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Associated Press Poll
Year: 1997
1/5/1998
Week 17
Rank
Rec
Team (FPV)
Pts
Prv
 
1
  Michigan (52)
1,732
1
2
  Nebraska (19)
1,699
2
3
  Florida State 
1,599
4
4
  Florida 
1,455
6
5
  UCLA 
1,413
5
6
  North Carolina 
1,397
7
7
  Tennessee 
1,320
3
8
  Kansas State 
1,302
10
9
  Washington State 
1,259
8
10
  Georgia 
1,121
12
11
  Auburn 
1,025
13
12
  Ohio State 
975
9
13
  LSU 
856
15
14
  Arizona State 
773
16
15
  Purdue 
715
17
16
  Penn State 
706
11
17
  Colorado State 
673
18
18
  Washington 
617
21
19
  Southern Miss 
490
22
20
  Texas A&M 
421
20
21
  Syracuse 
331
14
22
  Mississippi 
255
NR
23
  Missouri 
175
19
24
  Oklahoma State 
72
24
25
  Georgia Tech 
64
NR
# 1
  Michigan (52)
# 2
  Nebraska (19)
# 3
  Florida State 
# 4
  Florida 
# 5
  UCLA 
# 6
  North Carolina 
# 7
  Tennessee 
# 8
  Kansas State 
# 9
  Washington State 
# 10
  Georgia 
# 11
  Auburn 
# 12
  Ohio State 
# 13
  LSU 
# 14
  Arizona State 
# 15
  Purdue 
# 16
  Penn State 
# 17
  Colorado State 
# 18
  Washington 
# 19
  Southern Miss 
# 20
  Texas A&M 
# 21
  Syracuse 
# 22
  Mississippi 
# 23
  Missouri 
# 24
  Oklahoma State 
# 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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