AP Poll 11/16

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1942

11/16/1942

Week 6

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Georgia (69)	1,171	1
2	Georgia Tech (13)	1,095	2
3	Boston College (37)	1,025	3
4	Michigan (3)	827	6
5	Ohio State (1)	609	10
6	Tulsa (2)	532	9
7	Wisconsin	408	7
8	Notre Dame	279	4
9	Alabama	266	5
10	Minnesota	150	16
11	Tennessee	105	11
12	Washington State (1)	74	14
13	William & Mary	60	15
14	Santa Clara	54	NR
14	Texas	54	8
16	USC	19	NR
17	Hardin-Simmons	18	19
18	Indiana	16	NR
18	TCU	16	NR
18	UCLA	16	18

Associated Press Poll
Started in 1936.

More Info

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.