Since 1936

The belt vs. the polls

The AP poll started in 1936; the belt was already 67 years old. Every poll week since, this is how the belt holder looked to the voters — and how often the two ways of naming a champion agreed.

84%of poll weeks the belt holder was ranked

18%of poll weeks the holder was No. 1

57Title changes by an unranked team over a ranked holder

21 of 89Seasons the holder finished No. 1 in the final poll

Upsets by rank

Unranked, and took it anyway

1972 · UCLA 20–17 Nebraskaunranked over No. 1 1981 · Wisconsin 21–14 Michiganunranked over No. 1 2007 · Arkansas 50–48 LSUunranked over No. 1 2021 · Texas A&M 41–38 Alabamaunranked over No. 1 1950 · Navy 14–2 Armyunranked over No. 2 1966 · LSU 14–7 Arkansasunranked over No. 2 1974 · Purdue 31–20 Notre Dameunranked over No. 2 2012 · Baylor 52–24 Kansas Stateunranked over No. 2 2017 · Syracuse 27–24 Clemsonunranked over No. 2 2017 · Pittsburgh 24–14 Miamiunranked over No. 2 2018 · Purdue 49–20 Ohio Stateunranked over No. 2 2025 · Louisville 24–21 Miamiunranked over No. 2

Biggest gaps

Ranked, but well below the holder

2014 · TCU 37–33 OklahomaNo. 25 over No. 4 2003 · Wisconsin 17–10 Ohio StateNo. 23 over No. 3 2010 · South Carolina 35–21 AlabamaNo. 19 over No. 1 2022 · Washington 37–34 OregonNo. 24 over No. 6 1994 · Colorado State 21–16 ArizonaNo. 23 over No. 6 1942 · Alabama 29–21 Texas A&MNo. 18 over No. 2 2011 · Clemson 38–10 Virginia TechNo. 21 over No. 5 2008 · Oklahoma State 28–23 MissouriNo. 17 over No. 3 2024 · Ole Miss 28–10 GeorgiaNo. 16 over No. 2 1957 · Baylor 13–7 TennesseeNo. 15 over No. 2

Held off

The best-ranked challengers turned away

1936 · Northwestern 6–0 MinnesotaNo. 1 turned away 1973 · Notre Dame 24–23 AlabamaNo. 1 turned away 1980 · USC 17–16 Ohio StateNo. 1 turned away 1987 · Penn State 14–10 MiamiNo. 1 turned away 1944 · Georgia Tech 17–15 NavyNo. 2 turned away 1946 · Army 0–0 Notre DameNo. 2 turned away (tie)1969 · Ohio State 27–16 USCNo. 2 turned away 1977 · USC 14–6 MichiganNo. 2 turned away 2000 · Florida State 46–29 Virginia TechNo. 2 turned away 2000 · Miami 41–21 Virginia TechNo. 2 turned away

Agreement

Longest runs at No. 1 with the belt

USC · 2004 wk 1–2005 wk 1428 weeks at No. 1

Miami · 2001 wk 10–2002 wk 1118 weeks at No. 1

Ohio State · 1968 wk 12–1969 wk 1012 weeks at No. 1

Florida State · 1999 wk 5–1612 weeks at No. 1

Ohio State · 2006 wk 3–1412 weeks at No. 1

LSU · 1958 wk 9–1959 wk 811 weeks at No. 1

Ohio State · 1975 wk 6–149 weeks at No. 1

Alabama · 2020 wk 14–2021 wk 69 weeks at No. 1

Army · 1946 wk 2–87 weeks at No. 1

Florida · 2009 wk 1–77 weeks at No. 1

By decade

How often the voters and the belt agreed

Decade	Poll weeks	Holder ranked	Holder No. 1
1930s	27	74%	26%
1940s	70	67%	10%
1950s	106	71%	14%
1960s	116	90%	18%
1970s	138	89%	18%
1980s	151	86%	5%
1990s	159	70%	12%
2000s	146	99%	57%
2010s	153	90%	9%
2020s	95	91%	14%

