1939 Season

1939 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 2, 1940By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1939 Season Tags: • No Comments

1939 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	0.793	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	8–0	1.000	1	+34	BYE
2	1	0.926	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	11–0	1.000	1	+52	Beat Tulane 14–13
3	1	0.939	USC	PAC	8–0–2	0.900	6	+41	Beat Tennessee 14–0
4	-2	0.980	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	8–1–1	0.850	11	+41	Lost to Texas A&M 13–14
5	1	1.288	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	8	+34	BYE
6	2	1.401	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	8–1–1	0.850	11	+31	BYE
7	6	1.421	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	9–1	0.900	6	+36	Beat Boston College 6–3
8	1	1.425	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	8–0–1	0.944	3	+23	BYE
9	-4	1.482	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	8–2	0.800	17	+33	Lost to Georgia Tech 7–21
10	0	1.483	UCLA	PAC	6–0–4	0.800	17	+20	BYE
11	0	1.518	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	7–1–1	0.833	13	+27	BYE
12	0	1.520	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	7–0–1	0.938	4	+19	BYE
13	3	1.551	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	8–2	0.800	17	+33	Beat Missouri 21–7
14	0	1.557	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	9	+22	BYE
15	-8	1.564	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	10–1	0.909	5	+30	Lost to USC 0–14
16	-1	1.701	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	23	+28	BYE
17	1	1.778	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	5–1–3	0.722	34	+13	BYE
18	1	1.878	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–2	0.750	28	+19	BYE
19	2	1.897	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	6–1–1	0.813	16	+14	BYE
20	2	1.905	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–1–2	0.750	28	+14	BYE
21	-1	1.924	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	6–2–1	0.722	34	+18	BYE
22	1	1.946	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	6–1–2	0.778	23	+9	BYE
23	1	1.956	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	9–1–1	0.864	10	+17	Beat Hawaii ALL Stars 28–0; Beat HAWAII 39–6
24	1	1.990	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–2	0.750	28	+17	BYE
25	1	2.009	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	7–1–2	0.800	17	+12	BYE
26	-9	2.017	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	9–2	0.818	15	+17	Lost to Clemson 3–6
27	0	2.075	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	8–2	0.800	17	+15	BYE
28	0	2.170	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	7–2	0.778	23	+13	BYE
29	1	2.188	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	13	+12	BYE
30	-1	2.201	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	23	+14	BYE
31	1	2.221	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	8–2	0.800	17	+15	BYE
32	1	2.249	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	28	+13	BYE
33	-2	2.257	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	28	+12	BYE
34	0	2.281	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	6–2–1	0.722	34	+12	BYE
35	0	2.380	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	5–3–1	0.611	46	+12	BYE
36	0	2.424	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	8–2–1	0.773	27	+16	Tied Catholic 0–0
37	0	2.512	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	38	+16	BYE
38	0	2.560	SMU	IND SWC	6–3–1	0.650	41	+13	BYE
39	0	2.582	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	7–3	0.700	38	+9	BYE
40	1	2.651	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	54	+15	BYE
41	1	2.662	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	6–2–1	0.722	34	+5	BYE
42	-2	2.690	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	6–3–1	0.650	41	+16	BYE
43	0	2.775	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–5–1	0.500	62	+13	BYE
44	0	2.807	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	5–3	0.625	44	+7	BYE
45	0	2.865	BYU	IND SKY	5–2–2	0.667	40	+4	BYE
46	0	2.900	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	28	+4	BYE
47	0	2.988	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	46	+3	BYE
48	0	3.006	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	5–4–1	0.550	60	+9	BYE
49	0	3.014	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–3–2	0.500	62	+5	BYE
50	0	3.047	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	6–3–1	0.650	41	+8	BYE
51	1	3.164	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	62	+6	BYE
52	-1	3.165	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	54	+5	BYE
53	0	3.177	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	5–3–1	0.611	46	+2	BYE
54	0	3.295	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	54	+3	BYE
55	1	3.302	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–4	0.556	54	+6	BYE
56	-1	3.352	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	46	+6	BYE
57	0	3.371	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	44	+9	BYE
58	0	3.412	UTEP	IND BOR	5–4	0.556	54	+9	BYE
59	0	3.434	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–4–1	0.438	85	+5	BYE
60	0	3.545	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	5–3–2	0.600	51	-6	BYE
61	0	3.629	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	62	0	BYE
62	0	3.637	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	46	-8	BYE
63	0	3.649	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–5–1	0.450	75	+2	BYE
64	0	3.657	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	62	+3	BYE
65	0	3.661	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	5–5–1	0.500	62	-3	BYE
66	0	3.760	LSU	SEC	4–5	0.444	78	-1	BYE
67	2	3.849	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–3–2	0.500	62	-1	BYE
68	-1	3.857	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–5	0.444	78	-3	BYE
69	-1	3.873	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–5–1	0.500	62	-4	BYE
70	0	3.878	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	6–4	0.600	51	-4	BYE
71	1	3.939	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	4–5	0.444	78	0	BYE
72	2	3.971	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	5–6	0.455	74	-3	BYE
73	0	3.971	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	62	-5	BYE
74	2	3.981	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–4–1	0.438	85	0	BYE
75	-4	4.006	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–4–2	0.375	95	+3	BYE
76	-1	4.010	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	62	-7	BYE
77	0	4.021	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–5	0.444	78	+1	BYE
78	0	4.052	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	54	-5	BYE
79	0	4.057	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	93	+2	BYE
80	0	4.078	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	3–4–1	0.438	85	-1	BYE
81	0	4.102	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	85	-1	BYE
82	0	4.210	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	6–4	0.600	51	-8	BYE
83	0	4.295	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–4–1	0.438	85	-2	BYE
84	1	4.317	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	4–5–1	0.450	75	+1	BYE
85	-1	4.319	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	4–5	0.444	78	-7	BYE
86	1	4.381	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	85	+5	BYE
87	-1	4.385	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	62	-3	BYE
88	0	4.475	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–4–1	0.438	85	-1	BYE
89	0	4.587	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	62	-8	BYE
90	0	4.728	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	4–3–3	0.550	60	+12	BYE
91	0	4.748	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–5–1	0.313	103	-5	BYE
92	0	4.811	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	95	-10	BYE
93	0	4.893	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–4–2	0.375	95	-4	BYE
94	0	5.056	Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	78	-17	BYE
95	0	5.127	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–4–2	0.444	78	-10	BYE
96	0	5.157	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	4–5–1	0.450	75	-8	BYE
97	1	5.169	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	3–4–1	0.438	85	-12	BYE
98	-1	5.186	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	2–8	0.200	119	-8	BYE
99	0	5.339	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	3–6	0.333	101	-16	BYE
100	1	5.485	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–6–1	0.350	100	-4	BYE
101	-1	5.486	TCU	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	104	-15	BYE
102	0	5.568	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	3–6	0.333	101	-17	BYE
103	0	5.691	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–7–1	0.250	109	-14	BYE
104	1	5.714	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	95	-11	BYE
105	2	5.732	Rhodes (RHODES)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	93	-19	BYE
106	-2	5.776	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	113	-13	BYE
107	-1	5.815	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–6	0.250	109	-14	BYE
108	0	5.913	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–7	0.300	104	-9	BYE
109	1	5.998	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	2–6	0.250	109	-15	BYE
110	-1	6.054	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	3–5	0.375	95	-7	BYE
111	0	6.087	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	106	-17	BYE
112	0	6.222	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–7	0.222	113	-19	BYE
113	0	6.312	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	113	-12	BYE
114	0	6.372	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	3–8	0.273	108	-28	BYE
115	0	6.562	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–7	0.222	113	-14	BYE
116	0	6.685	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	113	-23	BYE
117	0	6.828	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–7–1	0.167	122	-18	BYE
118	0	6.956	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	106	-5	BYE
119	0	7.399	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	2–9–1	0.208	118	-28	BYE
120	0	7.712	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–6–1	0.188	120	-17	BYE
121	0	7.799	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	2–6	0.250	109	-16	BYE
122	0	8.149	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–9–1	0.136	123	-29	BYE
123	0	8.269	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–6–1	0.188	120	-17	BYE
124	0	8.646	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–7–1	0.063	124	-23	BYE

1939 Post-Season Week 1 College Football Team Rankings

December 12, 1939By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1939 Season Tags: • No Comments

1939 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	0.800	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	8–0	1.000	1	+34	BYE
2	-1	0.815	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	8–0–1	0.944	4	+40	BYE
3	0	1.005	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	10–0	1.000	1	+44	BYE
4	0	1.086	USC	PAC	7–0–2	0.889	8	+29	Tied UCLA 0–0
5	0	1.211	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	8–1	0.889	8	+35	BYE
6	0	1.298	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	8	+33	BYE
7	1	1.380	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	10–0	1.000	1	+30	Beat Auburn 7–0
8	-1	1.401	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	8–1–1	0.850	13	+31	BYE
9	0	1.425	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	8–0–1	0.944	4	+23	BYE
10	0	1.483	UCLA	PAC	6–0–4	0.800	18	+20	Tied USC 0–0
11	0	1.491	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	7–1–1	0.833	14	+28	BYE
12	0	1.520	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	7–0–1	0.938	6	+19	BYE
13	0	1.551	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	8	+28	BYE
14	0	1.567	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	12	+22	BYE
15	0	1.709	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	23	+27	BYE
16	1	1.757	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	7–2	0.778	23	+25	BYE
17	-1	1.775	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	7	+18	BYE
18	0	1.798	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	5–1–3	0.722	34	+13	BYE
19	0	1.837	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–2	0.750	28	+19	BYE
20	0	1.883	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	6–2–1	0.722	34	+19	BYE
21	0	1.914	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	6–1–1	0.813	17	+14	BYE
22	0	1.926	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–1–2	0.750	28	+14	BYE
23	0	1.965	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	6–1–2	0.778	23	+9	BYE
24	0	1.986	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	7–1–1	0.833	14	+17	BYE
25	0	1.997	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–2	0.750	28	+17	BYE
26	0	2.019	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	7–1–2	0.800	18	+12	BYE
27	0	2.083	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	8–2	0.800	18	+15	BYE
28	0	2.134	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	7–2	0.778	23	+14	BYE
29	0	2.152	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	23	+15	BYE
30	0	2.200	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	14	+12	BYE
31	0	2.223	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	28	+13	BYE
32	1	2.234	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	8–2	0.800	18	+15	BYE
33	-1	2.249	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	28	+13	BYE
34	1	2.274	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	6–2–1	0.722	34	+13	BYE
35	-1	2.334	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	5–3–1	0.611	46	+14	BYE
36	0	2.440	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	8–2	0.800	18	+16	BYE
37	1	2.515	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	38	+16	BYE
38	-1	2.556	SMU	IND SWC	6–3–1	0.650	41	+13	Beat Rice 13–6
39	0	2.588	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	7–3	0.700	38	+9	BYE
40	1	2.644	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	6–3–1	0.650	41	+17	BYE
41	2	2.664	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	54	+15	BYE
42	0	2.665	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	6–2–1	0.722	34	+5	BYE
43	-3	2.680	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–5–1	0.500	62	+16	Lost to Tennessee 0–7
44	0	2.761	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	5–3	0.625	44	+8	BYE
45	0	2.874	BYU	IND SKY	5–2–2	0.667	40	+4	BYE
46	0	2.900	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	28	+4	BYE
47	0	2.993	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	46	+3	BYE
48	0	3.006	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	5–4–1	0.550	60	+9	BYE
49	1	3.035	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–3–2	0.500	62	+5	BYE
50	-1	3.047	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	6–3–1	0.650	41	+8	BYE
51	1	3.112	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	54	+6	BYE
52	1	3.175	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	62	+6	BYE
53	-2	3.182	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	5–3–1	0.611	46	+2	BYE
54	0	3.295	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	54	+3	BYE
55	0	3.298	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	46	+7	BYE
56	0	3.302	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–4	0.556	54	+6	BYE
57	0	3.380	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	44	+9	BYE
58	1	3.425	UTEP	IND BOR	5–4	0.556	54	+9	BYE
59	-1	3.455	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–4–1	0.438	85	+5	BYE
60	0	3.540	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	5–3–2	0.600	51	-6	BYE
61	0	3.624	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	62	0	BYE
62	1	3.637	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	46	-8	BYE
63	1	3.654	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–5–1	0.450	75	+2	BYE
64	2	3.657	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	62	+3	BYE
65	0	3.665	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	5–5–1	0.500	62	-3	BYE
66	-4	3.677	LSU	SEC	4–5	0.444	78	+1	BYE
67	0	3.738	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–5	0.444	78	-1	BYE
68	3	3.847	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–5–1	0.500	62	-4	BYE
69	-1	3.849	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–3–2	0.500	62	-1	BYE
70	-1	3.882	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	6–4	0.600	51	-4	BYE
71	-1	3.935	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–4–2	0.375	95	+4	BYE
72	0	3.970	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	4–5	0.444	78	0	BYE
73	3	3.982	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	62	-5	BYE
74	15	3.983	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	5–6	0.455	74	-3	Beat Miami 13–0
75	0	4.015	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	62	-7	BYE
76	-3	4.022	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–4–1	0.438	85	0	BYE
77	-3	4.052	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–5	0.444	78	+1	BYE
78	2	4.061	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	54	-5	BYE
79	-1	4.070	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	93	+2	BYE
80	-3	4.085	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	3–4–1	0.438	85	-1	BYE
81	-2	4.109	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	85	-1	BYE
82	0	4.210	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	6–4	0.600	51	-8	BYE
83	0	4.288	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–4–1	0.438	85	-2	BYE
84	1	4.319	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	4–5	0.444	78	-7	BYE
85	-1	4.322	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	4–5–1	0.450	75	+1	BYE
86	0	4.385	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	62	-3	BYE
87	0	4.395	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	85	+5	BYE
88	0	4.475	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–4–1	0.438	85	-1	BYE
89	-8	4.587	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	62	-8	Lost to Georgia 0–13
90	0	4.728	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	4–3–3	0.550	60	+12	BYE
91	0	4.740	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–5–1	0.313	103	-5	BYE
92	0	4.798	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	95	-10	BYE
93	0	4.911	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–4–2	0.375	95	-4	BYE
94	0	5.061	Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	78	-17	BYE
95	0	5.121	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–4–2	0.444	78	-10	BYE
96	2	5.157	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	4–5–1	0.450	75	-8	BYE
97	-1	5.161	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	2–8	0.200	119	-7	BYE
98	-1	5.183	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	3–4–1	0.438	85	-12	BYE
99	0	5.356	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	3–6	0.333	101	-16	BYE
100	0	5.486	TCU	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	104	-15	BYE
101	1	5.497	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–6–1	0.350	100	-4	BYE
102	-1	5.568	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	3–6	0.333	101	-17	BYE
103	0	5.671	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–7–1	0.250	109	-13	BYE
104	0	5.689	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	113	-12	BYE
105	0	5.727	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	95	-11	BYE
106	0	5.734	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–6	0.250	109	-13	BYE
107	0	5.744	Rhodes (RHODES)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	93	-19	BYE
108	0	5.946	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–7	0.300	104	-9	BYE
109	0	5.959	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	3–5	0.375	95	-5	BYE
110	0	6.057	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	2–6	0.250	109	-15	BYE
111	0	6.087	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	106	-17	BYE
112	0	6.148	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–7	0.222	113	-18	BYE
113	0	6.326	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	113	-12	BYE
114	0	6.346	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	3–8	0.273	108	-27	BYE
115	0	6.582	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–7	0.222	113	-14	BYE
116	0	6.685	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	113	-23	BYE
117	0	6.895	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–7–1	0.167	122	-18	BYE
118	0	6.978	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	106	-5	BYE
119	2	7.399	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	2–9–1	0.208	118	-28	Beat Louisiana Tech 19–0
120	-1	7.731	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–6–1	0.188	120	-17	BYE
121	-1	7.799	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	2–6	0.250	109	-16	BYE
122	0	8.149	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–9–1	0.136	123	-29	Lost to SMU 6–13
123	0	8.288	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–6–1	0.188	120	-17	BYE
124	0	8.679	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–7–1	0.063	124	-23	BYE

