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1926 college football season

1926 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Michigan + 5 0 0     7 1 0
Northwestern + 5 0 0     7 1 0
Ohio State 3 1 0     7 1 0
Purdue 2 1 1     5 2 1
Wisconsin 3 2 1     5 2 1
Illinois 2 2 0     6 2 0
Minnesota 2 2 0     5 3 0
Indiana 0 4 0     3 5 0
Iowa 0 5 0     3 5 0
Chicago 0 5 0     2 6 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System
1926 Missouri Valley football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Oklahoma A&M $ 3 0 1     3 4 1
Nebraska 5 1 0     6 2 0
Grinnell 3 1 1     6 1 1
Missouri 3 1 1     5 1 2
Oklahoma 3 2 1     5 2 1
Kansas State 2 2 0     5 3 0
Iowa State 3 3 1     4 3 1
Drake 1 4 0     2 6 0
Kansas 1 5 0     2 6 0
Washington (MO) 0 6 0     1 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1926 New England Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Connecticut +   2 1         7 1  
Maine +   2 1         7 1  
New Hampshire +   2 1         4 4  
Rhode Island   0 3         1 6  
  • + – Conference co-champions
1926 PCC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Stanford $ 4 0 0     10 0 1
USC 5 1 0     8 2 0
Oregon Agricultural 4 1 0     7 1 0
Washington State 4 1 0     6 1 0
Washington 3 2 0     8 2 0
Oregon 1 4 0     2 4 1
Idaho 1 4 0     3 4 1
Montana 0 4 0     3 5 0
California 0 5 0     3 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1926 RMFAC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Utah $ 5 0 0     7 0 0
Colorado 2 5 1     3 5 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1926 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Centenary + 5 0 0     5 3 0
Chattanooga + 4 0 0     6 2 0
Centre 2 0 2     3 4 2
Furman 4 1 1     8 1 1
Presbyterian 4 1 0     7 2 0
Mississippi College 4 1 0     7 3 0
Stetson 3 1 0     5 1 1
Louisville 3 1 0     6 2 0
Louisiana Tech 3 1 0     5 2 2
The Citadel 4 3 0     7 3 0
Southern 2 2 0     4 4 0
Western Kentucky 1 1 1     4 4 1
Millsaps 1 1 0     1 3 0
SW Louisiana 1 2 0     6 3 1
Howard 1 2 0     4 4 1
Newberry 2 4 0     2 5 0
Mercer 0 1 1     1 2 1
Georgetown 0 1 1     0 1 1
Rollins 0 2 0     0 2 0
Union (TN) 0 2 0     0 2 0
Wofford 0 2 0     0 2 0
Kentucky Wesleyan 0 2 0     0 3 0
Louisiana College 0 2 0     0 3 0
Erskine 0 3 0     0 3 0
Loyola 0 0 0     1 0 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1926 SCIAC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Caltech 3 2 0      ?  ?  ?
Occidental 3 2 0      ?  ?  ?
Pomona 3 2 0      ?  ?  ?
SBUC 3 2 0     5 3 0
Whittier 3 2 0     4 4 1
Redlands 0 5 0     0 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1926 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Alabama $ 8 0 0     9 0 1
Tennessee 5 1 0     8 1 0
Vanderbilt 4 1 0     8 1 0
South Carolina 4 2 0     6 4 0
Georgia 4 2 0     5 4 0
Virginia 4 2 1     6 2 2
VPI 3 2 1     5 3 1
Washington and Lee 3 2 1     4 3 2
Georgia Tech 4 3 0     4 5 0
North Carolina 3 3 0     4 5 0
Auburn 3 3 0     5 4 0
LSU 3 3 0     6 3 0
Ole Miss 2 2 0     5 4 0
Mississippi A&M 2 3 0     5 4 0
VMI 2 4 0     5 5 0
Tulane 2 4 0     3 5 1
Maryland 1 3 1     5 4 1
Clemson 1 3 0     2 7 0
Florida 1 4 1     2 6 2
Kentucky 1 4 1     2 6 1
NC State 0 4 0     4 6 0
Sewanee 0 5 0     2 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1926 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
SMU $ 5 0 0     8 0 1
Baylor 3 1 1     6 3 1
Texas 2 2 0     5 4 0
Arkansas 2 2 0     5 5 0
TCU 1 1 2     6 1 2
Texas A&M 1 3 1     5 3 1
Rice 0 4 0     4 4 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1926 NCAA football season was the first in which an attempt was made to recognize a national champion after the season.

Stanford University, coached by Pop Warner, was the #1 team in the nation under the new Dickinson System and awarded the Rissman Trophy. Unbeaten Stanford (10-0) faced unbeaten Alabama (9-0) in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena and the two teams played to a 7-7 tie. Meanwhile, Parke H. Davis, a renowned football historian and football rules committee member, declared Lafayette College (9-0) national champions in Spalding's Football Guide. Subsequently, the Leopards are also recognized as a co-national champions in the 1926 season.

September 18 A few schools opened their seasons early, as Stanford beat Fresno State 44-0. On September 25 Stanford beat visiting Caltech, 13-0 and USC defeated Whittier 74-0; Brown beat the University of Rhode Island, 14-0 and Pennsylvania (which had all 9 of its games scheduled at home in Philadelphia) shut out Franklin & Marshall, 41-0. Lafayette beat Muhlenberg College 35-0 In the South, defending Rose Bowl champion Alabama beat Millsaps College (Jackson, Miss) 54-0. Tennessee defeated Carson-Newman, 13-0.

October 2 Navy opened its season with a 17-13 win over Purdue, while Army started with a 21-0 win over Mercy College of Detroit. Brown beat Colby College (of Maine), 35-0 and Pennsylvania beat Johns Hopkins, 40-7. Lafayette won again, beating Schuylkill (which later was merged with Albright College) 47-0;


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