AP Poll Pre

Associated Press Poll

Year: 2006

7/1/2006

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Ohio State (35)	1,558	4
2	Notre Dame (10)	1,470	9
3	Texas (8)	1,411	1
4	Auburn (3)	1,395	14
5	West Virginia (6)	1,354	5
6	USC (3)	1,345	2
7	Florida	1,178	12
8	LSU	1,144	6
9	California	975	25
10	Oklahoma	960	22
11	Florida State	949	23
12	Miami	893	17
13	Louisville	844	19
14	Michigan	824	NR
15	Georgia	743	10
16	Iowa	720	NR
17	Virginia Tech	614	7
18	Clemson	479	21
19	Penn State	386	3
20	Nebraska	332	24
21	Oregon	324	13
22	TCU	257	11
23	Tennessee	215	NR
24	Arizona State	182	NR
25	Texas Tech	181	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.