1968 NCAA College Division football rankings
The 1968 NCAA College Division football rankings are from the United Press International poll of College Division head coaches and from the Associated Press. The 1968 NCAA College Division football season was the 11th year UPI published a Coaches Poll in what was termed the "Small College" division and the ninth year for the AP version of the poll. This was the first year AP had a "Top 20" instead of a "Top 10".
The AP poll did not include Win/Loss records in the weekly rankings until the fifth week of polling. In the UPI poll, the Win/Loss records were published for the Top 10 in all weeks. If a team's record was provided in one poll in a particular week, it's been copied to the other poll.
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The AP poll[]
| Week 1 Sept 26[1] | Week 2 Oct 3[2] | Week 3 Oct 10[3] | Week 4 Oct 17[4] | Week 5 Oct 24[5] | Week 6 Oct 31[6] | Week 7 Nov 7[7] | Week 8 Nov 14[8] | Week 9 Nov 21[9] | Week 10 Nov 28[10] | Week 11 Dec 5[11] | ||
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| 1. | San Diego State (2–0) (12) | San Diego State (3–0) (12) | San Diego State (3–0) (9) | San Diego State (4–0) (10) | San Diego State (5–0) (10) | San Diego State (6–0) (14) | San Diego State (7–0) (10) | San Diego State (8–0) (11) | San Diego State (8–0) (12) | North Dakota State (9–0) (5) | North Dakota State (9–0) (6) | 1. |
| 2. | Eastern Kentucky (1–0) (1) | North Dakota State (3–0) | North Dakota State (4–0) (1) | North Dakota State (5–0) | North Dakota State (6–0) | North Dakota State (7–0) | North Dakota State (8–0) (1) | North Dakota State (9–0) (1) | North Dakota State (7–2) (1) | San Diego State (8–0–1) (3) | San Diego State (9–0–1) (3) | 2. |
| 3. | North Dakota State (2–0) | Eastern Kentucky (2–0) (2) | Eastern Kentucky (3–0) | Eastern Kentucky (4–0) | Western Kentucky (6–0) (2) | Chattanooga (7–0) (1) | Chattanooga (8–0) (1) | New Mexico Highlands (9–0) | New Mexico Highlands (9–0) | New Mexico Highlands (9–0) (1) | Chattanooga (10–1) (1) | 3. |
| 4. | Lenoir–Rhyne | Northern Michigan (4–0) | Northern Michigan (4–0) (1) | Western Kentucky (4–0) (2) | New Mexico Highlands (7–0) | New Mexico Highlands (8–0) | New Mexico Highlands (9–0) (1) | Tampa (7–1) | Chattanooga (9–1) | Chattanooga (10–1) (1) | New Mexico Highlands (9–0) | 4. |
| 5. | Akron | Lenoir–Rhyne | New Mexico Highlands (4–0) | Texas A&I (4–0) (1) | Chattanooga (6–0) | Weber State (6–0) | Tampa (6–1) | Chattanooga (8–1) | IUP (9–0) (1) | IUP (9–0) (1) | IUP (9–0) (1) | 5. |
| 6. | Texas–Arlington (1–1) [note 1] | Weber State | Texas A&I (3–0) (1) | New Mexico Highlands (5–0) | Weber State (6–0) | Tampa (5–1) | Eastern Kentucky (6–1) | Eastern Kentucky (7–1) (1) | Texas A&I (8–1) (1) | Texas A&I (9–1) (1) | Texas A&I (10–1) (1) | 6. |
| 7. | Northern Michigan (3–0) (1) | Texas A&I (2–0) | Weber State | Weber State (4–0) | Northern Michigan (6–1) | Eastern Kentucky (5–1) | IUP (8–0) (1) | Texas A&I (7–1) (1) | Tampa (7–2) | Eastern Michigan (8–2) | Eastern Michigan (8–2) | 7. |
| 8. | Central Michigan | New Mexico Highlands (3–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (1) | Northern Michigan | Arkansas State (6–1) (1) | IUP (7–0) (1) | Texas A&I (6–2) | Western Kentucky (8–1) | Eastern Michigan (8–2) | South Dakota (9–1) | South Dakota (9–1) | 8. |
| 9. | Fairmont State | Fairmont State | Morgan State | Chattanooga (4–0) | IUP (6–0) | Morgan State (5–0) | Western Kentucky (7–1) | IUP (9–0) (1) | Western Kentucky (8–1–1) | Eastern Kentucky (8–2) | Eastern Kentucky (8–2) | 9. |
| 10. | Texas A&I (1–0) | Tennessee A&I | Western Kentucky (1) | Arkansas State (4–1) | Texas A&I (4–2) | Western Kentucky (6–1) | Arkansas State (7–1–1) | Weber State (7–1) | Eastern Kentucky (7–2) | Willamette (9–0) (2) | Southwestern Louisiana (8–2) | 10. |
