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The Associated Press (AP) has many polls (men's college basketball, women's college basketball, etc). This section refers to only the AP college football poll.
The 'Associated Press (AP) Poll' typically refers to a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I-A college football and Division I college basketball teams, though other AP polls exist as well. The rankings are compiled by polling sportswriters across the nation. Each voter provides his 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 made public.
AP college football poll has a long history. 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 has never held a tournament or championship game to determine the champion of what is now the highest division, NCAA Division I-A (the lower divisions do hold championship tournaments). As a result, the news media began running their own polls of sports writers to determine who was, by popular opinion, the best football team in the country at the end of the season. One of the earliest such polls was the AP College Football Poll, first run in 1934 (compiled and organized by Charles Woodroof, former SEC Assistant Director of Media Relations) and then continuously from 1936. The public and the media began to take 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 1961 the wire service only ranked 20 teams. And from 1962 to 1967 only 10 teams were recognized. From 1968 to 1988, the AP again resumed its Top 20 before expanding to 25 teams in 1989.
Until 1968 college football season, the final AP poll of the season was released following the end of the regular season, with the 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 United Press International poll of coaches, which did not conduct a post-bowl poll).
At the end of the 1947 season when the AP released an unofficial post-bowl poll which differed from the regular season final poll.[1] The AP national championship was awarded before bowl games were played.
Beginning in the 1968 season, a post bowl game poll was released and the AP championship reflected the bowl game results. The UPI did not follow suit with the coaches' poll until the 1974 season.
In 2007, the AP Top 25 poll witnessed the largest single drop of a ranked team. #5 ranked Michigan lost to Appalachian St. 34-32 on Sept. 4, 2007, dropping 21 spots and out of the Top 25. The Wolverines became the first ranked team from Division I-A, now known as the Bowl Subdivision, to lose to a team from I-AA, now known as the Championship Subdivision. As an additional result of this game, the AP poll decided to open up its poll and allow voters to vote for Division I-FCS in the poll if that team has played a Division I-FBS team.[2]
Before Michigan's fall, Notre Dame held the record for largest drop in the rankings in the Top 25-era. The Fighting Irish dropped 16 spots, from #9 to #25, after losing to Northwestern 17-15 on Sept. 3, 1995. The highest ranked team to fall from the poll after one loss was #2 Oklahoma in 1959, when the AP was ranking the top 20 teams. Later that season Army went from #4 to unranked. In 1950, Tennessee went from #4 to unranked in October and in 1960 Illinois fell out of the ranking from #4.
The AP Poll is not the only college football poll. The other major poll is the Coaches Poll, which has been sponsored 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 #1 team.
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, and so the 2004-2005 season was the last season that the AP Poll was used for this purpose.
Starting with the 1998 season, the AP Poll factored in the determination of the BCS rankings, along with other factors including the Coaches Poll and computer-based polls. The BCS system did not get permission from the Associated Press, but the AP did not initially voice serious concern. However two major problems in the 2003 and 2004 seasons resulted in the AP asking to be removed after the 2004 season[3].
In the 2003 season the BCS system broke down when the next-to-final BCS poll ranked the University of Southern California (USC) at #3 while the two human polls in the system had ranked USC at #1. As a result, USC did not play in the BCS' designated national championship game. After defeating another highly ranked team in its final game, the AP Poll kept USC at #1 while the Coaches Poll was contractually obligated to select the winner of the BCS game, Louisiana State University (LSU), as the #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[4].
In 2004, a new controversy erupted at the end of the season when, Auburn University, who finished the regular season 12-0 after winning the Southeastern Conference Championship game, was 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 over Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl and Auburn won their bowl game, leaving two 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. 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. The AP Poll voters were caught in the middle because their vote changes were automatically made public, 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 made public, the overtures were turned down and did little to solve the problem of AP voters.
Many members of the press who voted in the AP Poll were upset by the fiasco 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[5].
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.
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 following lists the 65 members who voted in the 2005-2006 college football season AP Poll.[6]
★ Paul Arnett, Honolulu Star-Buletin
★ Steve Batterson, Quad City (Iowa) Times
★ Beau Bishop, WCTV-TV, Tallahassee, Fla.
★ John Blanchette, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
★ Jack Bogaczyk, Charleston (W.Va.) Daily Mail
★ Kirk Bohls, Austin (Texas) American Statesman
★ Rick Bozich, The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.
