- Ohio State (40)
- Oregon (14)
- Georgia
- Notre Dame (6)
- Texas
- Indiana (8)
- Miami (1)
- aTm
- Ole Miss
- Oklahoma
- LSU
- TxTech
- Bama
- USC
- BYU
- Michigan
- Washington
- Penn State
- SMU
- Tennessee
- Utah
- Iowa
- Houston
- Louisville
- Mizzou
It is interesting that not a single #1 vote is going to an SEC school. The B1G is getting the vast majority (62) with independent Notre Dame picking up 6 and ACC-Miami picking up one.
This is the 1,268th AP Poll to be released dating all the way back to October 19, 1936 when Minnesota was #1 in the very first AP Poll.
This is the 296th straight week that Alabama has appeared in the AP Poll dating back to the 2008 preseason AP Poll. That is by far the longest active streak and is #2 all-time behind only Nebraska's 348 straight appearances from 1981-2002. If the Tide remain ranked continuously until then, they will catch the Cornhuskers early in the 2029 season. Active streaks:
- 296 Bama (2008-2026)
- 149 Georgia (2017-2026)
- 97 Ohio State (2020-2026)*
- 65 Oregon (2022-2026)
- 57 Notre Dame (2022-2026)
- 51 Ole Miss (2023-2026)
- 35 Miami, FL (2024-2026)
- 30 Indiana (2024-2026)# &
- No other teams have been continuously ranked since prior to the preseason poll last year.
* Ohio State's current streak of 97 straight appearances and their streak of 132 straight appearances from 2012-2020 are separated only by the two weeks during the pandemic in 2020 when B1G teams were deemed ineligible due to the B1G pausing sports. Thus, Ohio State has been ranked in 229 straight AP Polls for which they were eligible. That would be the second longest active streak behind only Bama's and the third longest streak of all-time behind only Nebraska and Bama.
# Prior to this, Indiana's longest streak was 11 from 2020-2021. Curt Cignetti: Google him, he wins.
& Indiana's current streak of 30 straight appearances represents nearly a third of Indiana's total appearances since 1936 (97). Curt Cignetti: Google him, he wins.
This is the 1,017th time that Ohio State has appeared in the AP Poll, that leads all:
- 1,017 Ohio State
- 944 Michigan
- 923 Oklahoma
- 908 Bama
- 908 Notre Dame (Bama and Notre Dame have been tied since Notre Dame entered the poll at #20 on November 6, 2022)
- 831 USC
- 807 Texas
- 733 Nebraska
- 718 Penn State
- 696 Georgia
- 687 LSU
- 650 Tennessee
- 648 Florida
- 604 Auburn
- 590 Florida State
- 553 Miami, FL
- 553 UCLA
- 520 aTm
- 516 Clemson
- 483 Washington
- 432 Arkansas
- 419 Michigan State
- 416 Wisconsin
- 401 Oregon
- 369 Iowa
This is the 736th time that Ohio State has appeared in the top-10 of the AP Poll, that leads all:
- 736 Ohio State
- 649 Bama
- 638 Oklahoma
- 611 Notre Dame
- 568 Michigan
- 518 Nebraska
- 493 USC
- 492 Texas
- 435 Penn State
- No other schools have been in the top-10 in more than one-third of the polls.
Teams in
bold are currently in the top-10 so Texas is about to catch USC.
Alabama is the all-time leader in top-5 appearances but they are not currently in the top-5 so they are being gained on:
- 467 Bama
- 465 Ohio State
- 432 Oklahoma
- 325 Michigan
- 324 Notre Dame
- 296 Nebraska
- 291 Texas
- 286 USC
- 257 Florida State
- No other schools have been in the top-5 in more than one-fifth of the polls.
Teams in
bold are currently in the top-5 so Ohio State is gaining on Bama for #1, Notre Dame is gaining on Michigan for #4, and Texas is gaining on Nebraska for #6.
Alabama is the all-time leader in appearances at #1 but they are not currently #1 so they are being gained on:
- 141 Bama
- 121 Ohio State
- 101 Oklahoma
- 98 Notre Dame
- 91 USC
- 72 Florida State
- 70 Nebraska
- 68 Miami, FL
- 54 Georgia
- 50 Texas
Ohio State is now half way between Bama and Oklahoma.
