Terps in the Final Rankings
AP Poll: 1949 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1978 | 1982 | 1984 | 1985 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2010
Coaches Poll:
1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2010
| Final Polls |
| Year |
AP |
Coaches |
| 1949 |
14 |
|
| 1951 |
3 |
|
| 1952 |
13 |
|
| 1953 |
1 |
|
| 1954 |
8 |
|
| 1955 |
3 |
|
| 1973 |
20 |
|
| 1974 |
13 |
|
| 1975 |
13 |
|
| 1976 |
8 |
|
| 1978 |
20 |
|
| 1982 |
20 |
18 |
| 1983 |
-- |
24 |
| 1984 |
12 |
9 |
| 1985 |
18 |
17 |
| 2001 |
11 |
10 |
| 2002 |
13 |
13 |
| 2003 |
17 |
20 |
| 2010 |
23 |
24 |
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| AP Polls |
| 1949 |
| 1. |
Notre Dame |
| 2. |
Oklahoma |
| 3. |
California |
| 4. |
Army |
| 5. |
Rice |
| 6. |
Ohio State |
| 7. |
Michigan |
| 8. |
Minnesota |
| 9. |
Louisiana State |
| 10. |
Pacific |
| 11. |
Kentucky |
| 12. |
Cornell |
| 13. |
Villanova |
| 14. |
Maryland |
| 15. |
Santa Clara |
| 16. |
North Carolina |
| 17. |
Tennessee |
| 18. |
Princeton |
| 19. |
Michigan State |
| 20t. |
Missouri |
| 20t. |
Baylor |
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| 1951 |
| 1. |
Tennessee |
| 2. |
Michigan State |
| 3. |
Maryland |
| 4. |
Illinois |
| 5. |
Georgia Tech |
| 6. |
Princeton |
| 7. |
Stanford |
| 8. |
Wisconsin |
| 9. |
Baylor |
| 10. |
Oklahoma |
| 11. |
Texas Christian |
| 12. |
California |
| 13. |
Virginia |
| 14. |
San Francisco |
| 15. |
Kentucky |
| 16. |
Boston Univ. |
| 17. |
UCLA |
| 18. |
Washington St. |
| 19. |
Holy Cross |
| 20. |
Clemson |
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| 1952 |
| 1. |
Michigan State |
| 2. |
Georgia Tech |
| 3. |
Notre Dame |
| 4. |
Oklahoma |
| 5. |
USC |
| 6. |
UCLA |
| 7. |
Mississippi |
| 8. |
Tennessee |
| 9. |
Alabama |
| 10. |
Texas |
| 11. |
Wisconsin |
| 12. |
Tulsa |
| 13. |
Maryland |
| 14. |
Syracuse |
| 15. |
Florida |
| 16. |
Duke |
| 17. |
Ohio State |
| 18. |
Purdue |
| 19. |
Princeton |
| 20. |
Kentucky |
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| 1953 |
| 1. |
Maryland |
| 2. |
Notre Dame |
| 3. |
Michigan |
| 4. |
Oklahoma |
| 5. |
UCLA |
| 6. |
Rice |
| 7. |
Illinois |
| 8. |
Georgia Tech |
| 9. |
Iowa |
| 10. |
West Virginia |
| 11. |
Texas |
| 12. |
Texas Tech |
| 13. |
Alabama |
| 14. |
Army |
| 15. |
Wisconsin |
| 16. |
Kentucky |
| 17. |
Auburn |
| 18. |
Duke |
| 19. |
Stanford |
| 20. |
Michigan |
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| 1954 |
| 1. |
Ohio State |
| 2. |
UCLA |
| 3. |
Oklahoma |
| 4. |
Notre Dame |
| 5. |
Navy |
| 6. |
Mississippi |
| 7. |
Army |
| 8. |
Maryland |
| 9. |
Wisconsin |
| 10. |
Arkansas |
| 11. |
Miami (Fla.) |
| 12. |
West Virginia |
| 13. |
Auburn |
| 14. |
Duke |
| 15. |
Michigan |
| 16. |
Virginia Tech |
| 17. |
USC |
| 18. |
Baylor |
