AP Poll 10/6

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1987

10/6/1987

Week 5

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Oklahoma (46)	1,183	1
2	Nebraska (8)	1,120	2
3	Miami (6)	1,112	3
4	Notre Dame	951	5
5	Auburn	875	6
6	Florida State	863	4
7	LSU	858	7
8	Clemson	828	8
9	Ohio State	718	9
10	Tennessee	699	10
11	UCLA	584	11
12	Michigan	505	12
13	Arizona State	466	13
14	Penn State	413	14
15	Alabama	324	17
16	Georgia	321	20
17	Syracuse	193	NR
18	Florida	154	19
19	Oklahoma State	122	NR
20	Arkansas	70	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.