AP Poll 11/22

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1971

11/22/1971

Week 11

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Nebraska (40)	1,024	1
2	Oklahoma (8)	976	2
3	Alabama (1)	740	4
4	Michigan (3)	695	3
5	Auburn (1)	653	5
6	Penn State (2)	625	6
7	Georgia	445	8
8	Colorado	356	10
9	Arizona State	338	9
10	LSU	273	14
11	Tennessee	236	11
12	Texas	229	12
13	Notre Dame	116	7
14	Toledo	107	13
15	Houston	82	16
16	Stanford	73	18
17	Arkansas	71	17
18	Mississippi	56	20
19	North Carolina	53	NR
20	Washington	50	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.