Longest consecutive weeks at no. 1 in the AP poll in history.
| 1. | USC | 33 | 2003-2005 |
| 2. | Miami (FL) | 21 | 2001-2002 |
| 3. | USC | 18 | 1972-1973 |
| 4. | Florida State | 17 | 1999 |
| 5. | Alabama | 16 | 2017-2018 |
| Alabama | 16 | 2015-2016 | |
| 7. | Alabama | 15 | 2012-2013 |
| Ohio State | 15 | 2006 | |
| Oklahoma | 15 | 2003 | |
| Nebraska | 15 | 1983 | |
| Nebraska | 15 | 1971-1972 | |
| Army (NY) | 15 | 1944-1945 | |
| 13. | Alabama | 14 | 2020-2021 |
| LSU | 14 | 1958-1959 | |
| 15. | Alabama | 13 | 2017 |
| Ohio State | 13 | 1968-1969 | |
| 17. | Nebraska | 12 | 1995-1996 |
| Florida State | 12 | 1993 | |
| Florida State | 12 | 1991 | |
| Notre Dame | 12 | 1989 | |
| Notre Dame | 12 | 1943-1944 | |
| 22. | Ohio State | 11 | 2014-2015 |
| LSU | 11 | 2011 | |
| Oklahoma | 11 | 1987 | |
| Notre Dame | 11 | 1966-1967 | |
| 26. | Georgia | 10* | 2022 |
