AP Poll 10/10

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1989

10/10/1989

Week 6

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Notre Dame (54)	1,494	1
2	Miami (4)	1,428	2
3	Colorado (2)	1,371	3
4	Nebraska	1,298	4
5	Michigan	1,232	5
6	Tennessee	1,205	6
7	Arkansas	1,108	7
8	Houston	1,002	12
9	Pittsburgh	994	8
10	USC	951	9
11	Alabama	888	13
12	Auburn	869	11
13	NC State	727	14
14	Clemson	684	15
15	Oklahoma	679	16
16	Illinois	593	18
17	Air Force	498	20
17	Washington State	498	21
19	Florida State	470	22
20	West Virginia	394	10
21	Michigan State	273	24
22	UCLA	226	25
23	Penn State	82	NR
24	South Carolina	77	NR
25	BYU	66	NR
25	Florida	66	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.