1935 College Football Season - The United Press Sport Writers' Poll

The United Press Sport Writers' Poll

Although the AP would begin the first weekly writers' poll in 1936, and UPI would not follow until 1950, United Press did conduct a season's end poll in 1935. Writers from 112 papers were asked to vote for their Top Ten, and then the choices were to be weighted, with 10 points for first, 9 points for second, etc. The results placed Minnesota first and SMU second

Ranking Team
1 Minnesota
2 SMU
3 Princeton
4 TCU
5 Ohio State
6 Stanford
7 LSU
8 Notre Dame
9 California
10 Pittsburgh
11 Fordham
12 North Carolina
13 Duke
14 Holy Cross
15 Auburn
16 Northwestern
17 Alabama
18 (t) Army
18 (t) Iowa
18 (t) UCLA
21 (t) Nebraska
21 (t) Ohio U.
23 (t) Marquette
23 (t) Washington
23 (t) St. Mary's
26 Temple
26 Dartmouth
26 NYU

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