1942 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings

November 3, 1942By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1942 Season Tags: • No Comments

1942 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	2	0.999	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	7–0	1.000	1	+20	Beat Alabama 21–10
2	0	1.017	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+12	Beat Georgetown 47–0
3	-2	1.117	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	5–0–1	0.917	7	+12	Beat Dartmouth 35–14
4	1	1.119	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	6–0–1	0.929	6	+16	Beat Ohio State 17–7
5	2	1.213	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	6–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat Drake 40–0
6	5	1.221	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	10	+13	Beat Detroit Mercy 10–0
7	-1	1.224	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	6–0	1.000	1	+13	Beat Duke 26–7
8	-4	1.378	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	5–1	0.833	10	+11	Lost to Georgia 10–21
9	12	1.429	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	6–1	0.857	8	+14	Beat TCU 10–7
10	0	1.481	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	7–0	1.000	1	+11	Beat UTEP 39–7
11	2	1.507	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	5–1	0.833	10	+10	Beat Wyoming 28–7
12	11	1.508	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	4–1–1	0.750	26	+8	Beat LSU 26–0
13	13	1.739	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	10	+11	Beat SAN Francisco 8–6
14	4	1.814	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	4–1–1	0.750	26	+8	Beat Navy 9–0
15	9	1.856	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	4–1	0.800	19	+7	BYE
16	-4	1.867	TCU	IND SWC	5–1	0.833	10	+8	Lost to Baylor 7–10
17	31	1.937	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	4–1–1	0.750	26	+11	Beat Army 19–0
18	22	1.940	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	3–1–1	0.700	35	+7	Beat ST. Mary's 7–0
19	-10	1.955	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	5–1	0.833	10	+6	Lost to Wisconsin 7–17
20	8	2.013	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–1	0.857	8	+5	Beat SMU 21–7
21	-13	2.082	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	19	+4	Lost to Marquette 0–10
22	24	2.169	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	3–2–1	0.583	53	+7	Beat Creighton 20–6
23	12	2.193	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	4–2	0.667	37	+8	Beat Vanderbilt 28–21
24	1	2.198	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–2	0.667	37	+7	Beat Auburn 6–0
25	-3	2.235	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	4–2	0.667	37	+6	Lost to Michigan 14–28
26	-10	2.252	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	19	+4	Lost to Pennsylvania 0–19
27	7	2.310	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	5–1–1	0.786	25	+4	Beat Virginia 20–14
28	10	2.422	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	19	+1	Beat Furman 32–13
29	12	2.440	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	5–1	0.833	10	+1	Beat Florida 13–0
30	13	2.464	UCLA	PAC	4–2	0.667	37	+11	Beat Stanford 21–7
31	-17	2.503	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–2	0.714	30	+10	Lost to Great Lakes Navy 0–17
32	-2	2.546	LSU	SEC	5–2	0.714	30	+5	Lost to Tennessee 0–26
33	28	2.556	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	37	+4	Beat Penn State 24–0
34	8	2.647	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	5–1	0.833	10	0	Beat New Mexico State 23–0
35	20	2.663	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	4–1–1	0.750	26	0	Beat Oregon State 13–0
36	-19	2.685	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	10	+3	Lost to North Carolina PRE Flight 0–9
37	-18	2.704	Jacksonville NAS (JACKSONVILLE NAS)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	30	+7	Lost to Georgia PRE Flight 6–20
38	16	2.717	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	3–2	0.600	48	+4	Beat Texas Tech 19–7
39	-24	2.718	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–1–1	0.700	35	+1	Lost to West Virginia 0–24
40	-9	2.734	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–2–1	0.583	53	+4	Lost to NC State 14–21
41	-4	2.742	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–1	0.800	19	+2	BYE
42	18	2.793	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	3–3	0.500	61	+6	Beat Colorado State 33–14
43	-16	2.853	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	53	+4	Lost to Boston College 0–47
44	8	2.863	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–2	0.714	30	+8	Beat Purdue 13–7
45	11	2.872	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–2	0.667	37	+8	Beat Northwestern 19–7
46	-14	2.892	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	4–2	0.667	37	0	Lost to Tulane 21–28
47	3	2.906	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	3–2–1	0.583	53	+4	Beat Clemson 19–6
48	-19	2.942	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	48	+2	Lost to Fordham 0–7
49	-29	2.961	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	4–1	0.800	19	-1	Lost to South Carolina 0–14
50	7	3.068	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	5–2	0.714	30	-1	Beat Fort Douglas 44–6
51	20	3.088	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	4–2	0.667	37	+5	Beat Illinois 28–14
52	17	3.115	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	4–2	0.667	37	-2	Beat BYU 9–6
53	22	3.118	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	48	+1	Beat Brown 27–0
54	13	3.217	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–3	0.500	61	+1	Beat Oregon 20–7
55	8	3.303	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–3–1	0.500	61	0	Beat George Washington 27–6
56	3	3.376	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	37	-2	Beat ST. Vincent's (PENNSYLVANIA) 14–0
57	-6	3.377	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–3–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Mississippi State 0–6
