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1941 college football rankings

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One human poll comprised the 1941 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. The Coaches' Poll began operation in 1950; in addition, the AP Poll did not begin conducting preseason polls until that same year.

Legend

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AP Poll

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The final AP Poll was released on December 1, at the end of the 1941 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.

Week 1
Oct 13[1]
Week 2
Oct 20[2]
Week 3
Oct 27[3]
Week 4
Nov 3[4]
Week 5
Nov 10[5]
Week 6
Nov 17[6]
Week 7
Nov 24[7]
Week 8 (Final)
Dec 1[8]
1.Minnesota (2–0) (66)Minnesota (3–0) (69)Minnesota (4–0) (60) тTexas (6–0) (73.5)Minnesota (6–0) (99)Minnesota (7–0) (112)Minnesota (8–0) (95)Minnesota (8–0) (84.5)1.
2.Texas (3–0) (30)Texas (4–0) (33)Texas (5–0) (53) тMinnesota (5–0) (34.5)Texas (6–0–1) (4)Texas A&M (8–0) (5)Texas A&M (8–0) (2)Duke (9–0) (9.5)2.
3.Duke (3–0) (14)Michigan (4–0) (7)Fordham (4–0) (7)Fordham (5–0) (6)Duke (7–0) (11)Duke (8–0) (12)Duke (9–0) (15)Notre Dame (8–0–1)3.
4.Fordham (2–0)Duke (4–0) (7)Duke (5–0) (5)Duke (6–0) (7)Texas A&M (7–0) (6)Notre Dame (7–0–1)Notre Dame (8–0–1) (2)Texas (7–1–1) (1)4.
5.Northwestern (2–0) (1)Navy (4–0) (3)Texas A&M (5–0)Texas A&M (6–0)Notre Dame (6–0–1)Michigan (6–1)Duquesne (8–0)Michigan (6–1–1)5.
6.Michigan (3–0) (1)Fordham (3–0)Notre Dame (5–0)Navy (5–0–1)Stanford (6–1) (1)Duquesne (8–0)Michigan (6–1–1)Fordham (7–1)6.
7.Navy (3–0) (3)Notre Dame (4–0)Michigan (4–1)Notre Dame (5–0–1)Michigan (5–1)Alabama (7–1)Missouri (8–1) (1)Missouri (8–1) (1)7.
8.Notre Dame (3–0)Santa Clara (4–0)Penn (4–0) (1)Michigan (5–1)Northwestern (4–2)Missouri (7–1)Fordham (6–1)Duquesne (8–0)8.
9.Santa Clara (3–0) (1)Texas A&M (4–0)Northwestern (3–1)Stanford (5–1)Alabama (6–1)Texas (6–1–1)Northwestern (5–3)Texas A&M (8–1)9.
10.Ohio State (2–0) (1)Tulane (3–1) (1)Vanderbilt (5–0)Northwestern (3–2)Duquesne (7–0)Northwestern (4–3)Texas (6–1–1)Navy (7–1–1)10.
11.Penn (2–0)Ohio State (3–0) (1)Navy (4–0–1)Army (4–0–1)Fordham (5–1)Fordham (5–1)Navy (6–1–1)Northwestern (5–3)11.
12.Rice (2–0)Penn (3–0)Stanford (4–1)Duquesne (6–0)Navy (5–1–1)Navy (5–1–1)Vanderbilt (8–1)Oregon State (7–2)12.
13.Clemson (4–0) (1)Northwestern (2–1)Temple (5–0)Alabama (5–1)Mississippi State (5–0–1) (0.5)Penn (6–1)Penn (7–1)Ohio State (6–1–1)13.
14.Texas A&M (3–0)Clemson (4–0) (3)Army (4–0)Tulane (4–2)Penn (5–1)Ohio State (6–1)Ole Miss (6–1–1)Georgia (8–1–1)14.
15.Nebraska (2–0)Vanderbilt (4–0)Alabama (4–1)Mississippi State (4–0–1)Ole Miss (5–1–1) (0.5)Ole Miss (5–1–1)Ohio State (6–1–1)Penn (7–1)15.
16.Oregon State (3–0)Oregon (3–1)Duquesne (5–0)Ole Miss (4–1–1)Missouri (6–1)Oregon State (5–2)Clemson (7–1)Mississippi State (7–1–1)16.
17.Tulane (2–1) (1)Temple (4–0)Ole Miss (3–1–1) тMissouri (5–1)Harvard (3–2–1)Stanford (6–2)Oregon State (6–2)Ole Miss (6–2–1)17.
18.Vanderbilt (3–0)Oregon State (3–1)Mississippi State (3–0–1) тSyracuse (5–1)Boston College (5–2)Clemson (6–1)Alabama (7–2)Tennessee (8–2)18.
19.Mississippi State (2–0–1)Stanford (3–1) тMissouri (4–1)Penn (4–1)Army (4–1–1)TCU (6–2)Harvard (5–2–1)Washington State (6–3)19.
20.Columbia (2–0)Villanova (3–0) тSMU (3–1)Ohio State (4–1)Ohio State (5–1)
Georgia (7–1–1)Alabama (8–2)20.
Week 1
Oct 13[1]
Week 2
Oct 20[2]
Week 3
Oct 27[3]
Week 4
Nov 3[4]
Week 5
Nov 10[5]
Week 6
Nov 17[6]
Week 7
Nov 24[7]
Week 8 (Final)
Dec 1[8]
Dropped:
  • Columbia
  • Mississippi State
  • Nebraska
  • Rice
Dropped:
  • Clemson
  • Ohio State
  • Oregon
  • Oregon State
  • Santa Clara
  • Tulane
  • Villanova
Dropped:
  • SMU
  • Temple
  • Vanderbilt
Dropped:
  • Syracuse
  • Tulane
Dropped:
  • Army
  • Boston College
  • Harvard
  • Mississippi State
Dropped:
  • Stanford
  • TCU
  • Washington
Dropped:
  • Clemson
  • Harvard
  • Vanderbilt

