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Cumulative AP preseason rankings: 1991-2000
| Twenty-five points were awarded for a first-place vote, 24 for second place ... down to one point for finishing 25th. |
| Rk. |
Team |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
Pts. |
| 1 |
Florida State |
1 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
238 |
| 2 |
Florida |
5 |
4 |
9 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
9 |
213 |
| 3 |
Nebraska |
15 |
11 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
202 |
| 4 |
Michigan |
2 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
5 |
8 |
6 |
183 |
| 5 |
Miami |
3 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
|
12 |
5 |
166 |
| 5 |
Penn State |
7 |
8 |
16 |
9 |
4 |
11 |
1 |
13 |
3 |
22 |
166 |
| 5 |
Tennessee |
11 |
21 |
10 |
13 |
8 |
2 |
5 |
10 |
2 |
12 |
166 |
| 8 |
Notre Dame |
6 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
9 |
6 |
11 |
22 |
18 |
|
150 |
| 9 |
Alabama |
22 |
9 |
2 |
12 |
10 |
15 |
15 |
|
21 |
3 |
125 |
| 9 |
Ohio State |
23 |
19 |
17 |
20 |
12 |
9 |
9 |
1 |
9 |
16 |
125 |
| 11 |
Colorado |
13 |
12 |
11 |
8 |
13 |
5 |
8 |
|
15 |
24 |
125 |
| 12 |
Texas A&M |
21 |
7 |
4 |
15 |
3 |
13 |
|
14 |
7 |
|
124 |
| 13 |
Washington |
4 |
2 |
12 |
23 |
25 |
|
4 |
18 |
|
13 |
107 |
| 14 |
Texas |
14 |
25 |
|
18 |
18 |
8 |
12 |
|
17 |
7 |
89 |
| 15 |
USC |
16 |
|
18 |
17 |
7 |
7 |
22 |
|
19 |
15 |
87 |
| 16 |
Syracuse |
25 |
10 |
6 |
|
|
10 |
17 |
17 |
|
|
71 |
| 17 |
Wisconsin |
|
|
|
10 |
21 |
|
24 |
20 |
10 |
4 |
67 |
| 18 |
Auburn |
17 |
|
|
11 |
6 |
17 |
16 |
25 |
|
|
64 |
| 19 |
Arizona |
|
|
14 |
7 |
19 |
|
|
24 |
4 |
|
62 |
| 20 |
UCLA |
24 |
18 |
|
14 |
16 |
|
|
7 |
16 |
|
61 |
| 21 |
Georgia |
|
14 |
13 |
|
|
|
|
19 |
14 |
10 |
60 |
| 22 |
Oklahoma |
10 |
15 |
22 |
16 |
15 |
|
|
|
|
19 |
59 |
| 23 |
Kansas State |
|
|
|
|
|
21 |
23 |
6 |
20 |
8 |
52 |
| 23 |
N. Carolina |
|
|
20 |
19 |
20 |
|
7 |
12 |
|
|
52 |
| 25 |
Clemson |
9 |
13 |
23 |
25 |
|
25 |
20 |
|
|
17 |
50 |
| 26 |
Virginia Tech |
|
|
|
22 |
24 |
16 |
|
|
13 |
11 |
44 |
| 27 |
LSU |
|
|
|
|
|
19 |
10 |
9 |
|
|
40 |
| 28 |
Georgia Tech |
8 |
23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
36 |
| 29 |
Stanford |
|
17 |
15 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
28 |
| 30 |
Iowa |
18 |
16 |
|
|
|
22 |
21 |
|
|
|
27 |
| 31 |
Arizona State |
|
|
|
|
|
20 |
|
8 |
25 |
|
25 |
| 32 |
Virginia |
|
|
|
|
17 |
23 |
|
16 |
24 |
|
24 |
| 33 |
Brigham Young |
19 |
24 |
19 |
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
23 |
| 34 |
West Virginia |
|
|
|
24 |
23 |
|
|
11 |
|
|
20 |
| 35 |
Purdue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23 |
14 |
15 |
| 36 |
Houston |
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 |
| 37 |
Colorado St. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
11 |
| 37 |
Michigan St. |
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
25 |
23 |
|
25 |
11 |
| 39 |
Illinois |
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
|
|
21 |
10 |
| 40 |
Boston College |
|
|
21 |
|
22 |
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
| 41 |
Mississippi |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18 |
8 |
| 41 |
Northwestern |
|
|
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
|
8 |
| 41 |
Southern Miss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21 |
|
23 |
8 |
| 44 |
California |
|
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
| 44 |
Mississippi St. |
|
22 |
24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
| 44 |
TCU |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20 |
6 |
| 47 |
Arkansas |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22 |
|
4 |
| 48 |
Kansas |
|
|
|
|
|
24 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
| 49 |
N.C. State |
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
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