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1942 Week 8 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
120.995Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC5–01.0001+10Beat Tulane 40–0
251.069North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON3–0–10.87519+5Beat Duquesne 13–6
331.166William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON3–0–10.87519+5BYE
461.227Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B104–01.0001+5Beat Purdue 26–0
5121.234Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC4–01.0001+4Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 40–0
6-41.239Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–0–10.90018+7Beat Great Lakes Navy 13–7
7141.344Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC4–01.0001+4Beat Tennessee 8–0
8111.356Illinois (ILLINOIS)B104–01.0001+5Beat Iowa 12–7
931.384Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC4–01.0001+4Beat Davidson 33–0
10-61.395Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI3–0–10.87519+3Tied Auburn 6–6
11111.423Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–01.0001+3Beat Columbia 34–6
1281.485Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR4–01.0001+4Beat Oklahoma State 20–6
13-121.489Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+3Beat North Carolina PRE Flight 7–6
1491.490Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI4–01.0001+5Beat Oregon State 7–0
15-11.537TCUIND SWC4–01.0001+4Beat Texas A&M 7–2
16-11.546Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR5–01.0001+5Beat Louisiana Tech 47–13
17-81.655Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Alameda Coast Guard 38–6
18-101.717Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Lafayette 7–0
19-31.718Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON4–01.0001+2Beat Newberry 21–7
20101.789Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1Beat Manhattan 21–7
2141.799Jacksonville NAS (JACKSONVILLE NAS)IND FBSI4–10.80024+5Beat Daniel Field 55–0
2261.817Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+1Beat Holy Cross 19–0
2331.835Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B84–10.80024+5Beat Kansas State 46–2
2431.893Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC3–0–10.875190Beat Montana 35–0
25122.007Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI1–1–20.50061+2Tied SMU 6–6
2672.008Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY3–10.75030+4Beat New Mexico 12–0
2722.073Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC4–10.80024+3Beat Texas Tech 14–7
2842.092Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–0–10.833230Tied Cornell 0–0
29102.104Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI3–10.75030+3Beat Michigan State 28–7
30-172.109Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC2–1–10.62548+2Lost to Alabama 0–8
3152.180Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON2–1–10.62548+3Tied NC State 0–0
32152.252Denver (DENVER)IND SKY4–10.80024+2Beat Wyoming 17–14
33412.266Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON2–1–10.62548+3Beat Maryland 29–0
3442.293LSUSEC4–10.80024+3Beat Ole Miss 21–7
3502.301Indiana (INDIANA)B103–10.75030+2Beat Pittsburgh 19–7
36-312.389Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI3–10.75030+2Lost to Duke 0–34
37-192.391Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI3–10.75030+2Lost to North Carolina 6–13
38152.528Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–10.800240Beat Arkansas 47–6
39162.621Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI2–1–10.62548+1Beat Iowa PRE Flight 28–0
4052.629Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON3–1–10.70042+1Tied Kentucky 21–21
41362.642Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–20.50061+2Beat Vanderbilt 33–0
42-312.649Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–10.75030+1Lost to Mississippi State 0–33
43-92.679Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI3–10.750300Beat Harvard 14–2
44252.781Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–10.667430Beat ST. Louis 31–6
45-22.793Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–10.66743+1BYE
46-42.812Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–10.66743+2BYE
4772.840Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI2–1–10.62548+2Beat West Virginia 23–14
48193.057Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–20.50061+1Beat Yale 13–6
49-253.085Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC3–10.75030-1Lost to USC 12–26
50-193.161Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON3–10.75030-1Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–29
5163.198Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–2–10.500610Tied Virginia Tech 21–21
52-13.200Tulane (TULANE)SEC2–20.50061+1Lost to Georgia 0–40
5373.204Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC3–10.75030-2Beat Xavier 14–13
54173.271Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–10.75030+2Beat Northwestern 34–16
55-153.299Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC3–20.60055+1Lost to Tulsa 0–40
56-63.328Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI2–20.500610Lost to Army 6–34
57303.353Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–20.50061+3Beat Drake 29–6
