AP Poll 9/11

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1984

9/11/1984

Week 2

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Nebraska (35)	1,150	2
2	Clemson (15)	1,100	3
3	Michigan (3)	948	14
4	Texas (1)	922	5
5	Iowa (2)	824	10
5	Miami (1)	824	1
7	UCLA (2)	800	4
8	BYU (1)	749	13
9	Ohio State	693	6
10	Boston College	668	18
11	Auburn	664	8
12	Penn State	489	11
13	Oklahoma State	456	NR
14	SMU	443	15
15	Oklahoma	409	16
16	Washington	352	19
17	Pittsburgh	219	17
18	Florida State	196	20
19	Alabama	192	9
20	USC	97	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.