Total # of teams 45 | ||
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The 1901 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Michigan, Yale, and Harvard as having been selected national champions. Harvard beat Yale 22–0 the last game of the year.
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Rose Bowl
The very first collegiate football bowl game was played following the 1901 season. Originally titled the "Tournament East-West football game" what is now known as the Rose Bowl Game was first played on January 1, 1902, in Pasadena, California. Michigan would defeat Stanford 49–0.
Conference standings
The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings:
All-Americans
The consensus All-America team included:
Statistical leaders
References
1901 college football season Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA