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October 20, 1947 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 1 Michigan (147) Big Ten 4-0 1790 W 49-21 A Northwestern
2 < 2 Notre Dame (21) Ind 3-0 1553 W 31-0 H Nebraska
3 < 3 Texas (10) Southwest 5-0 1351  
4 < 4 California (1) PCC 5-0 969  
5 < 6 Illinois Big Ten 3-0-1 932  
6 < 7 Army (2) Ind 3-0-1 806  
7 < 5 Georgia Tech (2) SEC 4-0 801  
8 < 8 Penn Ind 3-0 707  
9 < 9 Penn State (1) Ind 4-0 324  
10 < 11 USC PCC 3-0-1 311  
11 < 14 Wake Forest Southern 4-0 155 W 39-7 A George Washington
12 < NR SMU Southwest 4-0 114  
13 < 16 Virginia Ind 4-0 91  
14 < 20 Kentucky SEC 4-1 82  
15 < 17 Duke Southern 3-0-1 71  
16 < 19 UCLA PCC 3-1 58  
17 < NR Baylor Southwest 4-0 19  
18 < NR LSU SEC 3-1 18  
19 < 10 Vanderbilt SEC 3-1 14 L 14-0 H Kentucky
20 < NR San Francisco Ind 4-1 13  
NR < 12 Yale Ind 0  
NR < 13 Minnesota Big Ten 0  
NR < 15 Rice Southwest 0  
NR < 18 NC State Southern 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 6 9.7 3494
SEC 4 14.5 915
PCC 3 10.0 1338
Southwest 3 10.7 1484
Big Ten 2 3.0 2722
Southern 2 13.0 226

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.