1949 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

September 20, 1949By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1949 Season Tags: • No Comments

1949 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	93	0.211	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Texas Tech 43–0
2	100	0.247	UTEP	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat BYU 47–6
3	101	0.302	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas A&M 35–0
4	107	0.321	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah State 33–0
5	86	0.367	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas 28–0
6	27	0.394	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Furman 25–0
7	91	0.422	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon State 35–13
8	65	0.468	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Mary's 24–7
9	99	0.486	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Duquesne 22–7
10	3	0.495	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Santa Clara 21–7
11	98	0.559	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah 14–7
12	103	0.614	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Houston 14–13
13	-12	0.783	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
14	-12	0.783	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
15	-12	0.783	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
16	-12	0.783	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
17	-12	0.783	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
18	-12	0.783	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
19	-12	0.783	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
20	-12	0.783	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
21	-12	0.783	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
22	-11	0.783	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
23	-9	0.783	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
24	-8	0.783	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
25	-8	0.783	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
26	-7	0.783	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
27	-7	0.783	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
28	-7	0.783	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
29	-7	0.783	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
30	-6	0.783	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
31	-5	0.783	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
32	-4	0.783	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
33	-4	0.783	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
34	-3	0.783	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
35	-3	0.783	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
36	-2	0.783	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
37	-1	0.783	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
38	-1	0.783	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
39	1	0.783	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
40	1	0.783	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
41	1	0.783	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
42	3	0.783	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
43	4	0.783	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
44	4	0.783	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
45	5	0.783	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
46	5	0.783	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
47	5	0.783	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
48	5	0.783	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
49	5	0.783	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
50	6	0.783	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
51	6	0.783	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
52	7	0.783	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
53	7	0.783	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
54	8	0.783	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
55	9	0.783	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
56	9	0.783	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
57	9	0.783	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
58	10	0.783	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
59	10	0.783	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
60	10	0.783	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
61	10	0.783	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
62	10	0.783	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
63	12	0.783	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
64	12	0.783	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
65	12	0.783	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
66	12	0.783	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
67	12	0.783	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
68	12	0.783	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
69	13	0.783	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
70	15	0.783	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
71	15	0.783	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
72	15	0.783	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
73	17	0.783	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
74	18	0.783	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
75	18	0.783	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
76	20	0.783	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
77	22	0.783	USC	PAC	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
78	25	0.783	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
79	26	0.783	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
80	26	0.783	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
81	29	0.783	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
82	32	0.783	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
83	33	0.783	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
84	34	0.783	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	48	0	BYE
85	-47	1.123	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	34	0	Lost to William & Mary 13–14
86	14	1.363	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	34	0	Lost to Washington 7–14
87	-48	1.476	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Willamette 79–0
88	-25	1.577	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat White Sands 68–0
89	-40	1.595	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Dakota State 66–0
90	-47	1.613	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Dubuque 64–0
91	-45	1.613	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southern Miss 71–7
92	-77	1.632	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Presbyterian 69–7
93	-9	1.643	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	34	0	Lost to California 7–21
94	-67	1.683	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	34	0	Lost to Wake Forest 7–22
95	-6	1.751	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat San José State 49–0
96	-73	1.760	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado Mines 48–0
97	-9	1.763	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	34	0	Lost to Oregon 7–24
98	19	1.788	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho State 58–13
99	-74	1.833	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Dakota State 40–0
100	13	1.879	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Waynesburg 42–7
101	11	1.888	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas A&M Commerce 41–7
102	-47	1.897	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Memphis 40–7
103	-22	1.952	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Randolph Macon 27–0
104	-30	1.963	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	34	0	Lost to UCLA 13–35
105	-47	2.017	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Dakota 33–13
106	-45	2.017	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cincinnati 41–21
107	-97	2.072	Bradley (BRADLEY)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ripon 14–0
108	-78	2.083	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	34	0	Lost to Georgia 0–25
109	-91	2.136	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado College 14–7
110	-75	2.145	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 13–7
111	-14	2.191	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mcmurry 27–26
112	-68	2.203	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	34	0	Lost to TCU 0–28
113	-12	2.403	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	34	0	Lost to Washington State 0–33
114	-19	2.483	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	34	0	Lost to Villanova 0–35
115	-103	2.723	BYU	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	34	0	Lost to UTEP 6–47
116	3	3.299	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	33	0	Lost to Texas 0–43
117	-34	10.643	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	34	0	Lost to Pacific 6–7
118	-11	11.363	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	34	0	Lost to Quantico Marines 14–33
119	-52	12.163	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	34	0	Lost to Pepperdine 0–39