Poling System
Richard Raymond Poling | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 1, 1908 |
| Died | August 2, 1994 (aged 86) Mansfield, Ohio |
| Known for | College football ratings |
The Poling System was a mathematical rating system used to rank college football teams.[1] Its selections were published in the Football Review Supplement and several newspapers.[1] The system was developed by Richard R. Poling (1908–1994), a native of Mansfield, Ohio who had played college football at Ohio Wesleyan University.[2][3][4]
The Poling System is considered by the NCAA to have been a "major selector" of national championships for the years 1935–1984.[1]: 108
Champions
[edit]The Poling System named contemporary champions from 1935 to 1984 and retroactively named champions from 1924 to 1934.[1]: 108–109, 111–114, 120
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2017). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I FBS Football Records. NCAA. pp. 108–109, 111–114. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
Poling System (1935-84), a mathematical rating system for college football teams developed by Richard Poling from Mansfield, Ohio, a former football player at Ohio Wesleyan. Poling's football ratings were published annually in the Football Review Supplement and in various newspapers. Predated national champions from 1924 to 1934.
- ↑ Strode, George (April 21, 1985). Written at Mansfield, Ohio. "Dick Poling, a guy who really knows the score". Midland Reporter-Telegram. Midland, Texas. Associated Press.
- ↑ Harris, Chriss (June 23, 1985). "Mr. Football: 77-year-old Mansfield native like walking encyclopedia". Mansfield News Journal.
- ↑ "Obituaries: Richard Poling". Mansfield News Journal. August 4, 1994.
- ↑ Poling, Richard R. (1941). "Top Teams of 1940". The 1940 Supplement of the Football Review. Mansfield, Ohio: Poling's Football Ratings.
We predicted that STANFORD would beat NEBRASKA by from seven to ten points, and this game came home to us right – final score STANFORD 21 NEBRASKA 13. This game bore us out and thus made STANFORD NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS OF 1940. [...] Top Teams of 1940: No. 1 Stanford 45.06, No. 2 Minnesota 43.13, No 3. Boston College 43.0
- ↑ Poling, Richard R. "Poling’s Football Review Supplement, 1940" (1941). John Gunn Sports Collection, Box: 422. Center for Southeast North Carolina Archives and History, William M. Randall Library, University of North Carolina Wilmington.
- 1 2 Poling, Richard R. (1981). "Poling's National Champions over the Years". Supplement for the 1981 Football Season. Mansfield, Ohio: Poling's Football Ratings — The 1981 Football Review.
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