1943 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 5, 1943By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1943 Season Tags: • No Comments

1943 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	1	0.259	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Yale 41–7
2	1	0.283	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Colgate 42–0
3	-2	0.574	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Georgia Tech 55–13
4	23	0.631	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Arkansas 13–0
5	27	0.906	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Cornell 46–7
6	-1	0.944	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat North Carolina PRE Flight 42–0
7	-1	1.027	USC	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat California 7–0
8	0	1.035	LSU	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Rice 20–7
9	2	1.108	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Nebraska 54–0
10	4	1.116	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Coast Guard 47–0
11	-7	1.246	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Swarthmore 13–6
12	7	1.256	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Northwestern 21–7
13	4	1.294	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Illinois 40–21
14	22	1.318	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Oklahoma State 22–13
15	28	1.405	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	26	+1	Beat Brown 20–0
16	-4	1.440	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
17	1	1.448	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Texas Tech 13–0
18	12	1.553	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	22	0	Beat West Virginia 6–0
19	15	1.666	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas 19–6
20	1	1.699	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UCLA 19–7
21	-1	1.788	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lowry Field 19–6
22	-9	1.842	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–1	0.500	26	+1	Lost to Michigan 7–21
23	14	1.949	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
24	1	2.103	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washburn 13–7
25	-15	2.307	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–1	0.500	26	+1	Lost to Notre Dame 13–55
26	23	2.398	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	23	0	Beat Tennessee Tech 67–0
27	-12	2.423	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	26	0	Lost to TCU 0–13
28	-19	2.485	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–1	0.500	26	0	Lost to USC 0–7
29	13	2.490	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	26	+1	Tied Camp Grant 7–7
30	-23	2.580	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	26	+1	Lost to Oklahoma 13–22
31	15	2.615	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	26	0	Beat Penn State 19–0
32	24	3.028	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	26	0	Beat Columbia 26–7
33	-2	3.235	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Virginia 0–6
34	19	3.251	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	23	0	Beat Curtis BAY Coast Guard 13–3
35	17	3.356	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	26	0	BYE
36	4	3.404	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	23	0	Lost to Navy 7–46
37	7	3.443	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–1–1	0.500	26	-1	Beat Wabash 52–0
38	16	3.538	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	26	0	Beat Davidson 13–0
39	-15	3.729	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1–1	0.250	51	0	Lost to Denver 6–19
40	7	3.729	SMU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	52	0	BYE
41	10	3.941	UCLA	PAC	0–2	0.000	52	0	Lost to Pacific 7–19
42	-1	3.945	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	26	0	Lost to Army 0–42
43	-10	4.100	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	26	-1	Lost to Holy Cross 0–20
44	-9	4.142	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	26	-1	Lost to Clemson 7–19
45	15	4.171	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	26	+1	Beat NC State 19–7
46	-8	4.353	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	26	-1	Lost to North Carolina 0–19
47	8	4.789	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	26	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 7–41
48	2	4.793	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	49	-1	Lost to Texas A&M 0–13
49	-33	4.964	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	26	0	Lost to Southwestern (TEXAS) 7–14
50	16	5.195	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–1	0.500	26	0	Beat Missouri 27–6
51	11	5.290	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	26	0	Beat Wake Forest 13–7
52	-7	5.776	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	52	-1	Lost to Ohio State 6–27
53	-14	5.799	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	26	0	Lost to Fort Benning 7–13
54	10	6.047	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	26	0	Beat Nevada 6–0
55	-29	6.624	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Minnesota 0–54
56	3	6.754	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–2	0.333	49	-1	Beat Iowa 7–5
57	-35	7.682	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	52	-1	Lost to Princeton 7–26
58	5	8.212	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	52	0	Lost to LSU 7–20
59	-1	8.741	Alameda Coast Guard (ALAMEDA COAST GUARD)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	52	0	BYE
60	1	9.659	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	52	-1	Lost to Maryland 7–13
61	-4	10.400	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	52	0	Lost to Great Lakes Navy 0–40
62	5	10.435	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–3	0.000	52	0	Lost to Purdue 21–40
63	-15	10.753	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	52	-1	Lost to DEL Monte PRE Flight 7–33
64	1	11.494	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–2	0.000	52	-2	Lost to Wisconsin 5–7
65	-42	13.682	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Iowa PRE Flight 13–33
66	-38	14.671	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Memphis Navy 7–41
67	-38	16.506	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Fort Warren 0–60