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AP Poll 10/6

 
Associated Press Poll
Year: 1997
10/6/1997
Week 7
Rank
Rec
Team (FPV)
Pts
Prv
 
1
  Florida (35)
1,704
1
2
  Penn State (26)
1,672
2
3
  Nebraska (6)
1,606
3
4
  Florida State (1)
1,540
4
5
  North Carolina (2)
1,464
5
6
  Michigan 
1,404
6
7
  Ohio State 
1,334
7
8
  Auburn 
1,227
8
9
  Tennessee 
1,158
9
10
  Washington 
1,143
10
11
  Michigan State 
1,065
12
12
  Washington State 
980
15
13
  Georgia 
814
18
14
  LSU 
770
13
15
  Texas A&M 
750
21
16
  Stanford 
714
19
17
  Iowa 
702
11
18
  UCLA 
560
22
19
  Air Force 
416
23
20
  Oklahoma State 
321
NR
21
  BYU 
309
24
22
  Kansas State 
227
17
23
  Virginia Tech 
174
14
24
  Colorado 
140
16
25
  Georgia Tech 
125
NR
# 1
  Florida (35)
# 2
  Penn State (26)
# 3
  Nebraska (6)
# 4
  Florida State (1)
# 5
  North Carolina (2)
# 6
  Michigan 
# 7
  Ohio State 
# 8
  Auburn 
# 9
  Tennessee 
# 10
  Washington 
# 11
  Michigan State 
# 12
  Washington State 
# 13
  Georgia 
# 14
  LSU 
# 15
  Texas A&M 
# 16
  Stanford 
# 17
  Iowa 
# 18
  UCLA 
# 19
  Air Force 
# 20
  Oklahoma State 
# 21
  BYU 
# 22
  Kansas State 
# 23
  Virginia Tech 
# 24
  Colorado 
# 25
  Georgia Tech 
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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