1936 college football rankings

none August 2023 December 2025 1936 Minnesotaper AP poll, Dunkel System, Dickinson System, Litkenhous Ratings, Poling System, Toledo Cup, Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, National Championship Foundation; Pittsburghper Boand System, Houlgate System, and College Football Researchers Association;LSUper Williamson System, Sagarin Ratings Elo chess method, and Sagarin Ratings Predictor method (not claimed); Dukeper Berryman QPRS (not claimed) The college football rankings for the 1936 college football season included the first AP Poll, the Toledo Cup rankings based on input from a judge's committee of 250 sports editors, and the Litkenhous Ratings. The 1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team was ranked as the national champion in all three rankings. Champions (by ranking) Major rankings (both contemporary and retroactive) have varyingly identified either Minnesota, Pittsburgh, LSU or Duke as the 1936 national champion.Football Bowl Subdivision Records http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2017/FBS.pdf NCAA 112 2017 July 29, 2025 AP poll: Minnesota Berryman QPRS: Duke Billingsley Report: Minnesota Boand System: Pittsburgh College Football Researchers Association: Pittsburgh Dickinson System: Minnesota Dunkel System: Minnesota Helms Athletic Foundation: Minnesota Houlgate System: Pittsburgh Litkenhous Ratings: Minnesota National Championship Foundation: Minnesota Poling System: Minnesota Sagarin Ratings Elo chess method: LSU Sagarin Ratings Predictor method: LSU Toledo Cup: MinnesotaDecember 31, 1936 Gophers Take Toledo Trophy https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109194676/1936-toledo-cup/ Casper Star-Tribune Casper, Wyoming September 8, 2022 Minnesita [sic] wins the Toledo cup for the third successive year, thereby gaining permanent possession of the first symbol of the nation's mythical football championship, it was announced today in New York by Westbrook Pegler, executive secretary of the Toledo Cup committee. Williamson System: LSU Note: AP poll, Boand System, Dickinson System, Dunkel System, Houlgate System, Litkenhous Ratings, Poling System, Toledo Cup, 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 30, at the end of the 1936 regular season, weeks before the major bowls.November 2025 The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.November 2025 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (Final) Oct 19 Oct 26 Nov 2 Nov 9 Nov 16 Nov 23 Nov 30 Minnesota (3–0) (32) Duke (5–0) (1) Army (3–0) (1) Northwestern (3–0) Purdue (3–0) USC (3–0–1) (1) Notre Dame (3–0) Washington (3–1) Pittsburgh (3–1) Yale (3–0) Duquesne (4–0) St. Mary's (3–0–1) LSU (3–0–1) Texas A&M (4–0) Nebraska (2–1) Fordham (3–0) Holy Cross (4–0) Tulane (3–0–1) SMU (3–1) Marquette (3–0) Minnesota (4–0) (44) Pittsburgh (4–1) u Northwestern (4–0) u Washington (4–1) u Fordham (4–0) u Army (4–0) d USC (4–0–1) d LSU (4–0–1) u Tulane (4–0–1) u Marquette (4–0) u Nebraska (3–1) u Yale (4–0) d Duke (5–1) т td Holy Cross (5–0) т u SMU (3–1) u Auburn (4–0–1) npr Princeton (3–1) т tnpr Purdue (3–1) т d Santa Clara (4–0) npr Penn (3–1) т St. Mary's (3–1–1) т background-color:#FFFFE6 d Duquesne Notre Dame Texas A&M Northwestern (5–0) (31) u Minnesota (4–1) (10) d Fordham (4–0–1) (2) u Marquette (5–0) u Pittsburgh (4–1–1) d Washington (5–1) d LSU (5–0–1) u Nebraska (4–1) u Santa Clara (5–0) u Tulane (5–0–1) d USC (4–0–1) d SMU (4–1) u Notre Dame (4–1) npr Alabama (5–0–1) npr Duke (6–1) т td Penn (4–1) т u Washington State (5–0–1) npr Dartmouth (5–1) т tnpr Tennessee (3–2–1) т npr Auburn (4–1–1) d Army Holy Cross Princeton Purdue St. Mary's Yale Northwestern (6–0) (31) Minnesota (5–1) (12) Fordham (5–0–1) (3) Alabama (6–0–1) (1) u Pittsburgh (5–1–1) Nebraska (5–1) u LSU (6–0–1) Marquette (6–0) d Santa Clara (5–0) Washington (5–1–1) d Penn (5–1) u Dartmouth (6–1) u Duke (7–1) u Washington State (5–1–1) u Texas A&M (6–1–1) т tnpr USC (4–1–1) т d Holy Cross (6–1) npr TCU (5–2–1) npr SMU (4–2) т td Temple (5–1–1) т npr Auburn Notre Dame Tennessee Tulane Northwestern (7–0) (17) Minnesota (6–1) (12) Fordham (5–0–1) (4) Pittsburgh (6–1–1) u LSU (7–0–1) (2) u Washington (6–1–1) (2) u Marquette (7–0) u Alabama (7–0–1) d Santa Clara (6–0) Penn (6–1) u Notre Dame (5–2) npr Dartmouth (7–1) Nebraska (5–2) d Texas A&M (7–1–1) u Washington State (6–1–1) d Duke (8–1) d Holy Cross (7–1) Ohio State (4–3) npr Tennessee (5–2–1) npr Duquesne (6–2) т Temple (6–1–1) т background-color:#FFFFE6 SMU TCU USC Minnesota (7–1) (30) u LSU (8–0–1) (10) u Alabama (7–0–1) u Pittsburgh (6–1–1) Santa