AP Poll Pre

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1998

7/1/1998

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Ohio State (30)	1,668	12
2	Florida State (22)	1,663	3
3	Florida (5)	1,547	4
4	Nebraska (4)	1,534	2
5	Michigan (4)	1,475	1
6	Kansas State (2)	1,335	8
7	UCLA (1)	1,331	5
8	Arizona State (2)	1,256	14
9	LSU	1,237	13
10	Tennessee	1,094	7
11	West Virginia	985	NR
12	North Carolina	864	6
13	Penn State	804	16
14	Texas A&M	760	20
15	Colorado State	631	17
16	Virginia	620	NR
17	Syracuse	608	21
18	Washington	494	18
19	Georgia	480	10
20	Wisconsin	444	NR
21	Southern Miss	341	19
22	Notre Dame	291	NR
23	Michigan State	211	NR
24	Arizona	208	NR
25	Auburn	201	11

Associated Press Poll
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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.