AP Poll 9/21

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1959

9/21/1959

Week 1

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	LSU (64)	1,105	1
2	Oklahoma (12)	506	2
3	Auburn (6)	474	3
4	Mississippi (6)	468	8
5	Clemson	370	18
6	SMU	262	4
7	Army	243	5
8	Wisconsin	218	6
9	TCU	185	13
10	Northwestern	164	10
11	USC (4)	162	NR
12	Ohio State	154	7
13	Iowa	128	9
13	Navy	128	NR
15	Texas	112	17
16	Georgia Tech	106	NR
17	Georgia	88	NR
18	Penn State (2)	70	NR
19	Florida	54	NR
20	South Carolina	44	14

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.