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---------------1936-PRESENT FBS PLAYOFF STANDINGS---------------

Team

Apps

Pts

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Oklahoma

32

186

7

7

5

7

3

0

1

2

Michigan

32

135

2

2

5

6

6

3

4

4

Notre Dame

29

140

6

2

4

4

4

3

3

3

Ohio State

28

150

6

7

1

5

3

2

0

4

Alabama

28

144

6

3

4

7

1

2

1

4

Nebraska

28

127

5

2

4

1

2

10

2

2

Texas

25

126

4

3

4

4

5

1

2

2

USC

25

119

5

1

5

2

5

0

5

2

Tennessee

22

92

2

4

1

3

3

1

4

4

Penn State

19

84

2

4

2

1

0

5

3

2

Georgia

17

75

2

2

2

2

3

1

3

2

Florida State

16

86

2

4

2

3

2

1

2

0

Miami-FL

15

92

5

3

3

1

1

1

0

1

LSU

15

62

1

3

1

2

2

0

3

3

Florida

13

57

0

3

2

1

3

0

3

1

UCLA

12

48

0

1

0

2

6

1

2

0

Michigan State

10

52

2

3

2

0

0

0

0

3

Auburn

10

44

1

0

2

1

3

1

2

0

Arkansas

10

34

0

2

1

0

0

3

1

3

Army

8

46

2

2

1

1

0

1

1

0

Pittsburgh

8

38

2

0

2

1

0

1

0

2

Colorado

8

35

2

0

1

1

0

1

2

1

Texas A&M

8

34

1

1

0

1

1

3

0

1

Mississippi

8

33

0

2

1

0

1

1

3

0

Georgia Tech

8

31

0

2

0

1

2

0

1

2

Washington

8

28

0

1

1

1

1

1

0

3

Wisconsin

8

25

0

1

1

0

0

2

2

2

Minnesota

7

40

4

0

0

0

1

1

0

1

Navy

7

36

0

2

0

2

3

0

0

0

Iowa

7

33

0

1

2

1

1

1

1

0

Illinois

6

23

0

0

1

2

1

0

1

1

Missouri

6

19

0

0

0

1

0

4

1

0

California

5

27

0

1

1

2

1

0

0

0

Arizona State

5

13

0

1

0

0

0

0

2

2

Maryland

4

25

1

0

2

1

0

0

0

0

Virginia Tech

4

18

0

1

1

0

1

0

0

1

TCU

4

18

1

0

0

1

0

1

1

0

Duke

4

16

0

1

1

0

0

0

1

1

Syracuse

4

16

1

0

0

1

0

0

1

1

Kansas State

4

11

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

2

Northwestern

4

11

0

0

1

0

0

0

2

1

SMU

3

14

0

0

1

1

0

1

0

0

BYU

3

13

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

Oregon

3

11

0

0

0

1

1

0

1

0

Rice

3

8

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

1

Oregon State

3

6

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

Boston College

3

6

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

2

West Virginia

2

12

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

Iowa Pre-Flight

2

10

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

Clemson

2

10

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Fordham

2

9

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

Indiana

2

9

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

Stanford

2

9

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

North Carolina

2

9

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

Purdue

2

6

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

Utah

2

6

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

Princeton

2

6

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

Houston

2

5

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

Boise State

2

4

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

Washington State

2

4

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

Kansas

2

4

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

Pennsylvania

2

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Randolph Field

1

6

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Cincinnati

1

6

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Cornell

1

5

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Tulsa

1

5

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Tulane

1

4

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Oklahoma A&M

1

4

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Bainbridge Navy Training School

1

4

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Wyoming

1

3

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Great Lakes Naval Station

1

3

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Baylor

1

3

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Louisville

1

3

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Carnegie Tech

1

3

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Santa Clara

1

3

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Villanova

1

3

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Kentucky

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Air Force

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

St. Mary's

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

South Carolina

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Arizona

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Dartmouth

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Texas Tech

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Del Monte Pre-Flight

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Duquesne

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

 

Above is an all-time list of NCAA-FBS college football playoff participants had an 8-team postseason playoff been organized and enacted in 1936.  Below are all the references you'll need to navigate this standing list.  If you still have questions, drop me an email at bowlpollindex@aol.com and I'll be happy to answer your questions.

 

SELECTION PROCESS

 

1936-1949: Top 8 teams in Final AP Poll

 

1950-1964, 1966-1967: Top 8 teams in Final AP and UPI Polls combined (Tiebreaker = AP Rank)

 

1965, 1968-1997: Top 8 teams in Pre-Bowl AP and Coaches Polls combined (Tiebreaker = AP Rank)

 

1998-Present: Top 8 teams in Final BCS Standings

 

 

POST-SEASON BANS PREVENTING PLAYOFF APPEARANCES

 

1974 Oklahoma

1977 Kentucky

1981 Miami-FL

1981 SMU

1982 Clemson

1985 Florida

1993 Auburn

1994 Auburn

1994 Texas A&M

 

LEGEND

 

Apps: Number of playoff appearances if an 8-team tournament was in place since 1936.

 

Pts: Total playoff points based on seeding (First - 8, Second - 7, Third - 6, Fourth - 5, Fifth - 4, Sixth - 3, Seventh - 2, Eighth - 1)

 

1-8: Times a team earned that particular seed