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AP Poll 9/8

 
Associated Press Poll
Year: 1997
9/8/1997
Week 3
Rank
Rec
Team (FPV)
Pts
Prv
 
1
  Penn State (22)
1,620
1
2
  Florida (15)
1,590
2
3
  Washington (14)
1,580
4
4
  Tennessee (6)
1,518
3
5
  Florida State (4)
1,442
5
6
  Nebraska (4)
1,433
6
7
  North Carolina (2)
1,342
7
8
  Colorado (3)
1,331
8
9
  Ohio State 
1,144
9
10
  LSU 
1,127
10
11
  Texas 
1,054
12
12
  Notre Dame 
911
11
13
  Miami 
904
13
14
  Michigan 
838
14
15
  Alabama 
812
15
16
  Auburn 
688
16
17
  Stanford 
587
17
18
  Iowa 
527
20
19
  Clemson 
402
NR
20
  Kansas State 
377
21
21
  Michigan State 
305
25
22
  Virginia Tech 
213
NR
23
  USC 
182
23
24
  Arizona State 
150
NR
25
  Colorado State 
127
24
# 1
  Penn State (22)
# 2
  Florida (15)
# 3
  Washington (14)
# 4
  Tennessee (6)
# 5
  Florida State (4)
# 6
  Nebraska (4)
# 7
  North Carolina (2)
# 8
  Colorado (3)
# 9
  Ohio State 
# 10
  LSU 
# 11
  Texas 
# 12
  Notre Dame 
# 13
  Miami 
# 14
  Michigan 
# 15
  Alabama 
# 16
  Auburn 
# 17
  Stanford 
# 18
  Iowa 
# 19
  Clemson 
# 20
  Kansas State 
# 21
  Michigan State 
# 22
  Virginia Tech 
# 23
  USC 
# 24
  Arizona State 
# 25
  Colorado State 
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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