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AP Poll 9/22

 
Associated Press Poll
Year: 1997
9/22/1997
Week 5
Rank
Rec
Team (FPV)
Pts
Prv
 
1
  Florida (32)
1,699
3
2
  Penn State (28)
1,675
1
3
  Nebraska (7)
1,601
7
4
  Florida State (1)
1,530
5
5
  North Carolina (2)
1,475
6
6
  Michigan 
1,412
8
7
  Ohio State 
1,287
9
8
  Auburn 
1,180
12
9
  Tennessee 
1,158
4
10
  Washington 
1,148
2
11
  Iowa 
1,062
13
12
  Michigan State 
968
17
13
  LSU 
805
10
14
  Virginia Tech 
770
18
15
  Washington State 
767
19
16
  Colorado 
725
15
17
  Clemson 
547
16
18
  Kansas State 
495
20
19
  Georgia 
444
25
20
  Stanford 
403
21
21
  Alabama 
329
11
22
  Texas A&M 
290
NR
23
  BYU 
215
NR
24
  UCLA 
181
24
25
  Arizona State 
177
14
# 1
  Florida (32)
# 2
  Penn State (28)
# 3
  Nebraska (7)
# 4
  Florida State (1)
# 5
  North Carolina (2)
# 6
  Michigan 
# 7
  Ohio State 
# 8
  Auburn 
# 9
  Tennessee 
# 10
  Washington 
# 11
  Iowa 
# 12
  Michigan State 
# 13
  LSU 
# 14
  Virginia Tech 
# 15
  Washington State 
# 16
  Colorado 
# 17
  Clemson 
# 18
  Kansas State 
# 19
  Georgia 
# 20
  Stanford 
# 21
  Alabama 
# 22
  Texas A&M 
# 23
  BYU 
# 24
  UCLA 
# 25
  Arizona 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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