1949 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 3, 1950By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1949 Season Tags: • No Comments

1949 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	1	0.792	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	11–0	1.000	1	+54	Beat LSU 35–0
2	1	0.885	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	10–0	1.000	1	+45	BYE
3	-2	0.948	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	10–1	0.909	4	+50	Lost to Ohio State 14–17
4	0	1.033	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	10–1	0.909	4	+48	Beat North Carolina 27–13
5	0	1.080	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	9–0	1.000	1	+31	BYE
6	0	1.163	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	7–1–2	0.800	12	+34	Beat California 17–14
7	0	1.233	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	9–1	0.900	6	+37	Beat Missouri 20–7
8	0	1.410	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	31	+26	BYE
9	0	1.440	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	7–2	0.778	14	+26	BYE
10	1	1.482	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	8–2	0.800	12	+32	BYE
11	-1	1.502	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	7–2–1	0.750	18	+24	BYE
12	6	1.542	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	8–2–1	0.773	16	+30	Beat Kentucky 21–13
13	-1	1.578	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	9	+24	BYE
14	-1	1.596	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	9	+20	BYE
15	2	1.617	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–2–1	0.722	24	+23	BYE
16	0	1.677	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	9–1	0.900	6	+18	BYE
17	-2	1.833	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	9–3	0.750	18	+22	Lost to Santa Clara 13–21
18	2	1.858	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	7–2–1	0.750	18	+19	BYE
19	2	1.869	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	9–1	0.900	6	+20	BYE
20	-6	1.890	LSU	SEC	8–3	0.727	23	+25	Lost to Oklahoma 0–35
21	2	1.974	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–4	0.600	46	+21	BYE
22	2	1.985	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	7–3	0.700	26	+21	BYE
23	2	1.991	UCLA	PAC	6–3	0.667	31	+22	BYE
24	2	2.011	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	7–3–1	0.682	30	+13	Beat Hawai'i 74–20
25	-3	2.012	SMU	IND SWC	5–4–1	0.550	56	+25	BYE
26	-7	2.072	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	7–4	0.636	40	+28	Lost to Rice 13–27
27	1	2.118	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	14	+13	BYE
28	1	2.130	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	9	+6	BYE
29	1	2.159	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	7–3	0.700	26	+19	BYE
30	1	2.182	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	31	+15	BYE
31	4	2.186	UTEP	IND BOR	8–2–1	0.773	16	+9	Beat Georgetown 33–20
32	0	2.284	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	18	+10	BYE
33	0	2.296	TCU	IND SWC	6–3–1	0.650	38	+14	BYE
34	-7	2.311	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	7–4	0.636	40	+20	Lost to Maryland 7–20
35	1	2.326	USC	PAC	5–3–1	0.611	43	+15	BYE
36	-2	2.341	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	43	+12	BYE
37	0	2.352	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	18	+16	BYE
38	0	2.408	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	58	+11	BYE
39	0	2.495	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	31	+10	BYE
40	1	2.500	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	31	+12	BYE
41	1	2.509	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	26	+16	BYE
42	2	2.543	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	51	+14	BYE
43	0	2.550	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	31	+8	BYE
44	1	2.628	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	6–2–1	0.722	24	+3	BYE
45	2	2.714	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	6–3–1	0.650	38	+7	BYE
46	2	2.786	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	5–3–1	0.611	43	+7	BYE
47	2	2.812	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	42	+5	BYE
48	2	2.968	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	31	-3	BYE
49	2	3.039	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	6–4	0.600	46	+4	BYE
50	2	3.098	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	58	+4	BYE
51	-11	3.124	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	7–3	0.700	26	+4	Lost to Xavier 21–33
52	1	3.168	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	5–5	0.500	58	+1	BYE
53	2	3.212	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	5–4	0.556	51	+2	BYE
54	0	3.233	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	6–4–1	0.591	49	+6	BYE
55	2	3.252	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	58	+2	BYE
56	-10	3.256	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	7–5	0.583	50	+13	Lost to San José State 13–20
57	-1	3.321	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	4–4–2	0.500	58	+2	BYE
58	1	3.397	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	46	+7	BYE
