AP Top 25 Poll

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NCAA Division I FBS ranking college football ranking sports poll weekly sports ranking

The AP Top 25 Poll is a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I FBS college football teams, determined by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
AP Poll	1
AP Poll (college sports rankings)	1
AP Top 25 Poll canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4429319 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: AP Top 25 Poll
Context triple: [Pac-12 North Division, hadTeamsRankedIn, AP Top 25 Poll]

A. USA Today Coaches Poll
The USA Today Coaches Poll is a weekly college football ranking determined by a panel of NCAA Division I FBS head coaches and used as a key component in evaluating top teams nationally.
B. Bowl Championship Series
The Bowl Championship Series was a former system used in NCAA Division I FBS college football to determine national championship matchups and major bowl game participants through a combination of polls and computer rankings.
C. Rivals.com
Rivals.com is a prominent college sports and recruiting website best known for its comprehensive coverage and rankings of high school athletes, particularly in American football and basketball.
D. New Year’s Six bowls
The New Year’s Six bowls are the premier annual college football postseason games that feature top-ranked teams and rotate hosting the College Football Playoff semifinals.
E. CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
The CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a now-defunct NCAA Division I men's college basketball postseason tournament designed primarily for mid-major programs that did not receive bids to the NCAA Tournament or NIT.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: AP Top 25 Poll
Target entity description: The AP Top 25 Poll is a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I FBS college football teams, determined by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.

A. USA Today Coaches Poll
The USA Today Coaches Poll is a weekly college football ranking determined by a panel of NCAA Division I FBS head coaches and used as a key component in evaluating top teams nationally.
B. Bowl Championship Series
The Bowl Championship Series was a former system used in NCAA Division I FBS college football to determine national championship matchups and major bowl game participants through a combination of polls and computer rankings.
C. Rivals.com
Rivals.com is a prominent college sports and recruiting website best known for its comprehensive coverage and rankings of high school athletes, particularly in American football and basketball.
D. New Year’s Six bowls
The New Year’s Six bowls are the premier annual college football postseason games that feature top-ranked teams and rotate hosting the College Football Playoff semifinals.
E. CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
The CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a now-defunct NCAA Division I men's college basketball postseason tournament designed primarily for mid-major programs that did not receive bids to the NCAA Tournament or NIT.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NCAA Division I FBS ranking ⓘ college football ranking ⓘ sports poll ⓘ weekly sports ranking ⓘ
appliesTo	Football Bowl Subdivision teams ⓘ NCAA member institutions ⓘ
competitionLevel	NCAA Division I FBS ⓘ linked to: Football Bowl Subdivision
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
determinedBy	panel of broadcasters ⓘ panel of sportswriters ⓘ
distinctFrom	BCS standings ⓘ Coaches Poll ⓘ linked to: USA Today Coaches Poll College Football Playoff rankings ⓘ linked to: College Football Playoff Selection Committee
frequency	weekly ⓘ
governingBody	Associated Press ⓘ
hasFormat	top 25 ordered list ⓘ
hasSection	final post-bowl poll ⓘ linked to: Associated Press Poll preseason poll ⓘ weekly in-season poll ⓘ
includes	first-place votes count ⓘ team name ⓘ team ranking position ⓘ team win–loss record ⓘ total points ⓘ
influences	fan discussions and debates ⓘ media narratives about teams ⓘ public perception of teams ⓘ television coverage decisions ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mediaType	sports ranking list ⓘ
numberOfRankedTeams	25 ⓘ
publisher	Associated Press ⓘ
rankingCriterion	head-to-head results ⓘ margin of victory (informal) ⓘ quality wins ⓘ recent performance ⓘ strength of schedule ⓘ team win–loss record ⓘ voters’ subjective evaluation ⓘ
rankingMethod	voting ⓘ
scope	postseason ⓘ regular season ⓘ
sport	American football ⓘ
timeOfPublication	during college football season ⓘ
topic	college football ⓘ
usedFor	informing fans and media ⓘ measuring team performance perception ⓘ ranking NCAA Division I FBS teams ⓘ
usedIn	college football media coverage ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pac-12 North Division → hadTeamsRankedIn → AP Top 25 Poll ⓘ

2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season → pollUsed → AP Poll ⓘ

linked to: AP Top 25 Poll

Associated Press → notableWork → AP Poll (college sports rankings) ⓘ

subject linked to: AP