| 19. |
Rice |
| 20. |
Penn State |
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| 1955 |
| 1. |
Oklahoma |
| 2. |
Michigan State |
| 3. |
Maryland |
| 4. |
UCLA |
| 5. |
Ohio State |
| 6. |
Texas Christian |
| 7. |
Georgia Tech |
| 8. |
Auburn |
| 9. |
Notre Dame |
| 10. |
Mississippi |
| 11. |
Pittsburgh |
| 12. |
Michigan |
| 13. |
USC |
| 14. |
Miami (Fla.) |
| 15. |
Miami (Ohio) |
| 16. |
Stanford |
| 17. |
Texas A&M |
| 18. |
Navy |
| 19. |
West Virginia |
| 20. |
Army |
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| 1973 |
| 1. |
Notre Dame |
| 2. |
Ohio State |
| 3. |
Oklahoma |
| 4. |
Alabama |
| 5. |
Penn State |
| 6. |
Michigan |
| 7. |
Nebraska |
| 8. |
USC |
| 9t. |
Arizona State |
| 9t. |
Houston |
| 11. |
Texas Tech |
| 12. |
UCLA |
| 13. |
Louisiana State |
| 14. |
Texas |
| 15. |
Miami (Ohio) |
| 16. |
NC State |
| 17. |
Missouri |
| 18. |
Kansas |
| 19. |
Tennessee |
| 20t. |
Maryland |
| 20t. |
Tulane |
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| 1974 |
| 1. |
Oklahoma |
| 2. |
USC |
| 3. |
Michigan |
| 4. |
Ohio State |
| 5. |
Alabama |
| 6. |
Notre Dame |
| 7. |
Penn State |
| 8. |
Auburn |
| 9. |
Nebraska |
| 10. |
Miami (Ohio) |
| 11. |
NC State |
| 12. |
Michigan State |
| 13. |
Maryland |
| 14. |
Baylor |
| 15. |
Florida |
| 16. |
Texas A&M |
| 17t. |
Mississippi St. |
| 17t. |
Texas |
| 19. |
Houston |
| 20. |
Tennessee |
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| 1975 |
| 1. |
Oklahoma |
| 2. |
Arizona State |
| 3. |
Alabama |
| 4. |
Ohio State |
| 5. |
UCLA |
| 6. |
Texas |
| 7. |
Arkansas |
| 8. |
Michigan |
| 9. |
Nebraska |
| 10. |
Penn State |
| 11. |
Texas A&M |
| 12. |
Miami (Ohio) |
| 13. |
Maryland |
| 14. |
California |
| 15. |
Pittsburgh |
| 16. |
Colorado |
| 17. |
USC |
| 18. |
Arizona |
| 19. |
Georgia |
| 20. |
West Virginia |
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| 1976 |
| 1. |
Pittsburgh |
| 2. |
USC |
| 3. |
Michigan |
| 4. |
Houston |
| 5. |
Oklahoma |
| 6. |
Ohio State |
| 7. |
Texas A&M |
| 8. |
Maryland |
| 9. |
Nebraska |
| 10. |
Georgia |
| 11. |
Alabama |
| 12. |
Notre Dame |
| 13. |
Texas Tech |
| 14. |
Oklahoma St. |
| 15. |
UCLA |
| 16. |
Colorado |
| 17. |
Rutgers |
| 18. |
Kentucky |
| 19. |
Iowa State |
| 20. |
Mississippi State |
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| 1978 |
| 1. |
Alabama |
| 2. |
USC |
| 3. |
Oklahoma |
| 4. |
Penn State |
| 5. |
Michigan |
| 6. |
Clemson |
| 7. |
Notre Dame |
| 8. |
Nebraska |
| 9. |
Texas |
| 10. |
Houston |
| 11. |
Arkansas |
| 12. |
Michigan State |
| 13. |
Purdue |
| 14. |
UCLA |
| 15. |
Missouri |
| 16. |
Georgia |
| 17. |
Stanford |
| 18. |
NC State |
| 19. |
Texas A&M |
| 20. |
Maryland |
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| 1982 |
| 1. |
Penn State |
| 2. |
So. Methodist |
