AP Poll Pre

Associated Press Poll

Year: 2003

7/1/2003

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Oklahoma (32)	1,573	5
2	Ohio State (27)	1,532	1
3	Miami (2)	1,484	2
4	Michigan (2)	1,329	9
5	Texas	1,322	6
6	Auburn (1)	1,300	14
7	Kansas State (1)	1,221	7
8	USC	1,126	4
9	Virginia Tech	1,046	18
10	Pittsburgh	952	19
11	Georgia	928	3
12	Tennessee	766	NR
13	Florida State	737	21
14	LSU	736	NR
15	Maryland	705	13
16	NC State	678	12
17	Washington	643	NR
18	Virginia	557	22
19	Purdue	468	NR
20	Notre Dame	439	17
21	Wisconsin	350	NR
22	Arizona State	248	NR
23	Colorado State	205	NR
24	Oklahoma State	156	NR
25	TCU	95	23

Associated Press Poll
Started in 1936.

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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.