Purdue Boilermakers Poll History

Seasons: 133 (1892 to 2024)

Record (W-L-T): 631-604-48

Adjusted Record (W-L-T): 632-603-48

Conferences: Big Ten, Western, Ind

Conf. Championships: 8

Bowl Record: 21 Bowls, 11-10, .524 W-L% (Major Bowls)

Ranked in AP Poll: 15 Times (Preseason), 16 Times (Final), 237 Weeks (Total), 5 Weeks at #1

Ranked in CFP Rankings: 0 Times (Final), 1 Week (Total)

Stadium: Ross-Ade Stadium (cap. 62,500)

Location: West Lafayette, Indiana

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AP Polls

AP Polls Table
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
1	2021	8	2021-10-17	25
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
2	2007	6	2007-09-30	23
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
3	2005	1	Preseason	15	NA	—
4	2005	2	2005-09-06	13	15	2
5	2005	3	2005-09-11	12	13	1
6	2005	4	2005-09-18	11	12	1
7	2005	5	2005-09-25	22	11	11
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
8	2004	1	Preseason	24	NA	—
9	2004	2	2004-09-05	25	24	1
10	2004	3	2004-09-12	18	25	7
11	2004	4	2004-09-19	15	18	3
12	2004	5	2004-09-26	15	15
13	2004	6	2004-10-03	9	15	6
14	2004	7	2004-10-10	5	9	4
15	2004	8	2004-10-17	12	5	7
16	2004	9	2004-10-24	17	12	5
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
17	2003	1	Preseason	19	NA	—
18	2003	2	2003-09-01	16	19	3
19	2003	4	2003-09-14	25
20	2003	5	2003-09-21	22	25	3
21	2003	6	2003-09-28	22	22
22	2003	7	2003-10-05	18	22	4
23	2003	8	2003-10-12	13	18	5
24	2003	9	2003-10-19	10	13	3
25	2003	10	2003-10-26	18	10	8
26	2003	11	2003-11-02	16	18	2
27	2003	12	2003-11-09	11	16	5
28	2003	13	2003-11-16	16	11	5
29	2003	14	2003-11-23	12	16	4
30	2003	15	2003-11-30	11	12	1
31	2003	16	2003-12-07	12	11	1
32	2003	17	Final	18	12	6
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
33	2001	5	2001-09-23	24
34	2001	6	2001-09-30	21	24	3
35	2001	7	2001-10-07	17	21	4
36	2001	8	2001-10-14	24	17	7
37	2001	9	2001-10-21	24	24
38	2001	10	2001-10-28	20	24	4
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
39	2000	1	Preseason	14	NA	—
40	2000	2	2000-08-27	15	14	1
41	2000	3	2000-09-03	14	15	1
42	2000	4	2000-09-10	13	14	1
43	2000	5	2000-09-17	21	13	8
44	2000	6	2000-09-24	22	21	1
45	2000	8	2000-10-08	21
46	2000	9	2000-10-15	17	21	4
47	2000	10	2000-10-22	16	17	1
48	2000	11	2000-10-29	11	16	5
49	2000	12	2000-11-05	9	11	2
50	2000	13	2000-11-12	17	9	8
51	2000	14	2000-11-19	14	17	3
52	2000	15	2000-11-26	14	14
53	2000	16	2000-12-03	14	14
54	2000	17	Final	13	14	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
55	1999	1	Preseason	23	NA	—
56	1999	2	1999-08-30	22	23	1
57	1999	3	1999-09-06	20	22	2
58	1999	4	1999-09-12	14	20	6
59	1999	5	1999-09-19	13	14	1
60	1999	6	1999-09-26	11	13	2
61	1999	7	1999-10-03	17	11	6
62	1999	8	1999-10-10	20	17	3
63	1999	9	1999-10-17	16	20	4
64	1999	10	1999-10-24	18	16	2
65	1999	11	1999-10-31	17	18	1
66	1999	12	1999-11-07	22	17	5
67	1999	13	1999-11-14	19	22	3
68	1999	14	1999-11-21	19	19
69	1999	15	1999-11-28	19	19
70	1999	16	1999-12-05	19	19
71	1999	17	Final	25	19	6
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
72	1998	16	Final	24
