1968 Year Summary
National Champion: Ohio State (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)
Heisman Memorial Trophy: O.J. Simpson (Southern California)
FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Woody Hayes (Ohio State)
AP Preseason #1: Purdue ▪ AP Final #1: Ohio State
Conference Summary
Sorted by SRS
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | Polls | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | T | Pct | G | W | L | T | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Final | Champion |
| 1 | Big Eight Conference | 8 | 83 | 44 | 39 | 0 | .530 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 9.90 | 8.87 | 2 | 3 | Kansas Oklahoma |
| 2 | Southeastern Conference | 10 | 106 | 60 | 38 | 8 | .604 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 9.39 | 6.89 | 4 | 5 | Georgia |
| 3 | Southwest Conference | 8 | 83 | 41 | 38 | 4 | .518 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.86 | 8.35 | 2 | 3 | Arkansas Texas |
| 4 | Big Ten Conference | 10 | 100 | 50 | 50 | 0 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.19 | 7.85 | 4 | 3 | Ohio State |
| 5 | Pacific-8 Conference | 8 | 82 | 42 | 34 | 6 | .549 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 6.34 | 4.57 | 3 | 2 | Southern California |
| 6 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 8 | 80 | 32 | 46 | 2 | .413 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.17 | 4.35 | 0 | 0 | North Carolina State | |
| 7 | Independent | 30 | 302 | 166 | 132 | 4 | .556 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | -1.30 | -2.85 | 4 | 3 | |
| 8 | Ivy Group | 8 | 72 | 38 | 32 | 2 | .542 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.94 | -4.53 | 0 | 0 | Harvard Yale |
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| 9 | Western Athletic Conference | 8 | 81 | 34 | 46 | 1 | .426 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | -5.68 | -3.52 | 1 | 0 | Wyoming |
| 10 | Missouri Valley Conference | 6 | 60 | 27 | 32 | 1 | .458 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6.54 | -4.59 | 0 | 0 | Memphis | |
| 11 | Mid-American Conference | 7 | 70 | 32 | 35 | 3 | .479 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | -7.58 | -8.21 | 0 | 1 | Ohio |
| 12 | Southern Conference | 8 | 80 | 32 | 48 | 0 | .400 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -10.51 | -7.16 | 0 | 0 | Richmond |
AP Poll Summary
| School | Conf | Pre | 9/16 | 9/23 | 9/30 | 10/7 | 10/14 | 10/21 | 10/28 | 11/4 | 11/11 | 11/18 | 11/25 | 12/2 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State | Big Ten | 11 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Penn State | Ind | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Texas | SWC | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Southern California | Pac-8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Notre Dame | Ind | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| Arkansas | SWC | 20 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | |||
| Kansas | Big 8 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Georgia | SEC | 18 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Missouri | Big 8 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 9 | |||||
| Purdue | Big Ten | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
| Oklahoma | Big 8 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||
| Michigan | Big Ten | 18 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 12 | |||||
| Tennessee | SEC | 9 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 13 |
| Southern Methodist | SWC | 13 | 20 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Oregon State | Pac-8 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| Auburn | SEC | 18 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 16 | |||||||||
| Alabama | SEC | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 17 | |||||
| Houston | Ind | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 18 | |||
| Louisiana State | SEC | 18 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 19 | ||||
| Ohio | MAC | 19 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 20 | |||||||
| School | Conf | Pre | 9/16 | 9/23 | 9/30 | 10/7 | 10/14 | 10/21 | 10/28 | 11/4 | 11/11 | 11/18 | 11/25 | 12/2 | Final |
| Arizona | WAC | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Arizona State | WAC | 17 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 17 | |||||||||
| California | Pac-8 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 18 | |||||||
| Florida | SEC | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 20 | ||||||
| Florida State | Ind | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Indiana | Big Ten | 13 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
| Miami (FL) | Ind | 20 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 9 | ||||||||
| Michigan State | Big Ten | 19 | 12 | 16 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Minnesota | Big Ten | 15 | 16 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Mississippi | SEC | 13 | 16 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Nebraska | Big 8 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 13 | ||||||||
| Stanford | Pac-8 | 18 | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Syracuse | Ind | 19 | 15 | 11 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Texas A&M | SWC | 12 | 13 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Texas Tech | SWC | 15 | 19 | ||||||||||||
| UCLA | Pac-8 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Wyoming | WAC | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 |
Award Winners
Consensus All-America Teams
* unanimous selection
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Offense Chris Gilbert, B, Texas Terry Hanratty, B, Notre Dame Leroy Keyes*, B, Purdue O.J. Simpson*, B, Southern California Ted Kwalick*, E, Penn State Jerry Levias, E, Southern Methodist Jim Barnes, OL, Arkansas John Didion*, OL, Oregon State Dave Foley*, OL, Ohio State George Kunz, OL, Notre Dame Mike Montler, OL, Colorado Charles Rosenfelder*, OL, Tennessee |
Defense Joe Greene, DL, North Texas Ted Hendricks*, DL, Miami (FL) Chuck Kyle, DL, Purdue Bill Stanfill, DL, Georgia Ed White, DL, California John Zook, DL, Kansas Steve Kiner, LB, Tennessee Dennis Onkotz, LB, Penn State Jake Scott, DB, Georgia Roger Wehrli, DB, Missouri Al Worley, DB, Washington |
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