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AP small college football rankings

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TheAP small college football rankings was a system used by theAssociated Press (AP) from 1960 to 1974 to rank the best small college football teams in the United States.

TheUnited Press International led the way with itsUPI small college football rankings starting in 1958. The AP followed with its own small-college rankings starting in October 1960. The AP rankings were issued weekly and were based on ballots cast by an AP board of experts, consisting of one person in each of eight NCAA district.^[1]

Top teams in final polls

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The following chart lists the top five teams in the final AP small college rankings for each year from 1960 to 1974. The figures in brackets reflect the number of first-place votes received in the final voting. The figures in parentheses reflect the total points received.

Year	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	Source
1960	Ohio [4] (65)	Lenoir–Rhyne (46)	Humboldt State [1] (34)	Whitworth (32)	West Chester Teachers [1] (30)	^[2]
1961	Pittsburg State [5] (70)	Baldwin–Wallace (60)	Fresno State (45)	Florida A&M (42)	Whittier (34)	^[3]
1962	Florida A&M (67)	Wittenberg (66)	Central State (OK) (54)	Southern Miss (44)	Lenoir–Rhyne (34)	^[4]
1963	Northern Illinois [3] (63)	Delaware [3] (53)	Wittenberg (38)	UMass (37)	Saint John's (MN) (35)	^[5]
1964	Wittenberg [6] (114)	Prairie View A&M (101)	Cal State Los Angeles [2] (97)	Louisiana Tech (89)	San Diego State [1] (67)	^[6]
1965	North Dakota State [4] (84)	Middle Tennessee State [2] (68)	Sul Ross [1] (43)	Cal State Los Angeles (35)	Tennessee State (32)	^[7]
1966	San Diego State [14] (158)	Tennessee State [2] (126)	Montana State (113)	Northwestern State (72)	Parsons (70)	^[8]
1967	San Diego State [12] (157)	North Dakota State [2] (137)	New Mexico Highlands [1] (93)	Texas–Arlington [1] (76)	Eastern Kentucky (75)	^[9]
1968	North Dakota State [6] (220)	San Diego State [3] (204)	Chattanooga [1] (162)	New Mexico Highlands (147)	IUP (142)	^[10]
1969	North Dakota State	Montana	Akron	Louisiana Tech	Colorado State-Greeley	^[11]
1970	Arkansas State	Montana	North Dakota State	Tampa	Tennessee State	^[12]
1971	Delaware	McNeese State	Eastern Michigan	Louisiana Tech	Tennessee State	^[13]
1972	Delaware	Louisiana Tech	Cal Poly	Ashland	Tennessee State	^[14]
1973	Tennessee State [17] (708)	Louisiana Tech [21] (706)	Western Kentucky (459)	Wittenberg [1] (407)	Boise State (390) Abilene Christian (390)	^[15]
1974	Central Michigan [32] (658)	Louisiana Tech (477)	Texas A&I [2] (461]	Delaware (460)	Boise State (401)	^[16]

References

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^"Ohio U. Leads Small College Grid Poll; Muskingum Gains Ranking".The Daily Reporter. Associated Press. October 6, 1960. p. 18.
^"Ohio Cops 'Small' AP Grid Poll".Fort Lauderdale News. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. December 1, 1960. p. 6-D. RetrievedMay 2, 2017 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Kansas School Nabs Small College Honor".The Lawton Constitution. Lawton, Oklahoma. November 23, 1961. p. 26. RetrievedJanuary 25, 2017 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"AP Small College Football Poll".The Decatur Daily Review. Decatur, Illinois. November 30, 1962. p. 14. RetrievedJanuary 24, 2017 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"N. Illinois On Top in Final Vote".The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. November 29, 1963. p. 85. RetrievedMay 17, 2017 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Wittenberg No. 1 in Final Small College Football Poll".News-Press. Fort Myers, Florida. November 25, 1964. p. 5-B. RetrievedJanuary 24, 2017 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Bisons Are Picked As Best Team".Biddeford-Saco Journal. Biddeford, Maine. November 24, 1965. p. 6. RetrievedJanuary 24, 2017 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Small College Football Poll".The News-Palladium. Benton Harbor, Michigan. December 1, 1966. p. 24. RetrievedJanuary 19, 2017 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"San Diego State Finishes As Top Team 2nd Season".The Jacksonville Daily Journal. Jacksonville, Illinois. November 26, 1967. p. 29. RetrievedMay 5, 2017 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"A&I 6th in AP Poll".The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Corpus Christi, Texas. December 5, 1968. p. 6-B. RetrievedMay 5, 2017 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Tech Remains Fourth; E. Tenn. St. Is 20th".The Town Talk. Alexandria, Louisiana. November 27, 1969. p. A-15. RetrievedMay 5, 2017 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Javelinas Ranked 7th In Final AP Poll".The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Corpus Christi, Texas. December 3, 1970. p. 8-G. RetrievedMay 21, 2017 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Delaware is first".The Courier-News. Bridgewater, New Jersey. November 24, 1971. p. 41. RetrievedMay 18, 2017 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Delaware Takes Second Straight Rankings Title".The Jacksonville Daily Journal. Jacksonville, Illinois. November 23, 1972. p. 38. RetrievedMay 18, 2017 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"'Bows No. 9 in Final AP Poll".Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Honolulu, Hawaii. December 20, 1973. p. E-1. RetrievedMay 18, 2017 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Chips Were No. 1!".Lansing State Journal. Lansing, Michigan. December 24, 1974. p. B-4. RetrievedMay 24, 2017 – viaNewspapers.com.

v t e Small college football national champions (1958–1974)
Selectors	AP (1960–1974) UPI (1958–1974)
1950s	1958:Mississippi Southern 1959:Bowling Green
1960s	1960:Ohio 1961:Pittsburg State 1962:Florida A&M(AP) /Southern Miss(UPI) 1963:Northern Illinois(AP) /Delaware(UPI) 1964:Wittenberg(AP) /Cal State Los Angeles(UPI) 1965:North Dakota State 1966:San Diego State 1967:San Diego State 1968:North Dakota State(AP) /San Diego State(UPI) 1969:North Dakota State
1970s	1970:Arkansas State(AP/UPI) 1971:Delaware(AP/UPI) 1972:Delaware(AP/UPI) 1973:Tennessee State(AP/UPI) 1974:Central Michigan /1975:Louisiana Tech(UPI)

v t e Systems used to determinecollege football national championships
NCAA Division I-A/FBS	Various polling systems (1869–present) Bowl Coalition (1992–1994) Bowl Alliance (1995–1997) Bowl Championship Series (1998–2013) College Football Playoff (2014–present)
NCAA Division I-AA/FCS	NCAA Division I Football Championship (1978–present)
NCAA Division II	NCAA Division II Football Championship (1973–present)
NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III Football Championship (1973–present)
NAIA	NAIA Football National Championship (1956–present) NAIA Division II Football National Championship (1970–1996)
NJCAA	NJCAA National Football Championship (1956–present)
Additional systems	Black college football national championship (1920–present) UPI small college football rankings (1958–1974) AP small college football rankings (1960–1974) NCCAA Victory Bowl (1997–present)

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