Purdue Football Rated No. 36 in All-Time AP Poll

Not bad considering where the program is now.

Earlier today the AP Poll did something rather impressive. In celebration of the 80th anniversary of the college football AP Poll it released its all-time poll under the following criteria:

To determine the all-time Top 25, the AP formula counted poll appearances (one point) to mark consistency, No. 1 rankings (one point) to acknowledge elite programs and gave a bonus for AP championships (10 points).

No, Purdue was not in the top 25, but it was comfortably in the top 50

Since Purdue does not have an AP National championship that equals 246 appearances in the top 25 out of 1,103 polls (roughly 22%).