59	1	3.440	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	5–5	0.500	58	-1	BYE
60	-2	3.498	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	58	+4	Lost to UTEP 20–33
61	0	3.567	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	51	-2	BYE
62	0	3.582	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	4–5	0.444	72	0	BYE
63	1	3.669	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	58	-3	BYE
64	1	3.695	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	4–5	0.444	72	+2	BYE
65	-2	3.702	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–5–1	0.450	70	-1	BYE
66	0	3.737	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	5–5–1	0.500	58	-3	BYE
67	0	3.837	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	5–4	0.556	51	-2	BYE
68	0	3.929	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	83	-3	BYE
69	3	3.930	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	88	+4	BYE
70	1	3.949	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–5	0.444	72	+1	BYE
71	-1	4.030	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–4–2	0.444	72	-3	BYE
72	-3	4.055	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–6–1	0.409	81	-7	BYE
73	1	4.056	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	72	-6	BYE
74	-1	4.060	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	4–5	0.444	72	-5	BYE
75	3	4.242	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	4–4–2	0.500	58	-8	BYE
76	-1	4.250	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	4–5–1	0.450	70	-14	BYE
77	-1	4.258	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	5–4	0.556	51	-12	BYE
78	-1	4.282	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	72	-7	BYE
79	1	4.412	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	72	-13	BYE
80	-1	4.483	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	83	-11	BYE
81	0	4.559	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–6	0.400	83	-10	BYE
82	0	4.589	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	56	+6	BYE
83	0	4.682	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	3–6–1	0.350	93	+2	BYE
84	0	4.719	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–7	0.300	99	-6	BYE
85	0	4.928	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–4–3	0.389	88	-9	BYE
86	0	4.972	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–6–1	0.409	81	-9	BYE
87	0	5.075	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	58	-10	BYE
88	0	5.114	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–6	0.333	95	-12	BYE
89	0	5.189	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–5–1	0.389	88	-2	BYE
90	0	5.322	Bradley (BRADLEY)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	58	-11	BYE
91	0	5.401	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	4–6	0.400	83	-13	BYE
92	1	5.401	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	3–6–1	0.350	93	-9	BYE
93	2	5.414	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	3–5	0.375	92	-17	BYE
94	2	5.491	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	3–5–1	0.389	88	-8	BYE
95	-1	5.500	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	3–7	0.300	99	-17	BYE
96	-4	5.504	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–8–1	0.150	113	-12	BYE
97	0	5.671	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	72	-15	BYE
98	0	5.787	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	4–6	0.400	83	-20	BYE
99	0	6.236	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	2–8	0.200	108	-20	BYE
100	0	6.238	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	3–7	0.300	99	-25	BYE
101	0	6.297	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	107	-16	BYE
102	2	6.322	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–8	0.111	114	-17	BYE
103	0	6.341	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	95	-17	BYE
104	-2	6.411	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–7–1	0.250	105	-22	BYE
105	0	6.416	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	95	-13	BYE
106	0	6.489	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	3–7	0.300	99	-29	BYE
107	1	6.550	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	114	-20	BYE
108	-1	6.609	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	3–6	0.333	95	-17	BYE
109	2	6.953	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	2–6–1	0.278	104	-24	BYE
110	-1	6.968	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–8	0.200	108	-23	BYE
111	-1	6.976	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	2–7–1	0.250	105	-22	BYE
112	0	7.000	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	114	-28	BYE
113	0	7.465	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	3–7	0.300	99	-26	BYE
114	0	7.720	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–7–2	0.200	108	-19	BYE
115	0	8.283	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–8–1	0.056	118	-21	BYE
116	0	8.428	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	117	-38	BYE
117	0	8.766	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	2–8	0.200	108	-31	BYE
118	0	9.780	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–6–1	0.188	112	-13	BYE
119	0	9.927	BYU	IND SKY	0–11	0.000	119	-31	BYE