AP Poll Pre

Associated Press Poll

Year: 2004

7/1/2004

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	USC (48)	1,603	1
2	Oklahoma (11)	1,529	3
3	Georgia (5)	1,480	7
4	LSU (1)	1,446	2
5	Florida State	1,291	11
6	Miami	1,287	5
7	Texas	1,236	12
8	Michigan	1,223	6
9	Ohio State	1,005	4
10	West Virginia	937	NR
11	Florida	836	24
12	California	763	NR
13	Kansas State	744	14
14	Tennessee	658	15
15	Clemson	638	22
16	Virginia	627	NR
17	Auburn	540	NR
18	Missouri	525	NR
19	Iowa	518	8
20	Utah	446	21
21	Wisconsin	328	NR
22	Maryland	310	17
23	Oregon	200	NR
24	Purdue	153	18
25	Minnesota	142	20

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.