1949 Polls

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National Champion: Notre Dame (AP)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Leon Hart (Notre Dame)

AP First #1: Michigan ▪ AP Final #1: Notre Dame

AP Polls

Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
1	1949-10-03	1	Michigan	NA	—	Western
1	1949-10-03	2	Notre Dame	NA	—	Ind
1	1949-10-03	3	Oklahoma	NA	—	Big 7
1	1949-10-03	4	Tulane	NA	—	SEC
1	1949-10-03	5	Minnesota	NA	—	Western
1	1949-10-03	6	North Carolina	NA	—	Southern
1	1949-10-03	7	Army	NA	—	Ind
1	1949-10-03	8	Southern California	NA	—	PCC
1	1949-10-03	9	Southern Methodist	NA	—	SWC
1	1949-10-03	10	California	NA	—	PCC
1	1949-10-03	11	Ohio State	NA	—	Western
1	1949-10-03	12	Texas	NA	—	SWC
1	1949-10-03	13	Michigan State	NA	—	Ind
1	1949-10-03	14	Duke	NA	—	Southern
1	1949-10-03	15	Kentucky	NA	—	SEC
1	1949-10-03	16	Villanova	NA	—	Ind
1	1949-10-03	17	Cornell	NA	—	Ind
1	1949-10-03	18	UCLA	NA	—	PCC
1	1949-10-03	19	Pittsburgh	NA	—	Ind
1	1949-10-03	20	Missouri	NA	—	Big 7
1	1949-10-03	20	Northwestern	NA	—	Western
1	1949-10-03	20	Pennsylvania	NA	—	Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
2	1949-10-10	1	Notre Dame	2	1	Ind
2	1949-10-10	2	Army	7	5	Ind
2	1949-10-10	3	Oklahoma	3	NC	Big 7
2	1949-10-10	4	Tulane	4	NC	SEC
2	1949-10-10	5	Minnesota	5	NC	Western
2	1949-10-10	6	North Carolina	6	NC	Southern
2	1949-10-10	7	Michigan	1	6	Western
2	1949-10-10	8	Kentucky	15	7	SEC
2	1949-10-10	9	California	10	1	PCC
2	1949-10-10	10	Southern Methodist	9	1	SWC
2	1949-10-10	11	Ohio State	11	NC	Western
2	1949-10-10	12	Southern California	8	4	PCC
2	1949-10-10	13	UCLA	18	5	PCC
2	1949-10-10	14	Cornell	17	3	Ind
2	1949-10-10	15	Pittsburgh	19	4	Ind
2	1949-10-10	16	Texas	12	4	SWC
2	1949-10-10	17	Villanova	16	1	Ind
2	1949-10-10	18	Navy			Ind
2	1949-10-10	19	Michigan State	13	6	Ind
2	1949-10-10	20	Baylor			SWC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
3	1949-10-17	1	Notre Dame	1	NC	Ind
3	1949-10-17	2	Army	2	NC	Ind
3	1949-10-17	3	Minnesota	5	2	Western
3	1949-10-17	4	Oklahoma	3	1	Big 7
3	1949-10-17	5	California	9	4	PCC
3	1949-10-17	6	North Carolina	6	NC	Southern
3	1949-10-17	7	Kentucky	8	1	SEC
3	1949-10-17	8	Cornell	14	6	Ind
3	1949-10-17	9	Rice			SWC
3	1949-10-17	10	Texas	16	6	SWC
3	1949-10-17	11	Baylor	20	9	SWC
3	1949-10-17	12	Michigan	7	5	Western
3	1949-10-17	13	Northwestern			Western
3	1949-10-17	14	Pennsylvania			Ind
3	1949-10-17	15	Michigan State	19	4	Ind
3	1949-10-17	16	Pittsburgh	15	1	Ind
3	1949-10-17	17	Southern Methodist	10	7	SWC
3	1949-10-17	18	Missouri			Big 7
3	1949-10-17	19	Southern California	12	7	PCC
3	1949-10-17	20	Tulane	4	16	SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
4	1949-10-24	1	Notre Dame	1	NC	Ind
4	1949-10-24	2	Army	2	NC	Ind
4	1949-10-24	3	Oklahoma	4	1	Big 7
4	1949-10-24	4	California	5	1	PCC
4	1949-10-24	5	Rice	9	4	SWC
4	1949-10-24	6	Michigan	12	6	Western
4	1949-10-24	7	Minnesota	3	4	Western
4	1949-10-24	8	Cornell	8	NC	Ind
4	1949-10-24	9	Pennsylvania	14	5	Ind
4	1949-10-24	10	Baylor	11	1	SWC
4	1949-10-24	11	Southern Methodist	17	6	SWC
4	1949-10-24	12	Michigan State	15	3	Ind
4	1949-10-24	13	North Carolina	6	7	Southern
4	1949-10-24	14	Kentucky	7	7	SEC
4	1949-10-24	15	Southern California	19	4	PCC
4	1949-10-24	16	Missouri	18	2	Big 7
4	1949-10-24	17	Louisiana State			SEC
4	1949-10-24	18	Ohio State			Western
4	1949-10-24	19	Texas	10	9	SWC
4	1949-10-24	20	UCLA			PCC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
5	1949-10-31	1	Notre Dame	1	NC	Ind
5	1949-10-31	2	Army	2	NC	Ind
5	1949-10-31	3	Oklahoma	3	NC	Big 7
5	1949-10-31	4	California	4	NC	PCC
5	1949-10-31	5	Michigan	6	1	Western
