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October 4, 1948 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < N/A Notre Dame (50) Ind 2-0 1200 W 40-0 A Pittsburgh
2 < N/A North Carolina (55) Southern 2-0 1190  
3 < N/A Northwestern (21) Big Ten 2-0 1025  
4 < N/A SMU (13) Southwest 2-0 882  
5 < N/A Army (7) Ind 2-0 725  
6 < N/A Georgia Tech SEC 2-0 598  
7 < N/A Michigan (2) Big Ten 2-0 542  
8 < N/A Minnesota Big Ten 2-0 407  
9 < N/A California (3) PCC 3-0 399  
10 < N/A Penn State (2) Ind 1-0 305  
11 < N/A Ohio State Big Ten 2-0 253  
12 < N/A Penn Ind 1-0 237  
13 < N/A Arkansas Southwest 2-0 114  
13 < N/A Mississippi SEC 2-0 114  
15 < N/A Purdue Big Ten 0-2 61  
16 < N/A Texas Southwest 1-0 39  
17 < N/A Indiana Big Ten 2-0 33 W 7-0 H Iowa
18 < N/A Harvard Ind 1-0 29 W 33-24 H Columbia
19 < N/A Nevada Ind 2-0 24 W 26-7 A San Francisco
20 < N/A Tennessee SEC 0-1-1 17  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 6 10.2 2321
Ind 6 10.8 2520
Southwest 3 11.0 1035
SEC 3 13.0 729
Southern 1 2.0 1190
PCC 1 9.0 399

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.