AP Poll 10/3

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1977

10/3/1977

Week 4

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	USC (23)	1,106	2
2	Oklahoma (19)	1,052	1
3	Michigan (16)	1,048	3
4	Ohio State	715	6
5	Texas (1)	706	8
6	Colorado	647	7
7	Alabama	424	10
7	Arkansas	424	12
9	Nebraska	376	11
10	Penn State	288	4
11	Notre Dame	205	14
12	Texas A&M	194	5
13	BYU (1)	184	15
14	California	178	17
15	Pittsburgh	168	16
16	Kentucky	100	NR
17	Texas Tech	84	13
18	LSU	57	NR
19	Wisconsin	31	NR
20	Florida	24	9

Associated Press Poll
Started in 1936.

More Info

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.