Every reign since 1936

Rank when it won, best rank while holding

#	Program	Reign	AP rank when it took the belt	Best while holding	Weeks at No. 1	Final poll
74	Notre Dame	November 21, 1936 – October 16, 1937	No. 9 (beat No. 7)	No. 12	0	No. 8
75	Carnegie Mellon	October 16, 1937 – October 23, 1937	unranked (beat No. 12)	unranked	0	unranked
76	Temple	October 23, 1937 – November 6, 1937	unranked	—	—	—
77	Michigan State	November 6, 1937 – January 1, 1938	unranked	—	—	—
78	Auburn	January 1, 1938 – October 8, 1938	unranked	unranked	0	unranked
79	Tennessee	October 8, 1938 – January 1, 1940	No. 4	No. 1	4	No. 2
80	USC	January 1, 1940 – October 26, 1940	No. 3 (beat No. 2)	No. 17	0	No. 3
81	Stanford	October 26, 1940 – October 11, 1941	No. 3	No. 9	0	No. 2
82	Oregon State	October 11, 1941 – October 25, 1941	unranked (beat No. 9)	No. 16	0	unranked
83	Washington State	October 25, 1941 – December 6, 1941	unranked (beat No. 16)	unranked	0	unranked
84	Texas A&M	December 6, 1941 – January 1, 1942	No. 2	—	—	—
85	Alabama	January 1, 1942 – October 31, 1942	No. 18 (beat No. 2)	No. 3	0	No. 20
86	Georgia	October 31, 1942 – November 21, 1942	No. 5 (beat No. 7)	—	—	—
87	Auburn	November 21, 1942 – October 14, 1944	No. 16 (beat No. 5)	unranked	0	No. 16
88	Georgia Tech	October 14, 1944 – November 4, 1944	unranked	—	—	—
89	Duke	November 4, 1944 – October 6, 1945	No. 11	No. 13	0	No. 11
90	Navy	October 6, 1945 – December 1, 1945	No. 4 (beat No. 16)	No. 2	0	unranked
91	Army	December 1, 1945 – October 25, 1947	No. 1 (beat No. 2)	No. 1	7	No. 2
92	Columbia	October 25, 1947 – October 2, 1948	No. 19 (beat No. 11)	No. 16	0	No. 20
93	Harvard	October 2, 1948 – October 9, 1948	unranked	unranked	0	unranked
94	Cornell	October 9, 1948 – October 23, 1948	unranked	No. 19	0	unranked
95	Army	October 23, 1948 – December 2, 1950	No. 3 (beat No. 19)	No. 1	3	No. 4
96	Navy	December 2, 1950 – October 6, 1951	unranked (beat No. 2)	unranked	0	unranked
97	Princeton	October 6, 1951 – October 11, 1952	No. 9	No. 4	0	No. 6
98	Pennsylvania	October 11, 1952 – November 1, 1952	No. 11	No. 17	0	unranked
99	Penn State	November 1, 1952 – November 8, 1952	unranked	unranked	0	unranked
100	Syracuse	November 8, 1952 – January 1, 1953	No. 15	No. 16	0	unranked
101	Alabama	January 1, 1953 – September 18, 1953	No. 8 (beat No. 16)	No. 5	0	No. 9
102	Southern Miss	September 18, 1953 – October 31, 1953	unranked (beat No. 5)	No. 17	0	unranked
103	Memphis	October 31, 1953 – November 7, 1953	unranked	unranked	0	unranked
104	Arkansas State	November 7, 1953 – October 2, 1954	unranked	unranked	0	unranked
105	Mississippi State	October 2, 1954 – October 15, 1954	unranked	unranked	0	unranked
106	Miami	October 15, 1954 – November 6, 1954	unranked	No. 6	0	unranked
107	Auburn	November 6, 1954 – October 29, 1955	unranked (beat No. 6)	No. 8	0	No. 13
108	Tulane	October 29, 1955 – November 12, 1955	unranked (beat No. 8)	unranked	0	unranked
109	Vanderbilt	November 12, 1955 – November 26, 1955	unranked	No. 19	0	unranked
110	Tennessee	November 26, 1955 – January 1, 1957	unranked (beat No. 19)	No. 1	1	unranked
111	Baylor	January 1, 1957 – October 5, 1957	No. 15 (beat No. 2)	No. 7	0	No. 11
