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October 24, 1938 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 1 Pittsburgh (90) Ind 5-0 989 W 34-7 H SMU
2 < 2 Minnesota (1) Big Ten 4-0 681  
3 < 3 California (3) PCC 6-0 620  
4 < 7 TCU (3) Southwest 5-0 572 W 21-0 A Marquette
5 < 6 Santa Clara (1) Ind 4-0 571  
6 < 4 Dartmouth Ind 5-0 443 W 13-7 A Harvard
7 < 5 Notre Dame (1) Ind 4-0 437  
8 < 8 Tennessee SEC 5-0 413  
9 < 11 Fordham (1) Ind 3-0-1 370  
10 < 14 Oklahoma Big 6 4-0 116 W 14-0 H Nebraska
11 < 9 Duke Southern 5-0 114  
12 < 18 Northwestern Big Ten 3-0-1 55  
13 < 12 Michigan Big Ten 3-1 36 W 15-13 A Yale
14 < NR Holy Cross Ind 4-1 15 W 29-6 H Georgia
15 < 20 Villanova Ind 4-0 14 W 13-6 H Detroit Mercy
16 < 13 Carnegie Mellon Ind 3-1 13  
17 < NR Cornell Ind 3-1 12 W 21-6 H Penn State
18 < 15 Alabama SEC 4-1 11  
19 < NR USC PCC 4-1 10  
20 < NR Ohio State Big Ten 2-1-1 7  
NR < 10 Syracuse Ind 0  
NR < 16 Vanderbilt SEC 0  
NR < 17 Baylor Southwest 0  
NR < 19 North Carolina Southern 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 9 10.0 2864
Big Ten 4 11.8 779
PCC 2 11.0 630
SEC 2 13.0 424
Southwest 1 4.0 572
Big 6 1 10.0 116
Southern 1 11.0 114

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.