We’ve been playing this silly game for 147 years. Often, not very well. And the AP is sort of pointing that out.
It’s been going on since 1936. Eighty years.
Eighty years? Hey, we go back a lot farther than that!
Except success isn’t about longevity, it’s wins and losses. That’s why Ohio State is No. 1 in the AP’s all time ranking of college football teams.
In the polls 80th year, the AP decided to come up with a formula to rank all of the teams through all of the years. One point for each appearance in the poll, two points for a No.