Associated Press 2020 Week 8 FBS College Football Poll

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The Associated Press began its college football poll on October 19, 1936. It is the longest-running poll of those that award national titles at the end of the season. The preseason poll was started in 1950. A panel of 60 sports writers and broadcasters from around the country votes on the poll weekly. The AP Top 25 is determined by a simple points system based on how each voter ranks the teams. A team receives 25 points for each first- place vote, 24 for second place and so on through to the 25th team, which receives one point. The rankings are set by listing the point totals from highest to lowest.

 

For the 2020 season, only teams scheduled to play in the fall are eligible for the Associated Press (AP) FBS College Football Poll. 

Here is the week eight AP FBS College Football Top 25 poll that was released on October 18, 2020 (record, first-place votes, total votes):

 

1) Clemson, 5-0 (54) (1542)
2) Alabama, 4-0 (2) (1494)

3) Notre Dame, 4-0 (1337)

4) Georgia, 3-1 (1300)

5) Ohio State, 0-0 (1223)

6) Oklahoma State, 3-0 (1137)

7) Texas A&M, 3-1 (1054)

8) Penn State, 0-0 (1033)

9) Cincinnati, 3-0 (1028)

10) Florida, 2-1 (942)

11) Miami (Florida), 4-1 (887)

12) BYU, 5-0 (875)

13) Oregon, 0-0 (841)

14 tie) Wisconsin, 0-0 (677)

14 tie) North Carolina, 3-1 (677)

16) SMU, 5-0 (638)

17) Iowa State, 3-1 (511)

18) Michigan, 0-0 (489) 

19) Virginia Tech, 3-1 (411) 

20) Kansas State, 3-1 (399)

21) Minnesota, 0-0 (234)

22) Marshall, 4-0 (227)

23) North Carolina State, 4-1 (199)

24) USC, 0-0 (192)

25) Coastal Carolina, 4-0 (185)

Others receiving votes: Memphis 76, Oklahoma 74, Tulsa 58, West Virginia 57, Auburn 48, Iowa 42, Louisiana 40, Liberty 37, Utah 36, UAB 30, Army 29, Arkansas 15, Air Force 14, Kentucky 12, Tennessee 11, Virginia 9, Arizona State 9, Washington 8, South Carolina 8, Indiana 4, Texas 1.