| 11. | Tennessee A&I | Louisiana Tech (2–0) | Arkansas State (3–1) | Morgan State | Eastern Kentucky (4–1) | Texas A&I (5–2) | Weber State (6–1) | Central Missouri (7–0–1) (1) | Morgan State (7–1) | Morgan State (8–1) | Troy State (9–1) | 11. |
| 12. | Weber State | Texas–Arlington | Louisiana Tech (2–1) | Texas–Arlington | Morgan State (4–0) | Texas–Arlington (4–3) | Lenoir–Rhyne (6–1) | Morgan State (6–1) | Willamette (9–0) | Manual | Morgan State (8–1) | 12. |
| 13. | New Mexico Highlands | Morgan State | Tennessee A&I | IUP (1) | Appalachian State (5–0) (2) | Arkansas State (6–1–1) | Appalachian State (6–1) | Troy State (8–1) | South Dakota (9–1) | Humboldt State (9–1) (1) | Willamette (9–0) | 13. |
| 14. | Western Kentucky | Eastern Washington (2–0) | Trinity (TX) | Tampa (3–1) | Tampa (4–1) | Northern Michigan (6–2) | Morgan State (5–1) | South Dakota (8–1) | Central Missouri (7–1–1) | Troy State (9–1) | Tampa (7–3) | 14. |
| 15. | Louisiana Tech | Arkansas State | IUP (1) | Appalachian State (1) | Akron (4–2) | Akron (4–2) | Akron (5–2) | Akron (6–2) | Troy State (9–1) | Western Kentucky (8–2–1) (1) | Arkansas State (7–2–1) | 15. |
| 16. | Wittenberg | Western Kentucky | Tampa (3–0) | Trinity (TX) | East Texas State (4–1) | Central Michigan (6–1) (1) | Troy State (8–0) | Willamette (8–0) | Akron (6–2–1) | Tampa (7–3) | Humboldt State (9–1) | 16. |
| 17. | West Chester | Tampa т | Chattanooga (3–0) | Tennessee A&I | Lenoir–Rhyne (4–1) т | East Texas State (4–1) | Kings Point (7–0) | Texas–Arlington (5–3) | Kings Point (7–1) | Akron (7–2–1) | Akron (7–2–1) | 17. |
| 18. | Eastern Michigan т | Akron т | Illinois State | Eastern Michigan | Tennessee State (3–1) т | Lenoir–Rhyne (5–1) | Texas–Arlington (7–1) т | Appalachian State (7–1) т | Humboldt State (8–1) | Arkansas State (7–2–1) | Ferris State (7–0–1) | 18. |
| 19. | Eastern Washington (1–0) т | IUP | Wittenberg | Emory & Henry | Texas–Arlington (3–3) т | Troy State (7–0) т | Emory & Henry (7–1) т | Humboldt State (7–1) т | Arkansas State (7–2–1) | Central Missouri (7–1–1) | Wilkes (8–0) т | 19. |
| 20. | Carson–Newman | Trinity (TX) | Fairmont State | Lenoir–Rhyne | Troy State (6–0) т | Appalachian State (5–1) т | Northern Michigan (6–3) | Kings Point (7–1) | Weber State (7–2) | Ferris State (7–0–1) | Western Kentucky (8–2–1) т | 20. |
| 21. | Willamette (5–0) т | 21. | ||||||||||
| Week 1 Sept 26[1] | Week 2 Oct 3[2] | Week 3 Oct 10[3] | Week 4 Oct 17[4] | Week 5 Oct 24[5] | Week 6 Oct 31[6] | Week 7 Nov 7[7] | Week 8 Nov 14[8] | Week 9 Nov 21[9] | Week 10 Nov 28[10] | Week 11 Dec 5[11] | ||
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The UPI Coaches poll[]
| Week 1 Sept 25[12] | Week 2 Oct 2[13] | Week 3 Oct 9[14] | Week 4 Oct 16[15] | Week 5 Oct 23[16] | Week 6 Oct 30[17] | Week 7 Nov 6[18] | Week 8 Nov 13[19] | Week 9 Nov 20[20] | Week 10 Nov 27[21] | ||
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| 1. | San Diego State (2–0) (26) | San Diego State (3–0) (27) | San Diego State (3–0) (25) | San Diego State (4–0) (25) | San Diego State (5–0) (22) | San Diego State (6–0) (26) | San Diego State (7–0) (28) | San Diego State (8–0) | San Diego State (8–0) (29) | San Diego State (8–0–1) (21) | 1. |
| 2. | North Dakota State (2–0) (2) | North Dakota State (3–0) (4) | North Dakota State (4–0) (5) | North Dakota State (5–0) (4) | North Dakota State (6–0) (5) | North Dakota State (7–0) (3) | North Dakota State (8–0) (3) | North Dakota State (9–0) | North Dakota State (9–0) (3) | North Dakota State (9–0) (9) | 2. |
| 3. | Northern Michigan (3–0) | Northern Michigan (4–0) (1) | Texas A&I (3–0) | Texas A&I (4–0) | New Mexico Highlands (6–0) (4) | Chattanooga (6–0) | Chattanooga (7–0) | Tampa (8–1) | New Mexico Highlands (9–0) (2) | Chattanooga (9–1) | 3. |
