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1939 Total Appearances Appearances in the Top 10 Appearances in the Top 5 Appearances at #2 Appearances at #1 - Total Appearances in the AP Poll Rk Team App* Pct* Avg Rk High Rk 1. Ohio State 920 78.6% 8.2 1 2. Michigan 867 74.1% 9.4 1 3. Oklahoma 849 72.6% 7.7 1 4. Notre Dame 818 69.9% 8.4 1 5. Alabama 810 69.2% 7.4 1 6. USC 773 66.1% 9.3 1 7. Texas 733 62.6% 9.1 1 8. Nebraska 730 62.4% 8.3 1 9. Penn State 648 55.4% 10.0 1 10. LSU 636 54.4% 10.7 1 11. Florida 619 52.9% 10.3 1 12. Georgia 598 51.1% 10.9 1 13. Auburn 585 50.0% 11.1 1 14. Tennessee 584 49.9% 10.6 1 15. Florida State 560 47.9% 8.6 1 16. UCLA 532 45.5% 11.8 1 17. Miami (FL) 491 42.0% 8.9 1 18. Clemson 454 38.8% 12.1 1 Washington 454 38.8% 12.3 1 Texas A&M 454 38.8% 12.7 1 21. Arkansas 417 35.6% 11.6 1 22. Michigan State 403 34.4% 11.7 1 23. Wisconsin 394 33.7% 13.0 1 24. Iowa 336 28.7% 13.0 1 25. Oregon 308 26.3% 11.6 1 26. Georgia Tech 306 26.2% 12.2 2 West Virginia 306 26.2% 14.5 2 28. Virginia Tech 305 26.1% 13.7 2 29. Colorado 304 26.0% 11.8 1 30. Stanford 303 25.9% 13.6 2 31. Pittsburgh 298 25.5% 12.2 1 32. Mississippi 289 24.7% 12.2 1 33. Arizona State 286 24.4% 14.6 2 34. Missouri 254 21.7% 14.1 1 35. North Carolina 247 21.1% 13.5 1 Oklahoma State 247 21.1% 14.4 2 37. BYU 245 20.9% 15.5 1 38. TCU 243 20.8% 12.7 1 39. Purdue 236 20.2% 13.0 1 40. Kansas State 214 18.3% 13.1 2 41. Baylor 211 18.0% 13.0 2 42. Syracuse 205 17.5% 13.9 1 43. Mississippi State 202 17.3% 17.4 1 44. California 200 17.1% 12.1 1 45. Houston 194 16.6% 13.6 2 46. Maryland 193 16.5% 12.2 1 47. South Carolina 187 16.0% 15.2 2 48. Illinois 181 15.5% 12.3 2 49. Northwestern 180 15.4% 13.2 1 50. Virginia 174 14.9% 16.8 1 51. Duke 172 14.7% 13.3 2 52. Minnesota 171 14.6% 11.6 1 53. SMU 169 14.4% 11.9 1 54. Arizona 168 14.4% 15.4 3 55. Boise State 163 13.9% 14.6 2 56. Washington State 161 13.8% 15.9 3 NC State 161 13.8% 17.6 3 58. Army (NY) 145 12.4% 7.6 1 59. Boston College 144 12.3% 15.8 1 60. Louisville 142 12.1% 15.3 3 61. Texas Tech 141 12.1% 15.9 2 62. Navy (MD) 139 11.9% 10.6 2 Utah 139 11.9% 15.5 2 64. Kansas 109 9.3% 14.1 2 65. Oregon State 95 8.1% 15.2 4 66. Kentucky 91 7.8% 13.1 3 67. Penn 89 7.6% 11.2 3 68. Air Force 81 6.9% 16.0 4 69. Rice (TX) 69 5.9% 13.2 5 70. Tulane (LA) 59 5.0% 14.3 4 Cincinnati 59 5.0% 16.8 4 Fresno State 59 5.0% 19.9 8 73. Indiana 56 4.8% 15.3 4 Wyoming 56 4.8% 16.5 6 Southern Miss 56 4.8% 20.5 9 76. Iowa State 52 4.4% 18.8 9 77. Cornell (NY) 47 4.0% 10.7 1 UCF 47 4.0% 15.4 6 South Florida 47 4.0% 18.7 2 Wake Forest (NC) 47 4.0% 18.8 11 81. Toledo (OH) 45 3.8% 19.3 12 82. Santa Clara (CA) 43 3.7% 12.7 5 Colorado State 43 3.7% 19.7 10 84. Miami (OH) 42 3.6% 16.0 