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1938 Final AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 2 TCU (55) Southwest 10-0 868 DNP
2 < 4 Tennessee (16) SEC 10-0 706  
3 < 3 Duke (11) Southern 9-0 679  
4 < 5 Oklahoma Big 6 10-0 524 W 28-0 H Washington State
5 < 1 Notre Dame (4) Ind 8-1 490 L 13-0 A #8 USC
6 < 6 Carnegie Mellon Ind 7-1 412  
7 < 8 USC (1) PCC 8-2 406 W 13-0 H #1 Notre Dame
8 < 7 Pittsburgh Ind 8-2 290  
9 < 9 Holy Cross Ind 8-1 149 DNP
10 < 10 Minnesota Big Ten 6-2 111  
11 < 14 Texas Tech BIAA 10-0 42  
12 < 11 Cornell Ind 5-1-1 27 DNP
13 < 17 Alabama SEC 7-1-1 25  
14 < 12 California PCC 10-1 20  
15 < 13 Fordham Ind 6-1-2 19 DNP
16 < 16 Michigan Big Ten 6-1-1 16 DNP
17 < 19 Northwestern Big Ten 4-2-2 15  
18 < 15 Villanova Ind 8-0-1 13 DNP
19 < 18 Tulane SEC 7-2-1 11 DNP
20 < 20 Dartmouth Ind 7-2 10 DNP

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 8 11.6 1410
SEC 3 11.3 742
Big Ten 3 14.3 142
PCC 2 10.5 426
Southwest 1 1.0 868
Southern 1 3.0 679
Big 6 1 4.0 524
BIAA 1 11.0 42

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.