AP Poll Final

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1979

1/5/1980

Week 14

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Alabama (46)	1,317	2
2	USC (21)	1,289	3
3	Oklahoma	1,163	5
4	Ohio State	1,160	1
5	Houston	1,084	8
6	Florida State	893	4
7	Pittsburgh	872	10
8	Arkansas	857	6
9	Nebraska	852	7
10	Purdue	739	12
11	Washington	690	13
12	Texas	484	11
13	BYU	474	9
14	Baylor	358	19
15	North Carolina	311	NR
16	Auburn	263	17
17	Temple	213	20
18	Michigan	207	14
19	Indiana	206	NR
20	Penn State	168	NR

Associated Press Poll
Started in 1936.

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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.