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1939 Week 7 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
1510.889USCPAC1–0–10.75050+1Beat Washington State 27–0
2210.915Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–01.0001+2Beat Rhodes 41–0
320.955Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–01.0001+3Beat Vanderbilt 21–13
4400.959Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B101–01.0001+1Beat Missouri 19–0
5-10.964Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–01.0001+3Beat Virginia 14–12
6281.012Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1Beat Syracuse 19–6
7341.012Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–01.0001+1Beat Michigan State 26–13
831.025Tulane (TULANE)SEC2–01.0001+3Beat Auburn 12–0
9331.074Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–0–10.75050+1Beat Minnesota 6–0
10-81.129North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON3–01.0001+5Beat Virginia Tech 13–6
11-41.250Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–01.0001+2Beat Wisconsin 17–7
12411.250Utah (UTAH)IND SKY1–0–10.750500Beat Wyoming 60–0
1341.272Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat West Virginia 20–0
14171.373Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC3–01.0001+3Beat Florida 14–0
1561.395Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–01.0001+1Beat Idaho 7–6
16-101.439Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Sewanee 40–0
1721.465ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat California 7–3
1801.527Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON2–01.00010Beat Colgate 37–0
19131.555New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR3–01.0001+1Beat Denver 7–6
20-171.558BYUIND SKY2–01.0001+1Beat Colorado State 13–12
21521.558Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC2–01.0001+1Beat Creighton 21–14
22-131.561Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–01.0001+1Beat Santa Clara 7–3
23461.566Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Fordham 7–6
24-161.566Army (ARMY)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat Centre 9–6
25201.575Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–0–10.750500Beat Northwestern 23–0
26-21.580Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC2–01.0001+1Beat Grinnell 13–0
27371.637Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON3–01.0001+1Beat Washington & LEE 7–0
28311.676Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–01.0001+1Beat Oklahoma State 13–0
29171.690Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–0–10.750500Beat Stanford 10–0
30171.690Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Bucknell 13–3
31311.725Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Hampden Sydney 34–6
32-311.726Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–10.50064+1Lost to Nebraska 0–6
33-81.729UCLAPAC2–01.00010Beat Washington 14–7
34-81.751Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Georgia Tech 17–14
35411.751Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat South Carolina 40–0
36181.751Yale (YALE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Columbia 10–7
37381.769Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat UTEP 12–0
38191.795Iowa (IOWA)B102–01.00010Beat Indiana 32–29
39-111.795NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Pennsylvania Military 43–0
40211.800Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY2–01.00010Beat Colorado 16–6
41171.808Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Temple 6–0
42-261.826Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON2–01.00010Beat Mcdaniel 12–0
43291.851New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR3–01.0001+1Beat Northern Arizona 25–13
44231.857Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–01.00010Beat Marquette 3–0
45-181.874Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Roanoke 25–0
46251.927Washburn (WASHBURN)IND MVC3–01.00010Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 26–20
4781.940Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat ST. Joseph's (PENNSYLVANIA) 20–6
48-101.968Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–0–10.500640BYE
49161.976Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Waynesburg 20–0
50201.983Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR3–01.00010Beat CAL Poly SAN Luis Obispo 35–0
5192.024Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Amherst 20–14
52-152.024Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Bates 20–0
53-42.024Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Williams 26–6
54-192.033George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Davis & Elkins 19–0
55-42.059SMUIND SWC1–0–10.750500Beat North Texas 16–0
56212.081Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI2–01.00010BYE
57212.086ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC1–0–10.750500Tied Bradley 0–0
58242.147Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI1–0–10.750500Tied Pacific 13–13
59-112.147Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Lafayette 6–0
60312.163LSUSEC1–10.50064+1Beat Holy Cross 26–7
61-322.352Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–1–10.50064+1Lost to Kentucky 13–21
62362.498Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–10.66759+1Beat Georgia 20–0
63272.696Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–10.50064+1Beat Iowa State 14–0
64-542.722Denver (DENVER)IND SKY1–10.50064+1Lost to New Mexico 6–7
