1947 college football season

1947 NCAA football season
Total # of teams	120
First AP #1 of season	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Number of bowls	13
Champions	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (AP) Michigan Wolverines
Heisman	Johnny Lujack, Notre Dame QB
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1947 Big 6 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#12 Kansas +	4	–	0	–	1			8	–	1	–	2
#16 Oklahoma +	4	–	0	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Missouri	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Nebraska	2	–	3	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

1947 Big Nine football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Michigan $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Minnesota	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Illinois	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Purdue	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Indiana	2	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Iowa	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Northwestern	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Ohio State	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1947 Lone Star Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
North Texas State †	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
East Texas State	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Southwest Texas State	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Trinity	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	2
Stephen F. Austin	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Sam Houston State	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Houston	0	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1947 MSC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Utah $	6	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	1
Denver	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Utah State	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Colorado	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Colorado State	2	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Wyoming	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
BYU	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion

1947 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#8 USC $	6	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
#15 California	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Oregon	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
UCLA	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Montana	2	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Washington	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Stanford	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1947 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#13 Ole Miss $	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
#10 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
#6 Alabama	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Georgia	3	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	1
Vanderbilt	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Tulane	2	–	3	–	2			2	–	5	–	2
LSU	2	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Kentucky	2	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Auburn	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Florida	0	–	3	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1947 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#14 William & Mary	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
#9 North Carolina	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
#19 Duke	3	–	1	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
Washington and Lee	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Maryland	3	–	2	–	1			7	–	2	–	2
#17 NC State	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
VPI	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Davidson	3	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Wake Forest	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
VMI	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Clemson	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Furman	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Richmond	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
George Washington	0	–	4	–	9			1	–	7	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1947 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#3 SMU $	5	–	0	–	1			9	–	0	–	2
#5 Texas	5	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
#18 Rice	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
TCU	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	5	–	2
Arkansas	1	–	4	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Texas A&M	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Baylor	1	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1947 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
New Hampshire $	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Maine	2	–	1	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Connecticut	1	–	2	–	0			2	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
UMass	0	–	1	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Vermont	0	–	1	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 NCAA football season finished with Notre Dame, Michigan and Penn State all unbeaten and untied, but the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame were the first place choice for 107 of the 142 voters in the AP Poll, and repeated as national champions. Michigan went on to meet USC in the Rose Bowl and won 49-0, while Penn State was tied 13-13 by SMU in the Cotton Bowl Classic, and Notre Dame didn’t participate in the postseason. An unofficial post bowl AP poll was conducted with Michigan and Notre Dame as the only options and Michigan won by a vote of 226 to 119.

During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the college football teams that would later be described as "Division I-A". The NCAA did recognize a national champion based upon the final results of the Associated Press poll of sportswriters (the UPI Coaches Poll would not start until 1950). The extent of that recognition came in the form of acknowledgment in the annual NCAA Football Guide of the "unofficial" national champions.

The Associated Press did not poll the writers until after the games of October 4. Among the five teams that had been ranked highest in 1946 (Notre Dame, Army, Georgia, UCLA and Illinois).

Georgia opened on September 20 with a 34-7 win over Southern Mississippi in (site). UCLA hosted Iowa the following Friday and won 22-7.

The next day, September 27, Army beat Villanova 13-0, Illinois beat Pittsburgh 14-0, and Georgia beat Tennessee, 27-0.

On October 4 Notre Dame won at Pittsburgh 40-6. Army shut out visiting Colorado 47-0. Georgia beat Tulane in New Orleans, 20-0. UCLA lost at Northwestern 27-26. Illinois won at Iowa 35-12. When the first poll came out that Monday, Notre Dame was the favorite of a bare majority (52 of 103) of the voters, followed by Michigan, Texas, Georgia Tech and Army. Illinois was ranked 6th, Penn 7th, California 8th and Georgia was ranked 9th.

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