What year did the first Top 25 final poll come out?

I was wondering which teams in our conference finished the season in any of the Top 25 polls and how many times?

I think we have two Top 25 finishes. 2010 at 25 and 2014 at 10.

1983 - 20th, 1991 - 9th, 1995 - 23rd

16 times.

1952 - 19th
1966 - 17th
1967 - 19th
1968 - 18th/20th
1969 - 12th/16th
1970 - 19th/13th
1971 - 17th/14th
1973 - 9th/13th
1974 - 19th/11th
1976 - 4th/4th
1978 - 10th/11th
1979 - 5th/5th
1988 - 18th
1989 - 14th
1990 - 10th
2011 - 18th/14th

Recently
17 2007
17 2008
8 2009
25 2011

Not sure about back in the day

Cinci killed it recently. Houston was a boss back in the day. Hope they can return. Curious what other team top 25 finishes look like? I'm sure Tulane and Smu have a ton from many years ago.

won a national championship a couple hundred years ago

(08-19-2015 02:42 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  won a national championship a couple hundred years ago

Nah, well before that

I know Ron Meyer, cool dude. Last time I saw him was a few years ago at a Purdue Whisky game at Purdue.
Homecoming, Whisky ran all over them.

(08-19-2015 01:36 PM)Kronke Wrote:  16 times.

1952 - 19th
1966 - 17th
1967 - 19th
1968 - 18th/20th
1969 - 12th/16th
1970 - 19th/13th
1971 - 17th/14th
1973 - 9th/13th
1974 - 19th/11th
1976 - 4th/4th
1978 - 10th/11th
1979 - 5th/5th
1988 - 18th
1989 - 14th
1990 - 10th
2011 - 18th/14th

Man, UH's make me jealous as all get out. Even UC's...since their 4 are so recent. Can only hope ECU's future has some of that in store.

(08-19-2015 01:36 PM)Kronke Wrote:  16 times.

1952 - 19th
1966 - 17th
1967 - 19th
1968 - 18th/20th
1969 - 12th/16th
1970 - 19th/13th
1971 - 17th/14th
1973 - 9th/13th
1974 - 19th/11th
1976 - 4th/4th
1978 - 10th/11th
1979 - 5th/5th
1988 - 18th
1989 - 14th
1990 - 10th
2011 - 18th/14th

wow. We talk about markets all the time here at ECU for being the reason we have been left behind, but our overall on the field success is no where where it needs to be.

(08-19-2015 12:55 PM)knight-stick Wrote:  What year did the first Top 25 final poll come out?

AP Poll started in 1936. Coaches poll in 1950. There have been plenty of other polls especially pre-1960.

It also hasn't always been top 25. For example, the AP poll was just top 20 from 1936-1961. From 1962-1967, they only had the top 10. From 1968-1988, it was back to top 20. And it 1989, it became top 25 where it is today.

The Coaches poll started out as top 20 also, but changed to top 25 in 1990.

(08-19-2015 01:36 PM)Kronke Wrote:  16 times.

1952 - 19th
1966 - 17th
1967 - 19th
1968 - 18th/20th
1969 - 12th/16th
1970 - 19th/13th
1971 - 17th/14th
1973 - 9th/13th
1974 - 19th/11th
1976 - 4th/4th
1978 - 10th/11th
1979 - 5th/5th
1988 - 18th
1989 - 14th
1990 - 10th
2011 - 18th/14th

Proof we should've been included in the Big XII. Stupid Texas politics.

(08-19-2015 08:20 PM)gopirates11 Wrote:  

(08-19-2015 01:36 PM)Kronke Wrote:  16 times.

1952 - 19th
1966 - 17th
1967 - 19th
1968 - 18th/20th
1969 - 12th/16th
1970 - 19th/13th
1971 - 17th/14th
1973 - 9th/13th
1974 - 19th/11th
1976 - 4th/4th
1978 - 10th/11th
1979 - 5th/5th
1988 - 18th
1989 - 14th
1990 - 10th
2011 - 18th/14th

wow. We talk about markets all the time here at ECU for being the reason we have been left behind, but our overall on the field success is no where where it needs to be.

Yup, Houston has by far the best football history in this conference an One of the better basketball histories too.

(08-19-2015 12:55 PM)knight-stick Wrote:  What year did the first Top 25 final poll come out?

http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/polls...esent.html

AP Final Poll began in 1936.
UPI Final Poll ran from 1950 to 1990 (USA Today Final Poll took it over in 1991).
Harris Final Poll began in 2005 and ended in 2013.
College Football Playoff Ranking began in 2014.

AP Poll didn't start doing a Top 25 until 1989. Before that it was usually Top 20 (some years they did less).

(08-19-2015 08:52 PM)GeminiShamrock Wrote:  

(08-19-2015 01:36 PM)Kronke Wrote:  16 times.

1952 - 19th
1966 - 17th
1967 - 19th
1968 - 18th/20th
1969 - 12th/16th
1970 - 19th/13th
1971 - 17th/14th
1973 - 9th/13th
1974 - 19th/11th
1976 - 4th/4th
1978 - 10th/11th
1979 - 5th/5th
1988 - 18th
1989 - 14th
1990 - 10th
2011 - 18th/14th

Proof we should've been included in the Big XII. Stupid Texas politics.

we may be able to put 40,000+ in the stands but on the field we are lucky to be in a conference with you guys

(08-19-2015 10:04 PM)gopirates11 Wrote:  

(08-19-2015 08:52 PM)GeminiShamrock Wrote:  

(08-19-2015 01:36 PM)Kronke Wrote:  16 times.

1952 - 19th
1966 - 17th
1967 - 19th
1968 - 18th/20th
1969 - 12th/16th
1970 - 19th/13th
1971 - 17th/14th
1973 - 9th/13th
1974 - 19th/11th
1976 - 4th/4th
1978 - 10th/11th
1979 - 5th/5th
1988 - 18th
1989 - 14th
1990 - 10th
2011 - 18th/14th

Proof we should've been included in the Big XII. Stupid Texas politics.

we may be able to put 40,000+ in the stands but on the field we are lucky to be in a conference with you guys

Thanks. I certainly appreciate it. Glad you're here with us, too.

(08-19-2015 12:55 PM)knight-stick Wrote:  What year did the first Top 25 final poll come out?

I was wondering which teams in our conference finished the season in any of the Top 25 polls and how many times?

I think we have two Top 25 finishes. 2010 at 25 and 2014 at 10.

I think we finished as high as #20/21 in 2010. We were #25 in the bowl game, I remember Richt remarking about how a 6-6 bowl team still gets a ranked bowl opponent.

SMU has finished ranked in the final AP poll 11 times and includes 6 top 10 finishes and 3 top 5 finishes.

1940 - 16
1947 - 3
1948 - 10
1958 - 18
1966 - 10
1968 - 14
1980 - 20
1981 - 5
1982 - 2
1983 - 12
1984 - 8

SMU is generally considered to have won the National Championship in 1935 (a year before the AP top 25 started).

I have a hard time considering anything SMU accomplished in the 1980s as legitimate. That was cheating on steroids X 10!!