1941 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings

November 11, 1941By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1941 Season Tags: • No Comments

1941 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	0.820	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–0–1	0.929	6	+20	Tied Baylor 7–7
2	0	0.988	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	5–1–1	0.786	28	+20	Lost to Notre Dame 13–20
3	4	1.112	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	6–0–1	0.929	6	+17	Beat Navy 20–13
4	-1	1.121	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–0	1.000	1	+18	Beat Nebraska 9–0
5	0	1.201	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	7–0	1.000	1	+17	Beat Davidson 56–0
6	0	1.231	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	3–0–2	0.800	27	+7	BYE
7	1	1.269	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	6–1	0.857	11	+18	Beat Tulane 19–14
8	1	1.295	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	7–0	1.000	1	+15	Beat SMU 21–10
9	4	1.451	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	7–0	1.000	1	+14	Beat ST. Mary's 9–0
10	1	1.461	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–1	0.857	11	+18	Beat USC 13–0
11	1	1.492	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	5–0–1	0.917	8	+10	Beat Auburn 14–7
12	9	1.646	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	6–1	0.857	11	+14	Beat Creighton 13–6
13	12	1.650	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	5–1	0.833	20	+13	Beat Iowa State 55–0
14	0	1.668	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 34–0
15	5	1.676	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	6–1	0.857	11	+13	Beat Northern Arizona 41–0
16	-1	1.688	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	5–1	0.833	20	+12	BYE
17	0	1.758	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–1	0.857	11	+12	Beat NEW York University 26–0
18	1	1.808	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	7–1	0.875	9	+12	Beat Virginia Military Institute 21–0
19	9	1.821	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	11	+12	Beat Villanova 14–13
20	-4	1.833	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	5–1–1	0.786	28	+9	Beat Florida 19–3
21	8	1.849	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	32	+13	Beat Wake Forest 26–6
22	2	1.883	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	20	+9	Beat Columbia 19–16
23	4	1.916	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	5–1	0.833	20	+11	Beat Wisconsin 46–34
24	-2	1.917	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	6–1	0.857	11	+9	Beat Sewanee 20–0
25	-21	1.951	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	20	+12	Lost to Pittsburgh 0–13
26	-8	2.009	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	5–1	0.833	20	+9	BYE
27	9	2.013	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–1–1	0.786	28	+10	Beat LSU 13–12
28	7	2.052	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	5–1	0.833	20	+8	Beat North Dakota State 61–6
29	-6	2.055	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	7–1	0.875	9	+6	Beat ST. Mary's (TEXAS) 40–21
30	3	2.141	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	4–2	0.667	41	+9	Beat Indiana 20–14
31	3	2.245	TCU	IND SWC	5–2	0.714	32	+10	Beat Centenary 35–7
32	9	2.256	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	11	+5	Beat Marquette 7–6
33	-3	2.259	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	4–3	0.571	56	+12	Lost to Alabama 14–19
34	5	2.268	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	11	+5	Beat Washington & LEE 27–7
35	-25	2.286	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–1–1	0.750	31	+7	Lost to Harvard 6–20
36	2	2.388	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	41	+9	BYE
37	6	2.392	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	4–3	0.571	56	+12	Beat California 13–6
38	4	2.436	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–2	0.714	32	+5	Beat Samford 28–6
39	6	2.493	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	4–2	0.667	41	+9	Beat UCLA 19–0
40	-3	2.499	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	41	+7	Beat Yale 21–7
41	26	2.501	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	53	+7	Beat Army 20–6
42	7	2.601	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	4–2–1	0.643	47	+7	Beat Brown 13–0
43	-12	2.609	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	32	+4	Lost to Penn State 19–34
44	-4	2.754	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	32	+5	Lost to Duquesne 0–9
45	-13	2.811	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	65	+7	Lost to Pennsylvania 16–19
46	-20	2.815	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–2–1	0.583	53	+7	Lost to Kansas State 0–3
47	4	2.857	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	32	+1	Beat Princeton 20–13
48	6	2.891	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	4–2–1	0.643	47	+4	Beat New Mexico State 28–0
49	19	2.903	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	41	+3	Beat Syracuse 34–19
50	2	3.044	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	4–2	0.667	41	+2	Beat Arkansas 21–12
51	23	3.066	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	3–3	0.500	65	+5	Beat Kentucky 20–13
52	7	3.086	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	5–2	0.714	32	0	Beat North Dakota 13–6
53	0	3.117	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	3–3	0.500	65	+3	BYE
54	25	3.166	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	65	+2	Beat Maryland 26–0
55	15	3.181	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	5–3	0.625	51	+2	Beat NC State 14–13
56	-12	3.184	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	4–3	0.571	56	+5	Lost to Georgia Tech 13–20
57	12	3.192	BYU	IND SKY	4–2–1	0.643	47	-1	Beat Wyoming 23–7
58	18	3.230	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	3–4	0.429	81	+6	Beat ST. Louis 13–7
59	-4	3.251	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	5–3	0.625	51	+2	Lost to Texas Tech 6–13
