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AP Poll 9/21

 
Associated Press Poll
Year: 1981
9/21/1981
Week 3
Rank
Rec
Team (FPV)
Pts
Prv
 
1
  USC (46)
1,258
2
2
  Oklahoma (15)
1,203
3
3
  Penn State (2)
1,092
5
4
  Texas (1)
1,038
6
5
  Pittsburgh 
976
7
6
  UCLA 
912
9
7
  Michigan (1)
903
11
8
  Ohio State 
832
8
9
  North Carolina 
806
10
10
  Alabama 
556
12
11
  BYU 
554
13
12
  Mississippi State 
549
14
13
  Notre Dame 
548
1
14
  Miami 
439
16
15
  Nebraska 
412
17
16
  Washington 
378
15
17
  Georgia 
365
4
18
  Arizona State 
265
18
19
  Clemson 
227
NR
20
  SMU 
125
NR
# 1
  USC (46)
# 2
  Oklahoma (15)
# 3
  Penn State (2)
# 4
  Texas (1)
# 5
  Pittsburgh 
# 6
  UCLA 
# 7
  Michigan (1)
# 8
  Ohio State 
# 9
  North Carolina 
# 10
  Alabama 
# 11
  BYU 
# 12
  Mississippi State 
# 13
  Notre Dame 
# 14
  Miami 
# 15
  Nebraska 
# 16
  Washington 
# 17
  Georgia 
# 18
  Arizona State 
# 19
  Clemson 
# 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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