Syracuse Orange Poll History

Seasons: 124 (1899 to 2025)

Record (W-L-T): 711-539-41

Adjusted Record (W-L-T): 700-539-41

Conferences: ACC, Big East, Ind

Conf. Championships: 5

National Championships: 1959

Bowl Record: 29 Bowls, 17-11-1, .603 W-L% (Major Bowls)

Ranked in AP Poll: 15 Times (Preseason), 16 Times (Final), 213 Weeks (Total), 7 Weeks at #1

Ranked in CFP Rankings: 2 Times (Final), 9 Weeks (Total)

Heisman Winners: Ernie Davis (1961)

Stadium: JMA Wireless Dome (cap. 49,250)

Location: Syracuse, New York

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AP Polls

AP Polls Table
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
1	2024	15	2024-12-01	23
2	2024	16	2024-12-08	22	23	1
3	2024	17	Final	20	22	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
4	2022	6	2022-10-02	22
5	2022	7	2022-10-09	18	22	4
6	2022	8	2022-10-16	14	18	4
7	2022	9	2022-10-23	16	14	2
8	2022	10	2022-10-30	22	16	6
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
9	2019	1	Preseason	22	NA	—
10	2019	2	2019-09-03	21	22	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
11	2018	10	2018-10-28	22
12	2018	11	2018-11-04	13	22	9
13	2018	12	2018-11-11	12	13	1
14	2018	13	2018-11-18	19	12	7
15	2018	14	2018-11-25	18	19	1
16	2018	15	2018-12-02	17	18	1
17	2018	16	Final	15	17	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
18	2001	10	2001-10-28	19
19	2001	11	2001-11-04	18	19	1
20	2001	12	2001-11-11	14	18	4
21	2001	13	2001-11-18	22	14	8
22	2001	14	2001-11-25	18	22	4
23	2001	15	2001-12-02	18	18
24	2001	16	2001-12-09	18	18
25	2001	17	Final	14	18	4
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
26	1999	6	1999-09-26	22
27	1999	7	1999-10-03	18	22	4
28	1999	8	1999-10-10	16	18	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
29	1998	1	Preseason	17	NA	—
30	1998	2	1998-09-07	19	17	2
31	1998	3	1998-09-14	13	19	6
32	1998	4	1998-09-21	12	13	1
33	1998	5	1998-09-28	11	12	1
34	1998	6	1998-10-05	24	11	13
35	1998	7	1998-10-12	23	24	1
36	1998	8	1998-10-19	21	23	2
37	1998	9	1998-10-26	17	21	4
38	1998	10	1998-11-02	15	17	2
39	1998	12	1998-11-16	24
40	1998	13	1998-11-23	21	24	3
41	1998	14	1998-11-30	18	21	3
42	1998	15	1998-12-07	18	18
43	1998	16	Final	25	18	7
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
44	1997	1	Preseason	17	NA	—
45	1997	2	1997-08-25	13	17	4
46	1997	12	1997-11-03	22
47	1997	13	1997-11-10	21	22	1
48	1997	14	1997-11-17	18	21	3
49	1997	15	1997-11-24	16	18	2
50	1997	16	1997-12-01	15	16	1
51	1997	17	1997-12-08	14	15	1
52	1997	18	Final	21	14	7
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
53	1996	1	Preseason	10	NA	—
54	1996	2	1996-08-26	10	10
55	1996	3	1996-09-02	9	10	1
56	1996	4	1996-09-09	23	9	14
57	1996	5	1996-09-16	23	23
58	1996	12	1996-11-04	24
59	1996	13	1996-11-11	19	24	5
60	1996	14	1996-11-18	16	19	3
61	1996	15	1996-11-25	16	16
62	1996	16	1996-12-02	22	16	6
63	1996	17	1996-12-09	23	22	1
64	1996	18	Final	21	23	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
65	1995	3	1995-09-05	22
66	1995	10	1995-10-24	21
67	1995	11	1995-10-31	20	21	1
68	1995	12	1995-11-07	23	20	3
69	1995	13	1995-11-14	23	23
70	1995	14	1995-11-21	22	23	1
71	1995	17	Final	19
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
72	1994	7	1994-10-04	21
73	1994	8	1994-10-11	18	21	3
74	1994	9	1994-10-18	16	18	2
75	1994	10	1994-10-25	14	16	2
76	1994	11	1994-11-01	10	14	4
77	1994	12	1994-11-08	14	10	4
78	1994	14	1994-11-22	22
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
79	1993	1	Preseason	6	NA	—
80	1993	2	1993-08-31	6	6
81	1993	3	1993-09-07	6	6
82	1993	4	1993-09-14	6	6
83	1993	5	1993-09-21	12	6	6
84	1993	6	1993-09-28	13	12	1
85	1993	7	1993-10-05	23	13	10
86	1993	8	1993-10-12	24	23	1
87	1993	9	1993-10-19	23	24	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
88	1992	1	Preseason	10	NA	—
89	1992	2	1992-09-01	10	10
90	1992	3	1992-09-08	9	10	1
91	1992	4	1992-09-15	8	9	1
92	1992	5	1992-09-22	17	8	9
93	1992	6	1992-09-29	17	17
94	1992	7	1992-10-06	15	17	2
95	1992	8	1992-10-13	14	15	1
96	1992	9	1992-10-20	12	14	2
97	1992	10	1992-10-27	12	12
98	1992	11	1992-11-03	10	12	2
99	1992	12	1992-11-10	10	10
100	1992	13	1992-11-17	8	10	2
101	1992	14	1992-11-24	8	8
102	1992	15	1992-12-01	6	8	2
103	1992	16	1992-12-08	6	6
104	1992	17	Final	6	6
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
105	1991	1	Preseason	25	NA	—
106	1991	2	1991-09-03	24	25	1
107	1991	3	1991-09-10	22	24	2
108	1991	4	1991-09-17	18	22	4
109	1991	5	1991-09-23	10	18	8
110	1991	6	1991-09-30	10	10
111	1991	7	1991-10-07	15	10	5
