1933 college football season
Rank Team Record Rating
1 Michigan 7-0-1 28.52
2 Nebraska 8-1 24.61
3 Minnesota 4-0-4 23.87
4 Pittsburgh 8-1 23.01
5 Ohio State 7-1 22.79
6 USC 10-1-1 22.61
7 Princeton 9-0 22.50
8 Oregon 9-1 22.36
9 Army 9-1 22.16
10 Purdue 6-1-1 21.88
11 Stanford 9-1-1 20.34
Final Dickinson rankings
Michigan ( 7–0–1 ) , Minnesota ( 4–0–4 ) and Princeton ( 9–0 ) were all unbeaten , and Princeton was untied as well . Based on its schedule , Michigan was ranked highest by Professor Dickinson . As in 1932 , Dickinson , an economics professor at the University of Illinois , included four Big Ten Conference teams among the best in the nation . In 1933 , they were Michigan , Minnesota , Ohio State , and Purdue . [ 9 ]
The 1933 college football season saw the Michigan Wolverines repeat as winners of the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as national champion under the Dickinson System. The unofficial East-West championship game, the Rose Bowl, was between Stanford (8-1-1) who was ranked behind USC and unranked Columbia (7-1). The Columbia Lions won the Rose Bowl game 7-0.