AP Poll 11/15

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1971

11/15/1971

Week 10

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Nebraska (40)	1,066	1
2	Oklahoma (8)	986	2
3	Michigan (4)	788	3
4	Alabama (1)	775	4
5	Auburn (1)	686	6
6	Penn State (1)	635	5
7	Notre Dame	446	8
8	Georgia	373	7
9	Arizona State	353	9
10	Colorado	313	12
11	Tennessee	250	11
12	Texas	235	13
13	Toledo	143	14
14	LSU	96	20
15	USC	79	15
16	Houston	78	18
17	Arkansas	51	17
18	Stanford	29	10
19	Michigan State	22	NR
20	Mississippi	7	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.