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September 13, 2020 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP Last Week
1 < 1 Clemson (60) ACC 1-0 1524 *1 W 37-13 A Wake Forest
2 < 3 Alabama SEC 0-0 1456 *2 DNP
3 < 5 Oklahoma Big 12 1-0 1361 3 W 48-0 H Missouri State
4 < 4 Georgia SEC 0-0 1324 4 DNP
5 < 8 Florida SEC 0-0 1237 6 DNP
6 < 6 LSU (1) SEC 0-0 1236 *5 DNP
7 < 10 Notre Dame ACC 1-0 1155 7 W 27-13 H Duke
8 < 11 Auburn SEC 0-0 1055 9 DNP
9 < 14 Texas Big 12 1-0 1033 8 W 59-3 H UTEP
10 < 13 Texas A&M SEC 0-0 983 10 DNP
11 < 15 Oklahoma State Big 12 0-0 927 12 DNP
12 < 18 North Carolina ACC 1-0 892 11 W 31-6 H Syracuse
13 < 20 Cincinnati AAC 0-0 647 14 DNP
14 < 21 UCF AAC 0-0 632 13 DNP
15 < 25 Tennessee SEC 0-0 528 17 DNP
16 < NR Memphis AAC 1-0 496 15 DNP
17 < NR Miami (FL) ACC 1-0 463 18 W 31-14 H UAB
18 < NR Louisville ACC 1-0 387 16 W 35-21 H Western Kentucky
19 < NR Louisiana Sun Belt 1-0 377 21 W 31-14 A #23 Iowa State
20 < NR Virginia Tech ACC 0-0 368 19 DNP
21 < NR BYU Ind 1-0 358 22 DNP
22 < NR Army Ind 2-0 244 25 W 37-7 H Louisiana-Monroe
23 < NR Appalachian State Sun Belt 1-0 238 23 W 35-20 H Charlotte
23 < NR Kentucky SEC 0-0 238 20 DNP
25 < NR Pittsburgh ACC 1-0 158 RV W 55-0 H Austin Peay
RV < NR Baylor Big 12 0-0 146 24 DNP
RV < NR West Virginia Big 12 1-0 81 RV W 56-10 H Eastern Kentucky
RV < NR Georgia Tech ACC 1-0 69 RV W 16-13 A Florida State
RV < NR TCU Big 12 0-0 49 RV DNP
RV < NR Virginia ACC 0-0 39 RV DNP
RV < NR Arkansas State Sun Belt 1-0 34 RV W 35-31 A Kansas State
RV < NR SMU AAC 1-0 32 RV DNP
RV < 23 Iowa State Big 12 0-1 14 RV L 31-14 H Louisiana
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 0-0 14 RV DNP
RV < NR South Florida AAC 1-0 6 RV W 27-6 H Citadel
RV < NR Mississippi SEC 0-0 5 RV DNP
RV < NR Texas Tech Big 12 1-0 5 RV W 35-33 H Houston Baptist
RV < NR UAB CUSA 1-1 4 NR L 31-14 A Miami (FL)
RV < NR Missouri SEC 0-0 3 NR DNP
RV < NR Air Force MWC 0-0 2 NR DNP
RV < NR Florida State ACC 0-1 2 NR L 16-13 H Georgia Tech
RV < NR Marshall CUSA 1-0 2 RV DNP
RV < NR Houston AAC 0-0 1 NR DNP
NR < 2 Ohio State Big Ten 0-0 0 NR DNP
NR < 7 Penn State Big Ten 0-0 0 NR DNP
NR < 9 Oregon Pac-12 0-0 0 NR DNP
NR < 12 Wisconsin Big Ten 0-0 0 NR DNP
NR < 16 Michigan Big Ten 0-0 0 NR DNP
NR < 17 USC Pac-12 0-0 0 NR DNP
NR < 19 Minnesota Big Ten 0-0 0 NR DNP
NR < 22 Utah Pac-12 0-0 0 NR DNP
NR < 24 Iowa Big Ten 0-0 0 NR DNP
NR < NR Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 1-0 0 RV W 38-23 A Kansas
NR < NR Duke ACC 0-1 0 RV L 27-13 A #10 Notre Dame
NR < NR North Texas CUSA 1-0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR South Carolina SEC 0-0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Tulane AAC 1-0 0 RV W 27-24 A South Alabama

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 8 9.1 8057
ACC 7 14.3 4947
Big 12 3 7.7 3321
AAC 3 14.3 1775
Sun Belt 2 21.0 615
Ind 2 21.5 602

Milestones


NOTE: This is the first poll where teams from the Big Ten, Pac-12, MAC, and Mountain West conferences were ineligible to receive votes since they are not playing at the time of the poll. This has affected many appearance and streak numbers. How this unusual interruption will be notated in the future will depend on when or if those conferences play games, and how the AP handles any polls if they do play. Until then, I'm going to treat them at face value (subject to sudden change), i.e., no asterisks at this point.

Last Appearances:
- Army makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2018 poll (18 polls)
- BYU makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/23/2018 poll (29 polls)
- Florida makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 12/2/2012 poll (117 polls)
- Kentucky makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2018 poll (18 polls)
- Louisiana makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 11/1/1943 poll (1109 polls)
- Louisville makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 10/1/2017 poll (44 polls)
- Miami (FL) makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 10/7/2018 poll (27 polls)
- Pittsburgh makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 11/18/2018 poll (21 polls)
- Texas makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 9/3/2019 poll (16 polls)
- Texas A&M makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 11/6/2016 poll (55 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Florida's Top 25 streak reaches 30
- Iowa's Top 25 streak ends at 19
- LSU's Top 10 streak reaches 20, Top 25 streak reaches 40
- Michigan's Top 25 streak ends at 34
- Minnesota's Top 25 streak ends at 11
- Ohio State's Top 5 streak ends at 14, Top 10 streak ends at 25, Top 25 streak ends at 132
- Oregon's Top 25 streak ends at 18
- Penn State's Top 25 streak ends at 58
- Utah's Top 25 streak ends at 18
- Wisconsin's Top 25 streak ends at 18

Total Appearances:
- Alabama reaches 810 appearances (#5)
- Appalachian State ties three others and reaches 10 appearances (#114)
- Cincinnati ties two others for #70
- Clemson ties two others for #18
- Memphis ties Villanova for #96
- Texas A&M ties two others for #18
- UCF ties three others for #77

Miscellaneous:
- The SEC's six teams in the Top 10 are the most ever for one conference. If you count independents, there have been several polls with six to eight teams ranked in the Top 10, the last being the 11/12/1945 poll.

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.