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AP Poll 10/15

 
Associated Press Poll
Year: 1956
10/15/1956
Week 4
Rank
Rec
Team (FPV)
Pts
Prv
 
1
  Oklahoma (67)
1,173
1
2
  Michigan State (45)
1,148
2
3
  Georgia Tech (5)
900
3
4
  TCU (2)
751
4
5
  Ohio State 
721
5
6
  Mississippi (7)
552
7
7
  Tennessee (3)
531
6
8
  Michigan 
411
12
9
  USC 
272
8
10
  Baylor 
168
10
11
  Miami (1)
139
11
12
  Iowa 
72
NR
13
  Syracuse 
58
NR
14
  Texas A&M 
41
9
15
  Clemson 
32
NR
16
  Pittsburgh 
30
NR
17
  Purdue 
26
NR
18
  Virginia Tech 
20
NR
19
  Tulane 
19
NR
20
  South Carolina 
16
20
# 1
  Oklahoma (67)
# 2
  Michigan State (45)
# 3
  Georgia Tech (5)
# 4
  TCU (2)
# 5
  Ohio State 
# 6
  Mississippi (7)
# 7
  Tennessee (3)
# 8
  Michigan 
# 9
  USC 
# 10
  Baylor 
# 11
  Miami (1)
# 12
  Iowa 
# 13
  Syracuse 
# 14
  Texas A&M 
# 15
  Clemson 
# 16
  Pittsburgh 
# 17
  Purdue 
# 18
  Virginia Tech 
# 19
  Tulane 
# 20
  South Carolina 
Associated Press Poll
Started in 1936.

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.





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