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Aug. 9, 2001
Since The Associated Press rankings began in 1936, UVa has appeared 132 times, including 17 consecutive weeks in 1995 and 1998, 16 consecutive weeks during the 1996 season and 14 weeks during the 1990 season (three at number one). Virginia has been in the top 10 on 19 occasions (including nine times in 1990, four times in 1998 and once in 1992 and 1995). Virginia was ranked in the AP top-25 poll for 42 consecutive weeks from October 17, 1994 to December 2, 1996. That is UVa’s longest-ever stint in the AP rankings. The AP voted only for the top 10 between 1962-67 and expanded its rankings to the top 25 in 1989. All other years, they voted for just the top 20. The AP began conducting polls after the bowl games for the first time in 1965.
Record FinalDate Rank at time Next opponent Result Record1945Oct. 8, 1945 20(tie) 3-0 open 7-2Nov. 5, 1945 15 5-0 Richmond WNov. 12, 1945 13 6-0 Oceanna NAS WNov. 19, 1945 13 7-0 Maryland LNov. 26, 1945 20 7-1 North Carolina L1947Oct. 13, 1947 16 3-0 Wash. & Lee W 7-3Oct. 20, 1947 13 4-0 VMI WOct. 27, 1947 12 5-0 Richmond WNov. 3, 1947 10 6-0 Penn LNov. 10, 1947 15 6-1 West Virginia WNov. 17, 1947 16 7-1 N.C. State L1949Oct. 31, 1949 19 6-0 Penn W 7-2Nov. 7, 1949 10 7-0 openNov. 14, 1949 9 7-0 Tulane L1951Nov. 19, 1951 15 7-1 William & Mary W 8-1Nov. 26, 1951 13 8-1 openDec. 3, 1951 13 8-1 - (Final Poll)1952Sept. 29, 1952 16 1-0 Virginia Tech W 8-2Oct. 6, 1952 15 2-0 Geo. Washington WOct. 13, 1952 11 3-0 VMI WOct. 20, 1952 9 4-0 Duke LOct. 27, 1952 16 4-1 South Carolina LNov. 24, 1952 20 7-2 William & Mary W1984Nov. 12, 1984 19 7-1-1 North Carolina T 8-2-2Jan. 2, 1985 20 8-2-2 - (Final Poll)1989Oct. 30, 1989 24 7-2 N.C. State W 10-3Nov. 6, 1989 18 8-2 Virginia Tech WNov. 13, 1989 16 9-2 Maryland WNov. 20, 1989 16 10-2 openNov. 27, 1989 15 10-2 openDec. 4, 1989 15 10-2 Illinois LJan. 2, 1990 18 10-3 - (Final Poll)19901990 Preseason 15 0-0 Kansas W 8-4Sept. 4, 1990 14 1-0 Clemson WSept. 11, 1990 11 2-0 Navy WSept. 18, 1990 10 3-0 Duke WSept. 25, 1990 7 4-0 William & Mary WOct. 2, 1990 4 5-0 openOct. 9, 1990 2 5-0 N.C. State WOct. 16, 1990 1 6-0 Wake Forest WOct. 23, 1990 1 7-0 openOct. 30, 1990 1 7-0 Georgia Tech LNov. 6, 1990 9 7-1 North Carolina WNov. 13, 1990 8 8-1 Maryland LNov. 20, 1990 17 8-2 Virginia Tech LJan. 2, 1991 23 8-4 - (Final Poll)1991Nov. 4, 1991 24 6-2-1 N.C. State W 8-3-1Nov. 11, 1991 21 7-2-1 openNov. 18, 1991 20 7-2-1 Virginia Tech WNov. 25, 1991 20 8-2-1 openDec. 