1941 Week 15 College Football Team Rankings

December 2, 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	6	0.987	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	7–1–1	0.833	13	+32	Beat Texas A&M 23–0
2	0	1.122	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	13	+31	Beat Army 14–6
3	0	1.125	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	8–0	1.000	1	+31	BYE
4	0	1.179	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	9–0	1.000	1	+33	BYE
5	0	1.250	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–0–1	0.944	4	+28	BYE
6	2	1.299	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	8–0	1.000	1	+24	BYE
7	-6	1.302	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	5–0–2	0.857	11	+13	Beat Utah State 33–21
8	2	1.327	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	9–1	0.900	5	+33	Beat Wake Forest 35–6
9	3	1.340	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	8–2	0.800	18	+33	Beat Miami 21–7
10	-1	1.462	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	9	+23	BYE
11	-5	1.501	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	8–1	0.889	6	+24	Lost to Texas 0–23
12	-1	1.505	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	8–1	0.889	6	+26	BYE
13	8	1.545	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	7–1–1	0.833	13	+22	Beat Ole Miss 6–0
14	0	1.568	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	8–1–1	0.850	12	+21	Beat Georgia Tech 21–0
15	-2	1.570	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–1–1	0.813	16	+21	BYE
16	13	1.730	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	8–2	0.800	18	+25	Beat Vanderbilt 26–7
17	0	1.769	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	9	+22	Beat NEW York University 30–9
18	5	1.784	TCU	IND SWC	7–2–1	0.750	31	+25	Beat SMU 15–13
19	8	1.800	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	7–2	0.778	23	+25	Beat Oregon 12–7
20	5	1.941	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–1–1	0.813	16	+17	BYE
21	5	1.983	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	23	+21	BYE
22	-6	2.058	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	8–2	0.800	18	+16	Lost to Tennessee 7–26
23	13	2.091	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	36	+19	Beat ST. Mary's 35–13
24	6	2.106	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	6	+9	BYE
25	6	2.133	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	33	+17	Beat Holy Cross 14–13
26	9	2.139	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	7–2	0.778	23	+16	Beat Kansas State 28–21
27	-9	2.165	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–3	0.667	36	+18	Lost to California 0–16
28	-8	2.200	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	8–2	0.800	18	+12	Lost to NC State 0–13
29	-7	2.207	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	6–2–1	0.722	32	+15	Lost to Mississippi State 0–6
30	4	2.207	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	34	+14	BYE
31	-16	2.231	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	7–2	0.778	23	+15	Lost to Auburn 7–28
32	1	2.261	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	5–3	0.625	44	+14	BYE
33	6	2.279	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	23	+13	Beat South Carolina 19–12
34	-10	2.295	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	6–3	0.667	36	+15	Lost to Nebraska 6–7
35	-16	2.298	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	7–2	0.778	23	+12	Lost to Arkansas 6–13
36	2	2.379	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	44	+12	BYE
37	3	2.389	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	23	+9	BYE
38	-10	2.441	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	23	+6	Lost to Alabama 7–21
39	2	2.496	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	6–3	0.667	36	+14	BYE
40	5	2.547	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	8–2	0.800	18	+10	BYE
41	8	2.566	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	46	+10	Beat West Virginia 14–12
42	-5	2.630	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	46	+12	Lost to Navy 6–14
43	1	2.640	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	5–4	0.556	51	+12	Beat Wichita State 33–13
44	2	2.644	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–4	0.556	51	+13	Beat USC 14–13
45	-2	2.672	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	34	+4	BYE
46	-14	2.696	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	5–4	0.556	51	+13	Lost to LSU 0–19
47	0	2.998	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	5–4	0.556	51	+8	Lost to Oregon State 7–12
48	9	3.019	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	5–3–1	0.611	46	+5	Beat Baylor 28–14
49	1	3.054	SMU	IND SWC	5–4	0.556	51	+5	Lost to TCU 13–15
50	2	3.057	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	4–2–1	0.643	43	+2	BYE
51	2	3.120	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	36	-1	BYE
52	3	3.128	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	6–3	0.667	36	0	BYE
53	13	3.197	LSU	SEC	4–4–2	0.500	65	+5	Beat Tulane 19–0
54	-3	3.222	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	51	+5	Lost to Santa Clara 13–35
55	1	3.257	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	3–3–2	0.500	65	+3	BYE
56	-8	3.263	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	4–4–1	0.500	65	+7	Lost to Penn State 12–19
57	4	3.330	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	6–3–1	0.650	42	+4	Beat Howard Payne 13–7
58	-16	3.333	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	51	+9	Lost to Xavier 7–14
59	-1	3.400	BYU	IND SKY	4–3–2	0.556	51	-2	BYE
