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1942 Week 9 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
121.135William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON4–0–10.90014+8Beat George Washington 61–0
2111.194Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+7Beat Wake Forest 27–0
3-21.196Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC6–01.0001+12Beat Cincinnati 35–13
431.249Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC5–01.0001+8Beat Kentucky 14–0
511.271Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B105–0–10.91713+10Beat Purdue 13–0
631.275Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC5–01.0001+8Beat Navy 21–0
7-21.350Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC5–01.0001+5Beat ST. Louis 41–0
8121.394Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI4–01.0001+5Beat Georgetown 6–0
9-51.467Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B105–01.0001+6Beat Northwestern 20–6
1061.481Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR6–01.0001+8Beat Arizona State 21–0
11181.522Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI4–10.80021+9Beat Arizona 39–0
1231.563TCUIND SWC5–01.0001+7Beat Pensacola NAS 21–0
13131.621Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY4–10.80021+7Beat Colorado State 34–7
1491.657Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B85–10.83316+8Beat Iowa State 45–6
15131.680Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–0–10.87515+3Beat Colgate 13–10
16-51.702Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–01.0001+3Beat Harvard 14–0
1751.749Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI5–01.0001+3Beat Cornell 12–7
18211.769Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI3–1–10.70036+6Beat Illinois 21–14
1921.797Jacksonville NAS (JACKSONVILLE NAS)IND FBSI5–10.83316+6Beat Tampa 26–0
20-11.798Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON4–01.0001+2BYE
2161.817Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC5–10.83316+7Beat Texas A&M 6–0
22-141.857Illinois (ILLINOIS)B104–10.80021+6Lost to Notre Dame 14–21
2371.953Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC3–1–10.70036+3Beat Furman 52–7
24-122.003Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR4–10.80021+5Lost to Marquette 0–39
25162.093Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC3–20.60047+6Beat Florida 26–12
26-122.141Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI4–10.80021+6Lost to UCLA 6–14
27-172.187Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI3–1–10.70036+4Lost to Detroit Mercy 0–6
28102.252Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC5–10.83316+2Beat Rice 12–7
29302.264ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI3–10.75031+3Beat Loyola Marymount 13–0
3042.287LSUSEC5–10.83316+3Beat Georgia PRE Flight 34–0
31-292.342North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON3–1–10.70036+3Lost to Tulane 14–29
32102.429Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC4–10.80021+1Beat Centre 66–0
3302.433Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON3–1–10.70036+4Beat Richmond 20–6
3462.455Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON4–1–10.75031+2Beat Washington & LEE 19–6
35172.510Tulane (TULANE)SEC3–20.60047+4Beat North Carolina 29–14
36-192.519Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI3–10.75031+2Lost to ST. Mary's 0–13
37122.560Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC4–10.80021+2Beat Oregon State 26–13
3862.611Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI3–10.750310Beat Rollins 21–0
39142.650Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC4–10.800210Beat Drake 33–14
4072.653Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI2–1–10.62546+3BYE
4192.729Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON4–10.80021-1Beat Mcdaniel 51–0
42162.746West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR4–10.800210Beat UTEP 7–0
43272.787UCLAPAC3–20.60047+8Beat Santa Clara 14–6
44-262.844Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI3–10.75031+1Lost to Princeton 13–32
45-92.851Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI3–20.60047+2Lost to Penn State 10–13
46252.853Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC2–2–10.50062+3Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 40–7
47262.869Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI3–1–10.70036+5Beat Brown 32–13
48262.934Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI3–1–10.70036+4Beat Columbia 42–12
49-142.962Indiana (INDIANA)B103–20.60047+1Lost to Iowa 13–14
50-193.014Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON2–2–10.50062+3Lost to Boston College 0–27
51113.018Auburn (AUBURN)SEC3–2–10.58361+1Beat Villanova 14–6
52133.025Iowa (IOWA)B104–20.66744+7Beat Indiana 14–13
53143.107Manhattan (MANHATTAN)IND FBSI2–20.50062+2Beat Duquesne 10–7
54-83.120Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–20.50062+2Lost to Texas 7–12
55-313.159Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC3–1–10.70036-2Lost to California 6–19
56213.248Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–20.60047+5Beat Michigan 16–14
57-253.261Denver (DENVER)IND SKY4–20.667440Lost to Utah 12–21
58-103.288Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–30.40079+2Lost to Georgia Tech 0–21
