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AP Poll 10/9

 
Associated Press Poll
Year: 1978
10/9/1978
Week 5
Rank
Rec
Team (FPV)
Pts
Prv
 
1
  Oklahoma (52)
1,248
1
2
  USC (5)
1,144
2
3
  Arkansas (3)
1,071
4
3
  Penn State (3)
1,071
5
5
  Michigan 
1,040
3
6
  Texas A&M 
931
7
7
  Alabama 
841
8
8
  Nebraska 
743
10
9
  Pittsburgh 
733
9
10
  Maryland 
680
12
11
  LSU 
635
11
12
  Texas 
597
6
13
  Colorado 
571
13
14
  UCLA 
452
16
15
  Florida State 
226
18
16
  Ohio State 
158
14
17
  Houston 
124
NR
18
  Stanford 
115
17
19
  Missouri 
110
NR
20
  Iowa State 
101
15
# 1
  Oklahoma (52)
# 2
  USC (5)
# 3
  Arkansas (3)
# 3
  Penn State (3)
# 5
  Michigan 
# 6
  Texas A&M 
# 7
  Alabama 
# 8
  Nebraska 
# 9
  Pittsburgh 
# 10
  Maryland 
# 11
  LSU 
# 12
  Texas 
# 13
  Colorado 
# 14
  UCLA 
# 15
  Florida State 
# 16
  Ohio State 
# 17
  Houston 
# 18
  Stanford 
# 19
  Missouri 
# 20
  Iowa State 
Associated Press Poll
Started in 1936.

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.





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