10-0, outscored opponents 201-13. Named champion by Berryman, Billingsley, Boand, Dunkel, Football Research (CFRA), Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation, Poling, and Williamson, plus a co-champion nod from Parke Davis and Sagarin.
USC’s 1932 schedule1932 National Champion: And Who Else Claims It
MULTIPLEDISPUTEDUSC again swept Helms, the National Championship Foundation, and the College Football Researchers Association; Michigan's rival claim rests on the Dickinson System and Sagarin, neither of which we carry picks for.
The case for each side
Claimed by the program: no recognized selector picked them
8-0, Big Ten champion. Named champion by the Dickinson System and Sagarin (ELO-Chess), plus a co-champion nod from Parke Davis; not a Helms, NCF, or CFRA selection.
Michigan’s 1932 scheduleNo national title game was played after the 1932 season: before 1998 there was no mechanism to play one, which is why so many of these seasons were settled by vote instead.