AP Poll 10/27

Associated Press Poll

Year: 2019

10/27/2019

Week 9

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	LSU (17)	1,476	2
2	Alabama (21)	1,474	1
3	Ohio State (17)	1,468	3
4	Clemson (7)	1,406	4
5	Penn State	1,302	6
6	Florida	1,226	7
7	Oregon	1,108	11
8	Georgia	1,093	10
9	Utah	1,032	12
10	Oklahoma	1,017	5
11	Auburn	910	9
12	Baylor	882	14
13	Minnesota	778	17
14	Michigan	744	19
15	SMU	666	16
16	Notre Dame	563	8
17	Cincinnati	524	18
18	Wisconsin	513	13
19	Iowa	456	20
20	Appalachian State	393	21
21	Boise State	280	22
22	Kansas State	218	NR
23	Wake Forest	200	25
24	Memphis	188	NR
25	San Diego State	50	NR

Associated Press Poll
Started in 1936.

More Info

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.