★ B.G. Brooks, Rocky Mountain News, Denver
★ Jimmy Burch, Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram
★ Jim Carty, The Ann Arbor (Mich.) News
★ Barker Davis, The Washington Times
★ Mike DiRocco, Florida Times Union
★ Joseph Duarte, Houston Chronicle
★ Gregg Ellis, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo, Miss.
★ Aaron Fentress, The Oregonian, Portland
★ Ray Fittipaldo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
★ Chris Fowler, ESPN
★ Joe Giglio, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.
★ Joey Goodman, The Lawton (Okla.) Constitution
★ Herb Gould, Chicago Sun-Times
★ Jeff Gravely, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, N.C.
★ Tim Griffin, San Antonio Express-News
★ Bob Hammond, Laramie (Wyo.) Boomerang
★ Todd Harmonson, The Orange County Register, Santa Ana, Calif.
★ Doug Harris, Dayton (Ohio) Daily News
★ Shawn Harrison, Logan (Utah) Herald Tribune
★ Joseph Hawk, Las Vegas Review-Journal
★ Kirk Herbstreit, WBNS-AM Columbus, Ohio & ESPN
★ Bob Holt, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock
★ Jimmy Hyams, WNML AM-FM, Knoxville, Tenn.
★ Craig James, ABC
★ Rich Kaipust, Omaha (Neb.) World-Record
★ Aditi Kinkhabwala, The Record, Bergen County, N.J.
★ George Lehner, WTVN-AM, Columbus, Ohio
★ Iliana Limon, Albuquerque (N.M.) Journal
★ Stewart Mandel, SI.com
★ Dan McDonald, Lafayette (La.) Advertiser
★ Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald
★ John Moredich, Tucson (Ariz.) Citizen
★ Tom Mulhern, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison
★ John Niyo, Detroit News
★ Neill Ostrout, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport
★ Jeff Parson, Wichita (Kan.) Eagle
★ David Paschall, Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times Free Press
★ Joe Person, The State, Columbia, S.C.
★ Michael Pointer, The Indianapolis Star
★ Mike Prater, The Idaho Statesman, Boise
★ Scott Rabalais, The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La.
★ Mike Radano, Courier-Post, Cherry Hill, N.J.
★ Dave Rahme, The Post-Standard, Syracuse, N.Y.
★ Ray Ratto, San Francisco Chronicle
★ Doug Segrest, The Birmingham (Ala.) News
★ John Shipley, St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press
★ Jay Tate, Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser
★ John Tautges, Westwood One Radio
★ David Teel, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.
★ Jimmy Tramel, Tulsa (Okla.) World
★ Mark Tupper, Decatur (Ill.) Herald & Review Bee
★ Ken Tysiac, Charlotte (N.C.) Observer
★ Adan Van Brimmer, Savannah (Ga.) Morning News-Augusta
★ Mike Vega, The Boston Globe
★ Graham Watson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
★ Jon Wilner, San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News
★ Doug Wilson, Bloomington (Ind.) Herald-Times
★ Scott Wolf, Los Angeles Daily News
The following 65 sportswriters and broadcasters vote in the AP Poll for college football for the 2006-2007 season. Their affiliate is listed after their name.[7]
★ Greg Archuleta, Albuquerque Journal
★ Steve Batterson, Quad City Times
★ Harold Bechard, Hutchinson News
★ David Birkett, The Oakland Press
★ Kirk Bohls, Austin American-Statesman
★ B.G. Brooks, Rocky Mountain News
★ Jimmy Burch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
★ Angelique Chengelis, The Detroit News
★ Fred Cowgill, WLKY-TV
★ Brian Curtis, College Sports Television
★ Barker Davis, Washington Times
★ Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald
★ Joseph Duarte, Houston Chronicle
★ Aaron Fentress, The Oregonian
★ Ray Fittipaldo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
★ Chris Fowler, ESPN
★ Jason Franchuk, Provo Daily Herald
★ Robert Gagliardi, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
★ Joe Giglio, The News & Observer
★ Joey Goodman, The Lawton Constitution
★ Herb Gould, Chicago Sun-Times
★ Jeff Gravley, WRAL-TV
★ Tim Griffin, San Antonio Express-News
★ Joe Hawk, Las Vegas Review-Journal
★ Kirk Herbstreit, WBNS-AM/ESPN
★ Bob Holt, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
★ John Hoover, Tulsa World
★ Craig James, ABC
★ David Jones, Florida Today
★ Aditi Kinkhabwala, The Bergen Record
★Jim Kleinpeter ''Removed November 15, 2006''[8], New Orleans Times-Picayune
★ Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer
★ Ferd Lewis, Honolulu Advertiser
★ Chris Low, The Tennessean
