It’s one thing to find success for a month — or even two — in college football. The key to being a great program is continuing that success over a long period of time. The programs we’re going to look at today have done that.

While it’s easy to quibble over Top 25 rankings on a week-to-week basis, staying in them is a pretty good sign for the health of a college football program. It means that there is some degree of success on the field and some degree of relevance at the national level. The teams below have maintained both of those and have the longest active streaks in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll.

Let’s take a look at which teams have seen their name in the Top 25 the most in recent years.