1939 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings

December 5, 1939By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1939 Season Tags: • No Comments

1939 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.795	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	8–0–1	0.944	4	+40	Beat LSU 33–20
2	0	0.806	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	8–0	1.000	1	+34	BYE
3	1	1.012	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	10–0	1.000	1	+42	Beat Texas 20–0
4	-1	1.076	USC	PAC	7–0–1	0.938	6	+29	Beat Washington 9–7
5	0	1.206	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	8–1	0.889	9	+35	BYE
6	0	1.302	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	9	+33	BYE
7	2	1.403	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	8–1–1	0.850	13	+31	Beat Virginia 19–0
8	4	1.415	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	9–0	1.000	1	+25	Beat Kentucky 19–0
9	-2	1.438	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	8–0–1	0.944	4	+23	Tied Detroit Mercy 10–10
10	-2	1.474	UCLA	PAC	6–0–3	0.833	14	+20	Beat Washington State 24–7
11	0	1.486	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	7–1–1	0.833	14	+28	BYE
12	-2	1.517	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	7–0–1	0.938	6	+19	BYE
13	0	1.549	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	9	+28	BYE
14	0	1.564	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	12	+22	BYE
15	0	1.714	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	23	+26	BYE
16	9	1.761	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	8	+18	Beat Holy Cross 14–0
17	-1	1.792	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	7–2	0.778	23	+24	Beat Georgia 13–0
18	0	1.806	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	5–1–3	0.722	34	+13	BYE
19	-2	1.826	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–2	0.750	28	+19	BYE
20	0	1.876	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	6–2–1	0.722	34	+19	BYE
21	1	1.914	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	6–1–1	0.813	18	+14	BYE
22	1	1.934	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–1–2	0.750	28	+14	BYE
23	1	1.958	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	6–1–2	0.778	23	+9	BYE
24	-3	1.975	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	7–1–1	0.833	14	+17	BYE
25	1	2.000	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–2	0.750	28	+17	BYE
26	2	2.011	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	7–1–2	0.800	19	+12	BYE
27	3	2.061	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	8–2	0.800	19	+16	BYE
28	1	2.140	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	7–2	0.778	23	+13	BYE
29	-10	2.205	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	23	+14	Lost to Boston College 0–14
30	1	2.211	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	14	+11	Beat Centenary 7–6
31	6	2.212	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	28	+13	Beat NEW York University 18–7
32	1	2.223	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	28	+14	BYE
33	1	2.234	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	8–2	0.800	19	+15	Beat Colorado State 21–19
34	1	2.320	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	5–3–1	0.611	45	+14	Beat Vanderbilt 39–0
35	-8	2.335	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	6–2–1	0.722	34	+12	Lost to Tennessee 0–19
36	0	2.437	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	8–2	0.800	19	+16	BYE
37	6	2.521	SMU	IND SWC	5–3–1	0.611	45	+12	Beat TCU 14–7
38	0	2.527	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	38	+15	Beat Rice 10–7
39	3	2.567	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	7–3	0.700	38	+9	Beat Davidson 46–7
40	-1	2.622	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–4–1	0.550	61	+15	Tied Florida 7–7
41	6	2.641	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	6–3–1	0.650	41	+17	Beat ST. Louis 21–17
42	-1	2.658	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	6–2–1	0.722	34	+5	BYE
43	-3	2.660	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	54	+15	BYE
44	10	2.735	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	5–3	0.625	43	+8	Beat Denver 27–17
45	1	2.861	BYU	IND SKY	5–2–2	0.667	40	+4	BYE
46	2	2.896	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	28	+4	BYE
47	-15	2.975	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	45	+3	Lost to Stanford 3–14
48	1	2.998	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	5–4–1	0.550	61	+9	BYE
49	4	3.044	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	6–3–1	0.650	41	+8	Beat Virginia Tech 19–7
50	1	3.073	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–3–2	0.500	64	+5	BYE
51	-7	3.160	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	5–3–1	0.611	45	+2	Lost to Colorado 17–27
52	-7	3.185	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	54	+5	Lost to Fordham 7–18
53	4	3.211	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	64	+6	BYE
54	-4	3.282	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	54	+3	Lost to North Carolina 0–19
55	1	3.288	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	45	+7	Tied Duquesne 10–10
56	-1	3.307	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–4	0.556	54	+6	Lost to Texas A&M 0–20
57	8	3.366	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	43	+9	Beat West Virginia 13–0
58	1	3.425	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–4–1	0.438	84	+5	BYE
59	3	3.433	UTEP	IND BOR	5–4	0.556	54	+9	BYE
60	-8	3.532	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	5–3–2	0.600	51	-6	Lost to Washington (MISSOURI) 17–21
61	0	3.615	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	64	0	BYE
62	-4	3.620	LSU	SEC	4–5	0.444	77	+2	Lost to Tulane 20–33
63	5	3.624	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	45	-8	Beat Rutgers 13–0
64	20	3.642	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–5–1	0.450	74	+1	Beat Tulsa 23–0
65	13	3.670	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	5–5–1	0.500	64	-2	Beat Loyola (NEW ORLEANS) 13–0
66	6	3.708	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	64	+3	BYE
67	2	3.726	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–5	0.444	77	-1	BYE
68	22	3.895	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–3–2	0.500	64	-1	Beat Maryland 10–7
69	14	3.899	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	6–4	0.600	51	-5	Beat Montana 6–0
70	9	3.926	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–4–2	0.375	95	+4	BYE
71	0	3.929	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–5–1	0.500	64	-4	Tied Auburn 7–7
72	-6	3.939	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	4–5	0.444	77	0	Lost to USC 7–9
73	-3	3.986	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–4–1	0.438	84	0	BYE
74	-7	4.021	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–5	0.444	77	+1	Lost to UCLA 7–24
75	-2	4.041	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	64	-7	BYE
76	5	4.045	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	64	-5	BYE
77	-1	4.062	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	3–4–1	0.438	84	-1	BYE
78	9	4.077	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	93	+2	Beat Army 10–0
79	-4	4.104	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	84	-1	BYE
80	-3	4.125	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	54	-6	BYE
81	10	4.196	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	54	-2	Beat NC State 27–7
82	-22	4.214	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	6–4	0.600	51	-8	Lost to Wichita State 6–7
83	2	4.266	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–4–1	0.438	84	-2	BYE
84	-10	4.300	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	4–5–1	0.450	74	+1	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 7–19
85	-21	4.302	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	4–5	0.444	77	-7	Lost to SAN Francisco 14–26
86	-23	4.373	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	64	-2	Lost to San José State 0–12
87	1	4.378	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	84	+5	BYE
88	-2	4.445	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–4–1	0.438	84	-1	BYE
89	-9	4.610	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–6	0.400	92	-7	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–13
90	13	4.718	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	4–3–3	0.550	61	+12	Beat Creighton 26–14
91	3	4.749	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–5–1	0.313	103	-5	BYE
92	0	4.798	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	95	-10	BYE
93	2	4.912	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–4–2	0.375	95	-4	BYE
94	2	5.039	Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	77	-17	BYE
95	-13	5.110	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–4–2	0.444	77	-10	Lost to Navy 0–10
96	-3	5.111	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	2–8	0.200	118	-6	Lost to Miami 7–27
97	0	5.153	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	3–4–1	0.438	84	-12	BYE
98	-9	5.154	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	4–5–1	0.450	74	-9	Lost to Arkansas 0–23
99	2	5.351	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	3–6	0.333	101	-16	BYE
100	-1	5.502	TCU	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	104	-16	Lost to SMU 7–14
101	-1	5.574	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	3–6	0.333	101	-17	Lost to Arizona 0–6
102	0	5.577	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–6–1	0.350	100	-4	BYE
103	-5	5.651	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–7–1	0.250	109	-13	Lost to Alabama 0–39
104	0	5.702	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	113	-12	BYE
105	2	5.720	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	95	-11	BYE
106	-1	5.734	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–6	0.250	109	-13	BYE
107	-1	5.770	Rhodes (RHODES)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	93	-19	BYE
108	0	5.919	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–7	0.300	104	-9	BYE
109	2	5.953	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	3–5	0.375	95	-5	BYE
110	0	6.035	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	2–6	0.250	109	-15	BYE
111	-2	6.087	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	106	-17	Lost to George Washington 0–13
112	1	6.162	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–7	0.222	113	-18	BYE
113	-1	6.346	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	113	-12	Lost to Syracuse 7–10
114	2	6.434	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	3–8	0.273	108	-27	Beat Wofford 21–2
115	0	6.563	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–7	0.222	113	-14	Lost to New Mexico 19–21
116	-2	6.685	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	113	-23	Lost to Wake Forest 7–46
117	3	6.838	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–7–1	0.167	121	-18	Beat Dartmouth 14–3
118	-1	6.970	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	106	-5	BYE
119	-1	7.696	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–6–1	0.188	119	-17	BYE
120	-1	7.806	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	2–6	0.250	109	-16	BYE
121	1	7.975	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	1–9–1	0.136	123	-27	Lost to Hardin Simmons 6–7
122	-1	8.256	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–8–1	0.150	122	-27	Lost to Baylor 7–10
123	0	8.282	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–6–1	0.188	119	-17	BYE
124	0	8.635	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–7–1	0.063	124	-23	BYE

1939 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings

November 28, 1939By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1939 Season Tags: • No Comments

