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1936 college football rankings

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season1936
champions[Minnesota](1936-minnesota-golden-gophers-football-team); [Pittsburgh](1936-pittsburgh-panthers-football-team);
[LSU](1936-lsu-tigers-football-team) (not claimed); [Duke](1936-duke-blue-devils-football-team) (not claimed)

LSU (not claimed); Duke (not claimed)

The college football rankings for the 1936 college football season included the first AP Poll, the Toledo Cup rankings based on input from a judge's committee of 250 sports editors, and the Litkenhous Ratings. The 1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team was ranked as the national champion in all three rankings.

Champions (by ranking)

Major rankings (both contemporary and retroactive) have varyingly identified either Minnesota, Pittsburgh, LSU or Duke as the 1936 national champion.

  • AP poll: Minnesota
  • Berryman QPRS: Duke
  • Billingsley Report: Minnesota
  • Boand System: Pittsburgh
  • College Football Researchers Association: Pittsburgh
  • Dickinson System: Minnesota
  • Dunkel System: Minnesota
  • Helms Athletic Foundation: Minnesota
  • Houlgate System: Pittsburgh
  • Litkenhous Ratings: Minnesota
  • National Championship Foundation: Minnesota
  • Poling System: Minnesota
  • Sagarin Ratings Elo chess method: LSU
  • Sagarin Ratings Predictor method: LSU
  • Toledo Cup: Minnesota
  • Williamson System: LSU Note: AP poll, Boand System, Dickinson System, Dunkel System, Houlgate System, Litkenhous Ratings, Poling System, Toledo Cup, and Williamson System were given contemporarily. All other methods were given retroactively.

