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1949 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
1300.412Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON1–01.0001+1Beat Richmond 67–0
2810.651Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–01.0001+1Beat Marquette 41–0
3110.724Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR1–01.0001+1Beat New Mexico State 40–7
4450.770Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–01.0001+1Beat Washington 48–20
5630.788Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–01.0001+1Beat Clemson 33–7
6-20.848Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC2–01.0001+2Beat Montana 13–7
710.953Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–01.0001+1Beat Idaho 41–0
8-70.958Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–01.0001+1Beat Temple 54–0
9-60.963Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Penn State 27–6
10200.972Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND MVC1–01.0001+1Beat Tulsa 20–14
11540.972Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1Beat William & Mary 13–7
12580.972SMUIND SWC1–01.0001+1Beat Wake Forest 13–7
13480.990Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–01.00010Beat Boston College 46–0
14451.018Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Indiana 49–6
1521.045Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Davidson 47–7
16-91.045UCLAPAC2–01.0001+1Beat Iowa 41–25
17-71.054California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–01.0001+1Beat ST. Mary's 29–7
18-131.155TCUIND SWC1–0–10.750540Tied Oklahoma State 33–33
19261.164Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Virginia Tech 34–7
20571.210USCPAC1–01.00010Beat Navy 42–20
21351.228North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat NC State 26–6
22591.228Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Furman 27–7
23-41.283Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat South Carolina 20–6
24341.283Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–01.00010Beat Purdue 20–6
25511.283Tulane (TULANE)SEC1–01.00010Beat Alabama 28–14
26531.283Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat George Washington 27–13
2751.292Florida (FLORIDA)SEC1–01.00010Beat Citadel 13–0
28-71.302Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Syracuse 33–21
29461.320Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC1–01.00010Beat Mississippi State 10–0
3051.347Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Holy Cross 20–13
3151.366Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC1–01.00010Beat Vanderbilt 12–7
32151.375Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–01.00010Beat Michigan State 7–3
33621.380Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–01.00010Beat Harvard 44–0
34-91.403Colorado (COLORADO)IND B81–01.00010Beat Kansas 13–12
35251.403Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B101–01.00010Beat Missouri 35–34
36551.425Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–01.00010Beat LSU 19–0
37611.476Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY2–01.00010Beat New Mexico 41–14
38-361.499UTEPIND BOR2–01.00010Beat John Carroll 33–7
39631.503Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–01.00010Beat Auburn 40–7
40-341.526Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC2–01.00010Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 42–6
41281.531Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Merchant Marine 79–6
42671.577Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–01.0001+1Beat Denver 14–13
43471.613Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–0–10.750540Tied Illinois 20–20
44-21.696Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–01.00010Beat Fort Hays State 55–0
45541.824Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC2–01.00010Beat Emporia State 42–0
46-241.833Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI0–00.0001130BYE
47-191.833Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI0–00.0001130BYE
48-151.833Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI0–00.0001130BYE
49-101.833Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–0–10.500560Tied Iowa State 20–20
50-41.833Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI0–00.0001130BYE
5141.833NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–00.0001130BYE
52101.833Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC0–0–10.500560Tied TCU 33–33
53111.833Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI0–00.0001130BYE
54181.833ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC0–00.0001130BYE
55-311.907Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Buffalo 32–0
56-291.952Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Niagara 27–0
57-41.952Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–01.00010Beat South Dakota 33–6
58261.962Yale (YALE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat UConn 26–0
59471.989Nevada (NEVADA)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Portland 53–27
60-452.017Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR1–01.00010Beat Pepperdine 33–13
61-352.017Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Amherst 27–7
62-462.072Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat North Texas 33–19
6332.090Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Lafayette 26–14
64432.127Bradley (BRADLEY)IND MVC2–01.00010Beat Louisiana Tech 20–18
65-142.413Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–10.000790Lost to Ohio State 34–35
66-572.421Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON1–10.500560Lost to SMU 7–13
67-192.533Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI0–10.000790Lost to Michigan 3–7
68362.549Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC1–10.500560Beat Utah 27–7
69-572.565William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–10.500560Lost to Pittsburgh 7–13
7082.573Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–10.000790Lost to Georgia Tech 7–12
71-332.653Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–10.000790Lost to Georgetown 13–20
72422.685Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC1–10.50056+1Beat Texas Tech 26–7
73-622.751Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–10.500560Lost to Minnesota 20–48
74-242.773Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–10.000790Lost to Tennessee 0–10
75-22.853Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–10.000790Lost to Boston University 21–33
76-532.893Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON0–10.000790Lost to Florida 0–13
77192.911Denver (DENVER)IND SKY1–10.500560Lost to Colorado State 13–14
78-652.933Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC0–10.000790Lost to Tulane 14–28
79-452.933George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON0–10.000790Lost to Virginia 13–27
80-132.933Purdue (PURDUE)B100–10.000790Lost to Northwestern 6–20
81-102.933South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–10.000790Lost to Baylor 6–20
82302.953Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–20.000790Lost to Colorado 12–13
83-423.013Iowa (IOWA)B100–10.000790Lost to UCLA 25–41
8433.042Idaho (IDAHO)PAC1–10.500560Lost to Oregon 0–41
8573.048Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON1–10.500560Lost to Rice 7–33
8623.065New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR1–10.500560Lost to Arizona 7–40
87-433.133LSUSEC0–10.000790Lost to Kentucky 0–19
8893.153ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI0–20.000790Lost to California 7–29
89-323.173NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON0–10.000790Lost to North Carolina 6–26
90-13.176Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI1–10.500560Lost to Wisconsin 0–41
91-283.213Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI0–10.000790Lost to Villanova 6–27
92-403.253Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–10.000790Lost to USC 20–42
93123.256Montana (MONTANA)PAC1–10.500560Lost to Washington State 7–13
94143.273Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON0–20.000790Lost to Washington & LEE 7–27
95163.452Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–10.500560Lost to Detroit Mercy 14–20
96-423.453New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR0–10.000790Lost to Wyoming 14–41
97-43.542Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI1–10.500560Beat San José State 14–13
98153.570Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–10.500560Beat Pacific Submarines 26–7
99-813.693Auburn (AUBURN)SEC0–10.000790Lost to Ole Miss 7–40
10033.870Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–10.500560Lost to Duke 0–67
101-723.973Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON0–10.000790Lost to Army 7–47
102-624.093Indiana (INDIANA)B100–10.000790Lost to Notre Dame 6–49
103-664.133Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI0–10.000790Lost to Stanford 0–44
104-844.213Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–10.000790Lost to Oklahoma 0–46
105-314.533Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI0–10.000790Lost to Texas 0–54
106105.008Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR1–20.33378-1Lost to Texas A&M 7–26
107-75.824West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI1–10.500560Lost to Ohio 7–17
10895.950SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI1–10.500560Beat ST. Bonaventure 34–21
109-86.026West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR1–10.500560Lost to Mcmurry 7–34
11006.078Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR1–10.500560Lost to Cincinnati 21–27
11186.202Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR1–10.500560Beat California Tech 43–13
112-276.813Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI0–10.00079-1BYE
113-277.313Utah (UTAH)IND SKY0–20.00079-2Lost to Oregon State 7–27
114-207.373Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI0–10.00079-1BYE
11538.053Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON0–20.000790Lost to Maryland 7–34
116-18.233BYUIND SKY0–20.000790Lost to Pacific Fleet 13–27
117-3712.173Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–10.000790Lost to Quantico Marines 7–14
118-3612.573Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC0–10.000790Lost to Miami (OH) 6–23
119-7613.973Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI0–10.000790Lost to Pacific 0–52

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