Wikipedia:WikiProject College football/1941 season inventory

This is an inventory of season articles covering the 1941 college football season. As of June 29, 2022, we have articles on 196 of the 709 college football programs that fielded a team during the 1941 season. The geographic and conference architecture is taken from the 1946 NCAA Football Guide. Articles in need of work should be listed in italics.

Warning: The fact that a team is included in this inventory does not mean that a stand-alone season is warranted. Before creating any stand-alone season article, it is important to verify in advance that there is sufficient WP:SIGCOV in independent, reliable sources to pass WP:GNG.


 * 1) 1941 college football season
 * 2) 1941 College Football All-America Team
 * 3) 1941 Little All-America college football team

New England (First District)
(14/39)


 * 1) 1941 All-Eastern football team

Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association

 * 1) 1941 Boston College Eagles football team (7–3)
 * 2) 1941 Harvard Crimson football team (5–2–1)
 * 3) 1941 Boston University Terriers football team (5–3)
 * 4) 1941 Brown Bears football team (5–4)
 * 5) 1941 Dartmouth Indians football team (5–4)
 * 6) 1941 New Hampshire Wildcats football team (4–3–1)
 * 7) 1941 Holy Cross Crusaders football team (4–4–2)
 * 8) 1941 Yale Bulldogs football team (1–7)

Little Three

 * 1) Williams
 * 2) Amherst
 * 3) Wesleyan

Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association

 * 1) Colby
 * 2) Bates
 * 3) 1941 Maine Black Bears football team (3–2–2)
 * 4) Bowdoin

New England independents

 * 1) Trinity (CT)
 * 2) 1941 Coast Guard Cadets football team
 * 3) Norwich
 * 4) New Britain
 * 5) American International
 * 6) 1941 Rhode Island State Rams football team (5–2–1)
 * 7) Green Mountain Junior College
 * 8) Tufts
 * 9) Northeastern
 * 10) 1941 Providence Friars football team (3–3–2)
 * 11) 1941 Massachusetts State Aggies football team (3–4–1)
 * 12) Hyanis Teachers.
 * 13) Nichols Junior College
 * 14) Arnold
 * 15) 1941 Connecticut Huskies football team (2–6)
 * 16) 1941 Vermont Catamounts football team (2–6)
 * 17) St. Anselm's
 * 18) Lowell Textile
 * 19) Middlebury
 * 20) Springfield
 * 21) Vermont Junior College
 * 22) Worcester Tech

Middle Atlantic (Second District)
(25/99)

Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association

 * 1) 1941 Duquesne Dukes football team (AP No. 8) (8–0)
 * 2) 1941 Penn Quakers football team (AP No. 15) (7–1)
 * 3) 1941 Fordham Rams football team (AP No. 6) (8–1)
 * 4) 1941 Penn State Nittany Lions football team (7–2) (AP No. 15)
 * 5) 1941 Rutgers Queensmen football team (7–2)
 * 6) 1941 Temple Owls football team (7–2)
 * 7) 1941 Syracuse Orangemen football team (5–2–1)
 * 8) 1941 Bucknell Bison football team (6–3)
 * 9) 1941 Cornell Big Red football team (5–3)
 * 10) 1941 Army Cadets football team (5–3–1)
 * 11) 1941 Lafayette Leopards football team (5–4)
 * 12) 1941 Colgate Red Raiders football team (3–3–2)
 * 13) 1941 Villanova Wildcats football team (4–4)
 * 14) 1941 Manhattan Jaspers football team (4–4–1)
 * 15) 1941 West Virginia Mountaineers football team (4–6)
 * 16) 1941 Columbia Lions football team (3–5)
 * 17) 1941 Pittsburgh Panthers football team (3–6)
 * 18) 1941 Lehigh Engineers football team (0–6–3)
 * 19) 1941 Princeton Tigers football team (2–6)
 * 20) 1941 NYU Violets football team (2–7)
 * 21) 1941 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team (1–7)

