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In American college sports, the Associated Press poll (AP poll) provides weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling 62 sportswriters and broadcasters from across the nation.[1] Each voter provides their own ranking of the top 25 teams, and the individual rankings are then combined to produce the national ranking by giving a team 25 points for a first place vote, 24 for a second place vote, and so on down to 1 point for a twenty-fifth place vote. Ballots of the voting members in the AP poll are publicized.[2]

Inaugural AP polls
Div I/FBS football1936
Div I/FCS football1978
Div I men's basketball1948–49
Div I women's basketball1976–77
Current AP polls
FBS football2025 season
FCS football2025 season
Div I men's basketball2025–26 season
Div I women's basketball2025–26 season

College football

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The football poll is released Sundays at 2 pm Eastern time during the season, unless ranked teams have not finished their games.

History

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The AP college football poll's origins go back to the 1930s. The news media began running their own polls of sports writers to determine, by popular opinion, the best college football teams in the country. One of the earliest such polls was conducted by the AP in November 1934.[citation needed]

In 1935, AP sports editor Alan J. Gould declared a three-way tie for national champion in football between Minnesota, Princeton, and Southern Methodist.[3] Minnesota fans protested and a number of Gould's colleagues led by Charles "Cy" Sherman suggested he create a poll of sports editors instead of only using his own list.[4] The next year the weekly AP college football poll was born,[4][5] and has run continuously from 1936.[citation needed]

Due to the long-standing historical ties between individual college football conferences and high-paying bowl games like the Rose Bowl and Orange Bowl, the NCAA had not held a tournament or championship game to determine the national champion of what is now the highest division, NCAA Division I, Football Bowl Subdivision (the Division I, Football Championship Subdivision and lower divisions do hold championship tournaments). As a result, the public and the media began to acknowledge the leading vote-getter in the final AP poll as the national champion for that season.

While the AP poll currently lists the Top 25 teams in the nation, from 1936 to 1988, the wire service only ranked twenty teams, except from 1961 to 1967, when only ten teams were recognized. The AP expanded to the current 25 teams in 1989.[6]

The AP began conducting a preseason poll in 1950.[7][8]

At the end of the 1947 season, the AP released an unofficial post-bowl poll which differed from the regular season final poll.[9] Until the 1968 college football season, the final AP poll of the season was released following the end of the regular season, with the lone exception of the 1965 season. In 1964, Alabama was named the national champion in the final AP Poll following the completion of the regular season, but lost in the Orange Bowl to Texas, leaving Arkansas as the only undefeated, untied team after the Razorbacks defeated Nebraska in the Cotton Bowl. In 1965, the AP's decision to wait to crown its champion paid handsomely, as top-ranked Michigan State lost to UCLA in the Rose Bowl, number two Arkansas lost to LSU in the Cotton Bowl, and fourth-ranked Alabama defeated third-ranked Nebraska in the Orange Bowl, vaulting the Crimson Tide to the top of the AP's final poll (Michigan State was named national champion in the final UPI Coaches Poll, which did not conduct a post-bowl poll).

Beginning in 1968, the post bowl game poll became permanent and the AP championship reflected the bowl game results. The UPI did not follow suit with the coaches' poll until the 1974 season.

No. 1 vs. No. 2

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Through the 2023 season, the number one ranked team has faced the number two ranked team 54 times since the inception of the AP poll in 1936.[10] The number one team has a record of 29–21–2 (.577) against the number two team.

