1947 NCAA football rankings
One human poll comprised the 1947 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.
| 1947 NCAA football rankings | |
|---|---|
| Season | 1947 |
| Bowl season | 1947–48 bowl games |
| End of season champions | Notre Dame |
There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the Associated Press Poll and the Coaches' Poll. The United Press Coaches' Poll began operation in 1950; in addition, the AP Poll did not begin conducting preseason polls until that same year.
Legend
| Increase in ranking | ||
| Decrease in ranking | ||
| Not ranked previous week | ||
| National champion | ||
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Win–loss record | |
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Number of first place votes | |
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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
AP Poll
The final official AP Poll was released on December 8, at the end of the 1947 regular season, weeks before the major bowls.[1] The AP did not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.
| Week 1 Oct 6[2] | Week 2 Oct 13[3] | Week 3 Oct 20[4] | Week 4 Oct 27[5] | Week 5 Nov 3[6] | Week 6 Nov 10[7] | Week 7 Nov 17[8] | Week 8 Nov 24[9] | Week 9 Dec 1[10] | Week 10 (Final) Dec 8[11] | ||
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| 1. | Notre Dame (1–0) (52) | Michigan (3–0) (93) | Michigan (4–0) (147) | Notre Dame (4–0) (78) | Notre Dame (5–0) (106) | Notre Dame (6–0) (117) | Michigan (8–0) (140) | Notre Dame (8–0) (97) | Notre Dame (8–0) (58.5) | Notre Dame (9–0) (107) | 1. |
| 2. | Michigan (2–0) (29) | Notre Dame (2–0) (23) | Notre Dame (3–0) (21) | Michigan (5–0) (69) | Michigan (6–0) (56) | Michigan (7–0) (34) | Notre Dame (7–0) (87) | Michigan (9–0) (81) | Michigan (9–0) (54.5) | Michigan (9–0) (25) | 2. |
| 3. | Texas (3–0) (15) | Texas (4–0) (10) | Texas (5–0) (10) | Texas (6–0) (25) | SMU (6–0) (7) | Penn (6–0) (7) | SMU (8–0) (9) | SMU (9–0) (6) | USC (7–0–1) (2) | SMU (9–0–1) | 3. |
| 4. | Georgia Tech (2–0) (3) | California (4–0) | California (5–0) (1) | Penn (4–0) (11) | Penn (5–0) (8) | SMU (7–0) (2) | USC (6–0–1) (3) | USC (7–0–1) (3) | SMU (9–0–1) | Penn State (9–0) (1) | 4. |
| 5. | Army (2–0) (1) | Georgia Tech (3–0) (1) | Illinois (3–0–1) | USC (4–0–1) (6) | USC (5–0–1) (2) | USC (6–0–1) (5) | Penn State (8–0) (6) | Penn State (9–0) (1) | Penn State (9–0) | Texas (9–1) | 5. |
| 6. | Illinois (2–0) | Illinois (2–0–1) (1) | Army (3–0–1) (2) | Georgia Tech (5–0) (2) | Georgia Tech (6–0) (6) | Georgia Tech (7–0) (1) | Penn (6–0–1) | Alabama (7–2) | Texas (9–1) (2) | Alabama (8–2) (1) | 6. |
| 7. | Penn (1–0) | Army (2–0–1) | Georgia Tech (4–0) (2) | Penn State (5–0) (2) | Penn State (6–0) (2) | Texas (7–1) | Texas (8–1) | Texas (8–1) | Alabama (8–2) | Penn (7–0–1) | 7. |
| 8. | California (3–0) (1) | Penn (2–0) | Penn (3–0) | SMU (5–0) | Texas (6–1) | Penn State (7–0) (3) | Alabama (6–2) | Penn (6–0–1) | Penn (7–0–1) | USC (7–1–1) | 8. |
| 9. | Georgia (2–1) | Penn State (3–0) | Penn State (4–0) (1) | Duke (4–0–1) (2) | Army (4–1–1) | Wisconsin (5–1–1) | California (8–1) | Georgia Tech (8–1) | Georgia Tech (9–1) | North Carolina (8–2) (7) | 9. |
| 10. | Vanderbilt (2–0) | Vanderbilt (3–0) | USC (3–0–1) | Army (3–1–1) | Virginia (6–0) | California (7–1) | Georgia Tech (7–1) | North Carolina (7–2) (3) | North Carolina (8–2) (9) | Georgia Tech (9–1) | 10. |
| 11. | Columbia (2–0) | USC (2–0–1) | Wake Forest (4–0) | Illinois (3–1–1) | Illinois (3–2–1) | Illinois (4–2–1) | Army (4–2–2) | California (9–1) | Army (5–2–2) | Army (5–2–2) | 11. |
| 12. | Penn State (2–0) (1) | Yale (3–0) | SMU (4–0) | Virginia (5–0) | California (6–1) | William & Mary (6–1) | Illinois (5–2–1) | Army (4–2–2) | Ole Miss (8–2) | Kansas (8–0–2) | 12. |