★ Stewart Mandel, SI.com
★ Matt McCoy, WTVN-AM
★ Joe Medley, Anniston Star
★ Jeff Metcalfe, Arizona Republic
★ Tom Mulhern, Wisconsin State Journal
★ Robbie Neiswanger, The Jackson Clarion-Ledger
★ Neill Ostrout, Connecticut Post
★ Kevin Pearson, Riverside Press-Enterprise
★ Joe Person, The State
★ Steve Phillips, WBIR-TV
★ Michael Pointer, The Indianapolis Star
★ Mike Prater, Idaho Statesman
★ Scott Rabalais, The Baton Rouge Advocate
★ Mike Radano, Courier-Post
★ Dave Rahme, Syracuse Post-Standard
★ Ray Ratto, San Francisco Chronicle
★ Chip Scroggins, Star Tribune of Minneapolis
★ Steven Sipple, Lincoln Journal Star
★ Jon Solomon, The Birmingham News
★ Bob Thomas, Florida Times-Union
★ Mark Tupper, Decatur Herald and Review
★ Ken Tysiac, The Charlotte Observer
★ Adam Van Brimmer, Savannah Morning News-Augusta
★ Mitch Vingle, Charleston Gazette
★ Michael Vega, The Boston Globe
★ Steve Warden, The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
★ Jeff White, Richmond Times-Dispatch
★ Jason Whitlock, Kansas City Star
★ Jon Wilner, San Jose Mercury News
★ Bud Withers, Seattle Times
★ Scott Wolf, Los Angeles Daily News
The following 65 sportswriters and broadcasters vote in the AP Poll for college football for the 2007-2008 season. Their affiliate is listed after their name.[9]
Alex Abrams, The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas, Springdale; Parrish Alford, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo; Paul Arnett, Honolulu Star-Bulletin; Chuck Banning, The Day of New London (Conn.); Steve Batterson, Quad City (Iowa) Times; David Birkett, The Oakland (Mich.) Press; Bret Bloomquist, El Paso (Texas) Times; Kirk Bohls, Austin (Texas) American Statesman;
B.G. Brooks, Rocky Mountain News, Denver; Jimmy Burch, Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram; Steve Conroy, Boston Herald; Chip Cosby, Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader; Barker Davis, The Washington Times; Mike DeArmond, Kansas City Star; Pete DiPrimio, The Fort Wayne (Ind.) News-Sentinel; Doug Doughty, The Roanoke (Va.) Times;
Joseph Duarte, Houston Chronicle; Ray Fittipaldo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Chris Fowler, ESPN; Jason Franchuk, Provo (Utah) Daily Herald; Joe Giglio, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.; Dave Goren, WXII-TV, Greensboro, N.C.; Herb Gould, Chicago Sun-Times; Glen Guilbeau, Gannett Louisiana News Service;
Israel Gutierrez, Miami Herald; Eric Hansen, The South Bend (Ind.) Tribune; Tom Hart, College Sports Televison; Joseph Hawk, Las Vegas Review-Journal; Kirk Herbstreit, WBNS-AM Columbus, Ohio & ESPN; John Heuser, The Ann Arbor (Mich.) News; John Hunt, The Oregonian; Craig James, ABC;
David Jones, Florida Today, Melbourne; Rich Kaipust, Omaha (Neb.) World-Record; Tom Keegan, Lawrence (Kan.) Journal World; Aditi Kinkhabwala, The Record, Bergen County, N.J.; Brian Landman, St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times; Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland; Stewart Mandel, SI.com; Matt McCoy, WTVN-AM, Columbus, Ohio;
Neal McCready, Mobile (Ala.) Press-Register; Rodney McKissic, The Buffalo (N.Y.) News; John Moredich, Tucson (Ariz.) Citizen; Dave Morrison, The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.; Tom Mulhern, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison; Myron Patton, KOKH-TV, Okla.; Kevin Pearson, Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise; Joe Person, The State, Columbia, S.C.;
Wayne Phillips, The Greeneville (Tenn.) Sun; Mike Prater, The Idaho Statesman, Boise; Scott Rabalais, The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La.; Ray Ratto, San Francisco Chronicle; Shannon Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer; Chip Scoggins, Star Tribune of Minneapolis; Mike Strain, Tulsa (Okla.) World; Jay G. Tate, Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser;
Tommy Trujillo, The New Mexican, Santa Fe; Mark Tupper, Decatur (Ill.) Herald & Review; Adan Van Brimmer, Savannah (Ga.) Morning News-Augusta; Austin Ward, Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune; Jon Wilner, San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News; Scott Wolf, Los Angeles Daily News; Molly Yanity, Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Jim Young, News & Record of Greensboro (N.C.); Eric Yutzy, WTVF-TV, Nashville, Tenn.
