Duke Blue Devils AP Poll History

Location: Durham, North Carolina ▪ Colors: Duke Blue & White
Stadium: Wallace Wade Stadium (cap. 33,941)
Record: 91 Years, 444-482-28, .480 W-L% (Major School)

Conferences: ACC, Southern and Ind
Conference Champion: 17 Times
Bowls: 9 Bowls, 3-6, .333 W-L% (Major Bowls)

Ranked in AP Poll: 8 Times (Preseason), 16 Times (Final), 160 Weeks (Total)

160 Polls

Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
1	1994	8	1994-10-11	25
2	1994	9	1994-10-18	20	25	5
3	1994	10	1994-10-25	16	20	4
4	1994	11	1994-11-01	23	16	7
5	1994	12	1994-11-08	18	23	5
6	1994	13	1994-11-15	24	18	6
7	1994	15	1994-11-29	25
8	1994	16	1994-12-06	25	25	NC
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
9	1989	12	1989-11-14	25
10	1989	13	1989-11-21	23	25	2
11	1989	14	1989-11-28	20	23	3
12	1989	15	1989-12-05	20	20	NC
13	1989	16	1989-12-12	20	20	NC
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
14	1971	3	1971-09-20	20
15	1971	4	1971-09-27	19	20	1
16	1971	5	1971-10-04	14	19	5
17	1971	7	1971-10-18	19
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
18	1962	1	Preseason	8	NA	—
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
19	1961	12	Final	20
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
20	1960	7	1960-10-24	15
21	1960	8	1960-10-31	13	15	2
22	1960	9	1960-11-07	7	13	6
23	1960	10	1960-11-14	6	7	1
24	1960	11	1960-11-21	11	6	5
25	1960	12	Final	10	11	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
26	1957	1	Preseason	10	NA	—
27	1957	2	1957-09-23	7	10	3
28	1957	3	1957-09-30	4	7	3
29	1957	4	1957-10-07	5	4	1
30	1957	5	1957-10-14	5	5	NC
31	1957	6	1957-10-21	4	5	1
32	1957	7	1957-10-28	7	4	3
33	1957	8	1957-11-04	16	7	9
34	1957	9	1957-11-11	11	16	5
35	1957	10	1957-11-18	11	11	NC
36	1957	11	1957-11-25	16	11	5
37	1957	12	Final	16	16	NC
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
38	1956	1	Preseason	16	NA	—
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
39	1955	1	Preseason	18	NA	—
40	1955	3	1955-09-26	16
41	1955	4	1955-10-03	13	16	3
42	1955	5	1955-10-10	11	13	2
43	1955	6	1955-10-17	5	11	6
44	1955	7	1955-10-24	17	5	12
45	1955	9	1955-11-07	18
46	1955	10	1955-11-14	20	18	2
47	1955	11	1955-11-21	18	20	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
48	1954	1	Preseason	15	NA	—
49	1954	2	1954-09-20	19	15	4
50	1954	3	1954-09-27	7	19	12
51	1954	4	1954-10-04	6	7	1
52	1954	5	1954-10-11	6	6	NC
53	1954	6	1954-10-18	19	6	13
54	1954	7	1954-10-25	16	19	3
55	1954	8	1954-11-01	11	16	5
56	1954	11	1954-11-22	20
57	1954	12	Final	14	20	6
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
58	1953	1	Preseason	10	NA	—
59	1953	2	1953-09-28	12	10	2
60	1953	3	1953-10-05	8	12	4
61	1953	4	1953-10-12	7	8	1
62	1953	5	1953-10-19	16	7	9
63	1953	6	1953-10-26	13	16	3
64	1953	7	1953-11-02	10	13	3
65	1953	8	1953-11-09	14	10	4
66	1953	9	1953-11-16	15	14	1
67	1953	11	Final	18
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
68	1952	1	Preseason	19	NA	—
69	1952	2	1952-09-29	10	19	9
70	1952	3	1952-10-06	6	10	4
71	1952	4	1952-10-13	5	6	1
72	1952	5	1952-10-22	6	5	1
73	1952	6	1952-10-27	6	6	NC
74	1952	7	1952-11-03	12	6	6
75	1952	9	1952-11-17	20
76	1952	10	1952-11-24	13	20	7
77	1952	11	Final	16	13	3
