1969 small college football rankings

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The 1969 small college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1969 college football season, including the 1969 NCAA College Division football season and the 1969 NAIA football season. Separate rankings were published by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). The AP rankings were selected by a board of sports writers, and the UPI rankings were selected by a board of small-college coaches.

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The 1969 North Dakota State Bison football team compiled a perfect 10–0 record and was rated No. 1 by both the AP and UPI. Montana compiled a 10–0 record in the regular season and was ranked No. 2 by both the AP and UPI. North Dakota State and Montana met in the post-season Camellia Bowl with North Dakota State prevailing by a 30–3 score.

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The AP poll

Week 1
Sept 25 [1]
Week 2
Oct 2 [2]
Week 3
Oct 9 [3]
Week 4
Oct 16 [4]
Week 5
Oct 23 [5]
Week 6
Oct 30 [6]
Week 7
Nov 6 [7]
Week 8
Nov 13 [8]
Week 9
Nov 20 [9]
Week 10
Nov 27 [10]
1. North Dakota State (4)North Dakota State (3–0) (7)North Dakota State (4–0) (7)North Dakota State (5–0) (6)North Dakota State (6–0) (9)North Dakota State (7–0) (5)North Dakota State (8–0) (10)North Dakota State (9–0) (11)North Dakota State (9–0) (10)North Dakota State (9–0) (10)1.
2. IUP (1)IUP (2–0) (1)IUP (3–0) (2)IUP (4–0) (3)Montana (6–0) (1)Alcorn A&M (5–0)Montana (8–0) (1)Montana (9–0) (1)Montana (9–0)Montana (10–0) (1)2.
3. Grambling Grambling (1–1)Texas A&I (3–0) (1)Texas A&I (4–0) (1)Texas A&I (5–0) (1)Montana (7–0) (2)Delaware (6–1)Delaware (7–1)Akron (9–1) (1)Akron (9–1) (1)3.
4. Northern Arizona Texas A&I (2–0) (3)Montana (3–0)Montana (5–0) (1)Alcorn A&M (4–0)Texas A&I (6–0)Arkansas State (5–1)Akron (8–1) (1)Louisiana Tech (7–1)Louisiana Tech (8–1)4.
5. Arkansas State Lenoir–Rhyne (2–0) (1)Grambling (2–1)Alcorn A&M (3–0) (1)IUP (5–0) (1)Louisiana Tech (5–0) (2)Akron (7–1) (1)New Mexico Highlands (7–0–1) (1)Alcorn A&M (7–0–1)Colorado State College (10–0) (1)5.
6. Weber State Alcorn A&M (2–1) (2)Delaware (2–1)Delaware (3–1)Sacramento StateSacramento StateAlcorn A&M (5–0–1)Alcorn A&M (6–0–1)New Mexico Highlands (8–0–1)New Mexico Highlands (8–0–1)6.
7. Akron (2)Weber State (2–1)Sacramento State (2–1)Akron (4–1) (1)East Tennessee State (6–0)Delaware (5–1)New Mexico Highlands (6–0–1)Louisiana Tech (6–1)Colorado State College (9–0) (1)Arkansas State (7–1–1)7.
8. Delaware Northern Arizona (2–1)Lenoir–Rhyne (3–1)Sacramento State (3–1)Delaware (4–1)Akron (6–1) (1)Louisiana Tech (5–1)Arkansas State (6–1–1)Tampa (6–2–1)Alcorn A&M (7–0–1)8.
9. Texas A&I Montana (3–0)Alcorn A&M (2–0)Lenoir–Rhyne (4–1) (2)Akron (5–1) (1)New Mexico Highlands (5–0–1)Texas A&I (6–1) (1) тNorthern Arizona (7–2)Arkansas State (6–1–1)Tampa (7–2–1)9.
