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AP Poll 12/2

 
Associated Press Poll
Year: 1996
12/2/1996
Week 15
Rank
Rec
Team (FPV)
Pts
Prv
 
1
  Florida State (61)
1,669
2
2
  Arizona State (5)
1,609
3
3
  Nebraska (1)
1,526
4
4
  Florida 
1,484
1
5
  Ohio State 
1,383
6
6
  BYU 
1,274
7
7
  Colorado 
1,250
5
8
  Penn State 
1,233
8
9
  Tennessee 
1,043
9
10
  Northwestern 
990
11
11
  Alabama 
977
15
12
  Washington 
916
12
13
  North Carolina 
910
13
14
  Kansas State 
857
14
15
  Virginia Tech 
829
17
16
  Michigan 
657
18
17
  LSU 
640
19
18
  Notre Dame 
535
10
19
  Miami 
454
23
20
  Wyoming 
450
21
21
  Iowa 
306
22
22
  Syracuse 
280
16
23
  Army 
144
24
24
  West Virginia 
96
25
25
  Virginia 
75
20
# 1
  Florida State (61)
# 2
  Arizona State (5)
# 3
  Nebraska (1)
# 4
  Florida 
# 5
  Ohio State 
# 6
  BYU 
# 7
  Colorado 
# 8
  Penn State 
# 9
  Tennessee 
# 10
  Northwestern 
# 11
  Alabama 
# 12
  Washington 
# 13
  North Carolina 
# 14
  Kansas State 
# 15
  Virginia Tech 
# 16
  Michigan 
# 17
  LSU 
# 18
  Notre Dame 
# 19
  Miami 
# 20
  Wyoming 
# 21
  Iowa 
# 22
  Syracuse 
# 23
  Army 
# 24
  West Virginia 
# 25
  Virginia 
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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