AP Poll 11/19

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1979

11/19/1979

Week 11

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Alabama (32)	1,238	1
2	Ohio State (18)	1,214	2
3	Nebraska (4)	1,157	3
4	USC (10)	1,151	4
5	Florida State	1,019	5
6	Texas	959	6
7	Arkansas	865	8
8	Oklahoma	848	7
9	Houston	811	9
10	BYU	705	10
11	Pittsburgh	652	11
12	Purdue	598	12
13	Clemson	487	14
14	Auburn	376	15
14	Washington	376	16
16	Michigan	357	13
17	Baylor	215	20
18	Tulane	184	21
19	South Carolina	124	NR
20	Penn State	93	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.