AP Poll Pre

Associated Press Poll

Year: 2011

7/1/2011

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Oklahoma (36)	1,464	6
2	Alabama (17)	1,439	10
3	Oregon (4)	1,330	3
4	LSU (1)	1,286	8
5	Boise State (2)	1,200	9
6	Florida State	1,168	17
7	Stanford	1,091	4
8	Texas A&M	965	19
9	Oklahoma State	955	13
10	Nebraska	910	20
11	Wisconsin	900	7
12	South Carolina	848	22
13	Virginia Tech	821	16
14	TCU	690	2
15	Arkansas	686	12
16	Notre Dame	530	NR
17	Michigan State	519	14
18	Ohio State	443	5
19	Georgia	369	NR
20	Mississippi State	361	15
21	Missouri	258	18
22	Florida	228	NR
23	Auburn	219	1
24	West Virginia	207	NR
25	USC	160	NR

Associated Press Poll
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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.