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1942 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
101.085Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC8–01.0001+25Beat Florida 75–0
211.103William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON6–0–10.9296+16Beat Randolph Macon 40–0
321.131Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC7–01.0001+15Beat Oklahoma State 34–6
431.140Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC7–01.0001+19Beat Kentucky 47–7
5-31.149Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI6–01.0001+14Beat Temple 28–0
641.320Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR8–01.0001+17Beat West Texas A&M 40–0
771.328Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–1–10.78617+15Beat Army 13–0
8-41.372Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B106–1–10.81314+17Lost to Iowa 0–6
9-31.373Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI6–10.8578+16Beat Manhattan 27–12
10-21.416Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC6–10.8578+14Beat South Carolina 29–0
1111.578Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC5–1–10.78617+10Beat Cincinnati 34–12
1211.704Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI5–10.83311+13BYE
1321.723Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR5–10.83311+11Beat New Mexico 14–13
1461.725Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC7–10.8757+12Beat Baylor 20–0
15-61.750Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC6–20.75019+15Lost to Texas 0–20
1631.842Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B106–10.8578+9Beat Pittsburgh 59–19
1771.852Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC5–20.71425+12Beat Tulane 7–0
18211.967Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI4–1–10.75019+7Beat Syracuse 18–13
19-82.014Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY5–20.71425+8Lost to Utah 0–13
20122.024LSUSEC6–20.75019+10Beat Fordham 26–13
2142.093Illinois (ILLINOIS)B105–20.71425+8Beat Northwestern 14–7
22-12.172Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI4–10.80016+4BYE
2342.176Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON6–1–10.81314+8Beat Richmond 16–7
24172.204Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC5–10.83311+7Beat Michigan State 25–13
25172.210Utah (UTAH)IND SKY4–30.57151+12Beat Colorado 13–0
26212.246Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON4–2–10.64340+9Beat Virginia Military Institute 28–0
2742.275Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B86–20.75019+13Beat Nebraska 26–6
28162.295Iowa (IOWA)B106–20.75019+15Beat Wisconsin 6–0
2992.364Rice (RICE)IND SWC4–20.66734+7Beat Arkansas 40–9
30-72.372Tulane (TULANE)SEC4–30.57151+9Lost to Mississippi State 0–7
3192.444North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–2–10.64340+5Beat Davidson 43–14
32-142.451Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI3–2–10.58349+5Lost to LSU 13–26
33-172.574TCUIND SWC5–20.71425+5Lost to Texas Tech 6–13
34242.587Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–2–10.64340+5Beat Columbia 35–26
35-22.614West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–20.66734+4BYE
36-142.618Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC3–3–10.50060+7Lost to Tulsa 6–34
37132.638Denver (DENVER)IND SKY6–20.75019+2Beat BYU 26–6
3882.687Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC5–20.71425+1Beat Ole Miss 19–0
39-132.756Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–20.66734+3Lost to Notre Dame 0–13
40-122.886Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI4–20.667340Lost to NC State 0–2
41-242.898Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI4–2–10.64340+7Lost to Navy 0–7
42-82.907West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR5–20.71425+1Lost to Hardin Simmons 0–40
43232.914Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON4–30.57151+10Beat Maryland 42–0
4472.930Michigan (MICHIGAN)B105–20.71425+6Beat Harvard 35–7
45193.032Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–40.42974+5Beat Pennsylvania 7–0
46-103.088Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI5–20.71425+3Lost to Penn State 13–18
47203.175NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON4–2–20.62546+8Beat Miami 2–0
48-193.198Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON5–20.71425-3Lost to Duke 0–42
49-13.248ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI3–2–10.583490Tied Duquesne 7–7
50123.257Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI4–30.57151+1Beat Princeton 19–7
51-213.259UCLAPAC4–30.57151+8Lost to Oregon 7–14
52273.287Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–40.42974+2Beat Washington 20–7
53-183.340Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC4–2–10.64340-3Lost to Stanford 7–20
54143.343Indiana (INDIANA)B104–30.57151+6Beat Minnesota 7–0
55213.353Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR3–40.42974+2Beat TCU 13–6
5653.376Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI4–20.66734-1Beat Holy Cross 20–14
57-13.385Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI4–2–10.64340-3Tied ST. Mary's 7–7
58243.392Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY3–30.500600Beat Utah State 25–0
59-43.423Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC3–4–10.43871+1Lost to Georgia Tech 7–47