| 4. | Eastern Kentucky (1–0) (2) | Eastern Kentucky (2–0) (1) | Northern Michigan (4–0) (1) | Eastern Kentucky (4–0) (1) | Chattanooga (5–0) | Tampa (5–1) | Tampa (6–1) | New Mexico Highlands (9–0) | Chattanooga (8–1) | New Mexico Highlands (9–0) (4) | 4. |
| 5. | Texas A&I (1–0) | Texas A&I (2–0) (1) | Eastern Kentucky (3–0) | New Mexico Highlands (5–0) (3) | Tampa (4–1) | New Mexico Highlands (7–0) (4) | New Mexico Highlands (8–0) (3) | Chattanooga (7–1) | Texas A&I (8–1) | Texas A&I (9–1) | 5. |
| 6. | West Chester State (1–0) | Eastern Washington (2–0) | New Mexico Highlands (4–0) (1) | Chattanooga (4–0) | Western Kentucky (5–0) (2) | Weber State (6–0) (1) | Eastern Kentucky (6–1) | Eastern Kentucky (7–1) | Morgan State (7–1) | Morgan State (8–1) | 6. |
| 7. | Texas–Arlington (1–1) | New Mexico Highlands (3–0) | Chattanooga (3–0) (1) | Arkansas State (4–1) | Weber State (5–0) (1) | Morgan State (5–0) | Texas A&I (6–1) | Texas A&I (7–1) | Tampa (7–2) | Troy State (9–1) | 7. |
| 8. | Eastern Washington (1–0) | Louisiana Tech (2–0) | Tampa (3–0) (1) | Tampa (3–1) | Morgan State (4–0) | Eastern Kentucky (5–1) | Troy State (8–0) (1) | Weber State (7–1) | Western Kentucky (7–1–1) | Eastern Kentucky (8–2) | 8. |
| 9. | Montana State (2–0) | Chattanooga (2–0) | Arkansas State (3–1) | Western Kentucky (4–0) (1) | Northern Michigan (5–1) | Texas A&I (5–1) | Arkansas State (6–1) | Morgan State (6–1) | Troy State (9–1) | Adams State (8–1) | 9. |
| 10. | Southwest Texas State (1–0) | Adams State (2–0) | Louisiana Tech (2–1) | Weber State (4–0) | Texas A&I (4–1) | Troy State (6–0) (1) | Weber State (6–1) | Western Kentucky (7–1) | Adams State (8–1) | Humboldt State (9–1) | 10. |
| 11. | Fairmont State | Arkansas State | Weber State | Morgan State | Arkansas State (6–1) | Arkansas State (6–1–1) | Morgan State (5–1) | Adams State | Eastern Kentucky (7–2) | Tampa (7–3) | 11. |
| 12. | New Mexico Highlands | Montana State | Texas–Arlington | C.W. Post | Troy State (6–0) | Western Kentucky (6–1) | Western Kentucky (7–1) | Willamette (8–0) | Humboldt State (8–1) | Willamette (9–0) | 12. |
| 13. | San Francisco State | Texas–Arlington | Morgan State | Alcorn A&M | Eastern Kentucky (4–1) | Willamette | Willamette | Humboldt State (7–1) | IUP (9–0) | IUP (9–0) | 13. |
| 14. | Adams State | Temple | Western Kentucky | Texas–Arlington | East Texas State (4–1) | Northern Michigan (6–2) | Arkansas Tech | North Carolina A&T | Willamette (9–0) | Arkansas State (7–2–1) | 14. |
| 15. | UMass[note 2] | Morgan State | Lenoir–Rhyne | Northern Iowa | Willamette (5–0) | Florida A&M | Adams State | IUP (9–0) | Weber State (7–2) | Delaware | 15. |
| 16. | Chattanooga (1) т | Alcorn A&M | Alcorn A&M | Troy State | Arkansas Tech | Texas–Arlington (4–3) | Florida A&M | Troy State (8–1) | Arkansas State (7–2–1) | Weber State | 16. |
| 17. | Eastern Michigan т | Fairmont State | West Chester State | Montana State | Appalachian State (5–0) т | Ashland т | East Texas State | Gustavus Adolphus | North Carolina A&T | Western Kentucky (8–2–1) | 17. |
| 18. | Louisiana Tech (1) | West Chester State т | Northern Iowa | Colorado State (Greeley) т | Adams State т | Adams State т | Kings Point (7–0) | Eastern Michigan т | Kings Point (7–1) т | Fresno State | 18. |
| 19. | Whitewater [note 3] | Western Kentucky т | C.W. Post | Willamette т | St. Norbert [note 4] | Arkansas Tech т | Alcorn State | Central Missouri (7–0–1) т | Florida A&M т | Kings Point т | 19. |
| 20. | Alcorn A&M | Weber State | Eastern Washington т | Appalachian State т | Texas–Arlington (3–3) т | Kings Point т | Humboldt State | Kings Point (7–1) т | Delaware | Florida A&M т | 20. |
| 21. | Willamette т | Gustavus Adolphus т | East Texas State (4–1) т | North Carolina A&T т | 21. | ||||||
| 22. | Arkansas State College т | 22. | |||||||||
