1949 NCAA Division I-A football season

1949 NCAA football season
Total # of teams	119
First AP #1 of season	Michigan Wolverines
Number of bowls	9
Champions	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Heisman	Leon Hart, Notre Dame E
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1949 Big 7 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Oklahoma $	5	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	0
#20 Missouri	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Nebraska	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Kansas	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Colorado	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1949 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#6 Ohio State +	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	2
#7 Michigan +	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
#8 Minnesota	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Illinois	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	2
Iowa	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Purdue	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Indiana	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

1949 Gulf Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Midwestern State $	10	–	1	–	0			3	–	0	–	0
North Texas State	8	–	4	–	0			2	–	1	–	0
Houston	5	–	4	–	1			1	–	2	–	0
Trinity	6	–	5	–	1			0	–	3	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1949 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#3 California $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
UCLA	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Stanford	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	1
USC	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Oregon State	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Washington	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Montana	0	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1949 MSC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Wyoming $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Colorado A&M	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Denver	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Utah	2	–	3	–	0			2	–	7	–	1
Utah State	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
BYU	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1949 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Tulane $	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
#11 Kentucky	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
#17 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
#9 LSU	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Auburn	2	–	4	–	2			2	–	4	–	3
Ole Miss	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Florida	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Georgia	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Mississippi State	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1949 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#16 North Carolina $	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
#14 Maryland	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Washington and Lee	3	–	1	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Duke	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
William & Mary	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
VMI	3	–	2	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
The Citadel	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Clemson	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	2
Furman	3	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
South Carolina	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Wake Forest	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
George Washington	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
NC State	3	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
VPI	1	–	5	–	2			1	–	7	–	2
Richmond	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Davidson	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1949 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#5 Rice $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
#20 Baylor	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
TCU	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
Texas	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
SMU	2	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Arkansas	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Texas A&M	0	–	5	–	1			1	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1949 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Vermont	2	–	0	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Connecticut $	2	–	0	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Maine $	2	–	0	–	1			2	–	4	–	1
UMass	1	–	1	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
New Hampshire	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island	0	–	4	–	0			0	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 NCAA football season finished with four teams that were unbeaten and untied-- Notre Dame, Oklahoma, California, and Army had won all their games at season's end. Notre Dame, however, was the overwhelming choice for national champion in the AP Poll, with 172 of 208 first place votes. The Fighting Irish did not participate in the New Year's Day bowl games, which were played on January 2, 1950.

The Associated Press did not poll the writers until the third week of the season. Among the five teams that had been ranked highest in 1948, California opened play on September 17 with a 21-7 win over Santa Clara.

By September 24, most teams were in action. Defending champion Michigan beat visiting Michigan State, 7-3. Notre Dame beat Indiana 49-6. North Carolina beat N.C. State 26-6. California beat St. Mary's 29-7. The night before, Oklahoma had won at Boston College, 46-0.

On October 1 in Seattle, Notre Dame beat Washington 27-7. Oklahoma beat Texas A&M 33-13, North Carolina beat Georgia 21-14, and Michigan won at Stanford, 27-7. When the first poll was issued, Michigan had 34 of the 80 votes cast, followed by Notre Dame and Oklahoma. Tulane University, which had beaten Alabama 28-14 and Georgia Tech 18-0, placed fourth. Minnesota, which had victories over Washington (48-20) and at Nebraska (28-6) was fifth. North Carolina, which had been in the final top five in 1948, was at sixth place.

October 8 #1 Michigan was beaten at home by #7 Army. #2 Notre Dame won at Purdue 35-12. #3 Oklahoma beat Texas in Dallas, 20-14. #4 Tulane beat Southeastern Louisiana 40-0. #5 Minnesota beat Northwestern 21-7.

October 15 In South Bend, #1 Notre Dame beat #4 Tulane 46-7. #2 Army won at Harvard, 54-14. #3 Oklahoma beat Kansas 48-26. #9 California, which beat USC 16-10, was fifth in the next poll. #5 Minnesota stayed unbeaten with a win in Columbus over Ohio State, 27-0.

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