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Associated Press Poll
Year: 1985
1/5/1986
Week 16
Rank
Rec
Team (FPV)
Pts
Prv
 
1
  Oklahoma (55)
1,138
3
2
  Michigan (1)
1,032
5
3
  Penn State 
990
1
4
  Tennessee (1)
957
8
5
  Florida 
929
6
6
  Texas A&M 
792
11
7
  UCLA 
767
13
8
  Air Force 
755
10
9
  Miami 
699
2
10
  Iowa 
621
4
11
  Nebraska 
500
7
12
  Arkansas 
495
14
13
  Alabama 
484
15
14
  Ohio State 
409
17
15
  Florida State 
359
18
16
  BYU 
228
9
17
  Baylor 
184
NR
18
  Maryland 
158
21
19
  Georgia Tech 
128
NR
20
  LSU 
126
12
# 1
  Oklahoma (55)
# 2
  Michigan (1)
# 3
  Penn State 
# 4
  Tennessee (1)
# 5
  Florida 
# 6
  Texas A&M 
# 7
  UCLA 
# 8
  Air Force 
# 9
  Miami 
# 10
  Iowa 
# 11
  Nebraska 
# 12
  Arkansas 
# 13
  Alabama 
# 14
  Ohio State 
# 15
  Florida State 
# 16
  BYU 
# 17
  Baylor 
# 18
  Maryland 
# 19
  Georgia Tech 
# 20
  LSU 
Associated Press Poll
Started in 1936.

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.





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