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The '''Poling System''' was a mathematical rating system used to rank [[college football]] teams.<ref name=NCAA/> Its selections were published in the ''Football Review Supplement'' and several newspapers.<ref name=NCAA/> The system was developed by '''Richard R. Poling''', a native of [[Mansfield, Ohio]] who had played [[college football]] at [[Ohio Wesleyan University]]. |
The '''Poling System''' was a mathematical rating system used to rank [[college football]] teams.<ref name=NCAA/> Its selections were published in the ''Football Review Supplement'' and several newspapers.<ref name=NCAA/> The system was developed by '''Richard R. Poling''', a native of [[Mansfield, Ohio]] who had played [[college football]] at [[Ohio Wesleyan University]]. |
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The Poling System is considered by the [[NCAA]] to have been a "major selector" of [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|national championships]] for the years 1935–1984.<ref name=NCAA>{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2017/FBS.pdf |title=National Poll Rankings |author=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) |year=2017|work=NCAA Division I FBS Football Records |publisher=NCAA |pages=108–109, 111–114 |accessdate=December 7, 2017 |
The Poling System is considered by the [[NCAA]] to have been a "major selector" of [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|national championships]] for the years 1935–1984.<ref name=NCAA>{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2017/FBS.pdf |title=National Poll Rankings |author=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) |year=2017|work=NCAA Division I FBS Football Records |publisher=NCAA |pages=108–109, 111–114 |accessdate=December 7, 2017 |quote=Poling System (1935-84), a mathematical rating system for college football teams developed by Richard Poling from Mansfield, Ohio, a former football player at Ohio Wesleyan. Poling’s football ratings were published annually in the Football Review Supplement and in various newspapers. Predated national champions from 1924 to 1934.}}</ref>{{rp|108}} |
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| [[1924 college football season|1924]] || [[1924 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]] || 10–0 || [[Knute Rockne]] |
| [[1924 college football season|1924]] || [[1924 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]] || 10–0 || [[Knute Rockne]] |
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| [[1934 college football season|1934]] || [[1934 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]] || 10–0 || [[Frank Thomas (American football)|Frank Thomas]] |
| [[1934 college football season|1934]] || [[1934 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]] || 10–0 || [[Frank Thomas (American football)|Frank Thomas]] |
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| [[1935 college football season|1935]] || [[1935 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team|Minnesota]] || 8–0 || [[Bernie Bierman]] |
| [[1935 college football season|1935]] || [[1935 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team|Minnesota]] || 8–0 || [[Bernie Bierman]] |
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| [[1939 college football season|1939]] || [[1939 Texas A&M Aggies football team|Texas A&M]] || 11–0 || [[Homer H. Norton|Homer Norton]] |
| [[1939 college football season|1939]] || [[1939 Texas A&M Aggies football team|Texas A&M]] || 11–0 || [[Homer H. Norton|Homer Norton]] |
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| [[1940 college football season|1940]]<ref name="PolingSupplement1940">{{cite book |last=Poling |first=Richard R. |author-link=Poling System |date=1941 |title=The 1940 Supplement of the Football Review |url= |location=Mansfield, Ohio |publisher=Poling's Football Ratings |section=Top Teams of 1940 |quote=We predicted that STANFORD would beat NEBRASKA by from seven to ten points, and this game came home to us right – final score STANFORD 21 NEBRASKA 13. This game bore us out and thus made STANFORD NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS OF 1940. [...] No. 1 Stanford 45.06, No. 2 Minnesota 43.13, No 3. Boston College 43.0 }}</ref><ref name="UNCW_Poling_1940">{{cite archive |first=Richard R. |last=Poling |item=Poling’s Football Review Supplement, 1940 |item-url=https://archivesspace.uncw.edu/repositories/5/archival_objects/73613 |type= |item-id= |date=1941 |page= |pages= |fonds= |series= |file= |box=422 |collection=John Gunn Sports Collection |collection-url= |repository=Center for Southeast North Carolina Archives and History, William M. Randall Library |institution=University of North Carolina Wilmington |location= |oclc= |accession= |
| [[1940 college football season|1940]]<ref name="PolingSupplement1940">{{cite book |last=Poling |first=Richard R. |author-link=Poling System |date=1941 |title=The 1940 Supplement of the Football Review |url= |location=Mansfield, Ohio |publisher=Poling's Football Ratings |section=Top Teams of 1940 |quote=We predicted that STANFORD would beat NEBRASKA by from seven to ten points, and this game came home to us right – final score STANFORD 21 NEBRASKA 13. This game bore us out and thus made STANFORD NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS OF 1940. [...] No. 1 Stanford 45.06, No. 2 Minnesota 43.13, No 3. Boston College 43.0 }}</ref><ref name="UNCW_Poling_1940">{{cite archive |first=Richard R. |last=Poling |item=Poling’s Football Review Supplement, 1940 |item-url=https://archivesspace.uncw.edu/repositories/5/archival_objects/73613 |type= |item-id= |date=1941 |page= |pages= |fonds= |series= |file= |box=422 |collection=John Gunn Sports Collection |collection-url= |repository=Center for Southeast North Carolina Archives and History, William M. Randall Library |institution=University of North Carolina Wilmington |location= |oclc= |accession= }}</ref> || [[1940 Stanford Indians football team|Stanford]] || 10–0 || [[Clark Shaughnessy]] |
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| [[1941 college football season|1941]] || [[1941 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team|Minnesota]] || 8–0 || [[Bernie Bierman]] |
| [[1941 college football season|1941]] || [[1941 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team|Minnesota]] || 8–0 || [[Bernie Bierman]] |
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Latest revision as of 01:27, 8 November 2024
The Poling System was a mathematical rating system used to rank college football teams.[1] Its selections were published in the Football Review Supplement and several newspapers.[1] The system was developed by Richard R. Poling, a native of Mansfield, Ohio who had played college football at Ohio Wesleyan University.
The Poling System is considered by the NCAA to have been a "major selector" of national championships for the years 1935–1984.[1]: 108
Champions
[edit]The Poling System named contemporary champions from 1935 to 1984 and retroactively named champions from 1924 to 1934.[1]: 108–109, 111–114, 120
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2017). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I FBS Football Records. NCAA. pp. 108–109, 111–114. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
Poling System (1935-84), a mathematical rating system for college football teams developed by Richard Poling from Mansfield, Ohio, a former football player at Ohio Wesleyan. Poling's football ratings were published annually in the Football Review Supplement and in various newspapers. Predated national champions from 1924 to 1934.
- ^ Poling, Richard R. (1941). "Top Teams of 1940". The 1940 Supplement of the Football Review. Mansfield, Ohio: Poling's Football Ratings.
We predicted that STANFORD would beat NEBRASKA by from seven to ten points, and this game came home to us right – final score STANFORD 21 NEBRASKA 13. This game bore us out and thus made STANFORD NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS OF 1940. [...] No. 1 Stanford 45.06, No. 2 Minnesota 43.13, No 3. Boston College 43.0
- ^ Poling, Richard R. "Poling’s Football Review Supplement, 1940" (1941). John Gunn Sports Collection, Box: 422. Center for Southeast North Carolina Archives and History, William M. Randall Library, University of North Carolina Wilmington.
- ^ a b Poling, Richard R. (1981). "Poling's National Champions over the Years". Supplement for the 1981 Football Season. Mansfield, Ohio: Poling's Football Ratings — The 1981 Football Review.
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