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UPDATE  Two previously 'lost' polls have been added to the database (thanks to Chris F.). Weekly appearance streaks have been updated, and this confirms Nebraska's record streak at 348 weeks. Total appearances for these teams have changed:

Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, BYU, Clemson, Colorado, Duke, Florida State, Georgia, Hawaii, Houston, Illinois, Iowa, LSU, Miami (FL), Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, UCLA, USC, Virginia, West Virginia

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Appearances

Total, Preseason, Final Polls | Weekly, Season Streaks | Last


Miscellaneous

Number 1 vs Number 2

Preseason Number 1 vs Number 2 NEW

Preseason vs Final Rankings of #1 Teams

Preseason #1 that Finished #1 with Fewest Regular-Season Weeks at #1:
1985 Oklahoma (1), 1978 Alabama (2), 1975 Oklahoma (4), 1974 Oklahoma (5),
1951 Tennessee (5)

National Championships

Teams Ranked #2 With No First-Place Votes

Most Points Allowed in One Game By an AP National Champion

November 15, 1934 Poll

Dates of Preseason/First Polls 1998-Present

Research from Others

If you have some research that you would like to publish here, or know of some located elsewhere on the internet, please contact me.

Most over-rated (football), Statistickler, August 2008.

Season Openers for Preseason #1 Teams, Tex Noel/1st-N-Goal, August 2008.

Rectifying a Stupid Conclusion - Preseason Polls, Scott Albrecht, College Football by the Numbers, August 2008.

Games Where #1 Was Shutout, Doug Tammaro, August 2008.

Tracking AP's National Champions!, Tex Noel/1st-N-Goal, August 2008.

Testing Bayesian Updating with the AP Top 25 (312 KB PDF), Daniel F.Stone, July 10, 2008. (check here for updates)

Whoa, Nellie! Empirical Tests of College Football's Conventional Wisdom (abstract only), Trevon D. Logan, November 2007.

Success of Current Division-I College Football Teams Since Inception of Polls in 1936 (94 KB PDF), Lemieux, September 2007.

Evidence of Television Exposure Effects in AP Top 25 College Football Rankings (abstract only), Noel D. Campbell, Tammy M. Rogers, R. Zachary Finney.


BCS Rankings

Total Appearances | National Championships

UPDATE  All BCS rankings have been added to the AP poll pages with the exception of a small percentage (3%) of teams ranked from #19 to #25 in the BCS that only appeared in the Others Receiving Votes section in the AP Poll. These BCS rankings will not display in the AP team week-by-week view, but are counted in the BCS total appearances.

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