1949 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings

November 8, 1949By 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	0	0.806	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	8–0	1.000	1	+32	Beat Washington State 33–14
2	1	0.947	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	7–0	1.000	1	+20	Beat Fordham 35–0
3	4	1.013	SMU	IND SWC	4–1–1	0.750	23	+20	Tied Texas A&M 27–27
4	1	1.082	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+17	Beat Michigan State 34–21
5	-1	1.103	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	7–0	1.000	1	+21	Beat Kansas State 39–0
6	-4	1.128	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	26	+19	Lost to Notre Dame 21–34
7	3	1.257	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	6–1	0.857	11	+19	Beat Arkansas 14–0
8	14	1.400	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	5–1–1	0.786	21	+15	Beat Pittsburgh 14–10
9	3	1.421	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	7–0	1.000	1	+15	Beat Pennsylvania 26–14
10	1	1.427	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+12	Beat Temple 28–7
11	2	1.453	UCLA	PAC	5–2	0.714	26	+20	BYE
12	-4	1.454	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	7–0	1.000	1	+13	Beat Syracuse 33–7
13	3	1.458	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–3	0.625	46	+20	Beat Baylor 20–0
14	1	1.483	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	8–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat Northern Colorado 103–0
15	8	1.558	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	9	+16	Beat Georgetown 29–14
16	10	1.615	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	6–1–1	0.813	18	+14	Beat SAN Francisco 13–7
17	0	1.660	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	5–2	0.714	26	+15	Beat Purdue 20–12
18	0	1.675	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	7–1	0.875	9	+12	Beat Xavier 21–7
19	-13	1.710	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	6–1	0.857	11	+13	Lost to Texas 0–20
20	1	1.713	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	5–1–1	0.786	21	+9	Tied Navy 21–21
21	7	1.754	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–2	0.714	26	+13	Beat Colorado 20–13
22	11	1.766	LSU	SEC	5–2	0.714	26	+13	Beat Vanderbilt 33–13
23	6	1.768	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	5–2	0.714	26	+12	Beat Tennessee 30–13
24	0	1.787	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	5–1	0.833	14	+9	Beat George Washington 40–14
25	-11	1.903	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	40	+11	Lost to Virginia 14–26
26	1	1.934	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	6–1	0.857	11	+11	Beat Utah 21–12
27	14	1.976	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	5–2–1	0.688	36	+12	Beat Drake 21–8
28	-19	2.045	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	19	+6	Lost to Army 0–35
29	16	2.069	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–2–1	0.688	36	+8	Beat USC 34–13
30	10	2.191	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	5–1	0.833	14	+3	Beat New Mexico State 68–32
31	4	2.198	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	14	+6	Beat Columbia 35–14
32	10	2.200	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–2	0.714	26	+8	Beat Iowa 55–7
33	11	2.257	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	5–2	0.714	26	+11	Beat William & Mary 20–14
34	16	2.309	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	14	+1	Beat Yale 14–0
35	1	2.322	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–2–1	0.643	41	+8	Beat Northwestern 14–6
36	-16	2.352	USC	PAC	4–2–1	0.643	41	+9	Lost to Stanford 13–34
37	-18	2.359	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	5–2	0.714	26	+6	Lost to Wake Forest 7–27
38	-7	2.429	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	23	+12	Lost to Santa Clara 7–13
39	-14	2.551	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	5–2–1	0.688	36	+10	Lost to Loyola Marymount 35–39
40	-10	2.643	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	26	+6	Lost to Ohio State 10–14
41	-9	2.667	UTEP	IND BOR	6–2	0.750	23	0	Lost to Texas Tech 0–13
42	12	2.667	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	19	+1	Beat Detroit Mercy 27–6
43	13	2.696	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	5–3	0.625	46	+9	Beat Idaho 35–25
44	-10	2.719	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	4–2–1	0.643	41	+1	Lost to Georgia Tech 13–30
45	13	2.731	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–2–1	0.643	41	+5	Beat Georgia 28–7
46	-7	2.736	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	4–3	0.571	49	+4	Lost to LSU 13–33
47	0	2.746	TCU	IND SWC	4–2–1	0.643	41	+5	BYE
48	-11	2.829	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–3	0.571	49	+4	Lost to Rice 0–14
49	3	2.849	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–2–2	0.571	49	+3	Beat Indiana 33–14
50	-2	2.868	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	3–2–1	0.583	48	+2	BYE
51	-13	2.875	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	5–2–1	0.688	36	0	Lost to Iowa State 8–21
52	7	2.960	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	49	+6	Beat West Virginia 34–14
53	4	2.960	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	49	+4	Beat Harvard 33–13
54	-3	3.011	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	49	+6	Lost to Villanova 14–29
55	11	3.115	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	4–4	0.500	60	+4	Beat Duke 27–7
56	11	3.284	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	71	+4	Beat Denver 41–21
57	-8	3.328	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–3	0.571	49	+3	Lost to Minnesota 7–55
58	-5	3.361	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	4–4	0.500	60	-1	Lost to North Carolina 14–20
59	11	3.378	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	5–4	0.556	59	+3	Beat UTEP 13–0
60	-5	3.416	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	49	+1	Lost to Boston University 7–28
61	1	3.450	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	4–4	0.500	60	+1	Beat Nebraska 27–13
