1950 college football rankings
| 1950 college football rankings | |
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| Season | 1950 |
| Bowl season | 1950–51 bowl games |
| Preseason No. 1 | |
| End of season champions | Oklahoma |
Two human polls comprised the 1950 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 AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll.
Legend
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| National champion | ||
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AP Poll
This was the first season that the AP released a preseason poll before any games were played in August.[1] The final AP Poll was released on November 27, near the end of the 1950 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.
| Preseason Aug[2] | Week 1 Oct 2[3] | Week 2 Oct 9[4] | Week 3 Oct 16[5] | Week 4 Oct 23[6] | Week 5 Oct 30[7] | Week 6 Nov 6[8] | Week 7 Nov 13[9] | Week 8 Nov 20[10] | Week 9 (Final) Nov 27[11] | ||
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| 1. | Notre Dame (101) | Notre Dame (1–0) (63) | Army (2–0) (115) | Army (3–0) (124) | SMU (5–0) (96) | SMU (5–0) (153) | Army (6–0) (88) | Ohio State (6–1) (66) | Oklahoma (8–0) (173) | Oklahoma (10–0) (213) | 1. |
| 2. | Army (7) | Michigan State (2–0) (32) | SMU (3–0) (53) | Oklahoma (3–0) (47) | Army (4–0) (84) | Army (5–0) (34) | Ohio State (5–1) (94) | Oklahoma (7–0) (63) | Army (8–0) (36) | Army (8–1) (38) | 2. |
| 3. | Michigan (3) | SMU (2–0) (28) | Oklahoma (2–0) (29) | SMU (4–0) (63) | Oklahoma (4–0) (35) | Oklahoma (5–0) (25) | Oklahoma (6–0) (48) | Army (7–0) (72) | Kentucky (10–0) (55) | Texas (8–1) (4) | 3. |
| 4. | Tennessee (1) | Army (1–0) (29) | Texas (2–0) (9) | Kentucky (5–0) (9) | Kentucky (6–0) (15) | Ohio State (4–1) (30) | Kentucky (8–0) (35) | California (8–0) (36) | California (9–0) (20) | Tennessee (9–1) (15) | 4. |
| 5. | Texas (7) | Oklahoma (1–0) (17) | Kentucky (4–0) (11) | California (4–0) (1) | California (5–0) (2) | Kentucky (7–0) (17) | Texas (5–1) (11) | Kentucky (9–0) (43) | Texas (7–1) (6) | California (9–0–1) (8) | 5. |
| 6. | Oklahoma (3) | Kentucky (3–0) (5) | Stanford (3–0) (4) | Stanford (4–0) | Ohio State (3–1) (2) | California (6–0) (2) | California (7–0) (14) | Texas (6–1) (10) | Illinois (7–1) (14) | Princeton (9–0) (6) | 6. |
| 7. | Stanford | Texas (1–0) (2) | California (3–0) (2) | Texas (2–1) | Texas (3–1) | Texas (4–1) | SMU (5–1) (2) | Princeton (7–0) (3) | Princeton (8–0) (8) | Kentucky (10–1) (7) | 7. |
| 8. | Illinois (1) | Stanford (2–0) (3) | Maryland (2–1) (8) | Maryland (3–1) (5) | Tennessee (4–1) | Miami (FL) (5–0) (12) | Princeton (6–0) (4) | Illinois (6–1) (1) | Ohio State (6–2) | Michigan State (8–1) (3) | 8. |
| 9. | Cornell | California (2–0) (2) | Purdue (1–1) (1) | Ohio State (2–1) | Northwestern (4–0) | Princeton (5–0) (2) | Miami (FL) (6–0) (8) | Tennessee (7–1) | Tennessee (8–1) (2) | Michigan (5–3–1) | 9. |
| 10. | SMU | Washington (2–0) | Notre Dame (1–1) (1) | Washington (4–0) (5) | Cornell (4–0) (2) | Illinois (4–1) | Illinois (5–1) | Michigan State (7–1) (3) | Michigan State (8–1) (4) | Clemson (8–0–1) (9) | 10. |
| 11. | Ohio State | North Carolina (1–1) (1) | Washington (3–0) (2) | Notre Dame (2–1) | Miami (FL) (4–0) (8) | Tennessee (5–1) | Tennessee (6–1) | Clemson (6–0–1) (7) | Clemson (7–0–1) (7) | Washington (8–2) (4) | 11. |
| 12. | USC | Alabama (2–0) (2) | Ohio State (1–1) | Clemson (3–0) (4) | Illinois (3–1) (1) | Washington (5–1) | Michigan State (6–1) | Texas A&M (6–2) (1) | Wyoming (8–0) (3) | Wyoming (9–0) (4) | 12. |
| 13. | Kentucky | UCLA (2–0) | Clemson (3–0) (4) | Vanderbilt (4–0) | Texas A&M (4–1) | Michigan State (5–1) | Clemson (5–0–1) (7) | Wyoming (8–0) (2) | Penn (6–2) | Illinois (7–2) | 13. |
| 14. | California | Duke (2–0) | Tennessee (2–1) | Miami (FL) (3–0) (14) | Michigan (2–2) | Clemson (4–0–1) (3) | Wyoming (7–0) (2) | SMU (5–2) | Miami (FL) (7–0–1) (1) | Ohio State (6–3) | 14. |
