Associated Press 2021 Week 4 Football Bowl Subdivision Top 25 Poll Includes Two Big 12 Teams, One Big 12 Traitor

 

The 2021 Associated Press Week 4 Football Bowl Subdivision Top 25 Poll includes two Big 12 teams, Iowa State (#14) and Kansas State (#25), and one Big 12 traitor, Oklahoma (#4). 

Big 12 teams TCU, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech and Big 12 traitor Texas are listed among "others receiving votes." TCU (91 points) is in 26th place. Oklahoma State (51 points) is in 29th place. Texas Tech (5 points) is in 40th place. Texas (22 points) is in 32nd place.

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This season marks the 86th edition of the AP rankings.

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. 

Here is the 2021 Week 4 AP College Football Top 25 poll (first-place votes in parenthesis):

1. Alabama, 3-0 (59 first-place votes) (1547 total points)
2. Georgia, 3-0 (3) (1491)
3. Oregon, 3-0 (1385)
4. Oklahoma, 3-0 (1302)
5. Iowa, 3-0 (1298)
6. Penn State, 3-0 (1197)
7. Texas A&M, 3-0 (1158)
8. Cincinnati, 3-0 (1145)
9. Clemson, 2-1 (1074)
10. Ohio State, 2-1 (976)
11. Florida, 2-1 (930)
12. Notre Dame, 3-0 (874)
13. Ole Miss, 3-0 (874)
14. Iowa State, 2-1 (664)
15. BYU, 3-0 (603)
16. Arkansas, 3-0 (537)
17. Coastal Carolina, 3-0 (526)
18. Wisconsin, 1-1 (513)
19. Michigan, 3-0 (456)
20. Michigan State, 3-0 (389)
21. North Carolina, 2-1 (306)
22. Fresno State, 3-1 (201)
23. Auburn, 2-1 (166)
24. UCLA, 2-1 (142)
25. Kansas State, 3-0 (127)

Others receiving votes: TCU 91, Liberty 56, Virginia Tech 52, Oklahoma State 51, Maryland 29, Arizona State 24, Texas 22, USC 16, San Diego State 16, West Virginia 14, LSU 14, Kentucky 12, Boston College 9, Wake Forest 7, Texas Tech 5, Memphis 3, Stanford 3, Wyoming 1, Louisville 1.