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
73	1997	10	1997-10-20	22
74	1997	11	1997-10-27	18	22	4
75	1997	12	1997-11-03	23	18	5
76	1997	13	1997-11-10	19	23	4
77	1997	14	1997-11-17	23	19	4
78	1997	15	1997-11-24	18	23	5
79	1997	16	1997-12-01	18	18
80	1997	17	1997-12-08	17	18	1
81	1997	18	Final	15	17	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
82	1984	7	1984-10-09	14
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
83	1980	1	Preseason	9	NA	—
84	1980	2	1980-09-08	20	9	11
85	1980	9	1980-10-27	20
86	1980	10	1980-11-03	17	20	3
87	1980	11	1980-11-10	16	17	1
88	1980	16	Final	17
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
89	1979	1	Preseason	6	NA	—
90	1979	2	1979-09-10	5	6	1
91	1979	3	1979-09-17	17	5	12
92	1979	4	1979-09-24	10	17	7
93	1979	5	1979-10-01	12	10	2
94	1979	6	1979-10-08	20	12	8
95	1979	7	1979-10-15	16	20	4
96	1979	8	1979-10-22	16	16
97	1979	9	1979-10-29	15	16	1
98	1979	10	1979-11-05	14	15	1
99	1979	11	1979-11-12	12	14	2
100	1979	12	1979-11-19	12	12
101	1979	13	1979-11-26	12	12
102	1979	14	1979-12-03	12	12
103	1979	15	Final	10	12	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
104	1978	7	1978-10-16	19
105	1978	8	1978-10-23	17	19	2
106	1978	9	1978-10-30	14	17	3
107	1978	10	1978-11-06	12	14	2
108	1978	11	1978-11-13	15	12	3
109	1978	12	1978-11-20	18	15	3
110	1978	13	1978-11-27	17	18	1
111	1978	14	1978-12-04	17	17
112	1978	15	Final	13	17	4
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
113	1972	1	Preseason	18	NA	—
114	1972	2	1972-09-11	18	18
115	1972	14	1972-12-04	20
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
116	1971	6	1971-10-11	20
117	1971	7	1971-10-18	17	20	3
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
118	1969	1	Preseason	18	NA	—
119	1969	2	1969-09-22	16	18	2
120	1969	3	1969-09-29	8	16	8
121	1969	4	1969-10-06	9	8	1
122	1969	5	1969-10-13	17	9	8
123	1969	6	1969-10-20	15	17	2
124	1969	7	1969-10-27	13	15	2
125	1969	8	1969-11-03	10	13	3
126	1969	9	1969-11-10	10	10
127	1969	10	1969-11-17	17	10	7
128	1969	11	1969-11-24	16	17	1
129	1969	12	1969-12-01	15	16	1
130	1969	13	1969-12-08	17	15	2
131	1969	14	Final	18	17	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
132	1968	1	Preseason	1	NA	—
133	1968	2	1968-09-16	1	1
134	1968	3	1968-09-23	1	1
135	1968	4	1968-09-30	1	1
136	1968	5	1968-10-07	1	1
137	1968	6	1968-10-14	5	1	4
138	1968	7	1968-10-21	7	5	2
139	1968	8	1968-10-28	6	7	1
140	1968	9	1968-11-04	6	6
141	1968	10	1968-11-11	15	6	9
142	1968	11	1968-11-18	12	15	3
143	1968	12	1968-11-25	12	12
144	1968	13	1968-12-02	11	12	1
145	1968	14	Final	10	11	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
146	1967	3	1967-09-25	10
147	1967	4	1967-10-02	4	10	6
148	1967	5	1967-10-09	2	4	2
149	1967	6	1967-10-16	2	2
150	1967	7	1967-10-23	7	2	5
151	1967	8	1967-10-30	6	7	1
152	1967	9	1967-11-06	5	6	1
153	1967	10	1967-11-13	3	5	2
154	1967	11	1967-11-20	3	3
155	1967	12	Final	9	3	6
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
156	1966	1	Preseason	8	NA	—
157	1966	2	1966-09-19	7	8	1
158	1966	5	1966-10-10	9
159	1966	6	1966-10-17	9	9
160	1966	10	1966-11-14	10
