▁ ▁The ▁Associ ated ▁Press ▁poll ▁statistics ▁show ▁A ub urn ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 1 th ▁best ▁national ▁record ▁of ▁being ▁ranked ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁AP ▁Pol l ▁and ▁ 1 4 th ▁overall ▁( rank ed ▁ 5 0 3 ▁times ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 5 8 ▁pol ls ▁since ▁the ▁poll ▁began ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 6 ), ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁ranking ▁of ▁ 1 1 . 2 . ▁Since ▁the ▁Co aches ▁Pol l ▁first ▁released ▁a ▁final ▁poll ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 , ▁A ub urn ▁has ▁ 2 6 ▁seasons ▁where ▁the ▁team ▁finished ▁ranked ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁ 2 0 ▁in ▁both ▁the ▁AP ▁and ▁Co aches ▁Pol ls . ▁ ▁A ub urn ▁has ▁also ▁had ▁success ▁against ▁teams ▁ranked ▁number ▁one ▁in ▁the ▁nation . ▁The ▁Tig ers ▁have ▁be aten ▁seven ▁teams ▁ranked ▁number ▁one ▁in ▁either ▁the ▁AP , ▁Co aches , ▁Bowl ▁Championship ▁Series ▁( BC S ), ▁or ▁College ▁Football ▁Play off ▁( CF P ) ▁rank ings . ▁The ▁B CS ▁was ▁created ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁to ▁guarantee ▁bow l ▁game ▁match ups ▁between ▁the ▁top ▁teams , ▁including ▁a ▁national ▁championship ▁game ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁top - rank ed ▁teams . ▁The ▁B CS ▁was ▁dis cont in ued ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁and ▁replaced ▁by ▁the ▁CF P , ▁which ▁organ izes ▁a ▁four - team ▁play off ▁and ▁national ▁championship ▁game . ▁ ▁Conference ▁affili ations ▁A