AP Poll Pre

Associated Press Poll

Year: 2016

7/1/2016

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Alabama (33)	1,469	1
2	Clemson (16)	1,443	2
3	Oklahoma (4)	1,352	5
4	Florida State (5)	1,325	14
5	LSU (1)	1,269	16
6	Ohio State (1)	1,224	4
7	Michigan (1)	1,147	12
8	Stanford	1,029	3
9	Tennessee	1,021	22
10	Notre Dame	1,006	11
11	Mississippi	718	10
12	Michigan State	710	6
13	TCU	707	7
14	Washington	651	NR
15	Houston	644	8
16	UCLA	496	NR
17	Iowa	484	9
18	Georgia	448	NR
19	Louisville	447	NR
20	USC	344	NR
21	Oklahoma State	316	20
22	North Carolina	283	15
23	Baylor	280	13
24	Oregon	218	19
25	Florida	180	25

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.