In AP poll's earliest days, some Black schools weren't on the radar and many teams missed out – The Virginian-Pilot

The AP poll has had a simple mandate over its 75 years of existence: pick the best teams in the country each week. But in the poll’s earliest days — especially before most historically Black colleges and universities were considered NCAA members — the lines were a bit more blurred.

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