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AP Poll 11/23

 
Associated Press Poll
Year: 1981
11/23/1981
Week 12
Rank
Rec
Team (FPV)
Pts
Prv
 
1
  Pittsburgh (60)
1,294
1
2
  Clemson (5)
1,234
2
3
  Georgia 
1,157
3
4
  Alabama 
1,054
4
5
  Nebraska 
1,015
5
6
  SMU 
965
6
7
  Texas 
907
8
8
  USC 
797
10
9
  Miami 
708
11
10
  North Carolina 
656
12
11
  Penn State 
645
13
12
  Washington 
604
17
13
  Iowa 
491
19
14
  BYU 
377
18
15
  Ohio State 
330
NR
16
  Michigan 
292
7
17
  Southern Miss 
264
9
18
  Arizona State 
253
20
19
  UCLA 
199
15
20
  Washington State 
139
14
# 1
  Pittsburgh (60)
# 2
  Clemson (5)
# 3
  Georgia 
# 4
  Alabama 
# 5
  Nebraska 
# 6
  SMU 
# 7
  Texas 
# 8
  USC 
# 9
  Miami 
# 10
  North Carolina 
# 11
  Penn State 
# 12
  Washington 
# 13
  Iowa 
# 14
  BYU 
# 15
  Ohio State 
# 16
  Michigan 
# 17
  Southern Miss 
# 18
  Arizona State 
# 19
  UCLA 
# 20
  Washington State 
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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