| 15. | Maryland | Illinois (1–0) (1) | Rice (2–0) (1) т | Rice (3–0) | Michigan State (4–1) | Penn (4–1) | Wisconsin (5–1) | Wisconsin (6–1) | SMU (6–2) | Miami (FL) (8–0–1) (1) | 15. |
| 16. | Duke | Cornell (1–0) | Wisconsin (2–0) т | Wisconsin (3–0) | Clemson (3–0–1) | Maryland (4–2) | Nebraska (4–1–1) | Wake Forest (5–1–1) | Nebraska (6–1–1) (2) | Ohio (8–2) (1) | 16. |
| 17. | Missouri | Iowa (1–0) (2) | Cornell (2–0) (2) | Cornell (3–0) (2) | Wake Forest (4–0–1) | Florida (5–1) | Washington (5–2) | Miami (FL) (6–0–1) | Alabama (7–2) | Nebraska (6–2–1) (2) | 17. |
| 18. | Minnesota | Clemson (2–0) (3) | Michigan (1–1) | Tennessee (3–1) | UCLA (3–2) | Wyoming (6–0) (2) | Maryland (5–2) | Nebraska (5–1–1) (1) | Washington (7–2) | Washington & Lee (8–2) (2) | 18. |
| 19. | Michigan State | Michigan (0–1) | Vanderbilt (3–0) | Wake Forest (3–0–1) (1) | Indiana (2–1–1) | UCLA (4–2) | Kansas (5–2) т | Washington (6–2) | Washington & Lee (7–2) (1) | Tulsa (8–1–1) | 19. |
| 20. | North Carolina | Penn (1–0) | Michigan State (2–1) | Northwestern (3–0) | Florida (4–1) (1) | Wisconsin (4–1) |
| Penn (5–2) | Loyola Maramount (7–0) (1) | Tulane (6–2) | 20. |
| Preseason Aug[2] | Week 1 Oct 2[3] | Week 2 Oct 9[4] | Week 3 Oct 16[5] | Week 4 Oct 23[6] | Week 5 Oct 30[7] | Week 6 Nov 6[8] | Week 7 Nov 13[9] | Week 8 Nov 20[10] | Week 9 (Final) Nov 27[11] | ||
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Coaches' Poll
This was the first year for the UP Coaches Poll, and its final edition was released prior to the bowl games, on December 5.[12][13]
Oklahoma received 32 of the 35 first-place votes, with one vote each to Princeton, Michigan State, and Wyoming.[12][13]
| Ranking | Team | Conference | Bowl |
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| 1 | Oklahoma | Big Seven | Lost Sugar, 7–13 |
| 2 | Texas | Southwest | Lost Cotton, 14–20 |
| 3 | Tennessee | SEC | Won Cotton, 20–14 |
| 4 | California | Pacific Coast | Lost Rose, 6–14 |
| 5 | Army | Independent | none |
| 6 | Michigan | Big Ten | Won Rose, 14–6 |
| 7 | Kentucky | SEC | Won Sugar, 13–7 |
| 8 | Princeton | Independent | none |
| 9 | Michigan State | Independent | |
| 10 | Ohio State | Big Ten | |
| 11 | Illinois | Big Ten | |
| 12 | Clemson | Southern | Won Orange, 15–14 |
| 13 | Miami (FL) | Independent | Lost Orange, 14–15 |
| 14 | Wyoming | Skyline | none |
| 15 | Baylor | Southwest | |
| Washington | Pacific Coast | ||
| 17 | Alabama | SEC | |
| 18 | Washington & Lee | Southern | |
| 19 | Navy | Independent | |
| 20 | Cornell | Independent | |
| Nebraska | Big Seven | ||
| Wisconsin | Big Ten |
References
- ^ "AP Top 25 college football poll kicks off 81st year". Associated Press. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "1950 Preseason AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "October 2, 1950 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "October 9, 1950 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "October 16, 1950 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "October 23, 1950 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "October 30, 1950 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "November 6, 1950 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "November 13, 1950 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "November 20, 1950 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "1950 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Sooners keep top grid spot". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. December 5, 1950. p. 16.
- ^ a b c Opotowsky, Stan (December 5, 1951). "Oklahoma expected to win Sugar Bowl tilt; extend its winning streak to 32 games". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). United Press. p. 2.
- ^ http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rfsc/history/CoachPolls.txt