AP Poll 12/8

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1980

12/8/1980

Week 14

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Georgia (60)	1,274	1
2	Florida State (4)	1,208	3
3	Pittsburgh	1,127	4
4	Oklahoma	1,027	5
5	Michigan	947	6
6	Baylor	914	7
7	Notre Dame	860	2
8	Nebraska	801	9
9	Alabama	800	8
10	Penn State	644	10
11	Ohio State	578	11
12	USC	563	17
13	North Carolina	495	12
14	BYU	470	13
15	UCLA	464	14
16	Washington	439	15
17	Mississippi State	343	16
18	South Carolina	177	18
19	SMU	123	19
20	Miami	67	20

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.

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AP Poll 12/8