Washington ranks No. 20 all time in AP Poll appearances

Washington has appeared on the AP Poll 481 times in its history.

When college football fans think about powerhouse programs, the Washington Huskies aren’t traditionally one of the first names brought up. However, when factoring in all-time AP Poll rankings, Jedd Fisch’s program sits at No. 20 with 481 weeks ranked.

That number was good enough for No. 3 in the Pac-12 behind USC, who sits at No. 6 with 814 weeks on the poll, and UCLA at No. 16 with 553 weeks ranked inside the top 25. Among the many challenges that the move to the Big Ten will create, playing some of the nation’s top programs is among the toughest.

Including the Trojans, five Big Ten teams sit inside the top 10 of the all-time rankings with No. 1 Ohio State (983 weeks), No. 2 Michigan (920 weeks), No. 8 Nebraska (730 weeks), and No. 9 Penn State (695 weeks).

The new conference should bring plenty of new opportunities for Washington to market itself as one of the nation’s premier programs, a selling point that Fisch has hammered home on the recruiting trail early on in his tenure.