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The AP rankings might now be irrelevant since they don't have anything to do with determining a national champion anymore, but they're still great to use when analyzing college football on a historical scale.

The AP college football poll has been through World War II, has changed and adapted with the times, and has often looked to make a statement when needed - like in 2003 by naming USC the national champion, even though LSU took home the BCS title..


RANK TEAM POINTS
1 Oklahoma 953
2 Michigan 943
3 Ohio State 927
4 Alabama 923
5 Notre Dame 918
6 Nebraska 783
7 USC 782
8 Texas 771
9 Tennessee 678
10 Penn State 646
11 LSU 590
12 Georgia 531
13 Auburn 526
14 Miami 511
T15 Florida 486
T15 Florida State 486
17 UCLA 477
18 Arkansas 439
19 Michigan State 380
20 Texas A&M 356
21 Washington 330
22 Georgia Tech 325
23 Ole Miss 322
24 Wisconsin 305
25 Iowa 302
Others Receiving Votes
26 Clemson 299
27 Pitt 293
28 Colorado 258
29 Army 239
30 Maryland 238
31 Minnesota 236
32 TCU 230
33 Stanford 226
34 Arizona State 223
35 Missouri 218
36 Virginia Tech 213
37 Duke 210
38 Oregon 206
T39 Navy 199
T39 North Carolina 199
41 Purdue 196
42 West Virginia 194
43 Syracuse 191
T44 BYU 178
T44 Illinois 178
46 California 174
T47 Kansas State 168
T47 SMU 168

St Louis Hockey guy needs to add Highland Park to his list of schools. I know who you are.

I'll take tied with K-State AND ahead of Houston!

AustinPerson wrote:St Louis Hockey guy needs to add Highland Park to his list of schools. I know who you are.

Nope. Not him.

I guess I probably haven't been around long enough, but when the hell was duke good?

I know they beat Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl one year around 1960. I believe it was 6-0.

blackoutpony wrote:I guess I probably haven't been around long enough, but when the hell was duke good?

Between the late 30s and early 60s.

Army and Navy are the only non-BCS school in the top 47, at least for a year.

mrydel wrote:I know they beat Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl one year around 1960. I believe it was 6-0.

Duke 7, Arkansas 6, and it was indeed 1960. Duke also has Sugar and Orange titles over Alabama and Nebraska, respectively, and twice lost in the Rose Bowl game, in 1939 in Pasadena and the second time three weeks after Pearl Harbor in Durham. SI just ran a very cool article on that game, why it happened at Duke Stadium, and where the Duke and Oregon State players and coaches ended up, including some who met again while in the service.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazi ... rose-bowl/