1942 NCAA football rankings
| 1942 NCAA football rankings | |
|---|---|
| Season | 1942 |
| Bowl season | |
| End of season champions | Ohio State |
One human poll comprised the 1942 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.
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 30, at the end of the 1942 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.
| Week 1 Oct 12[1] | Week 2 Oct 19[2] | Week 3 Oct 26[3] | Week 4 Nov 2[4] | Week 5 Nov 9[5] | Week 6 Nov 16[6] | Week 7 Nov 23[7] | Week 8 (Final) Nov 30[8] | ||
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| 1. | Georgia (3–0) (25) | Ohio State (4–0) (58) | Ohio State (5–0) (80) | Georgia (7–0) (84.31) | Georgia (8–0) (85) | Georgia (9–0) (69) | Boston College (8–0) (47) | Ohio State (9–1) (84) | 1. |
| 2. | Ohio State (4–0) (12) | Georgia (5–0) (38) | Georgia (6–0) (25) | Wisconsin (6–0–1) (20.33) | Georgia Tech (7–0) (14) | Georgia Tech (8–0) (13) | Georgia Tech (9–0) (50) | Georgia (10–1) (62) | 2. |
| 3. | Michigan (2–1) (12) | Alabama (4–0) (8) | Alabama (5–0) (6) | Georgia Tech (6–0) (3.83) | Boston College (6–0) (10) | Boston College (7–0) (37) | Ohio State (8–1) (16) | Wisconsin (8–1–1) (4) | 3. |
| 4. | Alabama (3–0) (10) | Michigan (3–1) (2) | Notre Dame (3–1–1) (3) | Notre Dame (4–1–1) (1) | Notre Dame (5–1–1) (1) | Michigan (6–2) (3) | Wisconsin (8–1–1) (2) | Tulsa (10–0) (4) | 4. |
| 5. | Illinois (3–0) (18) | Illinois (4–0) (1) | Georgia Tech (5–0) (3) | Boston College (5–0) (13) | Alabama (6–1) | Ohio State (7–1) (1) | Georgia (9–1) (1) | Georgia Tech (9–1) | 5. |
| 6. | Georgia Tech (3–0) (5) | Georgia Tech (4–0) (1) | Wisconsin (5–0–1) (1) | Ohio State (5–1) | Michigan (5–2) | Tulsa (8–0) (2) | Tulsa (9–0) (1) | Notre Dame (7–2–1) | 6. |
| 7. | Wisconsin (3–0–1) | Wisconsin (4–0–1) (2) | Boston College (4–0) (4) | Minnesota (4–2) (1) | Wisconsin (6–1–1) | Wisconsin (7–1–1) | Alabama (7–2) | Tennessee (8–1–1) | 7. |
| 8. | Penn (2–1) (5) | Notre Dame (2–1–1) (3) | Army (4–0) (1) | Alabama (5–1) | Texas (7–1) | Notre Dame (5–2–1) | Notre Dame (6–2–1) | Boston College (8–1) | 8. |
| 9. | Colgate (3–0) (2) | Santa Clara (4–0) (2) | TCU (5–0) | Penn (4–1–1) (1) | Tulsa (7–0) (1) | Alabama (6–2) | Michigan (6–3) | Michigan (7–3) | 9. |
| 10. | Washington State (3–0) (3) | Boston College (3–0) (4) | Minnesota (3–2) | UCLA (4–2) (1) | Ohio State (6–1) (1) | Minnesota (5–3) | Tennessee (7–1–1) | Alabama (7–3) | 10. |
| 11. | Boston College (2–0) (1) | Army (3–0) | UCLA (3–2) | Michigan (4–2) | Tennessee (5–1–1) | Tennessee (6–1–1) | UCLA (5–3) | Texas (8–2) | 11. |
| 12. | Vanderbilt (3–0) | TCU (4–0) | Illinois (4–1) | Tulsa (6–0) | Iowa (6–2) | Washington State (6–1) (1) | Santa Clara (7–2) т | Stanford (6–4) | 12. |
| 13. | Duquesne (3–0) (2) | Minnesota (2–2) | Michigan (4–1) | Tennessee (4–1–1) | Illinois (5–2) | William & Mary (7–0–1) | Stanford (5–4) т | UCLA (5–3) | 13. |
| 14. | Minnesota (1–2) (1) | UCLA (2–2) | Penn (3–1–1) | Texas (6–1) | Washington State (5–1) | Santa Clara (7–1) т | USC (3–3–1) | William & Mary (8–1–1) (1) | 14. |
| 15. | Santa Clara (3–0) (1) т | Texas (4–1) | Syracuse (5–0) т | Santa Clara (5–1) | William & Mary (6–0–1) | Texas (7–2) т | Washington State (6–1–1) (1) | Santa Clara (7–2) | 15. |
| 16. | Tennessee (2–0–1) (1) т | Mississippi State (2–2) | Tulsa (5–0) т | Baylor (6–1) | Minnesota (4–3) | USC (3–3–1) | Auburn (5–4–1) т | Auburn (6–4–1) | 16. |