Second District independents

 * 1) Thiel (7-0)
 * 2) 1941 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team (7–0–1)
 * 3) St. Francis (6-0-1_
 * 4) 1941 Marshall Thundering Herd football team (7–1)
 * 5) Rochester
 * 6) Wagner
 * 7) Bergen
 * 8) N.Y. Inst.
 * 9) Clarkson
 * 10) Washington and Jefferson
 * 11) Franklin & Marshall
 * 12) Moravian
 * 13) St. Vincent
 * 14) Haverford
 * 15) Hamilton)
 * 16) Hofstra
 * 17) Gettysburg
 * 18) Alfred
 * 19) 1941 Drexel Dragons football team (4–2–1
 * 20) La Salle
 * 21) Westminster
 * 22) Muhlenberg
 * 23) Albright
 * 24) Grove City
 * 25) Rennselaer Polytechnic
 * 26) St. Lawrence
 * 27) Lebanon Valley
 * 28) Scranton
 * 29) Montclair
 * 30) Geneva
 * 31) 1941 CCNY Beavers football team (4–4)
 * 32) Waynesburg
 * 33) 1941 Swarthmore Garnet Tide football team
 * 34) Hartwick
 * 35) 1941 Buffalo Bulls football team (3–4–1)
 * 36) Canisius
 * 37) Panzer
 * 38) Cortland
 * 39) Juniata
 * 40) St. Bonaventure
 * 41) Pennsylvania Military
 * 42) Ithaca
 * 43) Dickinson
 * 44) Niagara
 * 45) Susquehanna
 * 46) Allegheny
 * 47) Hobart
 * 48) Brooklyn
 * 49) Ursinus
 * 50) Upsala
 * 51) Union
 * 52) Morrisville
 * 53) Trenton
 * 54) Scranton Keys.


 * 1) 1941 East Carolina Pirates football team (7–0)

Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference

 * 1) 1941 West Chester Golden Rams football team
 * 2) Millersville
 * 3) Shippensburg
 * 4) Indiana (PA)
 * 5) Clarion
 * 6) East Stroudsburg
 * 7) Lock Haven
 * 8) Edinboro
 * 9) Mansfield
 * 10) Slippery Rock
 * 11) Bloomsburg
 * 12) California (PA)
 * 13) Kutztown

West Virginia Athletic Conference

 * 1) Morris-Harvey
 * 2) West Liberty
 * 3) West Virginia Wesleyan
 * 4) Fairmont
 * 5) Glenville
 * 6) West Virginia Tech
 * 7) Concord
 * 8) Potomac State
 * 9) Bethany
 * 10) Salem
 * 11) Davis & Elkins
 * 12) Shepherd

The South (Third District)
(43/106)

Southeastern Conference

 * 1) 1941 All-SEC football team
 * 2) 1941 Georgia Bulldogs football team (8–1–1) (AP No. 14)
 * 3) 1941 Mississippi State Maroons football team (7–1–1) (AP No. 16)
 * 4) 1941 Ole Miss Rebels football team (6–2–1) (AP No. 17)
 * 5) 1941 Tennessee Volunteers football team (8–2) (AP No. 18)
 * 6) 1941 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (8–2) (AP No. 20)
 * 7) 1941 Vanderbilt Commodores football team (8–2)
 * 8) 1941 LSU Tigers football team (4–4–2)
 * 9) 1941 Tulane Green Wave football team (5–4)
 * 10) 1941 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team (3–6)
 * 11) 1941 Florida Gators football team (4–6)
 * 12) 1941 Auburn Tigers football team (4–5–1)
 * 13) 1941 Kentucky Wildcats football team (5–4)

Major Third District independents

 * 1) 1945 Virginia Cavaliers football team (8–1)
 * 2) 1945 Navy Midshipmen football team (7–1–1) (AP No. 10)
 * 3) 1941 Georgetown Hoyas football team (5–4)
 * 4) Western Maryland (3–4–1)

