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November 7, 1938 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 2 TCU (48) Southwest 7-0 986 W 21-0 A Tulsa
2 < 4 Notre Dame (41) Ind 6-0 970  
3 < 1 Pittsburgh (14) Ind 6-1 790 L 20-10 H #19 Carnegie Mellon
4 < 6 Tennessee (6) SEC 7-0 667  
5 < 5 Dartmouth Ind 7-0 648 W 44-6 H Dickinson
6 < 19 Carnegie Mellon Ind 5-1 510  
7 < 9 Duke Southern 6-0 389  
8 < 8 Santa Clara (1) Ind 6-0 379  
9 < 13 USC (2) PCC 6-1 289  
10 < 11 Oklahoma (1) Big 6 6-0 194 W 26-0 H Kansas State
11 < 13 Holy Cross Ind 6-1 166 W 33-0 H Temple
12 < 12 Minnesota Big Ten 5-1 163  
13 < 10 Fordham Ind 4-1-1 86  
14 < 3 California PCC 7-1 62  
15 < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 4-2 32  
16 < 15 Alabama SEC 6-1 31  
17 < 7 Northwestern Big Ten 4-1-1 29  
18 < 16 Michigan (1) Big Ten 5-1 18 W 19-13 H Penn
19 < NR Villanova Ind 5-0-1 17 W 25-12 H Auburn
20 < 16 Cornell Ind 4-1 16 DNP
NR < 18 Iowa State Big 6 0  
NR < 19 Texas A&M Southwest 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 9 9.7 3582
Big Ten 4 15.5 242
SEC 2 10.0 698
PCC 2 11.5 351
Southwest 1 1.0 986
Southern 1 7.0 389
Big 6 1 10.0 194

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)
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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.