AP Poll 10/7

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1974

10/7/1974

Week 5

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Ohio State (33)	1,144	1
2	Oklahoma (24)	1,124	2
3	Alabama (1)	958	3
4	Michigan (2)	893	4
5	Nebraska	664	6
6	Notre Dame	485	7
7	USC	431	9
8	Florida	418	13
9	Texas Tech	411	10
10	Auburn (1)	395	11
11	NC State	327	8
12	Arizona	229	12
13	Wisconsin	174	NR
14	Arkansas	133	20
15	Penn State	98	15
16	Texas A&M	95	5
17	Texas	71	19
18	Arizona State	51	18
19	Kansas	34	NR
20	Miami (OH)	20	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.