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1942 Week 13 College Football Team Rankings

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
111.045Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC9–01.0001+30Beat Creighton 33–19
211.062Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI8–01.0001+24Beat Boston University 37–0
3-21.075Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC9–01.0001+35Beat Florida 20–7
411.192Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR9–0–10.9504+27Tied Texas Tech 0–0
531.425Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B108–10.8896+24Beat Michigan 21–7
641.451Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC7–20.77812+22Beat Vanderbilt 27–7
721.510Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B108–1–10.8507+25Beat Minnesota 20–6
8-21.536Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC9–10.9005+25Lost to Auburn 13–27
941.624Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC7–1–10.8338+16Beat Kentucky 26–0
1041.713Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI6–1–10.81310+16Beat Pittsburgh 14–6
1111.737Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC6–20.75017+18BYE
12-11.784Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI6–2–10.72223+18Beat Northwestern 27–20
1381.789Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR6–20.75017+17Beat UTEP 19–7
14-101.802William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON7–1–10.8338+21Lost to North Carolina PRE Flight 0–14
1531.895Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC6–1–10.81310+15Tied Second AIR Force (WASHINGTON) 6–6
1681.896Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI6–2–10.72223+17Beat Brown 13–0
17-21.955Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY6–20.75017+11BYE
1821.978Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC7–20.77812+11BYE
19-21.986Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI7–20.77812+21Beat Camp Grant 34–0
2022.023Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC6–3–10.65040+18Tied SMU 6–6
21-22.024Utah (UTAH)IND SKY5–30.62542+15BYE
2212.032Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON5–2–10.68830+15BYE
23-162.034Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI6–20.75017+24Lost to ST. Mary's PRE Flight 6–13
2432.075Army (ARMY)IND FBSI6–20.75017+12Beat Princeton 40–7
25142.107Rice (RICE)IND SWC5–2–10.68830+12Beat TCU 26–0
26102.282Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON5–3–10.61147+20Beat NC State 47–0
2732.316Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC5–3–10.61147+14Beat Drake 55–12
2812.448Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON6–2–10.72223+8BYE
2952.484LSUSEC6–30.66732+8BYE
30162.526Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI4–3–10.56353+12Beat Missouri 20–12
3142.561North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON5–2–20.66732+7Beat Virginia 28–13
32-62.578TCUIND SWC6–30.66732+10Lost to Rice 0–26
3372.603Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI6–20.75017+3Beat South Carolina 13–6
3442.610West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR7–20.77812+5Beat Lubbock Field 14–6
35-22.629Denver (DENVER)IND SKY6–2–10.72223+2BYE
3672.679Stanford (STANFORD)PAC5–40.55658+10Beat California 26–7
37-212.707Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI5–20.71427+2Lost to Arkansas 7–14
38-132.738Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B86–3–10.65040+13Lost to Fordham 12–20
39-112.743Michigan (MICHIGAN)B106–30.66732+13Lost to Ohio State 7–21
4042.856Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON7–20.77812-1Beat Washington & LEE 32–28
4102.893Iowa (IOWA)B106–30.66732+15BYE
42102.909UCLAPAC5–30.62542+14Beat Washington 14–10
4352.971Indiana (INDIANA)B106–30.66732+10Beat Purdue 20–0
44-132.973West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–30.62542+5Lost to Michigan State 0–7
45-83.012Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC6–30.66732-2Lost to Alabama 7–27
46-13.111Tulane (TULANE)SEC4–40.50066+12BYE
4783.113Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI6–30.66732+4Beat Rutgers 12–7
4813.114Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI4–3–10.56353+11BYE
4943.137Jacksonville NAS (JACKSONVILLE NAS)IND FBSI7–30.70029+11Beat Pensacola NAS 16–10
50-33.190Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI4–40.50066+6BYE
51123.195Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI4–3–10.563530Beat West Virginia 7–0
52-13.213Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY4–30.57152+1BYE
5343.265ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI4–3–10.56353-1Beat Mather Field 33–0
54103.279Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI5–3–10.61147-1Beat Villanova 6–0
55133.284Auburn (AUBURN)SEC5–4–10.55065+13Beat Georgia 27–13
56-63.299USCPAC3–3–10.50066+3BYE
5723.334Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI5–3–10.61147+11Beat George Washington 21–0
58-23.339Yale (YALE)IND FBSI5–30.62542+3Beat Harvard 7–3
59-173.354Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B105–40.55658+11Lost to Wisconsin 6–20
6013.376Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY5–3–10.61147-3Beat Wyoming 14–6
