Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-03
Auburn Takes
National Title
For First Time

late conner among college foot
ball powers. ruled as the ma
tional champion today with q
fat bulge over Ohio State and
Michigan State In the final
Associated Press poll.
Auburn win be the first ma
tional champion 10 receive the
Associated Press Trophy. put
into competition this season as
q successor to the Father Hugh
ODonnell Memorial Trophy
that was retired by Oklahoma
last fall.
The Tigers pulled In 40 first
/ place votes and an oyerpower-
| ing total Of 3.l23 points in the
halloting by $50 sportswriters
and broadcasters.
Auburn drew the highest
number Of first-place votes
since Oklahoma pulled in q
record ala in the final 1855
poll. The SoonerS who polled
l04 first-plaee votes IN repeat
ing last season. finished fourth.
Navy Finishes Fifth
Auburn, the Southeastern
Conference champion but
barred from Bowl play by
NCAA action. had appeared
among the top 10 in only one
other final poll. iinishine eighth
I In IS.
This year, the Tigers el0-0)
didn't make the top until the
next to last weekly poll Of the
season. taking over from Ohio
State-which in turn had re-
placed Michigan State.
Ohio State and Michigan
State. both with 81 records.
7 finished more than 500 points
behind Auburn In the balloting.
which awards points on q basis
Of 10 for first. nine for second.
eight for third. etc. The Buck
eyes. Big Ten champions and
Rose Bowl representatives who
were beaten only by Texas
Christian in the season opener.
collected II first place votes
and 2.646 points.
Michigan State. which did
not meet Ohio State In season
play. had 80 first-place votes
and 2.550 points. Oklahoma
I to-D picked up % first-place
votes and 2.ls2 points.
The rest Of the top 10 were
Navy. Iowa. Mississippi. Rice.
Texas Ann and Notre Dame.
Lauded by Daugherty
While Coach Shug Jordan
told yelling. dancing students,
who staged a rip-snorting cele-
bration at news Of the cham
pionship. that las far as I'm
concerned Auburn has been No.
l all the year" Coach Woody
Hayes said the same Of his
Buckeyes.
I Coach Duffy Daugherty Of
Michigan State. making II un-
derstood he would vote for his
Spartans against any team in
the country. acknowledged that
both Auburn and Ohio State
proved their right to great
recognition"
IF we couldn't be higher,
there certainly are two great
teams up there. I naturally
lean toward Ohio State, I"
Daugherty added.
Several voters failed TO share
Hayes and Daugherty's en-
thusiasm for the Buckeyes and
Spartans. however. Ohio State
was named sixth or lower on
50 ballots with Michigan State
getting similar ranking on SO.
Ohio State was termed 10th
best In the Nation by IA voters
Michigan State received Is
votes for ninth place. 9 for 10th,
Auburn. by comparison. was
placed sixth or lower on q
ballots. with three naming the
Tigers 10th and two placing
them ninth.
The top teams with point,
on l0-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis
tfirst place votes and won-lost.
tied records In parentheses):
/. Auburn (2i0) 1000 3,l2:
2. Ohio State (7D (8-D 2.64t
3. Mich. State t3O (s-D 2,55(
4. Oklahoma t22) t9-D 2,i8:
5 Navy t6 t8-l-D 1871.
8. Iowa "a (7-i-D 1856
z. Mississippi t0 Os-i-D 1877
9. Rice t7-0 l.isl
Q. Texas AIM ts-0 az
10. Notre Dame t6-3 60l
Second Ten
~. Texas (6.3-D 4Ol