AP Poll 10/30

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1990

10/30/1990

Week 9

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Virginia (44)	1,462	1
2	Notre Dame (6)	1,380	3
3	Nebraska (5)	1,350	4
4	Auburn (2)	1,284	2
5	Illinois	1,230	5
6	Houston (2)	1,196	6
7	Washington (1)	1,189	7
8	Miami	1,074	8
9	Colorado	1,009	10
10	BYU	943	9
11	Tennessee	870	11
12	Florida State	807	12
13	Iowa	759	15
14	Texas	742	13
15	Florida	638	14
16	Georgia Tech	612	16
17	Mississippi	519	17
18	Clemson	424	19
19	Wyoming	407	18
20	Michigan	403	20
21	USC	333	21
22	Oregon	230	25
23	Arizona	225	23
24	Penn State	123	NR
25	Louisville	108	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.