Southern Conference

 * 1) 1941 All-Southern Conference football team
 * 2) 1941 Duke Blue Devils football team (9–1) (AP No. 2)
 * 3) 1941 South Carolina Gamecocks football team (4–4–1)
 * 4) 1941 Clemson Tigers football team (7–2)
 * 5) 1941 William & Mary Indians football team (8–2)
 * 6) 1941 VPI Gobblers football team (6–4)
 * 7) 1941 VMI Keydets football team (4–6)
 * 8) 1941 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team (5–5–1)
 * 9) 1941 NC State Wolfpack football team (4–5–2)
 * 10) 1941 Furman Purple Hurricane football team (3–4–2)
 * 11) 1941 Washington and Lee Generals football team (1–6–2)
 * 12) 1941 Maryland Terrapins football team (3–5–1)
 * 13) 1941 North Carolina Tar Heels football team (3–7)
 * 14) 1941 Davidson Wildcats football team (1–6–3)
 * 15) 1941 The Citadel Bulldogs football team (4–3–1)
 * 16) 1941 George Washington Colonials football team (1–7–1)
 * 17) 1941 Richmond Spiders football team (2–7)

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association

 * 1) 1941 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team (6–3)
 * 2) 1941 Miami Hurricanes football team (8–2)
 * 3) Centre
 * 4) Emory & Henry
 * 5) 1941 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team (9–0–1)
 * 6) 1941 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team (5–4–1)
 * 7) Richmond Teachers (KY)
 * 8) Tennessee Tech)
 * 9) Bowling Green Teachers (KY)
 * 10) Union
 * 11) Georgetown (KY)
 * 12) Wofford
 * 13) 1941 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team (6–2–1)
 * 14) 1941 Memphis State Tigers football team (6–3)
 * 15) Rollins
 * 16) Murray Teachers
 * 17) Tampa
 * 18) 1941 Louisville Cardinals football team (4–4)
 * 19) Natchitoches
 * 20) Murfreesboro Teachers
 * 21) Newberry
 * 22) Mississippi College
 * 23) Oglethorpe
 * 24) Transylvania
 * 25) 1941 Centenary Gentlemen football team (0–8–2)
 * 26) Louisiana College
 * 27) Troy Teachers (AL)
 * 28) Delta Teachers (MS)
 * 29) Union
 * 30) Morehead Teachers (KY)
 * 31) Erskine

Dixie Conference

 * 1) 1941 Chattanooga Moccasins football team (7–1–1)
 * 2) 1941 Howard Bulldogs football team (4–5–1)
 * 3) Mississippi College
 * 4) Millsaps
 * 5) Southwestern (TN)
 * 6) Mercer
 * 7) 1941 Spring Hill Badgers football team (2–6)

North Carolina State Intercollegiate Conference

 * 1) Elon
 * 2) 1941 Catawba Indians football team
 * 3) Lenoir-Rhyne
 * 4) Cullowhee Teachers
 * 5) 1941 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team (4–5)
 * 6) High Point
 * 7) Guilford

Additional Third District independents

 * 1) Jones Co. Junior College (9-0)
 * 2) Greenville Teachers (7-0)
 * 3) Maryville
 * 4) Newport News
 * 5) Milligan
 * 6) Southern
 * 7) King
 * 8) Belmont Abbey
 * 9) Washington
 * 10) Marion Institute
 * 11) Mt. St. Mary's
 * 12) Mars Hill
 * 13) Austin Peay
 * 14) S.E. Louisiana
 * 15) Carson-Newman
 * 16) Hinds Junior College
 * 17) Roanoke
 * 18) Randolph-Macon
 * 19) Johnson City
 * 20) Hampden-Sydney
 * 21) Tennessee Junior College
 * 22) Statesboro Teachers
 * 23) American University
 * 24) Johns Hopkins
 * 25) Tusculum
 * 26) Livingston Teachers
 * 27) Hiwassee Junior College
 * 28) Blueridge

The Middle West (Fourth District)
(36/151)

Big Ten

 * 1) 1941 Big Ten Conference football season
 * 2) 1941 All-Big Ten Conference football team
 * 3) 1941 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team (8–0) (AP No. 1)
 * 4) 1941 Michigan Wolverines football team (6–1–1) (AP No. 5)
 * 5) 1941 Ohio State Buckeyes football team (6–1–1) (AP No. 13)
 * 6) 1941 Northwestern Wildcats football team (5–3) (AP No. 11)
 * 7) 1941 Wisconsin Badgers football team (3–5)
 * 8) 1941 Iowa Hawkeyes football team (3–5)
 * 9) 1941 Purdue Boilermakers football team (2–5–1)
 * 10) 1941 Indiana Hoosiers football team (2–6)
 * 11) 1941 Illinois Fighting Illini football team (2–6)