1939 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.777	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	7–0–1	0.938	5	+34	Beat Sewanee 52–0
2	0	0.850	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	8–0	1.000	1	+33	Beat Pennsylvania 26–0
3	2	1.015	USC	PAC	6–0–1	0.929	7	+24	Beat Notre Dame 20–12
4	0	1.085	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	9–0	1.000	1	+34	BYE
5	-2	1.218	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	8–1	0.889	8	+33	Beat Kansas 20–0
6	0	1.373	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	8	+28	Beat NC State 28–0
7	1	1.460	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	8–0	1.000	1	+22	Beat Carnegie Tech 22–7
8	2	1.461	UCLA	PAC	5–0–3	0.813	17	+16	Tied Oregon State 13–13
9	-2	1.464	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	7–1–1	0.833	14	+24	BYE
10	-1	1.497	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	7–0–1	0.938	5	+18	BYE
11	5	1.507	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	7–1–1	0.833	14	+27	Beat Oklahoma 13–7
12	-1	1.547	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	8–0	1.000	1	+17	BYE
13	5	1.586	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	8	+25	Beat Furman 14–3
14	1	1.588	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	12	+20	Beat Navy 28–0
15	-3	1.728	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	24	+23	Lost to USC 12–20
16	6	1.795	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	6–2	0.750	28	+19	Beat Florida 21–7
17	-4	1.823	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–2	0.750	28	+19	Lost to Michigan 14–21
18	10	1.826	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	5–1–3	0.722	34	+12	Beat ST. Mary's 7–0
19	1	1.861	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	12	+15	BYE
20	-6	1.865	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	6–2–1	0.722	34	+19	Lost to Nebraska 7–13
21	2	1.909	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	7–1–1	0.833	14	+16	Tied UCLA 13–13
22	3	1.914	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	6–1–1	0.813	17	+14	Tied Northwestern 7–7
23	3	1.930	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–1–2	0.750	28	+14	Beat Pittsburgh 10–0
24	5	1.964	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	6–1–2	0.778	24	+9	Beat Utah State 27–0
25	2	1.966	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	8	+11	Beat Kansas State 38–7
26	10	1.993	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–2	0.750	28	+17	Beat Ohio State 21–14
27	-3	2.015	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	6–1–1	0.813	17	+11	BYE
28	-11	2.018	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	7–1–2	0.800	21	+11	Lost to William & Mary 0–7
29	-10	2.087	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	7–2	0.778	24	+13	Lost to Mississippi State 6–18
30	5	2.122	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	8–2	0.800	21	+15	Beat Ole Miss 18–6
31	-1	2.245	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND FBSI	6–1–1	0.813	17	+10	BYE
32	1	2.279	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	38	+10	BYE
33	6	2.302	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	28	+13	Beat Manhattan 7–0
34	3	2.315	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	7–2	0.778	24	+12	Beat Arizona 7–6
35	3	2.480	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	4–3–1	0.563	53	+11	BYE
36	-15	2.485	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	8–2	0.800	21	+15	Lost to SAN Diego Marines 0–18
37	-5	2.536	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	37	+8	BYE
38	-7	2.553	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	6–3	0.667	40	+13	Lost to SMU 0–21
39	4	2.560	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–4	0.556	56	+15	Beat Georgia 7–0
40	-6	2.657	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	56	+15	Lost to Penn State 0–10
41	12	2.676	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	6–2–1	0.722	34	+6	Beat Richmond 7–0
42	-2	2.681	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	40	+6	BYE
43	13	2.689	SMU	IND SWC	4–3–1	0.563	53	+8	Beat Baylor 21–0
44	-3	2.808	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	5–2–1	0.688	38	+5	BYE
45	-3	2.816	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	45	+7	BYE
46	-1	2.839	BYU	IND SKY	5–2–2	0.667	40	+4	Tied Wyoming 7–7
47	-1	2.847	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	5–3–1	0.611	49	+13	Beat Missouri Rolla 32–0
48	-4	2.886	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	28	+4	Beat Portland 7–0
49	10	2.913	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	5–4–1	0.550	62	+9	Beat Creighton 20–9
50	-1	3.059	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	45	+5	BYE
51	15	3.072	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–3–2	0.500	63	+5	Beat Indiana 7–6
52	-5	3.119	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	5–2–2	0.667	40	-2	Beat South Dakota 6–0
53	-1	3.183	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	5–3–1	0.611	49	+5	BYE
54	-6	3.189	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	4–3	0.571	51	+3	BYE
55	-1	3.201	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–3	0.625	45	+5	BYE
56	4	3.253	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	45	+7	BYE
57	-7	3.272	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	63	+5	Lost to Cornell 0–26
58	3	3.361	LSU	SEC	4–4	0.500	63	+2	BYE
59	6	3.443	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–4–1	0.438	83	+4	Beat Wisconsin 23–6
60	4	3.526	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	6–3	0.667	40	-7	BYE
61	-3	3.530	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	63	+1	Lost to Villanova 0–7
62	12	3.574	UTEP	IND BOR	5–4	0.556	56	+7	Beat New Mexico State 34–0
63	-12	3.611	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	5–4	0.556	56	0	Lost to Tulsa 0–14
64	-2	3.709	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	4–4	0.500	63	-2	Lost to Oklahoma State 9–20
65	18	3.712	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	51	+6	Beat Bucknell 7–6
66	16	3.718	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	4–4	0.500	63	0	Beat Oregon 20–13
67	5	3.792	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–4	0.500	63	0	BYE
68	5	3.802	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	53	-7	BYE
69	-6	3.848	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–5	0.444	80	-2	Lost to Boston College 7–38
70	-15	3.849	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–4–1	0.438	83	0	Lost to Washington 13–20
71	-3	3.852	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–5	0.500	63	-4	Lost to Georgia Tech 7–21
72	3	3.867	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	63	+1	BYE
73	-16	3.884	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	63	-6	Lost to Yale 7–20
74	-4	3.898	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	4–4–1	0.500	63	+4	BYE
75	15	3.920	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	83	0	Beat Harvard 20–7
76	-5	3.921	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	3–4–1	0.438	83	0	BYE
77	-8	3.960	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	56	-4	Lost to Clemson 3–14
78	11	3.989	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	4–5–1	0.450	79	-3	Beat Montana 13–0
79	2	4.040	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–4–2	0.375	94	+2	Tied Colgate 0–0
80	-13	4.173	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–5	0.444	80	-3	Lost to Auburn 0–7
81	15	4.178	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	63	-6	Beat Temple 18–7
82	-3	4.210	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–3–2	0.500	63	-5	BYE
83	-7	4.210	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	5–4	0.556	56	-8	Lost to New Mexico 6–7
84	3	4.257	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–5–1	0.389	92	-3	BYE
85	0	4.266	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–4–1	0.438	83	-2	Tied Iowa 7–7
86	12	4.445	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–4–1	0.438	83	-1	Beat Chicago 46–0
87	-9	4.484	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–5–1	0.313	103	-1	Lost to Princeton 0–28
88	-8	4.500	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	83	+5	Lost to Santa Clara 0–7
89	15	4.507	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	4–4–1	0.500	63	-3	Beat Drake 14–0
90	2	4.546	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–3–2	0.429	91	-3	BYE
91	-14	4.617	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	63	-5	Lost to South Carolina 6–7
92	-8	4.664	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	94	-8	Lost to Duquesne 7–22
93	-5	4.756	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	115	-2	Lost to Duke 0–28
94	0	4.812	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–5–1	0.313	103	-4	Tied Columbia 0–0
95	-9	4.966	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–4–2	0.375	94	-4	Lost to Purdue 6–7
96	7	5.010	Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	80	-14	Beat Randolph Macon 12–0
97	-6	5.122	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	3–4–1	0.438	83	-11	Lost to Utah 0–27
98	2	5.181	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–6–1	0.278	107	-8	BYE
99	10	5.293	TCU	IND SWC	3–6	0.333	101	-12	Beat Rice 21–0
100	-5	5.360	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	3–5	0.375	94	-12	Lost to Texas Tech 0–13
101	-4	5.452	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	3–6	0.333	101	-16	Lost to UTEP 0–34
102	11	5.528	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–6–1	0.350	100	-4	Beat Miami 7–6
103	-2	5.577	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	3–3–3	0.500	63	+8	BYE
104	-5	5.637	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	115	-11	Lost to Michigan State 7–18
105	1	5.742	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–6	0.250	109	-12	Lost to Missouri 0–20
106	-13	5.752	Rhodes (RHODES)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	92	-18	Lost to Centenary 7–13
107	-5	5.784	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	94	-11	Lost to George Washington 6–7
108	6	5.807	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–7	0.300	106	-9	Beat Stanford 32–14
109	-4	5.809	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–5–1	0.313	103	-13	BYE
110	-3	5.859	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	2–6	0.250	109	-12	BYE
111	-3	5.967	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	3–5	0.375	94	-5	Lost to Tulane 0–52
112	-1	6.023	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	109	-8	BYE
113	-3	6.145	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–7	0.222	115	-16	BYE
114	2	6.557	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	109	-20	BYE
115	0	6.567	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–6	0.250	109	-11	BYE
116	4	7.029	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–8	0.200	118	-25	Beat Erskine 34–0
117	-5	7.114	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	107	-6	Lost to Whittier 13–19
118	0	7.593	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–6–1	0.188	119	-16	Lost to Minnesota 6–23
119	-2	7.725	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	2–6	0.250	109	-15	Lost to Illinois 0–46
120	-1	7.920	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–7–1	0.063	123	-21	Lost to California 14–32
121	0	8.192	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–7–1	0.167	121	-20	Lost to TCU 0–21
122	2	8.197	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	1–8–1	0.150	122	-23	Beat Rhodes 13–7
123	-1	8.471	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–6–1	0.188	119	-17	BYE
124	-1	8.551	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–7–1	0.063	123	-20	Tied BYU 7–7

1939 Week 13 College Football Team Rankings

November 21, 1939By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1939 Season Tags: • No Comments

1939 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	0.689	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	6–0–1	0.929	6	+29	Beat Columbia 25–0
2	0	0.831	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	7–0	1.000	1	+27	Beat Dartmouth 35–6
3	4	1.100	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	7–1	0.875	10	+30	Beat Oklahoma 7–6
4	-1	1.136	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	9–0	1.000	1	+28	Beat Rice 19–0
5	1	1.225	USC	PAC	5–0–1	0.917	7	+15	BYE
6	9	1.272	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	7–1	0.875	10	+26	Beat North Carolina 13–3
7	-2	1.415	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	7–1–1	0.833	22	+23	Lost to Duke 3–13
8	0	1.423	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	7–0	1.000	1	+18	BYE
9	8	1.475	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	7–0–1	0.938	5	+17	Beat NEW York University 14–0
10	-1	1.489	UCLA	PAC	5–0–2	0.857	18	+13	Tied Santa Clara 0–0
11	1	1.518	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	8–0	1.000	1	+16	Beat Vanderbilt 13–0
12	-1	1.522	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	10	+20	Beat Northwestern 7–0
13	-3	1.540	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–1	0.857	18	+18	Beat Illinois 21–0
14	-10	1.558	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	6–1–1	0.813	23	+19	Lost to Missouri 6–7
15	-1	1.638	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	18	+17	Beat Yale 13–7
16	3	1.657	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	6–1–1	0.813	23	+20	Beat Pittsburgh 14–13
17	-1	1.664	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	7–0–2	0.889	8	+11	Beat Hampden Sydney 26–7
18	2	1.683	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	7–1	0.875	10	+18	Beat Rhodes 21–6
19	-6	1.704	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	7–1	0.875	10	+13	Beat Memphis 46–7
20	-2	1.725	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	10	+15	Beat Carnegie Tech 21–0
21	6	1.877	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	8–1	0.889	8	+13	Beat New Mexico 28–6
22	11	1.907	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	5–2	0.714	31	+14	Beat Alabama 6–0
23	-2	1.921	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	7–1	0.875	10	+14	Beat California 21–0
24	5	1.980	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	6–1–1	0.813	23	+11	Beat West Virginia 13–6
25	-1	1.987	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	6–1	0.857	18	+12	Beat Minnesota 13–9
26	2	2.088	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–1–2	0.714	31	+9	Tied Army 14–14
27	3	2.099	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	10	+7	Beat Boston University 19–0
28	-2	2.111	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	4–1–3	0.688	37	+7	Tied UCLA 0–0
29	3	2.152	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	5–1–2	0.750	28	+6	Beat Colorado State 42–7
30	6	2.197	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND FBSI	6–1–1	0.813	23	+10	Beat New Mexico State 28–13
31	3	2.210	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	28	+13	Beat Centenary 13–6
32	8	2.336	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	31	+8	Beat ST. Mary's 13–0
33	-11	2.342	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	37	+8	Lost to Cornell 6–35
34	-11	2.352	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	44	+14	Lost to Nebraska 13–14
35	3	2.414	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	7–2	0.778	27	+8	Beat Millsaps 40–0
36	11	2.485	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	5–2	0.714	31	+9	Beat Pennsylvania 19–17
37	-12	2.528	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	6–2	0.750	28	+7	Lost to Arizona State 6–28
38	-7	2.545	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	4–3–1	0.563	60	+10	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–6
39	12	2.564	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	31	+8	Beat Temple 12–6
40	3	2.661	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	42	+5	BYE
41	9	2.682	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	5–2–1	0.688	37	+5	Beat Idaho 23–0
42	-5	2.695	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	44	+7	Lost to Georgetown 0–14
43	13	2.769	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	4–4	0.500	64	+10	Beat LSU 21–7
44	5	2.815	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	31	+4	Beat Eastern Washington 27–0
45	-10	2.826	BYU	IND SKY	5–2–1	0.688	37	+4	Lost to Colorado 6–12
46	15	2.921	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	4–3–1	0.563	60	+12	Beat Drake 25–13
47	6	3.054	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	4–2–2	0.625	44	0	Tied Tulsa 0–0
48	23	3.068	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	4–3	0.571	54	+4	Beat BYU 12–6
49	-8	3.069	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	44	+4	Lost to Virginia Tech 0–13
50	-6	3.087	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	54	+4	Lost to Michigan 17–19
51	-9	3.096	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	5–3	0.625	44	+5	Lost to Washington (MISSOURI) 13–25
52	13	3.192	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	5–3–1	0.611	53	+5	Beat Maryland 13–0
53	13	3.193	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	5–2–1	0.688	37	-1	Beat Washington & LEE 18–14
54	6	3.193	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–3	0.625	44	+6	Beat TCU 25–19
55	4	3.197	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–3–1	0.500	64	+3	BYE
56	-17	3.217	SMU	IND SWC	3–3–1	0.500	64	+3	Lost to Arkansas 0–14
57	5	3.221	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	54	-1	Beat NEW Hampshire 46–0
58	-12	3.242	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	54	+2	Lost to Detroit Mercy 13–36
59	-5	3.258	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	4–4–1	0.500	64	+6	Tied Wichita State 0–0
60	14	3.275	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	44	+6	Beat Manhattan 36–13
61	-13	3.341	LSU	SEC	4–4	0.500	64	+3	Lost to Auburn 7–21
62	19	3.369	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	4–3	0.571	54	+2	Beat Washburn 47–0
63	-18	3.504	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–4	0.500	64	0	Lost to Iowa State 0–10
64	-12	3.512	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	6–3	0.667	42	-6	Lost to Creighton 0–47
65	-8	3.518	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–4–1	0.357	97	+3	Lost to Iowa 9–13
66	-2	3.600	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–3–2	0.429	84	+3	Tied Wisconsin 7–7
67	6	3.654	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–4	0.500	64	0	Beat South Carolina 33–7
68	14	3.674	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–4	0.556	63	-2	Beat Miami 13–0
69	-14	3.700	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	5–3	0.625	44	-4	Lost to NC State 7–12
70	15	3.767	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	4–4–1	0.500	64	+5	Beat Virginia 13–0
71	-8	3.789	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	3–4–1	0.438	80	+1	Lost to William & Mary 14–18
72	7	3.859	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–4	0.500	64	-1	Beat Stanford 7–0
73	11	3.862	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	60	-7	Beat UConn 41–0
74	4	3.910	UTEP	IND BOR	4–4	0.500	64	+4	Beat Louisiana Tech 27–0
75	13	3.970	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	64	+1	Beat Texas Tech 22–19
76	10	3.999	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	5–3	0.625	44	-7	Beat Pacific 12–7
77	-19	4.000	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	54	+1	Lost to Florida 0–13
78	-6	4.043	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	97	+1	BYE
79	-4	4.074	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–3–2	0.500	64	-3	Tied Penn State 14–14
80	-13	4.136	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	3–3–1	0.500	64	+4	Lost to Fordham 0–13
81	-5	4.150	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	97	+2	Lost to Tulane 0–25
82	-2	4.225	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–4	0.429	84	-3	BYE
83	12	4.240	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	64	+2	Beat Kansas 14–7
84	-16	4.252	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	84	-6	Lost to Holy Cross 0–21
85	-16	4.322	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–4	0.429	84	-1	Lost to Notre Dame 0–7
86	1	4.366	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–3–2	0.429	84	-1	Tied Michigan State 7–7
87	15	4.384	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–5–1	0.389	93	-4	Beat SMU 14–0
88	15	4.459	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	109	-1	Beat Furman 12–7
89	-19	4.521	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	3–5–1	0.389	93	-6	Lost to Marquette 19–22
90	-7	4.667	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	97	-3	Lost to Princeton 7–13
91	15	4.687	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	3–3–1	0.500	64	-10	Beat Wyoming 20–13
92	15	4.697	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–3–2	0.429	84	-3	Beat Colgate 7–0
93	-3	4.729	Rhodes (RHODES)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	80	-8	Lost to Clemson 6–21
94	-17	4.785	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	104	-4	Lost to Syracuse 0–7
95	-2	4.862	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	3–4	0.429	84	-7	BYE
96	1	4.935	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	80	-8	Tied Indiana 7–7
97	-8	4.968	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	3–5	0.375	95	-10	Lost to Hardin Simmons 13–28
98	-7	4.989	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–4–1	0.357	97	-2	Lost to Ohio State 0–21
99	-7	4.991	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	109	-6	Lost to Villanova 6–12
100	1	5.006	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–6–1	0.278	107	-7	Lost to Tennessee 0–13
101	-2	5.355	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	3–3–3	0.500	64	+8	Tied Santa Barbara 0–0
102	9	5.384	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	84	-7	Beat Muhlenberg 25–3
103	-7	5.455	Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	95	-13	Lost to Richmond 7–26
104	0	5.545	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	3–4–1	0.438	80	-9	Tied ST. Louis 0–0
105	-7	5.591	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–5–1	0.313	102	-11	Lost to Kentucky 6–13
106	-12	5.603	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–5	0.286	104	-8	Lost to George Washington 7–14
107	2	5.687	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	2–6	0.250	109	-11	Lost to Denver 0–23
108	5	5.689	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	3–4	0.429	84	-6	Beat Citadel 14–7
109	-4	5.749	TCU	IND SWC	2–6	0.250	109	-13	Lost to Texas 19–25
110	5	5.939	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–7	0.222	116	-13	Beat Kansas State 10–0
111	-3	6.154	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	109	-8	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–13
112	-12	6.164	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	2–5–1	0.313	102	-4	Lost to San José State 0–10
113	-3	6.228	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–6–1	0.278	107	-6	Lost to Georgia 7–33
114	-2	6.255	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–7	0.222	116	-7	Lost to Oregon State 0–21
115	-1	6.418	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–6	0.250	109	-10	Lost to Utah 7–42
116	3	6.503	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	109	-19	Beat Erskine 32–6
117	5	7.069	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	2–5	0.286	104	-9	Beat Oberlin 25–0
118	-1	7.202	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–5–1	0.214	118	-11	Tied Purdue 7–7
119	-3	7.216	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–6–1	0.071	122	-13	Lost to Washington State 0–7
120	-2	7.333	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–8	0.111	121	-21	Lost to Sewanee 7–14
121	0	7.655	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–6–1	0.188	119	-15	Lost to Texas A&M 0–19
122	-2	8.415	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–6–1	0.188	119	-15	BYE
123	0	8.490	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–7	0.000	124	-19	Lost to Utah State 13–20
124	0	9.051	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	0–8–1	0.056	123	-22	Lost to Baylor 6–13

