AP Poll 11/2

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1959

11/2/1959

Week 7

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	LSU (132)	1,859	1
2	Northwestern (30)	1,596	2
3	Texas (6)	1,442	4
4	Syracuse (14)	1,374	5
5	Mississippi (1)	1,123	3
6	USC (4)	878	6
7	Penn State (8)	810	7
8	Auburn (3)	677	8
9	Wisconsin (2)	446	10
10	Clemson (2)	224	12
11	Georgia	142	14
12	Washington	87	18
13	Tennessee	76	20
14	Purdue	58	11
15	Oregon	53	16
16	Arkansas	37	17
17	TCU	36	15
18	Air Force	27	NR
19	Georgia Tech	25	9
20	North Texas	20	NR

Associated Press Poll
Started in 1936.

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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.