No. 1 vs. No. 2 games
Light blue indicates bowl game
SeasonNo. 1ResultNo. 2SiteEventRef.
1943Notre Dame35–12MichiganMichigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI1943 Michigan–Notre Dame football rivalry game
1943Notre Dame14–13Iowa Pre-FlightNotre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN
1944Army23–7NavyMunicipal Stadium • Baltimore1944 Army–Navy Game
1945Army48–0Notre DameYankee Stadium • The Bronx1945 Army–Notre Dame football rivalry game
1945Army32–13NavyPhiladelphia Municipal Stadium • Philadelphia1945 Army–Navy Game
1946Army0–0Notre DameYankee Stadium • Bronx, NY1946 Army vs. Notre Dame football game
1962USC42–37WisconsinRose Bowl • Pasadena, CA1963 Rose Bowl
1963Oklahoma7–28TexasCotton Bowl • Dallas1963 Red River Shootout game
1963Texas28–6NavyCotton Bowl • Dallas, TX1964 Cotton Bowl Classic
1966Notre Dame10–10Michigan StateSpartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI1966 Notre Dame vs. Michigan State football game
1968Purdue37–22Notre DameNotre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN1968 Notre Dame–Purdue football rivalry game
1968Ohio State27–16USCRose Bowl • Pasadena, CA1969 Rose Bowl
1969Texas15–14ArkansasRazorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR1969 Texas vs. Arkansas football game
1971Nebraska35–31OklahomaOklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK1971 Nebraska vs. Oklahoma football game
1971Nebraska38–6AlabamaMiami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL1972 Orange Bowl
1978Penn State7–14AlabamaLouisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA1979 Sugar Bowl
1981USC28–24OklahomaLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles
1982Georgia23–27Penn StateLouisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA1983 Sugar Bowl
1985Iowa12–10MichiganKinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA
1986Oklahoma16–28Miami (FL)Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL
1986Miami (FL)10–14Penn StateSun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ1987 Fiesta Bowl
1987Nebraska7–17OklahomaMemorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE1987 Nebraska–Oklahoma football rivalry game
1987Oklahoma14–20Miami (FL)Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL1988 Orange Bowl
1988Notre Dame27–10USCLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles1988 Notre Dame–USC football rivalry game
1989Notre Dame24–19MichiganMichigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI1989 Michigan–Notre Dame football rivalry game
1991Florida State16–17Miami (FL)Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FLWide Right I
1992Miami (FL)13–34AlabamaLouisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA1993 Sugar Bowl (Bowl Coalition National Championship Game)
1993Florida State24–31Notre DameNotre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN1993 Florida State vs. Notre Dame football game
1993Florida State18–16NebraskaMiami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL1994 Orange Bowl (Bowl Coalition National Championship Game)
1995Nebraska62–24FloridaSun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ1996 Fiesta Bowl (Bowl Alliance National Championship Game)
1996Florida21–24Florida StateDoak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL1996 Florida–Florida State football rivalry game
1998Tennessee23–16Florida StateSun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ1999 Fiesta Bowl (BCS National Championship Game)
1999Florida State46–29Virginia TechLouisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA2000 Sugar Bowl (BCS National Championship Game)
2002Miami (FL)24–31 2OTOhio StateSun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ2003 Fiesta Bowl (BCS National Championship Game)
2004USC55–19OklahomaPro Player Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL2005 Orange Bowl (BCS National Championship Game)
2005USC38–41TexasRose Bowl • Pasadena, CA2006 Rose Bowl (BCS National Championship Game)
2006Ohio State24–7TexasDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX
2006Ohio State42–39MichiganOhio Stadium • Columbus, OH2006 Michigan vs. Ohio State football game
2006Ohio State14–41FloridaUniversity of Phoenix Stadium • Glendale, AZ2007 BCS National Championship Game
2007Ohio State24–38LSULouisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA2008 BCS National Championship Game
2008Alabama20–31FloridaGeorgia Dome • Atlanta, GA2008 SEC Championship Game
2008Florida24–14OklahomaDolphin Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL2009 BCS National Championship Game
2009Florida13–32AlabamaGeorgia Dome • Atlanta, GA2009 SEC Championship Game
2009Alabama37–21TexasRose Bowl • Pasadena, CA2010 BCS National Championship Game
2010Auburn22–19OregonUniversity of Phoenix Stadium • Glendale, AZ2011 BCS National Championship Game
2011LSU9–6 OTAlabamaBryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL2011 LSU vs. Alabama football game
2011LSU0–21AlabamaMercedes–Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA2012 BCS National Championship Game
2012Notre Dame14–42AlabamaSun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL2013 BCS National Championship Game
2013Florida State34–31AuburnRose Bowl • Pasadena, CA2014 BCS National Championship Game
2015Clemson40–45AlabamaUniversity of Phoenix Stadium • Glendale, AZ2016 College Football Playoff National Championship
2018Alabama16–44ClemsonLevi's Stadium • Santa Clara, CA2019 College Football Playoff National Championship
2019LSU46–41AlabamaBryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL2019 LSU vs. Alabama football game[11]
2022Georgia27–13Tennessee[a]Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA
2023Michigan34–13WashingtonNRG Stadium • Houston, TX2024 College Football Playoff National Championship
2025Ohio State10–13IndianaLucas Oil Stadium • Indianapolis, IN2025 Big Ten Football Championship Game

AP Poll inclusion in the BCS

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In 1997, the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was developed to try to unify the poll results by picking two teams for a "real" national championship game. For the first several years the AP Poll factored in the determination of the BCS rankings, along with other factors including the Coaches Poll and computer-based polls. Because of a series of controversies surrounding the BCS, the AP demanded in December 2004, that its poll no longer be used in the BCS rankings,[12] and so the 2004–2005 season was the last season that the AP Poll was used for this purpose.

