The 1930 college football season saw Notre Dame repeat as national champion under the Dickinson System, as well as claim the No.

[1] The post-season Rose Bowl matchup featured two unbeaten (9–0) teams, Washington State and Alabama, ranked No.

September 20 Stanford opened its season against a non-college team, beating the West Coast Army club, 32–0 September 27 Nearly all the big schools scheduled tune-up games against weaker visitors, and all but one shut out the opposition.

[2] October 4 Notre Dame opened its season with a 20–14 win over visiting Southern Methodist.

Alabama rolled over visiting Ole Miss, 64–0 and in Danville, Kentucky, Tennessee defeated Centre College 18–0.

October 18 Alabama and Tennessee, both 3–0–0, and both unscored upon, met at Tuscaloosa in a game that would ultimately determine the fictional championship of the South.

USC (3–1–0) and Stanford (3–0–1) met in Palo Alto, with the Trojans handing the Indians their first loss of the season, 41–12.

(Dartmouth was scored upon, winning at Harvard 7–2, and Army's streak of shutouts ended with its 7–7 tie at Yale.

Tennessee beat visiting North Carolina 9–7, and in Atlanta, Tulane shut out Georgia Tech 28–0.

Army beat Kentucky Wesleyan 47–2 November 22 Notre Dame and Northwestern, both unbeaten (7–0–0) met at Evanston, with the Fighting Irish winning 14–0.

The champion of the South also earned a Rose Bowl invitation to face Washington State.

November 29 (8–0–0) Notre Dame and (8–0–1) Army met at Chicago, with the Irish narrowly winning 7–6.

December 6 In Los Angeles, a crowd of 90,000 turned out at the Coliseum as Notre Dame (9–0–0) visited USC (8–1–0).

Paul O'Connor, a third string player earlier in the season, had 11 carries for 142 yards, and one touchdown.

The Rose Bowl stadium's capacity had been increased to 81,000, but only 65,000 spectators turned out to watch an East-West matchup between two unbeaten (9–0–0), but out-of-state teams, the Washington State Cougars and the Alabama Crimson Tide.

In addition, Sington blocked for the rushing of Johnny Campbell, "The Mississippi Rabbit", who ran 42 yards for one of Alabama's three touchdowns in the second quarter.

[8] Notre Dame, Washington State and Alabama, all unbeaten and untied at the end of the regular season, were ranked first, second and third by Dickinson, with the Irish getting the higher rating based on their opposition.