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November 15, 2020 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP Last Week
1 < 1 Alabama (60) SEC 6-0 1548 *1 DNP
2 < 2 Notre Dame (1) ACC 8-0 1467 *2 W 45-31 A Boston College
3 < 3 Ohio State (1) Big Ten 3-0 1445 *3 DNP
4 < 4 Clemson ACC 7-1 1355 4 DNP
5 < 5 Texas A&M SEC 5-1 1240 6 DNP
6 < 6 Florida SEC 5-1 1222 5 W 63-35 H Arkansas
7 < 7 Cincinnati AAC 7-0 1198 7 W 55-17 H East Carolina
8 < 8 BYU Ind 8-0 1094 8 DNP
9 < 10 Indiana Big Ten 4-0 997 10 W 24-0 A Michigan State
10 < 13 Wisconsin Big Ten 2-0 950 12 W 49-11 A Michigan
11 < 11 Oregon Pac-12 2-0 949 13 W 43-29 A Washington State
12 < 9 Miami (FL) ACC 7-1 940 9 W 25-24 A Virginia Tech
13 < 12 Georgia SEC 4-2 824 11 DNP
14 < 14 Oklahoma State Big 12 5-1 750 14 DNP
15 < 15 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 7-0 557 18 DNP
15 < 16 Marshall CUSA 7-0 557 15 W 42-14 H Middle Tennessee
17 < 17 Iowa State Big 12 5-2 498 16 DNP
18 < 18 Oklahoma Big 12 5-2 497 17 DNP
19 < 23 Northwestern Big Ten 4-0 378 20 W 27-20 A Purdue
20 < 20 USC Pac-12 2-0 377 19 W 34-30 A Arizona
21 < 22 Liberty Ind 8-0 307 22 W 58-14 H Western Carolina
22 < 21 Texas Big 12 5-2 296 23 DNP
23 < 24 Auburn SEC 4-2 187 21 DNP
24 < 25 Louisiana Sun Belt 7-1 177 25 W 38-10 H South Alabama
25 < NR Tulsa AAC 4-1 155 RV W 28-24 H #19 SMU
RV < NR North Carolina ACC 6-2 101 24 W 59-53 H Wake Forest
RV < 19 SMU AAC 7-2 20 RV L 28-24 A Tulsa
RV < NR Utah Pac-12 0-0 17 RV DNP
RV < NR Washington Pac-12 1-0 15 RV W 27-21 H Oregon State
RV < NR Arizona State Pac-12 0-1 9 NR DNP
RV < NR Boise State MWC 3-1 6 RV W 52-21 H Colorado State
RV < NR Appalachian State Sun Belt 6-1 5 RV W 17-13 H Georgia State
RV < NR San Jose State MWC 4-0 5 RV W 34-17 H UNLV
RV < NR Nevada MWC 4-0 3 RV W 27-20 A New Mexico
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 2-2 2 NR W 35-7 A Minnesota
RV < NR Buffalo MAC 2-0 1 NR W 42-10 H Miami (OH)
RV < NR UCF AAC 5-2 1 NR W 38-13 H Temple
NR < NR Arkansas SEC 3-4 0 RV L 63-35 A #6 Florida
NR < NR Boston College ACC 5-4 0 RV L 45-31 H #2 Notre Dame
NR < NR Colorado Pac-12 2-0 0 RV W 35-32 A Stanford
NR < NR Kansas State Big 12 4-3 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Kentucky SEC 3-4 0 RV W 38-35 H Vanderbilt
NR < NR Maryland Big Ten 2-1 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Memphis AAC 4-2 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Missouri SEC 2-3 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Purdue Big Ten 2-1 0 RV L 27-20 H #23 Northwestern
NR < NR Tennessee SEC 2-4 0 RV DNP

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 5 9.6 5021
Big Ten 4 10.3 3770
Big 12 4 17.8 2041
ACC 3 6.0 3762
Ind 2 14.5 1401
Pac-12 2 15.5 1326
AAC 2 16.0 1353
Sun Belt 2 19.5 734
CUSA 1 15.0 557

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- Tulsa makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2010 poll (157 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- BYU's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Clemson's Top 5 streak reaches 50
- Georgia's Top 25 streak reaches 60
- Miami (FL)'s Top 25 streak reaches 10

Total Appearances:
- BYU ties Missouri for #35
- Coastal Carolina ties eight others for #130
- Indiana reaches 60 appearances (#71)
- Iowa State ties two others for #72
- Liberty ties six others for #140
- Louisiana ties San Francisco for #121
- Miami (FL) reaches 500 appearances (#17)
- Tulsa ties two others for #82

Miscellaneous:
- Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Tulsa are all ranked for the first time since the final 2010 poll. It's the sixth time that has happened. The other seasons are 2008 (three times) and 1945.

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.