| 3. |
Nebraska |
| 4. |
Georgia |
| 5. |
UCLA |
| 6. |
Arizona State |
| 7. |
Washington |
| 8. |
Clemson |
| 9. |
Arkansas |
| 10. |
Pittsburgh |
| 11. |
Louisiana State |
| 12. |
Ohio State |
| 13. |
Florida State |
| 14. |
Auburn |
| 15. |
USC |
| 16. |
Oklahoma |
| 17. |
Texas |
| 18. |
North Carolina |
| 19. |
West Virginia |
| 20. |
Maryland |
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| 1984 |
| 1. |
Brigham Young |
| 2. |
Washington |
| 3. |
Florida |
| 4. |
Nebraska |
| 5. |
Boston College |
| 6. |
Oklahoma |
| 7. |
Oklahoma St. |
| 8. |
Southern Methodist |
| 9. |
UCLA |
| 10. |
USC |
| 11. |
South Carolina |
| 12. |
Maryland |
| 13. |
Ohio State |
| 14. |
Auburn |
| 15. |
Louisiana State |
| 16. |
Iowa |
| 17. |
Florida State |
| 18. |
Miami (Fla.) |
| 19. |
Kentucky |
| 20. |
Virginia |
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| 1985 |
| 1. |
Oklahoma |
| 2. |
Michigan |
| 3. |
Penn State |
| 4. |
Tennessee |
| 5. |
Florida |
| 6. |
Texas A&M |
| 7. |
UCLA |
| 8. |
Air Force |
| 9. |
Miami (Fla.) |
| 10. |
Iowa |
| 11. |
Nebraska |
| 12. |
Arkansas |
| 13. |
Alabama |
| 14. |
Ohio State |
| 15. |
Florida State |
| 16. |
Brigham Young |
| 17. |
Baylor |
| 18. |
Maryland |
| 19. |
Georgia Tech |
| 20. |
Louisiana State |
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| 2001 |
| 1. |
Miami (Fla.) |
| 2. |
Oregon |
| 3. |
Florida |
| 4. |
Tennessee |
| 5. |
Texas |
| 6. |
Oklahoma |
| 7. |
LSU |
| 8. |
Nebraska |
| 9. |
Colorado |
| 10. |
Washington St. |
| 11. |
Maryland |
| 12. |
Illinois |
| 13. |
South Carolina |
| 14. |
Syracuse |
| 15. |
Florida State |
| 16. |
Stanford |
| 17. |
Louisville |
| 18. |
Virginia Tech |
| 19. |
Washington |
| 20. |
Michigan |
| 21. |
Boston College |
| 22. |
Georgia |
| 23. |
Toledo |
| 24. |
Georgia Tech |
| 25. |
BYU |
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| 2002 |
| 1. |
Ohio State |
| 2. |
Miami (Fla.) |
| 3. |
Georgia |
| 4. |
Southern Cal |
| 5. |
Oklahoma |
| 6. |
Texas |
| 7. |
Kansas State |
| 8. |
Iowa |
| 9. |
Michigan |
| 10. |
Washington State |
| 11. |
Alabama |
| 12. |
NC State |
| 13. |
Maryland |
| 14. |
Auburn |
| 15. |
Boise State |
| 16. |
Penn State |
| 17. |
Notre Dame |
| 18. |
Virginia Tech |
| 19. |
Pittsburgh |
| 20. |
Colorado |
| 21. |
Florida State |
| 22. |
Virginia |
| 23. |
TCU |
| 24. |
Marshall |
| 25. |
West Virginia |
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| 2003 |
| 1. |
USC |
| 2. |
LSU |
| 3. |
Oklahoma |
| 4. |
Ohio State |
| 5. |
Miama (Fla.) |
| 6. |
Michigan |
| 7. |
Georgia |
| 8. |
Iowa |
| 9. |
Washington St. |
| 10. |
Miami (Ohio) |
| 11. |
Florida State |
| 12. |
Texas |
| 13. |
Mississippi |
| 14. |
Kansas State |
| 15. |
Tennessee |
| 16. |
Boise State |
| 17. |
Maryland |
| 18. |
Purdue |
| 19. |
Nebraska |
