1949 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 27, 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	30	0.412	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Richmond 67–0
2	81	0.651	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Marquette 41–0
3	11	0.724	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat New Mexico State 40–7
4	45	0.770	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Washington 48–20
5	63	0.788	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Clemson 33–7
6	-2	0.848	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Montana 13–7
7	1	0.953	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Idaho 41–0
8	-7	0.958	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Temple 54–0
9	-6	0.963	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Penn State 27–6
10	20	0.972	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Tulsa 20–14
11	54	0.972	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat William & Mary 13–7
12	58	0.972	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wake Forest 13–7
13	48	0.990	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boston College 46–0
14	45	1.018	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana 49–6
15	2	1.045	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Davidson 47–7
16	-9	1.045	UCLA	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Iowa 41–25
17	-7	1.054	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat ST. Mary's 29–7
18	-13	1.155	TCU	IND SWC	1–0–1	0.750	54	0	Tied Oklahoma State 33–33
19	26	1.164	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia Tech 34–7
20	57	1.210	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Navy 42–20
21	35	1.228	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat NC State 26–6
22	59	1.228	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Furman 27–7
23	-4	1.283	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Carolina 20–6
24	34	1.283	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Purdue 20–6
25	51	1.283	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Alabama 28–14
26	53	1.283	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat George Washington 27–13
27	5	1.292	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Citadel 13–0
28	-7	1.302	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Syracuse 33–21
29	46	1.320	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mississippi State 10–0
30	5	1.347	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Holy Cross 20–13
31	5	1.366	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Vanderbilt 12–7
32	15	1.375	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Michigan State 7–3
33	62	1.380	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Harvard 44–0
34	-9	1.403	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas 13–12
35	25	1.403	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri 35–34
36	55	1.425	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat LSU 19–0
37	61	1.476	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat New Mexico 41–14
38	-36	1.499	UTEP	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat John Carroll 33–7
39	63	1.503	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Auburn 40–7
40	-34	1.526	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 42–6
41	28	1.531	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Merchant Marine 79–6
42	67	1.577	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Denver 14–13
43	47	1.613	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0–1	0.750	54	0	Tied Illinois 20–20
44	-2	1.696	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Fort Hays State 55–0
45	54	1.824	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Emporia State 42–0
46	-24	1.833	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	113	0	BYE
47	-19	1.833	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	113	0	BYE
48	-15	1.833	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	113	0	BYE
49	-10	1.833	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0–1	0.500	56	0	Tied Iowa State 20–20
50	-4	1.833	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	113	0	BYE
51	4	1.833	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	113	0	BYE
52	10	1.833	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0–1	0.500	56	0	Tied TCU 33–33
53	11	1.833	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	113	0	BYE
54	18	1.833	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	113	0	BYE
55	-31	1.907	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Buffalo 32–0
56	-29	1.952	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Niagara 27–0
57	-4	1.952	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Dakota 33–6
58	26	1.962	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UConn 26–0
59	47	1.989	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Portland 53–27
60	-45	2.017	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pepperdine 33–13
61	-35	2.017	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Amherst 27–7
62	-46	2.072	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 33–19
63	3	2.090	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lafayette 26–14
64	43	2.127	Bradley (BRADLEY)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisiana Tech 20–18
65	-14	2.413	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Ohio State 34–35
66	-57	2.421	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to SMU 7–13
67	-19	2.533	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Michigan 3–7
68	36	2.549	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Utah 27–7
69	-57	2.565	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 7–13
70	8	2.573	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 7–12
71	-33	2.653	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Georgetown 13–20
72	42	2.685	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Beat Texas Tech 26–7
73	-62	2.751	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Minnesota 20–48
74	-24	2.773	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Tennessee 0–10
75	-2	2.853	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Boston University 21–33
76	-53	2.893	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Florida 0–13
77	19	2.911	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Colorado State 13–14
78	-65	2.933	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Tulane 14–28
79	-45	2.933	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Virginia 13–27
80	-13	2.933	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Northwestern 6–20
81	-10	2.933	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Baylor 6–20
82	30	2.953	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	79	0	Lost to Colorado 12–13
83	-42	3.013	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to UCLA 25–41
84	3	3.042	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Oregon 0–41
85	7	3.048	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Rice 7–33
86	2	3.065	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Arizona 7–40
87	-43	3.133	LSU	SEC	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Kentucky 0–19
88	9	3.153	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	79	0	Lost to California 7–29
89	-32	3.173	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to North Carolina 6–26
90	-1	3.176	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Wisconsin 0–41
91	-28	3.213	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Villanova 6–27
92	-40	3.253	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to USC 20–42
93	12	3.256	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Washington State 7–13
94	14	3.273	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	79	0	Lost to Washington & LEE 7–27
95	16	3.452	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Detroit Mercy 14–20
96	-42	3.453	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Wyoming 14–41
97	-4	3.542	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat San José State 14–13
98	15	3.570	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Pacific Submarines 26–7
99	-81	3.693	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Ole Miss 7–40
100	3	3.870	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Duke 0–67
101	-72	3.973	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Army 7–47
102	-62	4.093	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Notre Dame 6–49
103	-66	4.133	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Stanford 0–44
104	-84	4.213	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Oklahoma 0–46
105	-31	4.533	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Texas 0–54
106	10	5.008	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	1–2	0.333	78	-1	Lost to Texas A&M 7–26
107	-7	5.824	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Ohio 7–17
108	9	5.950	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat ST. Bonaventure 34–21
109	-8	6.026	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Mcmurry 7–34
110	0	6.078	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Cincinnati 21–27
111	8	6.202	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat California Tech 43–13
112	-27	6.813	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	79	-1	BYE
113	-27	7.313	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	79	-2	Lost to Oregon State 7–27
114	-20	7.373	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	79	-1	BYE
115	3	8.053	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	79	0	Lost to Maryland 7–34
116	-1	8.233	BYU	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	79	0	Lost to Pacific Fleet 13–27
117	-37	12.173	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Quantico Marines 7–14
118	-36	12.573	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Miami (OH) 6–23
119	-76	13.973	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	79	0	Lost to Pacific 0–52