In the 2003 season, the BCS system broke down when the final BCS standings ranked the University of Southern California (USC) at No. 3 while the two human polls in the system had ranked USC at No. 1. As a result, USC did not play in the BCS' designated national championship game. USC (who had earlier in the season lost in triple-overtime to an unranked Cal, 31–24) went on to decisively defeat No. 4 ranked Michigan in the Rose Bowl, while No. 2 Louisiana State University (LSU) (who had lost to Florida earlier in the season) defeated the No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners (who had lost the Big 12 championship game to Kansas State) in a national title game. As a result, the AP Poll kept USC at No. 1 while the Coaches Poll was contractually obligated to select the winner of the BCS game as the No. 1 team. The resulting split national title was the very problem that the BCS was created to solve, and has been widely considered an embarrassment.[13]

In 2004, a new controversy erupted at the end of the season when Auburn and Utah, who both finished the regular season 12–0, were left out of the BCS title game in favor of Oklahoma who also was 12–0 and had won decisively over Colorado in the Big 12 Championship game. USC went on to a win easily over Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl while Auburn and Utah both won their bowl games, leaving three undefeated teams at the end of the season. Also, in that same year, Texas made up late ground on California (Cal) in the BCS standings and as a result grabbed a high-payout, at-large spot in the Rose Bowl. Previous to that poll, Cal had been ranked ahead of Texas in both human polls and the BCS poll. Going into their final game, the Golden Bears were made aware that while margin of victory did not affect computer rankings, it did affect human polls and just eight voters changing their vote could affect the final standings.[14] Both teams won their game that week, but the Texas coach, Mack Brown, had made a public effort to lobby for his team to be moved higher in the ranking. When the human polls were released, Texas remained behind Cal, but it had closed the gap enough so that the BCS poll (which determines placement) placed Texas above Cal, angering both Cal and its conference, the Pac-10.[15] The final poll positions had been unchanged with Cal at No. 4 AP, No. 4 coaches, and No. 6 computers polls and Texas at No. 6 AP, No. 5 coaches, and No. 4 computer polls.[15] The AP Poll voters were caught in the middle because their vote changes were automatically publicized, while the votes of the Coaches poll were kept confidential. Although there had been a more substantial shift in the votes of the Coaches Poll, the only clear targets for the ire of fanatical fans were the voters in the AP Poll. While officials from both Cal and the Pac-10 called for the coaches' votes to be publicized, the overtures were turned down and did little to solve the problem of AP voters. Cal went on to lose to Texas Tech in the Holiday Bowl. Texas defeated Michigan in the Rose Bowl.

Many members of the press who voted in the AP Poll were upset by the controversy and, at the behest of its members, the AP asked that its poll no longer be used in the BCS rankings. The 2004 season was the last season that the AP Poll was used in the BCS rankings. It was replaced in the BCS equation by the newly created Harris Interactive College Football Poll.[16]

Final AP football polls

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Key

  •  CH  National Champion
  •  RU  National Runner-up
  •  T4  Top 4 finish
  •  T8  Top 8 finish
  •  T16  Top 16 finish
  •  T25  Top 25 finish

Please note that the exact ranking is shown for each school outside of the national champions and runner-up.

