BYU vaulted 11 spots in the AP poll yesterday, going from #20 to #9, placing them in the top 10 for the first time since October 12, 2008, when the team was ranked #9 the week before losing to TCU. The team tied a record for the largest jump as it also shot up 11 spots in 1990, from #16 to #5, after beating #1 Miami. And while it is true that it’s been a while since BYU has been a consistent presence in the top ten, they have now been ranked in the AP top ten 57 times, beginning with its debut on November 11, 1979—an average of roughly 2 weeks per season for the last 30 years. This is also the earliest that BYU has appeared in the AP top 10 since, showing up in the preseason poll as #10 in 1985.
The team has been successful as top-tenners, having gone 44-9 (.830) while ranked in the top ten (three of the polls were final polls, so there was no game).
There are a number of interesting streaks and facts related to BYU’s ranking in the top ten:
• Has been ranked 57 times in the AP top 10
• First time was November 11, 1979
• This (week 1) is the earliest the team has appeared in the top 10 since debuting in the preseason poll at #10 in 1985
• Has been ranked in the top 10 during 10 different seasons (1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1996, 2001, 2008, 2009)
• Average 1.9 weeks per year in ranked in the top 10 over the last 30 years (since 1979)
• Spent three weeks in the top 10 last season (2008)
• Record of 44-9 (.830) as a top 10 team
• Team is 12-4 (.750) when ranked #9
• Has been ranked ninth 17 times, more than any other top ten spot
• Has never been ranked #2
• Has been ranked in the top 5 for 17 weeks total over three seasons (1984, 1990, 1996)
• Has received number one votes during 18 weeks in the top 10 (32% of the time while ranked in top 10), in four different seasons (1979, 1984, 1985, 1990)
• Last season was only the third season (1985, 1990, 2008) in which the team was ranked in every poll, preseason through final
• Team’s longest streak of continuous top 10 rankings is 16 weeks, from 9/11/84 to 9/3/85
• Has been ranked in 23 consecutive AP polls, the seventh longest active streak (Texas 143, USC 118, Ohio St 70, Florida 67, Oklahoma 52, Georgia 36) in FBS
• Was ranked for 35 consecutive weeks from 1984-1986, the school’s longest such streak
I have included here some of the actual data (all rankings are AP):
Seasons
1979—4 weeks (w10 #10, w11 #10, w12 #9, w13 #9)
1981—2 weeks (w4 #10, w5 #8)
1983—6 weeks (w10 #8, w11 #9, w12 #9, w13 #9, w14 #9, wF #7)
1984—14 weeks (w2 #8, w3#6, w4#8, w5#7, w6#5, w7#7, w8#5, w9#4, w10#4, w11#3, w12#1, w13#1, w14#1, wF#1)
1985—7 weeks (wP #10, w1 #8, w7 #9, w8 #7, w13 #9, w14 #9, w15 #9)
1990—9 weeks (w2 #5, w3 #4, w4 #4, w8 #9, w9 #10, w10 #8, w11 #5, w12 #4, w13 #4)
1996—6 weeks (w12 #10, w13 #8, w14 #7, w15 #6, w16 #5, wF #5)
2001—5 weeks (w10 #9, w11 #8, w12 #9, w13 #10, w14 #9)
2008—3 weeks (w5 #9, w6 #8, w7 #9)
2009—1 week (w1 #9)
Weeks by Ranking and Record When Ranked
#1—4 times (3-0, one final)
#2—none
#3—1 time (1-0)
#4—6 times (4-2)
#5—6 times (5-0, one final)
#6—2 times (2-0)
#7—5 times (3-1, one final)
#8—9 times (7-2)
#9—17 times (12-4, one current)
#10—7 times (7-0)
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