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AP Poll 12/4

 
Associated Press Poll
Year: 1972
12/4/1972
Week 13
Rank
Rec
Team (FPV)
Pts
Prv
 
1
  USC (50)
1,000
1
2
  Oklahoma 
878
3
3
  Ohio State 
666
4
4
  Alabama 
606
2
5
  Penn State 
554
5
6
  Auburn 
536
9
7
  Texas 
484
6
8
  Michigan 
467
7
9
  Nebraska 
385
8
10
  LSU 
273
11
11
  Tennessee 
259
12
12
  Notre Dame 
227
10
13
  Colorado 
174
13
14
  UCLA 
79
15
15
  Arizona State 
68
16
16
  North Carolina 
60
14
17
  Louisville 
22
17
18
  West Virginia 
18
18
19
  Washington State 
10
19
20
  Purdue 
3
NR
# 1
  USC (50)
# 2
  Oklahoma 
# 3
  Ohio State 
# 4
  Alabama 
# 5
  Penn State 
# 6
  Auburn 
# 7
  Texas 
# 8
  Michigan 
# 9
  Nebraska 
# 10
  LSU 
# 11
  Tennessee 
# 12
  Notre Dame 
# 13
  Colorado 
# 14
  UCLA 
# 15
  Arizona State 
# 16
  North Carolina 
# 17
  Louisville 
# 18
  West Virginia 
# 19
  Washington State 
# 20
  Purdue 
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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