0 37 0 RV W 62-16 H North Texas
RV < NR Texas Tech Big 12 3-1 36 0 RV L 55-52 H #3 TCU
RV < NR Houston AAC 3-0 23 0 RV W 59-14 H Texas State
RV < NR Duke ACC 3-1 18 0 RV W 34-20 H #20 Georgia Tech
RV < NR Temple AAC 3-0 17 0 RV DNP
RV < NR Miami (FL) ACC 3-0 14 0 RV DNP
RV < NR Kansas State Big 12 3-0 12 0 RV DNP
RV < NR Memphis AAC 4-0 11 0 RV W 53-46 H Cincinnati
RV < NR NC State ACC 4-0 10 0 RV W 63-13 A South Alabama
RV < NR Navy AAC 3-0 9 0 RV W 28-18 A Connecticut
RV < 22 BYU Ind 2-2 5 -7 RV L 31-0 A Michigan
RV < NR Minnesota Big Ten 3-1 5 0 RV W 27-24 H Ohio
RV < NR Tennessee SEC 2-2 4 0 RV L 28-27 A Florida
NR < 20 Georgia Tech ACC 2-2 0 -12 RV L 34-20 A Duke
NR < 25 Missouri SEC 3-1 0 -4 RV L 21-13 A Kentucky
NR < NR Arizona State Pac-12 2-2 0 0 NR L 42-14 H #19 USC
NR < NR Arkansas SEC 1-3 0 0 NR L 28-21 (1OT) N #14 Texas A&M (Southwest Classic)
NR < NR Auburn SEC 2-2 0 -8 RV L 17-9 H Mississippi State
NR < NR Illinois Big Ten 3-1 0 0 RV W 27-25 H Middle Tennessee
NR < NR Indiana Big Ten 4-0 0 0 RV W 31-24 A Wake Forest
NR < NR Kentucky SEC 3-1 0 0 RV W 21-13 H #25 Missouri
NR < NR Penn State Big Ten 3-1 0 0 NR W 37-21 H San Diego State
NR < NR Texas Big 12 1-3 0 0 NR L 30-27 H #24 Oklahoma State

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 7 13.3 5548
Big Ten 5 12.0 3963
Big 12 5 13.4 3657
Pac-12 5 15.2 3334
ACC 2 11.5 1741
Ind 1 6.0 1163

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- California makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 11/29/2009 poll (88 polls)
- Florida makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 10/13/2013 poll (30 polls)
- Michigan makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 10/27/2013 poll (28 polls)
- Utah makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 10/31/2010 poll (76 polls)
- West Virginia makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 11/2/2014 poll (10 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Alabama's Top 25 streak reaches 120
- Arizona's Top 25 streak ends at 15
- Georgia Tech's Top 25 streak ends at 10
- Michigan State's Top 10 streak reaches 10
- Michigan State's Top 25 streak reaches 30
- Oregon's Top 25 streak ends at 98 (since 9/27/2009)

Total Appearances:
- The top six in all-time appearances are currently ranked
- Ohio State reaches 100 appearances at #1 (only 1 behind leader Oklahoma)
- Texas A&M reaches 420 appearances
- West Virginia ties Oregon for #30

Miscellaneous:
- Utah is the 58th team in the modern era of the poll (since 1968) to be ranked 10th or lower and receive at least one first-place vote.
- Since 2009, there have been 32 teams that went from being ranked in the Top 25 to receiving 0 points in the next poll (excluding preseason polls), including Georgia Tech and Missouri from today's poll. This is the first such occurrence since East Carolina in the 11/2/2014 poll, and first double occurrence since Florida and UCF in the 11/14/2010 poll.
- The 5 teams entering the poll is the most (excluding preseason polls) since the 10/7/2012 poll and second only since 1968 to the 6 teams that entered the 10/19/2008, 9/14/2003, 9/26/1999, and 10/14/1968 polls.

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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  • The 3WT (3 Week AP Ranking Trend) column represents the net change in AP ranking over the last three weeks by comparing the rank from two weeks ago to the current rank (three total rankings). If a team was not ranked two weeks ago, they are given a default rank of 26 whether they received votes or not. This may or may not be a permanent feature, or it could be changed to four weeks.
  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.