65302.739Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON3–10.750500Beat Miami 33–0
66-512.772Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI1–10.500640Lost to Navy 12–14
67352.787Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON2–10.66759+1Beat NC State 25–6
68-562.916Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–10.500640Lost to Ohio State 0–19
69-492.933Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–10.50064+1Lost to USC 0–27
70302.994Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON2–10.667590Beat Davidson 2–0
71-492.994Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON1–10.500640Lost to Richmond 0–7
72353.066Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–10.667590Beat TCU 14–13
73-403.085Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI0–10.0001040Lost to Yale 7–10
74-383.085Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC0–10.0001040Lost to Notre Dame 14–17
75-363.085Indiana (INDIANA)B100–1–10.2501020Lost to Iowa 29–32
76123.085Purdue (PURDUE)B100–10.0001040BYE
77103.104Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI0–20.0001040Lost to Carnegie Tech 0–6
78-483.106Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–10.500640Lost to Texas 7–17
79-293.123Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI0–1–10.2501020Lost to Texas A&M 3–7
80293.189William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON2–10.667590Beat Newport News 39–6
81-153.227Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI1–10.500640Lost to Alabama 6–7
82-263.263West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI1–10.500640Lost to Pittsburgh 0–20
83-153.301Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC1–10.500640Lost to Tulsa 14–21
84103.392Stanford (STANFORD)PAC0–20.0001040Lost to Oregon 0–10
85-113.465Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI1–10.500640Lost to Michigan 13–26
86-33.484Idaho (IDAHO)PAC1–10.500640Lost to Oregon State 6–7
87-83.505Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–10.500640Lost to Cornell 6–19
8893.507Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–20.0001040Lost to UCLA 7–14
89-83.553Auburn (AUBURN)SEC1–10.500640Lost to Tulane 0–12
90-773.564Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI1–10.500640Lost to LSU 7–26
91-283.609Rhodes (RHODES)IND FBSI1–10.500640Lost to Ole Miss 0–41
92-83.699Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–20.0001040Lost to Duke 0–37
9383.750Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC1–20.333910Lost to Baylor 0–13
94123.833Florida (FLORIDA)SEC1–20.333910Lost to Mississippi State 0–14
95-523.853Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–10.0001040Lost to Oklahoma 0–23
96-823.982Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC1–10.500640Lost to Furman 0–20
97134.086Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR1–2–10.375900Lost to New Mexico State 13–25
98-124.251Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–10.50064-1Beat Centenary 13–0
99-34.542Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI1–20.333910Beat Texas Tech 6–0
10034.640Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY0–20.0001040Lost to Utah 0–60
101-94.665NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–20.33391-1Lost to Clemson 6–25
10235.087Manhattan (MANHATTAN)IND FBSI1–10.50064-1Beat ST. Bonaventure 6–0
103-145.293TCUIND SWC0–20.000104-1Lost to Arkansas 13–14
10485.306Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR1–10.50064-1BYE
105-255.349Montana (MONTANA)PAC1–10.50064-2Lost to SAN Francisco 7–12
106-215.466Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–20.000104-1Lost to Kansas State 0–3
10775.484UTEPIND BOR1–20.33391+1Lost to Hardin Simmons 0–12
10835.528Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–20.33391-1Beat Presbyterian 12–7
109-105.594Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)IND FBSI0–30.000104-1Lost to Dartmouth 6–34
11065.920California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–20.333910Lost to ST. Mary's 3–7
11166.006Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON1–20.333910Lost to North Carolina 6–13
112-86.036Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–20.33391-2Lost to Kansas 0–14
113116.127Chicago (CHICAGO)B101–10.500640Beat Wabash 12–2
114-66.157Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY0–20.000104-1Lost to Utah State 6–16
115-226.330Sewanee (SEWANEE)SEC0–20.000104-1Lost to Tennessee 0–40
116-36.756Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR1–20.33391-4Lost to Gonzaga 0–6
117-27.040Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON0–30.000104-3Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–2
11847.245SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI1–20.33391+1Beat Montana 12–7
11927.846Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–20.0001040Lost to BYU 12–13
12007.885Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC0–20.0001040Lost to Washburn 20–26
12128.038Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI0–20.0001040Lost to Penn State 3–13
122-48.294Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI0–30.000104-1Lost to Rice 0–13
123-48.422South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–30.000104-1Lost to Villanova 0–40
124-848.614Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI0–10.000104-1Lost to Wake Forest 0–33

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