1939 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings

November 14, 1939By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1939 Season Tags: • No Comments

1939 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.568	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	5–0–1	0.917	8	+23	Beat Alabama 13–0
2	0	0.959	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+19	Beat Colgate 14–12
3	3	1.059	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	8–0	1.000	1	+24	Beat SMU 6–2
4	0	1.137	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	6–0–1	0.929	6	+18	Beat Kansas State 13–10
5	-2	1.165	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	7–0–1	0.938	5	+21	Beat Davidson 32–0
6	1	1.232	USC	PAC	5–0–1	0.917	8	+13	Beat Stanford 33–0
7	5	1.258	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–1	0.857	13	+20	Beat NEW York University 20–7
8	1	1.378	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	7–0	1.000	1	+16	Beat NC State 7–0
9	2	1.429	UCLA	PAC	5–0–1	0.917	8	+13	BYE
10	0	1.462	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	5–1	0.833	22	+14	Beat Chicago 61–0
11	-6	1.480	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	13	+16	Lost to Iowa 6–7
12	-4	1.495	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	7–0	1.000	1	+12	Beat Citadel 34–0
13	3	1.569	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	6–1	0.857	13	+13	Beat Southern Miss 27–7
14	16	1.590	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	22	+13	Beat Dartmouth 9–7
15	2	1.598	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	6–1	0.857	13	+16	Beat Virginia Military Institute 20–7
16	2	1.676	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	6–0–2	0.875	11	+7	Beat Virginia Tech 13–0
17	-2	1.700	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	6–0–1	0.929	6	+10	Beat Maryland 20–0
18	1	1.779	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	13	+11	Beat Temple 14–0
19	1	1.780	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	5–1–1	0.786	25	+13	Beat Kansas 7–0
20	2	1.853	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	6–1	0.857	13	+13	Beat Wake Forest 20–7
21	11	1.934	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	6–1	0.857	13	+11	Beat Oregon 19–14
22	-9	1.971	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	5–1–1	0.786	25	+7	Lost to Princeton 7–9
23	10	1.994	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	33	+14	Beat Carnegie Tech 6–0
24	15	2.041	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–1	0.833	22	+9	Beat Notre Dame 7–6
25	12	2.076	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	6–1	0.857	13	+7	Beat New Mexico State 9–6
26	10	2.082	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	4–1–2	0.714	33	+7	Beat Michigan State 6–0
27	4	2.103	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	7–1	0.875	11	+6	Beat Northern Arizona 41–6
28	13	2.114	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–1–1	0.750	30	+8	Beat Pennsylvania 10–0
29	-15	2.115	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–1–1	0.786	25	+7	Lost to Georgia Tech 6–13
30	10	2.163	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	13	+5	Beat Detroit Mercy 20–13
31	-8	2.174	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	4–2–1	0.643	50	+10	Lost to Tulane 0–13
32	-4	2.224	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	4–1–2	0.714	33	+4	Beat Hawai'i 34–19
33	19	2.236	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	4–2	0.667	41	+8	Beat Kentucky 13–6
34	11	2.252	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	5–2	0.714	33	+11	Beat Texas 20–0
35	0	2.339	BYU	IND SKY	5–1–1	0.786	25	+6	Tied Utah State 0–0
36	-2	2.350	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND FBSI	5–1–1	0.786	25	+6	Tied SAN Francisco 6–6
37	-16	2.392	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	33	+7	Lost to Missouri 7–20
38	12	2.411	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	6–2	0.750	30	+7	Beat LSU 15–12
39	-12	2.481	SMU	IND SWC	3–2–1	0.583	54	+6	Lost to Texas A&M 2–6
40	7	2.503	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	41	+6	Beat Indiana 13–0
41	8	2.539	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	33	+6	Beat Washington & LEE 7–0
42	-17	2.570	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	5–2	0.714	33	+8	Lost to Miami 6–33
43	-5	2.605	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	41	+5	Lost to Clemson 7–20
44	-15	2.634	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	41	+6	Lost to Penn State 0–10
45	-2	2.711	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–3	0.571	56	+6	Lost to Oklahoma 10–13
46	12	2.756	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	41	+4	Beat West Virginia 19–7
47	-23	2.789	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	4–2	0.667	41	+5	Lost to Minnesota 7–20
48	-6	2.826	LSU	SEC	4–3	0.571	56	+6	Lost to Mississippi State 12–15
49	14	2.855	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	41	+5	Beat Montana 23–0
50	4	2.866	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	4–2–1	0.643	50	+3	Beat Colorado State 13–6
51	-25	2.871	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	41	+4	Lost to Auburn 9–10
52	5	3.015	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	6–2	0.750	30	-3	Beat Grinnell 19–7
53	7	3.038	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	4–2–1	0.643	50	0	Beat Wyoming 39–6
54	-8	3.040	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	4–4	0.500	62	+7	Lost to Washington (MISSOURI) 0–7
55	7	3.138	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	5–2	0.714	33	0	Beat South Carolina 20–0
56	24	3.216	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–4	0.429	78	+5	Beat Villanova 10–9
57	18	3.221	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–3–1	0.417	89	+3	Beat Michigan 20–7
58	20	3.259	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	41	+5	Beat Drake 33–6
59	-3	3.291	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–3–1	0.500	62	+2	Lost to Oregon State 14–19
60	-12	3.333	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	4–3	0.571	56	+4	Lost to Baylor 0–20
61	18	3.351	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	3–3–1	0.500	62	+7	Beat Oklahoma State 7–0
62	10	3.359	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	62	0	Beat Army 15–0
63	-12	3.436	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	3–3–1	0.500	62	+2	Lost to Virginia 0–7
64	12	3.443	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–3–1	0.417	89	+3	Beat Northwestern 3–0
65	-10	3.447	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	4–3–1	0.563	61	+3	Lost to Duke 7–20
66	4	3.482	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	4–2–1	0.643	50	-3	Beat Randolph Macon 19–6
67	24	3.702	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	54	+5	Beat Loyola Marymount 40–7
68	-15	3.731	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	62	-3	Lost to Pittsburgh 0–6
69	-10	3.743	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–3	0.500	62	+1	Lost to Purdue 0–3
70	4	3.794	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	3–4–1	0.438	76	-1	Tied Centenary 0–0
71	-2	3.866	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	3–3	0.500	62	-1	BYE
72	-28	3.875	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	97	+2	Lost to Columbia 13–19
73	15	3.927	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	3–4	0.429	78	-1	Beat Florida 6–2
74	-10	3.972	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	56	+1	Lost to Boston College 13–20
75	-14	3.991	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–3–1	0.500	62	-2	Lost to Harvard 0–15
76	9	4.010	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–3–1	0.417	89	+2	Beat Navy 19–13
77	-10	4.029	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	100	-1	Lost to Cornell 12–14
78	20	4.129	UTEP	IND BOR	3–4	0.429	78	+4	Beat Arizona 14–6
79	16	4.132	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–4	0.429	78	-1	Beat Idaho 21–13
80	14	4.134	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–4	0.429	78	-2	Beat California 13–6
81	0	4.148	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	3–3	0.500	62	-4	BYE
82	-16	4.200	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–4	0.500	62	-6	Lost to Georgia 2–6
83	-18	4.201	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	2–3–1	0.417	89	0	Tied Brown 14–14
84	-2	4.252	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	3–3–1	0.500	62	-6	Tied Yale 14–14
85	-8	4.283	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	3–4–1	0.438	76	+2	Lost to Richmond 0–13
86	-18	4.343	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	4–3	0.571	56	-6	Lost to UTEP 6–14
87	-16	4.358	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–3–1	0.417	89	-1	Lost to Fordham 0–13
88	-2	4.379	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	78	-2	Beat Iowa State 21–2
89	-6	4.546	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	3–4	0.429	78	-8	Lost to New Mexico 6–9
90	9	4.567	Rhodes (RHODES)	IND FBSI	3–3–1	0.500	62	-7	Beat Samford 13–6
91	1	4.579	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–3–1	0.417	89	-1	Beat Wisconsin 7–0
92	-3	4.715	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	108	-3	Lost to Holy Cross 0–14
93	-6	4.789	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	3–4	0.429	78	-7	Lost to Gonzaga 0–23
94	-21	4.848	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–4	0.333	100	-3	Lost to Nebraska 0–7
95	1	5.129	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	96	0	BYE
96	13	5.133	Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	78	-10	Beat Wofford 14–0
97	0	5.145	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	78	-9	Lost to Santa Clara 0–6
98	-8	5.164	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	97	-7	Lost to Manhattan 7–19
99	2	5.199	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	3–3–2	0.500	62	+8	Tied Hardin Simmons 6–6
100	-16	5.239	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	97	-4	Lost to ST. Mary's 7–40
101	7	5.261	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–5–1	0.313	105	-7	Beat Sewanee 25–7
102	1	5.308	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–5–1	0.313	105	-7	Tied Rice 12–12
103	1	5.384	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–6	0.143	118	-6	Lost to Duquesne 0–7
104	-11	5.567	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	3–4	0.429	78	-9	Lost to TCU 0–16
105	11	5.606	TCU	IND SWC	2–5	0.286	108	-9	Beat Tulsa 16–0
106	0	5.641	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	2–3–1	0.417	89	-9	Tied BYU 0–0
107	0	5.679	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–3–2	0.333	100	-5	BYE
108	4	5.757	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–5	0.286	108	-4	Lost to Georgetown 0–20
109	-9	5.853	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	2–5	0.286	108	-10	Lost to Washington State 13–21
110	-5	5.889	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–5–1	0.313	105	-3	Lost to Furman 0–20
111	2	6.205	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	100	-6	BYE
112	-2	6.223	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–6	0.250	113	-6	Lost to Washington 6–13
113	-11	6.253	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	2–4	0.333	100	-5	Lost to Vanderbilt 7–25
114	-3	6.486	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–5	0.286	108	-8	Lost to Denver 6–13
115	-1	6.669	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–7	0.125	120	-14	Lost to Marquette 2–21
116	3	6.892	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–5–1	0.083	122	-9	Lost to USC 0–33
117	-2	7.075	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–5	0.167	116	-10	Lost to Illinois 0–7
118	0	7.247	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–7	0.125	120	-15	Lost to Tennessee 0–34
119	-2	7.299	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–6	0.143	118	-16	Lost to North Carolina 0–32
120	0	7.789	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–6–1	0.188	115	-11	Lost to Arizona State 6–41
121	0	8.082	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–5–1	0.214	114	-13	Tied Arkansas 12–12
122	0	8.326	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	1–5	0.167	116	-8	Lost to Ohio State 0–61
123	0	8.419	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–6	0.000	124	-14	Lost to ST. Louis 6–39
124	0	9.477	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	0–7–1	0.063	123	-18	Tied Texas Tech 0–0

1939 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings

November 7, 1939By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1939 Season Tags: • No Comments

