It's a neat way to "measure programs", and Bama and OSU seem to be 1-2 in some order ahead of everyone else.
Bama might be another loss from being unranked, which I think would be a first in a while.
It would be the first in a LONG while. Bama was last unranked in the 2007 Final Poll. They've been ranked in all 270 polls from the 2008 preseason poll through the current poll, in that timeframe:
- 270 Bama, 100%
- 255 Ohio State, 94.4%
- 244 Oklahoma, 90.4%
- 220 LSU, 81.5%
- 213 Oregon, 78.9%
- 212 Georgia, 78.5%
- 201 Clemson, 74.4%
- 175 Notre Dame, 64.8%
- 175 OkSU, 64.8%
- 173 Michigan, 64.1%
Speaking of the devil, the Wolverines just dropped out for the first time since 2021. That ends a streak of 54 straight appearances, Michigan's 6th longest streak.
Currently active streaks:
- 270 Bama
- 123 Georgia
- 71 Ohio State
- 39 Oregon
- 39 Penn State
- 33 LSU
- 31 Notre Dame
- 29 Texas
- 25 Ole Miss
- 18 Mizzou
Since I know
@FearlessF will like this:
Alabama's current streak of 270 appearances is the second longest of all-time. They would need 78 more to catch Nebraska's 348 straight appearances from 1981-2002.
Where the currently active streaks stand on the all-time list:
- 270 Bama is #2 all-time.
- 123 Georgia is #13 all-time.
- 71 Ohio State is #52 all time.
Also, Ohio State's current streak would be considerably longer but for COVID. The Buckeyes have only missed two polls since 2011. The two that they missed were the polls from September 13 and September 20 of 2020. The Buckeyes were #2 in the preseason that year then dropped out due to the B1G's COVID policies then jumped back in at #6 on September 27, 2020.
If the B1G had been eligible those two weeks, tOSU's current streak would be 205 which would be #2 currently and #5 all-time.