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
78	1951	2	1951-10-01	16
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
79	1950	1	Preseason	16	NA	—
80	1950	2	1950-10-02	14	16	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
81	1949	1	1949-10-03	14	NA	—
82	1949	5	1949-10-31	16
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
83	1948	2	1948-10-11	18
84	1948	3	1948-10-18	15	18	3
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
85	1947	1	1947-10-06	13	NA	—
86	1947	2	1947-10-13	17	13	4
87	1947	3	1947-10-20	15	17	2
88	1947	4	1947-10-27	9	15	6
89	1947	5	1947-11-03	13	9	4
90	1947	10	Final	19
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
91	1946	2	1946-10-14	17
92	1946	3	1946-10-21	13	17	4
93	1946	4	1946-10-28	19	13	6
94	1946	6	1946-11-11	20
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
95	1945	1	1945-10-08	13	NA	—
96	1945	2	1945-10-15	16	13	3
97	1945	3	1945-10-22	19	16	3
98	1945	4	1945-10-29	18	19	1
99	1945	5	1945-11-05	16	18	2
100	1945	6	1945-11-12	20	16	4
101	1945	7	1945-11-19	15	20	5
102	1945	8	1945-11-26	11	15	4
103	1945	9	Final	13	11	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
104	1944	5	1944-11-06	20
105	1944	6	1944-11-13	10	20	10
106	1944	7	1944-11-20	11	10	1
107	1944	8	1944-11-27	11	11	NC
108	1944	9	Final	11	11	NC
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
109	1943	1	1943-10-04	5	NA	—
110	1943	2	1943-10-11	6	5	1
111	1943	3	1943-10-18	9	6	3
112	1943	4	1943-10-25	8	9	1
113	1943	5	1943-11-01	9	8	1
114	1943	6	1943-11-08	7	9	2
115	1943	7	1943-11-15	6	7	1
116	1943	8	1943-11-22	5	6	1
117	1943	9	Final	7	5	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
118	1941	1	1941-10-13	3	NA	—
119	1941	2	1941-10-20	4	3	1
120	1941	3	1941-10-27	4	4	NC
121	1941	4	1941-11-03	4	4	NC
122	1941	5	1941-11-10	3	4	1
123	1941	6	1941-11-17	3	3	NC
124	1941	7	1941-11-24	3	3	NC
125	1941	8	Final	2	3	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
126	1940	3	1940-10-28	18
127	1940	4	1940-11-04	12	18	6
128	1940	5	1940-11-11	12	12	NC
129	1940	7	1940-11-25	20
130	1940	8	Final	18	20	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
131	1939	1	1939-10-16	13	NA	—
132	1939	2	1939-10-23	12	13	1
133	1939	3	1939-10-30	12	12	NC
134	1939	4	1939-11-06	15	12	3
135	1939	5	1939-11-13	13	15	2
136	1939	6	1939-11-20	8	13	5
137	1939	7	1939-11-27	7	8	1
138	1939	8	1939-12-04	6	7	1
139	1939	9	Final	8	6	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
140	1938	1	1938-10-17	9	NA	—
141	1938	2	1938-10-24	11	9	2
142	1938	3	1938-10-31	9	11	2
143	1938	4	1938-11-07	7	9	2
144	1938	5	1938-11-14	4	7	3
145	1938	6	1938-11-21	3	4	1
146	1938	7	1938-11-28	3	3	NC
147	1938	8	Final	3	3	NC
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
148	1937	1	1937-10-18	10	NA	—
149	1937	2	1937-10-25	13	10	3
150	1937	3	1937-11-01	11	13	2
151	1937	4	1937-11-08	8	11	3
152	1937	6	1937-11-22	18
153	1937	7	Final	20	18	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
154	1936	1	1936-10-19	2	NA	—
155	1936	2	1936-10-26	13	2	11
156	1936	3	1936-11-02	15	13	2
157	1936	4	1936-11-09	13	15	2
158	1936	5	1936-11-16	16	13	3
159	1936	6	1936-11-23	11	16	5
160	1936	7	Final	11	11	NC

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