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AP Poll 12/8

 
Associated Press Poll
Year: 1980
12/8/1980
Week 14
Rank
Rec
Team (FPV)
Pts
Prv
 
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
# 1
  Georgia (60)
# 2
  Florida State (4)
# 3
  Pittsburgh 
# 4
  Oklahoma 
# 5
  Michigan 
# 6
  Baylor 
# 7
  Notre Dame 
# 8
  Nebraska 
# 9
  Alabama 
# 10
  Penn State 
# 11
  Ohio State 
# 12
  USC 
# 13
  North Carolina 
# 14
  BYU 
# 15
  UCLA 
# 16
  Washington 
# 17
  Mississippi State 
# 18
  South Carolina 
# 19
  SMU 
# 20
  Miami 
Associated Press Poll
Started in 1936.

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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