AP Poll 10/4

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1943

10/4/1943

Week 1

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Notre Dame (53)	977	6
2	Michigan (36)	880	9
3	Army (4)	631	NR
4	Navy (3)	616	NR
5	Duke (4)	575	NR
6	Pennsylvania (1)	434	NR
7	Purdue (2)	392	NR
8	Iowa Pre-Flight (2)	251	NR
9	Minnesota (1)	237	20
10	USC	179	NR
11	Southwestern Texas	123	NR
12	Great Lakes	112	NR
13	Memphis Naval	95	NR
14	Dartmouth	59	NR
15	Del Monte Pre-Flight	57	NR
16	March Field 4th AF	25	NR
17	LSU	24	NR
18	Ohio State	23	1
19	Northwestern	18	NR
20	College of Pacific	17	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.