5	1949-10-31	6	Baylor	10	4	SWC
5	1949-10-31	7	Cornell	8	1	Ind
5	1949-10-31	8	Rice	5	3	SWC
5	1949-10-31	9	Southern Methodist	11	2	SWC
5	1949-10-31	10	Michigan State	12	2	Ind
5	1949-10-31	11	Ohio State	18	7	Western
5	1949-10-31	12	Southern California	15	3	PCC
5	1949-10-31	13	Kentucky	14	1	SEC
5	1949-10-31	14	Tennessee			SEC
5	1949-10-31	15	Iowa			Western
5	1949-10-31	16	Duke			Southern
5	1949-10-31	17	Louisiana State	17	NC	SEC
5	1949-10-31	18	Boston University			Ind
5	1949-10-31	19	Virginia			Ind
5	1949-10-31	20	Fordham			Ind
5	1949-10-31	20	Pennsylvania	9	11	Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
6	1949-11-07	1	Notre Dame	1	NC	Ind
6	1949-11-07	2	Army	2	NC	Ind
6	1949-11-07	3	Oklahoma	3	NC	Big 7
6	1949-11-07	4	California	4	NC	PCC
6	1949-11-07	5	Michigan	5	NC	Western
6	1949-11-07	6	Cornell	7	1	Ind
6	1949-11-07	7	Rice	8	1	SWC
6	1949-11-07	8	Michigan State	10	2	Ind
6	1949-11-07	9	Minnesota			Western
6	1949-11-07	10	Virginia	19	9	Ind
6	1949-11-07	11	Ohio State	11	NC	Western
6	1949-11-07	12	Southern Methodist	9	3	SWC
6	1949-11-07	13	Texas			SWC
6	1949-11-07	14	Kentucky	13	1	SEC
6	1949-11-07	15	Boston University	18	3	Ind
6	1949-11-07	16	Louisiana State	17	1	SEC
6	1949-11-07	17	Stanford			PCC
6	1949-11-07	18	Wake Forest			Southern
6	1949-11-07	19	Pacific
6	1949-11-07	20	Santa Clara			Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
7	1949-11-14	1	Notre Dame	1	NC	Ind
7	1949-11-14	2	Oklahoma	3	1	Big 7
7	1949-11-14	3	California	4	1	PCC
7	1949-11-14	4	Army	2	2	Ind
7	1949-11-14	5	Michigan	5	NC	Western
7	1949-11-14	6	Rice	7	1	SWC
7	1949-11-14	7	Ohio State	11	4	Western
7	1949-11-14	8	Minnesota	9	1	Western
7	1949-11-14	9	Virginia	10	1	Ind
7	1949-11-14	10	Southern Methodist	12	2	SWC
7	1949-11-14	11	Kentucky	14	3	SEC
7	1949-11-14	12	Stanford	17	5	PCC
7	1949-11-14	13	Louisiana State	16	3	SEC
7	1949-11-14	14	Dartmouth			Ind
7	1949-11-14	15	Baylor			SWC
7	1949-11-14	16	Maryland			Southern
7	1949-11-14	17	Cornell	6	11	Ind
7	1949-11-14	18	Michigan State	8	10	Ind
7	1949-11-14	19	Santa Clara	20	1	Ind
7	1949-11-14	19	Tulane			SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
8	1949-11-21	1	Notre Dame	1	NC	Ind
8	1949-11-21	2	California	3	1	PCC
8	1949-11-21	3	Oklahoma	2	1	Big 7
8	1949-11-21	4	Army	4	NC	Ind
8	1949-11-21	5	Ohio State	7	2	Western
8	1949-11-21	6	Michigan	5	1	Western
8	1949-11-21	7	Rice	6	1	SWC
8	1949-11-21	8	Minnesota	8	NC	Western
8	1949-11-21	9	Baylor	15	6	SWC
8	1949-11-21	10	Tulane	19	9	SEC
8	1949-11-21	11	Pacific
8	1949-11-21	12	Stanford	12	NC	PCC
8	1949-11-21	13	Louisiana State	13	NC	SEC
8	1949-11-21	14	Santa Clara	19	5	Ind
8	1949-11-21	15	Maryland	16	1	Southern
8	1949-11-21	16	Villanova			Ind
8	1949-11-21	17	Southern California			PCC
8	1949-11-21	18	Tennessee			SEC
8	1949-11-21	19	North Carolina			Southern
8	1949-11-21	20	Kentucky	11	9	SEC
8	1949-11-21	20	Cornell	17	3	Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
9	Final	1	Notre Dame	1	NC	Ind
9	Final	2	Oklahoma	3	1	Big 7
9	Final	3	California	2	1	PCC
9	Final	4	Army	4	NC	Ind
9	Final	5	Rice	7	2	SWC
9	Final	6	Ohio State	5	1	Western
9	Final	7	Michigan	6	1	Western
9	Final	8	Minnesota	8	NC	Western
9	Final	9	Louisiana State	13	4	SEC
9	Final	10	Pacific	11	1
9	Final	11	Kentucky	20	9	SEC
9	Final	12	Cornell	20	8	Ind
9	Final	13	Villanova	16	3	Ind
9	Final	14	Maryland	15	1	Southern
9	Final	15	Santa Clara	14	1	Ind
9	Final	16	North Carolina	19	3	Southern
9	Final	17	Tennessee	18	1	SEC
9	Final	18	Princeton			Ind
9	Final	19	Michigan State			Ind
9	Final	20	Baylor	9	11	SWC
9	Final	20	Missouri			Big 7

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