1939 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings

November 28, 1939By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1939 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.777	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	7–0–1	0.938	5	+34	Beat Sewanee 52–0
2	0	0.850	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	8–0	1.000	1	+33	Beat Pennsylvania 26–0
3	2	1.015	USC	PAC	6–0–1	0.929	7	+24	Beat Notre Dame 20–12
4	0	1.085	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	9–0	1.000	1	+34	BYE
5	-2	1.218	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	8–1	0.889	8	+33	Beat Kansas 20–0
6	0	1.373	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	8	+28	Beat NC State 28–0
7	1	1.460	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	8–0	1.000	1	+22	Beat Carnegie Tech 22–7
8	2	1.461	UCLA	PAC	5–0–3	0.813	17	+16	Tied Oregon State 13–13
9	-2	1.464	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	7–1–1	0.833	14	+24	BYE
10	-1	1.497	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	7–0–1	0.938	5	+18	BYE
11	5	1.507	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	7–1–1	0.833	14	+27	Beat Oklahoma 13–7
12	-1	1.547	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	8–0	1.000	1	+17	BYE
13	5	1.586	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	8	+25	Beat Furman 14–3
14	1	1.588	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	12	+20	Beat Navy 28–0
15	-3	1.728	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	24	+23	Lost to USC 12–20
16	6	1.795	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	6–2	0.750	28	+19	Beat Florida 21–7
17	-4	1.823	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–2	0.750	28	+19	Lost to Michigan 14–21
18	10	1.826	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	5–1–3	0.722	34	+12	Beat ST. Mary's 7–0
19	1	1.861	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	12	+15	BYE
20	-6	1.865	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	6–2–1	0.722	34	+19	Lost to Nebraska 7–13
21	2	1.909	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	7–1–1	0.833	14	+16	Tied UCLA 13–13
22	3	1.914	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	6–1–1	0.813	17	+14	Tied Northwestern 7–7
23	3	1.930	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–1–2	0.750	28	+14	Beat Pittsburgh 10–0
24	5	1.964	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	6–1–2	0.778	24	+9	Beat Utah State 27–0
25	2	1.966	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	8	+11	Beat Kansas State 38–7
26	10	1.993	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–2	0.750	28	+17	Beat Ohio State 21–14
27	-3	2.015	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	6–1–1	0.813	17	+11	BYE
28	-11	2.018	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	7–1–2	0.800	21	+11	Lost to William & Mary 0–7
29	-10	2.087	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	7–2	0.778	24	+13	Lost to Mississippi State 6–18
30	5	2.122	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	8–2	0.800	21	+15	Beat Ole Miss 18–6
31	-1	2.245	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND FBSI	6–1–1	0.813	17	+10	BYE
32	1	2.279	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	38	+10	BYE
33	6	2.302	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	28	+13	Beat Manhattan 7–0
34	3	2.315	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	7–2	0.778	24	+12	Beat Arizona 7–6
35	3	2.480	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	4–3–1	0.563	53	+11	BYE
36	-15	2.485	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	8–2	0.800	21	+15	Lost to SAN Diego Marines 0–18
37	-5	2.536	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	37	+8	BYE
38	-7	2.553	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	6–3	0.667	40	+13	Lost to SMU 0–21
39	4	2.560	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–4	0.556	56	+15	Beat Georgia 7–0
40	-6	2.657	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	56	+15	Lost to Penn State 0–10
41	12	2.676	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	6–2–1	0.722	34	+6	Beat Richmond 7–0
42	-2	2.681	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	40	+6	BYE
43	13	2.689	SMU	IND SWC	4–3–1	0.563	53	+8	Beat Baylor 21–0
44	-3	2.808	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	5–2–1	0.688	38	+5	BYE
45	-3	2.816	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	45	+7	BYE
46	-1	2.839	BYU	IND SKY	5–2–2	0.667	40	+4	Tied Wyoming 7–7
47	-1	2.847	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	5–3–1	0.611	49	+13	Beat Missouri Rolla 32–0
48	-4	2.886	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	28	+4	Beat Portland 7–0
49	10	2.913	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	5–4–1	0.550	62	+9	Beat Creighton 20–9
50	-1	3.059	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	45	+5	BYE
51	15	3.072	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–3–2	0.500	63	+5	Beat Indiana 7–6
52	-5	3.119	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	5–2–2	0.667	40	-2	Beat South Dakota 6–0
53	-1	3.183	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	5–3–1	0.611	49	+5	BYE
54	-6	3.189	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	4–3	0.571	51	+3	BYE
55	-1	3.201	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–3	0.625	45	+5	BYE
56	4	3.253	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	45	+7	BYE
57	-7	3.272	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	63	+5	Lost to Cornell 0–26
58	3	3.361	LSU	SEC	4–4	0.500	63	+2	BYE
59	6	3.443	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–4–1	0.438	83	+4	Beat Wisconsin 23–6
60	4	3.526	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	6–3	0.667	40	-7	BYE
61	-3	3.530	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	63	+1	Lost to Villanova 0–7
62	12	3.574	UTEP	IND BOR	5–4	0.556	56	+7	Beat New Mexico State 34–0
