AP Poll 11/3

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1987

11/3/1987

Week 9

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Oklahoma (38)	1,173	1
2	Nebraska (15)	1,137	2
3	Miami (7)	1,108	3
4	Florida State	987	4
5	LSU	943	5
6	Auburn	906	6
7	UCLA	835	7
8	Syracuse	798	8
9	Notre Dame	751	9
10	Clemson	599	14
10	Georgia	599	12
12	Oklahoma State	437	17
13	Alabama	393	16
13	South Carolina	393	19
15	Michigan State	386	20
16	Penn State	309	18
17	Florida	229	10
18	Indiana	224	11
19	Tennessee	90	13
20	Texas A&M	84	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.