1971 NCAA University Division Football Rankings
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1971 NCAA University Division Football Rankings
Two human polls comprised the 1971 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 AP Poll For the first time, the top two teams in the final poll were from the same conference; Nebraska (13–0) and Oklahoma (11–1) were joined by Colorado (10–2) in third for a sweep by the Big Eight Conference. Final Coaches Poll The final UPI Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, in early December. Nebraska received 29 of the 31 first place votes; Alabama received the other two. * Prior to the 1975 season, the Big Ten and Pac-8 conferences allowed only one postseason participant each, for the Rose Bowl Rose Bowl or Rosebowl may refer to: * Rose Bowl Game, an annual American college football game ...
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1971 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football Team
The 1971 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football, University of Notre Dame during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Prior to their concluding game at 1971 LSU Tigers football team, LSU, seventh-1971 NCAA University Division football rankings, ranked Notre Dame announced that they would not play in a 1971 NCAA University Division football season#Bowl games, bowl game this season. Schedule Game summaries Northwestern Purdue "The Genuflect Play" Michigan State Miami (Florida) North Carolina USC Navy "Notre Dame Rips Middies, 21-0." Palm Beach Post. 1971 October 31. Pittsburgh Tulane LSU Roster Team players in the NFL References

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1971 Syracuse Orangemen Football Team
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 1971 Ibrox disaster: During a crush, 66 people are killed and over 200 injured in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States television sitcom ''All in the Family'', starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS. * January 14 – Seventy Brazilian political prisoners are releas ...
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