AP Poll 12/5

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1983

12/5/1983

Week 14

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Nebraska (51)	1,077	1
2	Texas (3)	1,028	2
3	Auburn	961	3
4	Illinois	889	4
5	Miami	875	5
6	SMU	813	6
7	Georgia	731	7
8	Michigan	671	8
9	BYU	619	9
10	Iowa	566	10
11	Florida	560	12
12	Clemson	536	11
13	Boston College	385	13
14	Ohio State	368	14
15	Pittsburgh	308	15
16	Air Force	217	17
16	Maryland	217	16
18	West Virginia	146	18
19	East Carolina	89	20
20	Baylor	41	NR
20	Oklahoma	41	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.