AP Poll 11/2

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1936

11/2/1936

Week 3

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Northwestern (31)	412	3
2	Minnesota (10)	371	1
3	Fordham (2)	227	5
4	Marquette	212	10
5	Pittsburgh	191	2
6	Washington	181	4
7	LSU	168	8
8	Nebraska	165	11
9	Santa Clara	145	19
10	Tulane	93	9
11	USC	76	7
12	SMU	40	15
13	Notre Dame	17	NR
14	Alabama	16	NR
15	Duke	10	13
15	Pennsylvania	10	20
17	Washington State	8	NR
18	Dartmouth	4	NR
18	Tennessee	4	NR
20	Auburn	3	16

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.