1937 college football rankings

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The following polls and rankings composed the 1937 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 selectors.

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 Increase in ranking
 Decrease in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
 National champion
(#–#)
 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 AP Poll was released on November 29, at the end of the 1937 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.

Week 1
Oct 18 [1]
Week 2
Oct 25 [2]
Week 3
Nov 1 [3]
Week 4
Nov 8 [4]
Week 5
Nov 15 [5]
Week 6
Nov 22 [6]
Week 7 (Final)
Nov 29 [7]
1. California (5–0) (24)California (6–0) (48)California (7–0) (49)Pittsburgh (6–0–1) (32)Pittsburgh (7–0–1) (49)Pittsburgh (8–0–1) (38)Pittsburgh (9–0–1) (30)1.
2. Alabama (4–0) (7)Pittsburgh (4–0–1) (3)Alabama (6–0) (6)California (7–0–1) (9)California (8–0–1) (6)California (9–0–1) (10)California (9–0–1)2.
3. Pittsburgh (3–0–1) (8)Alabama (5–0)Pittsburgh (5–0–1) (4)Alabama (7–0) (13)Alabama (8–0) (2)Fordham (6–0–1)Fordham (7–0–1) (2)3.
4. Minnesota (3–1) (5)Minnesota (3–1) (2)Baylor (6–0) (2)Fordham (5–0–1) (2)Fordham (5–0–1) (2)Alabama (8–0)Alabama (9–0) (1)4.
5. Yale (3–0) (6)Yale (4–0) (2)Fordham (4–0–1)Dartmouth (6–0–1)Yale (6–0–1)Minnesota (6–2)Minnesota (6–2)5.
6. LSU (4–0) (2)Baylor (5–0) (1)Nebraska (4–0–1)Yale (5–0–1)Santa Clara (7–0)Dartmouth (7–0–2)Villanova (8–0–1)6.
7. Northwestern (3–0)Vanderbilt (5–0) (1)Yale (4–0–1)Santa Clara (6–0)Minnesota (5–2)Villanova (7–0–1)Dartmouth (7–0–2)7.
8. Nebraska (2–0–1)Ohio State (3–1)Ohio State (4–1)Duke (6–0–1)LSU (7–1)Santa Clara (7–0)LSU (9–1)8.
9. Fordham (2–0–1)Dartmouth (5–0)Dartmouth (5–0–1)Villanova (5–0–1)Dartmouth (6–0–2)Notre Dame (5–2–1)Notre Dame (6–2–1) т9.
10. Duke (3–0–1)Fordham (3–0–1)Santa Clara (5–0)Minnesota (4–2)Villanova (6–0–1)LSU (8–1)Santa Clara (8–0) т10.
11. USC (3–1)Nebraska (3–0–1)Duke (5–0–1)Nebraska (4–0–2)Nebraska (4–1–2)Nebraska (5–1–2)Nebraska (6–1–2)11.
12. Ohio State (2–1)Auburn (3–0–2) Notre Dame (3–1–1)LSU (6–1)Notre Dame (4–2–1)Vanderbilt (7–1)Yale (6–1–1)12.
13. Texas A&M (2–0–1)Duke (4–0–1)Villanova (4–0–1)Baylor (6–1) Stanford (4–2–1) Washington (5–2–2)Ohio State (6–2)13.
14. Santa Clara (3–0)Santa Clara (4–0)Minnesota (3–2)Auburn (4–1–2)Holy Cross (7–0–1) TCU (3–4–2) тArkansas (6–2–2) т14.
15. Baylor (4–0) North Carolina (4–0–1) Tennessee (4–1–1) Rice (3–2–1)Rice (3–2–2)Yale (6–1–1) тHoly Cross (8–0–2) т15.
16. Wisconsin (4–0) Villanova (3–0–1)Arkansas (4–1–1) т Colorado (6–0)Colorado (7–0)Colorado (8–0)TCU (4–4–2)16.
17. Syracuse (3–0)LSU (4–1) Duquesne (4–1) т Indiana (4–2)North Carolina (6–1–1)Holy Cross (7–0–2)Colorado (8–0)17.
18. Dartmouth (4–0) Detroit (5–0) тLSU (5–1)Notre Dame (3–2–1)Vanderbilt (7–1)Duke (7–1–1) тRice (4–3–2)18.
19. Cornell (3–1)Holy Cross (5–0) тNorthwestern (4–1) тHoly Cross (6–0–1)Ohio State (5–2)North Carolina (6–1–1) тNorth Carolina (7–1–1)19.
20.
Arkansas (3–1–1) Tulane (4–1–1) тArkansas (4–2–1)Indiana (5–2) Tulsa (6–1–1)Duke (7–2–1)20.
Week 1
Oct 18 [8]
Week 2
Oct 25 [9]
Week 3
Nov 1 [10]
Week 4
Nov 8 [11]
Week 5
Nov 15 [12]
Week 6
Nov 22 [13]
Week 7 (Final)
Nov 29 [14]
Dropped:
  • Cornell
  • Northwestern
  • Syracuse
  • Texas A&M
  • USC
  • Wisconsin
Dropped:
  • Auburn
  • Detroit
  • Holy Cross
  • North Carolina
  • Vanderbilt
Dropped:
  • Duquesne
  • Northwestern
  • Ohio State
  • Tennessee
  • Tulane
Dropped:
  • Arkansas
  • Auburn
  • Baylor
  • Duke
Dropped:
  • Indiana
  • Ohio State
  • Rice
  • Stanford
Dropped:
  • Tulsa
  • Vanderbilt
  • Washington

Litkenhous Ratings

The top 26 teams in the Litkenhous Ratings for 1937 were as follows:

1. Pittsburgh (9–0–1) - 98.8
2. Alabama (9–1) - 95.6
3. Fordham (7–0–1) - 93.5
4. LSU (9–2) - 92.5
5. Minnesota (6–2) - 86.7
6. Dartmouth (7–0–2) - 86.6
7. Auburn (6–2–3) - 85.7
8. Duke (7–2–1) - 84.8
9. Villanova (8–0–1) - 84.8
10. Ohio State (6–2) - 84.7
11. California (10–0–1) - 84.6
12. Arkansas (6–2–2) - 83.8
13. Tennessee (6–3–1) - 83.4
14. Santa Clara (9–0) - 82.3
15. Georgia Tech (6–3–1) - 82.2
16. Vanderbilt (7–2) - 81.8
17. North Carolina (7–1–1) - 81.8
18. Detroit (7–3) - 81.8
19. Tulane (5–4–1) - 81.5
20. Rice (6–3–2) - 81.4
21. Harvard (5–2–1) - 80.6
22. Notre Dame (6–2–1) - 80.4
23. Tulsa (6–2–2) - 80.4
24. TCU (4–4–2) - 80.1
25. Baylor (7–3) - 79.5
26. Yale (6–1–1) - 79.3

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