112	1991	8	1991-10-14	24	15	9
113	1991	9	1991-10-21	18	24	6
114	1991	10	1991-10-28	18	18
115	1991	11	1991-11-04	17	18	1
116	1991	12	1991-11-11	17	17
117	1991	13	1991-11-18	16	17	1
118	1991	14	1991-11-25	16	16
119	1991	15	1991-12-02	16	16
120	1991	16	Final	11	16	5
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
121	1989	1	Preseason	13	NA	—
122	1989	2	1989-09-05	14	13	1
123	1989	3	1989-09-12	11	14	3
124	1989	4	1989-09-19	10	11	1
125	1989	5	1989-09-26	18	10	8
126	1989	6	1989-10-03	17	18	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
127	1988	9	1988-10-18	19
128	1988	10	1988-10-25	16	19	3
129	1988	11	1988-11-01	16	16
130	1988	12	1988-11-08	15	16	1
131	1988	13	1988-11-15	14	15	1
132	1988	14	1988-11-22	19	14	5
133	1988	15	1988-11-29	18	19	1
134	1988	16	1988-12-06	17	18	1
135	1988	17	Final	13	17	4
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
136	1987	6	1987-10-06	17
137	1987	7	1987-10-13	13	17	4
138	1987	8	1987-10-20	9	13	4
139	1987	9	1987-10-27	8	9	1
140	1987	10	1987-11-03	8	8
141	1987	11	1987-11-10	6	8	2
142	1987	12	1987-11-17	6	6
143	1987	13	1987-11-24	4	6	2
144	1987	14	1987-12-01	4	4
145	1987	15	1987-12-08	4	4
146	1987	16	Final	4	4
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
147	1971	1	Preseason	13	NA	—
148	1971	2	1971-09-13	15	13	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
149	1970	9	1970-11-02	20
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
150	1968	1	Preseason	19	NA	—
151	1968	5	1968-10-07	15
152	1968	6	1968-10-14	11	15	4
153	1968	7	1968-10-21	10	11	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
154	1966	1	Preseason	7	NA	—
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
155	1965	2	1965-09-20	9
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
156	1964	1	Preseason	9	NA	—
157	1964	4	1964-10-12	7
158	1964	5	1964-10-19	8	7	1
159	1964	9	1964-11-16	9
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
160	1961	1	Preseason	10	NA	—
161	1961	2	1961-09-25	5	10	5
162	1961	3	1961-10-02	7	5	2
163	1961	9	1961-11-13	10
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
164	1960	1	Preseason	1	NA	—
165	1960	2	1960-09-19	2	1	1
166	1960	3	1960-09-26	2	2
167	1960	4	1960-10-03	1	2	1
168	1960	5	1960-10-10	4	1	3
169	1960	6	1960-10-17	3	4	1
170	1960	7	1960-10-24	3	3
171	1960	8	1960-10-31	9	3	6
172	1960	9	1960-11-07	17	9	8
173	1960	10	1960-11-14	14	17	3
174	1960	11	1960-11-21	17	14	3
175	1960	12	Final	19	17	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
176	1959	1	Preseason	20	NA	—
177	1959	3	1959-09-28	20
178	1959	4	1959-10-05	12	20	8
179	1959	5	1959-10-12	8	12	4
180	1959	6	1959-10-19	6	8	2
181	1959	7	1959-10-26	5	6	1
182	1959	8	1959-11-02	4	5	1
183	1959	9	1959-11-09	1	4	3
184	1959	10	1959-11-16	1	1
185	1959	11	1959-11-23	1	1
186	1959	12	1959-11-30	1	1
187	1959	13	Final	1	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
188	1958	8	1958-11-03	12
189	1958	9	1958-11-10	12	12
190	1958	10	1958-11-17	10	12	2
191	1958	11	1958-11-24	10	10
192	1958	12	Final	9	10	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
193	1956	2	1956-09-24	7
194	1956	3	1956-10-01	18	7	11
195	1956	5	1956-10-15	13
196	1956	6	1956-10-22	14	13	1
197	1956	7	1956-10-29	17	14	3
198	1956	8	1956-11-05	9	17	8
199	1956	9	1956-11-12	9	9
200	1956	10	1956-11-19	8	9	1
201	1956	11	1956-11-26	8	8
202	1956	12	Final	8	8
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
203	1955	8	1955-10-31	18
204	1955	11	1955-11-21	20
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
205	1952	8	1952-11-10	13
206	1952	9	1952-11-17	15	13	2
207	1952	10	1952-11-24	16	15	1
208	1952	11	Final	14	16	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
209	1942	2	1942-10-19	20
210	1942	3	1942-10-26	15	20	5
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
211	1941	4	1941-11-03	18
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
212	1938	1	1938-10-17	10	NA	—
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
213	1937	1	1937-10-18	17	NA	—

College Football Playoff Rankings

College Football Playoff Rankings Table
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
1	2024	15	2024-12-03	22
2	2024	16	Final	21	23	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
3	2022	10	2022-11-01	20	16	4
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
4	2018	10	2018-10-30	19
5	2018	11	2018-11-06	13	22	9
6	2018	12	2018-11-13	12	13	1
7	2018	13	2018-11-20	20	12	8
8	2018	14	2018-11-27	20	19	1
9	2018	15	Final	20	18	2

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