AP Poll 9/2

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1997

9/2/1997

Week 2

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Penn State (23)	1,616	1
2	Florida (14)	1,543	2
3	Tennessee (7)	1,523	5
4	Washington (9)	1,502	4
5	Florida State (6)	1,494	3
6	Nebraska (4)	1,434	6
7	North Carolina (4)	1,335	7
8	Colorado (3)	1,323	8
9	Ohio State	1,149	9
10	LSU	1,098	10
11	Notre Dame	1,051	11
12	Texas	999	12
13	Miami	887	14
14	Michigan	820	15
15	Alabama	783	16
16	Auburn	619	17
17	Stanford	561	18
18	Air Force	417	NR
19	BYU	411	19
20	Iowa	374	21
21	Kansas State	245	22
21	Northwestern	245	24
23	USC	216	23
24	Colorado State	197	NR
25	Michigan State	162	25

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.