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AP Poll 12/9

 
Associated Press Poll
Year: 1996
12/9/1996
Week 16
Rank
Rec
Team (FPV)
Pts
Prv
 
1
  Florida State (62)
1,670
1
2
  Arizona State (5)
1,612
2
3
  Florida 
1,539
4
4
  Ohio State 
1,454
5
5
  BYU 
1,322
6
6
  Nebraska 
1,271
3
7
  Penn State 
1,259
8
8
  Colorado 
1,248
7
9
  Tennessee 
1,078
9
10
  Virginia Tech 
1,037
15
11
  Northwestern 
1,000
10
12
  North Carolina 
929
13
13
  Washington 
914
12
14
  Kansas State 
838
14
15
  Michigan 
676
16
16
  Alabama 
655
11
17
  LSU 
645
17
18
  Notre Dame 
504
18
19
  Miami 
459
19
20
  Texas 
423
NR
21
  Iowa 
291
21
22
  Wyoming 
288
20
23
  Syracuse 
242
22
24
  Army 
213
23
25
  West Virginia 
78
24
# 1
  Florida State (62)
# 2
  Arizona State (5)
# 3
  Florida 
# 4
  Ohio State 
# 5
  BYU 
# 6
  Nebraska 
# 7
  Penn State 
# 8
  Colorado 
# 9
  Tennessee 
# 10
  Virginia Tech 
# 11
  Northwestern 
# 12
  North Carolina 
# 13
  Washington 
# 14
  Kansas State 
# 15
  Michigan 
# 16
  Alabama 
# 17
  LSU 
# 18
  Notre Dame 
# 19
  Miami 
# 20
  Texas 
# 21
  Iowa 
# 22
  Wyoming 
# 23
  Syracuse 
# 24
  Army 
# 25
  West 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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