AP Poll 10/14

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1957

10/14/1957

Week 4

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Michigan State (92)	1,797	2
2	Oklahoma (64)	1,704	1
3	Texas A&M (5)	1,215	3
4	Minnesota (6)	1,184	4
5	Duke (5)	893	5
6	Iowa (10)	867	8
7	Oregon State (1)	691	7
8	Notre Dame (3)	585	12
9	Auburn (6)	548	9
10	Arkansas (5)	373	11
11	Mississippi (1)	225	14
12	NC State	148	13
13	Wisconsin	123	16
14	North Carolina	100	18
15	Navy	53	NR
16	Pittsburgh	39	20
17	LSU	36	NR
18	Michigan	30	6
19	Army	29	10
19	Rice	29	15
19	Washington State	29	NR

Associated Press Poll
Started in 1936.

More Info

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.