'1934'—— Minnesota
'1935'—— No known poll
'1936'—— Minnesota
'1937'—— Pittsburgh
'1938'—— TCU
'1939'—— Texas A&M
'1940'—— Minnesota
'1941'—— Minnesota
'1942'—— Ohio State
'1943'—— Notre Dame
'1944'—— Army
'1945'—— Army
'1946'—— Notre Dame
'1947'—— Notre Dame / ''Michigan'' 1
'1948'—— Michigan
'1949'—— Notre Dame
'1950'—— Oklahoma
'1951'—— Tennessee
'1952'—— Michigan State
'1953'—— Maryland
'1954'—— Ohio State
'1955'—— Oklahoma
'1956'—— Oklahoma
'1957'—— Auburn
'1958'—— LSU
'1959'—— Syracuse
'1960'—— Minnesota
'1961'—— Alabama
'1962'—— USC
'1963'—— Texas
'1964'—— Alabama
'1965'—— Alabama
'1966'—— Notre Dame
'1967'—— USC
'1968'—— Ohio State
'1969'—— Texas
'1970'—— Nebraska
'1971'—— Nebraska
'1972'—— USC
'1973'—— Notre Dame
'1974'—— Oklahoma
'1975'—— Oklahoma
'1976'—— Pittsburgh
'1977'—— Notre Dame
'1978'—— Alabama
'1979'—— Alabama
'1980'—— Georgia
'1981'—— Clemson
'1982'—— Penn State
'1983'—— Miami, (FL)
'1984'—— BYU
'1985'—— Oklahoma
'1986'—— Penn State
'1987'—— Miami, (FL)
'1988'—— Notre Dame
'1989'—— Miami, (FL)
'1990'—— Colorado
'1991'—— Miami, (FL)
'1992'—— Alabama
'1993'—— Florida State
'1994'—— Nebraska
'1995'—— Nebraska
'1996'—— Florida
'1997'—— Michigan
'1998'—— Tennessee
'1999'—— Florida State
'2000'—— Oklahoma
'2001'—— Miami (FL)
'2002'—— Ohio State
'2003'—— USC
'2004'—— USC
'2005'—— Texas
'2006'—— Florida
★ Mythical National Championship
★ Coaches Poll
★ Grantland Rice Award
★ Bowl Championship Series
★ NCAA Division I-A national football championship
★ Dickinson System
★ Harris Interactive College Football Poll
1. The official final AP poll, taken before the bowls, had Notre Dame #1 (107 first place votes) and Michigan #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. Natural Enemies, , John, , , ,
2. Upset opens up AP poll Tom D'Angelo
3. AP Removes Its Poll From BCS, ncaasports.com, Dec. 22, 2004, ''Accessed June 6, 2006''.
4. Tim Layden, Embarrassing moments in College Football (#10), SportsIllustrated.com, Aug. 2, 2006 , ''Accessed Aug. 2, 2006''.
5. BCS Replaces AP Poll, ncaasports.com, July 12, 2005, ''Accessed June 6, 2006''.
6. Who votes in the 2005 AP College Football Poll? Kevin Donahue
7. AP College Poll Voters, AP.org, ''Accessed November 15, 2006''.
8. AP poll voter booted for mistaking Sooners win for loss AP
9. AP College Poll Voters, AP.org, ''Accessed September 4, 2007''.
★ The Associated Press Top 25 College Football Poll at Sports Illustrated
★ The Associated Press Top 25 Men's College Basketball Poll at Sports Illustrated
★ List of all Final AP Poll results and champions
★ Weekly AP football polls from 1936-present
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The 'Associated Press (AP) Poll' typically refers to a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I-A college football and Division I college basketball teams, though other AP polls exist as well. The rankings are compiled by polling sportswriters across the nation. Each voter provides his 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 made public.