Major Fourth District independents

 * 1) 1941 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team (8–0–1) (AP No. 3)
 * 2) 1941 Detroit Titans football team (7–2)
 * 3) 1941 Michigan State Spartans football team (5–3–1)
 * 4) 1941 Marquette Hilltoppers football team (4–5)

Badger State Intercollegiate Conference

 * 1) Northwestern College
 * 2) Mission House
 * 3) Wisconsin Tech
 * 4) Milton College
 * 5) Wisconsin U. Extension Division

Illinois College Conference

 * 1) James Millikin (8-0)
 * 2) Bradley Tech
 * 3) North Central
 * 4) Monmouth
 * 5) Lake Forest
 * 6) Knox
 * 7) Illinois College
 * 8) Augustana (IL)
 * 9) Wheaton
 * 10) Illinois Wesleyan

Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference

 * 1) Ripon
 * 2) Monmouth
 * 3) Grinnell
 * 4) Lawrence
 * 5) Knox
 * 6) Beloit
 * 7) Coe
 * 8) Cornell (IA)

Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

 * 1) 1941 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team (7–1–1)
 * 2) 1941 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football team (3–4–2)
 * 3) 1941 Southern Illinois Maroons football team (5–2–1)
 * 4) Macomb Teachers
 * 5) Eureka
 * 6) Charleston Teachers

Indiana Intercollegiate Conference

 * 1) Rose Poly (7-0)
 * 2) St. Joseph's (8-0-1)
 * 3) Butler
 * 4) 1941 Ball State Cardinals football team (3–2–2)
 * 5) Wabash
 * 6) Indiana State
 * 7) Evansville
 * 8) DePauw
 * 9) Manchester
 * 10) Franklin
 * 11) Hanover
 * 12) Central Normal
 * 13) Earlham
 * 14) Valparaiso

Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

 * 1) Alma (6-0-1)
 * 2) Albion
 * 3) Hope
 * 4) Kalamazoo
 * 5) Hillsdale
 * 6) Adrian

Michigan-Ontario-Ohio Collegeiate Conference

 * 1) Lawrence Tech
 * 2) Ferris Institute
 * 3) St. Mary's (MI)
 * 4) De Sales

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

 * 1) St. Thomas
 * 2) Macalester
 * 3) Concordia
 * 4) St. Mary's (MN)
 * 5) Hamline
 * 6) St. Olaf
 * 7) St. John's
 * 8) Augusburg

Ohio Athletic Conference

 * 1) 1941 Case Rough Riders football team (7–1)
 * 2) 1941 Toledo Rockets football team (7–4)
 * 3) 1941 Ohio Northern Polar Bears football team (6–1–1)
 * 4) 1941 Bowling Green Falcons football team (7–1–1)
 * 5) Kenyon
 * 6) Denison
 * 7) Wooster
 * 8) Heidelberg
 * 9) Otterbein
 * 10) Wittenberg
 * 11) John Carroll
 * 12) Muskingum
 * 13) 1941 Kent State Golden Flashes football team (2–5–1)
 * 14) Capital
 * 15) Marietta
 * 16) Baldwin-Wallace
 * 17) Ashland
 * 18) Findlay
 * 19) Oberlin
 * 20) Mt. Union

Northern Teachers College Athletic Conference

 * 1) St. Cloud Teachers
 * 2) Mankato Teachers
 * 3) Bemidji Teachers
 * 4) Winona Teachers
 * 5) Duluth Teachers
 * 6) Moorhead Teachers

Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference
Northern
 * 1) La Crosse Teachers
 * 2) Stout Institute
 * 3) Superior Teachers
 * 4) River Falls Teachers
 * 5) Eau Claire Teachers

Southern
 * 1) Platteville Teachers
 * 2) Whitewater Teachers
 * 3) Stevens Point Teachers
 * 4) Milwaukee Teachers
 * 5) Oshkosh Teachers

