AP Poll 9/17

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1991

9/17/1991

Week 3

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Florida State (47)	1,436	1
2	Miami (8)	1,345	2
3	Michigan (1)	1,329	3
4	Washington (1)	1,270	4
5	Florida (1)	1,250	6
6	Tennessee	1,107	11
7	Oklahoma	1,047	9
8	Clemson	1,028	8
9	Nebraska	899	13
10	Iowa	864	14
11	Notre Dame	856	7
12	Penn State	715	5
13	Auburn	711	15
14	Baylor	638	23
15	Texas A&M	611	20
16	Ohio State	526	19
17	Georgia Tech	491	17
18	Syracuse	404	22
19	Colorado	365	12
20	Pittsburgh	350	24
21	Houston	336	10
22	USC	309	NR
23	Mississippi State	302	25
24	California	119	NR
25	Georgia	116	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.