AP Poll Pre

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1960

7/1/1960

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Syracuse (26)	446	1
2	Mississippi (21)	426	2
3	Washington (1)	345	8
4	Texas	257	4
5	Illinois	228	13
6	USC	140	14
7	Pittsburgh	127	20
8	Michigan State	126	NR
9	Clemson	76	11
10	Oklahoma	66	15
11	TCU	64	7
12	Auburn	51	NR
13	Georgia	48	5
14	Northwestern	41	NR
15	Iowa	33	NR
16	Ohio State	29	NR
17	Notre Dame	26	17
18	Tennessee	23	NR
19	Arkansas	20	9
19	Penn State	20	12

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.