AP Poll 9/12

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1989

9/12/1989

Week 2

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Notre Dame (37)	1,463	1
2	Michigan (15)	1,440	2
3	Miami (5)	1,360	3
4	Nebraska (3)	1,303	4
5	Auburn	1,249	5
6	Oklahoma	1,121	8
7	Clemson	1,073	10
8	Colorado	1,065	9
9	Arkansas	1,035	7
10	Illinois	953	11
11	Syracuse	900	14
12	West Virginia	713	17
13	USC	647	13
14	Pittsburgh	598	23
15	Washington	514	NR
16	Alabama	508	19
17	Tennessee	492	NR
18	Houston	470	22
19	NC State	394	25
20	UCLA	365	6
21	LSU	310	21
22	Texas A&M	168	15
23	Washington State	157	NR
24	Iowa	135	NR
25	Mississippi State	120	NR

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.