College football
AP college football poll has a long history. 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 has never held a tournament or championship game to determine the champion of what is now the highest division, NCAA Division I-A (the lower divisions do hold championship tournaments). As a result, the news media began running their own polls of sports writers to determine who was, by popular opinion, the best football team in the country at the end of the season. One of the earliest such polls was the AP College Football Poll, first run in 1934 (compiled and organized by Charles Woodroof, former SEC Assistant Director of Media Relations) and then continuously from 1936. The public and the media began to take 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 1961 the wire service only ranked 20 teams. And from 1962 to 1967 only 10 teams were recognized. From 1968 to 1988, the AP again resumed its Top 20 before expanding to 25 teams in 1989.
Until 1968 college football season, the final AP poll of the season was released following the end of the regular season, with the 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 United Press International poll of coaches, which did not conduct a post-bowl poll).
At the end of the 1947 season when the AP released an unofficial post-bowl poll which differed from the regular season final poll.[1] The AP national championship was awarded before bowl games were played.
Beginning in the 1968 season, a post bowl game poll was released and the AP championship reflected the bowl game results. The UPI did not follow suit with the coaches' poll until the 1974 season.
In 2007, the AP Top 25 poll witnessed the largest single drop of a ranked team. #5 ranked Michigan lost to Appalachian St. 34-32 on Sept. 4, 2007, dropping 21 spots and out of the Top 25. The Wolverines became the first ranked team from Division I-A, now known as the Bowl Subdivision, to lose to a team from I-AA, now known as the Championship Subdivision. As an additional result of this game, the AP poll decided to open up its poll and allow voters to vote for Division I-FCS in the poll if that team has played a Division I-FBS team.[2]
Before Michigan's fall, Notre Dame held the record for largest drop in the rankings in the Top 25-era. The Fighting Irish dropped 16 spots, from #9 to #25, after losing to Northwestern 17-15 on Sept. 3, 1995. The highest ranked team to fall from the poll after one loss was #2 Oklahoma in 1959, when the AP was ranking the top 20 teams. Later that season Army went from #4 to unranked. In 1950, Tennessee went from #4 to unranked in October and in 1960 Illinois fell out of the ranking from #4.
Other media football polls
The AP Poll is not the only college football poll. The other major poll is the Coaches Poll, which has been sponsored 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 #1 team.
AP Poll inclusion in the BCS
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, and so the 2004-2005 season was the last season that the AP Poll was used for this purpose.
Starting with the 1998 season, the AP Poll factored in the determination of the BCS rankings, along with other factors including the Coaches Poll and computer-based polls. The BCS system did not get permission from the Associated Press, but the AP did not initially voice serious concern. However two major problems in the 2003 and 2004 seasons resulted in the AP asking to be removed after the 2004 season[3].
In the 2003 season the BCS system broke down when the next-to-final BCS poll ranked the University of Southern California (USC) at #3 while the two human polls in the system had ranked USC at #1. As a result, USC did not play in the BCS' designated national championship game. After defeating another highly ranked team in its final game, the AP Poll kept USC at #1 while the Coaches Poll was contractually obligated to select the winner of the BCS game, Louisiana State University (LSU), as the #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[4].
In 2004, a new controversy erupted at the end of the season when, Auburn University, who finished the regular season 12-0 after winning the Southeastern Conference Championship game, was 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 over Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl and Auburn won their bowl game, leaving two 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. 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. The AP Poll voters were caught in the middle because their vote changes were automatically made public, 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 made public, the overtures were turned down and did little to solve the problem of AP voters.
Many members of the press who voted in the AP Poll were upset by the fiasco 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[5].
College basketball
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.
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.
List of voters
College football
2005-2006 season
The following lists the 65 members who voted in the 2005-2006 college football season AP Poll.[6]
★ Paul Arnett, Honolulu Star-Buletin
★ Steve Batterson, Quad City (Iowa) Times
★ Beau Bishop, WCTV-TV, Tallahassee, Fla.
★ John Blanchette, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
★ Jack Bogaczyk, Charleston (W.Va.) Daily Mail
★ Kirk Bohls, Austin (Texas) American Statesman
★ Rick Bozich, The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.
