1967 NCAA football season

1967 NCAA University Division football season
Preseason AP #1	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Regular season	September 15 – December 2, 1967
Number of bowls	8
Bowl games	December 16, 1967 – January 1, 1968
Champion	USC (AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF)
Heisman	Gary Beban, UCLA QB
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1967 AAWU football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 USC $	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
No. 7 Oregon State	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
UCLA	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Stanford	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Washington	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
California	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Oregon	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Washington State	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1967 ACC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Clemson $		6	–	0					6	–	4
NC State		5	–	1					9	–	2
South Carolina		4	–	2					5	–	5
Virginia		3	–	3					5	–	5
Wake Forest		3	–	4					4	–	6
Duke		2	–	4					4	–	6
North Carolina		2	–	5					2	–	8
Maryland		0	–	6					0	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1967 Big 8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Colorado	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Kansas	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Missouri	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Nebraska	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Oklahoma State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Iowa State	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1967 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Indiana +	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Minnesota +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
No. 9 Purdue +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Ohio State	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Illinois	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Michigan	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Iowa	0	–	6	–	1			1	–	8	–	1
Wisconsin	0	–	6	–	1			0	–	9	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

1967 IIAC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Central Michigan +	2	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

1967 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Army			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 5 Notre Dame			–					8	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Penn State			–					8	–	2	–	1
New Mexico State			–					7	–	2	–	1
UTEP			–					7	–	2	–	1
Utah State			–					7	–	2	–	1
Florida State			–					7	–	2	–	2
West Texas State			–					8	–	3	–	0
Houston			–					7	–	3	–	0
VPI			–					7	–	3	–	0
Memphis State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Southern Miss			–					6	–	3	–	0
Dayton			–					6	–	3	–	1
Xavier			–					6	–	3	–	1
Miami (FL)			–					7	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					6	–	4	–	0
Navy			–					5	–	4	–	1
Holy Cross			–					5	–	5	–	0
Colorado State			–					4	–	5	–	1
Pacific			–					4	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					4	–	5	–	0
Boston College			–					4	–	6	–	0
Georgia Tech			–					4	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	6	–	0
Air Force			–					2	–	6	–	2
Tulane			–					3	–	7	–	0
San Jose State			–					2	–	7	–	0
Colgate			–					2	–	8	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

1967 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale $	7	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Cornell	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Harvard	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Princeton	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Penn	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Brown	1	–	5	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
Columbia	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1967 Mid-American Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Toledo +	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Ohio +	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Miami	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Western Michigan	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Bowling Green	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Kent State	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Marshall	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1967 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
North Texas State $	4	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	1
Tulsa	3	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati	2	–	2	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Louisville	1	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Wichita State	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1967 NCAA University Division football season was the last one in which college football's champion was crowned before the bowl games. During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the major college football teams in the University Division, later known as Division I-A and now as the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision.

The NCAA Football Guide, however, did note an "unofficial national champion" based on the top ranked teams in the "wire service" (AP and UPI) polls. The "writers' poll" by Associated Press (AP) was the most popular, followed by the "coaches' poll" by United Press International (UPI). In 1967, both AP and UPI issued their final polls at the close of the regular season, but before teams competed in bowl games. The Associated Press presented the "AP Trophy" to the winner.

The AP poll in 1967 consisted of the votes of many sportswriters, though not all of them voted in every poll. Those who cast votes would give their opinion of the ten best teams. Under a point system of 10 points for first place, 9 for second, etc., the "overall" ranking was determined.

In the preseason poll released on September 11, first place went to the defending champion Notre Dame Fighting Irish, followed by the #2 Alabama Crimson Tide, the #3 Michigan State Spartans, #4 Texas, and #5 Miami. Pacific-8 (still officially called the AAWU until the following season) teams USC and UCLA were seventh and eighth, and Big 8 champ Colorado was tenth. Joining Alabama from the SEC was #6 Georgia and #9 Tennessee.

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