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Boand System
The Boand System was a system for determining the college football national championship. It was also known as the Azzi Ratem system (derived from "As I rate 'em"). The Boand System is recognized as a "National Champion Major Selector" by the Official NCAA Division I Records Book.
Boand announced annual national champions on a current basis from 1930 to 1960. He also chose national champions on a retroactive basis for the years from 1919 to 1929. In the 1937 edition of The Illustrated Football Annual Boand went back and re-rated the seasons since 1924, this time including bowl game results in his calculations.
The rankings appeared in many newspapers, the Illustrated Football Annual from 1932 to 1942, and Football News from 1942 to 1944 and again from 1951 to 1960. The design of the system sought to combine the best parts of the Dickinson System, with mathematical systems developed by Ralph Powell of Ohio State University and William T. Van de Graaff, football coach and mathematics instructor at Colorado College. Prominent football coaches Knute Rockne, Howard Jones, and Pop Warner consulted with Boand on the rankings. At various times, the system was applied to high school football rankings.
National champions
| Season | Champion | |
|---|---|---|
| align=center}} | Retrospective selections | |
| 1919 | ||
| 1920 | ||
| 1921 | ||
| 1922 | ||
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| 1924 | ||
| 1925 | ||
| 1926 | ||
| 1927 | ||
| Yale | ||
| 1928 | ||
| 1929 | ||
| align=center}} | Boand System rankings | |
| 1930 | ||
| 1931 | ||
| 1932 | ||
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Boand trophy
In February 1955, coach Woody Hayes was presented with the William F. Boand trophy in recognition of the 1954 Buckeyes' No. 1 selection in the year's final Azzi Ratem rankings. The award was presented by Byron F. Boyd, editor of Football News magazine, which carried Boand's ratings.
References
References
- "Boand System National Championship Selections". College Football Data Warehouse.
- Boand, William F.. (November 2, 1961). "Bill Boand's Baffling System Explained In Briefest Manner". The New Mexican.
- National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). (2015). "National Poll Rankings". NCAA.
- Jenkins, Dan. (September 11, 1967). "This Year The Fight Will Be in the Open". Time Inc..
- (2007). "Official 2007 NCAA Division I Football Records Book". Triumph Books.
- (August 26, 1931). "Champion Must Pass Severe Tests on Grid". Arizona Daily Star.
- (September 27, 1932). "Trojans Again Powerful". Arizona Daily Star.
- (January 4, 1933). "New Grid Rating System Gives 1932 Title to Trojans". [[Tampa Times.
- Quinn, Frank. (September 9, 1937). "The National football rankings for the 1936 season under the Azzi Ratem system". The Butte Daily Post.
- Boand, William F.. (January 5, 1938). "1937 Grid Ratings — Azzi Ratems System — By William F. Boand, Chicago". Chattanooga Daily Times.
- (January 3, 1939). "Boand Gives Grid Top to Tennessee Eleven". Omaha World-Herald.
- (January 2, 1940). "Azzi Ratem Calls Aggies No. 1 Team". Lexington Herald-Leader.
- (January 3, 1941). "Azzi Ratem Puts Huskers 12th in Final Ranking". Evening World-Herald.
- (December 2, 1941). "Navy Ranked Second by the Azzi Ratem". Evening World-Herald.
- (February 2, 1955). "The William F. Boand trophy". The Baytown Sun.
- (1937). "Illustrated Football Annual 1937". Fiction House, Inc..
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