58173.361West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR3–10.75030-2Beat Northern Arizona 27–7
59353.451ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI2–10.66743-1Beat SAN Francisco 27–0
60373.495USCPAC1–2–10.37580+1Beat Washington State 26–12
61-203.497Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–20.600550Lost to Villanova 3–13
62-43.523Auburn (AUBURN)SEC2–2–10.500610Tied Georgetown 6–6
63-173.523Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY2–20.500610Lost to Denver 14–17
64-203.526SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI2–20.500610Lost to ST. Mary's 0–27
65-163.584Iowa (IOWA)B103–20.60055+4Lost to Illinois 7–12
66-73.600Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–20.500610Lost to Santa Clara 0–7
67-53.685Manhattan (MANHATTAN)IND FBSI1–20.333870Lost to Detroit Mercy 7–21
68-163.726West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–20.500610Lost to Fordham 14–23
69-133.746New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR3–20.60055-1Lost to Colorado 0–12
70143.799UCLAPAC2–20.50061+3Beat California 21–0
71-73.837Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC1–2–10.375800Lost to Arizona 6–20
7213.877NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON2–1–20.60055+2Tied Wake Forest 0–0
7333.911Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI2–1–10.62548+2Tied Pennsylvania 6–6
74-63.925Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI2–1–10.62548+1Tied Princeton 6–6
75133.947Utah (UTAH)IND SKY1–30.250910Beat Utah State 34–6
7693.965UTEPIND BOR2–10.66743+3Beat Abilene Christian 20–14
77134.019Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–20.50061+2Beat Nebraska 15–2
78134.089Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–2–10.37580-1Beat Kansas 25–0
79-314.099George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON2–20.50061-2Lost to Furman 0–6
80214.196Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON2–20.50061+2Beat Colgate 34–0
81-114.341Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC1–30.25091-1Lost to LSU 7–21
82164.365Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–30.250910Beat George Washington 6–0
83-24.415Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON1–2–10.37580-1BYE
84124.479Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–30.25091-1Beat Idaho 54–7
85-134.527Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI1–2–10.37580-1Tied Penn State 0–0
86-214.586Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC3–20.60055-1Lost to Iowa State 6–29
87-84.680Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI1–30.25091-2Lost to Syracuse 0–19
88-254.737Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY2–20.50061-4Lost to Utah 6–34
89-234.758California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–30.25091-2Lost to UCLA 0–21
90-124.777Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC1–30.25091-2Lost to Texas 6–47
91-114.850Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI1–20.33387-2Lost to Marquette 7–28
92244.863Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–10.50061+3Beat Florida 13–3
93-104.952Purdue (PURDUE)B101–30.25091-1Lost to Ohio State 0–26
94-335.219BYUIND SKY2–20.50061-1Lost to Fort Douglas 13–24
95-35.365SMUIND SWC1–2–10.37580-3Tied Temple 6–6
96-145.446Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–30.25091-3Lost to Minnesota 2–15
97-85.464Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR1–30.25091-3Lost to Baylor 7–14
9815.623Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC1–30.250910Lost to TCU 2–7
9955.671Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR1–30.25091-2Beat New Mexico State 20–0
100-145.751Yale (YALE)IND FBSI1–20.33387-3Lost to Navy 6–13
10126.062Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI1–2–10.37580-3Tied Richmond 7–7
102-96.122ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC1–30.25091-4Lost to Miami 6–31
103-36.296Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–30.250910Lost to Michigan 16–34
104-96.424South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–2–10.167110-2BYE
10526.802Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–30.25091-2Lost to Indiana 7–19
10637.360Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–3–10.30090-3Tied Virginia 7–7
10717.462Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–40.200108-3Lost to Missouri 2–46
108-67.634Oregon (OREGON)PAC0–30.000113-1BYE
109-48.188New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR1–40.200108-5Lost to Arizona State 0–20
11058.313Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON1–30.25091-4Beat Hampden Sydney 20–13
111-58.510Idaho (IDAHO)PAC1–30.25091-5Lost to Stanford 7–54
11218.516Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON0–4–10.100112-3Lost to Georgia Tech 0–33
113-28.670Montana (MONTANA)PAC0–40.000113-3Lost to Washington 0–35
114-48.750Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–50.000113-4Lost to Oklahoma 0–25
115-19.070Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI0–3–10.125111-2Lost to Dartmouth 2–14
116-49.549Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR0–30.000113-3Lost to West Texas A&M 7–27

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