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AP Poll 12/4

Associated Press Poll
Year: 1972
12/4/1972
Week 13
Rank Team (FPV) Points Prev  
1   USC (50)1,0001
2   Oklahoma 8783
3   Ohio State 6664
4   Alabama 6062
5   Penn State 5545
6   Auburn 5369
7   Texas 4846
8   Michigan 4677
9   Nebraska 3858
10   LSU 27311
11   Tennessee 25912
12   Notre Dame 22710
13   Colorado 17413
14   UCLA 7915
15   Arizona State 6816
16   North Carolina 6014
17   Louisville 2217
18   West Virginia 1818
19   Washington State 1019
20   Purdue 3NR
Associated Press Poll
Started in 1936.

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.






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