AP Poll 12/3

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1979

12/3/1979

Week 13

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Ohio State (16)	1,267	3
2	Alabama (29)	1,265	1
3	USC (19)	1,257	2
4	Florida State	1,103	4
5	Oklahoma (1)	1,068	5
6	Arkansas	951	8
7	Nebraska	908	7
8	Houston	893	10
9	BYU (1)	848	9
10	Pittsburgh	728	11
11	Texas	677	6
12	Purdue	606	12
13	Washington	489	13
14	Michigan	452	15
15	Tulane	376	16
16	South Carolina	287	17
17	Auburn	244	14
18	Clemson	222	18
19	Baylor	106	20
20	Temple	65	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.