| 13. | Duke (2–0) | Minnesota (3–0) (1) | Virginia (4–0) | Kentucky (5–1) | Duke (4–1–1) | Army (4–2–1) | North Carolina (6–2) (1) | Kansas (7–0–2) | Kansas (8–0–2) т | Ole Miss (8–2) | 13. |
| 14. | Yale (2–0) | Wake Forest (3–0) (2) | Kentucky (4–1) | California (5–1) | Purdue (4–2) | Alabama (5–2) | William & Mary (7–1) | William & Mary (8–1) | William & Mary (9–1) (3) т | William & Mary (9–1) | 14. |
| 15. | Oklahoma (2–0) | Rice (1–1–1) | Duke (3–0–1) | Wake Forest (4–1) | William & Mary (5–1) | Ole Miss (6–2) т | Ole Miss(7–2) | Ole Miss (7–2) | California (9–1) | California (9–1) | 15. |
| 16. | Rice (1–1–1) | Virginia (3–0) | UCLA (3–1) | Purdue (3–2) | Alabama (4–2) | Virginia (6–1) т | Virginia (7–1) | Columbia (7–2) (1) | NC State (5–3–1) | Oklahoma (7–2–1) (1) | 16. |
| 17. | Minnesota (2–0) (1) | Duke (2–0–1) | Baylor (4–0) | LSU (4–1) | Columbia (4–2) | Missouri (6–2) | Kansas (6–0–2) | UCLA (5–4) | Rice (6–3–1) | NC State (5–3–1) | 17. |
| 18. | Ole Miss (3–0) | NC State (2–1) | LSU (3–1) | Alabama (4–2) | North Carolina (4–2) | Utah (7–0) | UCLA (5–3) | Rice (5–3–1) | Oklahoma (7–2–1) | Rice (6–3–1) | 18. |
| 19. | North Carolina (1–1) | UCLA (2–1) | Vanderbilt (3–1) | UCLA (3–2) | Wisconsin (4–1–1) | North Carolina (5–2) | Columbia (6–2) | Minnesota (6–3) | UCLA (5–4) | Duke (4–3–2) | 19. |
| 20. | USC (1–0–1) | Kentucky (3–1) | San Francisco (4–1) | Columbia (3–2) | Yale (5–1) | Minnesota (5–2) | Rice (4–3–1) | Oklahoma (6–2–1) | Catawba (9–1) | Columbia (7–2) | 20. |
| Week 1 Oct 6[12] | Week 2 Oct 13[13] | Week 3 Oct 20[14] | Week 4 Oct 27[15] | Week 5 Nov 3[16] | Week 6 Nov 10[17] | Week 7 Nov 17[18] | Week 8 Nov 24[19] | Week 9 Dec 1[20] | Week 10 (Final) Dec 8[21] | ||
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Unofficial Final Poll
The official final AP poll, taken in early December before the bowls, had Notre Dame No. 1 (107 first-place votes) and Michigan second, with 25 first-place votes.[1] Michigan won the Rose Bowl 49–0 over USC while Notre Dame did not play in a bowl game. Detroit Free Press sports editor Lyall Smith arranged an unofficial post-bowl poll with only Michigan or Notre Dame as choices, which favored Michigan 226–119.[22][23]
References
- "Notre Dame team again voted best in country". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. December 9, 1947. p. 17.
- "October 6, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "October 13, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "October 20, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "October 27, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "November 3, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "November 10, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "November 17, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "November 24, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "December 1, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "1947 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "October 6, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "October 13, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "October 20, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "October 27, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "November 3, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "November 10, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "November 17, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "November 24, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "December 1, 1947 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "1947 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- "Sports writers choose Michigan almost 2 to 1". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. January 7, 1948. p. 16.
- Kyrk, John. Natural Enemies. pp. 142–7. ISBN 1-58979-090-1.
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