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1968 NCAA University Division football rankings
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| season | 1968 |
| preseason_number_1 | [Purdue](1968-purdue-boilermakers-football-team) |
| champions | [Ohio State](1968-ohio-state-buckeyes-football-team) |
Two human polls comprised the 1968 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.
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AP Poll
For the 1968 season, the AP Poll returned to ranking 20 teams per week, after ranking only 10 per week from 1961 to 1967. This was also the second time (first since 1965) that the final AP Poll was conducted in January after the completion of bowl season, rather than at the end of the regular season. The final poll would continue to be conducted after bowl season from this season forward.
|Week1-1 = Purdue (14) |Week1-2 = USC (10) |Week1-3 = Notre Dame (3) |Week1-4 = Oklahoma |Week1-5 = Texas (3) |Week1-6 = Oregon State (2) |Week1-7 = Florida (1) |Week1-8 = Penn State |Week1-9 = Tennessee |Week1-10 = Alabama |Week1-11 = Ohio State |Week1-12 = Texas A&M |Week1-13 = Indiana |Week1-14 = Nebraska |Week1-15 = Minnesota |Week1-16 = UCLA |Week1-17 = Arizona State |Week1-18 = LSU |Week1-19 = Syracuse |Week1-20 = Miami (FL) |Week2-1 = Purdue (0–0) (14) |Week2-1-Color = |Week2-2 = USC (0–0) (8) |Week2-2-Color = |Week2-3 = Notre Dame (0–0) (2) |Week2-3-Color = |Week2-4 = Texas (0–0) (2) |Week2-4-Color = u |Week2-5 = Oklahoma (0–0) |Week2-5-Color = d |Week2-6 = Florida (0–0) |Week2-6-Color = u |Week2-7 = Alabama (0–0) (2) |Week2-7-Color = u |Week2-8 = Oregon State (0–0) |Week2-8-Color = d |Week2-9 = Ohio State (0–0) |Week2-9-Color = u |Week2-10 = Penn State (0–0) |Week2-10-Color = d |Week2-11 = Houston (1–0) |Week2-11-Color = npr |Week2-12 = Tennessee (0–0–1) |Week2-12-Color = d |Week2-13 = Texas A&M (0–0) |Week2-13-Color = d |Week2-14 = Nebraska (1–0) |Week2-14-Color = |Week2-15 = Indiana (0–0) |Week2-15-Color = d |Week2-16 = Minnesota (0–0) т |Week2-16-Color = td |Week2-17 = UCLA (0–0) т |Week2-17-Color = |Week2-18 = Georgia (0–0–1) |Week2-18-Color = npr |Week2-19 = Miami (FL) (0–0) |Week2-19-Color = u |Week2-20 = LSU (0–0) |Week2-20-Color = d |Week3-1 = Purdue (1–0) (25) |Week3-1-Color = |Week3-2 = Notre Dame (1–0) (19) |Week3-2-Color = u |Week3-3 = USC (1–0) (4) |Week3-3-Color = d |Week3-4 = Penn State (1–0) (1) |Week3-4-Color = u |Week3-5 = Florida (1–0) |Week3-5-Color = u |Week3-6 = Texas (0–0–1) |Week3-6-Color = d |Week3-7 = Alabama (1–0) |Week3-7-Color = |Week3-8 = UCLA (1–0) |Week3-8-Color = u |Week3-9 = Nebraska (2–0) |Week3-9-Color = u |Week3-10 = Houston (1–0–1) |Week3-10-Color = u |Week3-11 = Ohio State (0–0) |Week3-11-Color = d |Week3-12 = Kansas (1–0) |Week3-12-Color = npr |Week3-13 = Indiana (1–0) |Week3-13-Color = u |Week3-14 = LSU (1–0) |Week3-14-Color = u |Week3-15 = Miami (FL) (1–0) |Week3-15-Color = u |Week3-16 = Tennessee (0–0–1) |Week3-16-Color = d |Week3-17 = Minnesota (0–1) |Week3-17-Color = d |Week3-18 = Oregon State (0–1) (1) |Week3-18-Color = d |Week3-19 = Arizona State (1–0) |Week3-19-Color = npr |Week3-20 = Wyoming (1–1) |Week3-20-Color = npr |Week4-1 = Purdue (2–0) (42) |Week4-1-Color = |Week4-2 = USC (2–0) (2) |Week4-2-Color = u |Week4-3 = Penn State (2–0) (1) |Week4-3-Color = u |Week4-4 = Florida (2–0) |Week4-4-Color = u |Week4-5 = Notre Dame (1–1) |Week4-5-Color = d |Week4-6 = Ohio State (1–0) |Week4-6-Color = u |Week4-7 = Nebraska (3–0) |Week4-7-Color = u |Week4-8 = Kansas (2–0) |Week4-8-Color = u |Week4-9 = UCLA (2–0) |Week4-9-Color = d |Week4-10 = LSU (2–0) |Week4-10-Color = u |Week4-11 = Alabama (2–0) |Week4-11-Color = d |Week4-12 = Houston (1–0–1) |Week4-12-Color = d |Week4-13 = Miami (FL) (2–0) |Week4-13-Color = u |Week4-14 = Arizona State (2–0) |Week4-14-Color = u |Week4-15 = Tennessee (1–0–1) |Week4-15-Color = u |Week4-16 = Georgia (1–0–1) |Week4-16-Color = npr |Week4-17 = Texas A&M (1–1) |Week4-17-Color = npr |Week4-18 = California (2–0) |Week4-18-Color = npr |Week4-19 = Michigan State (2–0) |Week4-19-Color = npr |Week4-20 = Arkansas (2–0) |Week4-20-Color = npr |Week5-1 = Purdue (3–0) (35) |Week5-1-Color = |Week5-2 = USC (3–0) (1) |Week5-2-Color = |Week5-3 = Penn State (3–0) (1) |Week5-3-Color = |Week5-4 = Ohio State (2–0) |Week5-4-Color = u |Week5-5 = Notre Dame (2–1) |Week5-5-Color = |Week5-6 = Kansas (3–0) |Week5-6-Color = u |Week5-7 = Florida (3–0) |Week5-7-Color = d |Week5-8 = LSU (3–0) |Week5-8-Color = u |Week5-9 = Nebraska (3–0) |Week5-9-Color = d |Week5-10 = Tennessee (2–0–1) |Week5-10-Color = u |Week5-11 = Houston (2–0–1) |Week5-11-Color = u |Week5-12 = Michigan State (3–0) |Week5-12-Color = u |Week5-13 = Ole Miss (3–0) |Week5-13-Color = npr |Week5-14 = Arkansas (3–0) |Week5-14-Color = u |Week5-15 = Syracuse (2–1) |Week5-15-Color = npr |Week5-16 = California (3–0) |Week5-16-Color = u |Week5-17 = Georgia (2–0–1) |Week5-17-Color = d |Week5-18 = Stanford (3–0) |Week5-18-Color = npr |Week5-19 = Florida State (2–1) |Week5-19-Color = npr |Week5-20 = Oregon State (2–1) |Week5-20-Color = npr |Week6-1 = USC (4–0) (23) |Week6-1-Color = u |Week6-2 = Ohio State (3–0) (12) |Week6-2-Color = u |Week6-3 = Penn State (4–0) (3) |Week6-3-Color = |Week6-4 = Kansas (4–0) (4) |Week6-4-Color = u |Week6-5 = Purdue (3–1) |Week6-5-Color = d |Week6-6 = Notre Dame (3–1) |Week6-6-Color = d |Week6-7 = Florida (4–0) |Week6-7-Color = |Week6-8 = Tennessee (3–0–1) |Week6-8-Color = u |Week6-9 = Arkansas (4–0) |Week6-9-Color = u |Week6-10 = Georgia (3–0–1) |Week6-10-Color = u |Week6-11 = Syracuse (3–1) |Week6-11-Color = u |Week6-12 = Miami (FL) (3–1) |Week6-12-Color = npr |Week6-13 = Nebraska (3–1) |Week6-13-Color = d |Week6-14 = Stanford (3–1) |Week6-14-Color = u |Week6-15 = Texas Tech (3–0–1) |Week6-15-Color = npr |Week6-16 = Ole Miss (3–1) |Week6-16-Color = d |Week6-17 = Texas (2–1–1) |Week6-17-Color = npr |Week6-18 = Michigan (3–1) |Week6-18-Color = npr |Week6-19 = Indiana (3–1) |Week6-19-Color = npr |Week6-20 = |Week6-20-Color = npr |Week7-1 = USC (5–0) (21) |Week7-1-Color = |Week7-2 = Ohio State (4–0) (15) |Week7-2-Color = |Week7-3 = Kansas (5–0) (5) |Week7-3-Color = u |Week7-4 = Penn State (4–0) (1) |Week7-4-Color = d |Week7-5 = Notre Dame (4–1) |Week7-5-Color = u |Week7-6 = Tennessee (4–0–1) |Week7-6-Color = u |Week7-7 = Purdue (4–1) |Week7-7-Color = d |Week7-8 = Georgia (4–0–1) |Week7-8-Color = u |Week7-9 = Miami (FL) (4–1) |Week7-9-Color = u |Week7-10 = Syracuse (3–1) |Week7-10-Color = u |Week7-11 = California (4–1) |Week7-11-Color = npr |Week7-12 = Michigan (4–1) |Week7-12-Color = u |Week7-13 = Texas (3–1–1) |Week7-13-Color = u |Week7-14 = Missouri (4–1) |Week7-14-Color = u |Week7-15 = Florida (4–1) |Week7-15-Color = d |Week7-16 = Arkansas (4–1) |Week7-16-Color = d |Week7-17 = Ole Miss (4–1) |Week7-17-Color = d |Week7-18 = LSU (4–1) |Week7-18-Color = u |Week7-19 = Texas Tech (3–0–2) |Week7-19-Color = d |Week7-20 = Florida State (3–1) |Week7-20-Color = npr |Week8-1 = USC (5–0) (24) |Week8-1-Color = |Week8-2 = Ohio State (5–0) (12) |Week8-2-Color = |Week8-3 = Kansas (6–0) (6) |Week8-3-Color = |Week8-4 = Penn State (5–0) (1) |Week8-4-Color = |Week8-5 = Tennessee (4–0–1) |Week8-5-Color = u |Week8-6 = Purdue (5–1) |Week8-6-Color = u |Week8-7 = Georgia (5–0–1) |Week8-7-Color = u |Week8-8 = California (5–1) |Week8-8-Color = u |Week8-9 = Michigan (5–1) |Week8-9-Color = u |Week8-10 = Missouri (5–1) |Week8-10-Color = u |Week8-11 = Texas (4–1–1) |Week8-11-Color = u |Week8-12 = Notre Dame (4–2) |Week8-12-Color = d |Week8-13 = SMU (5–1) |Week8-13-Color = npr |Week8-14 = LSU (5–1) |Week8-14-Color = u |Week8-15 = Houston (3–1–1) |Week8-15-Color = npr |Week8-16 = Michigan State (4–2) |Week8-16-Color = npr |Week8-17 = Arkansas (5–1) |Week8-17-Color = d |Week8-18 = Florida State (4–1) |Week8-18-Color = u |Week8-19 = Ohio (6–0) |Week8-19-Color = npr |Week8-20 = Florida (4–1–1) |Week8-20-Color = d |Week9-1 = USC (6–0) (19) |Week9-1-Color = |Week9-2 = Ohio State (6–0) (14) |Week9-2-Color = |Week9-3 = Kansas (7–0) (10) |Week9-3-Color = |Week9-4 = Penn State (6–0) (1) |Week9-4-Color = |Week9-5 = Tennessee (5–0–1) (1) |Week9-5-Color = |Week9-6 = Purdue (6–1) |Week9-6-Color = |Week9-7 = Michigan (6–1) |Week9-7-Color = u |Week9-8 = Missouri (6–1) |Week9-8-Color = u |Week9-9 = Georgia (5–0–2) |Week9-9-Color = d |Week9-10 = Texas (5–1–1) |Week9-10-Color = u |Week9-11 = California (5–1–1) |Week9-11-Color = d |Week9-12 = Notre Dame (5–2) |Week9-12-Color = |Week9-13 = Houston (3–1–2) |Week9-13-Color = u |Week9-14 = Arkansas (6–1) |Week9-14-Color = u |Week9-15 = Oregon State (5–2) |Week9-15-Color = npr |Week9-16 = Ohio (7–0) |Week9-16-Color = u |Week9-17 = Michigan State (4–3) |Week9-17-Color = d |Week9-18 = Auburn (5–2) |Week9-18-Color = npr |Week9-19 = Wyoming (6–2) |Week9-19-Color = npr |Week9-20 = LSU (5–2) |Week9-20-Color = d |Week10-1 = USC (7–0) (32) |Week10-1-Color = |Week10-2 = Ohio State (7–0) (14) |Week10-2-Color = |Week10-3 = Penn State (7–0) (1) |Week10-3-Color = u |Week10-4 = Michigan (7–1) |Week10-4-Color = u |Week10-5 = Georgia (6–0–2) |Week10-5-Color = u |Week10-6 = Missouri (7–1) |Week10-6-Color = u |Week10-7 = Kansas (7–1) |Week10-7-Color = d |Week10-8 = Texas (6–1–1) |Week10-8-Color = u |Week10-9 = Notre Dame (6–2) |Week10-9-Color = u |Week10-10 = Arkansas (7–1) |Week10-10-Color= u |Week10-11 = Tennessee (5–1–1) |Week10-11-Color= d |Week10-12 = Auburn (6–2) |Week10-12-Color= u |Week10-13 = Oregon State (6–2) |Week10-13-Color= u |Week10-14 = Houston (4–1–2) |Week10-14-Color= d |Week10-15 = Purdue (6–2) |Week10-15-Color= d |Week10-16 = Alabama (6–2) |Week10-16-Color= npr |Week10-17 = Ohio (8–0) |Week10-17-Color= d |Week10-18 = California (5–2–1) |Week10-18-Color= d |Week10-19 = Indiana (6–2) |Week10-19-Color= npr |Week10-20 = Wyoming (6–2) |Week10-20-Color= d |Week11-1 = USC (8–0) (27) |Week11-1-Color = |Week11-2 = Ohio State (8–0) (7) |Week11-2-Color = |Week11-3 = Penn State (8–0) (2) |Week11-3-Color = |Week11-4 = Michigan (8–1) |Week11-4-Color = |Week11-5 = Georgia (7–0–2) (1) |Week11-5-Color = |Week11-6 = Texas (7–1–1) |Week11-6-Color = u |Week11-7 = Kansas (8–1) |Week11-7-Color = |Week11-8 = Tennessee (6–1–1) |Week11-8-Color = u |Week11-9 = Arkansas (8–1) |Week11-9-Color = u |Week11-10 = Notre Dame (7–2) |Week11-10-Color= d |Week11-11 = Houston (5–1–2) |Week11-11-Color= u |Week11-12 = Purdue (7–2) |Week11-12-Color= u |Week11-13 = Missouri (7–2) |Week11-13-Color= d |Week11-14 = Oklahoma (5–3) |Week11-14-Color= npr |Week11-15 = Alabama (7–2) |Week11-15-Color= u |Week11-16 = Oregon State (6–3) |Week11-16-Color= d |Week11-17 = Ohio (9–0) |Week11-17-Color= |Week11-18 = California (6–2–1) |Week11-18-Color= |Week11-19 = Auburn (6–3) |Week11-19-Color= d |Week11-20 = Wyoming (7–2) |Week11-20-Color= |Week12-1 = Ohio State (9–0) (21.5) |Week12-1-Color = u |Week12-2 = USC (9–0) (24.5) |Week12-2-Color = d |Week12-3 = Penn State (9–0) (3) |Week12-3-Color = |Week12-4 = Georgia (7–0–2) (1) |Week12-4-Color = u |Week12-5 = Kansas (9–1) |Week12-5-Color = u |Week12-6 = Texas (7–1–1) |Week12-6-Color = |Week12-7 = Tennessee (7–1–1) |Week12-7-Color = u |Week12-8 = Arkansas (9–1) |Week12-8-Color = u |Week12-9 = Notre Dame (7–2) |Week12-9-Color = u |Week12-10 = Houston (6–1–2) |Week12-10-Color= u |Week12-11 = Oklahoma (6–3) |Week12-11-Color= u |Week12-12 = Purdue (8–2) |Week12-12-Color= |Week12-13 = Michigan (8–2) |Week12-13-Color= d |Week12-14 = Oregon State (7–3) |Week12-14-Color= u |Week12-15 = Alabama (7–2) |Week12-15-Color= |Week12-16 = Missouri (7–3) |Week12-16-Color= d |Week12-17 = Ohio (10–0) |Week12-17-Color= |Week12-18 = Auburn (6–3) |Week12-18-Color= u |Week12-19 = Arizona (8–1) |Week12-19-Color= npr |Week12-20 = Arizona State (7–2) |Week12-20-Color= npr |Week13-1 = Ohio State (9–0) (34) |Week13-1-Color = |Week13-2 = USC (9–0–1) (2) |Week13-2-Color = |Week13-3 = Penn State (9–0) (3) |Week13-3-Color = |Week13-4 = Georgia (8–0–2) |Week13-4-Color = |Week13-5 = Texas (8–1–1) |Week13-5-Color = u |Week13-6 = Kansas (9–1) |Week13-6-Color = d |Week13-7 = Notre Dame (7–2–1) |Week13-7-Color = u |Week13-8 = Tennessee (8–1–1) |Week13-8-Color = d |Week13-9 = Arkansas (9–1) |Week13-9-Color = d |Week13-10 = Oklahoma (7–3) |Week13-10-Color= u |Week13-11 = Purdue (8–2) |Week13-11-Color= u |Week13-12 = Alabama (8–2) |Week13-12-Color= u |Week13-13 = Michigan (8–2) |Week13-13-Color= |Week13-14 = Oregon State (7–3) |Week13-14-Color= |Week13-15 = Ohio (10–0) |Week13-15-Color= u |Week13-16 = Missouri (7–3) |Week13-16-Color= |Week13-17 = Arizona State (8–2) |Week13-17-Color= u |Week13-18 = Houston (6–2–2) |Week13-18-Color= d |Week13-19 = Florida State (8–2) |Week13-19-Color= npr |Week13-20 = SMU (7–3) |Week13-20-Color= npr |Week14-1 = Ohio State (10–0) (44) |Week14-1-Color = nc |Week14-2 = Penn State (11–0) (2) |Week14-2-Color = u |Week14-3 = Texas (9–1–1) (2) |Week14-3-Color = u |Week14-4 = USC (9–1–1) |Week14-4-Color = d |Week14-5 = Notre Dame (7–2–1) |Week14-5-Color = u |Week14-6 = Arkansas (10–1) (1) |Week14-6-Color = u |Week14-7 = Kansas (9–2) |Week14-7-Color = d |Week14-8 = Georgia (8–1–2) |Week14-8-Color = d |Week14-9 = Missouri (8–3) |Week14-9-Color = u |Week14-10 = Purdue (8–2) |Week14-10-Color= u |Week14-11 = Oklahoma (7–4) |Week14-11-Color= d |Week14-12 = Michigan (8–2) |Week14-12-Color= u |Week14-13 = Tennessee (8–2–1) |Week14-13-Color= d |Week14-14 = SMU (8–3) |Week14-14-Color= u |Week14-15 = Oregon State (7–3) |Week14-15-Color= d |Week14-16 = Auburn (7–4) |Week14-16-Color= npr |Week14-17 = Alabama (8–3) |Week14-17-Color= d |Week14-18 = Houston (6–2–2) |Week14-18-Color= |Week14-19 = LSU (8–3) |Week14-19-Color= npr |Week14-20 = Ohio (10–1) |Week14-20-Color= d
Final Coaches Poll
The final UPI Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, in early December. Ohio State received 28 of the 34 first-place votes; USC received four and Penn State two.
