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Peak AP Poll Ranking
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Date Last Reached
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Answer
|
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1
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Sept. 29, 2024
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Alabama
|
|
1
|
Oct. 18, 1965
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Arkansas
|
|
1
|
Oct. 20, 1958
|
Army
|
|
1
|
2010 Final
|
Auburn
|
|
1
|
Nov. 23, 1942
|
Boston College
|
|
1
|
1984 Final
|
BYU
|
|
1
|
Oct. 15, 1951
|
California
|
|
1
|
Nov. 2, 2020
|
Clemson
|
|
1
|
1990 Final
|
Colorado
|
|
1
|
Nov. 4, 1940
|
Cornell
|
|
1
|
Nov. 29, 2009
|
Florida
|
|
1
|
Nov. 23, 2014
|
Florida State
|
|
1
|
Sept. 8, 2024
|
Georgia
|
|
1
|
Oct. 29, 1985
|
Iowa
|
|
1
|
2019 Final
|
LSU
|
|
1
|
Oct. 31, 1955
|
Maryland
|
|
1
|
Dec. 8, 2002
|
Miami (FL)
|
|
1
|
2023 Final
|
Michigan
|
|
1
|
Oct. 10, 1966
|
Michigan State
|
|
1
|
1960 Final
|
Minnesota
|
|
1
|
Nov. 9, 2014
|
Mississippi State
|
|
1
|
Nov. 25, 2007
|
Missouri
|
|
1
|
Oct. 22, 2000
|
Nebraska
|
|
1
|
Oct. 11, 1948
|
North Carolina
|
|
1
|
Nov. 5, 1962
|
Northwestern
|
|
1
|
Dec. 2, 2012
|
Notre Dame
|
|
1
|
2024 Final
|
Ohio State
|
|
1
|
Sept. 18, 2011
|
Oklahoma
|
|
1
|
1964 Preseason
|
Ole Miss
|
|
1
|
Dec. 8, 2024
|
Oregon
|
|
1
|
Oct. 13, 1997
|
Penn State
|
|
1
|
Nov. 1, 1982
|
Pittsburgh
|
|
1
|
Oct. 7, 1968
|
Purdue
|
|
1
|
Oct. 30, 1950
|
SMU
|
|
1
|
Oct. 3, 1960
|
Syracuse
|
|
1
|
1998 Final
|
Tennessee
|
|
1
|
Oct. 13, 2024
|
Texas
|
|
1
|
Nov. 11, 1957
|
Texas A&M
|
|
1
|
1938 Final
|
TCU
|
|
1
|
Oct. 25, 1988
|
UCLA
|
|
1
|
2012 Preseason
|
USC
|
|
1
|
Oct. 30, 1990
|
Virginia
|
|
1
|
Nov. 3, 1992
|
Washington
|
|
1
|
Oct. 6, 1952
|
Wisconsin
|
|
2
|
Dec. 9, 1996
|
Arizona State
|
|
2
|
Nov. 1, 2015
|
Baylor
|
|
2
|
Oct. 31, 2010
|
Boise State
|
|
2
|
Nov. 7, 2021
|
Cincinnati
|
|
2
|
1941 Final
|
Duke
|
|
2
|
1990 Final
|
Georgia Tech
|
|
2
|
Oct. 2, 1967
|
Houston
|
|
2
|
Oct. 5, 1964
|
Illinois
|
|
2
|
1943 Final
|
Iowa Pre-Flight
|
|
2
|
Nov. 18, 2007
|
Kansas
|
|
2
|
Nov. 11, 2012
|
Kansas State
|
|
2
|
1963 Final
|
Navy
|
|
2
|
Oct. 9, 1944
|
North Carolina Pre-Flight
|
|
2
|
Nov. 13, 2011
|
Oklahoma State
|
|
2
|
Nov. 13, 1944
|
Randolph Field
|
|
2
|
Nov. 13, 1984
|
South Carolina
|
|
2
|
Oct. 14, 2007
|
South Florida
|
|
2
|
1940 Final
|
Stanford
|
|
2
|
Nov. 16, 2008
|
Texas Tech
|
|
2
|
2008 Final
|
Utah
|
|
2
|
Oct. 29, 2000
|
Virginia Tech
|
|
2
|
Nov. 25, 2007
|
West Virginia
|
|
3
|
Sept. 26, 1983
|
Arizona
|
|
3
|
Nov. 3, 1941
|
Fordham
|
|
3
|
Nov. 20, 1950
|
Kentucky
|
|
3
|
Nov. 13, 2016
|
Louisville
|
|
3
|
Nov. 6, 1967
|
NC State
|
|
3
|
Nov. 10, 1947
|
Pennsylvania
|
|
3
|
Nov. 17, 2002
|
Washington State
|
|
4
|
Nov. 12, 1985
|
Air Force
|
|
4
|
Oct. 17, 1938
|
Dartmouth
