The following is the all-time Top 25 of The Associated Press Poll, which takes all the of the points from every season-ending ranking and adds them up similar to how each weekly poll is conducted.
Specifically, a first-place vote is worth 25 points, second 24 points, and all the way down to one point for No. 25, although the majority of years there were fewer than 25 teams listed.
From 1936 to 1961 the wire service ranked 20 teams. From 1962 to 1967 only 10. It went back to 20 from 1968 to 1988 before expanding to 25 teams in 1989. Consequently, the all-time poll is weighted a bit toward the most recent result.
The all-time AP Poll was originally compiled and organized by Charles Woodroof, former SEC Assistant Director of Media Relations, and appeared regularly in the annual SEC Media Guide.
The weekly AP poll serves as the in-season gauge until the College Football Playoff rankings are released, starting in November. While AP still crowns a champion at the end of the season, the College Football Playoff rankings ultimately determine which teams will have an opportunity to play for the national championship.
Georgia, which lost to Alabama in the College Football Playoff title game, finished the 2017 season second in the AP poll.
No. 25 Iowa
Points: 276
Top 20s: 22
Top 10s: 14
Top 5s: 3
1st-place votes: 0
2nd-place votes: 1
No. 24 Ole Miss
Points: 282
Top 20s: 23
Top 10s: 12
Top 5s: 4
1st-place votes: 0
2nd-place votes: 2
No. 23 Washington
Points: 293
Top 20s: 22
Top 10s: 11
Top 5s: 6
1st-place votes: 0
2nd-place votes: 2
No. 22 Texas A&M
Points: 299.5
Top 20s: 25
Top 10s: 12
Top 5s: 3
1st-place votes: 1
2nd-place votes: 0
No. 21 Wisconsin
Points: 313
Top 20s: 21
Top 10s: 14
Top 5s: 3
1st-place votes: 0
2nd-place votes: 1
No. 20 Arkansas
Points: 328
Top 20s: 28
Top 10s: 14
Top 5s: 4
1st-place votes: 0
2nd-place votes: 1
No. 19 Clemson
Points: 348
Top 20s: 27
Top 10s: 11
Top 5s: 5
1st-place votes: 2
2nd-place votes: 2
No. 18 UCLA
Points: 378
Top 20s: 32
Top 10s: 17
Top 5s: 9
1st-place votes: 0
2nd-place votes: 1
No. 17 Michigan State
Points: 389.5
Top 20s: 27
Top 10s: 17
Top 5s: 9
1st-place votes: 1
2nd-place votes: 4
No. 16 Florida
Points: 449.5
Top 20s: 28
Top 10s: 17
Top 5s: 11
1st-place votes: 3
2nd-place votes: 1
No. 15 Miami
Points: 466
Top 20s: 30
Top 10s: 15
Top 5s: 10
1st-place votes: 5
2nd-place votes: 4
No. 14 Auburn
Points: 467
Top 20s: 35
Top 10s: 19
Top 5s: 9
1st-place votes: 2
2nd-place votes: 2
No. 13 Georgia
Points: 481.5
Top 20s: 33
Top 10s: 21
Top 5s: 11
1st-place votes: 1
2nd-place votes: 3
No. 12 LSU
Points: 528
Top 20s: 40
Top 10s: 21
Top 5s: 9
1st-place votes: 2
2nd-place votes: 3
No. 11 Florida State
Points: 533.5
Top 20s: 30
Top 10s: 19
Top 5s: 17
1st-place votes: 3
2nd-place votes: 2
No. 10 Penn State
Points: 558
Top 20s: 41
Top 10s: 26
Top 5s: 14
1st-place votes: 2
2nd-place votes: 3
No. 9 Tennessee
Points: 560
Top 20s: 40
Top 10s: 23
Top 5s: 13
1st-place votes: 2
2nd-place votes: 4
No. 8 Texas
Points: 626
Top 20s: 42
Top 10s: 26
Top 5s: 10
1st-place votes: 3
2nd-place votes: 2
No. 7 Nebraska
Points: 638
Top 20s: 43
Top 10s: 30
Top 5s: 13
1st-place votes: 4
2nd-place votes: 2
No. 6 USC
Points: 672
Top 20s: 52
Top 10s: 28
Top 5s: 19
1st-place votes: 5
2nd-place votes: 5
No. 5 Notre Dame
Points: 783.5
Top 20s: 53
Top 10s: 36
Top 5s: 23
1st-place votes: 8
2nd-place votes: 5
No. 4 Michigan
Points: 801
Top 20s: 57
Top 10s: 38
Top 5s: 15
1st-place votes: 2
2nd-place votes: 2
No. 3 Ohio State
Points: 881
Top 20s: 56
Top 10s: 37
Top 5s: 26
1st-place votes: 5
2nd-place votes: 7
No. 2 Alabama
Points: 888
Top 20s: 55
Top 10s: 43
Top 5s: 26
1st-place votes: 12
2nd-place votes: 3
No. 1. Oklahoma
Points: 890.5
Top 20s: 55
Top 10s: 41
Top 5s: 32
1st-place votes: 6
2nd-place votes: 4