112	Miami	October 5, 1957 – October 11, 1957	unranked	unranked	0	unranked
113	North Carolina	October 11, 1957 – October 19, 1957	No. 14	unranked	0	unranked
114	Maryland	October 19, 1957 – October 26, 1957	unranked	unranked	0	unranked
115	Tennessee	October 26, 1957 – November 16, 1957	No. 17	No. 7	0	unranked
116	Ole Miss	November 16, 1957 – November 1, 1958	No. 5 (beat No. 12)	No. 6	0	No. 7
117	LSU	November 1, 1958 – November 7, 1959	No. 1 (beat No. 9)	No. 1	11	No. 1
118	Tennessee	November 7, 1959 – November 14, 1959	No. 9 (beat No. 3)	No. 20	0	unranked
119	Ole Miss	November 14, 1959 – November 4, 1961	No. 2 (beat No. 20)	No. 1	4	No. 2
120	LSU	November 4, 1961 – November 3, 1962	No. 4 (beat No. 7)	No. 3	0	No. 4
121	Ole Miss	November 3, 1962 – January 1, 1964	No. 4 (beat No. 9)	No. 2	0	No. 3
122	Alabama	January 1, 1964 – January 1, 1965	No. 9 (beat No. 7)	No. 2	0	No. 8
123	Texas	January 1, 1965 – October 16, 1965	No. 5 (beat No. 2)	No. 1	3	No. 5
124	Arkansas	October 16, 1965 – January 1, 1966	No. 1 (beat No. 5)	No. 2	0	unranked
125	LSU	January 1, 1966 – September 24, 1966	unranked (beat No. 2)	unranked	0	No. 8
126	Rice	September 24, 1966 – October 1, 1966	unranked	unranked	0	unranked
127	Tennessee	October 1, 1966 – October 8, 1966	No. 8	unranked	0	unranked
128	Georgia Tech	October 8, 1966 – November 26, 1966	No. 7	No. 5	0	unranked
129	Georgia	November 26, 1966 – October 14, 1967	No. 4 (beat No. 8)	No. 3	0	No. 4
130	Ole Miss	October 14, 1967 – November 18, 1967	unranked (beat No. 8)	unranked	0	unranked
131	Tennessee	November 18, 1967 – January 1, 1968	No. 2	—	—	—
132	Oklahoma	January 1, 1968 – September 21, 1968	No. 5 (beat No. 2)	No. 4	0	No. 3
133	Notre Dame	September 21, 1968 – September 28, 1968	No. 3 (beat No. 5)	No. 2	0	unranked
134	Purdue	September 28, 1968 – October 12, 1968	No. 1 (beat No. 2)	No. 1	2	unranked
135	Ohio State	October 12, 1968 – November 22, 1969	No. 4 (beat No. 1)	No. 1	12	No. 1
136	Michigan	November 22, 1969 – January 1, 1970	No. 7 (beat No. 4)	No. 7	0	unranked
137	USC	January 1, 1970 – October 10, 1970	No. 5 (beat No. 7)	No. 3	0	No. 3
138	Stanford	October 10, 1970 – November 14, 1970	No. 8 (beat No. 10)	No. 6	0	unranked
139	Air Force	November 14, 1970 – November 21, 1970	No. 12 (beat No. 13)	No. 11	0	unranked
140	Colorado	November 21, 1970 – December 12, 1970	unranked (beat No. 11)	unranked	0	unranked
141	Tulane	December 12, 1970 – September 18, 1971	unranked	unranked	0	No. 17
142	Georgia	September 18, 1971 – November 13, 1971	No. 11	No. 7	0	unranked
143	Auburn	November 13, 1971 – November 27, 1971	No. 6 (beat No. 7)	No. 5	0	unranked
144	Alabama	November 27, 1971 – January 1, 1972	No. 3 (beat No. 5)	No. 2	0	unranked
145	Nebraska	January 1, 1972 – September 9, 1972	No. 1 (beat No. 2)	No. 1	1	No. 1
146	UCLA	September 9, 1972 – September 23, 1972	unranked (beat No. 1)	No. 6	0	unranked
147	Michigan	September 23, 1972 – November 25, 1972	No. 12 (beat No. 6)	No. 3	0	unranked
148	Ohio State	November 25, 1972 – January 1, 1973	No. 9 (beat No. 3)	No. 3	0	unranked
149	USC	January 1, 1973 – October 27, 1973	No. 1 (beat No. 3)	No. 1	4	No. 1
