AP Poll 9/23

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1991

9/23/1991

Week 4

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Florida State (48)	1,486	1
2	Miami (8)	1,412	2
3	Michigan (1)	1,375	3
4	Washington (3)	1,365	4
5	Tennessee	1,191	6
6	Oklahoma	1,166	7
7	Clemson	1,159	8
8	Notre Dame	1,000	11
9	Iowa	933	10
10	Penn State	870	12
10	Syracuse	870	18
12	Baylor	850	14
13	Auburn	825	13
14	Florida	712	5
15	Ohio State	647	16
16	Nebraska	548	9
17	Colorado	534	19
18	Pittsburgh	503	20
19	Georgia Tech	498	17
20	California	344	24
21	Mississippi State	266	23
22	Alabama	151	NR
23	North Carolina	136	NR
24	Arizona State	124	NR
25	Illinois	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.