10 Tulsa 42 3.6% 16.3 4 86. Fordham (NY) 40 3.4% 10.0 3 87. Holy Cross (MA) 39 3.3% 15.1 9 88. Dartmouth (NH) 37 3.2% 13.2 4 Rutgers (NJ) 37 3.2% 18.1 7 90. East Carolina 34 2.9% 18.5 9 91. Vanderbilt 31 2.6% 15.9 7 92. Yale (CT) 30 2.6% 13.6 5 93. Princeton (NJ) 29 2.5% 12.1 4 Marshall (WV) 29 2.5% 17.6 10 95. Hawaii 28 2.4% 19.4 10 96. Villanova (PA) 25 2.1% 13.8 6 Memphis 25 2.1% 19.7 15 98. San Diego State 24 2.1% 19.1 13 99. Northern Illinois 23 2.0% 19.9 12 100. Duquesne (PA) 20 1.7% 11.4 5 101. Iowa Pre-Flight 18 1.5% 6.3 2 102. William & Mary (VA) 16 1.4% 15.8 12 Columbia (NY) 16 1.4% 15.9 10 Nevada 16 1.4% 17.2 10 Temple (PA) 16 1.4% 20.1 13 Bowling Green (OH) 16 1.4% 21.4 15 107. March Field/4th AF (CA) 15 1.3% 11.3 8 108. Pacific (CA) 14 1.2% 13.9 6 109. St. Mary's (CA) 13 1.1% 11.6 5 Great Lakes Naval (IL) 13 1.1% 12.2 5 111. Bainbridge Naval (MD) 12 1.0% 11.4 5 Utah State 12 1.0% 17.3 10 113. Georgetown (DC) 11 0.9% 13.4 9 114. Randolph Field (TX) 10 0.9% 4.8 2 Western Michigan 10 0.9% 16.3 12 Ball State 10 0.9% 18.1 12 Appalachian State (NC) 10 0.9% 21.7 19 118. Carnegie Mellon (PA) 9 0.8% 10.4 6 Del Monte Pre-Flight (CA) 9 0.8% 13.0 8 Ohio 9 0.8% 18.8 15 121. San Francisco 8 0.7% 16.3 13 122. North Carolina Pre-Flight 7 0.6% 11.9 2 Marquette (WI) 7 0.6% 12.0 4 George Washington (DC) 7 0.6% 16.4 14 125. New Mexico State 6 0.5% 16.5 14 2nd Air Force 6 0.5% 18.0 15 Connecticut 6 0.5% 21.0 16 Louisiana Tech 6 0.5% 22.0 19 129. Norman Pre-Flight (OK) 5 0.4% 15.2 13 El Toro Marines (CA) 5 0.4% 16.4 15 Colorado College 5 0.4% 17.2 16 VMI 5 0.4% 17.2 13 Harvard (MA) 5 0.4% 18.2 17 San Jose State (CA) 5 0.4% 20.4 18 Kent State (OH) 5 0.4% 22.0 18 UTEP 5 0.4% 24.0 23 137. Hardin-Simmons (TX) 4 0.3% 18.3 17 138. Southwestern (TX) 3 0.3% 13.3 11 Memphis Naval 3 0.3% 15.7 13 Louisiana 3 0.3% 16.0 14 Boston 3 0.3% 16.3 15 Delaware 3 0.3% 16.7 15 New York 3 0.3% 17.7 17 Lafayette (PA) 3 0.3% 18.3 18 145. Colgate (NY) 2 0.2% 14.5 9 Camp Peary (VA) 2 0.2% 15.5 14 Detroit 2 0.2% 17.5 17 North Texas 2 0.2% 18.0 16 San Diego Naval 2 0.2% 18.5 17 Washington & Lee (VA) 2 0.2% 18.5 18 Central Michigan 2 0.2% 24.0 23 Western Kentucky 2 0.2% 24.5 24 153. Arkansas-Monticello 1 0.1% 17.0 17 Fort Pierce Naval (FL) 1 0.1% 18.0 18 3rd Air Force 1 0.1% 19.0 19 Lehigh (PA) 1 0.1% 19.0 19 Muhlenberg (PA) 1 0.1% 19.0 19 St. Mary's Pre-Flight (CA) 1 0.1% 19.0 19 Bucknell (PA) 1 0.1% 20.0 20 Camp Grant (IL) 1 0.1% 20.0 20 Catawba (NC) 1 0.1% 20.0 20 Loyola Marymount (CA) 1 0.1% 20.0 20 Richmond (VA) 1 0.1% 20.0 20 Williams (MA) 1 0.1% 20.0 20 Troy (AL) 1 0.1% 25.0 25 * Out of 1170 total polls since 1936 NOTES

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- Updated through September 13, 2020.