1967 NCAA University Division football rankings

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Two human polls comprised the 1967 NCAA University Division 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 polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.

Contents

Legend

 Increase in ranking
 Decrease in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
 National champion
(#–#)
 Win–loss record
(Italics)
 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 in late November, at the end of the 1967 regular season. [1] This was last time that the final poll was conducted before bowl season.

The AP ranked only the top ten teams from 1962 through 1967.

Preseason
Aug		Week 1
Sep 18		Week 2
Sep 25		Week 3
Oct 2		Week 4
Oct 9		Week 5
Oct 16		Week 6
Oct 23		Week 7
Oct 30		Week 8
Nov 6		Week 9
Nov 13		Week 10
Nov 20		Week 11 (Final)
Nov 27
1. Notre Dame (17)Notre Dame (0–0) (22)Notre Dame (1–0) (31)USC (3–0) (20)USC (4–0) (36)USC (5–0) (36)USC (6–0) (37)USC (7–0) (43)USC (8–0) (39)UCLA (7–0–1) (19)USC (9–1) (21)USC (9–1) (36)1.
2. Alabama (11)Alabama (0–0) (7)USC (2–0) (4)Houston (3–0) (10)Purdue (3–0) (10)Purdue (4–0) (7)UCLA (6–0)UCLA (6–0)Tennessee (5–1)Tennessee (6–1) (13)Tennessee (7–1) (15)Tennessee (8–1) (11)2.
3. Michigan State (1)Michigan State (0–0) (1) Houston (2–0) (6)UCLA (3–0) (6)Georgia (3–0)UCLA (5–0)Colorado (5–0)Tennessee (4–1)NC State (8–0)Purdue (7–1) (8)Purdue (8–1) (9)Oklahoma (8–1)3.
4. Texas (2)USC (1–0)UCLA (2–0)Purdue (2–0) (9)UCLA (4–0)Colorado (4–0)Tennessee (3–1)NC State (7–0)UCLA (6–0–1)USC (8–1) (5)UCLA (7–1–1)Indiana (9–1)4.
5. Miami (FL) Texas (0–0) (2)Georgia (1–0)Georgia (2–0) (1)Notre Dame (2–1)NC State (5–0) (1)NC State (6–0)Georgia (5–1)Purdue (6–1) (1)Indiana (8–0) (1)Oklahoma (7–1) (1)Notre Dame (8–2) (1)5.
6. Georgia UCLA (1–0) (3)Colorado (2–0)Notre Dame (1–1)Colorado (3–0)Alabama (3–0–1)Georgia (4–1)Purdue (5–1)Indiana (7–0)Wyoming (9–0)Notre Dame (7–2)Wyoming (10–0) (1)6.
7. USC (1)Georgia (0–0)Nebraska (1–0)Nebraska (2–0)Alabama (2–0–1)Tennessee (2–1)Purdue (4–1)Indiana (6–0)Wyoming (8–0)Oklahoma (6–1)Wyoming (10–0) (1)Oregon State (7–2–1)7.
8. UCLA Miami (FL) (0–0)Texas (0–1)Colorado (2–0)Nebraska (3–0)Georgia (3–1)Wyoming (6–0)Wyoming (7–0) Oklahoma (5–1) Oregon State (6–2–1) (1)Oregon State (7–2–1)Alabama (7–1–1)8.
9. Tennessee Colorado (1–0)Alabama (0–0–1)Alabama (1–0–1) NC State (4–0) (4)Houston (3–1)Houston (4–1)Colorado (5–1)Notre Dame (5–2)Notre Dame (6–2)Alabama (7–1–1)Purdue (8–2)9.
10. Colorado Nebraska (1–0) (1) Purdue (1–0) Texas Tech (2–0)Houston (3–1) Wyoming (5–0) Indiana (5–0)Notre Dame (4–2)Houston (5–2)NC State (8–1)Houston (7–2) Penn State (8–2)10.
Preseason
Aug		Week 1
Sep 18		Week 2
Sep 25		Week 3
Oct 2		Week 4
Oct 9		Week 5
Oct 16		Week 6
Oct 23		Week 7
Oct 30		Week 8
Nov 6		Week 9
Nov 13		Week 10
Nov 20		Week 11 (Final)
Nov 27
Dropped:
  • Tennessee
Dropped:
  • Miami (FL)
  • Michigan State
Dropped:
  • Texas
Dropped:
  • Texas Tech
Dropped:
  • Nebraska
  • Notre Dame
Dropped:
  • Alabama
Dropped:
  • Houston
Dropped:
  • Colorado
  • Georgia
Dropped:
  • Houston
Dropped:
  • Indiana
  • NC State
Dropped:
  • Houston
  • UCLA

Final Coaches Poll

The final UPI Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, in late November. [2]
USC received 27 of the 34 first-place votes; Tennessee received six and Oklahoma one. [3]

RankingTeamConferenceBowl
1 USC Pac-8 Won Rose, 14–3
2 Tennessee SEC Lost Orange, 24–26
3 Oklahoma Big Eight Won Orange, 26–24
4 Notre Dame Independent none
5 Wyoming WAC Lost Sugar, 13–20
6 Indiana Big Ten Lost Rose, 3–14
7 Alabama SECLost Cotton, 16–20
8 Oregon State Pac-8none
9 Purdue Big Ten
10 UCLA Pac-8
11 Penn State IndependentTied Gator, 17–17
12 Syracuse Independentnone
13 Colorado Big EightWon Bluebonnet, 31–21
14 Minnesota Big Tennone
15 Florida State IndependentTied Gator, 17–17
16 Miami (FL) IndependentLost Bluebonnet, 21–31
17 NC State ACC Won Liberty, 14–7
18 Georgia SECLost Liberty, 7–14
19 Houston Independentnone
20 Arizona State WAC

[3]

References

  1. ↑ Schuyler, Ed Jr. (November 28, 1967). "Trojans No. 1 in AP final voting of writers". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. Associated Press. p. 18.
  2. ↑ "USC becomes football's elite". Bend Bulletin. Oregon. UPI. November 28, 1967. p. 8.
  3. 1 2 "UPI grid ratings". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. UPI. November 28, 1967. p. 18.
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