AP Poll 12/8

Associated Press Poll

Year: 2019

12/8/2019

Week 15

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	LSU (47)	1,535	1
2	Ohio State (12)	1,488	2
3	Clemson (3)	1,441	3
4	Oklahoma	1,364	6
5	Georgia	1,241	4
6	Florida	1,167	7
7	Oregon	1,141	13
8	Baylor	1,039	8
9	Alabama	1,011	9
9	Auburn	1,011	11
11	Wisconsin	944	10
12	Utah	909	5
13	Penn State	888	12
14	Notre Dame	709	14
15	Memphis	675	16
16	Minnesota	645	15
17	Michigan	597	17
18	Boise State	500	19
19	Iowa	494	18
20	Appalachian State	355	20
21	Navy	246	23
22	USC	195	24
23	Cincinnati	183	21
24	Air Force	97	25
25	Oklahoma State	70	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.