October
On October 2 In Pittsburgh, Notre Dame shut out Pitt, 40-0, while in Dallas, SMU defeated Texas Tech 41-6. Penn State beat Bucknell 35-0, Michigan beat Oregon 14-0. North Carolina won at Georgia 21-14. Army beat Lafayette 54-7. Northwestern beat Prudue 21-0. When the first poll was issued, Notre Dame had fewer first place votes than North Carolina (50 vs. 55), but ten more points overall (1,200 to 1,190) Northewstern was third, followed by SMU and Army. Though unbeaten, Michigan was ranked 7th, after Georgia Tech.
On October 9 #1 Notre Dame beat Michigan State 26-7. #2 North Carolina won at Wake Forest, 28-6, and was ranked first in the next poll. #3 Northwestern beat #8 Minnesota 19-16. #4 SMU lost at Missouri, 20-14. #5 Army won at Illinois, 26-21. #7 Michigan, which had won at #15 Purdue, 40-0, rose to 4th.
October 16 #1 North Carolina beat N.C. State 14-0, but dropped to third in the next poll. #2 Notre Dame won at Nebraska 44-13. In Ann Arbor, MI, #3 Northwestern faced Big Nine rival #4 Michigan, and the home team Wolverines won 28-0. #5 Army defeated Harvard 20-7. Michigan moved up to first place in the next poll, and #6 California (which beat Oregon State 42-0) replaced Northwestern in the Top Five.
October 23 In Minneapolis, #1 Michigan beat #13 Minnesota 27-14, and #2 Notre Dame won at Iowa 27-12. #3 North Carolina beat visiting LSU 34-7. In Seattle, #4 California blanked Washington 21-0, and #5 Army won at #12 Cornell 27-6.
October 30 #1 Michigan beat Illinois 28-20, while in Baltimore, #2 Notre Dame beat Navy 41-7. #3 North Carolina won at Tennessee 14-7. In Los Angeles, #4 California beat USC, 13-7. #5 Army beat Virginia Tech 49-7. In the next poll, Notre Dame was ranked at the new number one.
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