School Conference # T16 T8 T4 T2 CH 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Alabama    
SEC635841241612441320103616913109CH58CHCH38174745311RUCHCH67151391795CH145211181186CH10CHCH74CHRUCHRU8CHRU55179
Notre Dame    
Independent615232201488951336CH99CHCHRUCH3RU4910171739CH555RU1314CH612CH7917CHRU6134RU11192215179174201111512581814RU10
SEC6357422610741914165RUCH10443CHCH451581031120RURU3CHCH5733320166CH3314171617CH6533221185616156553476101513
Ohio State    
Big Ten65614025146131513CHRU1261417CH515RU88RU9CH459RU446114151512913147241811146RU12RUCH4204RU5955312CH46533RU6410CH5
USC    
Big Ten52412618105737118517131814CH1010CH431520CH8RU17RU13RURU1114151018782013124CHCHRU4332261920312211220
Miami    
ACC3526161210515111469188CH189RUCHRUCH3CH315620142015RUCHRU511171920132218RU
Nebraska    
Big Ten483924116491118717665611CHCH4799912897113RU4115610112415143CHCH6RU19388192414202425
Minnesota    
Big Ten15127444CH510CHCH1916812CH610182010
Georgia    
SEC443726136314RU18385487191016CH644131517810141620223771023RU131959RU747CHCH466
LSU    
SEC443820963RU81589CH3477819107111113111520105191213227RU1663CH178RU14141613186CH1612
Texas    
SEC534324175341114101553101111434CH53CH3183141764912RU1751225142315211256125CH13104RU1992519253412
Michigan    
Big Ten655334145316203593866RUCH7920151274129966638395184128RU8194776521121720CH1251120961481812241210141833CH21
ACC35292014531465131715RU3344RUCH44333CH5152111152321172310CH5148116
Clemson    
ACC38261075312111019191211196CH81117129129182316222121242211815RUCH4CHRU314132014
Florida    
SEC342916843151714191814156351371057RUCH45121032412CH13CH3925147613
Tennessee    
SEC473521126217RURU418712147174CH8RU137RU131549819204145814121222397CH941513251222226179
Penn State    
Big Ten463823115219418201216910RURU185105710542083CH3CH151138RU1371617111632489781797135
Auburn    
SEC4032157421617138CH413516201012581614314678619492224111814RU14915CHRU22241014
Army    
American1611864211CHCHRU1164RU14720183251921
Pittsburgh    
ACC211596323CH8111320415CH87RU41018171925151322
Big Ten28261485114198RUCH3RU931589RURU1212816167241411356159
TCU    
Big 12221794311616CH11614107212325112276RU14379RU25
Colorado    
Big 1220147411172071631616164CH2013163589201725
Maryland    
Big Ten1812531114313CH8320131382020121811131723
Indiana    
Big Ten853311420419201210CH
Texas A&M    
SEC292210211CH69175916117196131020151279815201123195181648
Syracuse    
ACC161042111489CH1941311619212125141520
BYU    
Big 1221133111201312137CH16222223185251614251211191311
Oregon    
Big Ten22171073–91118197RU1223101134RU9RU1952215634
Washington    
Big Ten28221153–51012118619101116107RU18235RU11161831925416138RU
Navy    
American159752–181044RU5181654RU24182023
Ole Miss    
SEC29221042–1713157610711RURU53782015211622221314201710119113
ACC2417932–165131311105RU8748132019RU25920172422138
UCLA    
Big Ten32271441–71341765RU445131512515141351797149619185816161021
Wisconsin    
Big Ten26201131–38111591976RU664231715724167102213219711
Arkansas    
SEC29261031–181416109796RU36711167311891215121316171512521
Iowa    
Big Ten2919831–9936RU3181416101616181025188882079251516232417
Stanford    
ACC2015731–RU1271916198101517229164771131220
Big 121814731–1268139RU18166420414191621127
California    
ACC1412531–RU141543512161482592514
Duke    
ACC1611421–11203818RU7111319161814161023
SMU    
ACC1310421–16310181014205RU1282212
Utah    
Big 12127221–10214RU1821172316121014
ACC2012311–162022101323RU61818107199151016211624
WWII Military22211–RU6
Illinois    
Big Ten141142––155134713310102524122016
Missouri    
SEC201181––6720185696171519232141918514822
Big 12171241––519147111124161331720111420716
Pac-12141041––15161251149818162223238
Houston    
Big 1216831––1812191791941051814101881722
Pac-1211631––1210871542125182017
Cincinnati    
Big 128331––1717825242184
ACC171121––19993161217151091819191061518
SEC11721––1511151913229842319
Fordham    
FCS6521––1531517126
Arizona    
Big 128411––181125102041911
Cornell    
FCS5411––124151912
Tulsa    
American8311––415171718122124
WWII Military1111––3
Big 121594–––2019717810697141512181418
Big 122084–––101219172017191652172551062325171820
Big Ten1384–––717811978151723172110
ACC1463–––1158195192113232121182010
Rice    
American743–––18101856198
Baylor    
Big 1216132–––20918111214141417121313713135
Purdue    
Big Ten1682–––51813197910181310171524251318
Kentucky    
SEC1062–––117152016186191218
Penn    
FCS762–––101415208137
Louisville    
ACC1252–––1814241761961315242119
Kansas    
Big 12852–––1211718229723
Air Force    
Mountain West752–––616138251322
Tulane    
American942–––195132017207918
Princeton    
FCS422–––186619
Texas Tech    
Big 121261–––11121113192318202212217
Defunct661–––6914111515
Dartmouth    
FCS541–––137201614
UCF    
Big 12531–––211061124
Wyoming    
Mountain West431–––1216622
Duquesne    
FCS331–––14108
Villanova    
FCS321–––61813
WWII Military211–––517
WWII Military211–––617
D3111–' ––6
Defunct111–––7
Del Monte    
WWII Military111–––8
Pac-12127––––1917181916152191010910
SEC156––––91618141720192324132415111920
Miami (OH)    
MAC55––––1515101210
NC State    
ACC154––––181715171611182417171225232021
Virginia    
ACC104––––13201823151618222316
Yale    
FCS44––––12121214
Holy Cross    
FCS53––––149191619
Iowa State    
Big 1242––––1925915
Utah State    
Pac-1242––––10162224
Toledo    
MAC42––––12142423
Vanderbilt    
SEC42––––12232415
FCS32––––141417
Pac-1232––––161714
WWII Military22––––1010
Louisiana    
Sun Belt22––––1516
ACC51––––1920251815
Rutgers    
Big Ten31––––201712
Sun Belt31––––191420
Marshall    
Sun Belt31––––102423
Pac-1231––––162525
American21––––209
Pacific    
Defunct21––––1910
Nevada    
Mountain West11––––11
Georgetown    
FCS11––––13
Norman    
WWII Military11––––13
Sun Belt11––––14
Defunct11––––14
MAC11––––15
Defunct11––––16
El Toro    
WWII Military11––––16
Pac-124–––––24221824
Memphis    
American4–––––25251724
Hawaii    
Mountain West2–––––2019
Columbia    
FCS2–––––2020
American2–––––1921
Liberty    
CUSA2–––––1725
Mountain West2–––––2124
Defunct1–––––17
D31–––––17
CUSA1–––––17
Temple    
American1–––––17
Defunct1–––––18
WWII Military1–––––18
D31–––––18
Sun Belt1–––––19
Delaware    
CUSA1–––––19
Sun Belt1–––––19
Lafayette    
FCS1–––––19
WWII Military1–––––19
Troy    
Sun Belt1–––––19
WWII Military1–––––20
Marquette    
Defunct1–––––20
Ohio    
MAC1–––––20
VMI    
FCS1–––––20
Mountain West1–––––22
Ball State    
MAC1–––––23
MAC1–––––23
MAC1–––––23
UNLV    
Mountain West1–––––23
American1–––––24
CUSA1–––––24
Buffalo    
MAC1–––––25

