AP Poll 9/15

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1987

9/15/1987

Week 2

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Oklahoma (54)	1,193	1
2	Nebraska (6)	1,127	2
3	Auburn	1,027	4
4	LSU	926	6
5	Ohio State	908	5
6	Miami	873	7
7	Florida State	830	8
8	Clemson	689	10
9	Notre Dame	619	16
10	Washington	608	12
11	Alabama	563	19
12	Arkansas	556	13
13	UCLA	550	3
14	Tennessee	525	14
15	Arizona State	434	15
16	Pittsburgh	286	18
17	Michigan State	251	17
18	Georgia	187	20
19	Michigan	183	9
20	Penn State	140	11

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.