AP Poll Pre

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1995

7/1/1995

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Florida State (31)	1,498	4
2	Nebraska (15)	1,439	1
3	Texas A&M (6)	1,366	8
4	Penn State (1)	1,308	2
5	Florida (6)	1,299	7
6	Auburn (2)	1,238	9
7	USC	1,151	13
8	Tennessee (1)	1,024	22
9	Notre Dame	1,011	NR
10	Alabama	974	5
11	Miami	893	6
12	Ohio State	863	14
13	Colorado	689	3
14	Michigan	642	12
15	Oklahoma	527	NR
16	UCLA	517	NR
17	Virginia	516	15
18	Texas	368	25
19	Arizona	337	20
20	North Carolina	290	NR
21	Wisconsin	270	NR
22	Boston College	263	23
23	West Virginia	215	NR
24	Virginia Tech	196	NR
24	Washington	196	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.