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AP Poll 9/29

 
Associated Press Poll
Year: 1997
9/29/1997
Week 6
Rank
Rec
Team (FPV)
Pts
Prv
 
1
  Florida (36)
1,704
1
2
  Penn State (25)
1,673
2
3
  Nebraska (6)
1,606
3
4
  Florida State (1)
1,529
4
5
  North Carolina (2)
1,483
5
6
  Michigan 
1,404
6
7
  Ohio State 
1,285
7
8
  Auburn 
1,215
8
9
  Tennessee 
1,150
9
10
  Washington 
1,111
10
11
  Iowa 
1,103
11
12
  Michigan State 
967
12
13
  LSU 
847
13
14
  Virginia Tech 
824
14
15
  Washington State 
818
15
16
  Colorado 
637
16
17
  Kansas State 
563
18
18
  Georgia 
513
19
19
  Stanford 
458
20
20
  Alabama 
407
21
21
  Texas A&M 
388
22
22
  UCLA 
276
24
23
  Air Force 
202
NR
24
  BYU 
186
23
25
  Arizona State 
168
25
# 1
  Florida (36)
# 2
  Penn State (25)
# 3
  Nebraska (6)
# 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
  Kansas State 
# 18
  Georgia 
# 19
  Stanford 
# 20
  Alabama 
# 21
  Texas A&M 
# 22
  UCLA 
# 23
  Air Force 
# 24
  BYU 
# 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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