★ B.G. Brooks, Rocky Mountain News, Denver
★ Jimmy Burch, Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram
★ Jim Carty, The Ann Arbor (Mich.) News
★ Barker Davis, The Washington Times
★ Mike DiRocco, Florida Times Union
★ Joseph Duarte, Houston Chronicle
★ Gregg Ellis, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo, Miss.
★ Aaron Fentress, The Oregonian, Portland
★ Ray Fittipaldo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
★ Chris Fowler, ESPN
★ Joe Giglio, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.
★ Joey Goodman, The Lawton (Okla.) Constitution
★ Herb Gould, Chicago Sun-Times
★ Jeff Gravely, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, N.C.
★ Tim Griffin, San Antonio Express-News
★ Bob Hammond, Laramie (Wyo.) Boomerang
★ Todd Harmonson, The Orange County Register, Santa Ana, Calif.
★ Doug Harris, Dayton (Ohio) Daily News
★ Shawn Harrison, Logan (Utah) Herald Tribune
★ Joseph Hawk, Las Vegas Review-Journal
★ Kirk Herbstreit, WBNS-AM Columbus, Ohio & ESPN
★ Bob Holt, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock
★ Jimmy Hyams, WNML AM-FM, Knoxville, Tenn.
★ Craig James, ABC
★ Rich Kaipust, Omaha (Neb.) World-Record
★ Aditi Kinkhabwala, The Record, Bergen County, N.J.
★ George Lehner, WTVN-AM, Columbus, Ohio
★ Iliana Limon, Albuquerque (N.M.) Journal
★ Stewart Mandel, SI.com
★ Dan McDonald, Lafayette (La.) Advertiser
★ Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald
★ John Moredich, Tucson (Ariz.) Citizen
★ Tom Mulhern, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison
★ John Niyo, Detroit News
★ Neill Ostrout, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport
★ Jeff Parson, Wichita (Kan.) Eagle
★ David Paschall, Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times Free Press
★ Joe Person, The State, Columbia, S.C.
★ Michael Pointer, The Indianapolis Star
★ Mike Prater, The Idaho Statesman, Boise
★ Scott Rabalais, The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La.
★ Mike Radano, Courier-Post, Cherry Hill, N.J.
★ Dave Rahme, The Post-Standard, Syracuse, N.Y.
★ Ray Ratto, San Francisco Chronicle
★ Doug Segrest, The Birmingham (Ala.) News
★ John Shipley, St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press
★ Jay Tate, Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser
★ John Tautges, Westwood One Radio
★ David Teel, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.
★ Jimmy Tramel, Tulsa (Okla.) World
★ Mark Tupper, Decatur (Ill.) Herald & Review Bee
★ Ken Tysiac, Charlotte (N.C.) Observer
★ Adan Van Brimmer, Savannah (Ga.) Morning News-Augusta
★ Mike Vega, The Boston Globe
★ Graham Watson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
★ Jon Wilner, San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News
★ Doug Wilson, Bloomington (Ind.) Herald-Times
★ Scott Wolf, Los Angeles Daily News
2006-2007 season
The following 65 sportswriters and broadcasters vote in the AP Poll for college football for the 2006-2007 season. Their affiliate is listed after their name.[7]
★ Greg Archuleta, Albuquerque Journal
★ Steve Batterson, Quad City Times
★ Harold Bechard, Hutchinson News
★ David Birkett, The Oakland Press
★ Kirk Bohls, Austin American-Statesman
★ B.G. Brooks, Rocky Mountain News
★ Jimmy Burch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
★ Angelique Chengelis, The Detroit News
★ Fred Cowgill, WLKY-TV
★ Brian Curtis, College Sports Television
★ Barker Davis, Washington Times
★ Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald
★ Joseph Duarte, Houston Chronicle
★ Aaron Fentress, The Oregonian
★ Ray Fittipaldo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
★ Chris Fowler, ESPN
★ Jason Franchuk, Provo Daily Herald
★ Robert Gagliardi, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
★ Joe Giglio, The News & Observer
★ Joey Goodman, The Lawton Constitution
★ Herb Gould, Chicago Sun-Times
★ Jeff Gravley, WRAL-TV
★ Tim Griffin, San Antonio Express-News
★ Joe Hawk, Las Vegas Review-Journal
★ Kirk Herbstreit, WBNS-AM/ESPN
★ Bob Holt, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
★ John Hoover, Tulsa World
★ Craig James, ABC
★ David Jones, Florida Today
★ Aditi Kinkhabwala, The Bergen Record
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★ Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer
★ Ferd Lewis, Honolulu Advertiser
★ Chris Low, The Tennessean
★ Stewart Mandel, SI.com
