Difference between revisions of "AP Small College Football National Champions"

From Varsity Pride
Jump to: navigation, search
 
(3 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
−
[[category:AP Small College Football Champions| ]]
+
The '''Associated Press''' began selecting a '''small-college football national champion''' in 1960, two years after United Press International began doing so.  This continued through the 1974 season, after which the playoffs in Division II and Division III made the exercise irrelevant.  As with the UPI, in the fifteen years of the UPI selection only two teams which are not currently in Division I earned the honor: Pittsburg State (currently in Division II) in 1961, and Wittenberg (currently in Division III) in 1964.
 +
{{list-2col-01 | col1=50
 +
| col2=200
 +
| item01a=1960
 +
| item01b=[[Ohio]]
 +
}}
 +
{{list-2col-10 | col1=50
 +
| col2=200
 +
| item01a=1961
 +
| item01b=[[Pittsburg State]]
 +
| item02a=1962
 +
| item02b=[[Florida A&M]]†
 +
| item03a=1963
 +
| item03b=[[Northern Illinois]]†
 +
| item04a=1964
 +
| item04b=[[Wittenberg]]†
 +
| item05a=1965
 +
| item05b=[[North Dakota State]]
 +
| item06a=1966
 +
| item06b=[[San Diego State]]
 +
| item07a=1967
 +
| item07b=San Diego State (2)
 +
| item08a=1968
 +
| item08b=North Dakota State (2)†
 +
| item09a=1969
 +
| item09b=North Dakota State (3)
 +
| item10a=1970
 +
| item10b=[[Arkansas State]]
 +
}}
 +
{{list-2col-04 | col1=50
 +
| col2=200
 +
| item01a=1971
 +
| item01b=Delaware (2)
 +
| item02a=1972
 +
| item02b=Delaware (3)
 +
| item03a=1973
 +
| item03b=[[Tennessee State]]
 +
| item04a=1974
 +
| item04b=[[Central Michigan]]†
 +
}}
 +
† - United Press International did not concur, selecting a different champion.
 +
[[category:AP Small College Football National Champions| ]]

Latest revision as of 23:43, 1 July 2011

The Associated Press began selecting a small-college football national champion in 1960, two years after United Press International began doing so. This continued through the 1974 season, after which the playoffs in Division II and Division III made the exercise irrelevant. As with the UPI, in the fifteen years of the UPI selection only two teams which are not currently in Division I earned the honor: Pittsburg State (currently in Division II) in 1961, and Wittenberg (currently in Division III) in 1964.

1960 Ohio
1961 Pittsburg State
1962 Florida A&M†
1963 Northern Illinois†
1964 Wittenberg†
1965 North Dakota State
1966 San Diego State
1967 San Diego State (2)
1968 North Dakota State (2)†
1969 North Dakota State (3)
1970 Arkansas State
1971 Delaware (2)
1972 Delaware (3)
1973 Tennessee State
1974 Central Michigan†

† - United Press International did not concur, selecting a different champion.

Retrieved from "http://www.jonfmorse.com/wiki/index.php?title=AP_Small_College_Football_National_Champions&oldid=17974"