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AP Poll 10/5

 
Associated Press Poll
Year: 1959
10/5/1959
Week 3
Rank
Rec
Team (FPV)
Pts
Prv
 
1
  LSU (69)
1,064
1
2
  Northwestern (30)
1,041
2
3
  Georgia Tech 
665
7
4
  Texas 
656
10
5
  Mississippi (2)
601
3
6
  USC (9)
575
11
7
  Purdue 
446
NR
8
  Tennessee 
429
9
9
  Wisconsin 
233
12
10
  Iowa 
182
5
11
  South Carolina (3)
155
16
12
  Syracuse (1)
132
20
13
  Oklahoma (2)
110
NR
14
  Auburn 
88
17
15
  SMU 
63
NR
16
  Penn State (2)
60
NR
17
  Florida 
56
19
18
  Air Force 
35
18
19
  Arkansas 
34
NR
20
  Illinois 
33
NR
# 1
  LSU (69)
# 2
  Northwestern (30)
# 3
  Georgia Tech 
# 4
  Texas 
# 5
  Mississippi (2)
# 6
  USC (9)
# 7
  Purdue 
# 8
  Tennessee 
# 9
  Wisconsin 
# 10
  Iowa 
# 11
  South Carolina (3)
# 12
  Syracuse (1)
# 13
  Oklahoma (2)
# 14
  Auburn 
# 15
  SMU 
# 16
  Penn State (2)
# 17
  Florida 
# 18
  Air Force 
# 19
  Arkansas 
# 20
  Illinois 
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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