Other media football polls

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The AP Poll is not the only college football poll. The other major poll is the Coaches Poll, which has been published by several organizations: the United Press (1950–1957), the United Press International (1958–1990), USA Today (1991–present), CNN (1991–1996), and ESPN (1997–2005). Having two major polls has led to numerous "split" national titles, where the two polls disagreed on the No. 1 team. This has occurred on eleven different occasions (1954, 1957, 1965, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2003).

College basketball

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In Division I men's and women's college basketball, the AP Poll is largely just a tool to compare schools throughout the season and spark debate, as it has no bearing on postseason play. Generally, all top 25 teams in the poll are invited to the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournament, also known as March Madness. The poll is usually released every Monday and voters' ballots are publicized.[17]

Men's basketball

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The AP began compiling a ranking of the top 20 college men's basketball teams during the 1948–1949 season. It has issued this poll continuously since the 1950–1951 season. Beginning with the 1989-1990 season, the poll expanded to 25 teams. Kentucky has the highest % of AP poll top 25 appearances, top 10 appearances, top 5 appearances, as well as preseason and end of season appearances. Kentucky has appeared in over 75% of the AP polls since the 1948–49 season.[citation needed]

On January 10, 2024, the Associated Press published an article detailing their 75th anniversary of the AP poll for men's college basketball. In this article they highlight the most successful programs in terms of rankings released by the AP during the previous 75 years. The top 5 programs in order are #1 Kentucky, #2 North Carolina, #3 Duke, #4 Kansas, and #5 UCLA.[18]