★ Matt McCoy, WTVN-AM
★ Joe Medley, Anniston Star
★ Jeff Metcalfe, Arizona Republic
★ Tom Mulhern, Wisconsin State Journal
★ Robbie Neiswanger, The Jackson Clarion-Ledger
★ Neill Ostrout, Connecticut Post
★ Kevin Pearson, Riverside Press-Enterprise
★ Joe Person, The State
★ Steve Phillips, WBIR-TV
★ Michael Pointer, The Indianapolis Star
★ Mike Prater, Idaho Statesman
★ Scott Rabalais, The Baton Rouge Advocate
★ Mike Radano, Courier-Post
★ Dave Rahme, Syracuse Post-Standard
★ Ray Ratto, San Francisco Chronicle
★ Chip Scroggins, Star Tribune of Minneapolis
★ Steven Sipple, Lincoln Journal Star
★ Jon Solomon, The Birmingham News
★ Bob Thomas, Florida Times-Union
★ Mark Tupper, Decatur Herald and Review
★ Ken Tysiac, The Charlotte Observer
★ Adam Van Brimmer, Savannah Morning News-Augusta
★ Mitch Vingle, Charleston Gazette
★ Michael Vega, The Boston Globe
★ Steve Warden, The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
★ Jeff White, Richmond Times-Dispatch
★ Jason Whitlock, Kansas City Star
★ Jon Wilner, San Jose Mercury News
★ Bud Withers, Seattle Times
★ Scott Wolf, Los Angeles Daily News
2007-2008 season
The following 65 sportswriters and broadcasters vote in the AP Poll for college football for the 2007-2008 season. Their affiliate is listed after their name.[9]
Alex Abrams, The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas, Springdale; Parrish Alford, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo; Paul Arnett, Honolulu Star-Bulletin; Chuck Banning, The Day of New London (Conn.); Steve Batterson, Quad City (Iowa) Times; David Birkett, The Oakland (Mich.) Press; Bret Bloomquist, El Paso (Texas) Times; Kirk Bohls, Austin (Texas) American Statesman;
B.G. Brooks, Rocky Mountain News, Denver; Jimmy Burch, Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram; Steve Conroy, Boston Herald; Chip Cosby, Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader; Barker Davis, The Washington Times; Mike DeArmond, Kansas City Star; Pete DiPrimio, The Fort Wayne (Ind.) News-Sentinel; Doug Doughty, The Roanoke (Va.) Times;
Joseph Duarte, Houston Chronicle; Ray Fittipaldo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Chris Fowler, ESPN; Jason Franchuk, Provo (Utah) Daily Herald; Joe Giglio, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.; Dave Goren, WXII-TV, Greensboro, N.C.; Herb Gould, Chicago Sun-Times; Glen Guilbeau, Gannett Louisiana News Service;
Israel Gutierrez, Miami Herald; Eric Hansen, The South Bend (Ind.) Tribune; Tom Hart, College Sports Televison; Joseph Hawk, Las Vegas Review-Journal; Kirk Herbstreit, WBNS-AM Columbus, Ohio & ESPN; John Heuser, The Ann Arbor (Mich.) News; John Hunt, The Oregonian; Craig James, ABC;
David Jones, Florida Today, Melbourne; Rich Kaipust, Omaha (Neb.) World-Record; Tom Keegan, Lawrence (Kan.) Journal World; Aditi Kinkhabwala, The Record, Bergen County, N.J.; Brian Landman, St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times; Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland; Stewart Mandel, SI.com; Matt McCoy, WTVN-AM, Columbus, Ohio;
Neal McCready, Mobile (Ala.) Press-Register; Rodney McKissic, The Buffalo (N.Y.) News; John Moredich, Tucson (Ariz.) Citizen; Dave Morrison, The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.; Tom Mulhern, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison; Myron Patton, KOKH-TV, Okla.; Kevin Pearson, Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise; Joe Person, The State, Columbia, S.C.;
Wayne Phillips, The Greeneville (Tenn.) Sun; Mike Prater, The Idaho Statesman, Boise; Scott Rabalais, The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La.; Ray Ratto, San Francisco Chronicle; Shannon Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer; Chip Scoggins, Star Tribune of Minneapolis; Mike Strain, Tulsa (Okla.) World; Jay G. Tate, Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser;
Tommy Trujillo, The New Mexican, Santa Fe; Mark Tupper, Decatur (Ill.) Herald & Review; Adan Van Brimmer, Savannah (Ga.) Morning News-Augusta; Austin Ward, Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune; Jon Wilner, San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News; Scott Wolf, Los Angeles Daily News; Molly Yanity, Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Jim Young, News & Record of Greensboro (N.C.); Eric Yutzy, WTVF-TV, Nashville, Tenn.
