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AP Poll 10/8

 
Associated Press Poll
Year: 1979
10/8/1979
Week 5
Rank
Rec
Team (FPV)
Pts
Prv
 
1
  USC (53)
1,285
1
2
  Alabama (11)
1,248
2
3
  Oklahoma 
1,126
3
4
  Texas (1)
1,101
4
5
  Nebraska 
1,059
5
6
  Washington 
889
7
7
  Houston 
884
6
8
  Ohio State 
781
8
9
  Florida State 
756
9
10
  Notre Dame 
664
10
11
  Michigan 
648
11
12
  Arkansas 
629
13
13
  LSU 
504
17
14
  North Carolina 
455
18
15
  Missouri 
414
15
16
  BYU 
323
20
17
  NC State 
100
14
18
  Auburn 
98
NR
19
  Michigan State 
77
16
20
  Purdue 
62
12
# 1
  USC (53)
# 2
  Alabama (11)
# 3
  Oklahoma 
# 4
  Texas (1)
# 5
  Nebraska 
# 6
  Washington 
# 7
  Houston 
# 8
  Ohio State 
# 9
  Florida State 
# 10
  Notre Dame 
# 11
  Michigan 
# 12
  Arkansas 
# 13
  LSU 
# 14
  North Carolina 
# 15
  Missouri 
# 16
  BYU 
# 17
  NC State 
# 18
  Auburn 
# 19
  Michigan State 
# 20
  Purdue 
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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