AP Poll 9/24

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1973

9/24/1973

Week 3

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	USC (36)	1,120	1
2	Nebraska (12)	1,022	2
3	Ohio State (8)	955	3
4	Michigan (1)	844	5
5	Alabama (1)	766	4
6	Penn State (2)	654	7
7	Notre Dame	585	8
8	Oklahoma (1)	422	9
9	Tennessee	354	10
10	LSU	281	11
11	Auburn	239	12
12	Oklahoma State	197	17
13	Arizona State	166	13
14	Texas	148	6
15	Houston	92	16
16	Florida	66	15
17	UCLA	60	18
18	Miami	59	NR
19	NC State	53	14
20	Missouri	36	21

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.