AP Poll 10/2

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1978

10/2/1978

Week 4

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Oklahoma (38)	1,226	1
2	USC (14)	1,166	3
3	Michigan (6)	1,093	4
4	Arkansas (3)	1,062	2
5	Penn State (2)	1,049	5
6	Texas	917	6
7	Texas A&M	853	8
8	Alabama	842	7
9	Pittsburgh	669	9
10	Nebraska	650	12
11	LSU	621	11
12	Maryland	536	15
13	Colorado	484	16
14	Ohio State	425	13
15	Iowa State	400	17
16	UCLA	296	18
17	Stanford	190	20
18	Florida State	184	10
19	Auburn	117	NR
20	NC State	109	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.