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1969 Year Summary

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National Champion: Texas (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Steve Owens (Oklahoma)
FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Bo Schembechler (Michigan)

AP Preseason #1: Ohio State ▪ AP Final #1: Texas

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 46 37 0 .554 3 2 1 0 .667 13.14 10.90 2 3 Missouri
Nebraska
2 Southeastern Conference 10 106 63 41 2 .604 6 2 4 0 .333 11.77 7.88 5 5 Tennessee
3 Pacific-8 Conference 8 82 43 35 4 .549 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.91 8.25 3 3 Southern California
4 Big Ten Conference 10 100 47 52 1 .475 1 0 1 0 .000 5.79 6.93 5 3 Michigan
Ohio State
5 Southwest Conference 8 82 38 44 0 .463 2 1 1 0 .500 5.21 6.03 2 2 Texas
6 Western Athletic Conference 8 80 43 37 0 .538 0 0 0 0 2.44 1.69 0 0 Arizona State
7 Independent 27 269 135 129 5 .511 4 3 1 0 .750 -1.10 -1.33 3 4
8 Mid-American Conference 7 71 41 29 1 .585 1 1 0 0 1.000 -1.33 -4.66 0 0 Toledo
9 Pacific Coast Athletic Association 7 71 40 31 0 .563 1 1 0 0 1.000 -5.23 -6.11 0 0 San Diego State
10 Atlantic Coast Conference 8 81 31 48 2 .395 1 0 1 0 .000 -6.67 -2.31 0 0 South Carolina
11 Missouri Valley Conference 6 60 27 32 1 .458 0 0 0 0 -6.84 -3.91 0 0 Memphis
12 Ivy Group 8 72 35 37 0 .486 0 0 0 0 -9.27 -9.52 0 0 Dartmouth
Princeton
Yale
13 Southern Conference 7 70 26 43 1 .379 1 0 1 0 .000 -14.75 -9.98 0 0 Davidson
Richmond

AP Poll Summary

School Conf Pre 9/22 9/29 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17 11/24 12/1 12/8 Final
Texas SWC 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
Penn State Ind 3 2 2 5 5 8 5 5 5 4 3 3 2 2
Southern California Pac-8 5 5 5 4 3 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 3
Ohio State Big Ten 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4
Notre Dame Ind 11 9   15 11 12 10 8 9 8 8 9 9 5
Missouri Big 8 10 11 9 7 6 5 14 9 8 7 6 6 6 6
Arkansas SWC 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 3 7
Mississippi SEC 9 8 20   19 17   17 18 13 14 14 13 8
Michigan Big Ten   20 13   13   20 18 14 12 7 7 7 9
Louisiana State SEC     16 14 9 9 8 12 12 10 9 8 8 10
Nebraska Big 8       20       20 17 16 13 13 14 11
Houston Ind 7               18 19 18 19 17 12
UCLA Pac-8 17 14 11 11 8 6 9 7 7 6 11 10 10 13
Florida SEC   12 12 12 10 10 7 13 15 15 17 18 15 14
Tennessee SEC 15 19 10 10 7 3 3 3 3 9 10 12 11 15
Colorado Big 8             18             16
West Virginia Ind     18 17           18 19 16 19 17
Purdue Big Ten 18 16 8 9 17 15 13 10 10 17 16 15 17 18
Stanford Pac-8 16   17 16 18 19 16 14 13 14 15 17 16 19
Auburn SEC 20 17   20 15 14 17 11 11 11 12 11 12 20
School Conf Pre 9/22 9/29 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17 11/24 12/1 12/8 Final
Air Force Ind           20 19 19 20          
Alabama SEC 13 15 15 13 20                  
Arizona State WAC   18                        
Georgia SEC 8 7 7 6 14 13 11 16 16          
Indiana Big Ten 14 10                        
Kansas State Big 8           18 12 15            
Michigan State Big Ten 12 13 14 19                    
Minnesota Big Ten 19                          
Oklahoma Big 8 6 6 6 8 12 11   20            
Toledo MAC                   20 20 20 20  
Wyoming WAC     19 18 16 16 15