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Associated Press Poll
Year: 1980
1/5/1981
Week 15
Rank
Rec
Team (FPV)
Pts
Prv
 
1
  Georgia (59)
1,252
1
2
  Pittsburgh (4)
1,188
3
3
  Oklahoma 
1,100
4
4
  Michigan 
1,033
5
5
  Florida State (1)
970
2
6
  Alabama 
928
9
7
  Nebraska 
879
8
8
  Penn State 
797
10
9
  Notre Dame 
699
7
10
  North Carolina 
665
13
11
  USC 
610
12
12
  BYU 
584
14
13
  UCLA 
502
15
14
  Baylor 
494
6
15
  Ohio State 
389
11
16
  Washington 
253
16
17
  Purdue 
198
NR
18
  Miami 
192
20
19
  Mississippi State 
159
17
20
  SMU 
98
19
# 1
  Georgia (59)
# 2
  Pittsburgh (4)
# 3
  Oklahoma 
# 4
  Michigan 
# 5
  Florida State (1)
# 6
  Alabama 
# 7
  Nebraska 
# 8
  Penn State 
# 9
  Notre Dame 
# 10
  North Carolina 
# 11
  USC 
# 12
  BYU 
# 13
  UCLA 
# 14
  Baylor 
# 15
  Ohio State 
# 16
  Washington 
# 17
  Purdue 
# 18
  Miami 
# 19
  Mississippi State 
# 20
  SMU 
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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