AP Poll

Legend

Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

The final AP Poll was released on November 30, at the end of the 1936 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968. |Week1-1 = Minnesota (3–0) (32) |Week1-2 = Duke (5–0) (1) |Week1-3 = Army (3–0) (1) |Week1-4 = Northwestern (3–0) |Week1-5 = Purdue (3–0) |Week1-6 = USC (3–0–1) (1) |Week1-7 = Notre Dame (3–0) |Week1-8 = Washington (3–1) |Week1-9 = Pittsburgh (3–1) |Week1-10 = Yale (3–0) |Week1-11 = Duquesne (4–0) |Week1-12 = St. Mary's (3–0–1) |Week1-13 = LSU (3–0–1) |Week1-14 = Texas A&M (4–0) |Week1-15 = Nebraska (2–1) |Week1-16 = Fordham (3–0) |Week1-17 = Holy Cross (4–0) |Week1-18 = Tulane (3–0–1) |Week1-19 = SMU (3–1) |Week1-20 = Marquette (3–0) |Week2-1 = Minnesota (4–0) (44) |Week2-1-Color = |Week2-2 = Pittsburgh (4–1) |Week2-2-Color = u |Week2-3 = Northwestern (4–0) |Week2-3-Color = u |Week2-4 = Washington (4–1) |Week2-4-Color = u |Week2-5 = Fordham (4–0) |Week2-5-Color = u |Week2-6 = Army (4–0) |Week2-6-Color = d |Week2-7 = USC (4–0–1) |Week2-7-Color = d |Week2-8 = LSU (4–0–1) |Week2-8-Color = u |Week2-9 = Tulane (4–0–1) |Week2-9-Color = u |Week2-10 = Marquette (4–0) |Week2-10-Color = u |Week2-11 = Nebraska (3–1) |Week2-11-Color = u |Week2-12 = Yale (4–0) |Week2-12-Color = d |Week2-13 = Duke (5–1) т |Week2-13-Color = td |Week2-14 = Holy Cross (5–0) т |Week2-14-Color = u |Week2-15 = SMU (3–1) |Week2-15-Color = u |Week2-16 = Auburn (4–0–1) |Week2-16-Color = npr |Week2-17 = Princeton (3–1) т |Week2-17-Color = tnpr |Week2-18 = Purdue (3–1) т |Week2-18-Color = d |Week2-19 = Santa Clara (4–0) |Week2-19-Color = npr |Week2-20 = |Week2-20-Color = d |Week3-1 = Northwestern (5–0) (31) |Week3-1-Color = u |Week3-2 = Minnesota (4–1) (10) |Week3-2-Color = d |Week3-3 = Fordham (4–0–1) (2) |Week3-3-Color = u |Week3-4 = Marquette (5–0) |Week3-4-Color = u |Week3-5 = Pittsburgh (4–1–1) |Week3-5-Color = d |Week3-6 = Washington (5–1) |Week3-6-Color = d |Week3-7 = LSU (5–0–1) |Week3-7-Color = u |Week3-8 = Nebraska (4–1) |Week3-8-Color = u |Week3-9 = Santa Clara (5–0) |Week3-9-Color = u |Week3-10 = Tulane (5–0–1) |Week3-10-Color = d |Week3-11 = USC (4–0–1) |Week3-11-Color = d |Week3-12 = SMU (4–1) |Week3-12-Color = u |Week3-13 = Notre Dame (4–1) |Week3-13-Color = npr |Week3-14 = Alabama (5–0–1) |Week3-14-Color = npr |Week3-15 = Duke (6–1) т |Week3-15-Color = td |Week3-16 = Penn (4–1) т |Week3-16-Color = u |Week3-17 = Washington State (5–0–1) |Week3-17-Color = npr |Week3-18 = Dartmouth (5–1) т |Week3-18-Color = tnpr |Week3-19 = Tennessee (3–2–1) т |Week3-19-Color = npr |Week3-20 = Auburn (4–1–1) |Week3-20-Color = d |Week4-1 = Northwestern (6–0) (31) |Week4-1-Color = |Week4-2 = Minnesota (5–1) (12) |Week4-2-Color = |Week4-3 = Fordham (5–0–1) (3) |Week4-3-Color = |Week4-4 = Alabama (6–0–1) (1) |Week4-4-Color = u |Week4-5 = Pittsburgh (5–1–1) |Week4-5-Color = |Week4-6 = Nebraska (5–1) |Week4-6-Color = u |Week4-7 = LSU (6–0–1) |Week4-7-Color = |Week4-8 = Marquette (6–0) |Week4-8-Color = d |Week4-9 = Santa Clara (5–0) |Week4-9-Color = |Week4-10 = Washington (5–1–1) |Week4-10-Color = d |Week4-11 = Penn (5–1) |Week4-11-Color = u |Week4-12 = Dartmouth (6–1) |Week4-12-Color = u |Week4-13 = Duke (7–1) |Week4-13-Color = u |Week4-14 = Washington State (5–1–1) |Week4-14-Color = u |Week4-15 = Texas A&M (6–1–1) т |Week4-15-Color = tnpr |Week4-16 = USC (4–1–1) т |Week4-16-Color = d |Week4-17 = Holy Cross (6–1) |Week4-17-Color = npr |Week4-18 = TCU (5–2–1) |Week4-18-Color = npr |Week4-19 = SMU (4–2) т |Week4-19-Color = td |Week4-20 = Temple (5–1–1) т |Week4-20-Color = npr |Week5-1 = Northwestern (7–0) (17) |Week5-1-Color = |Week5-2 = Minnesota (6–1) (12) |Week5-2-Color = |Week5-3 = Fordham (5–0–1) (4) |Week5-3-Color = |Week5-4 = Pittsburgh (6–1–1) |Week5-4-Color = u |Week5-5 = LSU (7–0–1) (2) |Week5-5-Color = u |Week5-6 = Washington (6–1–1) (2) |Week5-6-Color = u |Week5-7 = Marquette (7–0) |Week5-7-Color = u |Week5-8 = Alabama (7–0–1) |Week5-8-Color = d |Week5-9 = Santa Clara (6–0) |Week5-9-Color = |Week5-10 = Penn (6–1) |Week5-10-Color = u |Week5-11 = Notre Dame (5–2) |Week5-11-Color = npr |Week5-12 = Dartmouth (7–1) |Week5-12-Color = |Week5-13 = Nebraska (5–2) |Week5-13-Color = d |Week5-14 = Texas A&M (7–1–1) |Week5-14-Color = u |Week5-15 = Washington State (6–1–1) |Week5-15-Color = d |Week5-16 = Duke (8–1) |Week5-16-Color = d |Week5-17 = Holy Cross (7–1) |Week5-17-Color = |Week5-18 = Ohio State (4–3) |Week5-18-Color = npr |Week5-19 = Tennessee (5–2–1) |Week5-19-Color = npr |Week5-20 = |Week5-20-Color = |Week6-1 = Minnesota (7–1) (30) |Week6-1-Color = u |Week6-2 = LSU (8–0–1) (10) |Week6-2-Color = u |Week6-3 = Alabama (7–0–1) |Week6-3-Color = u |Week6-4 = Pittsburgh (6–1–1) |Week6-4-Color = |Week6-5 = Santa Clara (7–0) (1) |Week6-5-Color = u |Week6-6 = Washington (6–1–1) |Week6-6-Color = |Week6-7 = Northwestern (7–1) |Week6-7-Color = d |Week6-8 = Fordham (5–0–2) |Week6-8-Color = d |Week6-9 = Notre Dame (6–2) (1) |Week6-9-Color = u |Week6-10 = Nebraska (6–2) |Week6-10-Color = u |Week6-11 = Duke (8–1) |Week6-11-Color = u |Week6-12 = Duquesne (7–2) |Week6-12-Color = u |Week6-13 = Penn (6–1) |Week6-13-Color = d |Week6-14 = Dartmouth (7–1–1) |Week6-14-Color = d |Week6-15 = Marquette (7–1) |Week6-15-Color = d |Week6-16 = Yale (7–1) |Week6-16-Color = npr |Week6-17 = Tennessee (5–2–1) |Week6-17-Color = u |Week6-18 = TCU (7–2–1) |Week6-18-Color = npr |Week6-19 = Tulane (6–2–1) |Week6-19-Color = npr |Week6-20 = Washington State (6–1–1) |Week6-20-Color = d |Week7-1 = Minnesota (7–1) (25) |Week7-1-Color = nc |Week7-2 = LSU (9–0–1) (9) |Week7-2-Color = |Week7-3 = Pittsburgh (7–1–1) |Week7-3-Color = u |Week7-4 = Alabama (8–0–1) |Week7-4-Color = d |Week7-5 = Washington (7–1–1) |Week7-5-Color = u |Week7-6 = Santa Clara (7–0) (1) |Week7-6-Color = d |Week7-7 = Northwestern (7–1) |Week7-7-Color = |Week7-8 = Notre Dame (6–2) |Week7-8-Color = u |Week7-9 = Nebraska (7–2) |Week7-9-Color = u |Week7-10 = Penn (7–1) |Week7-10-Color = u |Week7-11 = Duke (9–1) |Week7-11-Color = |Week7-12 = Yale (7–1) |Week7-12-Color = u |Week7-13 = Dartmouth (7–1–1) |Week7-13-Color = u |Week7-14 = Duquesne (7–2) |Week7-14-Color = d |Week7-15 = Fordham (5–1–2) |Week7-15-Color = d |Week7-16 = TCU (7–2–2) |Week7-16-Color = u |Week7-17 = Tennessee (6–2–1) |Week7-17-Color = |Week7-18 = Arkansas (6–3) т |Week7-18-Color = tnpr |Week7-19 = Navy (6–3) т |Week7-19-Color = npr |Week7-20 = Marquette (7–1) |Week7-20-Color = d

