I have a few more days before the new gig starts so I've been trying to get up to speed and work on a few databases and things that will be useful down the road. One of those is the All-Time Associated Press Poll.
Those who have been following me know that I really like this unofficial compilation that settled an uncountable number of arguments over the years, and even use it as one of the 10 categories in my annual programs rankings.
The "poll" was originally compiled and organized by Charles Woodroof, former SEC Assistant Director of Media Relations. However, when the SEC stopped doing so a few years ago I kept updating it on my website database that was recently discontinued.
So I decided to do so here.
Basically, the all-time standings are the points totals from every final AP polls, dating back to 1936.
Specifically, from 1936-961 the wire service ranked 20 teams. From 1962-67 only 10 teams were recognized. From 1968 -88 AP again resumed its Top 20 before expanding to 25 teams in 1989. Points were awarded based on a team’s finish in the final AP poll each year. Points were awarded on a 20-19-18- 17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis from 1936 to 1988, and a 25-24-23-22-21-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5- 4-3-2-1 basis 1989 to the present.
Through 2014 season
Top Top Top
Rank, Team Points 20 10 5 1st
2nd
1. Oklahoma 804.5
51 37 28 6 4
2. Ohio State 796
52 33 23 5 7
3. Alabama 789
51 39 22 9 2
4. Michigan 757
54 37 15 2 2
5. Notre Dame 738.5
50 36 23 8 5
6. Nebraska 638
43 30 13 4 2
7. USC 635
50 27 18 5 5
8. Texas 626 42 26 10 3 2
9. Tennessee 548
40 23 13 2 4
10. Penn State 521
39 24 14 2 3
11. Florida State 491.5
27 18 17 3 2
12. LSU 487
36 21 9 2 3
13. Georgia 457.5
32 20 10 1 2
14. Auburn 449
34 18 9 2 2
15. Miami (Fla.) 447
28 15 10 5 4
16. Florida 435.5
27 17 11 3 1
17. UCLA 378
32 17 9 0 1
18. Michigan State 338.5
24 15 9 1 4
19. Arkansas 328
28 14 4 0 1
20. Texas A&M 299.5
25 12 3 1 0
21. Wisconsin 267 19 12 3 0 1
22. Georgia Tech 262.5
22 11 5 0 2
22. Washington 261
20 10 5 0 2
24. Clemson 253
23 7 1 1 0
25. Ole Miss 250.5
21 10 4 0 2
26. Iowa 242
20 12 3 0 1
27. Oregon 229 12 9 5 0 3
27. Colorado 218
18 8 5 1 0
Pittsburgh 218
18 10 6 2 1
30. TCU 213
14 8 3 1 1
31. Virginia Tech 203
14 7 1 0 1
32. Stanford 191
16 8 2 0 1
33. Missouri 190.5
17 8 3 0 0
34. Arizona State 186.5
16 7 3 0 1
35. Minnesota 175
14 9 5 4 0
36. Army 174
14 8 6 2 2
37. Kansas State 176
11 6 0 0 0
38. Maryland 167.5
17 5 3 1 0
39. California 153
12 6 4 0 1
40. Syracuse 150.5
12 5 2 1 0
41. West Virginia 149
