AP Poll 12/8

Associated Press Poll

Year: 2003

12/8/2003

Week 15

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	USC (42)	1,595	2
2	LSU (21)	1,580	3
3	Oklahoma (2)	1,491	1
4	Michigan	1,437	4
5	Texas	1,322	6
6	Tennessee	1,228	7
7	Ohio State	1,208	8
8	Kansas State	1,151	13
9	Florida State	1,128	9
10	Miami	1,075	10
11	Georgia	1,018	5
12	Purdue	849	11
13	Iowa	771	12
14	Miami (OH)	756	14
15	Washington State	638	15
16	Mississippi	637	17
17	Florida	619	16
18	Boise State	540	18
19	TCU	392	19
20	West Virginia	320	21
21	Oklahoma State	299	22
22	Nebraska	278	23
23	Maryland	221	24
24	Minnesota	134	25
25	Utah	106	NR

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.

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AP Poll 12/8