1950 NCAA football rankings
Preseason Aug Week 1 Oct 2 Week 2 Oct 9 Week 3 Oct 16 Week 4 Oct 23 Week 5 Oct 30 Week 6 Nov 6 Week 7 Nov 13 Week 8 Nov 20 Week 9 ( Final ) Nov 27
1 Notre Dame ( 101 ) Notre Dame ( 1-0 ) ( 63 ) Army ( 2-0 ) ( 115 ) Army ( 3-0 ) ( 124 ) SMU ( 5-0 ) ( 96 ) SMU ( 5-0 ) ( 153 ) Army ( 6-0 ) ( 88 ) Ohio State ( 6-1 ) ( 66 ) Oklahoma ( 8-0 ) ( 173 ) Oklahoma ( 10-0 ) ( 213 ) 1
2 Army ( 7 ) Michigan State ( 2-0 ) ( 32 ) SMU ( 3-0 ) ( 53 ) Oklahoma ( 3-0 ) ( 47 ) Army ( 4-0 ) ( 84 ) Army ( 5-0 ) ( 34 ) Ohio State ( 5-1 ) ( 94 ) Oklahoma ( 7-0 ) ( 63 ) Army ( 8-0 ) ( 36 ) Army ( 8-1 ) ( 38 ) 2
3 Michigan ( 3 ) SMU ( 2-0 ) ( 28 ) Oklahoma ( 2-0 ) ( 29 ) SMU ( 4-0 ) ( 63 ) Oklahoma ( 4-0 ) ( 35 ) Oklahoma ( 5-0 ) ( 25 ) Oklahoma ( 6-0 ) ( 48 ) Army ( 7-0 ) ( 72 ) Kentucky ( 10-0 ) ( 55 ) Texas ( 8-1 ) ( 4 ) 3
4 Tennessee ( 1 ) Army ( 1-0 ) ( 29 ) Texas ( 2-0 ) ( 9 ) Kentucky ( 5-0 ) ( 9 ) Kentucky ( 6-0 ) ( 15 ) Ohio State ( 4-1 ) ( 30 ) Kentucky ( 8-0 ) ( 35 ) California ( 8-0 ) ( 36 ) California ( 9-0 ) ( 20 ) Tennessee ( 9-1 ) ( 15 ) 4
5 Texas ( 7 ) Oklahoma ( 1-0 ) ( 17 ) Kentucky ( 4-0 ) ( 11 ) California ( 4-0 ) ( 1 ) California ( 5-0 ) ( 2 ) Kentucky ( 7-0 ) ( 17 ) Texas ( 5-1 ) ( 11 ) Kentucky ( 9-0 ) ( 43 ) Texas ( 7-1 ) ( 6 ) California ( 9-0-1 ) ( 8 ) 5
6 Oklahoma ( 3 ) Kentucky ( 3-0 ) ( 5 ) Stanford ( 3-0 ) ( 4 ) Stanford ( 4-0 ) Ohio State ( 3-1 ) ( 2 ) California ( 6-0 ) ( 2 ) California ( 7-0 ) ( 14 ) Texas ( 6-1 ) ( 10 ) Illinois ( 7-1 ) ( 14 ) Princeton ( 9-0 ) ( 6 ) 6
7 Stanford Texas ( 1-0 ) ( 2 ) California ( 3-0 ) ( 2 ) Texas ( 2-1 ) Texas ( 3-1 ) Texas ( 4-1 ) SMU ( 5-1 ) ( 2 ) Princeton ( 7-0 ) ( 3 ) Princeton ( 8-0 ) ( 8 ) Kentucky ( 10-1 ) ( 7 ) 7
8 Illinois ( 1 ) Stanford ( 2-0 ) ( 3 ) Maryland ( 2-1 ) ( 8 ) Maryland ( 3-1 ) ( 5 ) Tennessee ( 4-1 ) Miami ( FL ) ( 5-0 ) ( 12 ) Princeton ( 6-0 ) ( 4 ) Illinois ( 6-1 ) ( 1 ) Ohio State ( 6-2 ) Michigan State ( 8-1 ) ( 3 ) 8
9 Cornell California ( 2-0 ) ( 2 ) Purdue ( 1-1 ) ( 1 ) Ohio State ( 2-1 ) Northwestern ( 4-0 ) Princeton ( 5-0 ) ( 2 ) Miami ( FL ) ( 6-0 ) ( 8 ) Tennessee ( 7-1 ) Tennessee ( 8-1 ) ( 2 ) Michigan ( 5-3-1 ) 9
