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Associated Press Poll
Year: 1997
9/15/1997
Week 4
Rank
Rec
Team (FPV)
Pts
Prv
 
1
  Penn State (25)
1,641
1
2
  Washington (19)
1,615
3
3
  Florida (14)
1,598
2
4
  Tennessee (6)
1,543
4
5
  Florida State (3)
1,483
5
6
  North Carolina (1)
1,379
7
7
  Nebraska (2)
1,364
6
8
  Michigan 
1,253
14
9
  Ohio State 
1,235
9
10
  LSU 
1,165
10
11
  Alabama 
1,007
15
12
  Auburn 
878
16
13
  Iowa 
850
18
14
  Arizona State 
698
24
15
  Colorado 
696
8
16
  Clemson 
669
19
17
  Michigan State 
660
21
18
  Virginia Tech 
603
22
19
  Washington State 
490
NR
20
  Kansas State 
431
20
21
  Stanford 
323
17
22
  Miami 
244
13
23
  Colorado State 
172
25
24
  UCLA 
131
NR
25
  Georgia 
127
NR
# 1
  Penn State (25)
# 2
  Washington (19)
# 3
  Florida (14)
# 4
  Tennessee (6)
# 5
  Florida State (3)
# 6
  North Carolina (1)
# 7
  Nebraska (2)
# 8
  Michigan 
# 9
  Ohio State 
# 10
  LSU 
# 11
  Alabama 
# 12
  Auburn 
# 13
  Iowa 
# 14
  Arizona State 
# 15
  Colorado 
# 16
  Clemson 
# 17
  Michigan State 
# 18
  Virginia Tech 
# 19
  Washington State 
# 20
  Kansas State 
# 21
  Stanford 
# 22
  Miami 
# 23
  Colorado State 
# 24
  UCLA 
# 25
  Georgia 
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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