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Purdue AP Football Poll Summary

West Lafayette, IN - Big Ten

Note: Purdue's ranking in the final 1961 poll has been changed to unranked after the original AP wire story and poll was revisited and confirmed across several newspapers.

Weeks... All Preseason Final
...at #1 5 1 0
...at #2 5 0 0
...in Top 5 27 1 1
...in Top 10 83 6 5
...in Top 25 237 15 16

Ranked in 19% of 1250 polls

Appearance Streaks

Seasons Ranked

Season App Pct Pre Final High Low* Avg*
2021 1 6% NR NR 25 25 25
2007 1 6% NR NR 23 23 23
2005 5 31% 15 NR 11 22 15
2004 9 56% 24 NR 5 25 16
2003 16 94% 19 18 10 25 16
2001 6 35% NR NR 17 24 22
2000 16 94% 14 13 9 22 15
1999 17 100% 23 25 11 25 18
1998 1 6% NR 24 24 24 24
1997 9 50% NR 15 15 23 19
1984 1 6% NR NR 14 14 14
1980 6 38% 9 17 9 20 17
1979 15 100% 6 10 5 20 13
1978 9 60% NR 13 12 19 16
1972 3 20% 18 NR 18 20 19
1971 2 13% NR NR 17 20 19
1969 14 100% 18 18 8 18 14
1968 14 100% 1 10 1 15 6
1967 10 83% NR 9 2 10 5
1966 8 62% 8 7 7 10 8
1965 7 54% 9 NR 2 9 6
1964 1 9% NR NR 10 10 10
1962 2 17% 7 NR 7 9 8
1961 1 8% NR NR 7 7 7
1960 5 42% NR 19 7 19 13
1959 6 46% 11 NR 6 14 11
1958 9 75% NR 13 8 15 11
1956 1 8% NR NR 17 17 17
1955 3 25% 20 NR 17 20 19
1954 6 50% NR NR 5 19 10
1952 7 64% NR 18 8 18 12
1950 1 10% NR NR 9 9 9
1948 1 11% N/A NR 15 15 15
1947 2 20% N/A NR 14 16 15
1945 7 78% N/A NR 4 18 12
1944 4 44% N/A NR 7 14 11
1943 9 100% N/A 5 2 7 4
1936 2 29% N/A NR 5 17 11
* Does not include polls where the team was not ranked.

Ranked in 38 out of 89 seasons (43%)

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