161	1966	11	1966-11-21	8	10	2
162	1966	12	1966-11-28	7	8	1
163	1966	13	Final	7	7
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
164	1965	1	Preseason	9	NA	—
165	1965	2	1965-09-20	6	9	3
166	1965	3	1965-09-27	2	6	4
167	1965	4	1965-10-04	6	2	4
168	1965	5	1965-10-11	7	6	1
169	1965	6	1965-10-18	6	7	1
170	1965	7	1965-10-25	6	6
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
171	1964	7	1964-11-02	10
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
172	1962	1	Preseason	7	NA	—
173	1962	4	1962-10-08	9
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
174	1961	9	1961-11-13	7
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
175	1960	4	1960-10-03	7
176	1960	6	1960-10-17	10
177	1960	7	1960-10-24	15	10	5
178	1960	10	1960-11-14	13
179	1960	12	Final	19
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
180	1959	1	Preseason	11	NA	—
181	1959	4	1959-10-05	7
182	1959	5	1959-10-12	6	7	1
183	1959	6	1959-10-19	14	6	8
184	1959	7	1959-10-26	11	14	3
185	1959	8	1959-11-02	14	11	3
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
186	1958	3	1958-09-29	14
187	1958	4	1958-10-06	13	14	1
188	1958	6	1958-10-20	15
189	1958	7	1958-10-27	10	15	5
190	1958	8	1958-11-03	8	10	2
191	1958	9	1958-11-10	8	8
192	1958	10	1958-11-17	8	8
193	1958	11	1958-11-24	11	8	3
194	1958	12	Final	13	11	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
195	1956	5	1956-10-15	17
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
196	1955	1	Preseason	20	NA	—
197	1955	2	1955-09-19	19	20	1
198	1955	4	1955-10-03	17
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
199	1954	3	1954-09-27	19
200	1954	4	1954-10-04	5	19	14
201	1954	5	1954-10-11	5	5
202	1954	6	1954-10-18	13	5	8
203	1954	7	1954-10-25	9	13	4
204	1954	8	1954-11-01	8	9	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
205	1952	3	1952-10-06	16
206	1952	4	1952-10-13	9	16	7
207	1952	6	1952-10-27	8
208	1952	7	1952-11-03	9	8	1
209	1952	8	1952-11-10	10	9	1
210	1952	10	1952-11-24	14
211	1952	11	Final	18	14	4
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
212	1950	3	1950-10-09	9
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
213	1948	1	1948-10-04	15	NA	—
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
214	1947	4	1947-10-27	16
215	1947	5	1947-11-03	14	16	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
216	1945	1	1945-10-08	15	NA	—
217	1945	2	1945-10-15	9	15	6
218	1945	3	1945-10-22	4	9	5
219	1945	4	1945-10-29	13	4	9
220	1945	5	1945-11-05	12	13	1
221	1945	6	1945-11-12	11	12	1
222	1945	7	1945-11-19	18	11	7
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
223	1944	1	1944-10-09	7	NA	—
224	1944	2	1944-10-16	11	7	4
225	1944	3	1944-10-23	10	11	1
226	1944	6	1944-11-13	14
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
227	1943	1	1943-10-04	7	NA	—
228	1943	2	1943-10-11	5	7	2
229	1943	3	1943-10-18	4	5	1
230	1943	4	1943-10-25	4	4
231	1943	5	1943-11-01	2	4	2
232	1943	6	1943-11-08	2	2
233	1943	7	1943-11-15	3	2	1
234	1943	8	1943-11-22	4	3	1
235	1943	9	Final	5	4	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
236	1936	1	1936-10-19	5	NA	—
237	1936	2	1936-10-26	17	5	12