| Week 1 Sept 25[12] | Week 2 Oct 2[13] | Week 3 Oct 9[14] | Week 4 Oct 16[15] | Week 5 Oct 23[16] | Week 6 Oct 30[17] | Week 7 Nov 6[18] | Week 8 Nov 13[19] | Week 9 Nov 20[20] | Week 10 Nov 27[21] | ||
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Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "San Diego State Grid Team Leads In Small College Poll". Newport Daily News. Newport, Rhode Island. September 26, 1968. p. 10. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "San Diego Still On Top; ND State Bison No. 2". The Daily Republic. Mitchell, South Dakota. October 3, 1968. p. 10. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "San Diego St. No. 1". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. October 11, 1968. p. D-7. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Northern Drops To 8th in Poll". Ironwood Daily Globe. Ironwood, Michigan. October 17, 1968. p. 10. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "San Diego Still Is Number One". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. October 24, 1968. p. 16. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "San Diego State Retains Big Lead In Small College Football Poll". Journal Gazette. Mattoon, Illinois. October 31, 1968. p. 13. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Small college football poll". The Daily Capital News. Jefferson City, Missouri. November 8, 1968. p. 16. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "San Diego State '11' Small College Leader". The La Crosse Tribune. La Crosse, Wisconsin. November 14, 1968. p. 19. Retrieved May 12, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Two Gain in Small College Football Poll". The Winona Daily News. Winona, Minnesota. November 21, 1968. p. 6B. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "San Diego State Finishes As Top Team 2nd Season". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. November 28, 1968. p. 24. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "A&I 6th in AP Poll". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Corpus Christi, Texas. December 5, 1968. p. 6-B. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "San Diego State Voted 1st in Small Grid Poll". Simpson’s Leader-Times. Kittanning, Pennsylvania. September 25, 1968. p. 15. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Standings". Lead Daily Call. Lead, South Dakota. October 2, 1968. p. 3. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Joe Carnicelli (October 9, 1968). "Aztecs Lead Small Colleges In Poll". Clovis News-Journal. Clovis, New Mexico. p. 7. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "San Diego State No. 1 In Small College Poll". Simpson’s Leader-Times. Kittanning, Pennsylvania. October 16, 1968. p. 18. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "UPI Small College Football Poll". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 24, 1968. p. 3-3. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Small College Grid Ratings". Evening Herald. Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. October 30, 1968. p. 16. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Aztecs Maintaining Sound Poll Margin". Palladium-Item. Richmond, Indiana. November 8, 1968. p. 17. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "San Diego State Stomps Over Big Boys". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. November 13, 1968. p. C-4. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Joe Carnicelli (November 20, 1968). "Aztecs Remain On Top In Small College Poll". The Raleigh Register. Beckley, West Virginia. p. 22. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Joe Carnicelli (November 27, 1968). "San Diego St. Again Leads College Poll". Daily World. Opelousas, Louisiana. p. 10. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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