The college football rankings for the

1936 college football season The 1936 college football season was the first in which the Associated Press writers' poll selected a national champion. The first AP poll, taken of 35 writers, was released on October 20, 1936. Each writer listed his choice for the top ten teams ...

included the first AP Poll, the Toledo Cup rankings based on input from a judge's committee of 250 sports editors, and the Litkenhous Ratings. The

1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team The 1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1936 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers compiled a 7–1 record and outscored their oppon ...

was ranked as the national champion in all three rankings.

Legend

AP Poll

The final AP Poll was released on November 30, at the end of the 1936 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until

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Toledo Cup

For the third consecutive year, Minnesota won the Toledo Cup as college football's national champion. The Toledo Cup award was based on input from a judge's committee of 250 sports editors of leading newspapers. By winning the cup for the third consecutive years, Minnesota received permanent possession of the cup. The results of preliminary balloting were as follows: 1. Minnesota - 582 points
2. Northwestern - 525 points
3. Fordham - 135 points
4. LSU - 95 points
5. Pittsburgh - 94 points
6. Alabama - 61 points
7. Santa Clara - 60 points
8. Marquette - 38 points
9. Washington - 29 points
10. (tie) Dartmouth - 5 points
10. (tie) Duke - 5 points
12. Penn - 3 points
13. Nebraska - 2 points The vote tally in the final round was as follows: 1. Minnesota - 230 votes
2. LSU - 7 votes
3. Northwestern - 6 votes
4. Fordham - 2 votes

Litkenhous Ratings

The post-bowl final Litkenhous Ratings for 1936 ranked 618 college football teams. The top 125 teams were as follows: 1. Minnesota
2. Pittsburgh
3. LSU
4. Ohio State
5. Duke
6. Notre Dame
7. Alabama
8. Nebraska
9. Washington
10. Duquesne
11. Mississippi State
12. Army
13. Northwestern
14. Georgia Tech
15. Auburn
16. Tennessee
17. Arkansas
18. Baldwin–Wallace
19. Santa Clara
20. Marquette
21.

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22. Purdue
23. Indiana
24. Penn
25. TCU
26. Michigan State
27. Detroit
28. USC
29. Colgate
30. North Carolina
31.

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32.

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33. Princeton
34. Hardin–Simmons
35. Temple
36. Yale
37. Ole Miss
38.

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39. Tulane
40. Villanova
41. Texas A&M
42. Kentucky
43. SMU
44. Navy
45.

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46. California
47. Vanderbilt
48. Manhattan
49. Tulsa
50. Western Reserve
51. Rice
52. Iowa
53. Georgetown
54. Clemson
55. Michigan
56. Illinois
57. UCLA
58. Baylor
59. Georgia
60. West Virginia
61. Washington State
62.

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63.

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64.

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

65. Missouri
66.

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67.

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68. Wake Forest
69. Kansas State
70. Oregon State
71. Wisconsin
72.

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73. DePaul
74. Kearney State
75. Texas
76.

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77.

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78.

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79. West Virginia Wesleyan
80.

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81. NC State
82. Arizona
83. Louisiana Tech
84. Connecticut State
85.

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86. Waynesburg
87.

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88. Creighton
89. Marshall
90. Miami (FL)
91. Washington University
92.

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, 93.

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94. Maryland
95. Bucknell
96.

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97.

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98. Drake
99. Florida
100. La Salle
101. Loyola (Los Angeles)
102. Colorado
103.

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104.

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105. St. Benedict
106.

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107.

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108. North Dakota
109. Saint Louis
110. St. Bonaventure
111. Western Maryland
112. South Carolina
113.

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114. Utah
115.

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116. St. Thomas (PA)
117. Boston University
118.

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119. Denver
120. Augustana (SD)
121. Connecticut State
122. Furman
123.

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124.

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125. Oregon

References

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