150	Notre Dame	October 27, 1973 – September 28, 1974	No. 5 (beat No. 9)	No. 1	1	No. 1
151	Purdue	September 28, 1974 – October 5, 1974	unranked (beat No. 2)	unranked	0	unranked
152	Duke	October 5, 1974 – October 19, 1974	unranked	unranked	0	unranked
153	Clemson	October 19, 1974 – October 26, 1974	unranked	unranked	0	unranked
154	Tennessee	October 26, 1974 – September 20, 1975	unranked	No. 10	0	No. 20
155	UCLA	September 20, 1975 – October 4, 1975	No. 12 (beat No. 10)	No. 10	0	unranked
156	Ohio State	October 4, 1975 – January 1, 1976	No. 2 (beat No. 13)	No. 1	9	unranked
157	UCLA	January 1, 1976 – November 20, 1976	No. 11 (beat No. 1)	No. 2	0	No. 5
158	USC	November 20, 1976 – October 8, 1977	No. 3 (beat No. 6)	No. 1	1	No. 2
159	Alabama	October 8, 1977 – September 23, 1978	No. 4 (beat No. 6)	No. 1	3	No. 2
160	USC	September 23, 1978 – October 14, 1978	No. 3 (beat No. 7)	No. 2	0	unranked
161	Arizona State	October 14, 1978 – October 28, 1978	No. 14 (beat No. 7)	No. 12	0	unranked
162	Washington	October 28, 1978 – November 11, 1978	No. 20	No. 19	0	unranked
163	USC	November 11, 1978 – November 15, 1980	No. 5	No. 1	6	No. 2
164	Washington	November 15, 1980 – January 1, 1981	No. 16 (beat No. 12)	No. 15	0	unranked
165	Michigan	January 1, 1981 – September 12, 1981	No. 5 (beat No. 16)	No. 1	2	No. 4
166	Wisconsin	September 12, 1981 – September 19, 1981	unranked (beat No. 1)	No. 20	0	unranked
167	UCLA	September 19, 1981 – September 26, 1981	No. 9 (beat No. 20)	No. 6	0	unranked
168	Iowa	September 26, 1981 – October 24, 1981	unranked (beat No. 6)	No. 6	0	unranked
169	Minnesota	October 24, 1981 – October 31, 1981	unranked (beat No. 6)	unranked	0	unranked
170	Michigan	October 31, 1981 – November 21, 1981	No. 15	No. 7	0	unranked
171	Ohio State	November 21, 1981 – September 25, 1982	unranked (beat No. 7)	No. 12	0	No. 15
172	Stanford	September 25, 1982 – October 9, 1982	unranked (beat No. 13)	unranked	0	unranked
173	Arizona State	October 9, 1982 – November 13, 1982	No. 11	No. 3	0	unranked
174	Washington	November 13, 1982 – November 20, 1982	No. 7 (beat No. 3)	No. 5	0	unranked
175	Washington State	November 20, 1982 – September 10, 1983	unranked (beat No. 5)	unranked	0	unranked
176	Michigan	September 10, 1983 – September 17, 1983	No. 8	No. 17	0	unranked
177	Washington	September 17, 1983 – September 24, 1983	No. 9 (beat No. 17)	No. 18	0	unranked
178	LSU	September 24, 1983 – October 1, 1983	No. 16 (beat No. 18)	unranked	0	unranked
179	Florida	October 1, 1983 – October 29, 1983	No. 9	No. 5	0	unranked
180	Auburn	October 29, 1983 – August 27, 1984	No. 3 (beat No. 9)	No. 1	1	No. 3
181	Miami	August 27, 1984 – September 8, 1984	No. 10 (beat No. 1)	No. 1	1	unranked
182	Michigan	September 8, 1984 – September 15, 1984	No. 3 (beat No. 5)	No. 16	0	unranked
183	Washington	September 15, 1984 – November 10, 1984	No. 9 (beat No. 16)	No. 1	4	unranked
184	USC	November 10, 1984 – November 17, 1984	No. 7 (beat No. 8)	No. 14	0	unranked
185	UCLA	November 17, 1984 – September 28, 1985	No. 19 (beat No. 14)	No. 10	0	No. 9
186	Washington	September 28, 1985 – October 19, 1985	unranked (beat No. 13)	unranked	0	unranked
