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Alliance to allocate players using college affiliation first

When the Alliance of American Football makes its first snap next February, there could be lots of familiar names playing for each of the eight teams.

Makes sense, too, because a brand new league needs as many hooks to attract fans as it can find. The Alliance is going with a geographic allocation system that takes advantage of where players attended college, or where they performed in the NFL.

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The AP Pro32

Poll Release: Jan 2

(###) Number of first place votes


Rank	team	Record	Points	PV Rank
1	New England Patriots (11)	13-3	383	1
2	Minnesota Vikings (1)	13-3	367	2
3	Pittsburgh Steelers	13-3	365	2
4	Los Angeles Rams	11-5	340	5
5	Philadelphia Eagles	13-3	329	4
6	New Orleans Saints	11-5	328	6
7	Carolina Panthers	11-5	314	7
8	Kansas City Chiefs	10-6	298	9
9	Atlanta Falcons	10-6	293	10
10	Jacksonville Jaguars	10-6	280	8
11	Tennessee Titans	9-7	256	15
12	Los Angeles Chargers	9-7	246	13
12	Buffalo Bills	9-7	246	14
14	Seattle Seahawks	9-7	219	12
15	Baltimore Ravens	9-7	218	11
16	Detroit Lions	9-7	206	17
17	Dallas Cowboys	9-7	195	16
18	Arizona Cardinals	8-8	179	19
19	San Francisco 49ers	6-10	172	20
20	Washington Redskins	7-9	150	18
21	Cincinnati Bengals	7-9	147	23
22	Green Bay Packers	7-9	134	21
23	Oakland Raiders	6-10	117	22
24	Miami Dolphins	6-10	106	24
25	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	5-11	96	28
26	New York Jets	5-11	78	25
27	Chicago Bears	5-11	76	27
28	Denver Broncos	5-11	75	26
29	Houston Texans	4-12	43	29
30	Indianapolis Colts	4-12	38	30
31	New York Giants	3-13	30	31
32	Cleveland Browns	0-16	12	32