AP Poll Pre

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1992

7/1/1992

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Miami (40)	1,511	1
2	Washington (12)	1,453	2
3	Notre Dame (6)	1,405	13
4	Florida	1,252	7
5	Florida State (1)	1,239	4
6	Michigan (1)	1,236	6
7	Texas A&M (1)	1,135	12
8	Penn State	1,122	3
9	Alabama (1)	1,093	5
10	Syracuse	949	11
11	Nebraska	820	15
12	Colorado	737	20
13	Clemson	719	18
14	Georgia	686	17
15	Oklahoma	662	16
16	Iowa	594	10
17	Stanford	543	22
18	UCLA	527	19
19	Ohio State	415	NR
20	California	377	8
21	Tennessee	283	14
22	Mississippi State	239	NR
23	Georgia Tech	175	NR
24	BYU	141	23
25	Texas	140	NR

Associated Press Poll
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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.