1941 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings

October 14, 1941By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1941 Season Tags: • No Comments

1941 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	1	0.587	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Maryland 50–0
2	9	0.834	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Princeton 21–0
3	-2	0.853	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Lafayette 41–2
4	1	0.871	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–0–1	0.833	33	+4	Tied LSU 0–0
5	8	0.875	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat North Carolina 27–14
6	1	0.999	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+3	BYE
7	9	1.106	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Georgia Tech 20–0
8	14	1.164	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Kentucky 39–15
9	17	1.183	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Oklahoma 40–7
10	-1	1.192	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Kansas 32–0
11	3	1.196	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–0–1	0.833	33	+1	Tied Ole Miss 14–14
12	25	1.238	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Illinois 34–6
13	-3	1.265	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Virginia Military Institute 27–20
14	25	1.270	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Tulane 10–9
15	4	1.277	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Pittsburgh 40–0
16	17	1.279	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Wyoming 60–6
17	19	1.292	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat NEW York University 49–7
18	-6	1.297	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Harvard 7–0
19	-1	1.320	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	2–0–1	0.833	33	+2	Tied Arizona State 0–0
20	12	1.430	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Yale 28–13
21	7	1.439	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Arkansas 20–7
22	21	1.445	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Colgate 18–6
23	-17	1.454	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat California 13–0
24	20	1.508	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Florida 6–0
25	24	1.509	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Manhattan 26–7
26	-5	1.531	TCU	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Indiana 20–14
27	-2	1.535	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	4–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Boston College 26–13
28	18	1.590	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat New Mexico State 51–0
29	-12	1.592	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Georgetown 17–7
30	10	1.632	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Loyola Marymount 14–0
31	-11	1.636	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wisconsin 41–14
32	-29	1.671	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	2–1	0.667	40	+3	Lost to Rice 9–10
33	-25	1.714	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–1	0.667	40	+3	Lost to Oregon State 0–10
34	-11	1.714	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
35	44	1.752	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	65	+3	Beat Creighton 19–7
36	12	1.783	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–1	0.500	65	+2	BYE
37	-2	1.803	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Central Michigan 45–0
38	3	1.943	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Davidson 7–0
39	-35	1.957	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	65	+3	Lost to Pennsylvania 13–28
40	2	1.962	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tampa 20–6
41	31	2.054	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	40	+2	Beat Holy Cross 6–0
42	-8	2.209	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	40	+1	Lost to Dartmouth 6–18
43	20	2.357	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	36	+2	Beat Virginia Tech 16–7
44	3	2.359	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	40	+2	Beat Nevada 26–7
45	-30	2.383	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–1	0.667	40	+2	Lost to Vanderbilt 15–39
46	11	2.385	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	2–1–1	0.625	63	+1	Tied South Carolina 6–6
47	20	2.412	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	40	+1	Beat Kansas State 35–0
48	-21	2.478	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	40	+1	Lost to Duquesne 7–26
49	40	2.480	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	65	+1	Beat Marquette 13–7
50	8	2.529	UCLA	PAC	2–1	0.667	40	+2	Beat Montana 14–7
51	-27	2.549	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	2–1	0.667	40	+1	Lost to UCLA 7–14
52	9	2.614	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–1	0.667	40	+1	Beat Dayton 26–0
53	1	2.660	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–1–1	0.500	65	+2	Tied Wake Forest 6–6
54	23	2.660	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	40	0	Beat Samford 61–0
55	13	2.689	SMU	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	40	0	Beat Pacific 34–0
56	10	2.770	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–1	0.667	40	+1	Beat USC 20–6
57	8	2.809	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	40	0	BYE
58	4	2.882	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	36	0	Beat Richmond 44–0
59	44	2.911	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–1	0.667	40	+1	Beat Stanford 10–0
60	14	2.921	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	40	0	Beat Presbyterian 21–13
61	-32	2.964	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	3–1	0.750	36	0	Lost to Tulsa 7–19
