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Jenni Carlson
10/15/2011, 10:00 AM
Some facts about the AP Top 25. FOUNDER -- Alan J. Gould, sports editor of The Associated Press. FIRST POLL -- Oct. 19, 1936. FIRST PRESEASON POLL -- 1950. FIRST YEAR OF PANEL VOTING -- 1960. POLL GROWTH: Top 20 -- 1936-60 Top 10 -- 1961-67 (Post Bowl poll 1965) Top 20 -- 1968-88 (Post Bowl polls 1968-present) Top 25 -- 1989-present ELIGIBILITY: Division I schools -- 1936-1978 Division I-A schools --...

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