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1941 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.706Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–01.0001+3Beat West Virginia 40–0
210.825Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON2–01.0001+3Beat Tennessee 19–0
350.926Tulane (TULANE)SEC2–01.0001+2Beat Auburn 32–0
4540.935Yale (YALE)IND FBSI1–01.0001+2Beat Virginia 21–19
560.953Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–01.0001+3Beat Alabama 14–0
6110.958Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat Loyola Marymount 20–6
7210.963Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–01.0001+2Beat USC 33–0
8210.967Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–01.0001+2Beat UCLA 33–0
9381.008Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–01.0001+1Beat Iowa State 14–0
10261.018Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1Beat Citadel 19–6
11261.073Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1Beat Brown 13–6
12261.082Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1Beat Syracuse 6–0
13271.082Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1Beat SMU 16–10
14191.169Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat South Carolina 34–6
15-101.265Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–01.0001+2Beat Washington & LEE 7–0
16-11.292Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Indiana 19–6
1711.325Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Virginia Military Institute 28–13
18-61.366New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR2–01.0001+2Beat UTEP 16–14
1931.412Michigan (MICHIGAN)B102–01.0001+1Beat Iowa 6–0
20281.412Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–01.00010Beat Kansas State 51–3
2151.425TCUIND SWC2–01.0001+1Beat Arkansas 9–0
2281.462Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Tennessee Tech 42–0
23531.476Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–01.0001+1Beat Wyoming 27–0
24-31.485Montana (MONTANA)PAC2–01.0001+1Beat North Dakota State 27–0
2591.488Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON3–01.0001+1Beat NC State 27–6
26-101.512Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–01.0001+1Beat LSU 34–0
27531.526Manhattan (MANHATTAN)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat George Washington 23–0
28-221.586Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–01.0001+2Beat Denver 14–0
29311.644Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC3–01.0001+1Beat ST. Louis 18–8
30151.659Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Wisconsin 28–7
31-121.677Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–01.00010BYE
32181.677Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Harvard 19–0
33-131.677Utah (UTAH)IND SKY1–01.00010BYE
3411.691Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Penn State 7–0
35-101.746Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Wayne State 54–0
36261.765Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–01.00010Beat Texas A&M Kingsville 41–0
37-131.778Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–01.00010BYE
3851.788Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–01.00010Beat Miami (OH) 45–0
39141.815Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat SAM Houston State 42–0
40271.824Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR2–01.00010Beat Oklahoma State 16–6
41-101.843Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI1–01.00010BYE
4241.852Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Elon 38–0
43231.856Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Amherst 47–7
44111.879Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Centre 38–3
45-351.884Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Providence 13–0
46291.922West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR3–01.0001+1Beat Arizona State 13–7
47671.954Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR1–10.50062+2Beat New Mexico State 47–0
48-411.982Iowa (IOWA)B101–10.50062+2Lost to Michigan 0–6
49221.985Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI2–01.00010BYE
50-92.017Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC1–01.00010Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 20–0
51222.035Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON1–0–10.750510Tied Mcdaniel 6–6
5202.081Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Williams 20–7
53212.090NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Lafayette 6–0
54-412.343South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–10.50062+2Lost to Georgia 6–34
55-462.460NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–1–10.50062+1Lost to Clemson 6–27
56-292.606USCPAC1–10.50062+1Lost to Ohio State 0–33
57422.619Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON2–10.66752+1Beat Furman 52–13
58-262.657UCLAPAC1–10.50062+1Lost to Stanford 0–33
59532.670Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON2–10.66752+1Beat Georgetown 3–0
60342.846Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI1–10.500620BYE
61-572.922Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC1–10.50062+1Lost to Duke 0–19
6262.942Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–10.667520Lost to Yale 19–21
