Composite AP Ranking
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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 25, 2018.[1][2]
Rank Team Weeks First Appearance Most Recent Appearance 1 Alabama 117 1961 2018 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 30 1958 2011 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 Georgia 15 1942 2008 Washington 15 1982 1992 21 Iowa 11 1960 1985 22 Clemson 10 1981 2017 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 2008 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 denotes team currently ranked number one. -
I think it fair to say that East Germany must have overtaken Ohio State either just earlier this year, or late last year.
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Interesting that Cornell has spent more weeks at #1 than the likes of Big Ten Schools Rutgers, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, or SEC schools like Arkansas, Missouri, Vanderbilt, South Carolina
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I think it fair to say that East Germany must have overtaken Ohio State either just earlier this year, or late last year.
I think it fair to say that East Germany must have overtaken Ohio State either just earlier this year, or late last year.
Just think of the truly iconic coaches over time and their time spent at the top schools.
Bear, Bo, Woody, Dr Tom, Bobby plus the line of ND guys among others. Coaches don't last decades anymore.
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Top 30 winningest coaches at the major schools:
Rk Coach W School Notes 1 Joe Paterno 409 Penn State 2 Bobby Bowden 357 Florida State record adjusted to 346-123-4 by NCAA 3 Bear Bryant 323 Alabama 4 Pop Warner 311 Carlisle 5 Amos Alonzo Stagg 282 Chicago 6 LaVell Edwards 257 Brigham Young 7 Tom Osborne 255 Nebraska 8 Lou Holtz 249 Notre Dame 9 Frank Beamer 238 Virginia Tech Mack Brown 238 Texas 11 Nick Saban* 235 Alabama record adjusted to 230-62-1 by NCAA 12 Bo Schembechler 234 Michigan 13 Hayden Fry 230 Iowa record adjusted to 233-177-10 by NCAA 14 Steve Spurrier 228 Florida 15 Bill Snyder* 215 Kansas State 16 Woody Hayes 205 Ohio State 17 Don Nehlen 202 West Virginia 18 Vince Dooley 201 Georgia 19 Dan McGugin 197 Vanderbilt 20 John Cooper 192 Ohio State 21 Gary Pinkel 191 Missouri 22 Dana Bible 190 Texas A&M Bob Stoops 190 Oklahoma John Vaught 190 Ole Miss 25 George Welsh 189 Virginia 26 Howard Jones 188 USC 27 Jess Neely 187 Rice 28 Johnny Majors 185 Tennessee Urban Meyer* 185 Ohio State 30 Darrell Royal 184 Texas
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