1937 college football rankings

none August 2023 December 2025 1937 Pittsburghper AP poll, Boand System, Dickinson System, Houlgate System, Litkenhous Ratings, Poling System, Williamson System, Berryman QPRS, Billingsley Report, College Football Researchers Association, National Championship Foundation, Sagarin Ratings Elo chess method, Sagarin Ratings Predictor methodCaliforniaper Dunkel System and Helms Athletic Foundation 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. 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.Football Bowl Subdivision Records http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2017/FBS.pdf NCAA 112 2017 July 29, 2025 AP poll: Pittsburgh Berryman QPRS: Pittsburgh Billingsley Report: Pittsburgh Boand System: Pittsburgh College Football Researchers Association: Pittsburgh Dickinson System: Pittsburgh Dunkel System: California Helms Athletic Foundation: California Houlgate System: Pittsburgh Litkenhous Ratings: Pittsburgh National Championship Foundation: Pittsburgh Poling System: Pittsburgh Sagarin Ratings Elo chess method: Pittsburgh Sagarin Ratings Predictor method: Pittsburgh Williamson System: Pittsburgh 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. AP Poll November 2025 Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week   National champion (#–#)   Win–loss record (Italics)   Number of first place votes т 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (Final) Oct 18 Oct 25 Nov 1 Nov 8 Nov 15 Nov 22 Nov 29 California (5–0) (24) Alabama (4–0) (7) Pittsburgh (3–0–1) (8) Minnesota (3–1) (5) Yale (3–0) (6) LSU (4–0) (2) Northwestern (3–0) Nebraska (2–0–1) Fordham (2–0–1) Duke (3–0–1) USC (3–1) Ohio State (2–1) Texas A&M (2–0–1) Santa Clara (3–0) Baylor (4–0) Wisconsin (4–0) Syracuse (3–0) Dartmouth (4–0) Cornell (3–1) Auburn (2–0–2) т Holy Cross (4–0) т Vanderbilt (4–0) т California (6–0) (48) Pittsburgh (4–0–1) (3) u Alabama (5–0) d Minnesota (3–1) (2) Yale (4–0) (2) Baylor (5–0) (1) u Vanderbilt (5–0) (1) u Ohio State (3–1) u Dartmouth (5–0) u Fordham (3–0–1) d Nebraska (3–0–1) d Auburn (3–0–2) u Duke (4–0–1) d Santa Clara (4–0) North Carolina (4–0–1) npr Villanova (3–0–1) npr LSU (4–1) d Detroit (5–0) т tnpr Holy Cross (5–0) т u Arkansas (3–1–1) npr Cornell Northwestern Syracuse Texas A&M USC Wisconsin California (7–0) (49) Alabama (6–0) (6) u Pittsburgh (5–0–1) (4) d Baylor (6–0) (2) u Fordham (4–0–1) u Nebraska (4–0–1) u Yale (4–0–1) d Ohio State (4–1) Dartmouth (5–0–1) Santa Clara (5–0) u Duke (5–0–1) u Notre Dame (3–1–1) npr Villanova (4–0–1) u Minnesota (3–2) d Tennessee (4–1–1) npr Arkansas (4–1–1) т tu Duquesne (4–1) т npr LSU (5–1) d Northwestern (4–1) т tnpr Tulane (4–1–1) т npr Auburn Detroit Holy Cross North Carolina Vanderbilt Pittsburgh (6–0–1) (32) u California (7–0–1) (9) d Alabama (7–0) (13) d Fordham (5–0–1) (2) u Dartmouth (6–0–1) u Yale (5–0–1) u Santa Clara (6–0) u Duke (6–0–1) u Villanova (5–0–1) u Minnesota (4–2) u Nebraska (4–0–2) d LSU (6–1) u Baylor (6–1) d Auburn (4–1–2) npr Rice (3–2–1) npr Colorado (6–0) npr Indiana (4–2) npr Notre Dame (3–2–1) d Holy Cross (6–0–1) npr Arkansas (4–2–1) d Duquesne Northwestern Ohio State Tennessee Tulane Pittsburgh (7–0–1) (49) California (8–0–1) (6) Alabama (8–0) (2) Fordham (5–0–1) (2) Yale (6–0–1) u Santa Clara (7–0) u Minnesota (5–2) u LSU (7–1) u Dartmouth (6–0–2) d Villanova (6–0–1) d Nebraska (4–1–2) Notre Dame (4–2–1) u Stanford (4–2–1) npr Holy Cross (7–0–1) u Rice (3–2–2) Colorado (7–0) North Carolina (6–1–1) npr Vanderbilt (7–1) npr Ohio State (5–2) npr Indiana (5–2) d Arkansas Auburn Baylor Duke Pittsburgh (8–0–1) (38) California (9–0–1) (10) Fordham (6–0–1) u Alabama (8–0) d Minnesota (6–2) u Dartmouth (7–0–2) u Villanova (7–0–1) u Santa Clara (7–0) d Notre Dame (5–2–1) u LSU (8–1) d Nebraska (5–1–2) Vanderbilt (7–1) u Washington (5–2–2) npr TCU (3–4–2) т tnpr Yale (6–1–1) т d Colorado (8–0) Holy Cross (7–0–2) d Duke (7–1–1) т tnpr North Carolina (6–1–1) т d Tulsa (6–1–1) npr Indiana Ohio State Rice Stanford Pittsburgh (9–0–1) (30) nc California (9–0–1) Fordham (7–0–1) (2) Alabama (9–0) (1) Minnesota (6–2) Villanova (8–0–1) u Dartmouth (7–0–2) d LSU (9–1) u Notre Dame (6–2–1) т tw Santa Clara (8–0) т d Nebraska (6–1–2) Yale (6–1–1) u Ohio State (6–2) npr Arkansas (6–2–2) т tnpr Holy Cross (8–0–2) т u TCU (4–4–2) d Colorado (8–0) d Rice (4–3–2) npr North Carolina (7–1–1) d Duke (7–2–1) d Tulsa Vanderbilt Washington Boand System rankings The final post-bowl Boand System rankings for 1937 were:Boand William F. January 5, 1938 1937 Grid Ratings — Azzi Ratems System — By William F. Boand, Chicago https://www.newspapers.com/image/604438021 subscription Newspapers.com Chattanooga Daily Times August 5, 2025 Pittsburgh (83.6 pts) California (82.4 pts) Fordham (79.3 pts) Santa Clara (78.7 pts) Villanova (77.4 pts) Dartmouth (76.9 pts) Yale (76.2 pts) Alabama (75.4 pts) Nebraska (75.3 pts) Louisiana State (75.1 pts) Holy Cross (75.0 pts) Notre Dame (74.1 pts) Minnesota (73.7 pts) Auburn (73.5 pts) Michigan State (73.4 pts) Ohio State (73.3 pts) Rice (71.9 pts) North Carolina (71.6 pts) Vanderbilt (70.7 pts) Army (70.6 pts) Litkenhous Ratings The top 26 teams in the Litkenhous Ratings for 1937 were as follows: 20em 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 Pittsburgh, Season Over, Is Leading Grid Crew The Evansville Courier December 2, 1937 15 https://www.newspapers.com/article/evansville-courier-and-press-pittsburgh/124838607/ Newspapers.com Notes See also 1937 College Football All-America Team References * Category:College football rankings