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1937 Final AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 1 Pittsburgh (30) Ind 9-0-1 327 W 10-0 A #18 Duke
2 < 2 California PCC 9-0-1 277  
3 < 3 Fordham (2) Ind 7-0-1 253  
4 < 4 Alabama (1) SEC 9-0 246  
5 < 5 Minnesota Big Ten 6-2 104  
6 < 7 Villanova Ind 8-0-1 103 W 25-0 A Loyola Marymount
7 < 6 Dartmouth Ind 7-0-2 102 DNP
8 < 10 LSU SEC 9-1 97  
9 < 8 Santa Clara Ind 8-0 90  
9 < 9 Notre Dame Ind 6-2-1 90  
11 < 11 Nebraska Big 6 6-1-2 35  
12 < 14 Yale Ind 6-1-1 18 DNP
13 < NR Ohio State Big Ten 6-2 14  
14 < 17 Holy Cross Ind 8-0-2 9 W 20-0 A Boston College
14 < NR Arkansas Southwest 6-2-2 9  
16 < 14 TCU Southwest 4-4-2 8 W 3-0 H SMU
17 < 16 Colorado RMAC 8-0 7  
18 < NR Rice Southwest 4-3-2 6  
19 < 18 North Carolina Southern 7-1-1 5  
20 < 18 Duke Southern 7-2-1 4  
NR < 12 Vanderbilt SEC 0  
NR < 13 Washington PCC 0  
NR < 20 Tulsa MVC 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 8 7.6 992
Southwest 3 16.0 23
SEC 2 6.0 343
Big Ten 2 9.0 118
Southern 2 19.5 9
PCC 1 2.0 277
Big 6 1 11.0 35
RMAC 1 17.0 7

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
  • Clicking on the team name will display the week-by-week ranking for that team.
  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.