AP Poll 9/8

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1975

9/8/1975

Week 1

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Oklahoma (51)	1,108	1
2	Michigan (1)	918	3
3	Ohio State (3)	787	4
4	USC	746	5
5	Missouri (1)	579	NR
6	Nebraska	528	7
7	Auburn	397	8
8	Texas A&M	382	9
9	Notre Dame	300	10
10	Penn State	282	6
11	Michigan State	280	12
12	Texas	257	11
13	Alabama	196	2
14	Maryland	125	17
15	NC State	124	13
16	UCLA	85	14
17	Arizona	71	16
18	Pittsburgh	63	NR
19	Florida	59	15
20	Tennessee	50	18

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.