1941 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

September 30, 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	49	0.788	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat William & Mary 34–0
2	10	0.816	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat ST. Mary's 31–0
3	19	0.834	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wake Forest 43–14
4	-3	0.862	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
5	32	0.889	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia Tech 37–14
6	3	0.917	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Hardin Simmons 20–0
7	26	0.944	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Drake 25–8
8	71	0.972	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Boston College 21–7
9	-7	1.036	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–0–1	0.750	59	+1	Tied Davidson 6–6
10	19	1.045	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat LSU 19–13
11	36	1.045	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Florida 6–0
12	40	1.045	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Northern Arizona 12–6
13	58	1.045	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat North Carolina 13–7
14	20	1.091	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Denver 7–6
15	40	1.091	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arizona 38–7
16	61	1.118	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado 34–6
17	51	1.146	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat SAN Francisco 32–7
18	58	1.173	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas 31–9
19	38	1.201	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oklahoma State 19–0
20	63	1.201	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho 26–7
21	28	1.256	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat BYU 20–7
22	21	1.265	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Michigan State 19–7
23	2	1.283	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ole Miss 16–6
24	21	1.302	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington 14–6
25	-4	1.311	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana 14–7
26	49	1.320	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulsa 6–0
27	55	1.320	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon State 13–7
28	28	1.329	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri 12–7
29	44	1.338	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon 19–15
30	56	1.347	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Purdue 3–0
31	38	1.366	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington & LEE 20–19
32	49	1.366	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington State 7–6
33	-7	1.458	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mercer 81–0
34	76	1.522	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia Military Institute 36–7
35	-21	1.595	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Lawrence 66–0
36	-29	1.600	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
37	-20	1.600	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
38	-20	1.600	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
39	-19	1.600	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–0–2	0.500	60	0	Tied NC State 6–6
40	-17	1.600	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
41	-14	1.600	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
42	-14	1.600	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
43	-12	1.600	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
44	-8	1.600	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0–1	0.500	60	0	Tied Fort Hays State 0–0
45	-5	1.600	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
46	-4	1.600	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
47	4	1.600	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
48	6	1.600	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
49	12	1.600	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
50	12	1.600	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
51	12	1.600	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
52	12	1.600	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
53	13	1.600	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
54	31	1.600	UTEP	IND BOR	0–0–1	0.500	60	0	Tied Louisiana Tech 0–0
55	32	1.600	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
56	34	1.600	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
57	37	1.600	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
58	38	1.600	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	100	0	BYE
59	-53	1.687	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat East Central Oklahoma 56–0
60	57	1.705	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Centenary 32–20
61	9	1.705	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 54–0
62	16	1.705	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat SAM Houston State 54–0
63	-50	1.788	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat High Point 45–0
64	-60	1.824	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisiana 47–6
65	9	1.843	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Clarkson 39–0
66	-47	1.879	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Norwich 35–0
67	40	1.888	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
68	37	1.897	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lafayette 25–0
69	33	1.957	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western NEW Mexico 7–6
70	-46	1.971	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mount ST. Mary's 25–0
71	45	1.985	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Niagara 33–0
72	-34	2.017	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Redlands 20–0
73	-32	2.035	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hampden Sydney 18–0
74	-21	2.035	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pennsylvania Military 25–7
75	33	2.040	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Fresno State 7–6
76	-60	2.063	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado Mines 21–6
77	-67	2.072	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wesleyan 20–6
78	-70	2.081	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Samford 13–0
79	16	2.081	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Colorado 19–6
80	-41	2.127	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Bonaventure 20–12
81	-9	2.145	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri Rolla 13–7
82	11	2.145	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Waynesburg 13–7
83	8	2.353	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Sewanee 19–20
84	8	2.353	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to UCLA 6–7
85	-20	2.433	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 0–3
86	-27	2.473	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Stanford 15–19
87	-39	2.513	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Ohio State 7–12
88	-28	2.553	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to USC 7–13
89	-9	2.553	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to TCU 0–6
90	-58	2.593	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Detroit Mercy 7–14
91	-2	2.633	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Minnesota 6–14
92	-46	2.713	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Georgetown 6–16
93	-49	2.793	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Michigan 7–19
94	5	2.813	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Tulane 7–21
95	-84	2.833	BYU	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Montana 7–20
96	8	3.048	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Iowa State 6–7
97	-67	3.073	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Utah 7–26
98	-40	3.073	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Oklahoma 0–19
99	1	3.106	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Duke 14–43
100	6	3.156	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to South Carolina 7–13
101	-66	3.193	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Temple 9–31
102	7	3.197	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to New Mexico 6–12
103	8	3.259	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Mississippi State 0–6
104	8	3.270	LSU	SEC	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Holy Cross 13–19
105	-7	3.271	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	60	0	Beat Randolph Macon 26–0
106	-5	3.296	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Navy 0–34
107	-40	3.313	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Santa Clara 7–32
108	-93	3.433	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Texas 6–34
109	4	3.438	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Baylor 0–20
110	-22	3.473	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Clemson 7–36
111	4	3.497	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Iowa 8–25
112	2	3.513	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Kentucky 14–37
113	-10	3.536	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	60	0	Beat Wofford 40–19
114	-109	3.553	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Notre Dame 7–38
115	3	3.747	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to California 0–31
116	-113	5.463	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Texas A&M Kingsville 7–35
117	2	7.713	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Creighton 20–32
118	-21	9.813	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Pacific Lutheran 13–26
119	-35	13.033	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to San José State 0–30