10. Tennessee State Northwestern State (2–1)Akron (3–1) (1) East Tennessee State (5–0)Abilene Christian (5–0)Humboldt State (6–0)Wittenberg тTexas A&I (7–1) (1)Sacramento State (7–2)Delaware (8–2)10.
11. Northwestern State (1) [note 1] Sacramento State (1–1)Northern Arizona (3–1)Florida A&M (3–0)Lenoir–Rhyne (5–0)Arkansas State (4–1) (1)Abilene Christian (6–1)Tampa (6–1)Wittenberg (8–0)Texas A&I (9–1) (1)11.
12. Sacramento State Delaware (1–1) Central Missouri State (3–0) Abilene Christian (4–0)Louisiana Tech (4–0)East Tennessee State (6–0–1)Northern Arizona (6–2)Sacramento StateTexas A&I (8–1) (1)Sacramento State (8–2)12.
13. Florida A&M Florida A&M (0–0)Florida A&M (1–0)Northern Arizona (4–1)Florida A&M (3–0)Troy State (6–0–1)East Tennessee State (6–0–1)Abilene Christian (7–1)Western Carolina (9–0) (1)Wittenberg (9–0)13.
14. South Dakota Northern Michigan (1–1)Arkansas State (2–1)New Mexico Highlands (3–0–1)New Mexico Highlands (4–0–1)Northern Arizona (5–2)Western Carolina (7–0) (1)Western Carolina (8–0) (2)Delaware (7–2)Colorado College (7–2)14.
15. Troy State Morehead State (2–0)Weber State (2–2)Wilkes (3–0) Indiana State WittenbergColorado State College (7–0)Colorado State College (8–0) St. Olaf (8–1)Northern Arizona (7–3)15.
16. New Mexico Highlands Arkansas State (2–1) Humboldt State (3–0)Arkansas State (2–1) Colorado State College (5–0)Abilene Christian (5–1)Sacramento StateIUP (7–0–1)IUP (8–1)Florida A&M (6–1)16.
17. Montana State Troy State (2–0–1)Wilkes (2–0) Louisiana Tech (3–0)Northern Arizona (4–2) Western Carolina (6–0) (1)Humboldt State (6–1)East Tennessee State (7–0–1)Western Illinois (8–2) (1) Concordia (MN) (9–0)17.
18. Morehead State New Mexico Highlands (1–0–1) тNew Mexico Highlands (2–0–1) Central Michigan (4–1)WittenbergTennessee StateIUP (6–1)WittenbergFlorida A&M (5–1)IUP (8–1)18.
19. Lenoir–Rhyne Akron (2–1) т Fairmont State (4–0) [note 2] Fairmont State (5–0) (1)Humboldt State (5–0)IUP (5–1) Tampa (6–1) Western Illinois (1) Colorado College (6–2)St. Olaf (8–1)19.
20. Wilkes Wilkes (1–0) Wittenberg (2–0) Idaho State (4–0)Troy State (5–0–1)Colorado State College (6–0)Indiana StateIndiana StateNorthern Arizona (7–3)East Tennessee State (9–0–1)20.
Week 1
Sept 25 [11]
Week 2
Oct 2 [12]
Week 3
Oct 9 [13]
Week 4
Oct 16 [14]
Week 5
Oct 23 [15]
Week 6
Oct 30 [16]
Week 7
Nov 6 [17]
Week 8
Nov 13 [18]
Week 9
Nov 20 [19]
Week 10
Nov 27 [20]
Dropped:
  • 10 Tennessee State
  • 14 South Dakota
  • 17 Montana State
Dropped:
  • 10 Northwestern State
  • 14 Northern Michigan
  • 15 Morehead State
  • 17 Troy State
Dropped:
  • 5 Grambling
  • 12 Central Missouri State
  • 15 Weber State
  • 16 Humboldt State
  • 20 Wittenberg
Dropped:
  • 15 Wilkes
  • 16 Arkansas State
  • 18 Central Michigan
  • 19 Fairmont State
  • 20 Idaho State
Dropped:
  • 11 Lenoir–Rhyne
  • 13 Florida A&M
  • 15 Indiana State
Dropped:
  • 13 Troy State
  • 18 Tennessee State
Dropped:
17 Humboldt State
Dropped:
  • 13 Abilene Christian
  • 17 East Tennessee State
  • 20 Indiana State
Dropped:
  • 13 Western Carolina
  • 17 Western Illinois

The UPI Coaches poll

Week 1
Sept 24 [21]
Week 2
Oct 1 [22]
Week 3
Oct 8 [23]
Week 4
Oct 15 [24]
Week 5
Oct 22 [25]
Week 6
Oct 29 [26]
Week 7
Nov 5 [27]
Week 8
Nov 12 [28]
Week 9
Nov 19 [29]
Week 10
Nov 26 [30]
1.North Dakota State (2–0) (22)North Dakota State (3–0) (32)North Dakota State (4–0) (27)North Dakota State (5–0) (28)North Dakota State (6–0) (24)North Dakota State (7–0) (20)North Dakota State (8–0) (28)North Dakota State (9–0) (22)North Dakota State (9–0) (20)North Dakota State (9–0) (24)1.
2.Texas A&I (1–0)Texas A&I (2–0)Texas A&I (3–0)Texas A&I (4–0)Texas A&I (5–0)Texas A&I (6–0)Montana (8–0) (1)Montana (9–0) (5)Montana (10–0) (12)Montana (10–0) (8)2.
3.Arkansas State (1–0) (6)Humboldt State (2–0)Humboldt State (3–0)Montana (5–0)Montana (6–0) (2)Montana (7–0) (6)Arkansas State (5–1) (1)Delaware (7–1) (5)Colorado State College (9–0) (1)Colorado State College (10–0) (1)3.
4. Eastern Kentucky (1–0)Alcorn A&M (2–0)Montana (4–0) (1)Humboldt State (4–0)Troy State (5–0–1) (1)Troy State (6–0–1) (1)Delaware (6–1) (3)Colorado State College (8–0) (1)Akron (9–1)Akron (9–1)4.
5.Weber State (2–0) (1)Troy State (2–0–1)Arkansas State (2–1) (2)Troy State (4–0–1)Humboldt State (5–0)Arkansas State (4–1) (1)New Mexico Highlands (6–0–1)Akron (8–1)Arkansas State (7–1–1)Arkansas State (8–1–1)5.
6.Delaware (1–0)Fresno State (2–0)Troy State (3–0–1)Arkansas State (2–1) (1)Arkansas State (3–1) (1)Humboldt State (6–0)Colorado State College (7–0) (1)New Mexico Highlands (7–0–1)New Mexico Highlands (8–0–1)Tampa (9–1)6.
7.Humboldt State (1–0)Montana (3–0)Alcorn A&M (2–0)Alcorn A&M (3–0) (1)Alcorn A&M (4–0) (1)Delaware (5–1) (1)Akron (7–1)Arkansas State (6–1–1)Tampa (7–1)Louisiana Tech (8–1)7.
8.Troy State (1–0–1)Arkansas State (1–1)Delaware (2–1)Delaware (3–1)Delaware (4–1) (2)Alcorn A&M (5–0) (1)Texas A&I (6–1)Texas A&I (7–1)Louisiana Tech (7–1)New Mexico Highlands (8–0–1)8.
9.Alcorn A&M (1–0) (2)Delaware (1–1)IUP (3–0) (1)New Mexico Highlands (3–0–1)New Mexico Highlands (4–0–1)Louisiana Tech (5–0) (2)Tampa (6–1)Tampa (6–1)Texas A&I (8–1)Texas A&I (9–1)9.
10. Adams State (1–0)IUP (2–0)New Mexico Highlands (2–0–1)IUP (4–0) (1)IUP (5–0) (1)New Mexico Highlands (5–0–1) (2)Alcorn A&M (5–0–1)Alcorn A&M (6–0–1)Delaware (7–2)Delaware (8–2)10.
11.Akron (1–0) (2)Adams State (2–0)East Tennessee State (4–0)East Tennessee State (5–0) тAbilene Christian (5–0)Colorado State College (6–0) (1)Louisiana Tech (5–1)Louisiana Tech (6–1)Alcorn A&M (7–0–1)Troy State (8–1–1)11.
12.IUP (1–0)Weber State (2–1)Abilene Christian (4–0)Idaho State (3–1) (1) тEast Tennessee State (6–0)Akron (6–1)IUP (6–1)East Tennessee State (7–0–1)Troy State (8–1–1)Concordia (MN) (9–0)12.
13.Northern Arizona (1–0)Santa Clara (2–0)Northern Michigan (3–1)Abilene Christian (4–0)Akron (5–1)Tampa (5–1)East Tennessee State (6–0–1) тWestern Carolina (8–0) (1)Western Carolina (9–0) (1)Alcorn A&M (8–0–1)13.
14. Fresno State (1–0)East Tennessee State (3–0)Lenoir–Rhyne (3–0) (1)Lenoir–Rhyne (4–0) (1)Colorado State College (5–0) (1) тIUP (5–1)Troy State (6–1–1) тConcordia (MN) (9–0) т Cal State Hayward (8–1)Southwestern Oklahoma State (8–1)14.
15.New Mexico Highlands (0–0–1)Abilene Christian (3–0) Northeastern Oklahoma Akron (4–1)Lenoir–Rhyne (5–0) (1) тEast Tennessee State (6–0–1)Concordia (MN) (9–0)Abilene Christian (7–1) тEast Tennessee State (8–0–1)Cal State Hayward (9–1) (1)15.
16.Grambling (1–1) Eastern Michigan (2–0)Idaho State (2–1) (1)Northeastern Oklahoma (1)Louisiana TechConcordia (MN) (8–0)Abilene Christian (6–1)IUP (7–0–1)Concordia (MN) (9–0)East Tennessee State (9–0–1)16.
17.Florida A&M (0–0)New Mexico Highlands (1–0–1)Akron (3–1)Fresno State (3–1)Idaho State (3–2)Western Carolina (6–0)Northern Arizona (6–2)Northern Arizona (7–2)IUP (8–0–1) Hillsdale (9–1)17.
18. Santa Clara (1–0) (1)Eastern Kentucky (1–1)Northern Arizona (2–1) тColorado State College (4–0) (1)TampaNortheastern Oklahoma (5–1)Humboldt State (6–1)Northeastern Oklahoma (7–1) (1)Southwestern Oklahoma State (8–1)IUP (8–0–1)18.
19. Western Kentucky (0–0–1) Connecticut (2–0) тFresno State (2–1) тNorthern Arizona (3–1)Missouri–Rolla (5–0) (1)Abilene Christian (5–1)Western Carolina (7–0)Southwestern Oklahoma StateNortheastern Oklahoma (9–1)Northeastern Oklahoma (9–1)19.
20.Montana (2–0) тNorthern Michigan (2–1) тColorado State College (3–0) (1) Missouri–Rolla [note 3] Florida A&M (3–0) Southwestern Oklahoma State [note 4] Northeastern Oklahoma (6–1) (1)Troy State (7–1–1) Wofford (7–2)Wofford (8–2) (1)20.
21. Texas–Arlington (1–0) тLenoir–Rhyne (2–0) т        21.
22.Abilene Christian (2–0) т         22.
Week 1
Sept 24 [31]
Week 2
Oct 1 [32]
Week 3
Oct 8 [33]
Week 4
Oct 15 [34]
Week 5
Oct 22 [35]
Week 6
Oct 29 [36]
Week 7
Nov 5 [37]
Week 8
Nov 12 [38]
Week 9
Nov 19 [39]
Week 10
Nov 26 [40]
Dropped:
  • 11 Akron
  • 13 Northern Arizona
  • 16 Grambling
  • 17 Florida A&M
  • 19 Western Kentucky
  • 20 Texas–Arlington
Dropped:
  • 11 Adams State
  • 12 Weber State
  • 13 Santa Clara
  • 16 Eastern Michigan
  • 18 Eastern Kentucky
  • 19 Connecticut
Dropped:
13 Northern Michigan
Dropped:
  • 16 Northeastern Oklahoma
  • 17 Fresno State
  • 19 Northern Arizona
Dropped:
  • 15 Lenoir–Rhyne
  • 17 Idaho State
  • 19 Missouri–Rolla
  • 20 Florida A&M
Dropped:
20 Southwestern Oklahoma State
Dropped:
18 Humboldt State
Dropped:
  • 15 Abilene Christian
  • 17 Northern Arizona
Dropped:
13 Western Carolina

HBCU rankings

The New Pittsburgh Courier , a leading African American newspaper, ranked the top 1969 teams from historically black colleges and universities in an era when college football was often racially segregated.

The rankings were published on December 20: [41]

Notes

  1. In the actual printed polls, Northwestern State was listed as Northwestern Louisiana
  2. In the actual printed polls, Fairmont State was listed as Fairmont
  3. In the actual printed polls, Missouri–Rolla was listed as Missouri at Rolla
  4. In the actual printed polls, Southwestern Oklahoma State was listed as Southwestern Oklahoma

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