1939 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 3, 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	51	0.563	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Arizona 62–0
2	-1	0.880	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Wake Forest 36–6
3	1	0.889	BYU	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
4	52	0.889	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat William & Mary 31–6
5	38	0.924	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia Military Institute 21–0
6	75	0.994	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat NC State 13–0
7	75	1.003	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Florida 12–0
8	1	1.030	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Furman 16–7
9	-7	1.038	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Centenary 14–0
10	15	1.056	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Iowa State 6–0
11	72	1.100	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Clemson 7–6
12	42	1.109	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado 30–0
13	23	1.126	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Manhattan 28–0
14	18	1.144	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Citadel 26–0
15	-12	1.144	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
16	32	1.153	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hampden Sydney 25–0
17	50	1.188	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington 27–6
18	9	1.197	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Davidson 26–6
19	57	1.206	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Gonzaga 19–0
20	-15	1.258	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
21	43	1.267	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stanford 12–0
22	71	1.294	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Sewanee 9–0
23	30	1.311	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat LSU 14–7
24	2	1.320	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas 12–6
25	60	1.338	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat TCU 6–2
26	34	1.346	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Purdue 3–0
27	4	1.364	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Temple 3–2
28	30	1.364	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colgate 7–6
29	60	1.364	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0–1	0.750	61	0	Beat Rice 13–12
30	65	1.364	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Marquette 14–13
31	74	1.373	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Arkansas 19–0
32	82	1.571	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wyoming 34–7
33	-12	1.632	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
34	-12	1.632	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
35	-5	1.632	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
36	-3	1.632	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
37	-2	1.632	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
38	0	1.632	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0–1	0.500	63	0	Tied Bradley 0–0
39	0	1.632	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0–1	0.500	63	0	Tied Nebraska 7–7
40	9	1.632	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
41	9	1.632	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
42	15	1.632	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0–1	0.500	63	0	Tied Indiana 7–7
43	16	1.632	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
44	17	1.632	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
45	17	1.632	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0–1	0.500	63	0	Tied SMU 7–7
46	17	1.632	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0–1	0.500	63	0	Tied USC 7–7
47	18	1.632	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
48	18	1.632	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
49	19	1.632	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
50	22	1.632	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	63	0	Tied Utah 7–7
51	23	1.632	SMU	IND SWC	0–0–1	0.500	63	0	Tied Oklahoma 7–7
52	34	1.632	USC	PAC	0–0–1	0.500	63	0	Tied Oregon 7–7
53	34	1.632	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0–1	0.500	63	0	Tied Santa Clara 7–7
54	43	1.632	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
55	-43	1.804	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lebanon Valley 45–0
56	38	1.813	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 44–0
57	-17	1.839	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Dakota 41–0
58	-42	1.892	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wittenberg 35–0
59	-48	1.901	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 34–0
60	-47	1.901	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rhode Island 34–0
61	27	1.910	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Albertson 33–0
62	-38	1.918	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Lawrence 41–9
63	7	1.918	Rhodes (RHODES)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Memphis 32–0
64	43	1.923	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Randolph Macon 26–0
65	-37	1.927	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Illinois Wesleyan 31–0
66	-37	1.962	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Waynesburg 34–7
67	-25	1.962	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Fort Hays State 34–7
68	-45	1.971	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Iowa 26–0
69	-61	2.015	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Samford 21–0
70	48	2.028	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat West Texas A&M 19–0
71	38	2.028	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Emporia State 12–0
72	39	2.046	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arkansas Monticello 12–3
73	11	2.050	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wichita State 23–6
74	-23	2.059	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wayne State 16–0
75	-41	2.077	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Howard Payne 14–0
76	14	2.077	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Muhlenberg 14–0
77	44	2.081	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Michigan 14–0
78	-3	2.086	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri Rolla 13–0
79	-1	2.094	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Clarkson 12–0
80	-25	2.121	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Portland 9–0
81	-71	2.147	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Birmingham Southern 6–0
82	-38	2.147	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Redlands 6–0
83	-46	2.191	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana State 7–6
84	-66	2.346	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to NEW York University 6–7
85	-38	2.346	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Wisconsin 13–14
86	-15	2.346	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 12–13
87	-7	2.346	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Georgetown 2–3
88	-19	2.422	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Notre Dame 0–3
89	-10	2.461	TCU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to UCLA 2–6
90	-49	2.538	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Drake 6–12
91	-46	2.576	LSU	SEC	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Ole Miss 7–14
92	-85	2.638	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Tennessee 0–13
93	-20	2.653	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Washington & LEE 0–9
94	-17	2.768	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Oregon State 0–12
95	5	2.828	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	62	0	Lost to North Carolina 6–36
96	6	2.922	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	87	0	Lost to ST. Mary's 0–19
97	-6	3.114	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 6–27
98	10	3.258	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Army 7–16
99	5	3.286	Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	87	0	Lost to Maryland 0–25
100	6	3.288	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Kentucky 0–21
101	14	3.298	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	63	0	Beat Northwestern Oklahoma State 52–0
102	18	3.300	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Tulane 6–7
103	-7	3.344	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to New Mexico 7–34
104	15	3.344	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Denver 0–6
105	-59	3.382	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Holy Cross 0–28
106	11	3.389	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Texas 0–12
107	3	3.415	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Mississippi State 0–19
108	-89	3.459	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Missouri 0–30
109	4	3.490	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Navy 6–31
110	-7	3.718	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–1–1	0.500	63	0	Beat Nevada 9–7
111	11	3.766	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	87	0	Lost to Georgia 0–26
112	4	3.929	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Minnesota 0–62
113	-14	4.564	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	63	-1	Beat Texas Wesleyan 30–0
114	-108	4.901	UTEP	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	63	+1	Lost to Fresno State 7–10
115	-17	5.149	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	87	-1	Lost to Duke 6–26
116	-101	6.032	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–1	0.500	63	0	Beat California Davis 32–14; Lost to PACIFIC 0–6
117	-5	6.104	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Marshall 0–20
118	6	7.626	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	87	0	Lost to Texas A&M 0–14
119	-18	9.872	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	87	-1	Lost to Catholic 0–12
120	-28	11.907	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Northwest Missouri State 7–9
121	-101	12.022	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Colorado Mines 14–19
122	1	12.042	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	87	0	BYE
123	-109	12.061	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Gettysburg 0–6
124	-107	12.061	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Beloit 0–6