| 20. |
Minnesota |
| 21. |
Utah |
| 22. |
Clemson |
| 23. |
Bowling Green |
| 24. |
Florida |
| 25. |
Texas Christian |
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| 2010 |
| 1. |
Auburn |
| 2. |
Texas Christian |
| 3. |
Oregon |
| 4. |
Stanford |
| 5. |
Ohio State |
| 6. |
Oklahoma |
| 7. |
Wisconsin |
| 8. |
LSU |
| 9. |
Boise State |
| 10. |
Alabama |
| 11. |
Nevada |
| 12. |
Arkansas |
| 13. |
Oklahoma State |
| 14. |
Michigan State |
| 15. |
Mississippi State |
| 16. |
Virginia Tech |
| 17. |
Florida State |
| 18. |
Missouri |
| 19. |
Texas A&M |
| 20. |
Nebraska |
| 21. |
Central Florida |
| 22. |
South Carolina |
| 23. |
Maryland |
| 24. |
Tulsa |
| 25. |
NC State |
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| AP Ranking Totals |
| Years Ranked |
27 |
| Weeks Ranked |
180 |
| First Ranking |
Nov. 14, 1949 |
| Last Ranking |
Jan. 11, 2011 |
| Weeks In Top 10 |
78 |
| Weeks at #1 |
6 |
| Weeks at #2 |
12 |
| Weeks at #3 |
12 |
| Weeks at #4 |
5 |
| Weeks at #5 |
9 |
| Weeks at #6 |
8 |
| Weeks at #7 |
8 |
| Weeks at #8 |
6 |
| Weeks at #9 |
3 |
| Weeks at #10 |
9 |
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| Coaches' Polls |
| 1982 |
| 1. |
Penn State |
| 2. |
Southern Methodist |
| 3. |
Nebraska |
| 4. |
Georgia |
| 5. |
UCLA |
| 6. |
Arizona State |
| 7. |
Pittsburgh |
| 8. |
Arkansas |
| 9. |
Clemson |
| 10. |
Washington |
| 11. |
Louisiana State |
| 12. |
Florida State |
| 13. |
Ohio State |
| 14. |
USC |
| 15. |
Oklahoma |
| 16. |
Auburn |
| 17. |
West Virginia |
| 18. |
Maryland |
| 19. |
North Carolina |
| 20. |
Texas |
| 21. |
Michigan |
| 22. |
Alabama |
| 23. |
Tulsa |
| 24. |
Iowa |
| 25. |
Florida |
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| 1983 |
| 1. |
Miami (Fla.) |
| 2. |
Auburn |
| 3. |
Nebraska |
| 4. |
Georgia |
| 5. |
Texas |
| 6. |
Brigham Young |
| 7. |
Michigan |
| 8. |
Ohio State |
| 9. |
Florida |
| 10. |
Clemson |
| 11. |
Illinois |
| 12. |
So. Methodist |
| 13. |
Alabama |
| 14. |
Air Force |
| 15. |
West Virginia |
| 16. |
Iowa |
| 17. |
Tennessee |
| 18. |
UCLA |
| 19. |
Pittsburgh |
| 20. |
Penn State |
| 21. |
Oklahoma |
| 22. |
Boston College |
| 23. |
Oklahoma St. |
| 24. |
Maryland |
| 25. |
East Carolina |
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| 1984 |
| 1. |
Brigham Young |
| 2. |
Washington |
| 3. |
Florida |
| 4. |
Nebraska |
| 5. |
Oklahoma |
| 6. |
Boston College |
| 7. |
Oklahoma State |
| 8. |
So. Methodist |
| 9. |
Maryland |
| 10. |
South Carolina |
| 11. |
USC |
| 12. |
UCLA |
| 13. |
Louisiana State |
| 14. |
Ohio State |
| 15. |
Auburn |
| 16. |
Miami (Fla.) |
| 17. |
Florida State |
| 18. |
Virginia |
| 19. |
Kentucky |
| 20. |
Iowa |
| 21. |
West Virginia |
| 22. |
Army |
| 23. |
Georgia |
| 24. |
Air Force |
| 25. |
Notre Dame |
