AP poll
| Inaugural AP polls | |
|---|---|
| Div I/FBS football | 1936 | 
| Div I/FCS football | 1978 | 
| Div I men's basketball | 1948–49 | 
| Div I women's basketball | 1976–77 | 
| Current AP polls | |
| FBS football | 2024 season | 
| FCS football | 2024 season | 
| Div I men's basketball | 2024–25 season | 
| Div I women's basketball | 2024–25 season | 
In American college sports, the Associated Press poll (AP poll) provides weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling 62 sportswriters and broadcasters from across the nation. Each voter provides their own ranking of the top 25 teams, and the individual rankings are then combined to produce the national ranking by giving a team 25 points for a first place vote, 24 for a second place vote, and so on down to 1 point for a twenty-fifth place vote. Ballots of the voting members in the AP poll are publicized.