Football
Appalachian State
Best finish
No. 1
Seasons ranked
17 / 21
Best finish
No. 1 (2010-2011)
Sports
Football
Polls
Media · Coaches · Playoff · FCS Coaches · FCS Media
Years in the Rankings
Any poll, any sportSeason-final ranking by sport · 2000-2001 – 2019-2020
Football
Each point is Appalachian State's rank in that sport's final poll of the season. Lower is better; a gap is a season that sport didn't finish ranked.
A year is lit when Appalachian State was ranked in any poll that season; the best rank reached is shown. Click a year to open that season's poll board and cycle it week by week.
2020s1 ranked
2010s6 ranked
2019
Best · No. 18
FB2018
Best · No. 25
FB
2017Unranked
2016Unranked
2015Unranked
2014Unranked
2013
Best · No. 12
FB2012
Best · No. 5
FB2011
Best · No. 2
FB2010
Best · No. 1
FB2000s10 ranked
Recent Season
Media Top 25 · 2020-2021Ranking by week
Lower is better. Gaps mark weeks the team was unranked. Open this season's board →
2020-2021 Schedule
9–3Opponent ranks are their Media Top 25 position that week. Ranked wins are highlighted.
| Wk | Opponent | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | vs |  Charlotte |
W 35–20 |
| Wk 3 | at |  Marshall |
L 7–17 |
| Wk 4 | vs | Campbell | W 52–21 |
| Wk 8 | vs | Arkansas State | W 45–17 |
| Wk 9 | at | UL Monroe | W 31–13 |
| Wk 10 | at | Texas State | W 38–17 |
| Wk 11 | vs | Georgia State | W 17–13 |
| Wk 12 | at | 16 Coastal Carolina |
L 23–34 |
| Wk 13 | vs |  Troy |
W 47–10 |
| Wk 14 | vs | 20 Louisiana |
L 21–24 |
| Wk 15 | at | Georgia Southern | W 34–26 |
| Bowl | vs |  North Texas · neutral |
W 56–28 |