| 17. | TCU (3–0) | Penn (2–1–1) т | Texas (5–1) | William & Mary (5–0–1) | Penn (4–2–1) | Hardin-Simmons (7–0) | Mississippi State (7–2) т | Washington State (6–1–2) | 17. |
| 18. | Army (2–0) | Tennessee (2–1–1) т | William & Mary (4–0–1) | Fresno State (7–0) (1) | UCLA (4–3) | Indiana (5–3) т | Texas (7–2) | Mississippi State (7–2) | 18. |
| 19. | Iowa (3–1) | North Carolina (3–0–1) | LSU (5–1) | Army (4–1) | Hardin-Simmons (6–0) | TCU (6–2) т | William & Mary (7–1–1) | Holy Cross (5–4–1) (1) т | 19. |
| 20. | Texas (3–1) | Syracuse (4–0) | Tennessee (3–1–1) | Illinois (4–2) | Williams (7–0) | UCLA (4–3) т | Minnesota (5–4) |
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| Week 1 Oct 12[1] | Week 2 Oct 19[2] | Week 3 Oct 26[3] | Week 4 Nov 2[4] | Week 5 Nov 9[5] | Week 6 Nov 16[6] | Week 7 Nov 23[7] | Week 8 (Final) Nov 30[8] | ||
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AP Service Poll[]
On December 2, a special panel of 91 sportswriters for the Associated Press released a ranking of the US service academy football teams, as they had not been permitted in the regular 1942 AP poll (this practice would be reversed in 1943). The Great Lakes Naval Training Station football team was awarded service champion, garnering the most overall (812) and 1st place votes (50) in the special poll.[9] The ranking system was ten points to the first place team, nine for 2nd place, and so on, with the sportswriters ranking their top ten. Teams that did not finish in the overall top ten but still received individual votes were also added to the final standings.
| Rank | Team | Record | Points |
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| 1 | Great Lakes Navy | 8–3–1 | 812 (50) |
| 2 | Iowa Pre-Flight | 7–3 | 773 (12) |
| 3 | Georgia Pre-Flight | 7–1–1 | 743 (28) |
| 4 | North Carolina Pre-Flight | 8–2–1 | 591 |
| 5 | Saint Mary's Pre-Flight | 6–3–1 | 527 (1) |
| 6 | Jacksonville NAS | 9–3 | 386 |
| 7 | Camp Grant | 4–5 | 151 |
| 8 | Pensacola NAS | 3–5–1 | 115 |
| 9 | Manhattan Beach | 6–0–1 | 89 |
| 10 | Corpus Christi NAS | 4–3–1 | 88 |
| 11 | Second Air Force | 11–0–1 | 80 |
| 12 | Fort Knox | 2–6 | 66 |
| 13 | Lakehurst NAS | 4–4–1 | 43 |
| 14 | Fort Monmouth | 5–2–2 | 35 |
| 15 | Fort Riley | 6–3 | 13 |
| 16 | Camp Davis | 4–3–2 | 6 |
| 17 | March Field | 5–2 | 5 |
| 18 т | Fort Totten | 3–5–1 | 2 |
| 18 т | Spence Field | 0–4 | 2 |
| 20 т | 0–0? | 1 | |
| 20 т | Fort Douglas | 5–3 | 1 |
| 20 т | Daniel Field | 0–6 | 1 |
- In parenthesis is the number of 1st place votes
References[]
- ^ "October 12, 1942 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "October 19, 1942 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "October 26, 1942 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "November 2, 1942 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "November 9, 1942 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "November 16, 1942 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "November 23, 1942 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "1942 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "Great Lakes Is Leading Service Team Of Nation". Asheville Citizen-Times. 1942-12-06. p. 26. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
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