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AP Poll 12/2

 
Associated Press Poll
Year: 1986
12/2/1986
Week 13
Rank
Rec
Team (FPV)
Pts
Prv
 
1
  Miami (53)
1,155
1
2
  Penn State (5)
1,092
2
3
  Oklahoma 
1,053
3
4
  Michigan 
984
4
5
  LSU 
877
5
6
  Nebraska 
861
6
7
  Arizona State 
777
8
8
  Texas A&M 
710
10
9
  Arkansas 
692
9
10
  Auburn 
631
14
11
  Ohio State 
578
11
12
  Washington 
561
13
13
  Alabama 
452
7
14
  Baylor 
337
16
15
  UCLA 
316
15
16
  Arizona 
307
12
17
  Georgia 
234
18
18
  NC State 
135
19
19
  Iowa 
127
20
20
  Stanford 
125
NR
# 1
  Miami (53)
# 2
  Penn State (5)
# 3
  Oklahoma 
# 4
  Michigan 
# 5
  LSU 
# 6
  Nebraska 
# 7
  Arizona State 
# 8
  Texas A&M 
# 9
  Arkansas 
# 10
  Auburn 
# 11
  Ohio State 
# 12
  Washington 
# 13
  Alabama 
# 14
  Baylor 
# 15
  UCLA 
# 16
  Arizona 
# 17
  Georgia 
# 18
  NC State 
# 19
  Iowa 
# 20
  Stanford 
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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