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OU Football Tradition | OU in the AP Poll
Updated June 10, 2009   

Oklahoma AP Poll Notes
OU has a long and illustrious history with the Associated Press Poll since the service began in 1936. The Sooners have been ranked No. 1 more than any team in college football (97 weeks). The Sooners also own the most weeks in the Top 2, Top 5 and Top 10. OU has finished No. 1 in the final poll and crowned national champions by the AP seven times.

Oklahoma has been ranked in 68% of all weekly AP polls -- more than half the time in the top 10 and one-third of the time in the top five. OU has been ranked among the top two teams in the nation in nearly 20% of the polls and ranked the No. 1 team in the nation in 10% of the polls.
 
 OU in the AP  989 polls since 1936
%
 Weeks OU Ranked:  678
.685
 Weeks Ranked No. 1:  97 - No. 1 Nationally
.098
 Weeks Ranked in Top 2:  194 - No. 1 Nationally
.196
 Weeks Ranked in Top 5:  369 - No. 1 Nationally
.373
 Weeks Ranked in Top 10:  506 - No. 1 Nationally
.511
 Years Ranked in Preseason Poll:  50 (of 58 polls - preseason poll began in 1950)
.862
 Years Ranked in Final Poll:  50 (of 73 polls) - No. 3 Nationally
.684
 Seasons Ranked:  61 (of 73 seasons since 1936)  .835
 Seasons with No. 1 Ranking:  18 (with at least one week at No. 1)  
 Average Rank in all AP Polls:  7.11 (No. 1 Nationally)  
 Average Rank in Final AP Poll:  7.34 (No. 1 Nationally)  
 Years Ranked No. 1 in Preseason:  9 (last in 2003, first in 1956)
 Years Ranked No. 1 in Final Poll:  7 (last in 2000, first in 1950) - No. 2 Nationally
     
 OU Streaks    
 Longest Streak Ranked No. 1:  15 Weeks (2002-2003)  
 Longest Streak Ranked in Top 5:  48 Weeks (1953-1957)  
 Longest Streak Ranked in Top 10:  76 Weeks (1984-1988)  
 Longest Streak Ranked in Top 25:  158 Weeks (12th week of 1970 - 5th week of 1981)
 Current Streak of Weeks Ranked:  50 Weeks (final poll of 2005 - final poll of 2008)
 Longest Streak of Seasons Ranked:  30 Seasons (1966-1995)  
 Longest Streak in Preseason:  28 Seasons (1968-1995)  
 Longest Streak in Final Poll:  14 Seasons (1946-1959)  

Oklahoma All-Time in the AP Poll  
The grid below shows every week of the AP poll and OU's ranking. The numbers along the top of the poll represent the week with "P" as the preseason poll and "F" as the final poll. A dash (-) represents that OU was not ranked in that week's poll while a blank means that there was no poll that week. Special thanks to AP Poll Archive for information.
 
 
P
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
F
2008
4
4
3
2
2
1
1
4
4
4
6
5
5
3
4
2
5
2007
8
5
3
4
3
10
6
4
4
5
4
3
10
9
3
8
2006
10
15
15
17
16
14
23
20
19
18
17
16
13
8
7
11
2005
7
18
21
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
22
2004
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2003
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
2002
2
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
4
4
3
8
8
5
2001
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
4
11
11
10
6
2000
19
19
20
18
17
14
10
8
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1999
-
-
-
-
-
23
-
-
-
24
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1998
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1997
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1996
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1995
15
16
14
14
10
10
14
13
15
23
25
-
-
-
-
-
-
1994
16
15
15
21
21
21
16
22
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1993
22
21
17
12
10
10
10
9
17
14
20
17
15
16
19
19
17
1992
15
15
13
13
20
19
16
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1991
10
9
9
7
6
5
6
12
21
20
20
18
19
19
20
16
1990
22
23
14
11
9
7
4
16
22
-
-
-
-
22
20
17
1989
15
8
6
16
16
16
15
25
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1988
3
4
4
3
10
10
9
8
8
8
8
9
10
10
10
14
1987
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
3
1986
1
1
1
1
6
6
5
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
1985
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
10
9
7
7
5
3
4
3
1
1984
16
16
15
11
7
5
3
2
2
10
9
6
2
2
2
6
1983
2
2
2
8
9
8
15
16
14
11
-
-
-
-
20
-
1982
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
20
17
14
15
14
11
14
12
16
1981
2
3
3
2
5
10
-
-
19
17
15
-
-
-
20
1980
5
4
3
4
12
12
17
17
16
11
10
9
6
5
4
3
1979
3
3
3
3
3
3
8
7
7
6
7
8
5
5
3
1978
4
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
4
4
4
3
1977
1
5
3
1
2
7
6
4
3
3
3
3
2
7
1976
5
4
4
3
3
6
5
13
17
14
10
8
8
5
1975
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
6
7
3
3
1
1974
1
1
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1973
11
11
9
8
6
6
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
1972
6
4
2
2
2
2
2
8
7
7
4
4
3
2
2
1971
10
10
11
8
8
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
1970
20
18
14
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
20
20
20
1969
6
6
6
8
12
11
-
20
-
-
-
-
-
-
1968
4
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
14
11
10
11
1967
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
7
5
3
1966
-
-
-
-
-
10
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1965
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1964
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1963
4
3
1
1
6
7
6
6
5
6
10
8
10
1962
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10
8
8
1961
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1960
10
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1959
2
2
-
13
-
18
19
-
-
-
17
15
15
1958
2
2
1
2
11
9
7
6
6
4
3
5
1957
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
6
5
4
1956
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1955
2
3
5
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1954
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
1953
6
8
16
12
9
9
8
6
4
4
4
1952
4
20
12
6
3
3
4
8
5
4
4
1951
4
4
11
19
-
17
14
12
12
10
10
1950
6
5
3
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
1949
3
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
1948
-
20
18
16
15
9
8
6
5
1947
15
-
-
-
-
-
-
20
18
16
1946
-
13
14
14
16
-
18
17
14
1945
-
-
-
14
-
14
-
-
-
1944
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1943
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1942
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1941
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1940
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1939
3
6
6
6
5
14
-
-
19
1938
14
10
11
10
7
6
5
4
1937
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1936
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
 
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