59-223.411Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI3–20.600470Lost to Manhattan 7–10
60153.416Utah (UTAH)IND SKY2–30.40079+3Beat Denver 21–12
6173.418West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–20.600470Beat Waynesburg 27–0
6223.490SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI3–20.60047-1Beat San José State 20–13
63-123.526Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–3–10.417780Lost to Alabama 0–14
64-13.542Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY3–20.60047-2Beat Colorado Mines 26–6
65-203.615Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–20.500620Lost to Colorado 7–34
66-233.615Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI3–20.60047-2Lost to Yale 7–17
67223.662California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–30.400790Beat Washington 19–6
68123.813Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON3–20.60047+2Beat Pittsburgh 28–0
69193.817Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–20.60047-4Beat Fort Douglas 49–7
70-153.851Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC3–30.500620Lost to Oklahoma State 7–40
71-173.920Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–20.60047+1Lost to Minnesota 14–16
72253.978Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR2–30.400790Beat New Mexico 20–0
73-164.003Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–30.40079+2Lost to Missouri 6–45
74104.029Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–30.40079-1Beat USC 14–6
75254.036Yale (YALE)IND FBSI2–20.50062-1Beat Dartmouth 17–7
76114.049Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI2–30.40079-2Beat NC State 28–0
7764.052Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON2–2–10.50062-2Beat South Carolina 18–6
78124.065Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–30.40079-1Beat Ole Miss 7–6
79-184.079Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–30.50062-2Lost to Mississippi State 12–26
80-144.139Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–30.40079-1Lost to Washington State 13–26
81104.231Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI2–20.50062-3Beat Great Lakes Navy 14–0
82-264.398Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI2–30.40079-2Lost to Pennsylvania 12–42
83-144.528New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR3–30.50062-5Lost to Texas Tech 0–20
84114.539SMUIND SWC2–2–10.50062-4Beat Corpus Christi NAS 21–6
85-254.585USCPAC1–3–10.30093-1Lost to Stanford 6–14
86-104.593UTEPIND BOR2–20.50062+2Lost to West Texas A&M 0–7
8794.672Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–30.40079-3Beat Oklahoma 7–0
88-94.771George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON2–30.40079-3Lost to William & Mary 0–61
89-44.822Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI1–3–10.30093-2Lost to Syracuse 7–12
9034.918Purdue (PURDUE)B101–40.20099-1Lost to Wisconsin 0–13
9134.968BYUIND SKY2–20.500620BYE
92-65.056Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC3–30.50062-3Lost to Creighton 14–33
93-215.120NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON2–2–20.500620Lost to Holy Cross 0–28
94-165.293Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–3–10.30093-3Lost to Nebraska 0–7
95-135.395Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–40.20099-2Lost to Tennessee 7–52
9625.395Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC1–40.200990Lost to Baylor 0–6
9725.427Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR1–40.20099-3Lost to Hardin Simmons 0–21
98-735.626Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI1–2–20.40079+2Lost to North Carolina PRE Flight 0–34
99-185.659Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC1–40.20099-5Lost to Arkansas 6–7
10025.930ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC1–40.20099-5Lost to Tulsa 0–41
101-96.108Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–20.33392+1Lost to Auburn 6–14
10266.111Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–30.25097-1Beat Idaho 28–0
10306.306Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–40.20099-1Lost to Ohio State 6–20
10417.025Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–40.20099-4Lost to Duke 0–28
105-47.748Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI1–3–10.30093-4Lost to Lafayette 13–19
106-27.791South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–3–10.125112-5Lost to Clemson 6–18
107-17.862Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–4–10.25097-6Lost to Virginia Military Institute 6–20
10867.902Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–50.167110-5Beat Kansas State 19–7
10967.993Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI0–4–10.100113-3Lost to Army 0–14
11008.077Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON1–40.20099-6Lost to Virginia Tech 6–19
11118.106Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON0–4–10.100113-3BYE
112-58.306Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–50.167110-9Lost to Kansas 7–19
113-48.397New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR1–40.20099-8BYE
114-19.203Montana (MONTANA)PAC0–40.000115-4BYE
115-49.328Idaho (IDAHO)PAC1–40.20099-9Lost to Oregon 0–28
11609.528Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR0–30.000115-4BYE

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