AP Poll 10/22

Associated Press Poll

Year: 2023

10/22/2023

Week 8

Rank	Rec	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	7-0	Georgia (38)	1,536	1
2	8-0	Michigan (19)	1,504	2
3	7-0	Ohio State (3)	1,454	3
4	7-0	Florida State (3)	1,408	4
5	7-0	Washington	1,325	5
6	7-0	Oklahoma	1,267	6
7	6-1	Texas	1,150	8
8	6-1	Oregon	1,133	9
9	7-1	Alabama	1,071	11
10	6-1	Penn State	999	7
11	6-1	Oregon State	922	12
12	6-1	Mississippi	889	13
13	6-1	Utah	868	14
14	6-2	Notre Dame	718	15
15	6-2	LSU	687	19
16	7-1	Missouri	594	20
17	6-1	North Carolina	506	10
18	6-1	Louisville	420	21
19	7-0	Air Force	395	22
20	5-2	Duke	371	16
21	5-2	Tennessee	306	17
22	6-1	Tulane	248	23
23	5-2	UCLA	243	25
24	6-2	USC	193	18
25	7-0	James Madison	167	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.