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The Top 100
The Associated Press has been ranking the best teams in college football since 1936. Over 80 years and 1,103 polls, a total of 165 schools have been ranked and 44 of them have been ranked No. 1 (Minnesota was the first).
To determine the all-time Top 25, the AP formula counted poll appearances (one point) to mark consistency, No. 1 rankings (two points) to acknowledge elite programs and gave a bonus for AP championships (10 points).
1 OHIO STATE (1,112 Points)
Total appearances:852, 77.24% of all polls
First appearance:1936
No.1 ranking:105
Championships:Five (last 2014)
Best full decade:1970s appeared in 92.57% of polls.
Worst full decade:1940s appeared in 55.68% of polls.
Poll point:There have only been three seasons during the 80-year history of the AP poll in which the Buckeyes were not ranked at least once, the fewest poll-less seasons of any program.