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Associated Press Poll
Started in 1936.

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.
Season
Poll
Poll Count
Pre-Season #1
Final #1
2024
AP
12
Georgia
Oregon
2023
AP
16
Georgia
Michigan
2022
AP
16
Alabama
Georgia
2021
AP
16
Alabama
Georgia
2020
AP
17
Clemson
Alabama
2019
AP
17
Clemson
LSU
2018
AP
16
Alabama
Clemson
2017
AP
16
Alabama
Alabama
2016
AP
16
Alabama
Clemson
2015
AP
16
Ohio State
Alabama
2014
AP
17
Florida State
Ohio State
2013
AP
17
Alabama
Florida State
2012
AP
16
USC
Alabama
2011
AP
16
Oklahoma
Alabama
2010
AP
16
Alabama
Auburn
2009
AP
16
Florida
Alabama
2008
AP
17
Georgia
Florida
2007
AP
16
USC
LSU
2006
AP
16
Ohio State
Florida
2005
AP
16
USC
Texas
2004
AP
16
USC
USC
2003
AP
17
Oklahoma
USC
2002
AP
18
Miami
Ohio State
2001
AP
17
Florida
Miami
2000
AP
17
Nebraska
Oklahoma
1999
AP
17
Florida State
Florida State
1998
AP
16
Ohio State
Tennessee
1997
AP
18
Penn State
Michigan
1996
AP
18
Nebraska
Florida
1995
AP
17
Florida State
Nebraska
1994
AP
17
Florida
Nebraska
1993
AP
17
Florida State
Florida State
1992
AP
17
Miami
Alabama
1991
AP
16
Florida State
Miami
1990
AP
16
Miami
Colorado
1989
AP
16
Michigan
Miami
1988
AP
16
Florida State
Notre Dame
1987
AP
16
Oklahoma
Miami
1986
AP
15
Oklahoma
Penn State
1985
AP
17
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
1984
AP
16
Auburn
BYU
1983
AP
16
Nebraska
Miami
1982
AP
16
Pittsburgh
Penn State
1981
AP
15
Michigan
Clemson
1980
AP
16
Ohio State
Georgia
1979
AP
15
USC
Alabama
1978
AP
15
Alabama
Alabama
1977
AP
14
Oklahoma
Notre Dame
1976
AP
14
Nebraska
Pittsburgh
1975
AP
15
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
1974
AP
15
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
1973
AP
15
USC
Notre Dame
1972
AP
15
Nebraska
USC
1971
AP
15
Notre Dame
Nebraska
1970
AP
15
Ohio State
Nebraska
1969
AP
14
Ohio State
Texas
1968
AP
14
Purdue
Ohio State
1967
AP
12
Notre Dame
USC
1966
AP
13
Alabama
Notre Dame
1965
AP
13
Nebraska
Alabama
1964
AP
11
Mississippi
Alabama
1963
AP
13
USC
Texas
1962
AP
12
Ohio State
USC
1961
AP
12
Iowa
Alabama
1960
AP
12
Syracuse
Minnesota
1959
AP
13
LSU
Syracuse
1958
AP
12
Ohio State
LSU
1957
AP
12
Oklahoma
Auburn
1956
AP
12
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
1955
AP
12
UCLA
Oklahoma
1954
AP
12
Notre Dame
Ohio State
1953
AP
11
Notre Dame
Maryland
1952
AP
11
Michigan State
Michigan State
1951
AP
11
Tennessee
Tennessee
1950
AP
10
Notre Dame
Oklahoma
1949
AP
9
Michigan
Notre Dame
1948
AP
9
Notre Dame
Michigan
1947
AP
10
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
1946
AP
9
Texas
Notre Dame
1945
AP
9
Army
Army
1944
AP
9
Notre Dame
Army
1943
AP
9
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
1942
AP
8
Ohio State
Ohio State
1941
AP
8
Minnesota
Minnesota
1940
AP
8
Cornell
Minnesota
1939
AP
9
Pittsburgh
Texas A&M
1938
AP
8
Pittsburgh
TCU
1937
AP
7
California
Pittsburgh
1936
AP
7
Minnesota
Minnesota
* Not all polls have a preseason and/or final poll.
** This season may not be complete - this team is the most current #1.





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