AP Poll 11/1

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1982

11/1/1982

Week 9

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Pittsburgh (48)	1,181	1
2	SMU (5)	1,095	4
3	Georgia (3)	1,092	3
4	Arizona State (3)	986	7
5	Arkansas (1)	964	5
6	Nebraska	891	6
7	Penn State	850	8
8	Alabama	754	9
9	UCLA	727	11
10	Washington	660	2
11	LSU	602	13
12	Florida State	543	14
13	Clemson	415	15
14	Oklahoma	306	17
15	Michigan	294	20
16	USC	281	12
17	West Virginia	277	18
18	North Carolina	233	10
19	Maryland	184	NR
20	Florida	121	NR

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.