The 1925 season
602 games on file. The AP poll didn’t exist yet. Alabama and Dartmouth claim the national title. Share
Scoreboards
Conference champions
Major college
- Missouri Valley Conference
- Missouri
- Pacific Coast Conference
- Washington
- Rocky Mountain Conference
- Colorado State
- Southwest Conference
- Texas A&M
- Western Conference
- Michigan
Small college
- Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- Hampton
- Columbia Valley Conference
- Eastern Washington
- Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- Eastern Michigan
- North Central Conference
- North Dakota State and South Dakota State (shared)
- Northwest Ohio League
- Bowling Green
- Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference
- Tulsa
- Tri-Normal Conference
- Eastern Washington
- West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Marshall
From each program’s Wikipedia article, with the conference’s name that season. Titles come from the articles of today’s FBS and FCS programs, so a title shared with a school outside them lists only one champion.
Consensus All-Americans
- EBennie Oosterbaan, Michigan
- EGeorge Tully, Dartmouth
- OTEd Weir, Nebraska
- OTRalph E. Chase, Pittsburgh
- OGCarl Diehl, Dartmouth
- OGEd Hess, Ohio State
- CEd McMillan, Princeton
- QBBenny Friedman, Michigan
- RB/OTAndy Oberlander, Dartmouth
- RBRed Grange, Illinois
- RBWildcat Wilson, Washington
- FBErnie Nevers, Stanford
Players picked by enough of the major selectors to count as consensus, shown in bold in Wikipedia’s 1925 All-America article. Every selector’s teams, first to last, are on the 1925 All-America teams page.
From the newspapers
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ALABAMA SITS ATOP HEAP IN SOUTH Georgia Swamped, 30; Tulane Unbeaten in Easier Schedule. lAIyerG0i service Sroif NOfrctpO1utW. ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 2I.-University Of Alabama. scoring 21-to-o victory over the University Of Georgia Mt Birmingham in the feature Thanks giving Day football contest in Dixie, cinched the Southern Conference championship for the second year in succession. Triumphs over seven conference OPP ponents, Georgia Tech, Louisiana State, Florida, Sewanee, Kentucky, Mississippi Aggies and Georgia. were sufficient to award the title TO the Crimson Tide without a struggle. Tulane, with five conference vic tories without a defeat. in point of percentage is tied with the Tide. But the caliber of opponents conquered by the Green We’ve does not rank with those subdued by Alabama. ALSO UNDEFEATED. North Carolina with four victories, no defeats and a tie, is MISC holding a perfect percentage. in the ranking If the teams according TO games won, the Tarheels come in third. finishing ahead of a number IF the stronger teams. The Tarheels, like Tulane, has remained out of fun title consideration because of the rather light schedule. @Pooley” Hubert. prominently men toned for All Southern pick, was the hero Of the afternoons play. Hubert did everything from passing TO max ing three Of his teams four touch downs. He was everywhere all the time and with a stonewall forward defense kept the Georgians in sub lection throughout the conflict. WORK 50-YARD PASS. A J0-yard pass, Winslett TO ellis, for touchdown shortly after the game got underway seemed TO take the heart out of Georgia. although the losers thrice held the Tide with in her ten-yard line. The downfall of Washington and Lee at the hands of the University of Florida, IL TO II, was the upset in the final stand of conference teams. The Generals, with perfect record up to the Florida affair. were favored to win by at least two touehdowns. Wiseacrcs. however, failed to give Edgar Jones, captain Of the Gators. the consideration due and he turned in a victory that will long stand in the minds of Florida hackers.
Bowls and playoff
Scoreboard| Jan 1, 1926 | Alabama 20, Washington 19Rose Bowl |