1942 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 29, 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	4	0.630	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat New Mexico State 53–0
2	63	0.884	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arizona State 54–6
3	40	0.931	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pittsburgh 50–7
4	73	0.968	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat West Texas A&M 39–0
5	24	0.987	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Auburn 15–0
6	44	1.006	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–0–1	0.750	57	+1	Beat Richmond 13–0
7	-6	1.015	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Nebraska 27–0
8	50	1.034	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho 32–0
9	-6	1.058	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Jacksonville NAS 14–0
10	25	1.062	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Denver 7–0
11	12	1.138	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Davidson 21–0
12	90	1.175	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Kansas State 64–0
13	25	1.203	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas 14–0
14	64	1.203	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat USC 27–13
15	79	1.203	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington & LEE 21–7
16	50	1.222	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah 12–0
17	3	1.232	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Holy Cross 17–6
18	-2	1.241	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wyoming 10–0
19	6	1.269	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Purdue 14–7
20	8	1.269	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Temple 7–0
21	-10	1.279	BYU	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana 12–6
22	-10	1.279	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Mary's 6–0
23	26	1.279	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wake Forest 6–0
24	68	1.279	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stanford 6–0
25	48	1.326	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UCLA 7–6
26	53	1.410	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Waco Field 84–0
27	78	1.476	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Louis 38–7
28	73	1.537	LSU	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas A&M 16–7
29	84	1.575	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Baylor 13–6
30	77	1.627	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Navy 3–0
31	23	1.645	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Fort Knox 59–0
32	83	1.669	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Arizona 26–6
33	-25	1.675	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	105	0	BYE
34	-25	1.675	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	105	0	BYE
35	-25	1.675	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	105	0	BYE
36	-14	1.675	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	105	0	BYE
37	-1	1.675	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	105	0	BYE
38	-1	1.675	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	105	0	BYE
39	1	1.675	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	105	0	BYE
40	2	1.675	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	105	0	BYE
41	12	1.675	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	60	0	Tied Wisconsin 7–7
42	13	1.675	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0–1	0.500	60	0	Tied Oklahoma State 0–0
43	13	1.675	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0–1	0.500	60	0	Tied Oklahoma 0–0
44	15	1.675	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	105	0	BYE
45	23	1.675	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0–1	0.500	60	0	Tied Tennessee 0–0
46	29	1.675	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0–1	0.500	60	0	Tied South Carolina 0–0
47	37	1.675	UTEP	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	105	0	BYE
48	38	1.675	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	105	0	BYE
49	39	1.675	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–0–1	0.500	60	0	Tied Clemson 0–0
50	46	1.675	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	105	0	BYE
51	-47	1.692	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisiana 54–0
52	-37	1.692	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado Mines 54–0
53	58	1.697	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Furman 7–6
54	-20	1.702	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Butler 53–0
55	17	1.711	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Clarkson 58–6
56	29	1.711	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee Tech 52–0
57	-43	1.739	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Lawrence 49–0
58	25	1.758	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho Marines 47–0
59	-26	1.768	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Dakota 46–0
60	-43	1.833	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Fort Monmouth 39–0
61	-22	1.880	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UConn 34–0
62	-18	1.890	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Kentucky 39–6
63	-18	1.890	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Union (TENNESSEE) 35–2
64	-51	1.899	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Camp Davis 32–0
65	-58	1.946	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wichita State 27–0
66	24	1.946	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pacific 27–0
67	-43	1.956	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Waynesburg 26–0
68	-49	2.012	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado Springs Field 20–0
69	-42	2.012	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mcdaniel 20–0
70	40	2.021	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–0–1	0.750	57	0	Tied Virginia Military Institute 0–0
71	-4	2.021	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 26–7
72	-10	2.068	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lakehurst NAS 20–6
73	14	2.087	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hampden Sydney 12–0
74	-10	2.097	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Corpus Christi NAS 18–7
75	-34	2.115	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Great Lakes Navy 9–0
76	38	2.134	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0–1	0.750	57	0	Tied Notre Dame 7–7
77	-59	2.162	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lafayette 20–16
78	-52	2.291	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Virginia Tech 6–7
79	1	2.291	UCLA	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to TCU 6–7
80	-78	2.304	Jacksonville NAS (JACKSONVILLE NAS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	60	+1	Lost to Georgia 0–14
81	-34	2.373	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to William & Mary 0–3
82	-36	2.496	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to BYU 6–12
83	-13	2.496	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to California 0–6
84	-13	2.496	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Washington State 0–6
85	4	2.496	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to North Carolina 0–6
86	-23	2.537	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Fordham 7–14
87	-13	2.537	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Georgetown 0–7
88	-12	2.619	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to LSU 7–16
89	6	2.660	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Colorado State 0–10
90	-59	2.701	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Dartmouth 6–17
91	-9	2.742	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Santa Clara 0–12
92	-11	2.824	USC	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Tulane 13–27
93	-2	2.824	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to West Virginia 7–21
94	6	2.847	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Hardin Simmons 6–13
95	-44	3.070	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to New Mexico 6–26
96	-75	3.111	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–1–1	0.250	77	0	Lost to Duke 0–21
97	0	3.328	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–1	0.500	60	0	Beat Xavier 35–19
98	10	3.344	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Iowa State 0–7
99	7	3.350	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to NC State 0–13
100	-52	3.357	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Iowa 0–27
101	-2	3.504	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	60	0	Beat Southeast Missouri State 26–7
102	10	3.521	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–15
103	-34	3.521	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Missouri 7–38
104	-72	3.562	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Oregon State 0–32
105	-12	3.850	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Texas Tech 0–39
106	3	3.875	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Arizona 0–53
107	-3	3.896	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Texas 0–64
108	-47	4.014	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Minnesota 7–50
109	-103	4.219	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to SAN Francisco 6–54
110	-12	4.521	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	60	-1	Beat Randolph Macon 45–0
111	-8	5.893	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to ST. Ambrose 6–12
112	4	8.547	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Marquette 0–14
113	-56	11.809	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to ST. Mary's PRE Flight 9–10
114	-62	12.096	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Iowa PRE Flight 12–20
115	-55	12.096	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Georgia PRE Flight 6–14
116	-86	12.301	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to North Carolina PRE Flight 0–13