Clara (7–0) (1) u Washington (6–1–1) Northwestern (7–1) d Fordham (5–0–2) d Notre Dame (6–2) (1) u Nebraska (6–2) u Duke (8–1) u Duquesne (7–2) u Penn (6–1) d Dartmouth (7–1–1) d Marquette (7–1) d Yale (7–1) npr Tennessee (5–2–1) u TCU (7–2–1) npr Tulane (6–2–1) npr Washington State (6–1–1) d Holy Cross Ohio State Temple Texas A&M Minnesota (7–1) (25) nc LSU (9–0–1) (9) Pittsburgh (7–1–1) u Alabama (8–0–1) d Washington (7–1–1) u Santa Clara (7–0) (1) d Northwestern (7–1) Notre Dame (6–2) u Nebraska (7–2) u Penn (7–1) u Duke (9–1) Yale (7–1) u Dartmouth (7–1–1) u Duquesne (7–2) d Fordham (5–1–2) d TCU (7–2–2) u Tennessee (6–2–1) Arkansas (6–3) т tnpr Navy (6–3) т npr Marquette (7–1) d Tulane Washington State Boand System rankings The final post-bowl Boand System rankings for 1936 were:Quinn Frank September 9, 1937 The National football rankings for the 1936 season under the Azzi Ratem system https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-butte-daily-post-1936-azzi-ratem-boa/135968157/ The Butte Daily Post November 29, 2023 Pittsburgh, 81.1; Minnesota, 79.6; Pittsburgh (81.1 pts) Minnesota (79.6 pts) LSU (79.1 pts) Santa Clara (76.8 pts) Northwestern (75.4 pts) Washington University (75.3 pts) Nebraska (75.2 pts) Alabama (75.1 pts) TCU (74.9 pts) Yale (74.1 pts) Notre Dame (73.6 pts) Marquette (72.9 pts) Toledo Cup For the third consecutive year, Minnesota won the Toledo Cup as college football's national champion. The Toledo Cup award was based on input from a judge's committee of 250 sports editors of leading newspapers. By winning the cup for the third consecutive years, Minnesota received permanent possession of the cup. The results of preliminary balloting were as follows: 1. Minnesota – 582 points 2. Northwestern – 525 points 3. Fordham – 135 points 4. LSU – 95 points 5. Pittsburgh – 94 points 6. Alabama – 61 points 7. Santa Clara – 60 points 8. Marquette – 38 points 9. Washington – 29 points 10. (tie) Dartmouth – 5 points 10. (tie) Duke – 5 points 12. Penn – 3 points 13. Nebraska – 2 points The vote tally in the final round was as follows: 1. Minnesota – 230 votes 2. LSU – 7 votes 3. Northwestern – 6 votes 4. Fordham – 2 votes Gophers Win Toledo Cup Third Time Stevens Point Daily Journal December 30, 1936 6 https://www.newspapers.com/article/stevens-point-journal-gophers-win-toledo/124942128/ Newspapers.com Litkenhous Ratings The post-bowl final Litkenhous Ratings for 1936 ranked 618 college football teams. The top 125 teams were as follows: 20em 1. Minnesota 2. Pittsburgh 3. LSU 4. Ohio State 5. Duke 6. Notre Dame 7. Alabama 8. Nebraska 9. Washington 10. Duquesne 11. Mississippi State 12. Army 13. Northwestern 14. Georgia Tech 15. Auburn 16. Tennessee 17. Arkansas 18. Baldwin–Wallace 19. Santa Clara 20. Marquette 21. Dartmouth 22. Purdue 23. Indiana 24. Penn 25. TCU 26. Michigan State 27. Detroit 28. USC 29. Colgate 30. North Carolina 31. Harvard 32. Holy Cross 33. Princeton 34. Hardin–Simmons 35. Temple 36. Yale 37. Ole Miss 38. Carnegie Tech 39. Tulane 40. Villanova 41. Texas A&M 42. Kentucky 43. SMU 44. Navy 45. George Washington 46. California 47. Vanderbilt 48. Manhattan 49. Tulsa 50. Western Reserve 51. Rice 52. Iowa 53. Georgetown 54. Clemson 55. Michigan 56. Illinois 57. UCLA 58. Baylor 59. Georgia 60. West Virginia 61. Washington State 62. Stanford 63. NYU 64. Boston College 65. Missouri 66. Penn State 67. Canisius 68. Wake Forest 69. Kansas State 70. Oregon State 71. Wisconsin 72. Catholic University 73. DePaul 74. Kearney State 75. Texas 76. Saint Anselm 77. Oklahoma 78. Arkansas Tech 79. West Virginia Wesleyan 80. Davidson 81. NC State 82. Arizona 83. Louisiana Tech 84. Connecticut State 85. Saint Mary's 86. Waynesburg 87. Butler 88. Creighton 89. Marshall 90. Miami (FL) 91. Washington University 92. Cornell 93. Humboldt State 94. Maryland 95. Bucknell 96. Centenary 97. Albright 98. Drake 99. Florida 100. La Salle 101. Loyola (Los Angeles) 102. Colorado 103. Syracuse 104. Chattanooga 105. St. Benedict 106. Utah State 107. Franklin & Marshall 108. North Dakota 109. Saint Louis 110. St. Bonaventure 111. Western Maryland 112. South Carolina 113. Texas Tech 114. Utah 115. Gonzaga 116. St. Thomas (PA) 117. Boston University 118. Howard 119. Denver 120. Augustana (SD) 121. Connecticut State 122. Furman 123. Iowa State 124. Hobart 125. Oregon Litkenhous' Final Football Ratings for 1936 The Courier-Journal January 3, 1937 IV-5 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-litkenhous-final-fo/124835650/ Newspapers.com Notes See also 1936 College Football All-America Team References * Category:College football rankings