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Associated Press Poll
Year: 1985
12/10/1985
Week 15
Rank
Rec
Team (FPV)
Pts
Prv
 
1
  Penn State (45)
1,086
1
2
  Miami (2)
1,001
2
3
  Oklahoma (5)
978
4
4
  Iowa (2)
973
3
5
  Michigan (1)
886
5
6
  Florida 
809
6
7
  Nebraska 
707
7
8
  Tennessee 
690
8
9
  BYU 
633
9
10
  Air Force 
561
10
11
  Texas A&M 
556
11
12
  LSU 
490
12
13
  UCLA 
387
14
14
  Arkansas 
381
13
15
  Alabama 
377
15
16
  Auburn 
277
16
17
  Ohio State 
226
17
18
  Florida State 
130
18
19
  Oklahoma State 
112
19
20
  Bowling Green 
74
20
20
  Maryland 
74
NR
# 1
  Penn State (45)
# 2
  Miami (2)
# 3
  Oklahoma (5)
# 4
  Iowa (2)
# 5
  Michigan (1)
# 6
  Florida 
# 7
  Nebraska 
# 8
  Tennessee 
# 9
  BYU 
# 10
  Air Force 
# 11
  Texas A&M 
# 12
  LSU 
# 13
  UCLA 
# 14
  Arkansas 
# 15
  Alabama 
# 16
  Auburn 
# 17
  Ohio State 
# 18
  Florida State 
# 19
  Oklahoma State 
# 20
  Bowling Green 
# 20
  Maryland 
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.





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