List of college football teams by weekly appearances atop AP poll

This is a list of college football teams by the number of weeks they have been ranked number one in the AP poll since its inception in 1936 through November 3, 2024.^[1]^[2]

Rank	Team	Weeks	First appearance	Most recent appearance
1	Alabama	141	1961	2024
2	Ohio State	105	1942	2015
3	Oklahoma	101	1950	2011
4	Notre Dame	98	1938	2012
5	USC	91	1939	2012
6	Florida State	72	1988	2014
7	Nebraska	70	1965	2000
8	Miami (FL)	68	1983	2002
9	Georgia	54	1942	2024
10	Texas	49	1941	2024
11	Florida	41	1985	2009
12	LSU	38	1958	2019
13	Michigan	36	1947	2024
14	Michigan State	29	1951	1966
15	Army	27	1944	1958
16	Clemson	25	1981	2020
17	Penn State	21	1978	1997
17	Pittsburgh	21	1937	1982
19	Minnesota	18	1936	1960
19	Tennessee	18	1939	1998
21	Washington	15	1982	1992
22	Oregon	12	2010	2024
23	Iowa	11	1960	1985
24	Auburn	9	1957	2010
25	Colorado	7	1989	1990
	Syracuse	7	1959	1960
	Texas A&M	7	1939	1957
	UCLA	7	1954	1988
29	Maryland	6	1953	1955
30	Mississippi State	5	2014	2014
	Northwestern	5	1936	1962
	Ole Miss	5	1960	1964
	Purdue	5	1968	1968
34	BYU	4	1984	1984
	California	4	1937	1951
	Cornell†	4	1940	1940
37	Virginia	3	1990	1990
38	Missouri	2	1960	2007
	SMU	2	1950	1950
	TCU	2	1938	1938
41	Arkansas	1	1965	1965
	Boston College	1	1942	1942
	North Carolina	1	1948	1948
	Wisconsin	1	1952	1952

† No longer a FBS school.
Bold: Team ranked number one in most recent poll.

References

^ "Total AP Football Poll Appearances Summary - College Poll Archive - Historical College Football and Basketball Polls and Rankings". collegepollarchive.com.
^ "Winsipedia - College football WEEKS AT AP NO. 1 rankings".

[CPA-1] "Total AP Football Poll Appearances Summary - College Poll Archive - Historical College Football and Basketball Polls and Rankings". collegepollarchive.com.

[2] "Winsipedia - College football WEEKS AT AP NO. 1 rankings".

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