187	Oregon State	October 19, 1985 – November 2, 1985	unranked	unranked	0	unranked
188	Arizona	November 2, 1985 – November 9, 1985	unranked	unranked	0	unranked
189	UCLA	November 9, 1985 – November 23, 1985	No. 14	No. 8	0	unranked
190	USC	November 23, 1985 – December 28, 1985	unranked (beat No. 8)	unranked	0	unranked
191	Alabama	December 28, 1985 – October 25, 1986	No. 15	No. 2	0	No. 13
192	Penn State	October 25, 1986 – September 12, 1987	No. 2 (beat No. 8)	No. 2	0	No. 1
193	Alabama	September 12, 1987 – September 19, 1987	No. 11 (beat No. 20)	No. 17	0	unranked
194	Florida	September 19, 1987 – October 3, 1987	unranked (beat No. 17)	No. 18	0	unranked
195	LSU	October 3, 1987 – November 7, 1987	No. 7 (beat No. 18)	No. 5	0	unranked
196	Alabama	November 7, 1987 – November 14, 1987	No. 11 (beat No. 10)	No. 17	0	unranked
197	Notre Dame	November 14, 1987 – November 21, 1987	No. 7 (beat No. 17)	No. 10	0	unranked
198	Penn State	November 21, 1987 – January 1, 1988	unranked (beat No. 10)	No. 20	0	unranked
199	Clemson	January 1, 1988 – September 17, 1988	No. 14 (beat No. 20)	No. 3	0	No. 12
200	Florida State	September 17, 1988 – September 2, 1989	No. 10 (beat No. 3)	No. 4	0	No. 3
201	Southern Miss	September 2, 1989 – September 9, 1989	unranked (beat No. 6)	No. 18	0	unranked
202	Mississippi State	September 9, 1989 – September 23, 1989	unranked (beat No. 18)	No. 25	0	unranked
203	Georgia	September 23, 1989 – September 30, 1989	unranked	No. 23	0	unranked
204	South Carolina	September 30, 1989 – October 28, 1989	unranked (beat No. 23)	No. 24	0	unranked
205	NC State	October 28, 1989 – November 4, 1989	No. 20 (beat No. 25)	No. 18	0	unranked
206	Virginia	November 4, 1989 – January 1, 1990	No. 24 (beat No. 18)	No. 15	0	unranked
207	Illinois	January 1, 1990 – September 8, 1990	No. 11 (beat No. 15)	No. 11	0	No. 10
208	Arizona	September 8, 1990 – September 29, 1990	No. 20 (beat No. 21)	No. 16	0	unranked
209	California	September 29, 1990 – October 27, 1990	unranked (beat No. 25)	unranked	0	unranked
210	Washington	October 27, 1990 – November 10, 1990	No. 7	No. 2	0	unranked
211	UCLA	November 10, 1990 – November 17, 1990	unranked (beat No. 10)	unranked	0	unranked
212	USC	November 17, 1990 – November 24, 1990	No. 18	No. 21	0	unranked
213	Notre Dame	November 24, 1990 – January 1, 1991	No. 7 (beat No. 21)	No. 5	0	unranked
214	Colorado	January 1, 1991 – September 14, 1991	No. 1 (beat No. 5)	No. 12	0	No. 1
215	Baylor	September 14, 1991 – October 12, 1991	No. 23 (beat No. 12)	No. 8	0	unranked
216	Rice	October 12, 1991 – October 19, 1991	unranked (beat No. 8)	unranked	0	unranked
217	TCU	October 19, 1991 – October 26, 1991	unranked	unranked	0	unranked
218	Baylor	October 26, 1991 – November 16, 1991	No. 22	No. 20	0	unranked
219	Texas Tech	November 16, 1991 – September 3, 1992	unranked (beat No. 20)	unranked	0	unranked
220	Oklahoma	September 3, 1992 – September 19, 1992	No. 15	No. 13	0	unranked
221	USC	September 19, 1992 – October 3, 1992	unranked (beat No. 13)	No. 20	0	unranked
222	Washington	October 3, 1992 – November 7, 1992	No. 1 (beat No. 20)	No. 1	4	unranked
