Two human polls comprised the 1967 NCAA University Division football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.
Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week National champion Win–loss record Number of first place votes Tied with team above or below also with this symbol
AP Poll
The final AP Poll was released in late November, at the end of the 1967 regular season. This was last time that the final poll was conducted before bowl season.
The AP ranked only the top ten teams from 1962 through 1967.
Final Coaches Poll The final UPI Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, in late November.USC received 27 of the 34 first-place votes; Tennessee received six and Oklahoma one. Ranking Team Conference Bowl 1 USC Pac-8 Won Rose, 14–3 2 Tennessee SEC Lost Orange, 24–26 3 Oklahoma Big Eight Won Orange, 26–24 4 Notre Dame Independent none 5 Wyoming WAC Lost Sugar, 13–20 6 Indiana Big Ten Lost Rose, 3–14 7 Alabama SEC Lost Cotton, 16–20 8 Oregon State Pac-8none 9 Purdue Big Ten 10 UCLA Pac-8 11 Penn State Independent Tied Gator, 17–17 12 Syracuse Independent none 13 Colorado Big Eight Won Bluebonnet, 31–21 14 Minnesota Big Ten none 15 Florida State Independent Tied Gator, 17–17 16 Miami (FL) Independent Lost Bluebonnet, 21–31 17 NC State ACC Won Liberty, 14–7 18 Georgia SEC Lost Liberty, 7–14 19 Houston Independentnone 20 Arizona State WAC
Notre Dame did not participate in bowl games from 1925 through 1968. Prior to the 1975 season, the Big Ten and Pac-8 conferences allowed only one postseason participant each, for the Rose Bowl. The Ivy League has prohibited its members from participating in postseason football since the league was officially formed in 1954.
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