AP Poll 9/5

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1989

9/5/1989

Week 1

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Notre Dame (31)	1,430	2
2	Michigan (18)	1,419	1
3	Miami (4)	1,342	4
4	Nebraska (6)	1,335	3
5	Auburn	1,149	8
6	UCLA	1,110	9
7	Arkansas	968	10
8	Oklahoma	886	15
9	Colorado	860	14
10	Clemson	812	12
11	Illinois	811	22
12	Penn State	774	11
13	USC	650	5
14	Syracuse	606	13
15	Texas A&M	569	NR
16	Florida State	548	6
17	West Virginia	515	17
18	Southern Miss	486	NR
19	Alabama	434	16
20	Arizona	396	18
21	LSU	369	7
22	Houston	326	21
23	Pittsburgh	319	20
24	BYU	272	19
25	NC State	157	24

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.