1943 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings

October 19, 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	0	0.534	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+8	Beat Wisconsin 50–0
2	0	0.615	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Columbia 52–0
3	0	0.781	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Lakehurst NAS 74–6
4	0	0.789	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat Penn State 14–6
5	1	0.910	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat TCU 13–0
6	5	0.927	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Oklahoma 20–6
7	2	1.209	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	4–1	0.800	13	+6	Beat North Carolina 14–7
8	2	1.314	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Ohio State 30–7
9	4	1.399	USC	PAC	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat SAN Francisco 34–0
10	-2	1.512	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Kirtland Field 20–0
11	1	1.521	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat DEL Monte PRE Flight 16–7
12	-7	1.558	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Camp Grant 13–7
13	2	1.739	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	4–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Salt Lake Field 14–0
14	0	1.854	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	20	+2	BYE
15	1	1.881	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	3–1	0.750	16	+2	BYE
16	1	2.142	LSU	SEC	3–1	0.750	16	+3	Beat Louisiana Army STU 28–7
17	9	2.190	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	4–1	0.800	13	+2	Beat Virginia Military Institute 27–0
18	6	2.194	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	13	+3	Beat Holy Cross 20–7
19	-1	2.271	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	3–1	0.750	16	+2	Beat Fort Benning 27–0
20	1	2.409	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–1	0.667	20	+1	Beat Great Lakes Navy 13–0
21	6	2.526	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–1–2	0.600	26	-1	Tied Iowa 7–7
22	6	2.556	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	16	+3	Beat Arkansas 34–0
23	0	2.638	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	25	+1	BYE
24	-5	2.752	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	29	0	Lost to Cornell 7–20
25	-18	2.763	TCU	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	29	+1	Lost to Texas A&M 0–13
26	5	2.944	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–2	0.500	29	0	Beat UCLA 13–0
27	-2	3.138	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–2	0.500	29	0	Lost to Tulsa 6–20
28	7	3.204	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	20	-1	Beat Princeton 28–20
29	-7	3.222	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	29	-1	Lost to Duke 7–14
30	4	3.747	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	3–2	0.600	26	0	BYE
31	18	3.799	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	20	+1	Beat Nebraska 27–6
32	-2	4.036	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	29	-2	Lost to Richmond 0–27
33	-13	4.181	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	29	+2	Lost to Ursinus 6–10
34	6	4.184	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	26	0	BYE
35	8	4.209	Alameda Coast Guard (ALAMEDA COAST GUARD)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	29	+1	Beat ST. Mary's 21–7
36	3	4.295	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	20	0	BYE
37	8	4.695	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	41	-2	Beat South Plains Field 14–12
38	3	4.747	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	43	-2	Lost to Navy 6–14
39	11	4.776	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	29	0	Beat Bucknell 12–8
40	-11	4.782	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–2	0.500	29	+1	Lost to Fort Riley 0–47
41	-4	5.123	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	29	-1	Lost to West Virginia 2–6
42	0	5.236	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	52	-2	Lost to Brown 20–28
43	10	5.268	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–2–1	0.375	43	-3	Beat Washburn 13–0
44	-12	5.507	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	43	0	Lost to Newport News 6–7
45	3	5.804	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–1	0.500	29	0	BYE
46	16	5.836	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	47	-3	Beat Maryland 6–2
47	13	5.841	SMU	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	47	0	Beat Rice 12–0
48	7	5.933	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–3	0.400	41	+2	Beat Pittsburgh 33–25
49	-3	6.144	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	47	-1	BYE
50	-17	6.250	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	47	0	Lost to Norman NAS 0–20
51	10	6.289	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	52	-3	Beat NC State 54–6
52	-14	6.502	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	43	0	Lost to Rochester 6–14
53	-17	6.603	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–3	0.250	52	-2	Lost to Iowa PRE Flight 6–21
54	-10	6.765	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–3	0.250	52	-2	Lost to Texas 0–34
55	-4	7.007	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	52	-2	Lost to Illinois 25–33
56	1	7.260	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	52	-2	Lost to USC 0–34
57	-5	7.353	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–3	0.250	52	+1	Lost to Purdue 7–30
58	0	7.817	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–4	0.200	60	-4	Lost to Notre Dame 0–50
59	-3	7.859	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–3	0.000	62	-2	Lost to Iowa State 6–27
60	-13	8.118	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	47	-3	Lost to William Jewell 6–19
61	-2	8.194	UCLA	PAC	0–4	0.000	62	-2	Lost to California 0–13
62	1	8.941	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	62	-5	Lost to Army 0–52
63	-9	9.057	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	52	-5	Lost to Wake Forest 6–54
64	0	9.835	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–4	0.000	62	-4	Lost to SMU 0–12
65	1	10.424	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	62	-4	Lost to Alameda Coast Guard 7–21
66	-1	12.071	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–3	0.000	62	0	Lost to Nevada 19–27
67	0	13.388	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–3–1	0.125	61	-4	Tied Indiana 7–7