Southern Minnesota Junior College Conference

 * 1) Worthington Junior College
 * 2) Austin Junior College
 * 3) Rochester Junior College
 * 4) Waldorf Junior College (IA)

Additional Midwest independents

 * 1) 1941 Western Michigan Broncos football team (8–0)
 * 2) Eveleth Junior College (6-0)
 * 3) 1941 Youngstown Penguins football team (7–0–1)
 * 4) 1941 Xavier Musketeers football team (9–1)
 * 5) 1941 Western Reserve Red Cats football team (7–1)
 * 6) Shurtleff
 * 7) St. Norbert
 * 8) Duluth Junior College
 * 9) Grand Rapids
 * 10) 1941 Dayton Flyers football team (7–3)
 * 11) 1941 Ohio Bobcats football team (5–2–1)
 * 12) 1941 Cincinnati Bearcats football team (6–3)
 * 13) Virginia (MN)
 * 14) 1941 Akron Zippers football team (5–3–1)
 * 15) 1941 Marquette Hilltoppers football team (4–5)
 * 16) 1941 Central Michigan Bearcats football team (4–3)
 * 17) Elmhurst
 * 18) Ohio Wesleyan
 * 19) Itasca Junior College
 * 20) Michigan M&T
 * 21) Defiance
 * 22) Principia
 * 23) St. John's Military
 * 24) Concordia
 * 25) Carleton
 * 26) McKendree
 * 27) LaSalle-Peru
 * 28) Carroll (WI)
 * 29) Carthage
 * 30) Aurora
 * 31) 1941 Wayne Tartars football team (2–6)
 * 32) 1941 Miami Redskins football team (2–7)
 * 33) Bluffton
 * 34) 1941 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team (0–5–2)
 * 35) 1941 Detroit Tech Dynamics football team (0–6–1)
 * 36) Hiram
 * 37) Northland

Missouri Valley (Fifth District)
(18/122)

Big Six

 * 1) 1941 All-Big Six Conference football team
 * 2) 1941 Missouri Tigers football team (8–1) (AP No. 7)
 * 3) 1941 Oklahoma Sooners football team (6–3)
 * 4) 1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team (4–5)
 * 5) 1941 Kansas Jayhawks football team (3–6)
 * 6) 1941 Kansas State Wildcats football team (2–5–2)
 * 7) 1941 Iowa State Cyclones football team (2-6-1)

Missouri Valley Conference

 * 1) 1941 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team (8–2)
 * 2) 1941 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team (5–4)
 * 3) 1941 Creighton Bluejays football team (5–5)
 * 4) 1941 Saint Louis Billikens football team (4–5–1)
 * 5) 1941 Washington University Bears football team (4–5)
 * 6) 1941 Drake Bulldogs football team (4–5–1)

North Central Conference

 * 1) 1941 Iowa State Teachers Panthers football team (5–3)
 * 2) 1941 South Dakota Coyotes football team (6–2)
 * 3) 1941 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team (4–5)
 * 4) Omaha
 * 5) 1945 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team (2–7)
 * 6) Morningside
 * 7) 1945 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team (2–5)

Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

 * 1) Pittsburg Teachers
 * 2) St. Benedict's
 * 3) Emporia Teachers
 * 4) Southwestern
 * 5) Fort Hays State

Eastern Oklahoma Junior College Conference

 * 1) N.E. Oklahoma Junior College
 * 2) E. Oklahoma A&M
 * 3) Oklahoma Military Academy

Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

 * 1) St. Amrose
 * 2) Luther
 * 3) Dubuque
 * 4) Central (IA)
 * 5) Parsons
 * 6) Iowa Wesleyan
 * 7) Upper Iowa
 * 8) Loras
 * 9) Western Union
 * 10) Simpson
 * 11) Wartburg
 * 12) William Penn
 * 13) Buena Vista

Interstate Conference

 * 1) Graceland Junior College
 * 2) Kemper Military
 * 3) Wentworth Mil. A.C.
 * 4) Chillicothe B.C.
 * 5) Moberly Junior College
 * 6) Kansas City Junior College