58	-13	3.381	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	53	0	Tied Holy Cross 6–6
59	-20	3.386	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	4–2	0.667	37	-2	Lost to Oklahoma State 6–20
60	-27	3.506	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–2–1	0.583	53	+2	Lost to Davidson 6–24
61	-17	3.668	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	48	-1	Lost to Yale 0–27
62	4	3.733	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	61	-1	Lost to William & Mary 14–35
63	7	3.747	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	3–3	0.500	61	0	BYE
64	-6	3.747	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	88	+1	Lost to Notre Dame 0–9
65	-29	3.823	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	48	-3	Lost to ST. Louis 6–20
66	2	3.829	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	3–3	0.500	61	+4	Lost to Georgia Tech 7–26
67	26	3.905	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	3–2–2	0.571	60	+4	Beat North Carolina 21–14
68	-19	3.940	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–3	0.500	61	+2	Lost to Iowa PRE Flight 6–26
69	11	3.966	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–4	0.333	88	0	Lost to Washington 0–13
70	11	3.972	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	61	-3	Tied Temple 7–7
71	16	4.016	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	3–3	0.500	61	-2	Beat Kansas 14–7
72	10	4.046	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	61	-3	Beat Cornell 14–13
73	-9	4.046	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	3–3	0.500	61	-4	Lost to Colorado 7–28
74	2	4.051	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–3–1	0.417	78	-3	Tied Colgate 6–6
75	-13	4.090	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	61	-4	Lost to Santa Clara 6–8
76	-4	4.116	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	2–4	0.333	88	-1	Lost to Rice 7–19
77	17	4.154	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–3–1	0.417	78	-1	Beat Iowa State 14–7
78	-31	4.212	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	53	+1	Lost to Harvard 14–19
79	-5	4.222	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–4	0.333	88	-2	Lost to UCLA 7–21
80	-1	4.289	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	3–4	0.429	76	-4	Lost to Maryland 0–13
81	-28	4.441	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	83	-1	Lost to Villanova 0–32
82	-17	4.458	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–3	0.400	83	-3	Lost to Utah 14–33
83	-6	4.532	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	2–3–1	0.417	78	-3	Lost to Wake Forest 6–19
84	17	4.551	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	61	+2	Beat Manhattan 32–0
85	-2	4.696	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	3–3–1	0.500	61	-7	Tied Nevada 0–0
86	-2	4.697	SMU	IND SWC	2–3–1	0.417	78	-5	Lost to Texas 7–21
87	9	4.725	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–4	0.333	88	0	Beat Arkansas 41–0
88	-15	4.730	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–4	0.333	88	-1	Lost to Oklahoma 7–14
89	-3	4.768	UTEP	IND BOR	2–3	0.400	83	+2	Lost to Hardin Simmons 7–39
90	10	4.833	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	2–4	0.333	88	-4	Beat Loyola Marymount 20–6
91	-6	4.840	USC	PAC	1–3–1	0.300	100	-3	BYE
92	-14	4.949	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–4	0.333	88	-5	Lost to Texas A&M 0–41
93	6	5.301	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–4	0.333	88	-8	Beat Memphis 48–0
94	12	5.304	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–3–1	0.300	100	-3	Beat Citadel 14–0
95	0	5.306	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–5	0.167	107	-3	Lost to Miami 13–32
96	-4	5.416	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	3–4	0.429	76	-4	Lost to Tulsa 0–40
97	-6	5.472	BYU	IND SKY	2–3	0.400	83	-2	Lost to Utah State 6–9
98	-8	5.520	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–5	0.167	107	-5	Lost to Iowa 7–13
99	-11	5.588	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	2–4	0.333	88	-7	Lost to Kentucky 6–27
100	-11	5.959	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–4–1	0.250	102	-7	Lost to Columbia 13–14
101	10	6.003	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–4–1	0.250	102	-1	Beat Virginia Military Institute 24–6
102	-4	6.106	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–2–3	0.417	78	+1	Tied Michigan State 7–7
103	6	6.249	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–4–1	0.250	102	-2	Beat Princeton 19–14
104	0	6.360	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	88	-6	Beat Carnegie Tech 19–6
105	-3	6.425	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–4	0.200	106	-3	Lost to California 7–20
106	-3	6.598	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–5	0.167	107	-4	Lost to Minnesota 7–19
107	0	6.703	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	2–4–1	0.357	87	-7	Beat Washington & LEE 8–6
108	-11	7.028	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–5	0.167	107	-4	Lost to Santa ANA Field 0–40
109	-4	7.725	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–4–1	0.250	102	-7	Lost to Virginia Tech 14–20
110	-2	7.828	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–6	0.143	113	-9	Lost to Nebraska 7–14
111	4	7.880	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	2–4	0.333	88	-12	Beat Montana 21–0
112	-2	8.190	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–5	0.167	107	-10	Lost to Richmond 6–8
113	0	8.231	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–5	0.167	107	-10	Lost to West Texas A&M 0–23
114	-2	9.035	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–6	0.143	113	-11	Lost to Wichita State 0–9
115	1	9.292	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–3	0.000	115	-4	BYE
116	-2	9.774	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	0–5	0.000	115	-9	Lost to Idaho 0–21