AP Poll 9/11

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1990

9/11/1990

Week 2

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Notre Dame (37)	1,451	2
2	Auburn (8)	1,385	3
3	Florida State (11)	1,367	4
4	Michigan (7)	1,230	5
5	BYU (3)	1,171	16
6	USC	1,126	7
7	Tennessee	1,108	8
8	Nebraska (1)	1,047	10
9	Colorado	1,041	6
10	Miami	1,013	1
11	Virginia	1,005	14
12	Texas A&M	802	12
13	Pittsburgh	673	17
14	Oklahoma	662	23
15	Arkansas	647	15
16	Clemson	471	9
17	Ohio State	467	18
18	Houston	395	24
19	Michigan State	382	22
20	Arizona	370	NR
21	Illinois	365	11
22	Washington	345	20
23	Texas	214	NR
24	Florida	163	NR
25	Arizona State	113	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.