AP Poll 11/25

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1974

11/25/1974

Week 12

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Oklahoma (49)	1,134	1
2	Alabama (10)	1,036	2
3	Ohio State	968	4
4	Michigan	795	3
5	Notre Dame	641	5
6	USC	584	8
7	Auburn	560	7
8	Texas A&M	384	9
9	Nebraska	371	6
10	Penn State	362	10
11	Maryland	222	11
12	Miami (OH)	184	12
13	NC State	172	13
14	Michigan State	158	14
15	Houston	96	15
16	Baylor	95	16
17	Texas	60	17
18	Pittsburgh	35	18
19	Wisconsin	17	NR
20	BYU	15	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.