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1951 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings

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1951 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
100.752Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC6–01.0001+21Beat Vanderbilt 8–7
240.871Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON5–01.0001+14Beat LSU 27–0
300.965Illinois (ILLINOIS)B105–01.0001+13Beat Indiana 21–0
401.022USCPAC6–01.0001+17Beat TCU 28–26
5-31.025Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC4–0–10.90010+11Tied Texas A&M 21–21
621.171Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI6–01.0001+12Beat Pittsburgh 53–26
7161.184Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B83–20.60043+10Beat Colorado 55–14
851.194Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI5–01.0001+8Beat Cornell 53–15
921.289California (CALIFORNIA)PAC5–10.83311+12Beat Oregon State 35–14
10-31.307Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC5–01.0001+8Beat Tennessee Tech 68–0
1111.379Stanford (STANFORD)PAC6–01.0001+12Beat Washington 14–7
12301.433Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–1–10.70029+7Beat Northwestern 41–0
13-81.439Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI4–10.80016+10Lost to Princeton 15–53
14-51.576SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI6–01.0001+7Beat SAN Diego Navy 26–7
15201.594Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–10.80016+8Beat Duke 30–7
16-11.674Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON4–20.66730+10Beat Davidson 34–0
1701.735Auburn (AUBURN)SEC4–10.80016+9Beat Tulane 21–0
1811.777Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC5–10.83311+9Beat Rice 14–6
19-31.839Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI5–10.83311+6Beat North Texas 34–0
2051.921Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC4–1–10.75025+5Tied Baylor 21–21
2111.938Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI4–10.80016+5Beat Brown 41–6
22261.948Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI4–10.80016+6Beat Houston 33–27
23241.958Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY4–2–10.64342+8Beat Utah 13–0
24211.969Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI4–10.80016+6Beat Ole Miss 20–7
25122.014Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON5–10.83311+5Beat North Carolina 39–7
26-62.016Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–20.66730+7Beat Kansas State 33–14
2742.027Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY4–1–10.75025+4Beat New Mexico 20–15
28292.047Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–1–10.75025+5Beat Drake 13–0
29142.075Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI5–10.83311+4Beat Boston University 20–13
30-162.128Colorado (COLORADO)IND B84–20.66730+7Lost to Oklahoma 14–55
31-212.146Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B104–10.80016+5Lost to Wisconsin 0–41
32122.154Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC4–20.66730+7Beat Oregon 41–6
3332.185Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC4–30.57153+7Beat Florida 14–6
34242.209Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–20.60043+6Beat West Virginia 13–7
35-52.235Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI3–20.60043+4Beat Navy 14–0
3622.268Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI4–10.80016+2Beat Purdue 30–9
37-102.320LSUSEC4–20.66730+7Lost to Maryland 0–27
38132.331William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON4–20.66730+8Beat Richmond 20–14
39-72.341Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–20.60043+5Beat Minnesota 54–27
40-122.370Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC5–20.71428+6Lost to Iowa State 0–13
41-232.371Tulane (TULANE)SEC2–30.40076+5Lost to Auburn 0–21
42-162.382Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON4–20.66730+5Lost to Virginia 7–30
43-192.411Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–30.57153+7Lost to Kentucky 6–14
44-112.432Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC3–30.50057+7Lost to Villanova 27–33
4592.456Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC4–10.80016+6Beat Wichita State 33–0
46152.590Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–30.50057+5Beat Fordham 33–20
47-182.666Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC4–20.66730+2Lost to Miami 7–20
48-142.673Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC3–30.50057+4Lost to Stanford 7–14
49-282.710Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–30.50057+4Lost to Santa Clara 12–21
50-102.831West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON4–20.667300Lost to Penn State 7–13
5192.838Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR4–20.667300Beat West Texas A&M 27–6
52122.869Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR3–30.50057+3Beat Arizona 41–0
53172.880South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON3–20.60043+2Beat Clemson 20–0
5482.894Denver (DENVER)IND SKY4–30.571530Beat BYU 56–6
55-62.896TCUIND SWC3–30.50057+2Lost to USC 26–28
56103.012Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON4–20.66730+5Beat Catawba 34–14
57-163.094Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON3–20.60043+1Lost to South Carolina 0–20
