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 December 3, 2023.[1][2]
Rank
Team
Weeks
First appearance
Most recent appearance
1
Alabama
140
1961
2022
2
Ohio State
105
1942
2019
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
Georgia
51
1942
2023
10
Texas
45
1941
2008
11
Florida
41
1985
2009
12
LSU
38
1958
2019
13
Michigan
35
1947
2023
14
Michigan State
29
1951
1966
15
Army
27
1944
1958
16
Clemson
25
1981
2020
17
Penn State
21
1978
1997
Pittsburgh
21
1937
1982
19
Minnesota
18
1936
1960
Tennessee
18
1939
1998
21
Washington
15
1982
1992
22
Iowa
11
1960
1985
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