AP Poll Pre

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1957

7/1/1957

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Oklahoma (127)	1,659	1
2	Texas A&M (4)	996	5
3	Michigan State (20)	988	9
4	Minnesota (9)	919	12
5	Tennessee (3)	894	2
6	Michigan (3)	633	7
7	Baylor	517	11
8	Pittsburgh	487	13
9	Iowa (4)	465	3
10	Duke	331	NR
11	Georgia Tech	326	4
12	Navy	301	16
13	Oregon State	208	10
14	Miami (1)	202	6
15	Auburn	98	NR
16	Penn State	71	NR
17	Ohio State (1)	60	15
18	Notre Dame (2)	51	NR
19	USC	40	18
20	Kentucky	39	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.