The #6 LSU Tigers shut out Florida 23–0 at home. The Northwestern Wildcats were voted into first place, followed by 2.Alabama 3.USC 4.LSU and 5.Texas. November 3 #1 Northwestern narrowly defeated Indiana, 26-21, at Bloomington. #2 Alabama and #3 USC shut out Mississippi State (20-0) and Washington (14-0), respectively. #4 LSU lost at home to #7 Mississippi, and #5 Texas got past SMU at home, 6-0. The poll was 1.Northwestern 2.USC 3.Alabama 4.Mississippi and 5.Texas. November 10 #1 Northwestern was beaten at Madison by #8 Wisconsin, 37-6. #3 Alabama beat Miami 36–3 and #2 USC won at Stanford, 39-14. #4 Mississippi defeated UT-Chattanooga 52-7, and #5 Texas won at Baylor, 27-12. With the return of Wisconsin to the Top 5, and Northwestern dropping out, the poll was 1.Alabama 2.USC 3.Mississippi 4.Wisconsin and 5.Texas. November 17 #1 Alabama travelled to Atlanta and lost to Georgia Tech, 7-6. #2 USC defeated Navy, 13-6, at home. On Thanksgiving Day (the 22nd), #4 Texas hosted Texas A & M and won 13–3 to clinch the Southwestern conference title and the Cotton Bowl bid, half a game ahead of Arkansas. On November 24 #1 USC beat UCLA, 14-3, extending its record to 9-0-0 and finishing a game ahead of Washington for the AAWU title and the Rose Bowl bid. #2 Mississippi was idle. USC's bowl opponent was determined in the season-ending game between #3 Wisconsin and #5 Minnesota, both 5-1-0 in Big Ten conference play. They met at Madison and the Badgers won on their home field, 14-9, to take the Big Ten title and the trip to the Rose Bowl. In the penultimate poll, USC retained the #1 spot, and Wisconsin was 2nd with an 8-1-0 record. Despite being unbeaten and untied, Mississippi placed third in the voting, followed by #4 Texas and #5 Alabama. The stage was set for a meeting of #1 and #2 at the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day. December 1, #1 USC closed a perfect season by beating Notre Dame 25–0 in Los Angeles for a 10-0-0 finish. #3 Mississippi beat Mississippi State 13–6 at home to close with a 9-0-0 record, the SEC championship, and a trip to the Sugar Bowl, while #5 Alabama beat Auburn 38–0 in the season-ender at Birmingham to close their season at 10-1-0 and second place.