60	-2	3.290	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	3–1–1	0.700	40	-2	BYE
61	-4	3.292	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–3–1	0.500	65	+4	Tied Texas 7–7
62	-15	3.322	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	4–3–1	0.563	64	+7	Lost to Boston College 6–26
63	-17	3.361	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	32	-4	Lost to Holy Cross 0–13
64	-2	3.361	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	56	+1	Beat Boston University 13–7
65	-17	3.398	SMU	IND SWC	3–3	0.500	65	+1	Lost to Texas A&M 10–21
66	-16	3.401	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	65	+1	Lost to Temple 13–14
67	-4	3.404	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	4–2–1	0.643	47	+5	BYE
68	4	3.450	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–3	0.571	56	+2	Beat Idaho 26–0
69	2	3.463	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	56	+1	Beat Loyola Marymount 27–20
70	7	3.717	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–3–1	0.417	85	0	BYE
71	-6	3.732	LSU	SEC	3–4–1	0.438	78	+1	Lost to Ole Miss 12–13
72	3	3.753	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	3–2–1	0.583	53	-3	Beat Wofford 42–7
73	-9	3.804	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–3	0.500	65	0	BYE
74	4	3.831	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–3–1	0.417	85	+1	Tied Michigan State 0–0
75	-9	3.891	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	3–3	0.500	65	-2	Lost to Arizona 0–41
76	4	3.917	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	56	-2	Beat Kansas 21–0
77	-16	3.934	UCLA	PAC	3–4	0.429	81	+2	Lost to Oregon State 0–19
78	10	4.034	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	3–2–2	0.571	56	-4	Beat George Washington 13–6
79	-19	4.055	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	3–3–2	0.500	65	-2	Lost to Virginia Tech 13–14
80	22	4.139	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–3–1	0.417	85	+1	Beat South Carolina 3–0
81	-25	4.168	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–4	0.429	81	-1	Lost to Washington 6–13
82	-1	4.314	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–3–1	0.417	85	-2	Tied Purdue 0–0
83	-1	4.389	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–5	0.286	100	-1	Lost to Rice 12–21
84	-11	4.448	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–4	0.333	94	-1	Lost to Iowa 0–21
85	6	4.449	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–3	0.500	65	-2	Beat Illinois 21–0
86	-2	4.503	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	94	-1	Lost to Detroit Mercy 6–7
87	-1	4.606	USC	PAC	2–4	0.333	94	-1	Lost to Stanford 0–13
88	4	4.722	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	3–3–2	0.500	65	-8	Beat Utah State 14–6
89	-4	4.787	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	3–4	0.429	81	-5	Lost to Washington State 0–26
90	-3	4.800	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–5	0.286	100	-3	Lost to William & Mary 0–21
91	13	4.885	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	3–3	0.500	65	-9	Beat Illinois College 53–12
92	-9	4.900	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	112	-2	Lost to Cornell 7–21
93	14	4.914	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	112	0	Beat Fordham 13–0
94	-4	5.295	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–4	0.333	94	-5	Lost to Ohio State 34–46
95	-1	5.373	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–4	0.333	94	-6	Lost to Minnesota 0–9
96	-7	5.412	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	3–4–1	0.438	78	-1	Lost to UTEP 0–28
97	1	5.436	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–5	0.375	90	-10	Beat Richmond 27–0
98	-2	5.590	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	100	-7	Lost to Missouri 0–26
99	13	5.774	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	3–4–1	0.438	78	-13	Beat Northern Iowa 13–0
100	3	5.842	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–5	0.286	100	-10	Lost to Mississippi State 7–14
101	-6	5.867	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–4	0.333	94	-8	Lost to Oklahoma 0–55
102	-9	5.929	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	100	-11	Lost to SAN Francisco 20–27
103	-6	5.999	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–5	0.286	100	-12	Lost to Georgia 3–19
104	-3	6.107	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–5	0.286	100	-8	Lost to West Virginia 0–21
105	-6	6.206	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–4–1	0.357	92	-2	Lost to Georgetown 0–26
106	9	6.258	UTEP	IND BOR	1–4–1	0.250	108	-7	Beat Arizona State 28–0
107	6	6.276	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	90	-12	Beat Eastern Washington 6–0
108	-3	6.294	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–6	0.143	115	-10	Lost to Northwestern 14–20
109	-9	6.371	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	2–4–1	0.357	92	-6	Lost to Oklahoma State 7–13
110	-2	6.435	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	112	-9	Lost to Dartmouth 13–20
111	-5	6.572	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	89	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 0–20
112	-3	6.765	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–5–1	0.214	110	-11	Lost to Virginia 7–27
113	1	6.788	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	1–5–1	0.214	110	-10	Lost to Furman 6–13
114	-4	7.059	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–6	0.250	108	-11	Lost to New Mexico 0–28
115	-4	7.491	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	2–5	0.286	100	-19	Lost to North Carolina 0–27
116	0	8.002	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–6	0.143	115	-9	Lost to BYU 7–23
117	0	8.590	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	0–7–1	0.063	118	-13	Lost to TCU 7–35
118	1	9.380	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–6–2	0.125	117	-18	Lost to Duke 0–56
119	-1	9.433	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–6	0.000	119	-13	Lost to Denver 6–14