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1943 Final AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 1 Notre Dame (86) Ind 9-1 1259 L 19-14 A Great Lakes Naval (IL)
2 < 2 Iowa Pre-Flight (12) Ind 9-1 1028  
3 < 3 Michigan (1) Big Ten 8-1 762  
4 < 6 Navy Ind 8-1 717  
5 < 4 Purdue (12) Big Ten 9-0 707  
6 < NR Great Lakes Naval (1) Ind 8-2 642  
7 < 5 Duke (7) Southern 8-1 522  
8 < 10 Del Monte Pre-Flight (9) Ind 7-1 240  
9 < 8 Northwestern Big Ten 6-2 233  
10 < 9 March Field/4th AF Ind 6-1 212 DNP
11 < 7 Army Ind 7-2-1 156 L 13-0 H #6 Navy
12 < 11 Washington (1) PCC 4-0 115  
13 < 14 Georgia Tech SEC 7-3 108  
14 < 12 Texas Southwest 7-1 80  
15 < 20 Tulsa MVC 6-0-1 77 W 61-0 H Arkansas
16 < 13 Dartmouth Ind 6-1 71 DNP
17 < 15 Bainbridge Naval Ind 7-0 46  
18 < 17 Colorado College (2) Ind 7-0 37  
19 < NR Pacific Ind 7-1 36 DNP
20 < 18 Penn Ind 6-2-1 31  
NR < 16 Texas A&M Southwest 0  
NR < 18 Randolph Field Ind 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 12 11.0 4475
Big Ten 3 5.7 1702
Southern 1 7.0 522
PCC 1 12.0 115
SEC 1 13.0 108
Southwest 1 14.0 80
MVC 1 15.0 77

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.