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1942 Final AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 3 Ohio State (84) Big Ten 9-1 1432 W 41-12 H Iowa Pre-Flight
2 < 5 Georgia (62) SEC 10-1 1339  
3 < 4 Wisconsin (4) Big Ten 8-1-1 983  
4 < 6 Tulsa (4) MVC 10-0 936 W 40-7 H Arkansas
5 < 2 Georgia Tech SEC 9-1 705  
6 < 8 Notre Dame Ind 7-2-1 590  
7 < 10 Tennessee SEC 8-1-1 533  
8 < 1 Boston College Ind 8-1 485 L 55-12 H Holy Cross (MA)
9 < 9 Michigan Big Ten 7-3 467  
10 < 7 Alabama SEC 7-3 234  
11 < 18 Texas Southwest 8-2 137  
12 < 12 Stanford PCC 6-4 72  
13 < 11 UCLA PCC 5-3 54  
14 < 19 William & Mary (1) Southern 8-1-1 39 W 10-0 A Richmond
15 < 12 Santa Clara Ind 7-2 32  
16 < 16 Auburn SEC 6-4-1 25  
17 < 15 Washington State PCC 6-1-2 24 T 0-0 A Washington
18 < 16 Mississippi State SEC 7-2 22  
19 < 20 Minnesota Big Ten 5-4 19 DNP
19 < NR Holy Cross (1) Ind 5-4-1 19 W 55-12 A #1 Boston College
19 < NR Penn State Ind 6-1-1 19  
NR < 14 USC PCC 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 6 9.7 2858
Ind 5 13.4 1145
Big Ten 4 8.0 2901
PCC 3 14.0 150
MVC 1 4.0 936
Southwest 1 11.0 137
Southern 1 14.0 39

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.