1930 college football rankings

none August 2023 December 2025 1930 Notre Dameper Boand System, Dickinson System (received Rissman Trophy), Dunkel System, Houlgate System, Erskine Trophy poll, Bonniwell Trophy vote, Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, National Championship Foundation, Poling System Alabamaper Berryman QPRS, College Football Researchers Association, College Football Researchers Association, Parke H. Davis (Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide), Sagarin Ratings Elo chess method, Sagarin Ratings Predictor method The 1930 college football rankings ranked the best teams participating in the 1930 college football season. Champions (by method) Various different rankings (using differing methodologies) have identified Alabama or Notre Dame as champion.Football Bowl Subdivision Records http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2017/FBS.pdf NCAA 112 2017 July 29, 2025 Berryman QPRS: Alabama Billingsley Report: Notre Dame Bonniwell Trophy vote:awarded upon unanimous consensus of the board of the Veteran Athletes of Philadelphia Notre DameAssociated Press February 1, 1931 Heroes of Past and Present https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112775761/1930-bonniwell-trophy/ November 8, 2022 Boand System: Notre Dame College Football Researchers Association: Alabama Parke H. Davisfor Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide: Alabama Dickinson System: Notre Dame Dunkel System: Notre Dame Erskine Trophy poll: Notre Dame January 1931 Notre Dame Receives Erskine Award The Notre Dame Alumnus IX 5 169 The Alumni Association of the University of Notre Dame South Bend, Indiana May 17, 2022 http://www.archives.nd.edu/Alumnus/VOL_0009/VOL_0009_ISSUE_0005.pdf Nation's sports writers pick Notre Dame football team as champions by record vote; Trophy awarded in New York January second. Helms Athletic Foundation: Notre Dame Houlgate System: Notre Dame National Championship Foundation: Notre Dame Poling System: Notre Dame Sagarin Ratings Elo chess method: Alabama Sagarin Ratings Predictor method: Alabama Note: Boand System, Dickinson System, Dunkel System, Houlgate System, Erskine Trophy poll, and Bonniwell Trophy vote were given contemporarily. All other rankings were given retroactively Dickinson System thumb|Jack F. Rissman National Intercollegiate Football Trophy — Awarded annually to the team ranked first in the Dickinson National Football Rating The Dickinson System was a mathematical rating system devised by University of Illinois economics professor Frank G. Dickinson. Notre Dame, Washington State and Alabama, all unbeaten and untied at the end of the regular season, were ranked first, second and third by Dickinson, with the Irish getting the higher rating based on their opposition."Notre Dame's Easy Win Over S.C. Gives Irish National Title," The Lima (O.) News, December 7, 1930, p23 The ratings were made before the 1931 Rose Bowl that matched Washington State and Alabama, with Alabama winning, 24 to 0. Notre Dame did not participate in a postseason bowl game. Rank Team Record Rating 1 Notre Dame 10–0 25.13 2 Washington State 9–0 20.44 3 Alabama 9–0 20.18 4 Northwestern 7–1 18.63 5 Michigan 8–0–1 18.34 6 USC 8–2 17.98 7 Stanford 9–1–1 17.92 8 Dartmouth 7–1–1 17.11 9 Army 9–1–1 16.66 10 Tennessee 9–1 16.15 11 Tulane 8–1 16.05 Notes See also 1930 College Football All-America Team References * Category:College football rankings