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The AP Poll began with the 1936 college football season. [6] The Coaches Poll began with the 1950 college football season and became the second major polling system. [7] [better source needed] In 1978, Division I football was split into two distinct divisions and a second poll was added for the new Division I-AA. [8]
Name College(s) played for Position Year inducted (link to HOF bio) Earl Abell: Colgate: Tackle: 1973: Alex Agase: Illinois, Purdue: Guard: 1963: Harry Agganis: Boston University
The drum major of the Ohio State University performs a backbend in 2016. Folklorist Danille Lindquist has described the drum major backbend, and the audience reaction that accompanies it in the form of cheering and applause, as part of a series of rituals associated with college football designed to seek and elicit popular consent for the staging of the athletic contest that follows.
(5 by safety Bill Trewick, 3 by linebacker Mark Swedlund and 3 by safety Ted Lockett). [citation needed] * The NCAA lists two different records for team interceptions in a game. The listed record is for "Most passes intercepted by against a major-college opponent".
Winner was to be awarded a presidential plaque by game attendee Richard Nixon declaring them "the number-one college football team in college football's one-hundredth year." [9] This was the final regular season game, and it determined the Coaches Poll title. Entering the game, Arkansas ranked No. 3 in the Coaches Poll and remained No. 3. [243 ...
Beginning with the 1937 college football season, when the NCAA began maintaining official records, the list includes each year's leaders both in total points scored and in points scored per game. The list is limited to players for major college programs, which includes the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (2006–present), NCAA ...
The FCS is the highest division in college football to hold a playoff tournament sanctioned by the NCAA to determine its champion. Conference affiliations are current for the 2024 season . The list includes all current and former FBS, Division I-A, Division I, University Division, and Major-College football teams since 1946 when the NCAA ...
The list of college football yearly total offense leaders identifies the major college leaders for each season from 1937 to the present. It includes yearly leaders in two statistical categories: (1) total offense yards, and (2) total offense yards per game. From 1937 to 1969, the NCAA determined its national total offense individual title based ...