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Southwest Conference

1949 Season · 7 ranked teams

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Rebuilding −
Avg Rank
34.9
Power Up Rank
Avg Rating
2.508
Rebuilding −
Non-Conf Record
21-7
vs other conferences

1949 Standings

PlaceTeamConfConf %RecordWin %RankRatingTierNOWGame Status
1Rice (RICE)6-01.00010–10.90941.033Developing ++48
2Baylor (BAYLOR)4-2.6678–20.800101.482Developing+32
3Texas (TEXAS)3-3.5006–40.600211.974Rebuilding ++21
4TCU3-3.5006–3–10.650332.296Rebuilding+14
5SMU2-3.4005–4–10.550252.012Rebuilding ++25
6Arkansas (ARKANSAS)2-4.3335–50.500553.252Struggling+2
7Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)0-5.0001–8–10.150965.504Failing −-12

Place is by conference win %, then conference wins, then Power Up rank. Conference championship tiebreakers are not applied.

Rank by Week — Every Team
1265176102RiceRice — W12: #6Rice — W13: #5Rice — W14: #4Rice — RS Final: #4Rice — Final: #4BaylorBaylor — W12: #9Baylor — W13: #7Baylor — W14: #8Baylor — RS Final: #11Baylor — Final: #10TexasTexas — W12: #20Texas — W13: #21Texas — W14: #23Texas — RS Final: #23Texas — Final: #21TCUTCU — W12: #39TCU — W13: #47TCU — W14: #34TCU — RS Final: #33TCU — Final: #33SMUSMU — W12: #5SMU — W13: #8SMU — W14: #19SMU — RS Final: #22SMU — Final: #25ArkansasArkansas — W12: #52Arkansas — W13: #65Arkansas — W14: #55Arkansas — RS Final: #57Arkansas — Final: #55Texas A&MTexas A&M — W12: #91Texas A&M — W13: #89Texas A&M — W14: #92Texas A&M — RS Final: #92Texas A&M — Final: #96W12W13W14RS FinalFinal

Power Up rank each week; higher = better. Hover a logo for details, click to open the team page. Larger logo = latest week.

Average Rating Tier
2.508
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Conference average on the 12-tier scale.

NOW by Team
Rice
+48
Baylor
+32
SMU
+25
Texas
+21
TCU
+14
Arkansas
+2
Texas A&M
-12

Green = positive Net Opponent Wins, red = negative.

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