The Dunkel System, also known as the Dunkel College Football Index, is a
college football
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Unlike most ...
rating system developed in 1929 by Richard C. "Dick" Dunkel, Sr. (1906–1975), to determine a national champion. Dunkel rated college football teams from 1929 until his death in 1975.
[ His ratings are recognized by the ]National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
(NCAA) in its Football Bowl Subdivision record book.[ Dunkel described his system an index and claimed that "his difference by scores is scientifically produced."
From the late 1930s through the early 1960s, Dunkel also hosted a weekly radio program called "Dick Dunkel Football Forecasts". He also issued college basketball forecasts and rankings in conjunction with ]Converse
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Mathematics and logic
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, starting in the 1940s.
Dunkel died at age 69 in December 1975 at Daytona Beach, Florida
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. From 1975 to 2002, Dunkel's son, Dick Dunkel, Jr., continued to issue ratings,[ but the popularity of the syndicated service declined. Starting in 2002, the rankings were prepared jointly by Dick Dunkel, Jr., Bob Dunkel, and John Duck, executive producer of the '']Daytona Beach News Journal
''The Daytona Beach News-Journal'' is a Florida daily newspaper serving Volusia and Flagler Counties.
It grew from the ''Halifax Journal'', which was started in 1883. The Davidson family purchased the newspaper in 1928 and retained control unti ...
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Dunkel national champions
The following list identifies the college football national champions as selected by the Dunkel System.[
† Dunkel's official website gives USC as its 2007 selection,]
See also
*NCAA Division I FBS national football championship
A national championship in the highest level of college football in the United States, currently the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), is a designation awarded annually by various organizations to their selection of the best coll ...
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://dunkelindex.com
College football championships
College football awards organizations