62	-7	3.045	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–1–2	0.500	65	+1	Tied Furman 0–0
63	-32	3.057	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	65	+1	Lost to Texas 7–40
64	19	3.059	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	40	0	Beat Rhode Island 14–7
65	-20	3.179	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	40	0	Lost to Syracuse 0–6
66	30	3.227	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	40	0	Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 20–0
67	-14	3.250	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	40	0	Lost to Texas A&M 7–49
68	2	3.266	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–1	0.500	65	0	BYE
69	-5	3.268	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–2	0.500	65	0	Lost to Villanova 0–6
70	30	3.329	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	36	-1	Beat SAN Francisco 30–0
71	9	3.345	BYU	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	40	0	Beat Denver 13–7
72	1	3.383	UTEP	IND BOR	0–1–1	0.250	106	0	BYE
73	-35	3.392	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–1	0.500	65	0	Lost to Minnesota 6–34
74	-3	3.400	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	65	+1	BYE
75	18	3.528	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–1	0.667	40	-1	Beat Louisiana Tech 34–0
76	-7	3.554	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	91	0	Lost to Baylor 7–20
77	-27	3.560	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–1	0.500	65	0	Lost to Notre Dame 0–20
78	-22	3.574	USC	PAC	1–2	0.333	91	+1	Lost to Oregon 6–20
79	-27	3.643	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	65	0	Lost to Columbia 0–21
80	5	3.650	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–3	0.000	113	0	Lost to TCU 14–20
81	14	3.823	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	113	0	Lost to Cornell 0–7
82	17	3.866	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–1–1	0.625	63	-1	Tied ST. Louis 6–6
83	1	3.915	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	91	0	Lost to Texas Tech 0–14
84	-33	3.918	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–1–1	0.500	65	0	Lost to Duke 0–50
85	-9	3.933	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–2	0.333	91	+1	Lost to Santa Clara 0–13
86	1	3.956	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	65	-1	Lost to Fordham 14–27
87	11	3.983	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	113	0	Lost to Army 20–27
88	-13	4.012	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	91	0	Lost to Nebraska 0–32
89	19	4.022	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–2	0.333	91	0	Beat Washington State 23–13
90	-31	4.105	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	65	-1	Lost to William & Mary 7–16
91	-9	4.113	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	91	-1	Lost to Temple 7–17
92	-32	4.136	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	91	-1	Lost to Clemson 13–26
93	8	4.258	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–2	0.500	65	-1	Lost to West Texas A&M 0–51
94	-13	4.353	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	65	-1	Beat Bucknell 27–13
95	-7	4.379	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	1–1–1	0.500	65	-1	Tied Drake 6–6
96	-10	4.420	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	1–1–1	0.500	65	-1	Tied Washington & LEE 0–0
97	-6	4.465	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–2	0.333	91	0	Lost to Utah 6–60
98	13	4.497	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–2	0.333	91	0	Beat Gonzaga 21–7
99	-69	4.585	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	65	-1	Lost to Michigan State 7–13
100	10	4.659	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	2–2	0.500	65	0	Beat Centenary 27–6
101	11	4.691	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	1–2	0.333	91	-1	Beat Utah State 13–7
102	0	4.706	LSU	SEC	1–2–1	0.375	88	-1	Tied Mississippi State 0–0
103	-11	4.829	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	91	-1	Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 41–12
104	-10	4.949	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	91	-1	Lost to ST. Mary's 0–30
105	-27	5.023	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	0–2–1	0.167	110	-1	Tied George Washington 0–0
106	-1	5.333	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–1–1	0.500	65	-2	Tied Georgia 14–14
107	-1	5.523	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–3	0.250	106	-2	Lost to BYU 7–13
108	-18	5.658	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–2	0.333	91	-2	Lost to Washington 13–23
109	4	5.694	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–2–1	0.375	88	-2	Tied NC State 0–0
110	-6	5.910	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	91	-2	Lost to Virginia 0–44
111	-2	6.056	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–2–1	0.375	88	+1	Tied New Mexico 0–0
112	3	6.403	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–2–2	0.250	106	-2	Lost to Sewanee 0–7
113	-6	6.523	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–2–1	0.167	110	-1	Lost to Missouri 0–35
114	2	6.783	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	113	-1	Lost to Michigan 0–40
115	-18	6.823	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–2	0.000	113	-1	Lost to Northwestern 14–41
116	-2	8.714	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	106	-4	Lost to Idaho 7–21
117	0	9.823	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	0–3–1	0.125	112	-3	Lost to Hardin Simmons 6–27
118	0	11.103	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	113	-4	Lost to Oklahoma State 12–41
119	0	12.263	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	113	-2	Lost to Colorado 7–13