1939 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	2	0.708	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	4–0–1	0.900	12	+15	BYE
2	-1	0.922	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+13	Beat Columbia 13–7
3	1	0.923	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	6–0–1	0.929	6	+20	Beat NC State 17–0
4	-2	1.049	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	5–0–1	0.917	7	+14	Beat Iowa State 38–6
5	1	1.078	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+15	Beat Army 14–0
6	1	1.120	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	7–0	1.000	1	+18	Beat Arkansas 27–0
7	6	1.208	USC	PAC	4–0–1	0.900	12	+10	Beat Oregon State 19–7
8	2	1.307	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	6–0	1.000	1	+11	Beat LSU 20–0
9	3	1.389	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+12	Beat Marquette 21–13
10	6	1.403	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	4–1	0.800	28	+11	Beat Indiana 24–0
11	0	1.436	UCLA	PAC	5–0–1	0.917	7	+11	Beat California 20–7
12	19	1.519	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–1	0.833	16	+13	Beat Nebraska 27–13
13	5	1.551	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	5–0–1	0.917	7	+6	Beat Yale 33–0
14	1	1.552	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–0–1	0.917	7	+7	Tied Alabama 7–7
15	2	1.558	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	5–0–1	0.917	7	+8	Beat West Virginia 14–0
16	-2	1.566	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–1	0.833	16	+10	Beat Vanderbilt 14–7
17	10	1.717	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	5–1	0.833	16	+11	Beat Georgia Tech 7–6
18	1	1.735	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	5–0–2	0.857	14	+4	Tied Virginia Military Institute 0–0
19	4	1.796	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	16	+8	Beat Providence 46–0
20	-11	1.885	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	4–1–1	0.750	34	+9	Lost to Missouri 13–27
21	4	1.938	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	16	+7	Beat Lafayette 14–0
22	8	1.961	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	5–1	0.833	16	+7	Beat George Washington 13–6
23	3	1.968	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	4–1–1	0.750	34	+8	Tied Kentucky 7–7
24	-19	2.012	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	4–1	0.800	28	+7	Lost to Illinois 7–16
25	11	2.034	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	5–1	0.833	16	+8	Beat Washburn 20–7
26	15	2.040	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	28	+8	Beat Detroit Mercy 13–6
27	18	2.049	SMU	IND SWC	3–1–1	0.700	39	+6	Beat Texas 10–0
28	-20	2.110	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	3–1–2	0.667	41	+4	Lost to Colorado 14–21
29	3	2.121	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	28	+6	Beat Navy 13–6
30	7	2.141	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	28	+6	Beat Harvard 9–6
31	-11	2.171	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	6–1	0.857	14	+4	Lost to Hardin Simmons 7–19
32	-11	2.202	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	5–1	0.833	16	+6	Lost to USC 7–19
33	7	2.234	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	41	+9	Beat Temple 13–7
34	19	2.292	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	16	+5	Beat Arizona State 19–7
35	9	2.293	BYU	IND SKY	5–1	0.833	16	+5	Beat Denver 21–18
36	-7	2.308	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	3–1–2	0.667	41	+3	Beat Stanford 27–7
37	-3	2.348	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	5–1	0.833	16	+2	BYE
38	4	2.400	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	6–2	0.750	34	+5	Beat Marshall 14–13
39	-6	2.447	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–1	0.800	28	+3	Beat Purdue 4–0
40	3	2.463	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	16	+1	Beat Auburn 13–7
41	18	2.483	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–1–1	0.700	39	+4	Beat Maryland 12–0
42	-14	2.492	LSU	SEC	4–2	0.667	41	+6	Lost to Tennessee 0–20
43	9	2.549	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–2	0.667	41	+5	Beat Kansas 27–6
44	-9	2.698	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–3–1	0.417	80	+5	Lost to Pennsylvania 6–13
45	3	2.722	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	4–2	0.667	41	+6	Beat TCU 27–0
46	5	2.726	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	4–3	0.571	66	+9	Beat New Mexico State 20–0
47	10	2.747	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	53	+4	Beat Rice 13–7
48	-24	2.776	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	4–2	0.667	41	+7	Lost to SMU 0–10
49	13	2.808	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	41	+3	Beat Chicago 47–0
50	5	2.834	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	5–2	0.714	37	+3	Beat Birmingham Southern 28–0
51	-29	2.864	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	3–2–1	0.583	60	+4	Lost to Washington (MISSOURI) 6–12
52	-14	2.990	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	3–2	0.600	53	+2	Lost to Duke 6–7
53	8	3.015	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	53	+1	BYE
54	-15	3.062	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	3–2–1	0.583	60	+1	Lost to BYU 18–21
55	8	3.185	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	4–2–1	0.643	52	+3	Tied Richmond 0–0
56	16	3.193	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–2–1	0.583	60	+2	Beat Washington State 38–0
57	-7	3.194	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	5–2	0.714	37	-2	Lost to Drake 7–20
58	10	3.200	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	53	+1	Beat Boston University 26–0
59	14	3.229	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–2	0.600	53	+2	Beat Minnesota 14–7
60	24	3.260	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	3–2–1	0.583	60	+1	Beat Creighton 21–14
61	-14	3.263	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	60	+1	Lost to Notre Dame 0–14
62	-16	3.442	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	4–2	0.667	41	-1	Lost to Virginia Tech 7–20
63	2	3.482	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	53	+2	BYE
64	-8	3.543	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	41	+3	Lost to Villanova 6–13
65	-11	3.660	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	85	+2	Lost to Dartmouth 0–33
66	-17	3.714	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–3	0.571	66	-1	Lost to South Carolina 0–6
67	16	3.716	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	85	0	BYE
68	9	3.753	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	4–2	0.667	41	-2	Beat Centenary 7–0
69	25	3.784	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	3–3	0.500	68	-1	Beat Utah 21–14
70	8	3.880	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	3–2–1	0.583	60	-3	BYE
71	-7	3.893	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–2–1	0.500	68	0	Lost to Ohio State 0–24
72	-5	3.903	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	85	-1	Lost to Princeton 6–9
73	-4	4.041	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–3	0.400	85	0	Lost to Kansas State 6–27
74	-4	4.116	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	3–4	0.429	79	-2	Lost to Miami 0–19
75	-17	4.152	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–3–1	0.300	106	0	Lost to Northwestern 7–14
76	5	4.158	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–3–1	0.300	106	+1	Lost to Iowa 0–4
77	21	4.169	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	3–3–1	0.500	68	+2	Beat Furman 20–7
78	23	4.194	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	53	+1	Beat Texas Tech 19–0
79	20	4.230	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	2–3–1	0.417	80	+3	Beat Washington & LEE 12–6
80	2	4.267	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–4	0.333	93	0	Lost to Boston College 7–13
81	-7	4.275	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	3–3	0.500	68	-3	Lost to ST. Louis 14–21
82	14	4.288	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	68	-5	Beat Tufts 54–7
83	-12	4.347	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	3–3	0.500	68	-5	Lost to Oklahoma State 0–20
84	-8	4.390	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	2–3–1	0.417	80	-1	Lost to SAN Francisco 7–14
85	1	4.442	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–3–1	0.300	106	0	Lost to Cornell 7–13
86	6	4.453	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	93	0	Lost to Duquesne 13–21
87	-12	4.474	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	3–3	0.500	68	-5	Lost to Washington 0–9
88	2	4.478	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–4	0.333	93	-3	Beat Mercer 16–9
89	-4	4.510	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	93	-2	Lost to Pittsburgh 7–13
90	-3	4.592	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–3–1	0.417	80	-4	Lost to Georgetown 0–14
91	-31	4.632	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	68	+2	Lost to Portland 12–14
92	22	4.675	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–3–1	0.300	106	0	Beat Michigan 16–7
93	-27	4.768	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	3–3	0.500	68	-2	Lost to Catholic 7–13
94	14	4.787	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–4	0.333	93	-4	Beat Montana 9–0
95	-15	4.791	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–4	0.333	93	-3	Lost to Oregon 0–38
96	-5	4.999	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	85	0	Lost to Clemson 6–13
97	5	5.032	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	68	-7	Beat Syracuse 14–3
98	-5	5.090	UTEP	IND BOR	2–4	0.333	93	0	BYE
99	13	5.183	Rhodes (RHODES)	IND FBSI	2–3–1	0.417	80	-6	Beat Loyola (NEW ORLEANS) 20–0
100	3	5.216	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	2–4	0.333	93	-5	Beat Utah State 19–7
101	10	5.220	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	3–3–1	0.500	68	+7	Beat Loyola Marymount 14–7
102	-23	5.231	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	2–3	0.400	85	0	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 7–10
103	-6	5.321	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–5	0.286	110	-6	Lost to Texas A&M 0–27
104	-4	5.343	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–5	0.167	116	-4	Lost to North Carolina 0–17
105	11	5.399	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–4–1	0.357	92	+1	Beat Florida 6–0
106	-17	5.417	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	2–3	0.400	85	-7	Lost to Idaho 7–19
107	-19	5.498	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–3–2	0.333	93	-4	Lost to Michigan State 3–14
108	-13	5.670	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–5–1	0.214	112	-6	Lost to Ole Miss 7–14
109	0	5.730	Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	93	-8	BYE
110	-3	5.867	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–5	0.286	110	-2	Lost to UCLA 7–20
111	4	5.963	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–4	0.333	93	-5	Beat Wyoming 22–0
112	-8	5.971	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–4	0.333	93	-4	Lost to Penn State 0–12
113	4	6.055	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	93	-5	Beat Mcdaniel 32–6
114	-8	6.104	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–6	0.143	120	-8	Lost to Oklahoma 6–38
115	-10	6.184	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–4	0.200	114	-5	BYE
116	-6	6.639	TCU	IND SWC	1–5	0.167	116	-11	Lost to Baylor 0–27
117	6	7.394	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–5	0.167	116	-13	Beat Citadel 22–14
118	-5	7.645	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–6	0.143	120	-14	Lost to Davidson 14–22
119	3	7.712	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–4–1	0.100	122	-8	Lost to Santa Clara 7–27
120	1	7.913	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–5–1	0.214	112	-9	BYE
121	-3	8.039	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–5	0.167	116	-11	Lost to Fordham 7–13
122	-2	8.568	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	1–4	0.200	114	-6	Lost to Virginia 0–47
123	-4	8.751	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–5	0.000	123	-11	Lost to Colorado State 0–22
124	0	9.389	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	0–7	0.000	123	-16	Lost to Arizona 0–7

1939 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings

October 31, 1939By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1939 Season Tags: • No Comments

1939 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	0.770	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat Ohio State 23–14
2	2	0.770	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	4–0–1	0.900	12	+11	Beat Oklahoma State 41–0
3	3	0.788	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	4–0–1	0.900	12	+12	Beat Ole Miss 18–6
4	-2	0.869	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	5–0–1	0.917	10	+15	Beat Pennsylvania 30–6
5	3	0.977	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	4–0	1.000	1	+8	Beat Yale 27–7
6	-3	1.033	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+11	Beat Carnegie Tech 7–6
7	8	1.106	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	6–0	1.000	1	+12	Beat Baylor 20–0
8	-1	1.112	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	3–0–2	0.800	21	+5	Tied Denver 7–7
9	3	1.318	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	4–0–1	0.900	12	+8	Beat Kansas State 25–9
10	4	1.357	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–0	1.000	1	+7	Beat Mercer 17–0
11	9	1.393	UCLA	PAC	4–0–1	0.900	12	+7	Beat Oregon 16–6
12	4	1.406	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+8	Beat Texas Tech 13–0
13	4	1.522	USC	PAC	3–0–1	0.875	18	+4	Beat California 26–0
14	-9	1.528	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	4–1	0.800	21	+7	Lost to Tulane 6–18
15	-2	1.588	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Xavier 21–0
16	-7	1.592	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	3–1	0.750	37	+7	Lost to Cornell 14–23
17	6	1.595	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	4–0–1	0.900	12	+5	Beat George Washington 7–0
18	10	1.615	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	4–0–1	0.900	12	+4	Beat Harvard 16–0
19	0	1.668	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	5–0–1	0.917	10	+4	Beat Citadel 19–0
20	6	1.717	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	6–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat UTEP 27–7
21	9	1.844	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	5–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Washington State 13–0
22	16	1.856	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	3–1–1	0.700	44	+6	Beat Virginia Tech 6–0
23	10	1.919	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	21	+6	Beat Colgate 27–7
24	7	1.961	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	4–1	0.800	21	+8	Beat Rice 26–12
25	-3	1.993	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	21	+6	Beat Georgia 14–13
26	21	2.006	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	4–1	0.800	21	+6	Beat Mississippi State 7–0
27	8	2.049	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	4–1	0.800	21	+6	Beat Wake Forest 6–0
28	1	2.051	LSU	SEC	4–1	0.800	21	+5	Beat Vanderbilt 12–6
29	16	2.053	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	2–1–2	0.600	54	+3	Beat Purdue 13–6
30	14	2.095	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	4–1	0.800	21	+4	Beat Navy 15–7
31	-7	2.144	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	4–1	0.800	21	+6	Beat Iowa State 21–6
32	-22	2.192	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	37	+4	Lost to North Carolina 6–30
33	9	2.228	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–1	0.750	37	+3	Beat Wisconsin 19–13
34	7	2.289	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	5–1	0.833	19	+3	Beat Northern Arizona 33–0
35	-17	2.318	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	67	+5	Lost to Clemson 7–15
36	20	2.355	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	4–1	0.800	21	+3	Beat ST. Louis 12–0
37	28	2.412	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	37	+3	Beat Brown 26–12
38	13	2.439	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	3–1	0.750	37	+3	Beat Auburn 7–6
39	0	2.519	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	3–1–1	0.700	44	+2	Tied Utah 7–7
40	-19	2.538	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	54	+5	Lost to Fordham 13–27
41	18	2.543	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	37	+3	Beat Arkansas 7–0
42	-10	2.549	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	5–2	0.714	43	+3	Lost to Duke 0–6
43	19	2.559	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	21	0	Beat ST. Anselm 28–0
44	5	2.572	BYU	IND SKY	4–1	0.800	21	+2	Beat Western State 18–6
45	8	2.610	SMU	IND SWC	2–1–1	0.625	50	+2	BYE
46	8	2.639	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	4–1	0.800	21	+1	Beat Davidson 15–0
47	5	2.643	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–1–1	0.700	44	+2	Beat Ursinus 46–13
48	-14	2.685	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–2	0.600	54	+5	Lost to Texas A&M 0–20
49	18	2.775	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–2	0.667	47	+3	Beat Maryland 14–0
50	7	2.803	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	5–1	0.833	19	-2	Beat ST. Benedict 20–14
51	-11	2.826	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	3–3	0.500	67	+6	Lost to Oklahoma 0–41
52	-6	2.833	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–2	0.600	54	+3	Lost to Nebraska 9–25
53	-26	2.837	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	21	0	Lost to Loyola Marymount 0–6
54	-11	2.851	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	67	+3	Lost to Michigan 7–27
55	-19	2.852	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–2	0.667	47	+3	Lost to Alabama 0–7
56	21	2.870	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	21	+4	Beat Tulsa 16–7
57	26	2.904	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	67	+2	Beat Pittsburgh 27–13
58	-33	2.963	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–2–1	0.375	96	+2	BYE
59	-1	2.997	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	50	+1	Tied Syracuse 6–6
60	-49	3.020	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	50	+2	Lost to SAN Francisco 0–7
61	-11	3.033	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	54	+1	Lost to Notre Dame 6–7
62	16	3.058	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	54	+3	Beat William & Mary 26–6
63	-26	3.219	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	4–2	0.667	47	+2	Lost to Columbia 7–26
64	4	3.297	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–1–1	0.625	50	0	BYE
65	-2	3.401	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	54	+2	BYE
66	-11	3.413	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	3–2	0.600	54	-1	Lost to Detroit Mercy 7–16
67	-19	3.467	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	67	0	Lost to Dartmouth 0–16
68	5	3.475	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	67	+1	BYE
69	10	3.526	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–2	0.500	67	+1	BYE
70	6	3.619	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	3–3	0.500	67	0	Lost to Duquesne 0–13
71	3	3.624	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	3–2	0.600	54	-1	BYE
72	-2	3.768	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–2–1	0.500	67	0	Lost to UCLA 6–16
73	2	3.781	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–2	0.500	67	0	Beat Illinois 13–0
74	8	3.806	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	3–2	0.600	54	-1	Beat Loyola (NEW ORLEANS) 21–13
75	17	3.814	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	3–2	0.600	54	-2	Beat Idaho 13–0
76	31	3.849	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	67	+1	Beat Hardin Simmons 6–0
77	-16	3.861	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	3–2	0.600	54	0	Lost to Marquette 6–13
78	-14	3.921	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	3–2–1	0.583	66	-2	Lost to Virginia 6–26
79	17	3.926	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	2–2	0.500	67	0	Beat Rhodes 6–0
80	1	4.020	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–3	0.400	86	0	Lost to Oregon State 0–13
81	-21	4.021	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–2–1	0.375	96	+1	Lost to Santa Clara 6–13
82	-11	4.097	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–3	0.400	86	+1	Lost to Georgia Tech 6–7
83	-3	4.108	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	86	-1	Lost to Holy Cross 7–27
84	-15	4.176	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	2–2–1	0.500	67	-2	Lost to Drake 0–12
85	8	4.199	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	86	-1	Beat Bucknell 16–0
86	33	4.365	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	96	+1	Beat Virginia Military Institute 26–7
87	-3	4.406	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	67	-3	Tied South Carolina 6–6
88	-2	4.520	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–2–2	0.400	86	-1	Tied Penn State 6–6
89	-23	4.520	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	2–2	0.500	67	-3	Lost to Colorado State 0–9
90	-3	4.666	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–4	0.200	109	-2	Lost to NEW York University 13–14
91	-6	4.742	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	67	+1	Lost to Georgetown 0–7
92	17	4.826	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	86	-2	Beat Arizona 13–6
93	1	5.014	UTEP	IND BOR	2–4	0.333	99	+1	Lost to Arizona State 7–27
94	6	5.074	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	2–3	0.400	86	-4	Beat Wyoming 27–7
95	-5	5.106	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–4–1	0.250	105	-3	Lost to LSU 6–12
96	-5	5.170	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	86	-5	Lost to Princeton 12–26
97	-9	5.193	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–4	0.333	99	-5	Lost to Villanova 0–7
98	8	5.249	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	2–3–1	0.417	84	-1	Beat Centre 28–0; Lost to WASHINGTON & LEE 0–6
99	3	5.341	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	1–3–1	0.300	103	+1	Tied Butler 6–6
100	-2	5.361	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–4	0.200	109	-4	BYE
101	-29	5.445	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	67	-2	Lost to Catholic 0–14
102	9	5.536	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	86	-5	Beat Illinois Wesleyan 13–6
103	-6	5.628	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–4	0.200	109	-4	Lost to Montana 0–13
104	-5	5.680	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–3	0.400	86	-2	Lost to Florida 0–14
105	3	5.720	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–4	0.200	109	-3	Lost to Iowa 13–19
106	-5	5.733	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–5	0.167	118	-5	Lost to Missouri 6–21
107	-12	5.741	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–4	0.333	99	-1	Lost to USC 0–26
108	-5	5.746	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–4	0.200	109	-5	Beat Stanford 8–5
109	4	5.841	Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	99	-7	Beat Delaware 26–6
110	5	6.023	TCU	IND SWC	1–4	0.200	109	-7	Beat Centenary 21–0
111	11	6.174	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	2–3–1	0.417	84	+5	Beat ST. Mary's 7–0
112	-23	6.270	Rhodes (RHODES)	IND FBSI	1–3–1	0.300	103	-5	Lost to Sewanee 0–6
113	1	6.657	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–5	0.167	118	-7	Lost to Richmond 0–19
114	-9	6.896	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–3–1	0.125	120	-3	Lost to Northwestern 0–13
115	9	6.973	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–4	0.200	109	-4	Beat Utah State 9–0
116	0	7.148	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–4–1	0.250	105	-4	Tied West Virginia 6–6
117	-5	7.165	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	109	-4	Lost to Temple 0–16
118	-1	7.250	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–4	0.200	109	-6	Lost to Texas 12–26
119	-9	7.434	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–4	0.000	122	-5	Lost to Colorado 7–27
120	-2	7.756	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	1–3	0.250	105	-2	BYE
121	0	7.823	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–5–1	0.214	108	-7	Lost to New Mexico 0–33
122	-18	8.214	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–3–1	0.125	120	-6	Lost to Washington 5–8
123	0	8.463	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–5	0.000	122	-12	Lost to Furman 0–15
124	-4	9.424	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	0–6	0.000	122	-11	Lost to TCU 0–21

