🏈 Number of times a school would have reached the playoff since the AP poll's inception.

[TerryP]

I ran across this on another forum.

Of note:

•Michigan isn't on the list and they would have been in a [HASHTAG]#playoff[/HASHTAG] 14 or 15 times.
•From 1936-64, the final AP poll was released before bowl invitations, but in 1965, the Associated Press decided to wait until the end of the season. It became permanent in 1968 that the AP poll crowned its national champion following all bowl games.

Therefore, for this study, we used the final AP poll in 1936-64, plus 1966-67, to determine the hypothetical four-team playoff; in 1965, and 1968-97, we used the pre-bowl rankings. From 1998-2013, we utilized the final BCS standings.


1 - Oklahoma - 30
2 - [HASHTAG]#Bama[/HASHTAG] - 23
3 - Ohio St - 19
4 - ND - 16
4 - Texas - 16
6 - Miami - 13
7 - FSU - 12
7 - Nebraska - 12
7 - Southern Cal - 12
10 - Tennessee - 10
11 - Penn St - 8
11 - UGA - 8
11 - LSU - 8
11 - Mich St - 8
15- Florida - 7
16 - Auburn - 6
17 - Pitt - 5
17 - Iowa - 5
17 - Navy - 5
17 - Army - 5
21 - Cal - 4
21 - GT - 4
21 - Maryland - 4
21 - Colorado - 4
25 - Arkansas - 3
25 - Ole Miss - 3
25 - Texas A&M - 3
25 - Washington - 3
25 - Illinois - 3
25 - UCLA - 3
25 - Stanford - 3
25 - Oregon - 3
25 - Minnesota - 3
25 - TCU - 3

2 - Duke, Wisconsin, VT, Indiana, SMU, Syracuse, WVU
1 - Clemson, Northwestern, Ok St, BYU, UNC, Arz St, KSt., Cincy

From the Post and Courier.

 

[planomateo]

That explains why this pic was getting making its rounds on twitter yesterday.