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Top 25 College Football Games of 1951

Every completed game in the season, scored without team allegiance by game-time AP poll strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.

Games
25
Top score
69/100
Overtime
0

National ranking

The season's top 25

25 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.

  1. 1951PostseasonNeutral site

    Baylor vs. Georgia Tech

    Baylor 14, Georgia Tech 17

    No. 9 Baylor vs. No. 6 Georgia Tech · 3-point margin

    Ranking 37/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    69

    Game score

  2. 1951PostseasonNeutral site

    Tennessee vs. Maryland

    Tennessee 13, Maryland 28

    No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 3 Maryland · 15-point margin

    Ranking 48/50 · Closeness 20/35 · Overtime 0/15

    68

    Game score

  3. 1951Week 9

    Stanford at USC

    Stanford 27, USC 20

    No. 3 Stanford vs. No. 11 USC · 7-point margin

    Ranking 38/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    66

    Game score

  4. 1951Week 7

    TCU at USC

    TCU 26, USC 28

    No. 13 TCU vs. No. 6 USC · 2-point margin

    Ranking 33/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15

    66

    Game score

  5. 1951Week 2

    Oregon State at Michigan State

    Oregon State 0, Michigan State 6

    No. 15 Oregon State vs. No. 1 Michigan State · 6-point margin

    Ranking 36/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    65

    Game score

  6. 1951Week 6

    USC at California

    USC 21, California 14

    No. 7 USC vs. No. 9 California · 7-point margin

    Ranking 36/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    64

    Game score

  7. 1951Week 4

    Michigan State at Ohio State

    Michigan State 24, Ohio State 20

    No. 3 Michigan State vs. No. 17 Ohio State · 4-point margin

    Ranking 32/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    63

    Game score

  8. 1951Week 2

    Kentucky at Texas

    Kentucky 6, Texas 7

    No. 17 Kentucky vs. No. 6 Texas · 1-point margin

    Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    63

    Game score

  9. 1951Week 5

    Arkansas at Baylor

    Arkansas 7, Baylor 9

    No. 19 Arkansas vs. No. 7 Baylor · 2-point margin

    Ranking 26/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15

    59

    Game score

  10. 1951Week 8

    Washington State at Stanford

    Washington State 13, Stanford 21

    No. 17 Washington State vs. No. 4 Stanford · 8-point margin

    Ranking 31/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15

    58

    Game score

  11. 1951Week 10

    Ohio State at Illinois

    Ohio State 0, Illinois 0

    Unranked Ohio State vs. No. 4 Illinois · 0-point margin

    Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15

    57

    Game score

  12. 1951Week 4

    Oklahoma at Texas A&M

    Oklahoma 7, Texas A&M 14

    No. 19 Oklahoma vs. No. 6 Texas A&M · 7-point margin

    Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    55

    Game score

  13. 1951Week 10

    Michigan State at Indiana

    Michigan State 30, Indiana 26

    No. 2 Michigan State vs. Unranked Indiana · 4-point margin

    Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    55

    Game score

  14. 1951Week 8

    Georgia Tech at Duke

    Georgia Tech 14, Duke 14

    No. 7 Georgia Tech vs. Unranked Duke · 0-point margin

    Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15

    54

    Game score

  15. 1951Week 5

    California at Washington State

    California 42, Washington State 35

    No. 9 California vs. No. 18 Washington State · 7-point margin

    Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    53

    Game score

  16. 1951Week 5

    Marquette at Michigan State

    Marquette 14, Michigan State 20

    Unranked Marquette vs. No. 2 Michigan State · 6-point margin

    Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    53

    Game score

  17. 1951Week 5

    Oregon State at USC

    Oregon State 14, USC 16

    Unranked Oregon State vs. No. 6 USC · 2-point margin

    Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15

    53

    Game score

  18. 1951Week 7

    Georgia Tech at Vanderbilt

    Georgia Tech 8, Vanderbilt 7

    No. 8 Georgia Tech vs. Unranked Vanderbilt · 1-point margin

    Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    52

    Game score

  19. 1951Week 8

    TCU at Baylor

    TCU 20, Baylor 7

    No. 13 TCU vs. No. 10 Baylor · 13-point margin

    Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15

    51

    Game score

  20. 1951Week 9

    Baylor at Texas

    Baylor 18, Texas 6

    No. 10 Baylor vs. No. 14 Texas · 12-point margin

    Ranking 28/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15

    51

    Game score

  21. 1951Week 8

    Michigan at Illinois

    Michigan 0, Illinois 7

    Unranked Michigan vs. No. 3 Illinois · 7-point margin

    Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    51

    Game score

  22. 1951Week 6

    Illinois at Washington

    Illinois 27, Washington 20

    No. 3 Illinois vs. Unranked Washington · 7-point margin

    Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    51

    Game score

  23. 1951Week 6

    North Carolina at Maryland

    North Carolina 7, Maryland 14

    Unranked North Carolina vs. No. 4 Maryland · 7-point margin

    Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    50

    Game score

  24. 1951Week 4

    Georgia Tech at Kentucky

    Georgia Tech 13, Kentucky 7

    No. 5 Georgia Tech vs. Unranked Kentucky · 6-point margin

    Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    50

    Game score

  25. 1951Week 10

    TCU at Texas

    TCU 21, Texas 32

    No. 11 TCU vs. No. 16 Texas · 11-point margin

    Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 24/35 · Overtime 0/15

    49

    Game score

Methodology

How each game earns up to 100 points

AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.

Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.

Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.

Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason games use the final regular-season AP poll published before bowl and playoff results. Overtime uses period scoring when available, then explicit overtime notes as a fallback. Historical seasons may have less complete period and box-score data.