AP Poll 10/30

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1978

10/30/1978

Week 8

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Oklahoma (52)	1,228	1
2	Penn State (10)	1,168	2
3	Alabama	1,074	3
4	Nebraska	995	4
5	Maryland	966	5
6	USC	948	6
7	Texas	835	7
8	Michigan	783	8
9	UCLA	761	10
10	Houston	759	11
11	Navy	549	18
12	LSU	477	14
13	Georgia	475	16
14	Purdue	452	17
15	Notre Dame	339	19
16	Clemson	311	20
17	Arkansas	298	9
18	Michigan State	101	NR
19	Pittsburgh	80	15
20	Washington	75	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.