AP Poll Pre

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1990

7/1/1990

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Miami (24)	1,431	1
2	Notre Dame (22)	1,406	2
3	Auburn (3)	1,311	6
4	Florida State (6)	1,268	3
5	Colorado (4)	1,258	4
6	Michigan	1,116	7
7	Nebraska	1,019	11
8	Tennessee	982	5
9	USC	977	8
10	Clemson	919	12
11	Illinois	900	10
12	Alabama	728	9
13	Texas A&M	719	20
14	Arkansas	629	13
15	Virginia	575	18
16	BYU	557	22
17	Ohio State	502	24
18	Pittsburgh	459	17
19	UCLA	404	NR
20	Washington	394	23
21	Penn State	362	15
22	Oklahoma	311	NR
23	Michigan State (1)	288	16
24	Houston	195	14
25	West Virginia	119	21

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.