AP Poll 11/26

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1945

11/26/1945

Week 8

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Army (80)	809	1
2	Navy	664	2
3	Alabama (1)	629	3
4	Indiana (1)	584	4
5	Notre Dame	443	5
6	Oklahoma State	358	6
7	Michigan	280	8
8	Pennsylvania	231	11
9	St. Mary's	221	9
10	Texas	96	10
11	Duke	65	15
12	Ohio State	33	7
13	Holy Cross	29	NR
14	Missouri	25	16
14	Tulsa	25	17
16	USC	22	NR
17	Tennessee	21	14
18	Clemson	16	NR
19	Columbia	12	NR
20	Virginia	8	13

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.