AP Poll 11/8

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1971

11/8/1971

Week 9

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Nebraska (41)	1,060	1
2	Oklahoma (6)	968	2
3	Michigan (6)	876	3
4	Alabama	738	4
5	Penn State (1)	618	6
6	Auburn (1)	601	5
7	Georgia	551	7
8	Notre Dame	446	8
9	Arizona State	283	10
10	Stanford	255	12
11	Tennessee	226	11
12	Colorado	215	13
13	Texas	138	15
14	Toledo	121	14
15	USC	59	17
16	Ohio State	56	9
17	Arkansas	50	16
18	Houston	47	19
19	Washington	36	20
20	LSU	29	18

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.