The 1923 college football season saw several teams finish their seasons unbeaten and untied. Illinois (coached by Bob Zuppke) and Michigan (coached by "Hurry-Up" Yost, both members of what is now the Big Ten Conference, finished with records of 8-0-0 as did future Ivy League teams Yale and Cornell. Southern Methodist University (SMU) had a record of 9-0-0. Teams that had no defeats, but had been tied, were California (9-0-1), Texas (8-0-1), and Kansas (5-0-3).
Major conferences that existed in 1923 were the Western Conference (today's Big Ten), the Pacific Coast Conference (now the Pac-10), the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA, forerunner of the Big 12), the Southwest Conference, and the Southern Conference (whose members later formed the SEC and the ACC).
Read more about 1923 College Football Season: September, October, November, 1924 Rose Bowl, Conference Standings
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