58-53.121Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–30.50057+2Lost to Georgia Tech 7–8
59-133.135Utah (UTAH)IND SKY4–30.57153+2Lost to Wyoming 0–13
60-13.173Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI3–30.500570Lost to Temple 13–20
61-113.183Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–40.33386+3Lost to California 14–35
62123.198Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI3–20.60043+1Beat Harvard 26–20
63123.233Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR3–2–10.58351-3Beat New Mexico State 46–0
64-123.262Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI3–30.50057+1Lost to Syracuse 20–33
6503.262UCLAPAC2–30.40076+2BYE
66143.343Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–2–10.50057+1Beat Iowa 47–21
6743.482Bradley (BRADLEY)IND MVC4–20.66730-6Beat Brandeis 47–0
68-293.516Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI3–20.60043-2Lost to Yale 7–27
6993.704Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC3–30.50057-1Beat Detroit Mercy 20–7
7063.769SMUIND SWC2–30.40076+1BYE
71273.820Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY2–2–10.50057-1Beat Montana 19–6
7203.823Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC3–30.50057-2Beat Boston College 35–28
7303.917North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–40.333860Lost to Wake Forest 7–39
74-193.920BYUIND SKY3–2–10.58351-6Lost to Denver 6–56
7523.925Indiana (INDIANA)B102–30.40076-1Lost to Illinois 0–21
7693.961Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI2–3–10.41774-2Beat Miami (OH) 27–7
77-143.994Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–30.40076-3Lost to Texas 6–14
78-224.102Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI2–20.50057-2Lost to Army 9–14
7954.181Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC2–40.33386-4Beat Mississippi State 7–0
80-114.232Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI2–30.40076-2Lost to Holy Cross 6–41
81-24.339Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–20.500570BYE
8294.364Yale (YALE)IND FBSI2–3–10.41774-3Beat Colgate 27–7
83184.518Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI2–40.33386-2Beat Arkansas 21–12
84-164.591Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–30.40076-4Lost to Alabama 0–7
85-44.620Purdue (PURDUE)B101–40.20099-2Lost to Notre Dame 9–30
8684.637Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON3–30.50057-8Beat Presbyterian 35–0
87-54.665Idaho (IDAHO)PAC2–30.40076-3BYE
88-214.760Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR3–30.50057-8Lost to Texas Tech 0–41
89-65.055Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON2–40.33386-6Lost to William & Mary 14–20
90105.165Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–40.33386-6Beat Nebraska 35–19
9155.242George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–4–10.25098-4Tied Furman 19–19
9275.291Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–4–10.35785-3Tied George Washington 19–19
93-75.315Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI2–40.33386-5Lost to Dartmouth 20–26
94115.384Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–40.20099-6Beat Columbia 14–9
95-85.636Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND MVC2–40.33386-9Lost to Oklahoma State 7–20
9675.652NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON2–50.28697-10Beat Virginia Tech 19–14
97-85.713Iowa (IOWA)B102–30.40076-8Lost to Ohio State 21–47
98-105.864Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–40.20099-7Lost to Michigan 27–54
99-25.888New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY2–40.33386-11Lost to Colorado State 15–20
100-76.094Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–50.167105-6Lost to Washington State 6–41
101-96.117Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY2–40.33386-9Lost to Utah State 6–19
102-76.425San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI1–50.167105-7Lost to Loyola Marymount 12–13
103-136.496Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–4–10.100111-6Lost to Pennsylvania 0–14
10446.606Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–40.20099-2Lost to Tulsa 0–33
105-17.227NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI1–40.20099-3Lost to Lehigh 20–27
10617.329Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–50.000114-9Lost to Michigan State 26–53
107-57.434UTEPIND BOR2–40.33386-1Lost to Cincinnati 18–53
10867.595Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI1–40.20099-7Beat San José State 13–12
109-37.911Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–50.000114-13Lost to Georgia 28–35
110-18.524Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON1–50.167105-17Lost to NC State 14–19
111-18.666Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–5–10.083113-8Lost to Kansas 14–33
11208.830West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR1–50.167105-8Lost to Hardin Simmons 6–27
113-28.855Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–50.167105-8Lost to Washington & LEE 0–34
114-19.860Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–4–10.100111-13Lost to Missouri 19–35
115010.679Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR1–50.167105-4BYE
116010.883New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR0–70.000114-15Lost to Arizona State 0–46

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