Non-AQ Performance in Final AP Top 25

A few gems from an in-depth study of then/now Non-AQ performance in the AP Top 25:

• BYU has been ranked in the final AP Top 25 exactly HALF (17 out of 34 times) since 1977. 
• Boise State has been ranked in the final AP Top 25 almost half (46%) of its entire time in FBS. And of those Top 25 rankings, three of those are Top 10 finishes. The other four are Top 16. 
• Utah has as many Top 10 finishes (3) as BYU. 
• TCU has finished in the Final AP Top 25 in eight of the past 11 years. Four of those ranking were in the Top 11. 
• Air Force has four Top 25 finishes since 1977.
• In that same span, Wyoming (1996) and San Diego State (1977) have one apiece. UNLV, Louisiana Tech, SJSU, New Mexico, New Mexico State and Idaho have zero. 
• Nevada's lone Top 25 finish was last season. 
• Fresno State has entered the Top 25 ten times since 1986. The Bulldogs have two Top 25 finishes in their history. 
• Colorado State has three Top 25 finishes. The Rams were ranked at one time during the season for seven straight years from 1997 to 2003. Good ol Sonny Lubick.