223	Arizona	November 7, 1992 – November 14, 1992	No. 12 (beat No. 1)	No. 9	0	unranked
224	USC	November 14, 1992 – November 21, 1992	No. 18 (beat No. 9)	No. 15	0	unranked
225	UCLA	November 21, 1992 – September 4, 1993	unranked (beat No. 15)	unranked	0	unranked
226	California	September 4, 1993 – October 9, 1993	unranked	No. 16	0	unranked
227	Washington	October 9, 1993 – October 16, 1993	No. 13 (beat No. 16)	No. 12	0	unranked
228	UCLA	October 16, 1993 – November 13, 1993	No. 22 (beat No. 12)	No. 10	0	unranked
229	Arizona State	November 13, 1993 – November 26, 1993	unranked (beat No. 10)	unranked	0	unranked
230	Arizona	November 26, 1993 – October 8, 1994	No. 19	No. 6	0	No. 10
231	Colorado State	October 8, 1994 – October 22, 1994	No. 23 (beat No. 6)	No. 12	0	unranked
232	Utah	October 22, 1994 – November 5, 1994	No. 18 (beat No. 12)	No. 9	0	unranked
233	New Mexico	November 5, 1994 – November 12, 1994	unranked (beat No. 9)	unranked	0	unranked
234	Wyoming	November 12, 1994 – September 9, 1995	unranked	unranked	0	unranked
235	Air Force	September 9, 1995 – September 16, 1995	unranked	No. 21	0	unranked
236	Colorado State	September 16, 1995 – September 30, 1995	unranked (beat No. 21)	unranked	0	unranked
237	BYU	September 30, 1995 – October 14, 1995	unranked	unranked	0	unranked
238	Arizona State	October 14, 1995 – November 24, 1995	unranked	unranked	0	unranked
239	Arizona	November 24, 1995 – September 7, 1996	unranked	unranked	0	unranked
240	Iowa	September 7, 1996 – September 21, 1996	No. 22	No. 19	0	unranked
241	Tulsa	September 21, 1996 – October 19, 1996	unranked (beat No. 19)	unranked	0	unranked
242	BYU	October 19, 1996 – September 6, 1997	No. 18	No. 5	0	No. 5
243	Washington	September 6, 1997 – September 20, 1997	No. 4 (beat No. 19)	No. 2	0	unranked
244	Nebraska	September 20, 1997 – October 10, 1998	No. 7 (beat No. 2)	No. 1	3	No. 2
245	Texas A&M	October 10, 1998 – November 27, 1998	No. 10 (beat No. 8)	No. 6	0	unranked
246	Texas	November 27, 1998 – August 28, 1999	No. 20 (beat No. 10)	No. 17	0	No. 15
247	NC State	August 28, 1999 – September 18, 1999	unranked (beat No. 17)	No. 20	0	unranked
248	Florida State	September 18, 1999 – October 7, 2000	No. 1 (beat No. 20)	No. 1	13	No. 1
249	Miami	October 7, 2000 – January 3, 2003	No. 7 (beat No. 1)	No. 1	25	No. 1
250	Ohio State	January 3, 2003 – October 11, 2003	No. 2 (beat No. 1)	No. 2	0	No. 2
251	Wisconsin	October 11, 2003 – October 18, 2003	No. 23 (beat No. 3)	No. 14	0	unranked
252	Purdue	October 18, 2003 – October 25, 2003	No. 13 (beat No. 14)	No. 10	0	unranked
253	Michigan	October 25, 2003 – January 1, 2004	No. 13 (beat No. 10)	No. 4	0	unranked
254	USC	January 1, 2004 – January 4, 2006	No. 2 (beat No. 4)	No. 1	28	No. 1
255	Texas	January 4, 2006 – September 9, 2006	No. 2 (beat No. 1)	No. 2	0	No. 1
256	Ohio State	September 9, 2006 – January 9, 2007	No. 1 (beat No. 2)	No. 1	12	unranked
257	Florida	January 9, 2007 – September 29, 2007	No. 4 (beat No. 1)	No. 3	0	No. 1
258	Auburn	September 29, 2007 – October 20, 2007	unranked (beat No. 4)	No. 18	0	unranked
259	LSU	October 20, 2007 – November 23, 2007	No. 5 (beat No. 18)	No. 1	2	unranked