1939 Week 9 College Football Team Rankings

October 24, 1939By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1939 Season Tags: • No Comments

1939 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	7	0.906	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Penn State 47–0
2	1	0.911	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	4–0–1	0.900	14	+10	Tied Tulane 14–14
3	15	0.964	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+7	Beat Navy 14–7
4	7	0.965	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	3–0–1	0.875	16	+6	Beat Kansas 27–7
5	2	0.986	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	4–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat ST. Louis 42–0
6	-4	1.068	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	3–0–1	0.875	16	+6	Tied North Carolina 14–14
7	-3	1.082	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	3–0–1	0.875	16	+4	Beat Idaho 35–0
8	-3	1.091	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Chicago 85–0
9	3	1.118	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Minnesota 23–20
10	13	1.253	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Harvard 22–7
11	5	1.254	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	23	+5	BYE
12	7	1.258	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	3–0–1	0.875	16	+5	Beat Baylor 20–0
13	0	1.309	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	4–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Georgia 13–6
14	12	1.333	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Alabama 21–0
15	-6	1.334	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	5–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat TCU 20–6
16	15	1.408	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Pittsburgh 21–13
17	-7	1.430	USC	PAC	2–0–1	0.833	23	+2	BYE
18	-17	1.615	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	61	+5	Lost to Notre Dame 7–14
19	5	1.674	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	4–0–1	0.900	14	+2	Beat Gettysburg 21–0
20	16	1.716	UCLA	PAC	3–0–1	0.875	16	+2	Beat Montana 20–6
21	-15	1.726	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	30	+5	Lost to Duquesne 13–21
22	30	1.757	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	30	+5	Beat Carnegie Tech 6–0
23	5	1.778	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	3–0–1	0.875	16	+2	Beat Bucknell 13–7
24	33	1.788	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	3–1	0.750	30	+5	Beat Kansas State 9–7
25	-8	1.800	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–2–1	0.375	89	+3	Lost to Ohio State 20–23
26	13	1.808	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	5–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat New Mexico State 7–0
27	11	1.894	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat ST. Edward's 33–3
28	-3	1.895	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	3–0–1	0.875	16	+1	Beat Lafayette 14–0
29	3	1.936	LSU	SEC	3–1	0.750	30	+4	Beat Loyola (NEW ORLEANS) 20–0
30	3	1.951	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	4–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Washington 13–7
31	12	2.027	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	30	+6	Beat Arkansas 14–13
32	12	2.039	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	5–1	0.833	23	+4	Beat Mcdaniel 66–0
33	27	2.085	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	30	+4	Beat Brown 20–0
34	-20	2.125	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	30	+5	Lost to Nebraska 0–20
35	11	2.179	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	30	+2	Beat Syracuse 33–6
36	11	2.261	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–1	0.800	26	+4	Beat Rhodes 37–0
37	14	2.277	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	4–1	0.800	26	+3	Beat Virginia 16–13
38	33	2.277	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	2–1–1	0.625	61	+3	Beat West Virginia 9–0
39	14	2.300	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	3–1	0.750	30	+2	Beat Utah State 7–0
40	18	2.314	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	3–2	0.600	68	+6	Beat Washburn 27–6
41	-20	2.321	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	4–1	0.800	26	+3	Lost to Texas Tech 7–19
42	7	2.361	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–1	0.667	51	+2	BYE
43	29	2.376	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	+2	Beat Army 20–15
44	11	2.491	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	30	+2	Beat South Carolina 27–0
45	-3	2.548	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	1–1–2	0.500	73	+1	Tied SAN Francisco 13–13
46	-19	2.581	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–1	0.750	30	+1	Lost to Missouri 7–9
47	-13	2.600	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	3–1	0.750	30	+1	Lost to Tennessee 0–21
48	-28	2.620	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	+1	Lost to Pennsylvania 7–22
49	10	2.717	BYU	IND SKY	3–1	0.750	30	+1	Beat Nevada 7–0
50	-21	2.748	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	30	0	Lost to NEW York University 0–6
51	19	2.750	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	2–1	0.667	51	+1	Beat Vanderbilt 14–6
52	-37	2.793	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	61	+2	Lost to Yale 15–20
53	21	2.796	SMU	IND SWC	2–1–1	0.625	61	+1	Beat Marquette 16–0
54	-6	2.827	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	30	+1	BYE
55	7	2.894	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	3–1	0.750	30	0	Beat Centenary 15–7
56	0	2.929	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	3–1	0.750	30	+1	Beat Iowa State 7–0
57	-17	2.936	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	4–1	0.800	26	-1	Lost to Oklahoma State 6–27
58	-36	2.953	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	+1	Lost to Cornell 0–47
59	2	2.959	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	+1	BYE
60	13	2.973	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–1–1	0.500	73	+1	Beat Michigan State 20–7
61	7	2.974	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	3–1	0.750	30	+2	Beat Loyola Marymount 25–7
62	19	2.981	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	30	-1	Beat Temple 19–0
63	3	2.985	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	68	+4	Beat Oregon 12–7
64	-1	2.990	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	3–1–1	0.700	50	0	Tied Virginia Tech 6–6; Beat HAMPDEN-SYDNEY 26–0
65	10	3.088	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	0	Beat Columbia 14–7
66	-31	3.102	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	51	0	Lost to Denver 0–7
67	12	3.251	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	3–2	0.600	68	+1	Beat Tampa 7–0
68	12	3.371	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–1–1	0.625	61	0	Beat Illinois 7–6
69	-28	3.383	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	2–1–1	0.625	61	0	Lost to Ole Miss 0–42
70	-40	3.456	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–1–1	0.625	61	0	Lost to Gonzaga 7–12
71	-26	3.459	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–2	0.500	73	+2	Lost to Manhattan 0–7
72	20	3.538	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	-1	Beat Rollins 14–6
73	21	3.546	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	73	+1	Beat Auburn 7–0
74	-9	3.566	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	3–2	0.600	68	0	Lost to Arizona State 0–7
75	10	3.588	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–2	0.333	94	+1	Beat Wisconsin 13–7
76	20	3.591	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	3–2	0.600	68	0	Beat New Mexico 19–7
77	14	3.599	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	30	+1	Beat NC State 21–6
78	-41	3.644	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	73	+1	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 13–16
79	-12	3.735	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–2	0.500	73	0	Lost to Oklahoma 7–27
80	8	3.737	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	73	0	Beat ST. Lawrence 31–0
81	-31	3.972	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–2	0.500	73	0	Lost to California 7–13
82	-28	4.069	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	2–2	0.500	73	-1	Lost to Washington (MISSOURI) 12–42
83	-5	4.140	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	94	-1	BYE
84	-20	4.381	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	73	-2	Lost to Washington & LEE 0–9
85	27	4.413	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	+1	Beat Citadel 13–7
86	-9	4.547	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	89	-1	Lost to Duke 6–33
87	10	4.555	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–3	0.250	99	-1	Lost to Kentucky 6–13
88	-4	4.563	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–3	0.400	86	-3	Lost to Texas 13–14
89	-6	4.650	Rhodes (RHODES)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	89	-1	Lost to Mississippi State 0–37
90	-4	4.673	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–3–1	0.300	97	-1	Lost to Georgia Tech 6–14
91	-4	4.678	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	73	-3	Lost to Holy Cross 0–20
92	-2	4.689	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	2–2	0.500	73	-3	Lost to UCLA 6–20
93	-17	4.694	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	99	-2	Lost to Boston College 0–19
94	6	4.801	UTEP	IND BOR	2–3	0.400	86	+2	Beat Wichita State 14–0
95	12	5.005	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–3	0.400	86	+1	Beat Washington State 13–7
96	20	5.081	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	1–2	0.333	94	-1	Beat Tennessee Tech 9–7
97	2	5.168	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–3	0.250	99	-2	Lost to Utah 0–35
98	5	5.344	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–4	0.200	111	-3	Lost to Detroit Mercy 6–21
99	-30	5.506	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	73	-1	Lost to Rutgers 12–25
100	-2	5.605	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	1–3	0.250	99	-3	Beat Colorado State 13–0
101	0	5.653	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–4	0.200	111	-4	Lost to Drake 0–7
102	17	5.661	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	1–3	0.250	99	0	Beat Creighton 42–12
103	-8	5.725	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–4	0.000	119	-3	Lost to Oregon State 7–13
104	-22	5.744	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–2–1	0.167	116	-1	BYE
105	-16	5.840	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–2–1	0.167	116	-1	Lost to Indiana 6–7
106	5	6.006	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–2–1	0.375	89	0	Tied William & Mary 6–6
107	-2	6.044	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	89	-2	Lost to Arizona 7–25
108	-4	6.077	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–3	0.250	99	-3	Lost to Northwestern 7–13
109	-16	6.107	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	99	-4	Lost to SMU 0–16
110	-2	6.218	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–3	0.000	119	-2	BYE
111	-9	6.360	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	99	-4	Lost to Purdue 7–20
112	-2	6.404	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	99	-1	Lost to Georgetown 7–13
113	-7	6.580	Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	111	-5	Lost to William & Mary 0–26
114	-1	6.660	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–4	0.200	111	-5	Lost to George Washington 7–13
115	3	7.078	TCU	IND SWC	0–4	0.000	119	-6	Lost to Texas A&M 6–20
116	1	7.205	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–4	0.200	111	-3	Lost to Clemson 0–27
117	-8	7.303	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–3	0.250	99	-4	Lost to SAM Houston State 8–9
118	-4	7.393	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	1–3	0.250	99	-1	Lost to Michigan 0–85
119	3	7.434	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–2–1	0.167	116	-2	Lost to Princeton 7–14
120	0	7.871	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	0–5	0.000	119	-4	Lost to Tulsa 7–15
121	-6	8.170	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–4–1	0.250	99	-5	Lost to Whittier 13–27
122	-1	8.740	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–3–1	0.300	97	+2	Tied Santa Clara 13–13
123	1	8.941	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–4	0.000	119	-10	BYE
124	-1	9.814	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–4	0.000	119	-6	Lost to Colorado 0–13

1939 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings

October 17, 1939By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1939 Season Tags: • No Comments

