-
- The AP College Football Poll was first run in 1934, and then continuously from 1936 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AP_Poll
- 65 sportswriters and broadcasters vote in the AP Poll http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AP_Poll
- The AP Poll expanded in 1989 to rank 25 college football teams http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AP_Poll
- As of the completion of the 2007 college football season, the number one ranked team has faced the number two ranked team 40 times since the inception of the AP Poll in 1936 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AP_Poll
- The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was developed in 1997 to try to unify the poll results by picking two teams for a "real" national championship game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AP_Poll
-
-
Each week during the NCAA Football season, the Associated Press releases the rankings of the top 25 college football teams. The AP College Football Poll is determined by a poll of 65 sportswriters and broadcasters.http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/specials/collegefootball_front/votes/voters.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME
For the first time of the 2009 season, the Florida Gators were knocked off the #1 spot as the Alabama Crimson Tide were named the top team on October 18, 2009. Florida regained the top spot the following week. -
-
Ranking No. 1 College Football Teams
- List of the ranking number one college football teams for the past 10 years:
- 2008: Florida Gatorshttp://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=2008
- 2007: LSU Tigershttp://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=2007
- 2006: Florida Gatorshttp://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=2006
- 2005: Texas Longhornshttp://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=2005
- 2004: USC Trojanshttp://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=2004
- 2003: USC Trojanshttp://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=2003
- 2002: Ohio State Buckeyeshttp://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=2002
- 2001: Miami Hurricaneshttp://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=2001
- 2000: Oklahoma Soonershttp://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=2000
- 1999: Florida State Seminoleshttp://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=1999
- 1998: Tennessee Volunteers
-
Bowl Championship Series
The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) consists of five bowl games that only the top-ranked college football teams can play in. The five bowl games are: the Fiesta Bowl, the Orange Bowl, the Rose Bowl, the Sugar Bowl, and the BCS National Championship Game.http://www.bcsfootball.org/bcsfb/aboutThe BCS is an event managed by 11 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision conferences and the University of Notre Dame. The 11 conferences are Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Conference USA, Mid-American, Mountain West, Sun Belt, Pacific-10, Southeastern, and Western Athletic.http://www.bcsfootball.org/bcsfb/about
-
AP College Football Rankings
- Note: Rankings as of November 22, 2009.
AP Poll NCAA Football Rankings Rank School/Team Total Votes #1 Votes Record Last Week 1 Florida Gators 1,463 36 11-0 1 2 Alabama Crimson Tide 1,428 13 11-0 2 3 Texas Longhorns 1,425 11 11-0 3 4 TCU Horned Frogs 1,309 0 11-0 4 5 Cincinnati Bearcats 1,245 0 10-0 5 6 Boise State 1,218 0 11-0 6 7 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 1,138 0 10-1 7 8 Pittsburgh Panthers 1,041 0 9-1 8 9 Ohio State Buckeyes 1,016 0 10-2 9 10 Oregon Ducks 983 0 9-2 11 11 Oklahoma State Cowboys 793 0 9-2 12 12 Penn State Nittany Lions 773 0 10-2 13 13 Iowa Hawkeyes 766 0 10-2 15 14 Virginia Tech Hokies 675 0 8-3 16 15 Clemson Tigers 609 0 8-3 18 16 Oregon State Beavers 541 0 8-3 20 17 LSU Tigers 409 0 8-3 10 18 BYU Cougars 399 0 9-2 19 19 Miami Hurricanes 347 0 8-3 21 20 Ole Miss 333 0 8-3 -- 21 California Golden Bears 263 0 8-3 -- 22 Utah Utes 249 0 9-2 23 23 North Carolina 237 0 8-3 -- 24 USC Trojans 225 0 7-3 22 25 Houston Cougars 199 0 9-2 24
AP College Football Poll Questions
Will Florida be ranked #1 in this years College football AP preseason poll? (2009) 1 AnswerI dont see why they would not be. They did not loose a lot players and they still have every sports writers dream, Tim Tebow. read more
What College football team won a game by pitching the football down field to score? 1 AnswerYou’re thinking of the famous Cal vs. Stanford game where the band went onto the field. It happened also in a lesser Div college game with more pitches all of w... read more
view more questions...
-
On Twitter Powered by Twitter
-
Article AP Poll Week 13: College Football Rankings Have Ole Miss, Cal In Top … – Huffingtonp.. http://bit.ly/6dChaj
-
-
Here @jonathan_meola we r still over usc :) RT @Freedomman11: AP Poll Week 13: College Football Rankings Have Ole Miss, http://ow.ly/163Avp
-
AP Poll Week 13: College Football Rankings Have Ole Miss, Cal In Top 25: NEW YORK — Mississippi, Calif.. http://bit.ly/08rwvHT
-
AP Poll Week 13: College Football Rankings Have Ole Miss, Cal In Top 25 http://ow.ly/163Avp
view more tweets...
-
About this page
-
Page Views2,462
This page currently has no vertical manager.
