University of Maryland Athletics

Football Maryland Athletics

Terps in the Final Rankings

Final Polls

Year

AP

Coach

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


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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

1984

 

1.

Brigham Young

2.

Washington

3.

Florida

4.

Nebraska

5.

Boston College

6.

Oklahoma

7.

Oklahoma St.

8.

So. 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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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


AP Ranking Totals

Years Ranked

26

Weeks Ranked

179

First Ranking

Nov. 14, 1949

Last Ranking

Nov. 2, 2008

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


Coaches' Polls 

1982

 

1.

Penn State

2.

So. 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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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.

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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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