1950 NCAA football rankings


Two human polls comprised the 1950 National Collegiate Athletic Association 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.

Legend

AP Poll

This was the first season that the AP released a preseason poll before any games were played in August. The final AP Poll was released on November 27, near the end of the 1950 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.

Coaches' Poll

This was the first year for the UP Coaches Poll, and its final edition was released prior to the bowl games, on
Oklahoma received 32 of the 35 first-place votes, with one vote each to Princeton, Michigan State,
RankingTeamConferenceBowl
1OklahomaBig SevenLost Sugar, 7–13
2TexasSouthwestLost Cotton, 14–20
3TennesseeSECWon Cotton, 20–14
4CaliforniaPacific CoastLost Rose, 6–14
5ArmyIndependentnone
6MichiganBig TenWon Rose, 14–6
7KentuckySECWon Sugar, 13–7
8PrincetonIndependentnone
9Michigan StateIndependentnone
10Ohio StateBig Tennone
11IllinoisBig Tennone
12ClemsonSouthernWon Orange, 15–14
13Miami IndependentLost Orange, 14–15
14WyomingSkylinenone
15BaylorSouthwestnone
15WashingtonPacific Coastnone
17AlabamaSECnone
18Washington & LeeSouthernnone
19NavyIndependentnone
20CornellIndependentnone
20NebraskaBig Sevennone
20WisconsinBig Tennone