1949 NCAA football rankings
One human poll comprised the 1949 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. The Coaches' Poll began operation in 1950; in addition, the AP Poll did not begin conducting preseason polls until that same year.
| 1949 NCAA football rankings | |
|---|---|
| Season | 1949 |
| Bowl season | 1949–50 bowl games |
| End of season champions | Notre Dame |
Legend
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| Not ranked previous week | ||
| National champion | ||
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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
AP Poll
The final AP Poll was released on November 28, at the end of the 1949 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.
| Week 1 Oct 3[1] | Week 2 Oct 10[2] | Week 3 Oct 17[3] | Week 4 Oct 24[4] | Week 5 Oct 31[5] | Week 6 Nov 7[6] | Week 7 Nov 14[7] | Week 8 Nov 21[8] | Week 9 (Final) Nov 28[9] | ||
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| 1. | Michigan (2–0) (34) | Notre Dame (3–0) (67) | Notre Dame (4–0) (146) | Notre Dame (4–0) (120) | Notre Dame (5–0) (133) | Notre Dame (6–0) (137) | Notre Dame (7–0) (140) | Notre Dame (8–0) (113) | Notre Dame (9–0) (172) | 1. |
| 2. | Notre Dame (2–0) (15) | Army (3–0) (58) | Army (4–0) (10) | Army (5–0) (12) | Army (6–0) (10) | Army (7–0) (13) | Oklahoma (8–0) (15) | California (10–0) (24) | Oklahoma (10–0) (18) | 2. |
| 3. | Oklahoma (2–0) (17) | Oklahoma (3–0) (28) | Minnesota (4–0) (8) | Oklahoma (5–0) (10) | Oklahoma (6–0) (11) | Oklahoma (7–0) (9) | California (9–0) (5) | Oklahoma (9–0) (11) | California (10–0) | 3. |
| 4. | Tulane (2–0) (4) | Tulane (3–0) (1) | Oklahoma (4–0) (6) | California (6–0) | California (7–0) (4) | California (8–0) (3) | Army (8–0) (1) | Army (8–0) (1) | Army (9–0) (12) | 4. |
| 5. | Minnesota (2–0) (2) | Minnesota (3–0) (6) | California (5–0) | Rice (4–1) | Michigan (4–2) | Michigan (5–2) | Michigan (6–2) | Ohio State (6–1–2) | Rice (9–1) | 5. |
| 6. | North Carolina (2–0) (3) | North Carolina (3–0) (3) | North Carolina (4–0) (6) | Michigan (3–2) | Baylor (6–0) | Cornell (7–0) (1) | Rice (7–1) | Michigan (6–2–1) | Ohio State (6–1–2) | 6. |
| 7. | Army (2–0) (1) | Michigan (2–1) | Kentucky (5–0) (3) | Minnesota (4–1) | Cornell (6–0) (1) | Rice (6–1) | Ohio State (6–1–1) | Rice (8–1) | Michigan (6–2–1) | 7. |
| 8. | USC (2–0) | Kentucky (4–0) (8) | Cornell (4–0) | Cornell (5–0) | Rice (5–1) | Michigan State (5–2) | Minnesota (6–2) | Minnesota (7–2) | Minnesota (7–2) | 8. |
| 9. | SMU (2–0) | California (4–0) | Rice (3–1) | Penn (4–0) | SMU (4–1) | Minnesota (5–2) | Virginia (7–0) (1) | Baylor (8–1) | LSU (8–2) | 9. |
| 10. | California (3–0) | SMU (2–0) (1) | Texas (4–1) | Baylor (5–0) | Michigan State (5–1) (2) | Virginia (7–0) | SMU (5–1–1) | Tulane (7–1–1) | Pacific (10–0) (4) | 10. |
| 11. | Ohio State (2–0) | Ohio State (2–0–1) | Baylor (4–0) | SMU (3–1) | Ohio State (4–1–1) | Ohio State (5–1–1) | Kentucky (8–1) | Pacific (9–0) (2) | Kentucky (9–2) | 11. |
| 12. | Texas (3–0) | USC (2–0–1) | Michigan (2–2) | Michigan State (4–1) (1) | USC (4–1–1) | SMU (4–1–1) | Stanford (6–2–1) | Stanford (6–3–1) | Cornell (8–1) | 12. |
| 13. | Michigan State (2–0) | UCLA (4–0) | Northwestern (2–2) | North Carolina (4–1) | Kentucky (6–1) | Texas (5–3) | LSU (6–2) | LSU (7–2) | Villanova (8–1) (2) | 13. |
| 14. | Duke (2–0) (3) | Cornell (3–0) | Penn (3–0) | Kentucky (5–1) | Tennessee (4–1–1) | Kentucky (7–1) | Dartmouth (6–1) | Santa Clara (7–2–1) | Maryland (7–1) | 14. |
| 15. | Kentucky (3–0) (1) | Pittsburgh (3–0) | Michigan State (3–1) | USC (3–1–1) | Iowa (4–2) | Boston (6–0) | Baylor (7–1) | Maryland (6–1) | Santa Clara (7–2–1) | 15. |
| 16. | Villanova (3–0) | Texas (3–1) | Pittsburgh (4–0) | Missouri (3–2) | Duke (5–1) | LSU (5–2) | Maryland (6–1) | Villanova (8–1) | North Carolina (7–3) | 16. |
| 17. | Cornell (2–0) | Villanova (4–0) | SMU (2–1) | LSU (3–2) | LSU (4–2) | Stanford (5–2–1) | Cornell (7–1) | USC (5–2–1) | Tennessee (7–2–1) | 17. |