260	Arkansas	November 23, 2007 – January 1, 2008	unranked (beat No. 1)	unranked	0	unranked
261	Missouri	January 1, 2008 – October 11, 2008	No. 1	No. 3	0	No. 4
262	Oklahoma State	October 11, 2008 – October 25, 2008	No. 17 (beat No. 3)	No. 7	0	unranked
263	Texas	October 25, 2008 – November 1, 2008	No. 1 (beat No. 7)	No. 1	1	unranked
264	Texas Tech	November 1, 2008 – November 22, 2008	No. 6 (beat No. 1)	No. 2	0	unranked
265	Oklahoma	November 22, 2008 – January 8, 2009	No. 5 (beat No. 2)	No. 3	0	unranked
266	Florida	January 8, 2009 – December 5, 2009	No. 2 (beat No. 4)	No. 1	13	No. 1
267	Alabama	December 5, 2009 – October 9, 2010	No. 2 (beat No. 1)	No. 1	7	No. 1
268	South Carolina	October 9, 2010 – October 16, 2010	No. 19 (beat No. 1)	No. 10	0	unranked
269	Kentucky	October 16, 2010 – October 23, 2010	unranked (beat No. 10)	unranked	0	unranked
270	Georgia	October 23, 2010 – October 30, 2010	unranked	unranked	0	unranked
271	Florida	October 30, 2010 – November 13, 2010	unranked	No. 24	0	unranked
272	South Carolina	November 13, 2010 – December 4, 2010	No. 22 (beat No. 24)	No. 17	0	unranked
273	Auburn	December 4, 2010 – September 17, 2011	No. 2 (beat No. 18)	No. 1	1	No. 1
274	Clemson	September 17, 2011 – October 29, 2011	unranked (beat No. 21)	No. 6	0	unranked
275	Georgia Tech	October 29, 2011 – November 10, 2011	unranked (beat No. 6)	No. 20	0	unranked
276	Virginia Tech	November 10, 2011 – December 4, 2011	No. 10 (beat No. 20)	No. 5	0	unranked
277	Clemson	December 4, 2011 – January 4, 2012	No. 21 (beat No. 5)	No. 14	0	unranked
278	West Virginia	January 4, 2012 – October 13, 2012	No. 23 (beat No. 14)	No. 5	0	No. 17
279	Texas Tech	October 13, 2012 – October 27, 2012	unranked (beat No. 5)	No. 15	0	unranked
280	Kansas State	October 27, 2012 – November 17, 2012	No. 4 (beat No. 15)	No. 2	0	unranked
281	Baylor	November 17, 2012 – November 23, 2013	unranked (beat No. 2)	No. 3	0	unranked
282	Oklahoma State	November 23, 2013 – December 7, 2013	No. 11 (beat No. 3)	No. 6	0	unranked
283	Oklahoma	December 7, 2013 – October 4, 2014	No. 18 (beat No. 6)	No. 4	0	No. 6
284	TCU	October 4, 2014 – October 11, 2014	No. 25 (beat No. 4)	No. 9	0	unranked
285	Baylor	October 11, 2014 – October 18, 2014	No. 5 (beat No. 9)	No. 4	0	unranked
286	West Virginia	October 18, 2014 – November 1, 2014	unranked (beat No. 4)	No. 20	0	unranked
287	TCU	November 1, 2014 – November 7, 2015	No. 10 (beat No. 20)	No. 2	0	No. 3
288	Oklahoma State	November 7, 2015 – November 21, 2015	No. 12 (beat No. 5)	No. 4	0	unranked
289	Baylor	November 21, 2015 – November 27, 2015	No. 10 (beat No. 4)	No. 7	0	unranked
290	TCU	November 27, 2015 – September 10, 2016	No. 15 (beat No. 7)	No. 11	0	No. 7
291	Arkansas	September 10, 2016 – September 24, 2016	unranked (beat No. 15)	No. 17	0	unranked
292	Texas A&M	September 24, 2016 – October 22, 2016	No. 10 (beat No. 17)	No. 6	0	unranked
293	Alabama	October 22, 2016 – January 9, 2017	No. 1 (beat No. 6)	No. 1	7	unranked
294	Clemson	January 9, 2017 – October 13, 2017	No. 3 (beat No. 1)	No. 2	0	No. 1
295	Syracuse	October 13, 2017 – October 21, 2017	unranked (beat No. 2)	unranked	0	unranked