| Ranking | Team | Conference | Bowl |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Ohio State](1968-ohio-state-buckeyes-football-team) | Big Ten | **Won** [Rose](1969-rose-bowl), 27–16 |
| 2 | [USC](1968-usc-trojans-football-team) | Pac-8 | Lost [Rose](1969-rose-bowl), 16–27 |
| 3 | [Penn State](1968-penn-state-nittany-lions-football-team) | Independent | **Won** [Orange](1969-orange-bowl), 15–14 |
| 4 | [Georgia](1968-georgia-bulldogs-football-team) | SEC | Lost [Sugar](1969-sugar-bowl), 2–16 |
| 5 | [Texas](1968-texas-longhorns-football-team) | Southwest | **Won** [Cotton](1969-cotton-bowl-classic), 36–13 |
| 6 | Kansas | Big Eight | Lost [Orange](1969-orange-bowl), 14–15 |
| 7 | [Tennessee](1968-tennessee-volunteers-football-team) | SEC | Lost [Cotton](1969-cotton-bowl-classic), 13–36 |
| 8 | [Notre Dame](1968-notre-dame-fighting-irish-football-team) | Independent | *none* |
| 9 | [Arkansas](1968-arkansas-razorbacks-football-team) | Southwest | **Won** [Sugar](1969-sugar-bowl), 16–2 |
| 10 | [Oklahoma](1968-oklahoma-sooners-football-team) | Big Eight | Lost [Bluebonnet](1968-astro-bluebonnet-bowl), 27–28 |
| 11 | [Purdue](1968-purdue-boilermakers-football-team) | Big Ten | *none* |
| 12 | [Alabama](1968-alabama-crimson-tide-football-team) | SEC | Lost [Gator](1968-gator-bowl), 10–35 |
| 13 | [Oregon State](1968-oregon-state-beavers-football-team) | Pac-8 | *none* |
| 14 | [Florida State](1968-florida-state-seminoles-football-team) | Independent | Lost [Peach](1968-peach-bowl), 27–31 |
| 15 | [Michigan](1968-michigan-wolverines-football-team) | Big Ten | *none* |
| 16 | [SMU](1968-smu-mustangs-football-team) | Southwest | **Won** [Bluebonnet](1968-astro-bluebonnet-bowl), 28–27 |
| 17 | [Missouri](1968-missouri-tigers-football-team) | Big Eight | **Won** [Gator](1968-gator-bowl), 35–10 |
| 18 | [Ohio](1968-ohio-bobcats-football-team) | Mid-American | Lost [Tangerine](1968-tangerine-bowl), 42–49 |
| [Minnesota](1968-minnesota-golden-gophers-football-team) | Big Ten | *none* | |
| 20 | [Houston](1968-houston-cougars-football-team) | Independent | |
| [Stanford](1968-stanford-indians-football-team) | Pac-8 |
- Notre Dame did not participate in bowl games from 1925 through 1968.
- Prior to the 1975 season, the Big Ten and Pac-8 conferences allowed only one postseason participant each, for the Rose Bowl.
- The Ivy League has prohibited its members from participating in postseason football since the league was officially formed in 1954.
References
References
- (December 3, 1968). "Ohio State captures national grid crown". Bend Bulletin.
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