Women's basketball

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The women's basketball poll began during the 1976–1977 season, and was initially compiled by Mel Greenberg and published by The Philadelphia Inquirer. At first, it was a poll of coaches conducted via telephone, where coaches identified top teams and a list of the Top 20 team was produced. The initial list of coaches did not include Pat Summitt, who asked to join the group, not to improve her rankings, but because of the lack of media coverage. Summitt believed it would be a good way to stay on top of who the top teams were outside of her own schedule.[19] The poll continued to be a top 20 poll through 1989.[citation needed] The number was increased to 25 in 1990 and subsequent years.[citation needed]

The contributors continued to be coaches until 1994, when the AP took over administration of the poll from Greenberg, and switched to a panel of writers.[20] In 1994, Tennessee started out as No. 1 in the polls with Connecticut at No. 4. After losses by the No. 2 and No. 3 teams, Tennessee and Connecticut were ranked No. 1 and No. 2, headed into a showdown, scheduled as a special event on Martin Luther King day, the only women's basketball game scheduled on that day. Because of the unusual circumstances, the decision was made to hold off the AP voting for one day, to ensure it would be after the game. Connecticut won the game, and moved into first place in the AP poll, published on Tuesday for the only time. (Connecticut went on to complete an undefeated season.)[21] Over the history of the poll, over 255 coaches have had a team represented in polls.[22]

NFL football

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Beginning in 2012, the AP began issuing a weekly pro football ranking, the AP Pro32 rankings.[23]

Notes

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  1. ↑ No. 2 tied with Ohio State, however Tennessee received more first-place votes (18) than Ohio State (15)

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Associated Press voters 2013 retrieved 2 January 2014 Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "AP College Poll Voters [Football]". Associated Press. Archived from the original on February 25, 2009.
  3. ↑ Gould, Alan (December 3, 1935). Written at New York. "Associated Press Rates Grid Teams — Mustangs, Tigers, Gophers Are Ranked as Equal All Unbeaten". The Duncan Eagle. Duncan, Oklahoma. Associated Press. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  4. 1 2 Nissenson, Herschel (December 29, 1985). "Half a Century Later, Football Poll Still Causing Controversy". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  5. ↑ Halberstam, David. Breaking news: how the Associated Press has covered war, peace, and everything else. Princeton Architectural Press, 2007. p150-151
  6. ↑ Parks, James (October 8, 2021). "How the AP Top 25 college football poll works". College Football HQ. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  7. ↑ Ellis, Zac (August 17, 2013). "AP Poll: Alabama, Ohio State headline first preseason rankings". Campus Union - SI.com. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ "5 things to know about the AP preseason poll - TimesDaily: College". August 18, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  9. ↑ The official final AP poll, taken before the bowls, had Notre Dame No. 1 (107 first place votes) and Michigan No. 2 (25 first place votes). Michigan won the Rose Bowl 49–0 over USC while Notre Dame did not play in a bowl game. Detroit Free Press sports editor Lyall Smith arranged a post-bowl AP poll with only Michigan or Notre Dame as choices. Michigan won that poll 266–119.Kyrk, John (2004). Natural Enemies. Taylor Trade Publications. pp. 142–7. ISBN 1-58979-090-1.
  10. ↑ "Football Bowl Sub Division Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 138. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  11. ↑ "AP Top 25 Poll - Week 11". AP.org. Associated Press. November 3, 2019.
  12. ↑ AP Removes Its Poll From BCS, ncaasports.com, December 22, 2004, Accessed June 6, 2006. Archived from the original.
  13. ↑ Tim Layden, Embarrassing moments in College Football (#10) Archived October 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, SportsIllustrated.com, August 2, 2006, Accessed August 2, 2006.
  14. ↑ Kelly Whiteside = California bears burden of making point that it's BCS-worthy. USA TODAY, November 29, 2004
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  16. ↑ BCS Replaces AP Poll, ncaasports.com, July 12, 2005, Accessed June 6, 2006. Archived from the original.
  17. ↑ "AP College Poll Voters [Men's Basketball]". College Poll Tracker.
  18. ↑ Skretta, Dave (January 10, 2024). "Kentucky is the all-time No. 1 team through 75 storied years of AP Top 25 college basketball polls". Associated Press News. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  19. ↑ Greenberg, Mel. ""The stare" may have been Summitt's trademark, but it did not define her true personality". FullCourt.com. Archived from the original on May 21, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
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