1939 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 26, 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	Game Status
1	67	0.000	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Citadel 50–0
2	96	0.158	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Oklahoma State 32–0
3	106	0.211	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hampden Sydney 26–0
4	7	0.220	BYU	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Northern Arizona 25–0
5	111	0.326	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Gonzaga 19–6
6	100	0.396	UTEP	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas Tech 7–2
7	62	0.405	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Davidson 18–14
8	-7	0.544	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
9	-4	0.544	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
10	-4	0.544	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
11	-4	0.544	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
12	-4	0.544	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
13	-4	0.544	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
14	-4	0.544	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
15	-3	0.544	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
16	-3	0.544	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
17	-3	0.544	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
18	-1	0.544	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
19	-1	0.544	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
20	-1	0.544	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
21	-1	0.544	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
22	-1	0.544	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
23	-1	0.544	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
24	-1	0.544	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
25	0	0.544	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
26	1	0.544	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
27	1	0.544	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
28	1	0.544	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
29	2	0.544	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
30	3	0.544	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
31	3	0.544	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
32	3	0.544	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
33	3	0.544	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
34	5	0.544	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
35	5	0.544	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
36	5	0.544	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
37	5	0.544	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
38	5	0.544	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
39	5	0.544	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
40	5	0.544	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
41	6	0.544	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
42	6	0.544	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
43	6	0.544	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
44	6	0.544	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
45	6	0.544	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
46	6	0.544	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
47	6	0.544	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
48	6	0.544	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
49	6	0.544	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
50	6	0.544	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
51	6	0.544	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
52	6	0.544	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
53	6	0.544	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
54	7	0.544	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
55	7	0.544	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
56	7	0.544	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
57	7	0.544	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
58	9	0.544	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
59	12	0.544	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
60	12	0.544	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
61	12	0.544	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
62	12	0.544	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
63	13	0.544	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
64	13	0.544	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
65	13	0.544	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
66	13	0.544	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
67	13	0.544	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
68	13	0.544	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
69	13	0.544	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
70	13	0.544	Rhodes (RHODES)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
71	13	0.544	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
72	14	0.544	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
73	14	0.544	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
74	14	0.544	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
75	15	0.544	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
76	15	0.544	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
77	15	0.544	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
78	15	0.544	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
79	15	0.544	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
80	15	0.544	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
81	15	0.544	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
82	15	0.544	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
83	17	0.544	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
84	17	0.544	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
85	17	0.544	UCLA	PAC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
86	17	0.544	USC	PAC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
87	17	0.544	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
88	17	0.544	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
89	18	0.544	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0–1	0.500	25	Tied Tennessee Tech 13–13
90	18	0.544	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
91	22	0.544	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
92	22	0.544	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
93	22	0.544	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
94	23	0.544	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
95	24	0.544	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
96	24	0.544	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
97	24	0.544	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
98	-74	0.934	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	27	Lost to NC State 14–18
99	0	0.973	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	27	Lost to UTEP 2–7
100	22	1.118	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	Beat South Carolina 19–7
101	-12	1.242	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	27	Lost to Wake Forest 7–19
102	-65	1.280	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	27	Lost to Washington State 6–19
103	-33	1.741	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–1–1	0.250	26	Lost to BYU 0–25
104	-66	1.779	Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	27	Lost to Virginia 0–26
105	-45	1.804	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Samford 45–0
106	4	1.839	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Roanoke 41–0
107	-22	1.874	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Newport News 37–0
108	-76	1.927	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Erskine 38–7
109	3	1.962	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Baker 27–0
110	-106	1.971	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat East Central Oklahoma 32–6
111	-45	1.971	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Fort Hays State 33–7
112	-1	1.971	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Randolph Macon 26–0
113	5	1.980	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Guilford 31–6
114	-49	2.006	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Western NEW Mexico 29–7
115	-40	2.010	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	27	Lost to Texas A&M 0–32
116	-114	2.015	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Pomona Pitzer 21–0
117	-87	2.015	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Stetson 21–0
118	-115	2.024	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat San Diego State 20–0
119	-73	2.033	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat COE 19–0
120	-104	2.042	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Presbyterian 18–0
121	-95	2.086	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Central Michigan 20–7
122	-107	2.701	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	27	Lost to North Carolina 0–50
123	0	10.515	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	27	Lost to San José State 6–16
124	0	10.880	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	27	BYE