1937 college football rankings

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The following polls and rankings composed the 1937 college 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.

Season1937
Bowl season1937–38 bowl games
End of season championsPittsburgh[a]
California[b]
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1937 college football rankings
Season1937
Bowl season1937–38 bowl games
End of season championsPittsburgh[a]
California[b]
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Champions (by ranking)

Most major rankings (both contemporary and retroactive) have found Pittsburgh to have been the 1937 national champion. However, two major rankings (the contemporary Dunkel and retroactive Helms rankings) instead find California to have been the champion.[1]

Note: AP poll, Boand System, Dickinson System, Dunkel System, Houlgate System, Litkenhous Ratings, Poling System, and Williamson System were given contemporarily. All other methods were given retroactively.

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  Increase in ranking
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  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.

More information Week 1 Oct 18, Week 2 Oct 25 ...
Week 1
Oct 18		Week 2
Oct 25		Week 3
Nov 1		Week 4
Nov 8		Week 5
Nov 15		Week 6
Nov 22		Week 7 (Final)
Nov 29
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) т9.
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) т10.
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) тArkansas (6–2–2) т14.
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) тHoly Cross (8–0–2) т15.
16.Wisconsin (4–0)Villanova (3–0–1)Arkansas (4–1–1) тColorado (6–0)Colorado (7–0)Colorado (8–0)TCU (4–4–2)16.
17.Syracuse (3–0)LSU (4–1)Duquesne (4–1) тIndiana (4–2)North Carolina (6–1–1)Holy Cross (7–0–2)Colorado (8–0)17.
18.Dartmouth (4–0)Detroit (5–0) тLSU (5–1)Notre Dame (3–2–1)Vanderbilt (7–1)Duke (7–1–1) тRice (4–3–2)18.
19.Cornell (3–1)Holy Cross (5–0) тNorthwestern (4–1) тHoly Cross (6–0–1)Ohio State (5–2)North Carolina (6–1–1) тNorth Carolina (7–1–1)19.
20.
Arkansas (3–1–1)Tulane (4–1–1) тArkansas (4–2–1)Indiana (5–2)Tulsa (6–1–1)Duke (7–2–1)20.
Week 1
Oct 18		Week 2
Oct 25		Week 3
Nov 1		Week 4
Nov 8		Week 5
Nov 15		Week 6
Nov 22		Week 7 (Final)
Nov 29
Dropped:
  • Cornell
  • Northwestern
  • Syracuse
  • Texas A&M
  • USC
  • Wisconsin
Dropped:
  • Auburn
  • Detroit
  • Holy Cross
  • North Carolina
  • Vanderbilt
Dropped:
  • Duquesne
  • Northwestern
  • Ohio State
  • Tennessee
  • Tulane
Dropped:
  • Arkansas
  • Auburn
  • Baylor
  • Duke
Dropped:
  • Indiana
  • Ohio State
  • Rice
  • Stanford
Dropped:
  • Tulsa
  • Vanderbilt
  • Washington
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Boand System rankings

The final post-bowl Boand System rankings for 1937 were:[2]

  1. Pittsburgh (83.6 pts)
  2. California (82.4 pts)
  3. Fordham (79.3 pts)
  4. Santa Clara (78.7 pts)
  5. Villanova (77.4 pts)
  6. Dartmouth (76.9 pts)
  7. Yale (76.2 pts)
  8. Alabama (75.4 pts)
  9. Nebraska (75.3 pts)
  10. Louisiana State (75.1 pts)
  11. Holy Cross (75.0 pts)
  12. Notre Dame (74.1 pts)
  13. Minnesota (73.7 pts)
  14. Auburn (73.5 pts)
  15. Michigan State (73.4 pts)
  16. Ohio State (73.3 pts)
  17. Rice (71.9 pts)
  18. North Carolina (71.6 pts)
  19. Vanderbilt (70.7 pts)
  20. Army (70.6 pts)

Litkenhous Ratings

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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