Kansas Junior College Conference

 * 1) Coffeyville Junior College
 * 2) Iola Junior College
 * 3) Independence Junior College
 * 4) El Dorado Junior College
 * 5) Dodge City Junior College
 * 6) Chanute Junior College
 * 7) Pratt Junior College
 * 8) Fort Scott Junior College
 * 9) Arkansas City Junior College
 * 10) Hutchinson Junior College
 * 11) Kansas City Junior College
 * 12) Parsons Junior College

Missouri College Athletic Union

 * 1) Missouri Valley
 * 2) William Jewell
 * 3) Culver-Stockton
 * 4) Central (MO)
 * 5) Tarkio

Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association

 * 1) Maryville Teachers
 * 2) Missouri Mines
 * 3) Springfield Teachers
 * 4) Warrensburg Teachers
 * 5) Kirksville Teachers
 * 6) Camp Girardeau Teachers

Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association

 * 1) Kearney Teachers
 * 2) Wayne Teachers
 * 3) Peru Teachers
 * 4) Chadron Teachers

Nebraska College Athletic Conference

 * 1) Midland
 * 2) Doane
 * 3) Nebraska Wesleyan
 * 4) Hastings
 * 5) York

Kansas College Athletic Conference

 * 1) Baker
 * 2) Bethel
 * 3) Ottawa
 * 4) Kansas Wesleyan
 * 5) Bethany
 * 6) Emporia
 * 7) McPherson

North Dakota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

 * 1) Jamestown
 * 2) Mayville Teachers
 * 3) North Dakota N&I
 * 4) Valley City Teachers
 * 5) North Dakota Science
 * 6) Dickinson Teachers
 * 7) Minot Teachers
 * 8) North Dakota Forestry

Oklahoma Collegiate Conference

 * 1) Edmond State
 * 2) Weatherford State
 * 3) Tahlequah State
 * 4) Oklahoma City University
 * 5) Ada State
 * 6) Alva State
 * 7) Durant State

South Dakota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

 * 1) Augustana (SD)
 * 2) Aberdeen Teachers
 * 3) Spearfish Normal
 * 4) South Dakota Mines
 * 5) Yankton
 * 6) Springfield Teachers
 * 7) Dakota Wesleyan
 * 8) Madison Teachers
 * 9) Huron

Fifth District independents

 * 1) Cameron Agr.
 * 2) St. Benedict's
 * 3) Washburn
 * 4) Dana
 * 5) Sterling
 * 6) Rockhurst
 * 7) 1941 Wichita Shockers football team (1–6–1)

Independent junior colleges

 * 1) Murray Agr.
 * 2) Panhandle A&M
 * 3) Burlington
 * 4) Tonkawa Junior College
 * 5) Grand Rapids
 * 6) Joplin Junior College

Southwest (Sixth District)
(19/49)

Southwest Conference

 * 1) 1941 All-Southwest Conference football team
 * 2) 1941 Texas Longhorns football team (AP No. 4) (8–1–1)
 * 3) 1941 Texas A&M Aggies football team (AP No. 9) (9–2)
 * 4) 1941 TCU Horned Frogs football team (7–3–1)
 * 5) 1941 Rice Owls football team (6–3–1)
 * 6) 1941 SMU Mustangs football team (5–5)
 * 7) 1941 Baylor Bears football team (3–6–1)
 * 8) 1941 Arkansas Razorbacks football team (3–7)

Border Conference

 * 1) 1941 Arizona Wildcats football team (7–3)
 * 2) 1941 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team (9–2)
 * 3) 1941 West Texas State Buffaloes football team (8–2)
 * 4) 1941 Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football team (7–3–1)
 * 5) 1941 New Mexico Lobos football team (5–4–1)
 * 6) 1941 Texas Mines Miners football team (4–5–1)
 * 7) 1941 Arizona State Bulldogs football team (5–5–1)
 * 8) 1941 Arizona State–Flagstaff Lumberjacks football team (3–5)
 * 9) 1941 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team (2–7)

Lone Star Conference

 * 1) 1941 North Texas State Teachers Eagles football team (Denton) (7–1)
 * 2) 1941 Southwest Texas State Bobcats football team (San Marcos) (4–4)
 * 3) 1941 East Texas State Lions football team (Commerce) (6–2–1)
 * 4) Sam Houston Teachers
 * 5) Stephen F. Austin Teachers

Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference

 * 1) Howard Payne
 * 2) Abilene Christian
 * 3) Texas Wesleyan
 * 4) Southwestern (TX)
 * 5) Austin College
 * 6) McMurry
 * 7) Trinity (TX)
 * 8) Daniel Baker

Arkansas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

 * 1) Ouachita
 * 2) Arkansas Tech
 * 3) Conway Teachers
 * 4) Henderson Teachers

Sixth District independents

 * 1) Kilgore
 * 2) Texas A&I
 * 3) Phoenix Junior College
 * 4) North Texas Agr.
 * 5) John Tarleton
 * 6) Texas Military
 * 7) St. Mary's (TX)
 * 8) Decatur Baptist
 * 9) Schreiner Institute
 * 10) Lamar Junior College
 * 11) Paris Junior College
 * 12) San Angelo
 * 13) Weatherford Junior College
 * 14) Hillsboro Junior College
 * 15) Arkansas State
 * 16) Arkansas A&M

Rocky Mountain (Seventh District)
(9/25)

Mountain States Conference

 * 1) 1941 Utah Redskins football team (6–0–2)
 * 2) 1941 BYU Cougars football team (4–3–2)
 * 3) 1941 Denver Pioneers football team (4–3–2)
 * 4) 1941 Colorado A&M Aggies football team (4–2–1)
 * 5) 1941 Colorado Buffaloes football team (3–4–1)
 * 6) 1941 Wyoming Cowboys football team (2–7–1))
 * 7) 1941 Utah State Aggies football team (0–8)

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

 * 1) 1941 Colorado College Tigers football team (6–2)
 * 2) Colorado State-Greeley
 * 3) Colorado Mines
 * 4) 1941 Montana State Bobcats football team (1–4–2)
 * 5) Western State (CO)

New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference

 * 1) New Mexico Military
 * 2) Silver City Teachers
 * 3) Panhandle A&M
 * 4) New Mexico Highlands
 * 5) East New Mexico

Seventh District independents

 * 1) Mesa Junior College
 * 2) Carroll (MT)
 * 3) Dixie Junior College
 * 4) Regis
 * 5) Montana Mines
 * 6) Trinidad Junior College
 * 7) Weber Junior College
 * 8) Dillon Normal

Pacific Coast (Eighth District)
(29/82)

Pacific Coast Conference

 * 1) 1941 All-Pacific Coast football team
 * 2) 1941 Oregon State Beavers football team (7–2) (AP No. 12)
 * 3) 1941 Washington Huskies football team (5–4)
 * 4) 1941 Washington State Cougars football team (6–4) (AP No. 19)
 * 5) 1941 Stanford Indians football team (6–3)
 * 6) 1941 Oregon Webfoots football team (5–5)
 * 7) 1941 UCLA Bruins football team (5–5–1)
 * 8) 1941 California Golden Bears football team (4–5)
 * 9) 1941 USC Trojans football team (2–6–1)
 * 10) 1941 Montana Grizzlies football team (6–3)
 * 11) 1941 Idaho Vandals football team (4–5)

Major Eighth District independents

 * 1) 1941 Santa Clara Broncos football team (6–3)
 * 2) 1941 San Francisco Dons football team (6–4)
 * 3) 1941 Saint Mary's Gaels football team (5–4)
 * 4) 1941 Loyola Lions football team (5–5)
 * 5) 1941 Portland Pilots football team (3–5)
 * 6) 1941 Nevada Wolf Pack football team (3–5–1)
 * 7) 1941 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team (3–7)

California Collegiate Athletic Association

 * 1) 1941 Fresno State Bulldogs football team (4–3–2)
 * 2) 1941 San Jose State Spartans football team (5–3–3)
 * 3) 1941 Santa Barbara Gauchos football team (3–5–1)
 * 4) 1941 San Diego State Aztecs football team (6–4)

Far Western Conference

 * 1) 1941 Pacific Tigers football team (4–7)
 * 2) 1941 Cal Aggies football team (2–2–4)
 * 3) 1941 Chico State Wildcats football team (1–5–2)
 * 4) 1941 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team (2–5–1)

