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AP Poll 8/26

 
Associated Press Poll
Year: 1996
8/26/1996
Week 1
Rank
Rec
Team (FPV)
Pts
Prv
 
1
  Nebraska (50)
1,646
1
2
  Tennessee (8)
1,555
2
3
  Florida State (5)
1,530
3
4
  Florida 
1,485
4
5
  Colorado (3)
1,402
5
6
  Notre Dame (1)
1,302
6
7
  Penn State 
1,247
11
8
  Texas 
1,099
8
9
  Ohio State 
1,059
9
10
  Syracuse 
1,050
10
11
  Miami 
881
12
12
  Michigan 
805
14
13
  Alabama 
669
15
14
  Virginia Tech 
610
16
15
  Northwestern 
583
18
16
  Auburn 
552
17
17
  USC 
549
7
18
  LSU 
519
19
19
  BYU 
497
NR
20
  Arizona State 
432
20
21
  Kansas State 
389
21
22
  Iowa 
388
22
23
  Texas A&M 
296
13
24
  Virginia 
257
23
25
  Kansas 
207
24
# 1
  Nebraska (50)
# 2
  Tennessee (8)
# 3
  Florida State (5)
# 4
  Florida 
# 5
  Colorado (3)
# 6
  Notre Dame (1)
# 7
  Penn State 
# 8
  Texas 
# 9
  Ohio State 
# 10
  Syracuse 
# 11
  Miami 
# 12
  Michigan 
# 13
  Alabama 
# 14
  Virginia Tech 
# 15
  Northwestern 
# 16
  Auburn 
# 17
  USC 
# 18
  LSU 
# 19
  BYU 
# 20
  Arizona State 
# 21
  Kansas State 
# 22
  Iowa 
# 23
  Texas A&M 
# 24
  Virginia 
# 25
  Kansas 
Associated Press Poll
Started in 1936.

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.





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