AP Poll Final

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1975

1/5/1976

Week 14

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Oklahoma (55)	1,257	3
2	Arizona State (5)	1,038	7
3	Alabama (4)	964	4
4	Ohio State	957	1
5	UCLA	658	11
6	Texas	542	9
7	Arkansas	534	18
8	Michigan	528	5
9	Nebraska	456	6
10	Penn State	319	8
11	Texas A&M	260	2
12	Miami (OH)	194	16
13	Maryland	192	17
14	California	175	14
15	Pittsburgh	144	20
16	Colorado	90	10
17	USC	64	NR
18	Arizona	58	15
19	Georgia	57	12
20	West Virginia	32	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.