AP Poll 12/7

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1993

12/7/1993

Week 15

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Florida State (42)	1,507	1
2	Nebraska (15)	1,468	2
3	West Virginia (3)	1,420	3
4	Notre Dame (1)	1,353	5
5	Auburn (1)	1,343	4
6	Tennessee	1,255	6
7	Texas A&M	1,126	7
8	Florida	1,099	9
9	Wisconsin	1,033	10
10	Miami	1,030	8
11	Ohio State	874	11
12	North Carolina	840	12
13	Penn State	808	13
14	UCLA	739	14
15	Boston College	695	15
16	Arizona	583	17
17	Colorado	508	18
18	Alabama	474	16
19	Oklahoma	438	19
20	Kansas State	403	20
21	Indiana	334	21
22	Virginia Tech	263	22
23	Michigan	238	23
24	Clemson	148	24
25	Fresno State	34	NR
25	Louisville	34	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.