1951 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 2, 1951By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1951 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	49	0.508	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat William & Mary 49–7
2	38	0.526	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Washington & LEE 54–14
3	33	0.649	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Harvard 33–6
4	43	0.705	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Colorado 35–14
5	8	0.724	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
6	13	0.743	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Iowa State 53–33
7	55	0.752	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Marquette 22–6
8	50	0.771	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Mississippi State 14–0
9	21	0.809	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Vanderbilt 24–14
10	24	0.837	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Syracuse 21–14
11	-10	1.006	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Minnesota 25–20
12	-7	1.025	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Arizona State 30–13
13	5	1.039	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Florida 27–0
14	-6	1.058	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat North Carolina 28–16
15	-4	1.086	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Loyola Marymount 41–28
16	-6	1.114	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Pittsburgh 19–14
17	9	1.123	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Michigan 25–0
18	-1	1.166	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Dartmouth 14–6
19	4	1.175	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat San José State 26–13
20	4	1.175	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Texas Tech 20–7
21	27	1.241	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana 48–6
22	-15	1.312	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pennsylvania 35–0
23	31	1.316	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat NEW York University 54–20
24	-3	1.344	USC	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat SAN Diego Navy 41–7
25	-21	1.363	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho 28–7
26	-6	1.443	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat NC State 21–6
27	36	1.445	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Bradley 20–14
28	33	1.448	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat George Washington 20–0
29	45	1.461	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	48	+2	Beat Utah 61–28
30	51	1.462	LSU	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Alabama 13–7
31	8	1.485	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas State 16–0
32	5	1.504	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UCLA 27–13
33	26	1.504	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Miami 21–7
34	26	1.504	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Army 21–7
35	-19	1.509	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Purdue 14–0
36	13	1.570	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat SMU 7–0
37	14	1.579	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boston University 40–34
38	30	1.669	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rice 20–14
39	33	1.692	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Kentucky 21–17
40	-26	1.705	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Lost to Cornell 14–21
41	25	1.749	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	43	0	Tied Navy 7–7
42	40	1.758	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Furman 18–7
43	50	1.770	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Beat Detroit Mercy 33–7
44	13	1.871	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lafayette 47–12
45	-13	1.880	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Buffalo 47–13
46	24	1.909	BYU	IND SKY	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hawai'i 20–7
47	-32	1.909	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Lost to Northwestern 14–35
48	-15	1.949	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	116	0	BYE
49	-5	1.949	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	48	0	Tied Yale 7–7
50	-25	1.958	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Lost to Arkansas 13–30
51	-39	2.031	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	44	+2	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–27
52	54	2.224	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Beat New Mexico 25–7
53	-50	2.261	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Lost to Texas A&M 7–20
54	-26	2.413	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to LSU 7–13
55	22	2.414	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Beat Arizona 39–21
56	-50	2.440	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Lost to Georgia 16–28
57	34	2.590	TCU	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Nebraska 28–7
58	25	2.618	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Santa Clara 34–20
59	39	2.773	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Citadel 26–7
60	-51	2.795	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Lost to Maryland 14–54
61	28	2.802	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Oklahoma State 27–26
62	5	2.876	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	44	0	Beat Denver 20–14
63	-20	2.947	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to Washington 20–25
64	-11	2.947	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to Duke 14–19
65	-9	2.988	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to Clemson 14–20
66	3	3.026	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Wisconsin 6–22
67	-45	3.040	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Oklahoma 7–49
68	-33	3.070	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to Fordham 6–14
69	7	3.079	Bradley (BRADLEY)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Drake 14–20
70	3	3.108	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Tennessee 0–14
71	19	3.173	SMU	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	88	0	Lost to Ohio State 0–7
72	6	3.173	UCLA	PAC	0–2	0.000	88	0	Lost to Illinois 13–27
73	-2	3.178	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Kansas 33–53
74	-47	3.185	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	44	0	Lost to Oregon State 28–61
75	4	3.242	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Auburn 14–24
76	20	3.261	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–2	0.333	82	0	Lost to Ole Miss 17–21
77	-48	3.316	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to Villanova 7–21
78	10	3.316	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	88	0	BYE
79	-38	3.316	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to Tulane 7–21
80	-25	3.316	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to Texas 0–14
81	-79	3.425	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Lost to Montana 7–25
82	15	3.437	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 20–6
83	1	3.512	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Holy Cross 6–33
84	23	3.638	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	44	+1	Beat Richmond 34–0
85	-10	3.656	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Beat Wichita State 21–7
86	-44	3.768	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to Michigan State 0–25
87	18	3.768	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	88	0	Lost to Stanford 13–26
88	13	3.829	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	88	0	Lost to Virginia 0–20
89	5	3.891	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Beat Brown 20–14
90	2	4.109	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Beat Colorado Mines 41–0
91	-45	4.137	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to Princeton 20–54
92	-40	4.178	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to California 0–35
93	6	4.368	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–2	0.333	82	-1	Lost to Wyoming 14–20
94	-8	4.445	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Lost to Davidson 20–32
95	-57	4.465	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to Notre Dame 6–48
96	17	4.537	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Beat Virginia Tech 32–20
97	3	4.556	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	82	-1	Lost to West Virginia 7–18
98	-13	4.596	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–34
99	-12	4.649	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Lost to Houston 7–33
100	4	4.666	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	82	-1	Lost to Wake Forest 6–21
101	-37	4.805	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–2	0.333	82	-2	Lost to Oregon 21–39
102	-22	4.978	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	88	-1	Lost to Penn State 34–40
103	12	5.349	UTEP	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat New Mexico State 41–7
104	-1	5.409	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	88	-1	Lost to Missouri 26–27
105	-40	5.487	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Cincinnati 35–47
106	2	5.511	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–2	0.000	88	-1	Lost to SAN Francisco 7–28
107	-5	5.655	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	88	-1	Lost to Washington State 20–34
108	-77	6.844	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	88	-1	Lost to Temple 14–20
109	-14	7.234	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	88	-2	Lost to South Carolina 7–26
110	-1	7.238	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–2	0.333	82	-1	Beat Mcmurry 28–20
111	-66	7.460	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	88	-1	Lost to TCU 7–28
112	2	8.055	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	88	0	Lost to Pacific 28–41
113	3	8.527	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	88	0	Lost to Iowa 0–16
114	-2	9.880	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	88	-1	Lost to Utah State 7–21
115	-4	10.865	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–3	0.000	88	-3	Lost to UTEP 7–41
116	-6	11.330	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–3	0.000	88	-1	Lost to California Tech 14–28