AP Poll 10/12

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1959

10/12/1959

Week 4

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	LSU (83)	1,223	1
2	Northwestern (10)	1,006	2
3	Texas (10)	968	4
4	Georgia Tech (6)	713	3
5	Mississippi (6)	712	5
6	Purdue (5)	575	7
7	USC (7)	559	6
8	Syracuse (2)	386	12
9	Iowa (5)	357	10
10	Penn State (4)	207	16
11	Auburn (1)	165	14
12	Arkansas	142	19
13	Illinois	91	20
14	Tennessee	79	8
15	Clemson	64	NR
15	SMU	64	15
17	Air Force	55	18
18	Washington	43	NR
19	Florida	38	17
20	Pittsburgh	36	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.