2, 1991 19 8-2-1 Oklahoma L1992Aug. 31, 1992 25 0-0 Maryland W 7-4Sept. 7, 1992 23 1-0 Navy WSept. 14, 1992 20 2-0 Georgia Tech WSept. 21, 1992 14 3-0 Duke WSept. 28, 1992 14 4-0 Wake Forest WOct. 5, 1992 10 5-0 Clemson LOct. 12, 1992 17 5-1 North Carolina LOct. 19, 1992 24 5-2 William & Mary WOct. 26, 1992 23 6-2 Florida State L1993Sept. 13, 1993 25 2-0 Georgia Tech W 7-5Sept. 20, 1993 22 3-0 Duke WSept. 27, 1993 21 4-0 Ohio WOct. 4, 1993 18 5-0 openOct. 11, 1993 15 5-0 Florida State LOct. 18, 1993 21 5-1 North Carolina WOct. 25, 1993 16 6-1 N.C. State LNov. 1, 1993 21 6-2 Wake Forest WNov. 8, 1993 18 7-2 Clemson LNov. 15, 1993 23 7-3 Virginia Tech L1994Oct. 17, 1994 25 5-1 North Carolina W 9-3Oct. 24, 1994 18 6-1 openOct. 31, 1994 13 6-1 Duke LNov. 7, 1994 21 6-2 Maryland WNov. 14, 1994 16 7-2 Virginia Tech WNov. 21, 1994 13 8-2 N.C. State LNov. 28, 1994 19 8-3 openDec. 5, 1994 18 8-3 Texas Christian WJan. 3, 1995 15 9-3 - (Final Poll)19951995 Preseason 17 0-0 9-4Aug. 26, 1995 17 0-0 Mighigan LSept. 4, 1995 16 1-1 N.C. State WSept. 11, 1995 16 2-1 Georgia Tech WSept. 18, 1995 11 3-1 Clemson WSept. 25, 1995 11 4-1 Wake Forest WOct. 2, 1995 9 5-1 North Carolina LOct. 9, 1995 19 5-2 Duke WOct. 16, 1995 14 6-2 Texas LOct. 23, 1995 20 6-3 openOct. 30, 1995 24 6-3 Florida State WNov. 6, 1995 14 7-3 Maryland WNov. 13, 1995 13 8-3 Virginia Tech LNov. 20, 1995 19 8-4 openNov. 27, 1995 19 8-4 openDec. 4, 1995 18 8-4 Georgia WJan. 2, 1996 16 9-4 - (Final Poll)19961996 Preseason 23 0-0 7-5Aug. 26, 1996 24 0-0Sept. 2, 1996 23 0-0 Central Mich. WSept. 9, 1996 22 1-0 Maryland WSept. 16, 1996 20 2-0 Wake Forest WSept. 23, 1996 19 3-0 Texas WSept. 30, 1996 12 4-0 Georgia Tech LOct. 7, 1996 20 4-1 openOct. 14, 1996 20 4-1 N.C. State WOct. 21, 1996 14 5-1 Florida State LOct. 28, 1996 16 5-2 Duke WNov. 4, 1996 15 6-2 Clemson LNov. 11, 1996 24 6-3 North Carolina WNov. 18, 1996 19 7-3 openNov. 25, 1996 20 7-3 Virginia Tech LDec. 2, 1996 25 7-4 -19981998 Preseason 16 0-0 - 9-3Aug. 31, 1998 16 0-0 Auburn WSept. 7, 1998 12 1-0 Maryland WSept. 14, 1998 10 2-0 Clemson WSept. 21, 1998 11 3-0 Duke WSept. 28, 1998 10 4-0 San Jose State WOct. 5, 1998 9 5-0 openOct. 12, 1998 7 5-0 Georgia Tech LOct. 19, 1998 16 5-1 N.C. State WOct. 26, 1998 15 6-1 Wake Forest WNov. 2, 1998 12 7-1 Florida State LNov. 9, 1998 21 7-2 North Carolina WNov. 16, 1998 18 8-2 openNov. 23, 1998 16 8-2 Virginia Tech WNov. 30, 1998 14 9-2 openDec. 7, 1998 13 9-2 Georgia LJan. 5, 1999 18 9-3 - (Final Poll)19991999 Preseason 23 0-0 North Carolina W 7-5Sept. 6, 1999 22 1-0 Clemson LSept. 27, 1999 24 3-1 Virginia Tech L