AP Poll 9/29

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1958

9/29/1958

Week 2

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Oklahoma (66)	1,387	2
2	Auburn (58)	1,206	3
3	Ohio State (23)	1,117	1
4	Michigan State (3)	1,003	4
5	Army (5)	848	8
6	Mississippi (2)	727	9
7	Notre Dame (2)	673	5
8	Iowa (15)	626	NR
9	Wisconsin (2)	338	14
10	Clemson (2)	333	NR
11	Mississippi State	324	11
12	Pittsburgh	305	7
13	LSU	167	15
14	Purdue	101	NR
15	Navy	88	12
16	Michigan	84	NR
17	SMU (1)	61	20
17	Texas	61	NR
19	Houston	48	NR
20	Vanderbilt	42	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.