AP Poll Pre

Associated Press Poll

Year: 2012

7/1/2012

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	USC (25)	1,445	6
2	Alabama (17)	1,411	1
3	LSU (16)	1,402	2
4	Oklahoma (1)	1,286	16
5	Oregon	1,274	4
6	Georgia	1,107	19
7	Florida State	1,093	23
8	Michigan (1)	1,000	12
9	South Carolina	994	9
10	Arkansas	963	5
11	West Virginia	856	17
12	Wisconsin	838	10
13	Michigan State	742	11
14	Clemson	615	22
15	Texas	569	NR
16	Virginia Tech	548	21
17	Nebraska	485	24
18	Ohio State	474	NR
19	Oklahoma State	430	3
20	TCU	397	14
21	Stanford	383	7
22	Kansas State	300	15
23	Florida	214	NR
24	Boise State	212	8
25	Louisville	105	NR

Associated Press Poll
Started in 1936.

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The Associated Press began running polls of sports writers to determine who is, by popular opinion, the best college football team in the country. The first AP Poll was run in 1934 but was not run continuously until 1936.

The AP Poll currently lists the top 25 teams in the nation. From 1936 to 1961 the poll only ranked the top 20 teams. From 1962 to 1967 it only ranked the top 10 teams. From 1968 to 1988 the AP Poll returned to ranking the top 20 teams. In 1989 they started ranking the top 25 teams.

The AP poll was used in the beginning of the BCS to calculate the team standings. Due to some controversies within the BCS, the AP Poll was pulled from these calculations which caused the BCS to create the new Harris Poll.