AP Poll Pre

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1975

7/1/1975

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Oklahoma (54)	1,184	1
2	Alabama (1)	914	5
3	Michigan (1)	842	3
4	Ohio State (3)	814	4
5	USC	734	2
6	Penn State (1)	469	7
7	Nebraska	457	9
8	Auburn	422	8
9	Texas A&M	378	16
10	Notre Dame	339	6
11	Texas	308	18
12	Michigan State	304	12
13	NC State	135	11
14	UCLA	113	NR
15	Florida	92	15
16	Arizona	63	NR
17	Maryland	52	13
18	Tennessee	51	20
19	Arkansas	48	NR
20	Stanford	42	NR

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.