14 6 2 0 0
42. Boise State 146
10 4 2 0 0
43. North Carolina 144
15 7 1 0 0
44. Navy 143.5
11 8 7 0 1
45. Brigham Young 143
12 3 2 1 0
46. Illinois 137
11 6 3 0 0
47. Purdue 135.5
15 5 1 0 0
48. Duke 133 16 5 2 0 1
49. Boston College 119.5
10 4 2 0 0
50. Oklahoma State 116
10 3 2 0 0
51. Houston 114.5
13 5 2 0 0
52. Baylor 113.5 13 2 0 0 0
53. SMU 113
11 6 3 0 1
54. Northwestern 105
9 5 0 0 0
55. South Carolina 103 8 3 1 0 0
56. Washington State 98 9 4 0 0 0
57. Louisville 96 7 2 0 0 0
58. Oregon State 95
7 3 1 0 0
59. Utah 91
6 3 2 0 1
60. Texas Tech 84
8 0 0 0 0
61. Mississippi State 79.5 10 1 0 0 0
62. Kansas 76
6 3 0 0 0
63. N.C. State 70
10 0 0 0 0
64. Rice 66
8 4 1 0 0
65. Pennsylvania 60 7 3 0 0 0
76. Arizona 58 7 2 1 0 0
67. Fordham 58 6 2 1 0 0
68. Kentucky 56 8 2 0 0 0
Virginia 56
6 0 0 0 0
70. Santa Clara 55
6 2 0 0 0
Air Force 55 5 2 0 0 0
72. Tulane 50.5 7 2 1 0 0
73. Tulsa 49 6 1 1 0 0
74. Miami (Ohio) 48
5 2 0 0 0
75. Cornell 43
5 1 1 0 0
76. Indiana 38
5 2 2 0 0
77. Cincinnati 37 3 1 0 0 0
78. Dartmouth 35
5 1 0 0 0
Princeton 35
4 2 0 0 0
80. Iowa Pre-Flight. 34
2 2 1 0 1
Yale 34 4 0 0 0 0
82. Wyoming 33
3 1 0 0 0
83. Duquesne 31
3 2 0 0 0
Colorado State 31
3 0 0 0 0
85. Holy Cross 26.5
5 1 0 0 0
86. Villanova 26
3 1 0 0 0
87. Rutgers 25
4 0 0 0 0
Southern Miss 25 3 0 0 0 0
89. March Field 22 2 2 0 0 0
90. Utah State 21
1 1 0 0 0
Central Florida 21
1 1 0 0 0
Marshall 21 1 1 0 0 0
93. Bainbridge NTS 20
2 1 1 0 0
94. Great Lakes 19 2 1 0 0 0
95. Randolph Field 18
1 1 1 0 0
William & Mary 18 3 0 0 0 0
East Carolina 18
2 1 0 0 0
Toledo 18
2 0 0 0 0
99. Carnegie Tech 15 1 1 0 0 0
Nevada 15 1 0 0 0 0
101. Vanderbilt 14
1 0 0 0 0
St. Mary’s (Calif.) 14
1 1 0 0 0
103. Del Monte P-F 13
1 1 0 0 0
Pacific 13
2 1 0 0 0
Hawaii 13
2 0 0 0 0
106. Wake Forest 12
3 0 0 0 0
107. Georgetown 8
1 0 0 0 0
108. Norman P-F 7.5
1 0 0 0 0
109. San Francisco 7
1 0 0 0 0
110. Fresno State 6
0 0 0 0 0
111. Boston U. 5 1 0 0 0 0
El Toro Maines 5
1 0 0 0 0
San Diego State 5
1 0 0 0 0
San Jose State 5 0 0 0 0 0
115. G. Washington 4 1 0 0 0 0
Hardin-Simmons 4 1 0 0 0 0
New Mexico State 4
1 0 0 0 0
Temple 4
1 0 0 0 0
Northern Illinois 4 0 0 0 0 0
119. Fort Pierce 3 1 0 0 0 0
Colorado College 3
1 0 0 0 0
Washington & Lee 3
1 0 0 0 0
Iowa State 3
1 0 0 0 0
Bowling Green 3
0 0 0 0 0
Central Michigan 3
0 0 0 0 0
125. Columbia 2
2 0 0 0 0
Delaware 2
1 0 0 0 0
Lafayette 2
1 0 0 0 0
St. Mary’s P-F 2 1 0 0 0 0
129. Memphis 1 0 0 0 0 0
Marquette 1 1
0 0 0 0
Ohio University 1
1 0 0 0 0
Second Air Force 1
1 0 0 0 0
Virginia Military 1 1 0 0 0 0
