National Champion: Notre Dame (AP)
Heisman Memorial Trophy: Angelo Bertelli (Notre Dame)
AP First #1: Notre Dame ▪ AP Final #1: Notre Dame
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | Polls | ||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | T | Pct | G | W | L | T | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Final | Champion |
| 1 | Western Conference | 9 | 82 | 40 | 39 | 3 | .506 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.92 | 12.37 | 0 | 3 | Michigan Purdue |
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| 2 | Independent | 34 | 288 | 166 | 110 | 12 | .597 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.20 | 0.84 | 0 | 11 | ||
| 3 | Southeastern Conference | 4 | 36 | 23 | 13 | 0 | .639 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.55 | -1.16 | 0 | 1 | Georgia Tech |
| 4 | Southern Conference | 9 | 75 | 40 | 35 | 0 | .533 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.80 | -3.19 | 0 | 1 | Duke | |
| 5 | Pacific Coast Conference | 3 | 29 | 13 | 16 | 0 | .448 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -5.29 | -3.08 | 0 | 0 | Southern California |
| 6 | Missouri Valley Conference | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .633 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | -5.34 | -8.66 | 0 | 1 | Tulsa |
| 7 | Big Six Conference | 6 | 51 | 21 | 29 | 1 | .422 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7.26 | -4.15 | 0 | 0 | Oklahoma | |
| 8 | Southwest Conference | 6 | 55 | 23 | 30 | 2 | .436 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | -9.31 | -8.35 | 0 | 1 | Texas |
| 9 | Mountain States Athletic Conference | 3 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -10.78 | -4.26 | 0 | 0 | Colorado | |
| School | Conf | 10/4 | 10/11 | 10/18 | 10/25 | 11/1 | 11/8 | 11/15 | 11/22 | Final |
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| Notre Dame | Ind | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Iowa Pre-Flight | Ind | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Michigan | Western | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Navy | Ind | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Purdue | Western | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Great Lakes Navy | Ind | 12 | 14 | 18 | 6 | |||||
| Duke | Southern | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| Del Monte Pre-Flight | Ind | 15 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Northwestern | Western | 19 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | |
| March Field | Ind | 16 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
| Army | Ind | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
| Washington | 19 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | |||
| Georgia Tech | SEC | 19 | 15 | 14 | 13 | |||||
| Texas | SWC | 16 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 14 | ||
| Tulsa | MVC | 13 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 15 | |||
| Dartmouth | Ind | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 16 | |||
| Bainbridge NTS | 17 | 15 | 17 | |||||||
| Colorado College | Ind | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | ||||
| Pacific | Ind | 20 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 19 | |
| Pennsylvania | Ind | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 20 |
| School | Conf | 10/4 | 10/11 | 10/18 | 10/25 | 11/1 | 11/8 | 11/15 | 11/22 | Final |
| Arkansas-Monticello | 17 | |||||||||
| California | PCC | 20 | ||||||||
| Camp Grant | Ind | 20 | ||||||||
| Georgia | SEC | 20 | ||||||||
| Louisiana State | SEC | 17 | 20 | |||||||
| Louisiana-Lafayette | 14 | 15 | ||||||||
| Memphis Navy | 13 | 15 | 19 | |||||||
| Minnesota | Western | 9 | 13 | 11 | ||||||
| Ohio State | Western | 18 | ||||||||
| Randolph Field | 18 | |||||||||
| San Diego Navy | 20 | 17 | ||||||||
| Southern California | PCC | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||
| Southwestern (TX) | 11 | 17 | 12 | |||||||
| Texas A&M | SWC | 18 | 13 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 16 |
| Heisman Memorial Trophy: | Angelo Bertelli (Notre Dame) |
| Maxwell Award: | Bob Odell (Pennsylvania) |
| AFCA Coach of the Year Award: | Amos Alonzo Stagg (Pacific) |
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Angelo Bertelli, B, Notre Dame Bill Daley*, B, Michigan Creighton Miller, B, Notre Dame Bob Odell, B, Pennsylvania Ralph Heywood, E, Southern California John Yonakor, E, Notre Dame Alex Agase, L, Purdue Pat Filley, L, Notre Dame Casimir Myslinski*, L, Army Jim White, L, Notre Dame Don Whitmire, L, Navy |