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1939 Week 10 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
100.770Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI4–01.0001+9Beat Ohio State 23–14
220.770Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B84–0–10.90012+11Beat Oklahoma State 41–0
330.788Tulane (TULANE)SEC4–0–10.90012+12Beat Ole Miss 18–6
4-20.869North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON5–0–10.91710+15Beat Pennsylvania 30–6
530.977Michigan (MICHIGAN)B104–01.0001+8Beat Yale 27–7
6-31.033Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–01.0001+11Beat Carnegie Tech 7–6
781.106Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC6–01.0001+12Beat Baylor 20–0
8-11.112Utah (UTAH)IND SKY3–0–20.80021+5Tied Denver 7–7
931.318Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B84–0–10.90012+8Beat Kansas State 25–9
1041.357Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC5–01.0001+7Beat Mercer 17–0
1191.393UCLAPAC4–0–10.90012+7Beat Oregon 16–6
1241.406Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI5–01.0001+8Beat Texas Tech 13–0
1341.522USCPAC3–0–10.87518+4Beat California 26–0
14-91.528Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC4–10.80021+7Lost to Tulane 6–18
15-21.588Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC5–01.0001+6Beat Xavier 21–0
16-71.592Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–10.75037+7Lost to Cornell 14–23
1761.595Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI4–0–10.90012+5Beat George Washington 7–0
18101.615Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI4–0–10.90012+4Beat Harvard 16–0
1901.668Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON5–0–10.91710+4Beat Citadel 19–0
2061.717Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR6–01.0001+5Beat UTEP 27–7
2191.844Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC5–01.0001+4Beat Washington State 13–0
22161.856Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON3–1–10.70044+6Beat Virginia Tech 6–0
23101.919Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI4–10.80021+6Beat Colgate 27–7
2471.961Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–10.80021+8Beat Rice 26–12
25-31.993NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI4–10.80021+6Beat Georgia 14–13
26212.006Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC4–10.80021+6Beat Mississippi State 7–0
2782.049Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON4–10.80021+6Beat Wake Forest 6–0
2812.051LSUSEC4–10.80021+5Beat Vanderbilt 12–6
29162.053Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI2–1–20.60054+3Beat Purdue 13–6
30142.095Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON4–10.80021+4Beat Navy 15–7
31-72.144Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B84–10.80021+6Beat Iowa State 21–6
32-222.192Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI3–10.75037+4Lost to North Carolina 6–30
3392.228Iowa (IOWA)B103–10.75037+3Beat Wisconsin 19–13
3472.289New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR5–10.83319+3Beat Northern Arizona 33–0
35-172.318Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–2–10.50067+5Lost to Clemson 7–15
36202.355Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC4–10.80021+3Beat ST. Louis 12–0
37282.412Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI3–10.75037+3Beat Brown 26–12
38132.439Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC3–10.75037+3Beat Auburn 7–6
3902.519Denver (DENVER)IND SKY3–1–10.70044+2Tied Utah 7–7
40-192.538Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–20.60054+5Lost to Fordham 13–27
41182.543Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI3–10.75037+3Beat Arkansas 7–0
42-102.549Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON5–20.71443+3Lost to Duke 0–6
43192.559Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI4–10.800210Beat ST. Anselm 28–0
4452.572BYUIND SKY4–10.80021+2Beat Western State 18–6
4582.610SMUIND SWC2–1–10.62550+2BYE
4682.639Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON4–10.80021+1Beat Davidson 15–0
4752.643Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–1–10.70044+2Beat Ursinus 46–13
48-142.685Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–20.60054+5Lost to Texas A&M 0–20
49182.775Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–20.66747+3Beat Maryland 14–0
5072.803Washburn (WASHBURN)IND MVC5–10.83319-2Beat ST. Benedict 20–14
51-112.826Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC3–30.50067+6Lost to Oklahoma 0–41
52-62.833Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–20.60054+3Lost to Nebraska 9–25
53-262.837Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND FBSI4–10.800210Lost to Loyola Marymount 0–6
54-112.851Yale (YALE)IND FBSI2–20.50067+3Lost to Michigan 7–27
55-192.852Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC4–20.66747+3Lost to Alabama 0–7
56212.870Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI4–10.80021+4Beat Tulsa 16–7
57262.904Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI2–20.50067+2Beat Pittsburgh 27–13
58-332.963Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–2–10.37596+2BYE
59-12.997Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–1–10.62550+1Tied Syracuse 6–6
60-493.020ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI2–1–10.62550+2Lost to SAN Francisco 0–7
61-113.033Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI3–20.60054+1Lost to Notre Dame 6–7
62163.058Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–20.60054+3Beat William & Mary 26–6