Pacific Northwest Intercollegiate Conference

 * 1) Willamette
 * 2) Whitman
 * 3) Pacific U.
 * 4) Puget Sound
 * 5) College of Idaho
 * 6) Linfield

Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

 * 1) Whittier
 * 2) Occidental
 * 3) Redlands
 * 4) Caltech
 * 5) Pomona

Washington Intercollegiate Conference

 * 1) Pacific Lutheran
 * 2) Eastern Washington (Cheney)
 * 3) Western Washington (Bellingham)
 * 4) St. Martin's
 * 5) Central Washington (Ellensburg)

Southern California Junior College Conference
Metropolitan
 * 1) Los Angeles City College
 * 2) Ventura Junior College
 * 3) Bakersfield Junior College
 * 4) Long Beach Junior College
 * 5) Compton Junior College
 * 6) Santa Monica Junior College
 * 7) Glendale Junior College

Orange Empire
 * 1) Santa Ana Junior College
 * 2) Fullerton Junior College
 * 3) Riverside Junior College
 * 4) San Bernardino Junior College
 * 5) Chaffey Junior College
 * 6) Pomona Junior College

Northern California Junior College Conference

 * 1) Marin Junior College
 * 2) Yuba Junior College
 * 3) Menlo Junior College
 * 4) Santa Rosa Junior College
 * 5) Placer Junior College

California Junior College Conference

 * 1) San Mateo Junior College
 * 2) Stockton Junior College
 * 3) San Francisco Junior College
 * 4) Modesto Junior College
 * 5) Salinas Junior College
 * 6) Sacramento Junior College

Additional Eighth Distict independents

 * 1) Pasadena Junior College
 * 2) Taft Junior College
 * 3) 1941 Idaho Southern Branch Bengals football team (3–5)
 * 4) Visalia Junior College
 * 5) San Luis Obispo
 * 6) Albion Normal
 * 7) Citrus Junior College
 * 8) LaGrande Teachers
 * 9) 1941 Cal Poly Mustangs football team (5–3–1)
 * 10) 1941Boise Junior College (3-4)
 * 11) 1941 San Francisco State Gaters football team (2–4–1)
 * 12) Reedley Junior College
 * 13) Whitworth
 * 14) La Verne
 * 15) Porterville Junior College


 * 1) 1941 Hawaii Rainbows football team (8–1)

HBCUs
(3/35)

Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association

 * 1) 1941 Morgan State Bears football team
 * 2) Johnson C. Smith
 * 3) 1941 Virginia State Trojans football team
 * 4) Bluefield
 * 5) Hampton
 * 6) Shaw
 * 7) Virginia Union
 * 8) North Carolina A&T
 * 9) North Carolina College
 * 10) St. Paul
 * 11) St. Augustine's
 * 12) 1941 Lincoln Lions football team
 * 13) 1941 North Carolina College Eagles football team
 * 14) 1941 Howard Bison football team

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

 * 1) 1941 Morris Brown Wolverines football team (11–1)
 * 2) 1941 Florida A&M Rattlers football team (8–1)
 * 3) Fisk
 * 4) Tuskegee
 * 5) Lane
 * 6) Morehouse
 * 7) Alabama
 * 8) Xavier (New Orleans)
 * 9) Benedict
 * 10) Le Moyne
 * 11) South Carolina State
 * 12) Clark
 * 13) Knoxville
 * 14) Talladega

Additional colored colleges

 * 1) Florida N&I
 * 2) Prairie View
 * 3) Langston
 * 4) Tougaloo
 * 5) 1941 Kentucky State Thorobreds football team
 * 6) 1941 Allen Yellow Jackets football team
 * 7) Philander Smith
 * 8) Texas College
 * 9) Elizabeth City
 * 10) 1941 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team
 * 11) 1941 Wilberforce Green Wave football team
 * 12) Montgomery Teachers
 * 13) Alcorn A&M
 * 14) Rust
 * 15) Okolona Ind.
 * 16) Wiley


 * 1) 1941 Delaware State Hornets football team (1–4)

Canada

 * 1) 1941 Western Ontario Mustangs football team