60-153.442Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B104–30.57151+6Lost to Indiana 0–7
61163.585Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B83–3–10.500600Beat Kansas State 76–0
62-253.663Jacksonville NAS (JACKSONVILLE NAS)IND FBSI5–30.62546+7Lost to Rollins 6–13
63283.834USCPAC2–3–10.417850Beat California 21–7
64-113.840Yale (YALE)IND FBSI3–30.50060-2Lost to Cornell 7–13
65-133.874Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY4–30.57151-6Lost to Colorado State 0–25
66-173.880Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON4–20.66734-6Lost to Furman 0–20
6723.881Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–40.42974-2Beat Montana 33–0
6853.992Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY3–30.50060-5BYE
69154.036Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI3–20.60048+3Beat Iowa State 32–7
70-164.051California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–40.42974-2Lost to USC 7–21
71244.082Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–50.286100+1Beat Citadel 20–0
72184.133ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC3–40.42974-2Beat Creighton 21–19
73-24.176Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B83–40.42974-3Lost to Missouri 6–26
7414.189SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI3–30.50060-5BYE
75124.201Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–40.42974+1Beat SMU 27–20
76-174.239Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC4–30.57151-8Lost to ST. Louis 19–21
77-344.291Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI3–3–10.50060+4Lost to North Carolina PRE Flight 7–23
78-184.325Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON3–3–10.50060-1Lost to Wake Forest 0–28
79104.334UTEPIND BOR3–30.50060+1Beat Northern Arizona 20–0
80-104.349Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI2–3–10.41785-4Lost to Washington State 13–25
81-74.406Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI2–4–10.35789-5Lost to Brown 14–20
82-104.438Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI3–40.42974-6Lost to Colgate 26–35
83-264.459Auburn (AUBURN)SEC3–4–10.438710Lost to Georgia PRE Flight 14–41
84-34.603Manhattan (MANHATTAN)IND FBSI2–40.33395-3Lost to Marquette 12–27
85-74.628Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI3–3–10.50060-1Lost to Dartmouth 7–19
86-14.723New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR3–4–10.43871-9Lost to Arizona 13–14
87-244.752Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC3–40.42974-7Lost to Kansas 7–19
88-84.770Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–50.37587-6Lost to Georgia 0–75
89-244.842Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI3–30.50060-3Lost to Fresno State 6–27
9094.958George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON3–40.42974-7Beat Clemson 7–0
9195.052Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI2–4–10.35789-7Beat Yale 13–7
92-95.086Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON2–4–10.35789-7Lost to George Washington 0–7
93-55.146Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–50.286100-3Lost to Villanova 7–32
94115.253Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–40.33395-1Beat UCLA 14–7
95-15.516South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–4–10.250105-5Lost to Alabama 0–29
96-105.553SMUIND SWC2–4–10.35789-10Lost to Texas A&M 20–27
97-55.636Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–50.286100-9Lost to Rice 9–40
98-55.740Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–50.286100-12Lost to Vanderbilt 0–19
99-25.764BYUIND SKY2–40.33395-4Lost to Denver 6–26
10016.297Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–5–10.214107-3Lost to North Carolina 14–43
10186.381Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–4–10.35789-7Beat Washington & LEE 34–7
102-66.394Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC3–50.37587-5Lost to Northern Iowa 12–27
103-16.551Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI1–3–30.357890Lost to Boston College 0–28
10406.576Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–50.286100-8Lost to Ohio State 19–59
10556.590Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–60.250105-8Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 19–7
10616.604Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON2–5–10.31399-9Lost to Virginia Tech 7–16
107-16.628Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–60.143111-7Lost to Illinois 7–14
108-56.744Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI1–5–10.214107-6Lost to Michigan 7–35
109-116.782Purdue (PURDUE)B101–60.143111-7Lost to Great Lakes Navy 0–42
110-27.109Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR1–50.167109-5BYE
11107.533Idaho (IDAHO)PAC2–40.33395-12BYE
11218.438New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR1–50.167109-12BYE
113-18.917Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON1–60.143111-16Lost to Virginia 7–34
11409.122Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–70.125114-14Lost to Oklahoma 0–76
11509.798Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR0–40.000115-9Lost to UTEP 0–20
116010.215Montana (MONTANA)PAC0–60.000115-15Lost to Oregon State 0–33

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