296	Miami	October 21, 2017 – November 24, 2017	No. 8	No. 2	0	unranked
297	Pittsburgh	November 24, 2017 – September 8, 2018	unranked (beat No. 2)	unranked	0	unranked
298	Penn State	September 8, 2018 – September 29, 2018	No. 13	No. 9	0	unranked
299	Ohio State	September 29, 2018 – October 20, 2018	No. 4 (beat No. 9)	No. 2	0	unranked
300	Purdue	October 20, 2018 – October 27, 2018	unranked (beat No. 2)	unranked	0	unranked
301	Michigan State	October 27, 2018 – November 10, 2018	unranked	No. 24	0	unranked
302	Ohio State	November 10, 2018 – December 28, 2019	No. 8 (beat No. 24)	No. 2	0	No. 3
303	Clemson	December 28, 2019 – January 13, 2020	No. 3 (beat No. 2)	—	—	—
304	LSU	January 13, 2020 – September 26, 2020	No. 1 (beat No. 3)	No. 6	0	No. 1
305	Mississippi State	September 26, 2020 – October 3, 2020	unranked (beat No. 6)	No. 16	0	unranked
306	Arkansas	October 3, 2020 – October 10, 2020	unranked (beat No. 16)	unranked	0	unranked
307	Auburn	October 10, 2020 – October 17, 2020	No. 13	No. 14	0	unranked
308	South Carolina	October 17, 2020 – October 24, 2020	unranked (beat No. 14)	unranked	0	unranked
309	LSU	October 24, 2020 – October 31, 2020	unranked	unranked	0	unranked
310	Auburn	October 31, 2020 – November 28, 2020	unranked	No. 22	0	unranked
311	Alabama	November 28, 2020 – October 9, 2021	No. 1 (beat No. 22)	No. 1	9	No. 1
312	Texas A&M	October 9, 2021 – November 13, 2021	unranked (beat No. 1)	No. 11	0	unranked
313	Ole Miss	November 13, 2021 – January 1, 2022	No. 12 (beat No. 11)	No. 8	0	unranked
314	Baylor	January 1, 2022 – September 10, 2022	No. 6 (beat No. 8)	No. 9	0	No. 5
315	BYU	September 10, 2022 – September 17, 2022	No. 21 (beat No. 9)	No. 12	0	unranked
316	Oregon	September 17, 2022 – November 12, 2022	No. 25 (beat No. 12)	No. 6	0	unranked
317	Washington	November 12, 2022 – January 8, 2024	No. 24 (beat No. 6)	No. 2	0	No. 8
318	Michigan	January 8, 2024 – September 7, 2024	No. 1 (beat No. 2)	No. 9	0	No. 1
319	Texas	September 7, 2024 – October 19, 2024	No. 3 (beat No. 10)	No. 1	4	unranked
320	Georgia	October 19, 2024 – November 9, 2024	No. 5 (beat No. 1)	No. 2	0	unranked
321	Ole Miss	November 9, 2024 – November 23, 2024	No. 16 (beat No. 2)	No. 9	0	unranked
322	Florida	November 23, 2024 – September 6, 2025	unranked (beat No. 9)	No. 13	0	unranked
323	South Florida	September 6, 2025 – September 13, 2025	unranked (beat No. 13)	No. 18	0	unranked
324	Miami	September 13, 2025 – October 17, 2025	No. 5 (beat No. 18)	No. 2	0	unranked
325	Louisville	October 17, 2025 – November 8, 2025	unranked (beat No. 2)	No. 14	0	unranked
326	California	November 8, 2025 – November 22, 2025	unranked (beat No. 14)	unranked	0	unranked
327	Stanford	November 22, 2025 – November 29, 2025	unranked	unranked	0	unranked
328	Notre Dame	November 29, 2025 – present	No. 9	No. 3	0	No. 10

“Rank when it took the belt” is the winner’s place in the AP poll released before that game (the AP top 25 — a top 20 or top 10 in some eras); a dash means the season’s first poll hadn’t come out yet. A poll week counts for whoever held the belt when that poll was released. Polls from the College Football Data API.