63432.963William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON2–10.667520Beat Randolph Macon 51–7
64392.966Florida (FLORIDA)SEC2–10.667520Beat Tampa 46–6
65372.966Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR2–10.667520Beat NEW Mexico Highlands 34–0
66203.001Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–10.500620Beat Idaho 21–7
67203.002Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–10.500620Beat Colorado 21–6
68-73.003SMUIND SWC1–10.500620Lost to Fordham 10–16
69-103.016Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC1–10.500620Lost to TCU 0–9
70153.072Purdue (PURDUE)B101–10.500620Beat Pittsburgh 6–0
71-573.124Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–10.50062+1Lost to Nebraska 0–14
72-73.158Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–10.500620Lost to Cornell 0–6
73-193.173UTEPIND BOR0–1–10.2501020Lost to New Mexico 14–16
74-113.175Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–10.500620Lost to Army 6–19
75263.214Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–10.500620Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 19–6
76-743.222California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–10.50062+1Lost to Washington State 6–13
77-133.227Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC1–10.500620Lost to Mississippi State 0–14
7853.253Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON0–20.0001050Lost to Kentucky 0–7
79103.333Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC0–10.0001050BYE
80153.371BYUIND SKY1–10.500620Beat Western State 26–0
81-323.373Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI0–10.0001050Lost to Colgate 0–7
82-593.374Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI1–10.500620Lost to Virginia Tech 0–3
83-63.427Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI1–10.500620Lost to Columbia 6–13
84-123.444Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI1–10.500620Lost to Santa Clara 6–20
8553.493Indiana (INDIANA)B100–20.0001050Lost to Notre Dame 6–19
86-163.493George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–10.500620Lost to Manhattan 0–23
87133.537North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–10.66752-1Beat Davidson 20–0
88-73.543ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC1–10.500620Lost to Creighton 8–18
8943.573Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI0–10.0001050BYE
90-63.608Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–10.500620Beat California 13–6
91-123.662Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–10.500620Lost to Colorado State 0–27
9263.673Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC0–20.0001050Lost to Texas Tech 6–16
93-153.718Auburn (AUBURN)SEC1–10.500620Lost to Tulane 0–32
94133.732SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI1–10.500620Beat Nevada 7–3
95-533.853Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI0–10.0001050Lost to Pennsylvania 0–19
96-143.881West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI1–10.500620Lost to Navy 0–40
97-403.933Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–10.0001050Lost to Marquette 7–28
98123.973Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–20.0001050Lost to Temple 13–28
99123.987Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC2–10.66752-1Beat Grinnell 8–0
100153.994ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI2–10.66752-1Beat Portland 31–0
101-324.002New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR2–10.66752-1Lost to Arizona 0–47
10224.124LSUSEC1–20.333950Lost to Texas 0–34
103-154.510Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC1–10.50062-1Beat Washington 9–6
10414.676Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–10.50062-1BYE
105-134.699Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC1–10.50062-1Beat Rhodes 27–0
106-104.887Denver (DENVER)IND SKY1–20.33395-1Lost to Baylor 0–14
107-635.013Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–1–10.2501020Lost to Northwestern 3–51
108-175.753Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–20.000105-1Lost to Oregon State 6–9
10976.009Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR1–20.33395+1Lost to West Texas A&M 7–13
110-16.188Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR1–20.333950Lost to North Texas 3–7
111-146.193Idaho (IDAHO)PAC0–20.000105-1Lost to Oregon 7–21
112-46.393Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY0–20.000105-1Lost to Missouri 6–21
11306.464Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–20.33395-2Lost to Wake Forest 13–52
11447.968Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI1–20.33395-2Beat Albertson 14–0
115-767.973Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON0–1–20.33395-1Lost to North Carolina 0–20
116-658.213Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–10.000105-1Lost to Purdue 0–6
11708.493Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI0–2–10.1671040Tied Northwestern State 6–6
118-628.493Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC0–10.000105-1Lost to Kansas 6–19
119013.813Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY0–10.0001050BYE

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