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| 1985 |
| 1. |
Oklahoma |
| 2. |
Penn State |
| 3. |
Michigan |
| 4. |
Tennessee |
| 5. |
Florida |
| 6. |
Miami (Fla.) |
| 7. |
Air Force |
| 8. |
Texas A&M |
| 9. |
UCLA |
| 10. |
Iowa |
| 11. |
Nebraska |
| 12. |
Alabama |
| 13. |
Ohio State |
| 14. |
Florida State |
| 15. |
Arkansas |
| 16. |
Brigham Young |
| 17. |
Maryland |
| 18. |
Georgia Tech |
| 19. |
Baylor |
| 20. |
Auburn |
| 21. |
Louisiana State |
| 22. |
Army |
| 23. |
Fresno State |
| 24. |
Georgia |
| 25. |
Oklahoma St. |
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| 2001 |
| 1. |
Miami (Fla.) |
| 2. |
Oregon |
| 3. |
Florida |
| 4. |
Tennessee |
| 5. |
Texas |
| 6. |
Oklahoma |
| 7. |
Nebraska |
| 8. |
LSU |
| 9. |
Colorado |
| 10. |
Maryland |
| 11. |
Washington State |
| 12. |
Illinois |
| 13. |
South Carolina |
| 14. |
Syracuse |
| 15. |
Florida State |
| 16. |
Louisville |
| 17. |
Stanford |
| 18. |
Virginia Tech |
| 19. |
Washington |
| 20. |
Michigan |
| 21. |
Marshall |
| 22. |
Toledo |
| 23. |
Boston College |
| 24. |
Brigham Young |
| 25. |
Georgia |
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| 2002 |
| 1. |
Ohio State |
| 2. |
Miami (Fla.) |
| 3. |
Georgia |
| 4. |
Southern Cal |
| 5. |
Oklahoma |
| 6. |
Kansas State |
| 7. |
Texas |
| 8. |
Iowa |
| 9. |
Michigan |
| 10. |
Washington State |
| 11. |
NC State |
| 12. |
Boise State |
| 13. |
Maryland |
| 14. |
Virginia Tech |
| 15. |
Penn State |
| 16. |
Auburn |
| 17. |
Notre Dame |
| 18. |
Pittsburgh |
| 19. |
Marshall |
| 20. |
West Virginia |
| 21. |
Colorado |
| 22. |
TCU |
| 23. |
Florida State |
| 24. |
Florida |
| 25. |
Virginia |
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| 2003 |
| 1. |
LSU |
| 2. |
USC |
| 3. |
Oklahoma |
| 4. |
Ohio State |
| 5. |
Miami (Fla.) |
| 6. |
Georgia |
| 7. |
Michigan |
| 8. |
Iowa |
| 9. |
Washington St. |
| 10. |
Florida State |
| 11. |
Texas |
| 12. |
Miami (Ohio) |
| 13. |
Kansas State |
| 14. |
Mississippi |
| 15. |
Boise State |
| 16. |
Tennessee |
| 17. |
Minnesota |
| 18. |
Nebraska |
| 19. |
Purdue |
| 20. |
Maryland |
| 21. |
Utah |
| 22. |
Clemson |
| 23. |
Bowling Green |
| 24. |
Texas Christian |
| 25. |
Florida |
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| 2010 |
| 1. |
Auburn |
| 2. |
Texas Christian |
| 3. |
Oregon |
| 4. |
Stanford |
| 5. |
Ohio State |
| 6. |
Oklahoma |
| 7. |
Boise State |
| 8. |
LSU |
| 9. |
Wisconsin |
| 10. |
Oklahoma State |
| 11. |
Alabama |
| 12. |
Arkansas |
| 13. |
Nevada |
| 14. |
Michigan State |
| 15. |
Virginia Tech |
| 16. |
Florida State |
| 17. |
Mississippi State |
| 18. |
Missouri |
| 19. |
Nebraska |
| 20. |
Central Florida |
| 21. |
Texas A&M |
| 22. |
South Carolina |
| 23. |
Utah |
| 24. |
Maryland |
| 25. |
NC State |
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