62	-19	3.484	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	49	-3	Lost to South Carolina 3–6
63	-3	3.499	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	60	+1	Lost to Brown 0–14
64	-18	3.576	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–4	0.500	60	-1	Lost to Washington 27–28
65	-4	3.868	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	3–4	0.429	74	-2	Lost to Miami 6–27
66	-1	3.880	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	2–3–2	0.429	74	-1	Tied Tulsa 13–13
67	-4	3.935	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	89	+3	Tied Tulane 21–21
68	-4	4.013	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	3–5	0.375	84	-1	Lost to Florida 7–28
69	4	4.022	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	60	-4	BYE
70	12	4.167	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	49	-10	Beat Lafayette 14–0
71	0	4.267	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–5	0.375	84	-2	Lost to California 14–33
72	2	4.294	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	3–4–1	0.438	71	-3	Tied Oklahoma State 13–13
73	19	4.349	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	89	-1	Beat Clemson 40–27
74	11	4.384	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–4–1	0.438	71	-7	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 47–27
75	11	4.423	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–4	0.429	74	+3	Beat Davidson 47–6
76	0	4.480	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	3–3–1	0.500	60	-1	Tied ST. Louis 21–21
77	-9	4.488	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–5	0.286	97	-3	Lost to Wisconsin 6–14
78	3	4.525	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	3–4	0.429	74	-7	Lost to Maryland 14–40
79	-7	4.526	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–5	0.286	97	-3	Lost to Michigan 12–20
80	0	4.582	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	3–4	0.429	74	-6	Lost to Missouri 13–20
81	19	4.597	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–4	0.333	94	-3	Beat Marquette 6–3
82	12	4.638	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	4–4	0.500	60	-11	Beat Eastern Washington 19–6
83	21	4.692	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	74	-2	Beat Hardin Simmons 39–35
84	-7	4.692	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	97	-3	Lost to Cornell 7–33
85	-7	4.796	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	4–4	0.500	60	-5	Lost to ST. Mary's 21–41
86	-3	4.850	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	3–4	0.429	74	-11	Lost to Oregon State 25–35
87	-18	4.865	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	3–3–1	0.500	60	+2	Lost to ST. Bonaventure 14–20
88	-9	4.955	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	84	-3	Lost to Penn State 14–34
89	-14	5.023	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	60	-3	Lost to Dayton 14–16
90	12	5.031	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–6	0.250	106	-4	Beat Oregon 28–27
91	5	5.046	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–4–1	0.357	89	-8	Beat New Mexico 46–14
92	-1	5.209	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	2–4–1	0.357	89	-8	Tied Virginia Tech 6–6
93	10	5.252	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	3–4	0.429	74	-8	Beat Northern Arizona 47–6
94	-4	5.256	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	2–3–1	0.417	83	-7	Tied Wichita State 21–21
95	0	5.322	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–6–1	0.188	109	-4	Tied SMU 27–27
96	-9	5.378	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–5	0.286	97	-9	Lost to Kansas 13–27
97	-9	5.446	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	97	-5	Lost to Dartmouth 14–35
98	-9	5.503	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–6	0.143	112	-5	Lost to Illinois 14–33
99	-15	5.817	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	1–6	0.143	112	-7	Lost to Arizona 14–46
100	-1	5.891	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	3–4	0.429	74	-11	Lost to Arizona State 32–68
101	7	5.924	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	2–5	0.286	97	-12	Beat Richmond 20–6
102	-5	5.962	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	2–4–1	0.357	89	-11	Lost to Boston College 27–40
103	4	6.045	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	2–5	0.286	97	-14	Beat BYU 22–3
104	-11	6.114	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	111	-10	Lost to Holy Cross 27–35
105	1	6.206	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–5	0.286	97	-8	Lost to Oklahoma 0–39
106	-8	6.301	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	3–5	0.375	84	-12	Lost to NC State 6–20
107	-2	6.310	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	112	-10	Lost to Princeton 13–33
108	3	6.371	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–4–1	0.250	106	-10	Beat Mississippi State 25–6
109	5	6.563	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–4	0.333	94	-8	Beat Presbyterian 27–7
110	2	6.607	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	94	-3	Beat Merchant Marine 39–0
111	-10	6.730	Bradley (BRADLEY)	IND MVC	3–5	0.375	84	-9	Lost to Delaware 7–47
112	-3	6.849	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	1–6–1	0.188	109	-18	Lost to Colorado State 12–21
113	-3	7.121	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–5	0.286	97	-12	BYE
114	1	7.228	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	112	-16	Beat Colgate 35–27
115	2	8.848	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–7–1	0.063	118	-16	Tied Washington & LEE 6–6
116	-3	8.927	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–6–1	0.071	117	-10	Lost to Auburn 6–25
117	-1	9.030	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–6	0.143	112	-14	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 6–47
118	0	9.581	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–5–1	0.214	108	-5	Lost to West Texas A&M 6–47
119	0	10.123	BYU	IND SKY	0–8	0.000	119	-18	Lost to Utah State 3–22