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The following polls and rankings composed the 1937 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 selectors.
1937 college football rankings | |
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Season | 1937 |
Bowl season | 1937–38 bowl games |
End of season champions | Pittsburgh |
Increase in ranking | ||
Decrease in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week | ||
National champion | ||
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Win–loss record | |
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Number of first place votes | |
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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
The final AP Poll was released on November 29, at the end of the 1937 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.
Week 1 Oct 18[1] | Week 2 Oct 25[2] | Week 3 Nov 1[3] | Week 4 Nov 8[4] | Week 5 Nov 15[5] | Week 6 Nov 22[6] | Week 7 (Final) Nov 29[7] | ||
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1. | California (5–0) (24) | California (6–0) (48) | California (7–0) (49) | Pittsburgh (6–0–1) (32) | Pittsburgh (7–0–1) (49) | Pittsburgh (8–0–1) (38) | Pittsburgh (9–0–1) (30) | 1. |
2. | Alabama (4–0) (7) | Pittsburgh (4–0–1) (3) | Alabama (6–0) (6) | California (7–0–1) (9) | California (8–0–1) (6) | California (9–0–1) (10) | California (9–0–1) | 2. |
3. | Pittsburgh (3–0–1) (8) | Alabama (5–0) | Pittsburgh (5–0–1) (4) | Alabama (7–0) (13) | Alabama (8–0) (2) | Fordham (6–0–1) | Fordham (7–0–1) (2) | 3. |
4. | Minnesota (3–1) (5) | Minnesota (3–1) (2) | Baylor (6–0) (2) | Fordham (5–0–1) (2) | Fordham (5–0–1) (2) | Alabama (8–0) | Alabama (9–0) (1) | 4. |
5. | Yale (3–0) (6) | Yale (4–0) (2) | Fordham (4–0–1) | Dartmouth (6–0–1) | Yale (6–0–1) | Minnesota (6–2) | Minnesota (6–2) | 5. |
6. | LSU (4–0) (2) | Baylor (5–0) (1) | Nebraska (4–0–1) | Yale (5–0–1) | Santa Clara (7–0) | Dartmouth (7–0–2) | Villanova (8–0–1) | 6. |
7. | Northwestern (3–0) | Vanderbilt (5–0) (1) | Yale (4–0–1) | Santa Clara (6–0) | Minnesota (5–2) | Villanova (7–0–1) | Dartmouth (7–0–2) | 7. |
8. | Nebraska (2–0–1) | Ohio State (3–1) | Ohio State (4–1) | Duke (6–0–1) | LSU (7–1) | Santa Clara (7–0) | LSU (9–1) | 8. |
9. | Fordham (2–0–1) | Dartmouth (5–0) | Dartmouth (5–0–1) | Villanova (5–0–1) | Dartmouth (6–0–2) | Notre Dame (5–2–1) | Notre Dame (6–2–1) т | 9. |
10. | Duke (3–0–1) | Fordham (3–0–1) | Santa Clara (5–0) | Minnesota (4–2) | Villanova (6–0–1) | LSU (8–1) | Santa Clara (8–0) т | 10. |
11. | USC (3–1) | Nebraska (3–0–1) | Duke (5–0–1) | Nebraska (4–0–2) | Nebraska (4–1–2) | Nebraska (5–1–2) | Nebraska (6–1–2) | 11. |
12. | Ohio State (2–1) | Auburn (3–0–2) | Notre Dame (3–1–1) | LSU (6–1) | Notre Dame (4–2–1) | Vanderbilt (7–1) | Yale (6–1–1) | 12. |
13. | Texas A&M (2–0–1) | Duke (4–0–1) | Villanova (4–0–1) | Baylor (6–1) | Stanford (4–2–1) | Washington (5–2–2) | Ohio State (6–2) | 13. |
14. | Santa Clara (3–0) | Santa Clara (4–0) | Minnesota (3–2) | Auburn (4–1–2) | Holy Cross (7–0–1) | TCU (3–4–2) т | Arkansas (6–2–2) т | 14. |
15. | Baylor (4–0) | North Carolina (4–0–1) | Tennessee (4–1–1) | Rice (3–2–1) | Rice (3–2–2) | Yale (6–1–1) т | Holy Cross (8–0–2) т | 15. |
16. | Wisconsin (4–0) | Villanova (3–0–1) | Arkansas (4–1–1) т | Colorado (6–0) | Colorado (7–0) | Colorado (8–0) | TCU (4–4–2) | 16. |
17. | Syracuse (3–0) | LSU (4–1) | Duquesne (4–1) т | Indiana (4–2) | North Carolina (6–1–1) | Holy Cross (7–0–2) | Colorado (8–0) | 17. |
18. | Dartmouth (4–0) | Detroit (5–0) т | LSU (5–1) | Notre Dame (3–2–1) | Vanderbilt (7–1) | Duke (7–1–1) т | Rice (4–3–2) | 18. |
19. | Cornell (3–1) | Holy Cross (5–0) т | Northwestern (4–1) т | Holy Cross (6–0–1) | Ohio State (5–2) | North Carolina (6–1–1) т | North Carolina (7–1–1) | 19. |
20. |
| Arkansas (3–1–1) | Tulane (4–1–1) т | Arkansas (4–2–1) | Indiana (5–2) | Tulsa (6–1–1) | Duke (7–2–1) | 20. |
Week 1 Oct 18[8] | Week 2 Oct 25[9] | Week 3 Nov 1[10] | Week 4 Nov 8[11] | Week 5 Nov 15[12] | Week 6 Nov 22[13] | Week 7 (Final) Nov 29[14] | ||
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The top 26 teams in the Litkenhous Ratings for 1937 were as follows:
1. Pittsburgh (9–0–1) - 98.8
2. Alabama (9–1) - 95.6
3. Fordham (7–0–1) - 93.5
4. LSU (9–2) - 92.5
5. Minnesota (6–2) - 86.7
6. Dartmouth (7–0–2) - 86.6
7. Auburn (6–2–3) - 85.7
8. Duke (7–2–1) - 84.8
9. Villanova (8–0–1) - 84.8
10. Ohio State (6–2) - 84.7
11. California (10–0–1) - 84.6
12. Arkansas (6–2–2) - 83.8
13. Tennessee (6–3–1) - 83.4
14. Santa Clara (9–0) - 82.3
15. Georgia Tech (6–3–1) - 82.2
16. Vanderbilt (7–2) - 81.8
17. North Carolina (7–1–1) - 81.8
18. Detroit (7–3) - 81.8
19. Tulane (5–4–1) - 81.5
20. Rice (6–3–2) - 81.4
21. Harvard (5–2–1) - 80.6
22. Notre Dame (6–2–1) - 80.4
23. Tulsa (6–2–2) - 80.4
24. TCU (4–4–2) - 80.1
25. Baylor (7–3) - 79.5
26. Yale (6–1–1) - 79.3
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