AP Poll 9/26

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1989

9/26/1989

Week 4

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Notre Dame (57)	1,497	1
2	Miami (3)	1,432	2
3	Nebraska	1,315	3
4	Auburn	1,284	4
5	Colorado	1,236	6
6	Michigan	1,193	5
7	Clemson	1,186	7
8	Arkansas	1,030	8
9	West Virginia	955	9
10	Pittsburgh	943	13
11	USC	852	12
12	Tennessee	803	14
13	Alabama	725	15
14	Houston	659	17
15	NC State	565	18
16	Oklahoma	544	16
17	Arizona	495	23
18	Syracuse	462	10
19	Washington State	422	19
20	Illinois	366	20
21	Washington	320	11
22	Texas A&M	233	21
23	Georgia	213	NR
24	Air Force	163	NR
25	Florida State	145	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.