1939 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	4	0.656	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	27	+4	Tied Dartmouth 0–0
2	6	0.974	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Fordham 7–0
3	7	0.994	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	4–0	1.000	1	+8	Beat NEW York University 14–7
4	8	1.003	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	2–0–1	0.833	27	+2	Beat BYU 35–13
5	2	1.016	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Iowa 27–7
6	7	1.044	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Duke 14–13
7	-5	1.079	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Centenary 34–0
8	-2	1.118	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Princeton 20–7
9	13	1.131	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Villanova 33–7
10	-9	1.131	USC	PAC	2–0–1	0.833	27	+2	Beat Illinois 26–0
11	14	1.210	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–0–1	0.833	27	+2	Beat Texas 24–12
12	-8	1.223	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Northwestern 13–0
13	-10	1.226	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Oglethorpe 59–0
14	14	1.382	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Arkansas 19–7
15	9	1.399	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	27	+3	Tied Columbia 6–6
16	1	1.412	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	27	+3	Tied Dayton 6–6
17	15	1.424	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–1–1	0.500	70	+2	Tied Purdue 13–13
18	16	1.452	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat SMU 20–19
19	-10	1.474	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–0–1	0.833	27	+2	Beat Iowa State 10–7
20	32	1.518	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Chicago 61–0
21	-2	1.540	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat UTEP 14–0
22	8	1.646	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Lehigh 49–7
23	36	1.663	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Yale 6–0
24	3	1.672	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	3–0–1	0.875	26	+1	Tied Rutgers 6–6
25	6	1.734	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	27	+1	Tied Navy 0–0
26	-10	1.745	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 28–0
27	17	1.754	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Colorado 20–0
28	17	1.760	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	27	+1	Tied Syracuse 13–13
29	12	1.801	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Case 21–0
30	-1	1.804	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–0–1	0.833	27	+1	Beat California 6–0
31	18	1.813	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Manhattan 7–0
32	28	1.834	LSU	SEC	2–1	0.667	44	+3	Beat Rice 7–0
33	-18	1.857	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Portland 14–12
34	-11	1.860	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Mercer 20–0
35	5	1.888	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
36	-3	1.905	UCLA	PAC	2–0–1	0.833	27	0	Tied Stanford 14–14
37	29	1.926	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	44	+3	Beat Maryland 12–7
38	-1	1.974	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat West Texas A&M 18–13
39	11	1.976	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	4–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Whittier 28–0
40	6	2.004	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	4–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado College 22–6
41	16	2.112	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	2–0–1	0.833	27	0	Beat Wichita State 7–0
42	37	2.125	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	70	+1	Beat Loyola Marymount 41–0
43	-32	2.155	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	44	+3	Lost to Oklahoma 12–24
44	21	2.230	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	4–1	0.800	39	+3	Beat NC State 32–0
45	44	2.275	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–1	0.667	44	+3	Beat Mississippi State 7–0
46	-28	2.337	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	44	+1	Lost to Pittsburgh 13–14
47	-33	2.350	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–1	0.750	40	+3	Lost to Auburn 0–7
48	14	2.447	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	40	+2	Beat Citadel 7–0
49	-11	2.472	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–1	0.667	44	+1	Lost to Michigan 7–27
50	19	2.496	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–1	0.667	44	+2	Beat Washington 6–0
51	19	2.582	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	40	+1	Beat Vanderbilt 20–13
52	-13	2.585	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	44	+1	Lost to North Carolina 7–14
53	11	2.619	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	44	+1	Beat Wyoming 32–7
54	29	2.673	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	44	+1	Beat Drake 7–0
55	12	2.734	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	44	+1	BYE
56	-30	2.746	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	44	+1	Lost to Creighton 0–7
57	11	2.748	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	44	0	Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 14–0
58	35	2.750	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	2–2	0.500	70	+2	Beat Tulsa 9–7
59	-39	2.765	BYU	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	44	+1	Lost to Utah 13–35
60	30	2.773	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	44	+1	Beat Georgia 13–0
61	-26	2.787	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	44	+1	Lost to Texas A&M 7–33
62	-41	2.987	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	44	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 7–9
63	17	3.001	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	44	0	BYE
64	18	3.009	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	44	0	Beat Cincinnati 7–0
65	-22	3.092	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	3–1	0.750	40	0	Lost to Arizona 3–20
66	33	3.179	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	70	+2	Beat Idaho 19–0
67	-4	3.189	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	44	0	Beat Colorado State 7–0
68	36	3.214	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	44	+2	Beat New Mexico State 20–3
69	-27	3.246	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	44	0	Lost to Virginia 7–12
70	4	3.263	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–1	0.500	70	0	Beat Samford 35–0
71	0	3.286	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–1–1	0.500	70	0	Tied Rhodes 7–7
72	-36	3.334	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	70	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 0–6
73	3	3.373	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–1–1	0.250	103	0	Tied Minnesota 13–13
74	-19	3.429	SMU	IND SWC	1–1–1	0.500	70	0	Lost to Notre Dame 19–20
75	-22	3.519	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	70	0	Lost to Cornell 7–20
76	1	3.572	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	89	0	Beat TCU 13–11
77	10	3.598	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	70	0	Tied Georgetown 13–13
78	3	3.605	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	89	0	Lost to Tulane 0–7
79	15	3.662	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–2	0.500	70	0	Beat Boston College 7–0
80	-5	3.667	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–1–1	0.500	70	0	Beat Wisconsin 14–0
81	-34	3.678	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	44	-2	Lost to Florida 0–7
82	2	3.680	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–2–1	0.167	114	0	Tied UCLA 14–14
83	8	3.703	Rhodes (RHODES)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	70	0	Tied Washington & LEE 7–7
84	-12	3.893	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–2	0.500	70	-1	Lost to Baylor 7–19
85	10	3.949	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–2	0.000	115	0	Lost to Ohio State 0–13
86	-25	3.970	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–2–1	0.375	88	0	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 13–20
87	-36	3.999	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	44	-2	Lost to Colgate 0–10
88	4	4.219	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	89	0	Beat Brown 10–0
89	-41	4.256	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–1–1	0.250	103	0	Lost to USC 0–26
90	15	4.260	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	2–1	0.667	44	-3	Beat Montana State 6–0
91	-35	4.437	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	44	0	Lost to Catholic 13–14
92	32	4.506	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	70	-1	Beat Tampa 32–7
93	13	4.709	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	89	-1	Beat Michigan State 17–14
94	8	4.781	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	89	-1	Lost to Duquesne 0–7
95	-7	4.794	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–3	0.000	115	-1	Lost to Washington State 0–6
96	20	4.829	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	2–2	0.500	70	-4	Beat Northern Arizona 54–0
97	-1	4.919	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–2	0.333	89	-1	Lost to Holy Cross 0–13
98	16	5.126	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–3	0.000	115	-1	Lost to Kansas State 0–20
99	-13	5.150	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–2	0.333	89	-2	Lost to Gonzaga 0–19
100	7	5.153	UTEP	IND BOR	1–3	0.250	103	+2	Lost to New Mexico 0–14
101	11	5.197	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–3	0.250	103	-2	Lost to Nebraska 7–10
102	-17	5.313	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	89	-2	Lost to Marquette 14–17
103	-2	5.338	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	103	-2	Lost to Wake Forest 0–32
104	-26	5.347	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–2	0.333	89	-1	Lost to Indiana 0–14
105	-47	5.450	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	70	-1	Lost to Santa Clara 0–41
106	3	5.521	Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	103	-2	Beat Guilford 32–0
107	3	5.711	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–3	0.250	103	0	Lost to Oregon 0–6
108	-8	5.792	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–3	0.000	115	-1	Lost to Denver 7–32
109	-11	5.802	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	89	-3	Lost to LSU 0–7
110	11	5.979	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	89	0	Beat Albright 15–0
111	0	5.987	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	89	0	BYE
112	-58	6.143	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	70	0	Lost to Butler 6–13
113	-5	6.321	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	103	-3	Lost to Furman 0–7
114	-1	6.473	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	1–2	0.333	89	0	Lost to Harvard 0–61
115	-18	6.767	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–3–1	0.300	102	-4	Lost to Texas Tech 0–54
116	-1	6.848	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	0–2	0.000	115	-1	BYE
117	6	7.140	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	103	-2	Beat Davidson 7–0
118	-15	7.341	TCU	IND SWC	0–3	0.000	115	-4	Lost to Temple 11–13
119	1	7.814	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	0–3	0.000	115	-1	Lost to Missouri 0–14
120	2	8.038	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	115	-2	Lost to Ole Miss 0–34
121	-3	8.456	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	103	+2	Lost to Fresno State 2–21
122	-49	8.672	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–1–1	0.250	103	-1	Tied Army 6–6
123	-4	8.800	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–3	0.000	115	-2	Lost to Kansas 0–7
124	-7	9.027	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–4	0.000	115	-8	Lost to South Carolina 0–7

1939 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings

October 10, 1939By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1939 Season Tags: • No Comments

1939 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	51	0.889	USC	PAC	1–0–1	0.750	50	+1	Beat Washington State 27–0
2	21	0.915	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Rhodes 41–0
3	2	0.955	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Vanderbilt 21–13
4	40	0.959	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Missouri 19–0
5	-1	0.964	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Virginia 14–12
6	28	1.012	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Syracuse 19–6
7	34	1.012	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Michigan State 26–13
8	3	1.025	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Auburn 12–0
9	33	1.074	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0–1	0.750	50	+1	Beat Minnesota 6–0
10	-8	1.129	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Virginia Tech 13–6
11	-4	1.250	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Wisconsin 17–7
12	41	1.250	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	1–0–1	0.750	50	0	Beat Wyoming 60–0
13	4	1.272	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat West Virginia 20–0
14	17	1.373	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Florida 14–0
15	6	1.395	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Idaho 7–6
16	-10	1.439	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Sewanee 40–0
17	2	1.465	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat California 7–3
18	0	1.527	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colgate 37–0
19	13	1.555	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Denver 7–6
20	-17	1.558	BYU	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Colorado State 13–12
21	52	1.558	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Creighton 21–14
22	-13	1.561	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Santa Clara 7–3
23	46	1.566	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Fordham 7–6
24	-16	1.566	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Centre 9–6
25	20	1.575	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0–1	0.750	50	0	Beat Northwestern 23–0
26	-2	1.580	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Grinnell 13–0
27	37	1.637	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Washington & LEE 7–0
28	31	1.676	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Oklahoma State 13–0
29	17	1.690	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0–1	0.750	50	0	Beat Stanford 10–0
30	17	1.690	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bucknell 13–3
31	31	1.725	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hampden Sydney 34–6
32	-31	1.726	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–1	0.500	64	+1	Lost to Nebraska 0–6
33	-8	1.729	UCLA	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington 14–7
34	-8	1.751	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Georgia Tech 17–14
35	41	1.751	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Carolina 40–0
36	18	1.751	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Columbia 10–7
37	38	1.769	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat UTEP 12–0
38	19	1.795	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana 32–29
39	-11	1.795	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pennsylvania Military 43–0
40	21	1.800	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado 16–6
41	17	1.808	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Temple 6–0
42	-26	1.826	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mcdaniel 12–0
43	29	1.851	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Northern Arizona 25–13
44	23	1.857	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Marquette 3–0
45	-18	1.874	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Roanoke 25–0
46	25	1.927	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 26–20
47	8	1.940	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Joseph's (PENNSYLVANIA) 20–6
48	-10	1.968	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0–1	0.500	64	0	BYE
49	16	1.976	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Waynesburg 20–0
50	20	1.983	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat CAL Poly SAN Luis Obispo 35–0
51	9	2.024	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Amherst 20–14
52	-15	2.024	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bates 20–0
53	-4	2.024	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Williams 26–6
54	-19	2.033	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Davis & Elkins 19–0
55	-4	2.059	SMU	IND SWC	1–0–1	0.750	50	0	Beat North Texas 16–0
56	21	2.081	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
57	21	2.086	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	1–0–1	0.750	50	0	Tied Bradley 0–0
58	24	2.147	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	50	0	Tied Pacific 13–13
59	-11	2.147	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lafayette 6–0
60	31	2.163	LSU	SEC	1–1	0.500	64	+1	Beat Holy Cross 26–7
61	-32	2.352	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–1–1	0.500	64	+1	Lost to Kentucky 13–21
62	36	2.498	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	59	+1	Beat Georgia 20–0
63	27	2.696	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	64	+1	Beat Iowa State 14–0
64	-54	2.722	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	64	+1	Lost to New Mexico 6–7
65	30	2.739	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	50	0	Beat Miami 33–0
66	-51	2.772	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Navy 12–14
67	35	2.787	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	59	+1	Beat NC State 25–6
68	-56	2.916	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Ohio State 0–19
69	-49	2.933	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	64	+1	Lost to USC 0–27
70	30	2.994	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	59	0	Beat Davidson 2–0
71	-49	2.994	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Richmond 0–7
72	35	3.066	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	59	0	Beat TCU 14–13
73	-40	3.085	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	104	0	Lost to Yale 7–10
74	-38	3.085	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–1	0.000	104	0	Lost to Notre Dame 14–17
75	-36	3.085	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–1–1	0.250	102	0	Lost to Iowa 29–32
76	12	3.085	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–1	0.000	104	0	BYE
77	10	3.104	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	104	0	Lost to Carnegie Tech 0–6
78	-48	3.106	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Texas 7–17
79	-29	3.123	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–1–1	0.250	102	0	Lost to Texas A&M 3–7
80	29	3.189	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	59	0	Beat Newport News 39–6
81	-15	3.227	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Alabama 6–7
82	-26	3.263	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 0–20
83	-15	3.301	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Tulsa 14–21
84	10	3.392	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–2	0.000	104	0	Lost to Oregon 0–10
85	-11	3.465	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Michigan 13–26
86	-3	3.484	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Oregon State 6–7
87	-8	3.505	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Cornell 6–19
88	9	3.507	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–2	0.000	104	0	Lost to UCLA 7–14
89	-8	3.553	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Tulane 0–12
90	-77	3.564	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to LSU 7–26
91	-28	3.609	Rhodes (RHODES)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Ole Miss 0–41
92	-8	3.699	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	104	0	Lost to Duke 0–37
93	8	3.750	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	91	0	Lost to Baylor 0–13
94	12	3.833	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–2	0.333	91	0	Lost to Mississippi State 0–14
95	-52	3.853	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–1	0.000	104	0	Lost to Oklahoma 0–23
96	-82	3.982	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Furman 0–20
97	13	4.086	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–2–1	0.375	90	0	Lost to New Mexico State 13–25
98	-12	4.251	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	64	-1	Beat Centenary 13–0
99	-3	4.542	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	91	0	Beat Texas Tech 6–0
100	3	4.640	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	104	0	Lost to Utah 0–60
101	-9	4.665	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	91	-1	Lost to Clemson 6–25
102	3	5.087	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	64	-1	Beat ST. Bonaventure 6–0
103	-14	5.293	TCU	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	104	-1	Lost to Arkansas 13–14
104	8	5.306	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	64	-1	BYE
105	-25	5.349	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	1–1	0.500	64	-2	Lost to SAN Francisco 7–12
106	-21	5.466	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	104	-1	Lost to Kansas State 0–3
107	7	5.484	UTEP	IND BOR	1–2	0.333	91	+1	Lost to Hardin Simmons 0–12
108	3	5.528	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	91	-1	Beat Presbyterian 12–7
109	-10	5.594	Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	104	-1	Lost to Dartmouth 6–34
110	6	5.920	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–2	0.333	91	0	Lost to ST. Mary's 3–7
111	6	6.006	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	91	0	Lost to North Carolina 6–13
112	-8	6.036	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	91	-2	Lost to Kansas 0–14
113	11	6.127	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	1–1	0.500	64	0	Beat Wabash 12–2
114	-6	6.157	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	104	-1	Lost to Utah State 6–16
115	-22	6.330	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	0–2	0.000	104	-1	Lost to Tennessee 0–40
116	-3	6.756	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	1–2	0.333	91	-4	Lost to Gonzaga 0–6
117	-2	7.040	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	104	-3	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–2
118	4	7.245	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	91	+1	Beat Montana 12–7
119	2	7.846	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	104	0	Lost to BYU 12–13
120	0	7.885	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	104	0	Lost to Washburn 20–26
121	2	8.038	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	104	0	Lost to Penn State 3–13
122	-4	8.294	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	104	-1	Lost to Rice 0–13
123	-4	8.422	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	104	-1	Lost to Villanova 0–40
124	-84	8.614	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	104	-1	Lost to Wake Forest 0–33

1939 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 3, 1939By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1939 Season Tags: • No Comments

