Two human polls comprised the 1969 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
Final Coaches Poll The final UPI Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, in early December.One coach on the 35-member board did not vote.Texas received 28 of the 34 first-place votes; Penn State received four and one each went to USC and Nebraska.
Ranking Team Conference Bowl 1 Texas Southwest Won Cotton, 21–17 2 Penn State Independent Won Orange, 10–3 3 Arkansas Southwest Lost Sugar, 22–27 4 USC Pac-8 Won Rose, 10–3 5 Ohio State Big Ten none 6 Missouri Big Eight Lost Orange, 3–10 7 LSU SEC none 8 Michigan Big Ten Lost Rose, 3–10 9 Notre Dame Independent Lost Cotton, 17–21 10 UCLA Pac-8 none 11 Tennessee SEC Lost Gator, 13–14 12 Nebraska Big Eight Won Sun, 46–6 13 Mississippi SEC Won Sugar, 27–22 14 Stanford Pac-8 none 15 Auburn SEC Lost Bluebonnet, 7–36 16 Houston Independent Won Bluebonnet, 36–7 17 Florida SEC Won Gator, 14–1318 Purdue Big Ten none San Diego State PCAA Won Pasadena, 28–7 West Virginia Independent Won Peach, 14–3
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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