63-263.219Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON4–20.66747+2Lost to Columbia 7–26
6443.297Indiana (INDIANA)B102–1–10.625500BYE
65-23.401Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI3–20.60054+2BYE
66-113.413Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC3–20.60054-1Lost to Detroit Mercy 7–16
67-193.467Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI2–20.500670Lost to Dartmouth 0–16
6853.475Manhattan (MANHATTAN)IND FBSI2–20.50067+1BYE
69103.526Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–20.50067+1BYE
7063.619Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR3–30.500670Lost to Duquesne 0–13
7133.624New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR3–20.60054-1BYE
72-23.768Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–2–10.500670Lost to UCLA 6–16
7323.781Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–20.500670Beat Illinois 13–0
7483.806Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC3–20.60054-1Beat Loyola (NEW ORLEANS) 21–13
75173.814Montana (MONTANA)PAC3–20.60054-2Beat Idaho 13–0
76313.849Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI2–2–10.50067+1Beat Hardin Simmons 6–0
77-163.861Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR3–20.600540Lost to Marquette 6–13
78-143.921William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON3–2–10.58366-2Lost to Virginia 6–26
79173.926Sewanee (SEWANEE)SEC2–20.500670Beat Rhodes 6–0
8014.020Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC2–30.400860Lost to Oregon State 0–13
81-214.021Purdue (PURDUE)B101–2–10.37596+1Lost to Santa Clara 6–13
82-114.097Auburn (AUBURN)SEC2–30.40086+1Lost to Georgia Tech 6–7
83-34.108Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–30.40086-1Lost to Holy Cross 7–27
84-154.176ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC2–2–10.50067-2Lost to Drake 0–12
8584.199Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI2–30.40086-1Beat Bucknell 16–0
86334.365Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI1–2–10.37596+1Beat Virginia Military Institute 26–7
87-34.406West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–2–10.50067-3Tied South Carolina 6–6
88-24.520Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–2–20.40086-1Tied Penn State 6–6
89-234.520Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY2–20.50067-3Lost to Colorado State 0–9
90-34.666Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC1–40.200109-2Lost to NEW York University 13–14
91-64.742George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND FBSI2–20.50067+1Lost to Georgetown 0–7
92174.826Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI2–30.40086-2Beat Arizona 13–6
9315.014UTEPIND BOR2–40.33399+1Lost to Arizona State 7–27
9465.074Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY2–30.40086-4Beat Wyoming 27–7
95-55.106Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–4–10.250105-3Lost to LSU 6–12
96-55.170Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI2–30.40086-5Lost to Princeton 12–26
97-95.193Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–40.33399-5Lost to Villanova 0–7
9885.249Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON2–3–10.41784-1Beat Centre 28–0; Lost to WASHINGTON & LEE 0–6
9935.341Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC1–3–10.300103+1Tied Butler 6–6
100-25.361NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–40.200109-4BYE
101-295.445Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–20.50067-2Lost to Catholic 0–14
10295.536Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI2–30.40086-5Beat Illinois Wesleyan 13–6
103-65.628Idaho (IDAHO)PAC1–40.200109-4Lost to Montana 0–13
104-55.680Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON2–30.40086-2Lost to Florida 0–14
10535.720Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–40.200109-3Lost to Iowa 13–19
106-55.733Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–50.167118-5Lost to Missouri 6–21
107-125.741California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–40.33399-1Lost to USC 0–26
108-55.746Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–40.200109-5Beat Stanford 8–5
10945.841Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)IND FBSI2–40.33399-7Beat Delaware 26–6
11056.023TCUIND SWC1–40.200109-7Beat Centenary 21–0
111116.174SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI2–3–10.41784+5Beat ST. Mary's 7–0
112-236.270Rhodes (RHODES)IND FBSI1–3–10.300103-5Lost to Sewanee 0–6
11316.657Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–50.167118-7Lost to Richmond 0–19
114-96.896Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–3–10.125120-3Lost to Northwestern 0–13
11596.973Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY1–40.200109-4Beat Utah State 9–0
11607.148South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–4–10.250105-4Tied West Virginia 6–6
117-57.165Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI1–40.200109-4Lost to Temple 0–16
118-17.250Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–40.200109-6Lost to Texas 12–26
119-97.434Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY0–40.000122-5Lost to Colorado 7–27
120-27.756Chicago (CHICAGO)B101–30.250105-2BYE
12107.823Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR1–5–10.214108-7Lost to New Mexico 0–33
122-188.214Stanford (STANFORD)PAC0–3–10.125120-6Lost to Washington 5–8
12308.463Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON0–50.000122-12Lost to Furman 0–15
124-49.424Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI0–60.000122-11Lost to TCU 0–21

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