re: Percent of AP Polls appeared in

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Actual Big 6

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As with a lot of these Big 6 stats it's starting to look more and more like Big 1 + 5 would be more accurate. Difference between 1 and 2 (much less between 1 and 3 through 6) is often as big as the gap between 6 and the little 8.

TLDR: Saban is ruining the Big 6.

List of college football teams by weekly appearances atop AP Poll

This is a list of college football teams by the number of weeks they have been ranked number one in the AP Poll since its inception in 1936 through January 8, 2019.[1][2]
Rank Team Weeks First Appearance Most Recent Appearance

1 Alabama 118 1961 2018
2 Ohio State 105 1942 2015
3 Oklahoma 101 1950 2011
4 Notre Dame 98 1938 2012
5 USC 91 1939 2012
6 Florida State 72 1988 2014
7 Nebraska 70 1965 2000
8 Miami (FL) 68 1983 2002
9 Texas 45 1941 2008
10 Florida 41 1985 2009

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Total Appearances in the AP Final Poll

SEC teams

1. Alabama 67.5%
2. Tennessee 53.0%
3. LSU 49.4%
4. Auburn 47.0%
5. Georgia 44.6%
6. Florida 38.6%
7. Arkansas 33.7%
8. Texas A&M 32.5%
9. Ole Miss 30.1%
10. Missouri 21.7%
11. Miss. St. 16.9%
12. South Carolina 10.8% (tie)
13. Kentucky 10.8% (tie)
14. Vandy 3.6%

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2. LSU: 53.6%

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Played the other 5 teams in the big 6 the fewest times of all big 6 teams. Only way they have such a high percentage

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Played the other 5 teams in the big 6 the fewest times of all big 6 teams. Only way they have such a high percentage

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LSU has played the 2nd most ranked opponents among SEC schools and 4th most all-time.

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cajunbama

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Interesting. Here's another one for you....

There have been 595 AP Polls released for football in the Post Bear Bryant Era (1983-2018). Here is the percent of AP Polls each program has appeared in during this 36-year era (National Rank in parentheses):

1. Florida: 78.3% (4)
2. Alabama: 72.4% (7)
3. LSU: 66.9% (9)
4. Georgia: 66.7% (10)
5. Auburn: 65.9% (11)
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6. Tennessee: 55.8% (15)
7. Texas A&M: 50.6% (18)
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8. Arkansas: 28.7% (33)
9. S. Carolina: 25.7% (34)
10. Mississippi State: 22.2% (42)
11. Missouri: 17.8% (48)
12. Ole Miss: 16.6% (50)
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13. Kentucky: 3.9% (76)
14. Vanderbilt: 1.2% (94)

There seems to be a lot more parity in the conference today when you focus on the SEC Post-Bryant.... likely due to the limitations on scholarships that kicked in around the same time.

Interestingly enough, if you compared those percentages to the All-Time Percentages in the OP, most every team has been ranked more often in the past 38 years compared to the all-time rankings.... showing how the SEC has gained respect in the lats generation compared to previous eras.

Only Arkansas, Ole Miss, Kentucky, and Vanderbilt have performed worse in terms of percentage of weeks ranked.

Also, this shows how much Tennessee still hangs on to the Neyland days to justify its inclusion as a major program. During the most recent generation, there is no doubt that the SEC really has a "Big 5". Tennessee comes in at #6, but they are a good bit behind the Top 5.

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Georgia has played the fewest among the Big 6 in the SEC.

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LSU has played the other Big 6 teams a lowly total of 265 times.

UGA has played them 368 times.

Like I said, LSU has played the other 5 Big 6 teams the fewest.

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BHMKyle

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Always enjoy your angles my man. Absolutely solid.

I haven’t looked too deeply into it, but I wonder about the different variables impacting Arkansas. I don’t want to be deliberately obtuse and claim “cuz dey joined the ESS E SEE!”

From 1936-‘91 Arkansas was ranked in 45.7% of all AP Polls. That was 12th best in the nation and trailed ONLY Alabama and Tennessee (among SEC schools) up to that point.

Really? You said:

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[LSU] Played the other 5 teams in the big 6 the fewest times of all big 6 teams. Only way they have such a high percentage

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Your claim was the only reason LSU has a high percentage is because they played “Big 6” teams fewer times than the other “Big 6” teams. Inferring their schedule is easier.

I informed you that they played the 4th most games vs ranked opponents all-time.

You doubled-down by repeating your “times they’ve played a Big 6 team” like that’s far more important to AP Poll voters than playing a ranked out-of-conference opponent.

Now you’re trying to backtrack. Nice.