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 January 12, 2016.

Rank	Team	Weeks	First Appearance	Most Recent Appearance
1	Ohio State	105	1942	2015
2	Oklahoma	101	1950	2011
3	Notre Dame	98	1938	2012
4	USC	91	1939	2012
5	Alabama	74	1961	2015
6	Florida State	72	1988	2014
7	Nebraska	70	1965	2000
8	Miami	68	1983	2002
9	Texas	45	1941	2008
10	Florida	41	1985	2009
11	Michigan	34	1947	1997
12	LSU	30	1958	2011
13	Michigan State	29	1951	1966
14	Army	27	1944	1958
15	Penn State	21	1978	1997
	Pittsburgh	21	1937	1982
17	Minnesota	18	1936	1960
	Tennessee	18	1939	1998
19	Georgia	15	1942	2008
	Washington	15	1982	1992
21	Iowa	11	1960	1985
22	Auburn	9	1957	2010
23	Oregon	8	2010	2012
24	Colorado	7	1989	1990
	Clemson	7	1981	2015
	Syracuse	7	1959	1960
	Texas A&M	7	1939	1957
	UCLA	7	1954	1988
28	Maryland	6	1953	1955
29	Ole Miss	5	1960	1968
	Mississippi State	5	2014	2014
	Northwestern	5	1936	1962
	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	2008
	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 FBS school.
Bold denotes team currently ranked number one.

See also

• 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
• AP Poll
• Coaches' Poll
• College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS
• Mythical national championship

External links

• 2014 NCAA FBS Records
• College Poll Archive
• Winsipedia