| 18. | UCLA (3–0) | Navy (2–1) | Missouri (2–2) | Ohio State (3–1–1) | Boston University (5–0) | Wake Forest (4–4) | Michigan State (5–3) | Tennessee (6–2–1) | Princeton (6–3) | 18. |
| 19. | Pittsburgh (2–0) | Michigan State (2–1) | USC (2–1–1) | Texas (4–2) | Virginia (6–0) | Pacific (7–0) | Santa Clara (7–1–1) т | North Carolina (6–3) | Michigan State (6–3) | 19. |
| 20. |
| Baylor (3–0) | Tulane (3–1) | UCLA (5–1) |
| Santa Clara (6–1–1) | Tulane (6–1–1) т |
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| Week 1 Oct 3[10] | Week 2 Oct 10[11] | Week 3 Oct 17[12] | Week 4 Oct 24[13] | Week 5 Oct 31[14] | Week 6 Nov 7[15] | Week 7 Nov 14[16] | Week 8 Nov 21[17] | Week 9 (Final) Nov 28[18] | ||
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Litkenhous Ratings
The final Litkenhous Ratings released in December 1949 ranked the following as the top 100 teams:[19]
1. Notre Dame (10–0)
2. California (10–1)
3. Oklahoma (11–0)
4. Minnesota (7–2)
5. Stanford (7–3–1)
6. Army (9–0)
7. Michigan (6–2–1)
8. Ohio State (7–1–2)
9. Michigan State
10. USC (5–3–1)
11. Wisconsin (5–3–1)
12. Rice (10–1)
13. Kentucky (9–3)
14. LSU (8–3)
15. Texas (6–4)
16. UCLA (6–3)
17. SMU (5–4–1)
18. Baylor (8–2)
19. Tulane (7–2–1)
20. Illinois (3–4–2)
21. Maryland (9–1)
22. Purdue (4–5)
23. Missouri (7–4)
24. Northwestern (4–5)
25. Pacific (11–0)
26. Oregon State
27. Tennessee
28. Villanova
29. Iowa
30. Santa Clara
31. Duke
32. San Francisco
33. TCU
34. Oregon
35. Georgia Tech
36. Alabama
37. Pittsburgh
38. Arkansas
39. North Carolina
40. Miami (FL)
41. Kansas
42. Xavier
43. Miami (OH)
44. Penn
45. Georgia
46. Vanderbilt
47. Boston University
48. Washington
49. Iowa State
50. William & Mary
51. Virginia
52. Dayton
53. Cincinnati
54. Cornell
55. Indiana
56. Ole Miss
57. Navy
58. Wyoming
59. Boston College
60. Penn State
61. Wake Forest
62. St. Bonaventure
63. Princeton
64. San Jose State
65. Washington State
66. Nebraska
67. Nevada
68. Oklahoma A&M
69. Texas A&M
70. Auburn
71. Florida
72. Texas Tech
73. Hardin Simmons
74. Brown
75. South Carolina
76. Rutgers
77. Texas Western
78. Dartmouth
79. McMurry
80. Louisville
81. Hardin
82. Texas North
83. Saint Mary's
84. Detroit
85. Houston
86. Fordham
87. Tulsa
88. Marquette
89. Memphis State
90. Loyola Los Angeles
91. Tyler JC
92. John Carroll
93. Kansas State
94. West Texas
95. Clemson
96. Syracuse
97. Mississippi Southern
98. Bucknell
99. Idaho
100. Delaware
References
- "October 3, 1949 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "October 10, 1949 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "October 17, 1949 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "October 24, 1949 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "October 31, 1949 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "November 7, 1949 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "November 14, 1949 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "November 21, 1949 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "1949 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "October 3, 1949 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "October 10, 1949 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "October 17, 1949 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "October 24, 1949 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "October 31, 1949 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "November 7, 1949 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "November 14, 1949 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "November 21, 1949 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "1949 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- E. E. Litkenhous (December 14, 1949). "Irish Eleven Officially Named Litkenhous Champ". Wilmington Morning News. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.