63	-12	3.611	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	5–4	0.556	56	0	Lost to Tulsa 0–14
64	-2	3.709	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	4–4	0.500	63	-2	Lost to Oklahoma State 9–20
65	18	3.712	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	51	+6	Beat Bucknell 7–6
66	16	3.718	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	4–4	0.500	63	0	Beat Oregon 20–13
67	5	3.792	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–4	0.500	63	0	BYE
68	5	3.802	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	53	-7	BYE
69	-6	3.848	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–5	0.444	80	-2	Lost to Boston College 7–38
70	-15	3.849	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–4–1	0.438	83	0	Lost to Washington 13–20
71	-3	3.852	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–5	0.500	63	-4	Lost to Georgia Tech 7–21
72	3	3.867	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	63	+1	BYE
73	-16	3.884	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	63	-6	Lost to Yale 7–20
74	-4	3.898	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	4–4–1	0.500	63	+4	BYE
75	15	3.920	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	83	0	Beat Harvard 20–7
76	-5	3.921	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	3–4–1	0.438	83	0	BYE
77	-8	3.960	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	56	-4	Lost to Clemson 3–14
78	11	3.989	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	4–5–1	0.450	79	-3	Beat Montana 13–0
79	2	4.040	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–4–2	0.375	94	+2	Tied Colgate 0–0
80	-13	4.173	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–5	0.444	80	-3	Lost to Auburn 0–7
81	15	4.178	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	63	-6	Beat Temple 18–7
82	-3	4.210	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–3–2	0.500	63	-5	BYE
83	-7	4.210	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	5–4	0.556	56	-8	Lost to New Mexico 6–7
84	3	4.257	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–5–1	0.389	92	-3	BYE
85	0	4.266	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–4–1	0.438	83	-2	Tied Iowa 7–7
86	12	4.445	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–4–1	0.438	83	-1	Beat Chicago 46–0
87	-9	4.484	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–5–1	0.313	103	-1	Lost to Princeton 0–28
88	-8	4.500	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	83	+5	Lost to Santa Clara 0–7
89	15	4.507	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	4–4–1	0.500	63	-3	Beat Drake 14–0
90	2	4.546	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–3–2	0.429	91	-3	BYE
91	-14	4.617	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	63	-5	Lost to South Carolina 6–7
92	-8	4.664	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	94	-8	Lost to Duquesne 7–22
93	-5	4.756	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	115	-2	Lost to Duke 0–28
94	0	4.812	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–5–1	0.313	103	-4	Tied Columbia 0–0
95	-9	4.966	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–4–2	0.375	94	-4	Lost to Purdue 6–7
96	7	5.010	Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	80	-14	Beat Randolph Macon 12–0
97	-6	5.122	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	3–4–1	0.438	83	-11	Lost to Utah 0–27
98	2	5.181	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–6–1	0.278	107	-8	BYE
99	10	5.293	TCU	IND SWC	3–6	0.333	101	-12	Beat Rice 21–0
100	-5	5.360	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	3–5	0.375	94	-12	Lost to Texas Tech 0–13
101	-4	5.452	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	3–6	0.333	101	-16	Lost to UTEP 0–34
102	11	5.528	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–6–1	0.350	100	-4	Beat Miami 7–6
103	-2	5.577	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	3–3–3	0.500	63	+8	BYE
104	-5	5.637	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	115	-11	Lost to Michigan State 7–18
105	1	5.742	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–6	0.250	109	-12	Lost to Missouri 0–20
106	-13	5.752	Rhodes (RHODES)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	92	-18	Lost to Centenary 7–13
107	-5	5.784	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	94	-11	Lost to George Washington 6–7
108	6	5.807	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–7	0.300	106	-9	Beat Stanford 32–14
109	-4	5.809	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–5–1	0.313	103	-13	BYE
110	-3	5.859	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	2–6	0.250	109	-12	BYE
111	-3	5.967	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	3–5	0.375	94	-5	Lost to Tulane 0–52
112	-1	6.023	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	109	-8	BYE
113	-3	6.145	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–7	0.222	115	-16	BYE
114	2	6.557	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	109	-20	BYE
115	0	6.567	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–6	0.250	109	-11	BYE
116	4	7.029	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–8	0.200	118	-25	Beat Erskine 34–0
117	-5	7.114	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	107	-6	Lost to Whittier 13–19
118	0	7.593	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–6–1	0.188	119	-16	Lost to Minnesota 6–23
119	-2	7.725	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	2–6	0.250	109	-15	Lost to Illinois 0–46
120	-1	7.920	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–7–1	0.063	123	-21	Lost to California 14–32
121	0	8.192	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–7–1	0.167	121	-20	Lost to TCU 0–21
122	2	8.197	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	1–8–1	0.150	122	-23	Beat Rhodes 13–7
123	-1	8.471	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–6–1	0.188	119	-17	BYE
124	-1	8.551	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–7–1	0.063	123	-20	Tied BYU 7–7