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1939 Post-Season Week 1 College Football Team Rankings

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1939 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
110.800Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI8–01.0001+34BYE
2-10.815Tulane (TULANE)SEC8–0–10.9444+40BYE
301.005Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC10–01.0001+44BYE
401.086USCPAC7–0–20.8898+29Tied UCLA 0–0
501.211Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B88–10.8898+35BYE
601.298Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON8–10.8898+33BYE
711.380Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC10–01.0001+30Beat Auburn 7–0
8-11.401North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON8–1–10.85013+31BYE
901.425Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI8–0–10.9444+23BYE
1001.483UCLAPAC6–0–40.80018+20Tied USC 0–0
1101.491Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B87–1–10.83314+28BYE
1201.520Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI7–0–10.9386+19BYE
1301.551Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON8–10.8898+28BYE
1401.567Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI7–10.87512+22BYE
1501.709Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI7–20.77823+27BYE
1611.757Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC7–20.77823+25BYE
17-11.775Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI9–10.9007+18BYE
1801.798Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI5–1–30.72234+13BYE
1901.837Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B106–20.75028+19BYE
2001.883Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B86–2–10.72234+19BYE
2101.914Iowa (IOWA)B106–1–10.81317+14BYE
2201.926Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI5–1–20.75028+14BYE
2301.965Utah (UTAH)IND SKY6–1–20.77823+9BYE
2401.986Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC7–1–10.83314+17BYE
2501.997Michigan (MICHIGAN)B106–20.75028+17BYE
2602.019Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON7–1–20.80018+12BYE
2702.083Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC8–20.80018+15BYE
2802.134Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC7–20.77823+14BYE
2902.152Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI7–20.77823+15BYE
3002.200Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND FBSI7–1–10.83314+12BYE
3102.223Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI6–20.75028+13BYE
3212.234New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR8–20.80018+15BYE
33-12.249Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI6–20.75028+13BYE
3412.274Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC6–2–10.72234+13BYE
35-12.334Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC5–3–10.61146+14BYE
3602.440Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR8–20.80018+16BYE
3712.515Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC7–30.70038+16BYE
38-12.556SMUIND SWC6–3–10.65041+13Beat Rice 13–6
3902.588Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON7–30.70038+9BYE
4012.644Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC6–3–10.65041+17BYE
4122.664Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI5–40.55654+15BYE
4202.665William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON6–2–10.72234+5BYE
43-32.680Auburn (AUBURN)SEC5–5–10.50062+16Lost to Tennessee 0–7
4402.761Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY5–30.62544+8BYE
4502.874BYUIND SKY5–2–20.66740+4BYE
4602.900Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI6–20.75028+4BYE
4702.993Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI5–3–10.61146+3BYE
4803.006Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC5–4–10.55060+9BYE
4913.035Purdue (PURDUE)B103–3–20.50062+5BYE
50-13.047Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON6–3–10.65041+8BYE
5113.112NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI5–40.55654+6BYE
5213.175Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI4–40.50062+6BYE
53-23.182Denver (DENVER)IND SKY5–3–10.61146+2BYE
5403.295Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–40.55654+3BYE
5503.298Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI5–3–10.61146+7BYE
5603.302Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC5–40.55654+6BYE
5703.380George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND FBSI5–30.62544+9BYE
5813.425UTEPIND BOR5–40.55654+9BYE
59-13.455Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–4–10.43885+5BYE
6003.540ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC5–3–20.60051-6BYE
6103.624Manhattan (MANHATTAN)IND FBSI4–40.500620BYE
6213.637Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI5–3–10.61146-8BYE
6313.654Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–5–10.45075+2BYE
6423.657Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI4–40.50062+3BYE
6503.665Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR5–5–10.50062-3BYE
66-43.677LSUSEC4–50.44478+1BYE
6703.738Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B84–50.44478-1BYE
6833.847Florida (FLORIDA)SEC5–5–10.50062-4BYE
69-13.849Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–3–20.50062-1BYE
70-13.882Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR6–40.60051-4BYE
71-13.935Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI2–4–20.37595+4BYE
7203.970Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC4–50.444780BYE
7333.982Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI4–4–10.50062-5BYE
74153.983Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC5–60.45574-3Beat Miami 13–0
7504.015Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI4–40.50062-7BYE
76-34.022Oregon (OREGON)PAC3–4–10.438850BYE
77-34.052Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC4–50.44478+1BYE
7824.061Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON5–40.55654-5BYE
79-14.070Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–5–10.38993+2BYE
80-34.085Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON3–4–10.43885-1BYE
81-24.109Yale (YALE)IND FBSI3–4–10.43885-1BYE
8204.210Washburn (WASHBURN)IND MVC6–40.60051-8BYE
8304.288Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B103–4–10.43885-2BYE
8414.319Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC4–50.44478-7BYE
85-14.322Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON4–5–10.45075+1BYE
8604.385Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC5–50.50062-3BYE
8704.395ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI3–4–10.43885+5BYE
8804.475Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–4–10.43885-1BYE
89-84.587Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI5–50.50062-8Lost to Georgia 0–13
9004.728SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI4–3–30.55060+12BYE
9104.740Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–5–10.313103-5BYE
9204.798Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI3–50.37595-10BYE
9304.911Indiana (INDIANA)B102–4–20.37595-4BYE
9405.061Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)IND FBSI4–50.44478-17BYE
9505.121Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–4–20.44478-10BYE
9625.157Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC4–5–10.45075-8BYE
97-15.161NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON2–80.200119-7BYE
98-15.183Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–4–10.43885-12BYE
9905.356New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR3–60.333101-16BYE
10005.486TCUIND SWC3–70.300104-15BYE
10115.497South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON3–6–10.350100-4BYE
102-15.568Montana (MONTANA)PAC3–60.333101-17BYE
10305.671Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–7–10.250109-13BYE
10405.689Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI2–70.222113-12BYE
10505.727Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI3–50.37595-11BYE
10605.734Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–60.250109-13BYE
10705.744Rhodes (RHODES)IND FBSI3–5–10.38993-19BYE
10805.946California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–70.300104-9BYE
10905.959Sewanee (SEWANEE)SEC3–50.37595-5BYE
11006.057Idaho (IDAHO)PAC2–60.250109-15BYE
11106.087West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–6–10.278106-17BYE
11206.148Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–70.222113-18BYE
11306.326Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON2–70.222113-12BYE
11406.346Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON3–80.273108-27BYE
11506.582Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–70.222113-14BYE
11606.685Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON2–70.222113-23BYE
11706.895Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–7–10.167122-18BYE
11806.978Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI2–6–10.278106-5BYE
11927.399Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI2–9–10.208118-28Beat Louisiana Tech 19–0
120-17.731Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–6–10.188120-17BYE
121-17.799Chicago (CHICAGO)B102–60.250109-16BYE
12208.149Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–9–10.136123-29Lost to SMU 6–13
12308.288Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR1–6–10.188120-17BYE
12408.679Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY0–7–10.063124-23BYE

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