AP Poll Pre

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1970

7/1/1970

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Ohio State (19)	646	4
2	Texas (7)	599	1
3	USC (6)	551	3
4	Arkansas (1)	378	7
5	Mississippi (1)	361	8
6	Notre Dame	341	5
7	Penn State (1)	308	2
8	Michigan	237	9
9	Nebraska	216	11
10	Stanford	201	19
11	Missouri	157	6
12	LSU (1)	131	10
13	Houston	123	12
14	Kansas State	107	NR
15	Florida	84	14
16	Alabama	49	NR
17	South Carolina	40	NR
18	UCLA	38	13
19	Arizona State	35	NR
20	Auburn	28	20
20	Oklahoma	28	NR
20	West Virginia	28	17

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.