6113.439Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI5–40.55658+2Beat Columbia 26–13
62-303.473Illinois (ILLINOIS)B105–40.55658+6Lost to Great Lakes Navy 0–6
6343.530SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI5–30.62542-7Beat Alameda Coast Guard 44–6
6493.545Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON5–20.71427-7Beat Davidson 21–9
6553.906Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR3–5–10.389820Tied Hardin Simmons 0–0
66-123.912Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC4–3–20.55658-6Lost to UCLA 10–14
67-93.930NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON4–4–20.50066+7Lost to Duke 0–47
68-33.996Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC5–40.55658-6Lost to Tulsa 19–33
6974.028Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–4–10.43877-3BYE
70134.048Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI4–4–10.50066-6Beat Manhattan 28–0
7144.102Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC5–40.55658-5Beat Missouri Rolla 19–6
72104.144Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC4–50.44473-4Beat Oregon 39–2
73-24.168UTEPIND BOR4–40.50066+1Lost to Arizona 7–19
7444.308Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON3–4–10.43877-1BYE
75-34.328Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC3–6–10.35090-6Lost to Tennessee 0–26
7634.366Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI4–3–10.56353-3Tied New Mexico 14–14
77-114.368Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON3–60.33391-4Lost to Clemson 7–12
78-94.385California (CALIFORNIA)PAC4–50.44473-7Lost to Stanford 7–26
7914.434Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–4–10.438770BYE
80-204.555Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B83–4–20.44473-5Lost to Temple 7–14
81-74.598Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI4–40.50066-9Lost to Colgate 0–13
8224.726ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC3–50.37587-6BYE
8344.766SMUIND SWC3–4–20.44473-9Tied Baylor 6–6
84-34.840Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY3–50.37587-11Lost to Utah State 6–14
8534.874Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–70.30098-9Lost to Georgia Tech 7–20
86-94.925Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI3–40.42980-1Lost to Duquesne 0–6
8724.952New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR3–5–20.40081-13Tied Loyola Marymount 14–14
8865.029Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON3–5–10.38982-11Beat Furman 12–7
89145.198Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–60.33391-11Beat Detroit Mercy 14–7
9005.443Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI3–60.33391-16Lost to Dartmouth 13–26
9125.463Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–60.33391-6Lost to Penn State 6–14
92-15.489Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI3–5–10.38982-7Lost to Army 7–40
93-15.511George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON3–60.33391-14Lost to Georgetown 0–21
94155.624Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI2–4–30.38982-1Beat Oklahoma 14–7
9515.688Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–60.250104-17BYE
9615.853Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON2–6–10.278101-5Lost to Citadel 9–21
97-115.860Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–60.33391-16Lost to Kansas State 6–7
98-135.971Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B83–60.33391-11Lost to Iowa PRE Flight 0–46
9916.115BYUIND SKY2–50.286100-7BYE
10026.135South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–6–10.188110-15Lost to Miami 6–13
101-66.142Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI2–6–10.278101-8Lost to Yale 3–7
102-16.249Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON3–5–10.38982-15BYE
103-46.437Manhattan (MANHATTAN)IND FBSI2–60.250104-10Lost to Holy Cross 0–28
10476.462Idaho (IDAHO)PAC3–50.37587-16Beat Portland 20–14
105-76.535Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–60.250104-9Lost to Oregon State 2–39
106-16.651Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–6–10.278101-13Lost to North Carolina 13–28
107-36.722Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–80.111113-16Lost to Notre Dame 20–27
108-27.005Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC3–70.30098-14Lost to Oklahoma State 12–55
109-17.194Purdue (PURDUE)B101–80.111113-16Lost to Indiana 0–20
110-37.243Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–70.222107-16BYE
11148.045Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR1–40.200108-10Beat New Mexico State 3–0
112-28.051Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR1–70.125111-10Lost to Albuquerque Field 0–13
11318.340Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–80.200108-19Beat Iowa State 7–6
114-29.112Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON1–80.111113-30Lost to Maryland 28–32
115-29.588New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR1–70.125111-20Lost to Northern Arizona 0–3
116010.456Montana (MONTANA)PAC0–70.000116-24BYE

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