See it: College Football’s First-Ever AP Poll

Things have changed quite a bit in almost 90 years…

College football has undergone major changes in recent years with the addition of name and image likeness, the transfer portal, and players having more rights than at any other time previously.

With that said, many of the traditional powers from way back when have remained powers to this day.

However, plenty have not.

While stumbling through some internet research I came across a social media post referencing the first ever College Football Associated Press Poll.

This took place back in October of 1936 and it’d be an understatement to say that things have changed more than slightly since then.

Here is how the first College Football AP Poll looked upon its first release – when it opened with just 20 teams being ranked.