1947 NCAA football rankings
| 1947 NCAA football rankings | |
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| Season | 1947 |
| Bowl season | |
| End of season champions | Notre Dame |
One human poll comprised the 1947 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 Associated Press Poll and the Coaches' Poll. The United Press 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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Win–loss record | |
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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
AP Poll[]
The final official AP Poll was released on December 8, at the end of the 1947 regular season, weeks before the major bowls.[1] The AP did not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.
| Week 1 Oct 6[2] | Week 2 Oct 13[3] | Week 3 Oct 20[4] | Week 4 Oct 27[5] | Week 5 Nov 3[6] | Week 6 Nov 10[7] | Week 7 Nov 17[8] | Week 8 Nov 24[9] | Week 9 Dec 1[10] | Week 10 (Final) Dec 8[11] | ||
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| 1. | Notre Dame (1–0) (52) | Michigan (3–0) (93) | Michigan (4–0) (147) | Notre Dame (4–0) (78) | Notre Dame (5–0) (106) | Notre Dame (6–0) (117) | Michigan (8–0) (140) | Notre Dame (8–0) (97) | Notre Dame (8–0) (58.5) | Notre Dame (9–0) (107) | 1. |
| 2. | Michigan (2–0) (29) | Notre Dame (2–0) (23) | Notre Dame (3–0) (21) | Michigan (5–0) (69) | Michigan (6–0) (56) | Michigan (7–0) (34) | Notre Dame (7–0) (87) | Michigan (9–0) (81) | Michigan (9–0) (54.5) | Michigan (9–0) (25) | 2. |
| 3. | Texas (3–0) (15) | Texas (4–0) (10) | Texas (5–0) (10) | Texas (6–0) (25) | SMU (6–0) (7) | Penn (6–0) (7) | SMU (8–0) (9) | SMU (9–0) (6) | USC (7–0–1) (2) | SMU (9–0–1) | 3. |
| 4. | Georgia Tech (2–0) (3) | California (4–0) | California (5–0) (1) | Penn (4–0) (11) | Penn (5–0) (8) | SMU (7–0) (2) | USC (6–0–1) (3) | USC (7–0–1) (3) | SMU (9–0–1) | Penn State (9–0) (1) | 4. |
| 5. | Army (2–0) (1) | Georgia Tech (3–0) (1) | Illinois (3–0–1) | USC (4–0–1) (6) | USC (5–0–1) (2) | USC (6–0–1) (5) | Penn State (8–0) (6) | Penn State (9–0) (1) | Penn State (9–0) | Texas (9–1) | 5. |
| 6. | Illinois (2–0) | Illinois (2–0–1) (1) | Army (3–0–1) (2) | Georgia Tech (5–0) (2) | Georgia Tech (6–0) (6) | Georgia Tech (7–0) (1) | Penn (6–0–1) | Alabama (7–2) | Texas (9–1) (2) | Alabama (8–2) (1) | 6. |
| 7. | Penn (1–0) | Army (2–0–1) | Georgia Tech (4–0) (2) | Penn State (5–0) (2) | Penn State (6–0) (2) | Texas (7–1) | Texas (8–1) | Texas (8–1) | Alabama (8–2) | Penn (7–0–1) | 7. |
| 8. | California (3–0) (1) | Penn (2–0) | Penn (3–0) | SMU (5–0) | Texas (6–1) | Penn State (7–0) (3) | Alabama (6–2) | Penn (6–0–1) | Penn (7–0–1) | USC (7–1–1) | 8. |
| 9. | Georgia (2–1) | Penn State (3–0) | Penn State (4–0) (1) | Duke (4–0–1) (2) | Army (4–1–1) | Wisconsin (5–1–1) | California (8–1) | Georgia Tech (8–1) | Georgia Tech (9–1) | North Carolina (8–2) (7) | 9. |
| 10. | Vanderbilt (2–0) | Vanderbilt (3–0) | USC (3–0–1) | Army (3–1–1) | Virginia (6–0) | California (7–1) | Georgia Tech (7–1) | North Carolina (7–2) (3) | North Carolina (8–2) (9) | Georgia Tech (9–1) | 10. |
| 11. | Columbia (2–0) | USC (2–0–1) | Wake Forest (4–0) | Illinois (3–1–1) | Illinois (3–2–1) | Illinois (4–2–1) | Army (4–2–2) | California (9–1) | Army (5–2–2) | Army (5–2–2) | 11. |
