AP Poll 12/2

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1974

12/2/1974

Week 13

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Oklahoma (49)	1,198	1
2	Alabama (12)	1,112	2
3	Ohio State	982	3
4	Michigan	828	4
5	USC	616	6
6	Auburn	544	7
7	Penn State	502	10
8	Nebraska	500	9
9	Notre Dame	369	5
10	Maryland	258	11
11	Texas	254	17
12	Baylor	239	16
13	NC State	228	13
14	Michigan State	197	14
15	Miami (OH)	154	12
16	Texas A&M	79	8
17	BYU	31	20
18	Florida	28	NR
19	Arizona	20	NR
20	Pittsburgh	18	18
20	Wisconsin	18	19

Associated Press Poll
Started in 1936.

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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.