Football

December 4, 2016 AP Football Poll

Conference Breakdown

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- Florida State makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 9/11/2016 poll (11 polls)
- Penn State makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 9/20/2009 poll (124 polls)
- Temple makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 12/6/2015 poll (15 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Michigan's Top 5 streak ends at 13
- Oklahoma's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- West Virginia's Top 25 streak reaches 10

Total Appearances:
- Oklahoma State reaches 220 appearances
- South Florida ties Hawaii for #93
- Temple ties four others for #100
- Western Michigan ties three others for #114
- Wisconsin reaches 350 appearances

Miscellaneous:
- The state of Pennsylvania has three teams ranked in the Top 25 for the first time since the final 1979 poll. This has happened 19 times overall. Twice the state has had four teams ranked: 10/22/1952 and 11/16/1936.

Notes

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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.