60	4	3.412	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	6–4	0.600	49	+1	Beat Richmond 13–0
61	-2	3.420	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	51	-2	BYE
62	-2	3.508	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	65	+3	BYE
63	-9	3.543	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	4–4–2	0.500	65	+2	Lost to Boston College 13–14
64	-2	3.588	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–4	0.556	51	-1	BYE
65	13	3.601	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–5	0.444	78	+1	Beat Stanford 16–0
66	5	3.685	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	78	+3	Beat Iowa State 20–13
67	8	3.768	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	65	-3	Beat Nevada 19–7
68	-5	3.790	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	78	+2	BYE
69	-1	3.814	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	65	-2	BYE
70	10	3.830	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	5–4–1	0.550	63	-3	Beat Wyoming 28–0
71	1	3.832	UCLA	PAC	4–5	0.444	78	0	BYE
72	-7	3.837	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	5–5–1	0.500	65	+5	Lost to Texas Tech 6–35
73	-4	3.905	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	65	-4	BYE
74	-7	3.930	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	91	+3	BYE
75	-5	3.951	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	3–4–1	0.438	87	+1	BYE
76	11	4.069	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	4–5–1	0.450	75	-5	Beat Clemson 28–7
77	11	4.087	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	4–5–2	0.455	74	-2	Beat William & Mary 13–0
78	-4	4.183	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	3–6	0.333	96	-1	Lost to Georgia 0–21
79	-2	4.189	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–5	0.444	78	-5	BYE
80	-4	4.258	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	4–3–2	0.556	51	-10	BYE
81	1	4.263	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	5–4–1	0.550	63	-1	BYE
82	7	4.276	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	4–3–1	0.563	50	-11	Beat Sewanee 28–0
83	2	4.320	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	96	+2	Beat Carnegie Tech 27–0
84	-5	4.385	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	4–5	0.444	78	-9	BYE
85	-12	4.448	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–6–1	0.350	95	-3	Lost to Rice 14–28
86	10	4.525	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	4–5	0.444	78	-4	Beat Oklahoma 7–6
87	10	4.573	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	101	-5	Beat Tulsa 13–6
88	14	4.690	UTEP	IND BOR	3–5–1	0.389	89	-6	Beat Northern Arizona 23–20
89	-5	4.710	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	51	-10	BYE
90	9	4.725	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	4–5–1	0.450	75	-3	Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 25–0
91	-8	4.785	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	88	-10	Lost to Michigan State 12–14
92	-11	4.789	USC	PAC	2–6	0.250	106	-4	Lost to Washington 13–14
93	-7	4.803	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–5	0.375	91	-4	BYE
94	-1	5.183	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–6	0.250	106	-6	BYE
95	-5	5.234	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	3–4–2	0.444	78	-11	BYE
96	-1	5.300	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–5	0.375	91	-8	BYE
97	-5	5.375	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–5–2	0.333	96	-7	Lost to Arizona 21–28
98	-7	5.460	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	3–5	0.375	91	-15	Lost to UTEP 20–23
99	1	5.615	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–7	0.300	101	-17	BYE
100	-2	5.630	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	4–5–1	0.450	75	-21	BYE
101	-7	5.654	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	4–5	0.444	78	-16	Lost to ST. Louis 0–25
102	3	5.716	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–6	0.250	106	-11	BYE
103	0	5.729	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–5–1	0.313	100	-9	BYE
104	-3	5.747	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	3–5–1	0.389	89	-5	BYE
105	-1	5.811	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	3–6	0.333	96	-14	BYE
106	0	5.968	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	106	-14	BYE
107	0	6.154	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	112	-15	Lost to Fordham 9–30
108	1	6.418	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–7	0.125	117	-15	BYE
109	-1	6.616	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–6–1	0.278	105	-21	Lost to Marquette 13–20
110	0	7.206	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	101	-19	BYE
111	0	7.499	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	2–7–1	0.250	106	-16	Lost to New Mexico 0–28
112	0	7.572	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	112	-30	Lost to Virginia Tech 0–13
113	2	7.676	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–7	0.222	112	-22	BYE
114	0	7.816	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–6–2	0.222	112	-23	BYE
115	2	7.935	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–6–3	0.250	106	-21	BYE
116	-3	7.987	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	104	-3	Lost to Citadel 0–28
117	-1	8.379	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	1–7–1	0.167	116	-21	BYE
118	1	9.328	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–8	0.000	119	-24	Lost to Utah 21–33
119	-1	9.393	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	0–8–2	0.100	118	-19	Lost to Louisiana Tech 7–39