1939 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	51	0.563	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Arizona 62–0
2	-1	0.880	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Wake Forest 36–6
3	1	0.889	BYU	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
4	52	0.889	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat William & Mary 31–6
5	38	0.924	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia Military Institute 21–0
6	75	0.994	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat NC State 13–0
7	75	1.003	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Florida 12–0
8	1	1.030	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Furman 16–7
9	-7	1.038	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Centenary 14–0
10	15	1.056	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Iowa State 6–0
11	72	1.100	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Clemson 7–6
12	42	1.109	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado 30–0
13	23	1.126	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Manhattan 28–0
14	18	1.144	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Citadel 26–0
15	-12	1.144	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
16	32	1.153	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hampden Sydney 25–0
17	50	1.188	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington 27–6
18	9	1.197	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Davidson 26–6
19	57	1.206	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Gonzaga 19–0
20	-15	1.258	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
21	43	1.267	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stanford 12–0
22	71	1.294	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Sewanee 9–0
23	30	1.311	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat LSU 14–7
24	2	1.320	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas 12–6
25	60	1.338	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat TCU 6–2
26	34	1.346	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Purdue 3–0
27	4	1.364	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Temple 3–2
28	30	1.364	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colgate 7–6
29	60	1.364	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0–1	0.750	61	0	Beat Rice 13–12
30	65	1.364	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Marquette 14–13
31	74	1.373	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Arkansas 19–0
32	82	1.571	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wyoming 34–7
33	-12	1.632	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
34	-12	1.632	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
35	-5	1.632	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
36	-3	1.632	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
37	-2	1.632	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
38	0	1.632	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0–1	0.500	63	0	Tied Bradley 0–0
39	0	1.632	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0–1	0.500	63	0	Tied Nebraska 7–7
40	9	1.632	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
41	9	1.632	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
42	15	1.632	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0–1	0.500	63	0	Tied Indiana 7–7
43	16	1.632	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
44	17	1.632	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
45	17	1.632	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0–1	0.500	63	0	Tied SMU 7–7
46	17	1.632	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0–1	0.500	63	0	Tied USC 7–7
47	18	1.632	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
48	18	1.632	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
49	19	1.632	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
50	22	1.632	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	63	0	Tied Utah 7–7
51	23	1.632	SMU	IND SWC	0–0–1	0.500	63	0	Tied Oklahoma 7–7
52	34	1.632	USC	PAC	0–0–1	0.500	63	0	Tied Oregon 7–7
53	34	1.632	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0–1	0.500	63	0	Tied Santa Clara 7–7
54	43	1.632	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
55	-43	1.804	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lebanon Valley 45–0
56	38	1.813	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 44–0
57	-17	1.839	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Dakota 41–0
58	-42	1.892	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wittenberg 35–0
59	-48	1.901	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 34–0
60	-47	1.901	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rhode Island 34–0
61	27	1.910	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Albertson 33–0
62	-38	1.918	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Lawrence 41–9
63	7	1.918	Rhodes (RHODES)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Memphis 32–0
64	43	1.923	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Randolph Macon 26–0
65	-37	1.927	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Illinois Wesleyan 31–0
66	-37	1.962	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Waynesburg 34–7
67	-25	1.962	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Fort Hays State 34–7
68	-45	1.971	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Iowa 26–0
69	-61	2.015	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Samford 21–0
70	48	2.028	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat West Texas A&M 19–0
71	38	2.028	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Emporia State 12–0
72	39	2.046	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arkansas Monticello 12–3
73	11	2.050	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wichita State 23–6
74	-23	2.059	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wayne State 16–0
75	-41	2.077	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Howard Payne 14–0
76	14	2.077	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Muhlenberg 14–0
77	44	2.081	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Michigan 14–0
78	-3	2.086	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri Rolla 13–0
79	-1	2.094	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Clarkson 12–0
80	-25	2.121	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Portland 9–0
81	-71	2.147	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Birmingham Southern 6–0
82	-38	2.147	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Redlands 6–0
83	-46	2.191	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana State 7–6
84	-66	2.346	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to NEW York University 6–7
85	-38	2.346	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Wisconsin 13–14
86	-15	2.346	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 12–13
87	-7	2.346	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Georgetown 2–3
88	-19	2.422	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Notre Dame 0–3
89	-10	2.461	TCU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to UCLA 2–6
90	-49	2.538	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Drake 6–12
91	-46	2.576	LSU	SEC	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Ole Miss 7–14
92	-85	2.638	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Tennessee 0–13
93	-20	2.653	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Washington & LEE 0–9
94	-17	2.768	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Oregon State 0–12
95	5	2.828	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	62	0	Lost to North Carolina 6–36
96	6	2.922	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	87	0	Lost to ST. Mary's 0–19
97	-6	3.114	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 6–27
98	10	3.258	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Army 7–16
99	5	3.286	Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	87	0	Lost to Maryland 0–25
100	6	3.288	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Kentucky 0–21
101	14	3.298	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	63	0	Beat Northwestern Oklahoma State 52–0
102	18	3.300	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Tulane 6–7
103	-7	3.344	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to New Mexico 7–34
104	15	3.344	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Denver 0–6
105	-59	3.382	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Holy Cross 0–28
106	11	3.389	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Texas 0–12
107	3	3.415	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Mississippi State 0–19
108	-89	3.459	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Missouri 0–30
109	4	3.490	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Navy 6–31
110	-7	3.718	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–1–1	0.500	63	0	Beat Nevada 9–7
111	11	3.766	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	87	0	Lost to Georgia 0–26
112	4	3.929	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Minnesota 0–62
113	-14	4.564	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	63	-1	Beat Texas Wesleyan 30–0
114	-108	4.901	UTEP	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	63	+1	Lost to Fresno State 7–10
115	-17	5.149	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	87	-1	Lost to Duke 6–26
116	-101	6.032	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–1	0.500	63	0	Beat California Davis 32–14; Lost to PACIFIC 0–6
117	-5	6.104	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Marshall 0–20
118	6	7.626	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	87	0	Lost to Texas A&M 0–14
119	-18	9.872	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	87	-1	Lost to Catholic 0–12
120	-28	11.907	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Northwest Missouri State 7–9
121	-101	12.022	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Colorado Mines 14–19
122	1	12.042	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	87	0	BYE
123	-109	12.061	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Gettysburg 0–6
124	-107	12.061	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	0–1	0.000	87	0	Lost to Beloit 0–6

1939 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 26, 1939By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1939 Season Tags: • No Comments

1939 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	Game Status
1	67	0.000	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Citadel 50–0
2	96	0.158	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Oklahoma State 32–0
3	106	0.211	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hampden Sydney 26–0
4	7	0.220	BYU	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Northern Arizona 25–0
5	111	0.326	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Gonzaga 19–6
6	100	0.396	UTEP	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas Tech 7–2
7	62	0.405	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Davidson 18–14
8	-7	0.544	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
9	-4	0.544	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
10	-4	0.544	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
11	-4	0.544	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
12	-4	0.544	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
13	-4	0.544	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
14	-4	0.544	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
15	-3	0.544	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
16	-3	0.544	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
17	-3	0.544	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
18	-1	0.544	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
19	-1	0.544	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
20	-1	0.544	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
21	-1	0.544	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
22	-1	0.544	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
23	-1	0.544	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
24	-1	0.544	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
25	0	0.544	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
26	1	0.544	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
27	1	0.544	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
28	1	0.544	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
29	2	0.544	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
30	3	0.544	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
31	3	0.544	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
32	3	0.544	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
33	3	0.544	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
34	5	0.544	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
35	5	0.544	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
36	5	0.544	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
37	5	0.544	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
38	5	0.544	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
39	5	0.544	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
40	5	0.544	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
41	6	0.544	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
42	6	0.544	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
43	6	0.544	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
44	6	0.544	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
45	6	0.544	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
46	6	0.544	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
47	6	0.544	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
48	6	0.544	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
49	6	0.544	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
50	6	0.544	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
51	6	0.544	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
52	6	0.544	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
53	6	0.544	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
54	7	0.544	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
55	7	0.544	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
56	7	0.544	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
57	7	0.544	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
58	9	0.544	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
59	12	0.544	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
60	12	0.544	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
61	12	0.544	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
62	12	0.544	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
63	13	0.544	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
64	13	0.544	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
65	13	0.544	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
66	13	0.544	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
67	13	0.544	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
68	13	0.544	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
69	13	0.544	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
70	13	0.544	Rhodes (RHODES)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
71	13	0.544	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
72	14	0.544	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
73	14	0.544	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
74	14	0.544	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
75	15	0.544	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
76	15	0.544	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
77	15	0.544	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
78	15	0.544	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
79	15	0.544	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
80	15	0.544	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
81	15	0.544	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
82	15	0.544	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
83	17	0.544	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
84	17	0.544	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
85	17	0.544	UCLA	PAC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
86	17	0.544	USC	PAC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
87	17	0.544	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
88	17	0.544	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
89	18	0.544	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0–1	0.500	25	Tied Tennessee Tech 13–13
90	18	0.544	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
91	22	0.544	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
92	22	0.544	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
93	22	0.544	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
94	23	0.544	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
95	24	0.544	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
96	24	0.544	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
97	24	0.544	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	36	BYE
98	-74	0.934	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	27	Lost to NC State 14–18
99	0	0.973	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	27	Lost to UTEP 2–7
100	22	1.118	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	Beat South Carolina 19–7
101	-12	1.242	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	27	Lost to Wake Forest 7–19
102	-65	1.280	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	27	Lost to Washington State 6–19
103	-33	1.741	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–1–1	0.250	26	Lost to BYU 0–25
104	-66	1.779	Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	27	Lost to Virginia 0–26
105	-45	1.804	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Samford 45–0
106	4	1.839	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Roanoke 41–0
107	-22	1.874	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Newport News 37–0
108	-76	1.927	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Erskine 38–7
109	3	1.962	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Baker 27–0
110	-106	1.971	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat East Central Oklahoma 32–6
111	-45	1.971	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Fort Hays State 33–7
112	-1	1.971	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Randolph Macon 26–0
113	5	1.980	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Guilford 31–6
114	-49	2.006	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Western NEW Mexico 29–7
115	-40	2.010	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	27	Lost to Texas A&M 0–32
116	-114	2.015	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Pomona Pitzer 21–0
117	-87	2.015	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Stetson 21–0
118	-115	2.024	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat San Diego State 20–0
119	-73	2.033	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat COE 19–0
120	-104	2.042	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Presbyterian 18–0
121	-95	2.086	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Central Michigan 20–7
122	-107	2.701	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	27	Lost to North Carolina 0–50
123	0	10.515	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	27	Lost to San José State 6–16
124	0	10.880	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	27	BYE

1939 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

September 19, 1939By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1939 Season Tags: • No Comments

1939 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	Game Status
1	0	0.048	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
2	-1	0.048	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
3	-2	0.048	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
4	-3	0.048	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
5	-4	0.048	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
6	-5	0.048	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
7	-6	0.048	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
8	-7	0.048	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
9	-8	0.048	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
10	-9	0.048	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
11	-10	0.048	BYU	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
12	-11	0.048	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
13	-12	0.048	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
14	-13	0.048	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
15	-14	0.048	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
16	-15	0.048	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
17	-16	0.048	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
18	-17	0.048	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
19	-18	0.048	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
20	-19	0.048	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
21	-20	0.048	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
22	-21	0.048	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
23	-22	0.048	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
24	-23	0.048	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
25	-24	0.048	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
26	-25	0.048	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
27	-26	0.048	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
28	-27	0.048	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
29	-28	0.048	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
30	-29	0.048	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
31	-30	0.048	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
32	-31	0.048	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
33	-32	0.048	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
34	-33	0.048	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
35	-34	0.048	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
36	-35	0.048	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
37	-36	0.048	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
38	-37	0.048	Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
39	-38	0.048	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
40	-39	0.048	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
41	-40	0.048	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
42	-41	0.048	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
43	-42	0.048	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
44	-43	0.048	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
45	-44	0.048	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
46	-45	0.048	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
47	-46	0.048	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
48	-47	0.048	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
49	-48	0.048	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
50	-49	0.048	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
51	-50	0.048	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
52	-51	0.048	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
53	-52	0.048	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
54	-53	0.048	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
55	-54	0.048	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
56	-55	0.048	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
57	-56	0.048	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
58	-57	0.048	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
59	-58	0.048	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
60	-59	0.048	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
61	-60	0.048	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
62	-61	0.048	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
63	-62	0.048	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
64	-63	0.048	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
65	-64	0.048	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
66	-65	0.048	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
67	-66	0.048	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
68	-67	0.048	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
69	-68	0.048	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
70	-69	0.048	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–0–1	0.500	2	Tied Western NEW Mexico 12–12
71	-70	0.048	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
72	-71	0.048	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
73	-72	0.048	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
74	-73	0.048	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
75	-74	0.048	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
76	-75	0.048	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
77	-76	0.048	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
78	-77	0.048	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
79	-78	0.048	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
80	-79	0.048	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
81	-80	0.048	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
82	-81	0.048	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
83	-82	0.048	Rhodes (RHODES)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
84	-83	0.048	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
85	-84	0.048	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
86	-85	0.048	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
87	-86	0.048	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
88	-87	0.048	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
89	-88	0.048	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
90	-89	0.048	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
91	-90	0.048	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
92	-91	0.048	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
93	-92	0.048	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
94	-93	0.048	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
95	-94	0.048	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
96	-95	0.048	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
97	-96	0.048	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
98	-97	0.048	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
99	-98	0.048	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
100	-99	0.048	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
101	-100	0.048	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
102	-101	0.048	UCLA	PAC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
103	-102	0.048	USC	PAC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
104	-103	0.048	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
105	-104	0.048	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
106	-105	0.048	UTEP	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
107	-106	0.048	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
108	-107	0.048	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
109	-108	0.048	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
110	-109	0.048	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
111	-110	0.048	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
112	-111	0.048	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
113	-112	0.048	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
114	-113	0.048	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
115	-114	0.048	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
116	-115	0.048	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
117	-116	0.048	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
118	-117	0.048	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
119	-118	0.048	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
120	-119	0.048	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
121	-120	0.048	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	5	BYE
122	-121	1.901	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Elon 34–0
123	-122	9.680	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	3	Lost to ST. Mary's (TEXAS) 6–7
124	-123	10.218	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	3	Lost to Northwestern State 0–15

1939 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings

September 12, 1939By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1939 Season Tags: • No Comments

1939 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	Team	Conf	Record	Place	Game Status
1	6	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	89	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	110	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	103	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	34	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	73	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	31	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	27	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	56	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	53	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	79	BYU	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	9	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	23	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	55	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	121	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	81	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	13	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	96	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	88	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	115	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	93	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	21	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	38	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	32	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	95	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	62	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	48	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	52	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	3	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	86	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	100	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	11	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	111	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	67	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	7	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	54	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	64	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	113	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	117	Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	58	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	8	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	40	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	99	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	112	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	120	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	17	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	84	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	69	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	105	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	98	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	49	LSU	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	63	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	104	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	108	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	36	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	14	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	39	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	18	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	25	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	97	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	30	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	65	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	42	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	71	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	33	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	37	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	87	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	26	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	94	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	118	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	24	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	1	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	47	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	5	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	114	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	66	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	43	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	83	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	61	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	12	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	90	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	22	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Rhodes (RHODES)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	78	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	57	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	51	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	28	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	119	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	59	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	60	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	107	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	16	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	85	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	46	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	2	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	68	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	0	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	116	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	70	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	15	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	20	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	72	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	45	UCLA	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	4	USC	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	19	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	77	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	44	UTEP	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	35	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	10	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	82	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	29	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	91	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	75	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	74	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	80	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	92	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	50	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	106	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	76	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	109	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	41	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	101	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	102	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason