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One human poll comprised the 1941 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 polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. The Coaches' Poll began operation in 1950; in addition, the AP Poll did not begin conducting preseason polls until that same year.
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The 1935 college football season rankings included (1) a United Press (UP) poll of sports writers, (2) a poll of sports editors conducted by the committee responsible for awarding the Toledo Cup to the nation's top college football team, and the (3) Boand, (4) Dickinson, and (5) Houlgate Systems. The Minnesota Golden Gophers (8–0), led by head coach Bernie Bierman, were selected as national champions in the UP poll, the Toledo Cup voting, and the Boand System. The SMU Mustangs, led by consensus All-Americans Bob Wilson and J. C. Wetsel, were selected as national champions by Dickinson and Houlgate.
The 1934 college football season rankings included a poll of leading newspapers conducted by the Associated Press (AP), a poll of 250 sports writers conducted by the committee responsible for awarding the Toledo Cup to the nation's top college football team, and the Boand and Dickinson Systems, mathematical systems operated by William F. Boand and Frank G. Dickinson. The four ranking systems were unanimous in selecting the undefeated Minnesota Golden Gophers as the national champion. Professor Dickinson gave the nod to Minnesota even though one-loss Pittsburgh received a higher mathematical score.
The 1933 college football season rankings included mathematical systems operated by William F. Boand and Frank G. Dickinson. Both systems selected the undefeated Michigan Wolverines as the national champion.
The 1932 college football season rankings included mathematical systems operated by William F. Boand, Frank G. Dickinson, and Dick Dunkel.
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- 1 2 Reiss, Malcolm, ed. (1937). "Ranking the Champions; A Review of National Football Ranking for the Past 13 Years". Illustrated Football Annual 1937. New York City: Fiction House, Inc. pp. 86–87.
The final revision of the AZZI RATEM System was completed in the spring of 1936. This revision was used to re-rate previous years.
- ↑ "Champion Must Pass Severe Tests on Grid". Arizona Daily Star. August 26, 1931.
More than 500 universities and colleges made their bid for glory, but only one was granted the honor of being hailed as national champion. Of course, that was Notre Dame. — Notre Dame 164; Alabama 157;
- ↑ "Trojans Again Powerful". Arizona Daily Star. September 27, 1932. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
Southern California won the undisputed national football championship of the United States for 1931. According to Azzi Ratem... This calculation includes the Rose Bowl game.
- ↑ "New Grid Rating System Gives 1932 Title to Trojans". The Tampa Times. January 4, 1933.
Southern California 166; Michigan 158; Purdue 151
- ↑ Quinn, Frank (September 9, 1937). "The National football rankings for the 1936 season under the Azzi Ratem system". The Butte Daily Post. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
Pittsburgh, 81.1; Minnesota, 79.6;
- ↑ Boand, William F. (January 5, 1938). "1937 Grid Ratings — Azzi Ratems System — By William F. Boand, Chicago". Chattanooga Daily Times. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
1. Pittsburgh: 83.6; 2. California: 82.4; 3. Fordham: 79.3;
- ↑ "Boand Gives Grid Top to Tennessee Eleven". Omaha World-Herald. Chicago Tribune Press Service. January 3, 1939. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
1. Tennessee; 2. Notre Dame; 3. Texas Christian;
- ↑ "Azzi Ratem Calls Aggies No. 1 Team". Lexington Herald-Leader. January 2, 1940. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Azzi Ratem Puts Huskers 12th in Final Ranking". Evening World-Herald. January 3, 1941. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Navy Ranked Second by the Azzi Ratem". Evening World-Herald. December 2, 1941. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 "The William F. Boand trophy". The Baytown Sun. Baytown, Texas. International News Service. February 2, 1955. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
The William F. Boand trophy... in recognition of the Bucks as the No. 1 football team of 1954 according to Board's Azzi Ratem system. Byron F. Boyd, editor of the Football News, will make the presentation