Final AP football polls 1934, 1936-2006
'1934'—— Minnesota
'1935'—— No known poll
'1936'—— Minnesota
'1937'—— Pittsburgh
'1938'—— TCU
'1939'—— Texas A&M
'1940'—— Minnesota
'1941'—— Minnesota
'1942'—— Ohio State
'1943'—— Notre Dame
'1944'—— Army
'1945'—— Army
'1946'—— Notre Dame
'1947'—— Notre Dame / ''Michigan'' 1
'1948'—— Michigan
'1949'—— Notre Dame
'1950'—— Oklahoma
'1951'—— Tennessee
'1952'—— Michigan State
'1953'—— Maryland
'1954'—— Ohio State
'1955'—— Oklahoma
'1956'—— Oklahoma
'1957'—— Auburn
'1958'—— LSU
'1959'—— Syracuse
'1960'—— Minnesota
'1961'—— Alabama
'1962'—— USC
'1963'—— Texas
'1964'—— Alabama
'1965'—— Alabama
'1966'—— Notre Dame
'1967'—— USC
'1968'—— Ohio State
'1969'—— Texas
'1970'—— Nebraska
'1971'—— Nebraska
'1972'—— USC
'1973'—— Notre Dame
'1974'—— Oklahoma
'1975'—— Oklahoma
'1976'—— Pittsburgh
'1977'—— Notre Dame
'1978'—— Alabama
'1979'—— Alabama
'1980'—— Georgia
'1981'—— Clemson
'1982'—— Penn State
'1983'—— Miami, (FL)
'1984'—— BYU
'1985'—— Oklahoma
'1986'—— Penn State
'1987'—— Miami, (FL)
'1988'—— Notre Dame
'1989'—— Miami, (FL)
'1990'—— Colorado
'1991'—— Miami, (FL)
'1992'—— Alabama
'1993'—— Florida State
'1994'—— Nebraska
'1995'—— Nebraska
'1996'—— Florida
'1997'—— Michigan
'1998'—— Tennessee
'1999'—— Florida State
'2000'—— Oklahoma
'2001'—— Miami (FL)
'2002'—— Ohio State
'2003'—— USC
'2004'—— USC
'2005'—— Texas
'2006'—— Florida
See also
★ Mythical National Championship
★ Coaches Poll
★ Grantland Rice Award
★ Bowl Championship Series
★ NCAA Division I-A national football championship
★ Dickinson System
★ Harris Interactive College Football Poll
References
1. The official final AP poll, taken before the bowls, had Notre Dame #1 (107 first place votes) and Michigan #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. Natural Enemies, , John, , , ,
2. Upset opens up AP poll Tom D'Angelo
3. AP Removes Its Poll From BCS, ncaasports.com, Dec. 22, 2004, ''Accessed June 6, 2006''.
4. Tim Layden, Embarrassing moments in College Football (#10), SportsIllustrated.com, Aug. 2, 2006 , ''Accessed Aug. 2, 2006''.
5. BCS Replaces AP Poll, ncaasports.com, July 12, 2005, ''Accessed June 6, 2006''.
6. Who votes in the 2005 AP College Football Poll? Kevin Donahue
7. AP College Poll Voters, AP.org, ''Accessed November 15, 2006''.
8. AP poll voter booted for mistaking Sooners win for loss AP
9. AP College Poll Voters, AP.org, ''Accessed September 4, 2007''.
External links
★ The Associated Press Top 25 College Football Poll at Sports Illustrated
★ The Associated Press Top 25 Men's College Basketball Poll at Sports Illustrated
★ List of all Final AP Poll results and champions
★ Weekly AP football polls from 1936-present
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