State is not ranked in the preseason AP poll.
- State has been ranked in the preseason AP poll eight times. Seven out of eight times State was not ranked in the final AP poll.
- State has been ranked in the final AP poll 15 times. 14 out of 15 times State was not ranked in the preseason AP poll.
- 1992 was that weird year in which the AP ranked State in both the preseason and final AP poll.