| 12. | Penn State (2–0) (1) | Yale (3–0) | SMU (4–0) | Virginia (5–0) | California (6–1) | William & Mary (6–1) | Illinois (5–2–1) | Army (4–2–2) | Ole Miss (8–2) | Kansas (8–0–2) | 12. |
| 13. | Duke (2–0) | Minnesota (3–0) (1) | Virginia (4–0) | Kentucky (5–1) | Duke (4–1–1) | Army (4–2–1) | North Carolina (6–2) (1) | Kansas (7–0–2) | Kansas (8–0–2) т | Ole Miss (8–2) | 13. |
| 14. | Yale (2–0) | Wake Forest (3–0) (2) | Kentucky (4–1) | California (5–1) | Purdue (4–2) | Alabama (5–2) | William & Mary (7–1) | William & Mary (8–1) | William & Mary (9–1) (3) т | William & Mary (9–1) | 14. |
| 15. | Oklahoma (2–0) | Rice (1–1–1) | Duke (3–0–1) | Wake Forest (4–1) | William & Mary (5–1) | Ole Miss (6–2) т | Ole Miss(7–2) | Ole Miss (7–2) | California (9–1) | California (9–1) | 15. |
| 16. | Rice (1–1–1) | Virginia (3–0) | UCLA (3–1) | Purdue (3–2) | Alabama (4–2) | Virginia (6–1) т | Virginia (7–1) | Columbia (7–2) (1) | NC State (5–3–1) | Oklahoma (7–2–1) (1) | 16. |
| 17. | Minnesota (2–0) (1) | Duke (2–0–1) | Baylor (4–0) | LSU (4–1) | Columbia (4–2) | Missouri (6–2) | Kansas (6–0–2) | UCLA (5–4) | Rice (6–3–1) | NC State (5–3–1) | 17. |
| 18. | Ole Miss (3–0) | NC State (2–1) | LSU (3–1) | Alabama (4–2) | North Carolina (4–2) | Utah (7–0) | UCLA (5–3) | Rice (5–3–1) | Oklahoma (7–2–1) | Rice (6–3–1) | 18. |
| 19. | North Carolina (1–1) | UCLA (2–1) | Vanderbilt (3–1) | UCLA (3–2) | Wisconsin (4–1–1) | North Carolina (5–2) | Columbia (6–2) | Minnesota (6–3) | UCLA (5–4) | Duke (4–3–2) | 19. |
| 20. | USC (1–0–1) | Kentucky (3–1) | San Francisco (4–1) | Columbia (3–2) | Yale (5–1) | Minnesota (5–2) | Rice (4–3–1) | Oklahoma (6–2–1) | Catawba (9–1) | Columbia (7–2) | 20. |
| Week 1 Oct 6[2] | Week 2 Oct 13[3] | Week 3 Oct 20[4] | Week 4 Oct 27[5] | Week 5 Nov 3[6] | Week 6 Nov 10[7] | Week 7 Nov 17[8] | Week 8 Nov 24[9] | Week 9 Dec 1[10] | Week 10 (Final) Dec 8[11] | ||
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Unofficial Final Poll[]
The official final AP poll, taken in early December before the bowls, had Notre Dame No. 1 (107 first-place votes) and Michigan second, with 25 first-place votes.[1] Michigan won the Rose Bowl 49–0 over USC while Notre Dame did not play in a bowl game. Detroit Free Press sports editor Lyall Smith arranged an unofficial post-bowl poll with only Michigan or Notre Dame as choices, which favored Michigan 226–119.[12][13]
References[]
- ^ a b "Notre Dame team again voted best in country". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. December 9, 1947. p. 17.
- ^ "October 6, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "October 13, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "October 20, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "October 27, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "November 3, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "November 10, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "November 17, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "November 24, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "December 1, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "1947 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "Sports writers choose Michigan almost 2 to 1". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. January 7, 1948. p. 16.
- ^ Kyrk, John. Natural Enemies. pp. 142–7. ISBN 1-58979-090-1.
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