1929 college football rankings
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The 1929 college football rankings ranked the best teams participating in the 1929 college football season.
USC[b] (not claimed)
Pittsburgh[c]
| 1929 college football rankings | |
|---|---|
| Season | 1929 |
| Bowl season | 1929â30 bowl games |
| End of season champions | Notre Dame[a] USC[b] (not claimed) Pittsburgh[c] |
Champions (by method)
Various different rankings (using differing methodologies) have identified Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, or the University of Southern California as the season's champion.[1]
- Berryman QPRS: University of Southern California
- Billingsley Report: Notre Dame
- Bonniwell Trophy vote:[d] Notre Dame[2]
- Boand System: Notre Dame
- College Football Researchers Association: Notre Dame
- Parke H. Davis[e]: Pittsburgh
- Dickinson System: Notre Dame
- Dunkel System: Notre Dame
- Erskine Trophy poll: Notre Dame[3]
- Helms Athletic Foundation: Notre Dame
- Houlgate System: University of Southern California
- National Championship Foundation: Notre Dame
- Poling System: Notre Dame
- Sagarin Ratings Elo chess method: Notre Dame
- Sagarin Ratings Predictor method: University of Southern California
Note: Dickinson System, Dunkel System, Houlgate System, Erskine Trophy poll, and Bonniwell Trophy vote were given contemporarily. All other rankings were given retroactively
Dickinson System
The Dickinson System was a mathematical rating system devised by University of Illinois economics professor Frank G. Dickinson.
Notre Dame and Pittsburgh, both with nine wins and no losses or ties (9â0) were ranked first and second by Dickinson, with the Irish getting the higher rating based on their opposition.[4] As Grantland Rice noted in his column, "There is no questioning the fact that among the unbeaten teams who were not even tied, Notre Dame fought its way through the hardest field. But when it comes to saying that Notre Dame could beat Pittsburgh or that Notre Dame could beat Purdue or that Pittsburgh could beat Purdue -- that is something else again,"[5]
| Rank | Team | Record | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame | 9â0 | 25.00 |
| 2 | Purdue | 8â0 | 23.60 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh | 9â0 | 22.00 |
| 4 | California | 7â1â1 | 20.00 |
| 5 | Illinois | 6â1â1 | 18.70 |
| 6 | USC | 9â2 | 17.75 |
| 7 | Nebraska | 4â1â3 | 16.82 |
| 8 | TCU | 9â0â1 | 16.51 |
| 9 | SMU | 6â0â4 | 16.31 |
| 10 | Tulane | 9â0 | 16.22 |
| 11 | Penn | 7â2 | 15.00 |
Erskine Trophy
The Albert Russel Erskine Trophy poll results were released on January 2.[3] In the final ballot between only the three top contenders, Notre Dame won the trophy and the national championship with 179 votes, followed by Pittsburgh with 41 and Purdue with 2.
| Rank | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame (179) | 9â0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh (41) | 9â1 |
| 3 | Purdue (2) | 8â0 |
Notes
- Dickinson System (received Rissman Trophy), Dunkel System, Houlgate System, per Erksine poll (received Erskine Trophy), unanimous consensus of board of the Veteran Athletes of Philadelphia (awarded Bonniwell Trophy), Billingsley Report, Boand System, College Football Researchers Association, Helms Athletic Foundation, National Championship Foundation, Poling System, Sagarin Ratings Elo chess method
- per Parke H. Davis (Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide)
- awarded upon unanimous consensus of the board of the Veteran Athletes of Philadelphia
- for Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide