1943 Week 9 College Football Team Rankings

October 26, 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	0.547	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+12	Beat Illinois 47–0
2	0	0.556	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat Yale 39–7
3	1	0.721	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+13	Beat Georgia Tech 28–14
4	1	0.869	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–0–1	0.900	9	+8	Tied Texas Arlington 0–0
5	-2	0.938	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Columbia 33–0
6	0	1.056	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	4–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Utah 55–0
7	0	1.171	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	4–1	0.800	12	+7	BYE
8	2	1.262	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Colorado 16–6
9	0	1.288	USC	PAC	5–0	1.000	1	+8	Beat Pacific 6–0
10	5	1.301	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	4–1	0.800	12	+6	Beat Minnesota 49–6
11	-3	1.496	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	6–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Iowa 28–7
12	4	1.782	LSU	SEC	4–1	0.800	12	+6	Beat Georgia 27–6
13	1	1.919	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	21	+2	BYE
14	-3	1.991	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	10	+5	Lost to USC 0–6
15	6	2.082	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–1–2	0.667	21	+1	Beat Wisconsin 34–0
16	6	2.129	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	4–1	0.800	12	+4	Beat Rice 58–0
17	8	2.198	TCU	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	21	+2	Beat Oklahoma State 25–0
18	2	2.200	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–1	0.750	17	+3	Beat Ohio State 13–0
19	-2	2.258	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	5–1	0.833	10	+2	Beat Charleston Coast Guard 20–6
20	-7	2.288	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	4–1	0.800	12	0	Lost to Colorado College 6–16
21	-9	2.457	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–1	0.750	17	+1	Lost to Michigan 6–49
22	6	2.629	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	17	-1	Beat Camp Kilmer 62–3
23	4	2.690	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	3–2	0.600	26	+1	Beat Kansas State 37–0
24	-5	2.724	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	3–2	0.600	26	+2	Lost to Navy 14–28
25	-7	2.877	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	21	+1	Lost to Colgate 7–20
26	-2	2.944	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	30	0	BYE
27	11	3.150	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	30	0	Beat Maryland 45–0
28	1	3.192	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	30	-1	BYE
29	7	3.334	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	17	+1	Beat Clemson 33–6
30	5	3.839	Alameda Coast Guard (ALAMEDA COAST GUARD)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	26	0	Beat Pleasanton Navy 46–6
31	-1	3.891	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	3–3	0.500	30	0	Lost to LSU 6–27
32	13	4.040	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	2–1	0.667	21	+1	Beat SMU 12–6
33	19	4.160	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	30	+4	Beat Cornell 20–7
34	5	4.179	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	26	0	Beat Lakehurst NAS 27–14
35	-1	4.447	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	30	0	Lost to Army 7–39
36	10	4.461	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	30	-3	Beat Carnegie Tech 32–0
37	-14	4.628	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	30	+1	Lost to Great Lakes Navy 7–41
38	13	4.680	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	2–3	0.400	40	-2	Beat Virginia Military Institute 21–0
39	1	4.938	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–2	0.500	30	+1	BYE
40	-14	4.999	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–3	0.400	40	-1	Lost to ST. Mary's PRE Flight 0–39
41	3	5.161	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	47	+1	BYE
42	-11	5.312	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–2	0.500	30	+2	Lost to Ottumwa PRE Flight 12–13
43	-1	5.345	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	51	-3	BYE
44	-12	5.389	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–3	0.400	40	-6	Lost to Wake Forest 0–21
45	10	5.488	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	40	-2	Beat Bethany (WEST VIRGINIA) 18–0
46	-5	5.721	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–3	0.400	40	-2	Lost to Penn State 0–45
47	-14	5.768	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	40	+2	Lost to Bucknell 6–7
48	-11	5.949	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	48	-3	Lost to Lubbock Field 7–10
49	-1	6.054	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–4	0.333	48	+3	Lost to Notre Dame 0–47
50	-3	6.229	SMU	IND SWC	1–3	0.250	51	-1	Lost to Tulane 6–12
51	3	6.390	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–3	0.250	51	-2	BYE
52	7	6.459	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–3	0.250	51	-3	Beat Kansas 7–6
53	-4	6.602	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	51	-2	Lost to South Carolina 6–33
54	-11	6.716	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–3–1	0.300	50	-7	Lost to Nebraska 6–7
55	-5	6.866	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–3	0.250	51	-1	Lost to TCU 0–25
56	7	7.016	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	2–3	0.400	40	-6	Beat Greenville Field 7–6
57	-4	7.320	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–3	0.250	51	-4	BYE
58	-1	7.448	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–4	0.200	59	0	Lost to Northwestern 0–13
59	3	8.212	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	63	-6	Lost to Pennsylvania 0–33
60	-2	8.246	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–5	0.167	61	-7	Lost to Indiana 0–34
61	-1	8.559	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–3	0.250	51	-5	Lost to Oklahoma 0–37
62	-6	8.749	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	59	-2	Lost to DEL Monte PRE Flight 0–34
63	-2	8.953	UCLA	PAC	0–4	0.000	63	-4	BYE
64	0	9.606	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–5	0.000	63	-6	Lost to Texas 0–58
65	0	10.853	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	63	-5	BYE
66	0	11.300	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–4	0.000	63	-1	Lost to Tulsa 0–55
67	0	11.335	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–4–1	0.100	62	-5	Lost to Purdue 7–28