Boand System

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The Boand System rankings (also known as "Azzi Ratem") released after games played on November 29 were as follows:[9]

1. Minnesota (81.6)
2. Navy (80.3)
3. Notre Dame (79.4)
4. Texas (78.9)
5. Penn (77.6)
6. Duke (77.5)
7. Duquesne (77.4)
8. Michigan (78.8)
9. Missouri (76.4)
10. Texas A&M (76.3)
11. Ohio State (75.6)
12. Alabama (74.6)
13. Georgia (74.5)
14. Fordham (73.7)
15. TCU (73.4)
16. Tennessee (73.3)
17. Mississippi State (73.2)
18. Oregon State (72.7)
19. Northwestern (72.6)
20. Harvard (72.0)

Dunkel System

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The final Dunkel System rankings released in December 1941 were as follows:[10]

1. Minnesota (100.7)
2. Duke (98.5)
3. Texas (94.5)
4. Georgia (93.4)
5. Tennessee (92.6)
6. Michigan (92.4)
7. Northwestern (92.2)
8. Missouri (92.1)
9. Texas A&M (92.1)
10. Duquesne (91)
11. Notre Dame (90.2)
12. Alabama (89.5)
13. Penn (89.1)
14. Navy (88.9)
15. TCU (88.9)
16. Washington State (88.5)
17. Oregon State (88.2)
18. SMU (88.2)
19. Rice (88.1)
20. Vanderbilt (88.1)
21.
22. Ohio State (87.4)
23. Mississippi State (87)
24.
25.
26.
27. Ole Miss (86)

Houlgate System

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The Houlgate System's final selections[11] released in early December 1941 were as follows:

1. Minnesota
2. Navy
3. Alabama
4. Duquesne
5. Notre Dame
6. Michigan
    Mississippi State
    Texas
9. Duke
10. Pennsylvania
11. Tennessee
12. TCU
13. Georgia
14. Ohio State
      Oregon State
      Temple
17. Missouri
      Texas A&M
      Texas Tech
20. Vanderbilt
21. Fordham
22. Boston College
      Harvard
24. Virginia
25. Penn State

Litkenhous Ratings

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The final Litkenhous Ratings released in December 1941 provided numerical rankings for 681 college football programs. The top 100 ranked teams were:[12]

Williamson System

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The final Williamson System rankings for 1940 were issued in January 1942, after the bowl games.[13]

1. Texas (99.2)
2. Minnesota (97.9)
3. Notre Dame (96.2)
4. Fordham (95.8)
5. Navy (95.6)
6. Missouri (95.4)
7. Michigan (95.1)
8. Penn (94.9)
9. Duquesne (94.7)
10. Mississippi State (94.2)
11. Oregon State (94.1)
12. Alabama (94.0)
13. Duke (93.8)
14. Texas A&M (93.7)
15. Tennessee (93.6)
16. Vanderbilt (93.5)
17. Georgia (93.4)
18. Northwestern (93.2)
19. TCU (93.1)
20. Ohio State (93.0)
21. Ole Miss (92.6)
22. Cornell (92.4)
23. Harvard (92.2)
24. Washington State (91.9)
25. Oklahoma (91.5)
26. LSU (91.2)
27. Rice (91.1)
28. Stanford (91.0)
29. Tulane (90.9)
30. SMU (90.8)
31. Oregon (90.8)
32. Santa Clara (90.7)
33. Auburn (90.6)
34. Washington (90.4)
35. Army (90.1)
36. California (90.0)
37. William & Mary (89.8)
38. Dartmouth (89.7)
39. Clemson (89.6)
40. Tulsa (89.5)
41. Colgate (89.4)
42. Boston College (89.3)
43. Michigan State (89.1)
44. Temple (89.0)
45. Columbia (88.9)
46. Penn State (88.6)
47. Syracuse (88.3)
48. Manhattan (88.2)

References

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  1. ^ "October 13, 1941 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  2. ^ "October 20, 1941 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  3. ^ "October 27, 1941 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  4. ^ "November 3, 1941 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  5. ^ "November 10, 1941 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  6. ^ "November 17, 1941 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  7. ^ "November 24, 1941 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  8. ^ "1941 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  9. ^ "Navy Ranked Second by the Azzi Ratem". Evening World-Herald. December 2, 1941. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Sittin' In". The Des Moines Register. December 6, 1941. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Written at Los Angeles. "Houlgate Ranks Gophers First, Navy Second". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento. United Press. December 2, 1941. Retrieved August 13, 2023. The Deke Houlgate system of rating football teams today placed the Golden Gophers of Minnesota in the top spot in national standings. Houlgate, making his final selections, nominated the Navy for second place and Alabama for third.
  12. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Paul Williamson (January 6, 1942). "Duke Drops To 13th Place In Final Gridiron Rankings". The Durham Sun. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.