1930 college football rankings
| 1930 college football rankings | |
|---|---|
| Season | 1930 |
| Bowl season | 1930–31 bowl games |
| End of season champions | Notre Dame[a]
Alabama[b] |
The 1930 college football rankings ranked the best teams participating in the 1930 college football season.
Champions (by method)
Various different rankings (using differing methodologies) have identified Alabama or Notre Dame as champion.[1]
- Berryman QPRS: Alabama
- Billingsley Report: Notre Dame
- Bonniwell Trophy vote:[c] Notre Dame[2]
- Boand System: Notre Dame
- College Football Researchers Association: Alabama
- Parke H. Davis[d]: Alabama
- Dickinson System: Notre Dame
- Dunkel System: Notre Dame
- Erskine Trophy poll: Notre Dame[3]
- Helms Athletic Foundation: Notre Dame
- Houlgate System: Notre Dame
- National Championship Foundation: Notre Dame
- Poling System: Notre Dame
- Sagarin Ratings Elo chess method: Alabama
- Sagarin Ratings Predictor method: Alabama
Note: Boand System, Dickinson System, Dunkel System, Houlgate System, Erskine Trophy poll, and Bonniwell Trophy vote were given contemporarily. All other rankings were given retroactively
Dickinson System
The Dickinson System was a mathematical rating system devised by University of Illinois economics professor Frank G. Dickinson.
Notre Dame, Washington State and Alabama, all unbeaten and untied at the end of the regular season, were ranked first, second and third by Dickinson, with the Irish getting the higher rating based on their opposition.[4] The ratings were made before the 1931 Rose Bowl that matched Washington State and Alabama, with Alabama winning, 24 to 0. Notre Dame did not participate in a postseason bowl game.
| Rank | Team | Record | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame | 10–0 | 25.13 |
| 2 | Washington State | 9–0 | 20.44 |
| 3 | Alabama | 9–0 | 20.18 |
| 4 | Northwestern | 7–1 | 18.63 |
| 5 | Michigan | 8–0–1 | 18.34 |
| 6 | USC | 8–2 | 17.98 |
| 7 | Stanford | 9–1–1 | 17.92 |
| 8 | Dartmouth | 7–1–1 | 17.11 |
| 9 | Army | 9–1–1 | 16.66 |
| 10 | Tennessee | 9–1 | 16.15 |
| 11 | Tulane | 8–1 | 16.05 |
Notes
- ^ per Boand System, Dickinson System (received Rissman Trophy), Dunkel System, Houlgate System, Erskine Trophy poll, Bonniwell Trophy vote, Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, National Championship Foundation, Poling System
- ^ per Berryman QPRS, College Football Researchers Association, College Football Researchers Association, Parke H. Davis (Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide), Sagarin Ratings Elo chess method, Sagarin Ratings Predictor method
- ^ awarded upon unanimous consensus of the board of the Veteran Athletes of Philadelphia
- ^ for Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide
See also
References
- ^ "Football Bowl Subdivision Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2017. p. 111. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
- ^ "Heroes of Past and Present". Associated Press. February 1, 1931. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
- ^ "Notre Dame Receives Erskine Award" (PDF). The Notre Dame Alumnus. Vol. IX, no. 5. South Bend, Indiana: The Alumni Association of the University of Notre Dame. January 1931. p. 169. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
Nation's sports writers pick Notre Dame football team as champions by record vote; Trophy awarded in New York January second.
- ^ "Notre Dame's Easy Win Over S.C. Gives Irish National Title," The Lima (O.) News, December 7, 1930, p23