|
|
4
|
1967 Final
|
Indiana
|
|
4
|
Nov. 2, 1936
|
Marquette
|
|
4
|
2000 Final
|
Oregon State
|
|
4
|
Nov. 5, 1951
|
Princeton
|
|
4
|
Oct. 10, 1949
|
Tulane
|
|
4
|
1942 Final
|
Tulsa
|
|
5
|
Nov. 24, 1941
|
Duquesne
|
|
5
|
Oct. 9, 1944
|
Great Lakes Navy
|
|
5
|
1949 Final
|
Rice
|
|
5
|
Nov. 12, 1945
|
Saint Mary's (CA)
|
|
5
|
Oct. 24, 1938
|
Santa Clara
|
|
5
|
Oct. 25, 1937
|
Yale
|
|
6
|
1938 Final
|
Carnegie Mellon
|
|
6
|
Oct. 18, 1943
|
Pacific
|
|
6
|
2017 Final
|
UCF
|
|
6
|
1937 Final
|
Villanova
|
|
6
|
1967 Final
|
Wyoming
|
|
7
|
2021 Preseason
|
Iowa State
|
|
7
|
Nov. 12, 2006
|
Rutgers
|
|
7
|
Oct. 25, 1937
|
Vanderbilt
|
|
8
|
1943 Final
|
Del Monte Pre-Flight
|
|
8
|
Oct. 14, 2001
|
Fresno State
|
|
8
|
Nov. 13, 1944
|
March Field
|
|
9
|
Dec. 20, 2020
|
Coastal Carolina
|
|
9
|
Oct. 12, 1942
|
Colgate
|
|
9
|
1991 Final
|
East Carolina
|
|
9
|
Nov. 25, 1940
|
Georgetown
|
|
9
|
1938 Final
|
Holy Cross
|
|
10
|
Dec. 6, 1994
|
Colorado State
|
|
10
|
Nov. 5, 1945
|
Columbia
|
|
10
|
Dec. 2, 2007
|
Hawaii
|
|
10
|
1999 Final
|
Marshall
|
|
10
|
2003 Final
|
Miami (OH)
|
|
10
|
Oct. 25, 1948
|
Nevada
|
|
10
|
Oct. 23, 2022
|
Wake Forest
|
|
10
|
1961 Final
|
Utah State
|
|
12
|
Oct. 19, 2003
|
Northern Illinois
|
|
12
|
Nov. 30, 2008
|
Ball State
|
|
12
|
1970 Final
|
Toledo
|
|
12
|
Dec. 4, 2016
|
Western Michigan
|
|
12
|
Nov. 10, 1947
|
William & Mary
|
|
13
|
1944 Final
|
Norman Naval Air Station
|
|
13
|
Nov. 3, 1975
|
San Diego State
|
|
13
|
Nov. 19, 1951
|
San Francisco
|
|
13
|
Oct. 27, 1941
|
Temple
|
|
13
|
Nov. 11, 1957
|
VMI
|
|
14
|
Oct. 29, 1956
|
George Washington
|
|
14
|
Oct. 25, 1943
|
Louisiana
|
|
14
|
Nov. 14, 1960
|
New Mexico State
|
|
15
|
Nov. 7, 1949
|
Boston University
|
|
15
|
Nov. 2, 2003
|
Bowling Green
|
|
15
|
Dec. 8, 2019
|
Memphis
|
|
15
|
Dec. 2, 1968
|
Ohio
|
|
15
|
Oct. 23, 1944
|
Second Air Force
|
|
15
|
Nov. 21, 2021
|
UTSA
|
|
16
|
Oct. 25, 1943
|
Colorado College
|
|
16
|
Nov. 4, 2007
|
Connecticut
|
|
16
|
Nov. 9, 1959
|
North Texas
|
|
17
|
Oct. 28, 1940
|
Detroit Mercy
|
|
17
|
1940 Final
|
Hardin-Simmons
|
|
17
|
Nov. 10, 1941
|
Harvard
|
|
17
|
2020 Final
|
Liberty
|
|
17
|
Nov. 6, 1939
|
NYU
|
|
18
|
Nov. 12, 2023
|
James Madison
|
|
18
|
Nov. 25, 2012
|
Kent State
|
|
18
|
Nov. 25, 1940
|
Lafayette
|
|
18
|
Dec. 4, 1939
|
San Jose State
|
|
18
|
1950 Final
|
Washington & Lee
|
|
19
|
2019 Final
|
Appalachian State
|
|
19
|
Nov. 6, 1950
|
Lehigh
|
|
19
|
Nov. 4, 2012
|
Louisiana Tech
|
|
19
|
Dec. 1, 2024
|
UNLV
|
|
19
|
1944 Final
|
Saint Mary's Pre-Flight
|
|
19
|
2022 Final
|
Troy
|
|
20
|
Nov. 19, 1951
|
Bucknell
|
|
20
|
Nov. 20, 1950
|
Loyola Marymount
|
|
20
|
Oct. 22, 1973
|
Richmond
|
|
23
|
Dec. 13, 2020
|
Buffalo
|
|
23
|
2009 Final
|
Central Michigan
|
|
23
|
Nov. 7, 2004
|
UTEP
|
|
24
|
2015 Final
|
Western Kentucky
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