1937 NCAA football rankings

The following polls and rankings composed the 1937 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 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 selectors.

AP Poll
The final AP Poll was released on November 29, at the end of the 1937 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.

Litkenhous Ratings
The top 26 teams in the Litkenhous Ratings for 1937 were as follows:

1. Pittsburgh (9–0–1) - 98.8 2. Alabama (9–1) - 95.6 3. Fordham (7–0–1) - 93.5 4. LSU (9–2) - 92.5 5. Minnesota (6–2) - 86.7 6. Dartmouth (7–0–2) - 86.6 7. Auburn (6–2–3) - 85.7 8. Duke (7–2–1) - 84.8 9. Villanova (8–0–1) - 84.8 10. Ohio State (6–2) - 84.7 11. California (10–0–1) - 84.6 12. Arkansas (6–2–2) - 83.8 13. Tennessee (6–3–1) - 83.4 14. Santa Clara (9–0) - 82.3 15. Georgia Tech (6–3–1) - 82.2 16. Vanderbilt (7–2) - 81.8 17. North Carolina (7–1–1) - 81.8 18. Detroit (7–3) - 81.8 19. Tulane (5–4–1) - 81.5 20. Rice (6–3–2) - 81.4 21. Harvard (5–2–1) - 80.6 22. Notre Dame (6–2–1) - 80.4 23. Tulsa (6–2–2) - 80.4 24. TCU (4–4–2) - 80.1 25. Baylor (7–3) - 79.5 26. Yale (6–1–1) - 79.3