• Source: 1949 college football rankings

      • One human poll comprised the 1949 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. The Coaches' Poll began operation in 1950; in addition, the AP Poll did not begin conducting preseason polls until that same year.


      Legend




      AP Poll


      The final AP Poll was released on November 28, at the end of the 1949 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.


      Litkenhous Ratings


      The final Litkenhous Ratings released in December 1949 ranked the following as the top 100 teams:


      Pittsburgh Courier


      The Pittsburgh Courier, a leading African American newspaper, ranked the top 1949 teams from historically black colleges and universities using the Dickinson System in an era when college football was largely segregated. The rankings were published on December 10.

      1. Morgan State (8–0)
      2. Southern (10–0–1), West Virginia State (8–0–1)
      4. Tennessee A&M (9–1)
      5. Florida A&M (7–2)
      6. Maryland State (8–0), Shaw (7–2), North Carolina A&T (7–2)
      9. Langston (8–1–1)
      10. Benedict (6–1)
      11. Grambling (7–3–2)
      12. Fisk (6–2)
      13. Prairie View A&M (7–3), Hampton (5–3)
      15. Alcorn A&M (7–1–2)
      16. Alabama A&M (5–2–2), Bethune–Cookman (5–3), Kentucky State (6–4), Wilberforce State (5–4)
      20. Fort Valley State (5–3–1)
      21. Virginia State (4–2–1)
      22. Howard (7–2)
      23. Clark (4–4)
      24. North Carolina College (4–4)
      25. Arkansas AM&N (5–4–2), St. Augustine's (6–2)
      27. Morris Brown (6–3–1), Bishop (4–3–1), Morristown (6–3–1)


      See also


      1949 College Football All-America Team


      References

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