Boand System rankings

The final post-bowl Boand System rankings for 1936 were:

  1. Pittsburgh (81.1 pts)
  2. Minnesota (79.6 pts)
  3. LSU (79.1 pts)
  4. Santa Clara (76.8 pts)
  5. Northwestern (75.4 pts)
  6. Washington University (75.3 pts)
  7. Nebraska (75.2 pts)
  8. Alabama (75.1 pts)
  9. TCU (74.9 pts)
  10. Yale (74.1 pts)
  11. Notre Dame (73.6 pts)
  12. Marquette (72.9 pts)

Toledo Cup

For the third consecutive year, Minnesota won the Toledo Cup as college football's national champion. The Toledo Cup award was based on input from a judge's committee of 250 sports editors of leading newspapers. By winning the cup for the third consecutive years, Minnesota received permanent possession of the cup. The results of preliminary balloting were as follows:

  1. Minnesota – 582 points

  2. Northwestern – 525 points

  3. Fordham – 135 points

  4. LSU – 95 points

  5. Pittsburgh – 94 points

  6. Alabama – 61 points

  7. Santa Clara – 60 points

  8. Marquette – 38 points

  9. Washington – 29 points

  10. (tie) Dartmouth – 5 points

  11. (tie) Duke – 5 points

  12. Penn – 3 points

  13. Nebraska – 2 points

The vote tally in the final round was as follows:

  1. Minnesota – 230 votes

  2. LSU – 7 votes

  3. Northwestern – 6 votes

  4. Fordham – 2 votes

Litkenhous Ratings

The post-bowl final Litkenhous Ratings for 1936 ranked 618 college football teams. The top 125 teams were as follows:

  1. Minnesota

  2. Pittsburgh

  3. LSU

  4. Ohio State

  5. Duke

  6. Notre Dame

  7. Alabama

  8. Nebraska

  9. Washington

  10. Duquesne

  11. Mississippi State

  12. Army

  13. Northwestern

  14. Georgia Tech

  15. Auburn

  16. Tennessee

  17. Arkansas

  18. Baldwin–Wallace

  19. Santa Clara

  20. Marquette

  21. Dartmouth

  22. Purdue

  23. Indiana

  24. Penn

  25. TCU

  26. Michigan State

  27. Detroit

  28. USC

  29. Colgate

  30. North Carolina

  31. Harvard

  32. Holy Cross

  33. Princeton

  34. Hardin–Simmons

  35. Temple

  36. Yale

  37. Ole Miss

  38. Carnegie Tech

  39. Tulane

  40. Villanova

  41. Texas A&M

  42. Kentucky

  43. SMU

  44. Navy

  45. George Washington

  46. California

  47. Vanderbilt

  48. Manhattan

  49. Tulsa

  50. Western Reserve

  51. Rice

  52. Iowa

  53. Georgetown

  54. Clemson

  55. Michigan

  56. Illinois

  57. UCLA

  58. Baylor

  59. Georgia

  60. West Virginia

  61. Washington State

  62. Stanford

  63. NYU

  64. Boston College

  65. Missouri

  66. Penn State

  67. Canisius

  68. Wake Forest

  69. Kansas State

  70. Oregon State

  71. Wisconsin

  72. Catholic University

  73. DePaul

  74. Kearney State

  75. Texas

  76. Saint Anselm

  77. Oklahoma

  78. Arkansas Tech

  79. West Virginia Wesleyan

  80. Davidson

  81. NC State

  82. Arizona

  83. Louisiana Tech

  84. Connecticut State

  85. Saint Mary's

  86. Waynesburg

  87. Butler

  88. Creighton

  89. Marshall

  90. Miami (FL)

  91. Washington University

  92. Cornell

  93. Humboldt State

  94. Maryland

  95. Bucknell

  96. Centenary

  97. Albright

  98. Drake

  99. Florida

  100. La Salle

  101. Loyola (Los Angeles)

  102. Colorado

  103. Syracuse

  104. Chattanooga

  105. St. Benedict

  106. Utah State

  107. Franklin & Marshall

  108. North Dakota

  109. Saint Louis

  110. St. Bonaventure

  111. Western Maryland

  112. South Carolina

  113. Texas Tech

  114. Utah

  115. Gonzaga

  116. St. Thomas (PA)

  117. Boston University

  118. Howard

  119. Denver

  120. Augustana (SD)

  121. Connecticut State

  122. Furman

  123. Iowa State

  124. Hobart

  125. Oregon

Notes

References

References

  1. (2017). "Football Bowl Subdivision Records".
  2. (December 31, 1936). "Gophers Take Toledo Trophy". Casper Star-Tribune.
  3. Quinn, Frank. (September 9, 1937). "The National football rankings for the 1936 season under the Azzi Ratem system". The Butte Daily Post.
  4. (December 30, 1936). "Gophers Win Toledo Cup Third Time". Stevens Point Daily Journal.
  5. (January 3, 1937). "Litkenhous' Final Football Ratings for 1936". The Courier-Journal.
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