The Boand System was a system for determining the
college football national championship
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.
It was also known as the Azzi Ratem system (derived from "As I rate 'em").
The system was developed by William F. Boand.
The rankings were based on mathematical formula.
The Boand System is recognized as a "National Champion Major Selector" by the ''Official NCAA Division I Records Book.''
Boand announced annual national champions on a current basis from 1930 to 1960. He also chose national champions on a retroactive basis for the years from 1919 to 1929. In the 1937 edition of ''The Illustrated Football Annual'' Boand went back and re-rated the seasons since 1924, this time including bowl game results in his calculations.
The rankings appeared in many newspapers, the ''Illustrated Football Annual'' from 1932-1942, and ''
Football News'' from 1942 to 1944 and again from 1951 to 1960.
The design of the system sought to combine the best parts of the
Dickinson System
The Dickinson System was a mathematical point formula that awarded national championships in college football. Devised by University of Illinois economics professor Frank G. Dickinson, the system crowned national champions from 1925 to 1940. Dicki ...
, with mathematical systems developed by Ralph Powell of
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...
and William T. Van de Graaf, football coach and mathematics instructor at
Colorado College
Colorado College is a private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was founded in 1874 by Thomas Nelson Haskell in his daughter's memory. The college enrolls approxi ...
.
Prominent football coaches
Knute Rockne,
Howard Jones, and
Pop Warner
Glenn Scobey Warner (April 5, 1871 – September 7, 1954), most commonly known as Pop Warner, was an American college football coach at various institutions who is responsible for several key aspects of the modern game. Included among his inn ...
consulted with Boand on the rankings.
At various times, the system was applied to
high school football
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rankings.
National champions
See also
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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 co ...
Further reading
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References
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College football championships
College football awards organizations