AP Poll 9/13

Associated Press Poll

Year: 2020

9/13/2020

Week 1

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Clemson (60)	1,524	1
2	Alabama	1,456	3
3	Oklahoma	1,361	5
4	Georgia	1,324	4
5	Florida	1,237	8
6	LSU (1)	1,236	6
7	Notre Dame	1,155	10
8	Auburn	1,055	11
9	Texas	1,033	14
10	Texas A&M	983	13
11	Oklahoma State	927	15
12	North Carolina	892	18
13	Cincinnati	647	20
14	UCF	632	21
15	Tennessee	528	25
16	Memphis	496	NR
17	Miami	463	NR
18	Louisville	387	NR
19	Louisiana	377	NR
20	Virginia Tech	368	NR
21	BYU	358	NR
22	Army	244	NR
23	Appalachian State	238	NR
23	Kentucky	238	NR
25	Pittsburgh	158	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.