AP Poll 10/29

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1979

10/29/1979

Week 8

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Alabama (46)	1,235	1
2	Nebraska (7)	1,176	2
3	USC (4)	1,083	3
4	Houston (1)	1,058	6
5	Ohio State (5)	1,052	5
6	Florida State	900	8
7	Oklahoma	837	7
8	Texas	811	9
9	Arkansas	755	4
10	Michigan	662	10
11	BYU	653	11
12	Pittsburgh	546	12
13	Notre Dame	472	14
14	Wake Forest	458	18
15	Purdue	301	16
16	Washington	259	20
17	Tennessee	177	19
18	North Carolina	140	15
19	Penn State	126	NR
20	Auburn	92	13

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.