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AP Poll 10/13

 
Associated Press Poll
Year: 1997
10/13/1997
Week 8
Rank
Rec
Team (FPV)
Pts
Prv
 
1
  Penn State (51)
1,724
2
2
  Nebraska (14)
1,668
3
3
  Florida State (3)
1,603
4
4
  North Carolina (2)
1,521
5
5
  Michigan 
1,490
6
6
  Auburn 
1,366
8
7
  Florida 
1,280
1
8
  LSU 
1,199
14
9
  Tennessee 
1,126
9
10
  Washington 
1,121
10
11
  Ohio State 
1,113
7
12
  Michigan State 
1,058
11
13
  Washington State 
958
12
14
  Texas A&M 
827
15
15
  Iowa 
703
17
16
  Oklahoma State 
665
20
17
  UCLA 
637
18
18
  Air Force 
516
19
19
  Georgia 
446
13
20
  Kansas State 
388
22
21
  Georgia Tech 
281
25
22
  Virginia Tech 
274
23
23
  West Virginia 
182
NR
24
  Wisconsin 
134
NR
25
  Stanford 
119
16
# 1
  Penn State (51)
# 2
  Nebraska (14)
# 3
  Florida State (3)
# 4
  North Carolina (2)
# 5
  Michigan 
# 6
  Auburn 
# 7
  Florida 
# 8
  LSU 
# 9
  Tennessee 
# 10
  Washington 
# 11
  Ohio State 
# 12
  Michigan State 
# 13
  Washington State 
# 14
  Texas A&M 
# 15
  Iowa 
# 16
  Oklahoma State 
# 17
  UCLA 
# 18
  Air Force 
# 19
  Georgia 
# 20
  Kansas State 
# 21
  Georgia Tech 
# 22
  Virginia Tech 
# 23
  West Virginia 
# 24
  Wisconsin 
# 25
  Stanford 
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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