1930 college football rankings

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The 1930 college football rankings ranked the best teams participating in the 1930 college football season.

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Champions (by method)

Various different rankings (using differing methodologies) have identified Alabama or Notre Dame as champion. [1]

Note: Boand System, Dickinson System, Dunkel System, Houlgate System, Erskine Trophy poll, and Bonniwell Trophy vote were given contemporarily. All other rankings were given retroactively

Dickinson System

The Dickinson System was a mathematical rating system devised by University of Illinois economics professor Frank G. Dickinson.

Notre Dame, Washington State and Alabama, all unbeaten and untied at the end of the regular season, were ranked first, second and third by Dickinson, with the Irish getting the higher rating based on their opposition. [4] The ratings were made before the 1931 Rose Bowl that matched Washington State and Alabama, with Alabama winning, 24 to 0. Notre Dame did not participate in a postseason bowl game.

RankTeamRecordRating
1 Notre Dame 10–025.13
2 Washington State 9–020.44
3 Alabama 9–020.18
4 Northwestern 7–118.63
5 Michigan 8–0–118.34
6 USC 8–217.98
7 Stanford 9–1–117.92
8 Dartmouth 7–1–117.11
9 Army 9–1–116.66
10 Tennessee 9–116.15
11 Tulane 8–116.05

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See also

References

  1. ↑ "Football Bowl Subdivision Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2017. p. 111. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Heroes of Past and Present". Associated Press. February 1, 1931. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Notre Dame Receives Erskine Award" (PDF). The Notre Dame Alumnus. Vol. IX, no. 5. South Bend, Indiana: The Alumni Association of the University of Notre Dame. January 1931. p. 169. Retrieved May 17, 2022. Nation's sports writers pick Notre Dame football team as champions by record vote; Trophy awarded in New York January second.
  4. ↑ "Notre Dame's Easy Win Over S.C. Gives Irish National Title," The Lima (O.) News, December 7, 1930, p23
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