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November 12, 2023 AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conf	Rec	Pts	CP	CFP	Last Week
1	<	1	Georgia (54)	SEC	10-0	1540	1	1	W 52-17 H #10 Mississippi
2	<	2	Michigan (7)	Big Ten	10-0	1464	2	3	W 24-15 A #9 Penn State
3	<	3	Ohio State (1)	Big Ten	10-0	1433	3	2	W 38-3 H Michigan State
4	<	4	Florida State	ACC	10-0	1366	4	4	W 27-20 H Miami (FL)
5	<	5	Washington	Pac-12	10-0	1322	5	5	W 35-28 H #13 Utah
6	<	6	Oregon	Pac-12	9-1	1218	6	6	W 36-27 H USC
7	<	7	Texas	Big 12	9-1	1180	7	7	W 29-26 A TCU
8	<	8	Alabama	SEC	9-1	1141	8	8	W 49-21 A Kentucky
9	<	11	Louisville	ACC	9-1	1002	9	10	W 31-24 H Virginia
10	<	12	Oregon State	Pac-12	8-2	934	10	11	W 62-17 H Stanford
11	<	16	Missouri	SEC	8-2	917	11	9	W 36-7 H #14 Tennessee
12	<	9	Penn State	Big Ten	8-2	857	12	12	L 24-15 H #2 Michigan
13	<	10	Mississippi	SEC	8-2	810	14	13	L 52-17 A #1 Georgia
14	<	17	Oklahoma	Big 12	8-2	733	13	14	W 59-20 H West Virginia
15	<	18	LSU	SEC	7-3	703	15	15	W 52-35 H Florida
16	<	13	Utah	Pac-12	7-3	543	16	22	L 35-28 A #5 Washington
17	<	20	Tulane	AAC	9-1	412	17	24	W 24-22 H Tulsa
18	<	21	James Madison	Sun Belt	10-0	405	21	NR	W 44-6 H Connecticut
19	<	23	Arizona	Pac-12	7-3	387	22	17	W 34-31 A Colorado
20	<	22	Notre Dame	Ind	7-3	359	18	19	DNP
21	<	14	Tennessee	SEC	7-3	333	19	18	L 36-7 A #16 Missouri
22	<	24	North Carolina	ACC	8-2	265	20	20	W 47-45 (2OT) H Duke
23	<	NR	Kansas State	Big 12	7-3	240	24	21	W 59-25 H Baylor
24	<	15	Oklahoma State	Big 12	7-3	178	25	23	L 45-3 A UCF
25	<	25	Liberty	CUSA	10-0	133	RV	NR	W 38-10 H Old Dominion
RV	<	NR	Iowa	Big Ten		111	23	16	W 22-0 H Rutgers
RV	<	19	Kansas	Big 12		83	RV	25	L 16-13 H Texas Tech
RV	<	NR	Toledo	MAC		51	RV	NR	W 49-23 H Eastern Michigan
RV	<	NR	Fresno State	MWC		13	RV	NR	L 42-18 A San Jose State
RV	<	NR	USC	Pac-12		5	RV	NR	L 36-27 A #6 Oregon
RV	<	NR	SMU	AAC		4	RV	NR	W 45-21 H North Texas
RV	<	NR	UNLV	MWC		4	RV	NR	W 34-14 H Wyoming
RV	<	NR	NC State	ACC		2	RV	NR	W 26-6 A Wake Forest
RV	<	NR	Miami (OH)	MAC		1	NR	NR	W 19-0 H Akron
RV	<	NR	Texas A&M	SEC		1	NR	NR	W 51-10 H Mississippi State
NR	<	NR	Air Force	MWC		0	RV	NR	L 27-13 A Hawaii
NR	<	NR	Memphis	AAC		0	RV	NR	W 44-38 (1OT) A Charlotte
NR	<	NR	Troy	Sun Belt		0	RV	NR	W 45-14 A Louisiana Monroe

Conference Breakdown

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
SEC	6	11.5	5444
Pac-12	5	11.2	4404
Big 12	4	17.0	2331
Big Ten	3	5.7	3754
ACC	3	11.7	2633
AAC	1	17.0	412
Sun Belt	1	18.0	405
Ind	1	20.0	359
CUSA	1	25.0	133

Milestones

Last Appearances

Louisville makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 11/13/2016 poll (113 polls)
Oregon State makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 10/21/2012 poll (182 polls)

Weekly Streaks

Georgia's Top 25 streak reaches 110
LSU's Top 25 streak reaches 20
Penn State's Top 10 streak ends at 14
Texas' Top 10 streak reaches 10

Total Appearances

Arizona reaches 170 appearances (#56)
James Madison ties seven others for #141
Liberty ties Bainbridge Naval for #114
Louisville reaches 150 appearances (#59)
North Carolina reaches 280 appearances (#35)
Penn State reaches 690 appearances (#9)
Utah ties Virginia for #54

Miscellaneous

Missouri: Highest rank since #5 in final 2013 poll. Highest regular season rank since #9 in 12/8/2013 poll.
Arizona: Highest rank since #16 in 9/20/2015 poll.
Miscellaneous: Most consecutive weeks rising in the poll this season:
- 5 - Tulane (Weeks 7-11 / NR to #17)
- 5 - North Carolina (Weeks 3-7 / #20 to #10)
- 4 - Louisville (Weeks 8-11 / #21 to #9)
- 4 - James Madison (Weeks 8-11 / NR to #18)
- 4 - Oklahoma (Weeks 3-6 / #19 to #5)
Miscellaneous: Only one team has dropped in the rankings in more than two consecutive weeks this season. USC dropped five times from Week 4 to Week 8 going from #5 (in Week 3) to #24.

This is the fifth consecutive week where the Top 5 have been the exactly same. According to my records, this has happened on three other occasions:

Seven Weeks -- 10/7/1996 to 11/18/1996
#1 Florida
#2 Ohio State
#3 Florida State
#4 Arizona State
#5 Nebraska

Six Weeks --11/8/2020 to 12/13/2020
#1 Alabama
#2 Notre Dame
#3 Ohio State
#4 Clemson
#5 Texas A&M

Five Weeks -- 9/8/2013 to 10/6/2013
#1 Alabama
#2 Oregon
#3 Clemson
#4 Ohio State
#5 Stanford

Notes

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