AP Poll 11/19

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1973

11/19/1973

Week 11

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Ohio State (34)	1,142	1
2	Alabama (16)	1,082	2
3	Oklahoma (9)	973	3
4	Michigan (1)	845	4
5	Notre Dame (1)	760	5
6	Penn State (1)	672	6
7	LSU	577	7
8	UCLA	496	8
9	USC	407	9
10	Nebraska	391	10
11	Texas	283	11
12	Texas Tech	215	12
13	Arizona State	195	13
14	Houston	114	15
15	Miami (OH)	70	17
16	NC State	30	20
17	Tulane	29	NR
18	Oklahoma State	16	NR
19	Missouri	15	14
20	Kansas	14	18
20	Pittsburgh	14	NR

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.