AP Poll Pre

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1984

7/1/1984

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Auburn (30)	1,057	3
2	Nebraska (5)	922	2
3	Pittsburgh (2)	890	18
4	Clemson (11)	817	11
5	UCLA (5)	816	17
6	Texas	734	5
7	Ohio State	661	9
8	Notre Dame (1)	639	NR
9	Alabama (1)	632	15
10	Miami (1)	602	1
11	Penn State	589	NR
12	Iowa (1)	581	14
13	Arizona State (2)	578	NR
14	Michigan (1)	453	8
15	SMU	419	12
16	Oklahoma	374	NR
17	Florida	295	6
18	Washington	285	NR
19	Boston College	184	19
20	Florida State	119	NR

Associated Press Poll
Started in 1936.

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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.