10 SMU Washington ( 2-0 ) Notre Dame ( 1-1 ) ( 1 ) Washington ( 4-0 ) ( 5 ) Cornell ( 4-0 ) ( 2 ) Illinois ( 4-1 ) Illinois ( 5-1 ) Michigan State ( 7-1 ) ( 3 ) Michigan State ( 8-1 ) ( 4 ) Clemson ( 8-0-1 ) ( 9 ) 10
11 Ohio State North Carolina ( 1-1 ) ( 1 ) Washington ( 3-0 ) ( 2 ) Notre Dame ( 2-1 ) Miami ( FL ) ( 4-0 ) ( 8 ) Tennessee ( 5-1 ) Tennessee ( 6-1 ) Clemson ( 6-0-1 ) ( 7 ) Clemson ( 7-0-1 ) ( 7 ) Washington ( 8-2 ) ( 4 ) 11
12 USC Alabama ( 2-0 ) ( 2 ) Ohio State ( 1-1 ) Clemson ( 3-0 ) ( 4 ) Illinois ( 3-1 ) ( 1 ) Washington ( 5-1 ) Michigan State ( 6-1 ) Texas A & M ( 6-2 ) ( 1 ) Wyoming ( 8-0 ) ( 3 ) Wyoming ( 9-0 ) ( 4 ) 12
13 Kentucky UCLA ( 2-0 ) Clemson ( 3-0 ) ( 4 ) Vanderbilt ( 4-0 ) Texas A & M ( 4-1 ) Michigan State ( 5-1 ) Clemson ( 5-0-1 ) ( 7 ) Wyoming ( 8-0 ) ( 2 ) Penn ( 6-2 ) Illinois ( 7-2 ) 13
14 California Duke ( 2-0 ) Tennessee ( 2-1 ) Miami ( FL ) ( 3-0 ) ( 14 ) Michigan ( 2-2 ) Clemson ( 4-0-1 ) ( 3 ) Wyoming ( 7-0 ) ( 2 ) SMU ( 5-2 ) Miami ( FL ) ( 7-0-1 ) ( 1 ) Ohio State ( 6-3 ) 14
15 Maryland Illinois ( 1-0 ) ( 1 ) Rice ( 2-0 ) ( 1 ) т Rice ( 3-0 ) Michigan State ( 4-1 ) Penn ( 4-1 ) Wisconsin ( 5-1 ) Wisconsin ( 6-1 ) SMU ( 6-2 ) Miami ( FL ) ( 8-0-1 ) ( 1 ) 15
16 Duke Cornell ( 1-0 ) Wisconsin ( 2-0 ) т Wisconsin ( 3-0 ) Clemson ( 3-0-1 ) Maryland ( 4-2 ) Nebraska ( 4-1-1 ) Wake Forest ( 5-1-1 ) Nebraska ( 6-1-1 ) ( 2 ) Ohio ( 8-2 ) ( 1 ) 16
17 Missouri Iowa ( 1-0 ) ( 2 ) Cornell ( 2-0 ) ( 2 ) Cornell ( 3-0 ) ( 2 ) Wake Forest ( 4-0-1 ) Florida ( 5-1 ) Washington ( 5-2 ) Miami ( FL ) ( 6-0-1 ) Alabama ( 7-2 ) Nebraska ( 6-2-1 ) ( 2 ) 17
18 Minnesota Clemson ( 2-0 ) ( 3 ) Michigan ( 1-1 ) Tennessee ( 3-1 ) UCLA ( 3-2 ) Wyoming ( 6-0 ) ( 2 ) Maryland ( 5-2 ) Nebraska ( 5-1-1 ) ( 1 ) Washington ( 7-2 ) Washington & Lee ( 8-2 ) ( 2 ) 18
19 Michigan State Michigan ( 0-1 ) Vanderbilt ( 3-0 ) Wake Forest ( 3-0-1 ) ( 1 ) Indiana ( 2-1-1 ) UCLA ( 4-2 ) Kansas ( 5-2 ) т Washington ( 6-2 ) Washington & Lee ( 7-2 ) ( 1 ) Tulsa ( 8-1-1 ) 19
20 North Carolina Penn ( 1-0 ) Michigan State ( 2-1 ) Northwestern ( 3-0 ) Florida ( 4-1 ) ( 1 ) Wisconsin ( 4-1 ) Lehigh ( 7-0 ) т UCLA ( 5-2 ) т Penn ( 5-2 ) Loyola Maramount ( 7-0 ) ( 1 ) Tulane ( 6-2 ) 20
Two human polls comprised the 1950 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.