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 10, 2019.[1][2]

Rank	Team	Weeks	First appearance	Most recent appearance
1	Alabama	122	1961	2019
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	Texas	45	1941	2008
10	Florida	41	1985	2009
11	Michigan	34	1947	1997
12	LSU	32	1958	2019
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	Clemson	16	1981	2019
20	Georgia	15	1942	2018
	Washington	15	1982	1992
22	Iowa	11	1960	1985
23	Auburn	9	1957	2010
24	Oregon	8	2010	2012
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	Ole Miss	5	1960	1964
	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	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.

See also

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

References

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".