1949 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 4, 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	19	0.623	USC	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Washington State 35–7
2	6	0.715	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Idaho 56–7
3	29	0.743	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Stanford 27–7
4	7	0.784	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Northwestern 16–7
5	-4	0.875	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Tennessee 21–7
6	22	0.880	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
7	29	0.904	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Ole Miss 47–0
8	8	0.929	UCLA	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Oregon 35–27
9	4	0.944	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Texas A&M 33–13
10	7	1.005	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Oregon State 41–0
11	-7	1.018	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Nebraska 28–6
12	15	1.036	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Tulsa 40–7
13	24	1.057	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Colorado State 8–0
14	38	1.082	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0–1	0.750	36	+1	Beat Denver 48–2
15	6	1.123	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Georgia 21–14
16	-14	1.127	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0–1	0.750	36	+1	Tied Illinois 13–13
17	2	1.141	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Georgetown 33–7
18	-9	1.170	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Detroit Mercy 34–7
19	-16	1.201	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–0–1	0.750	36	+1	Tied Utah 12–12
20	5	1.238	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Georgia Tech 18–0
21	23	1.279	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Colorado 27–13
22	-8	1.352	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Washington 27–7
23	33	1.416	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Colgate 39–27
24	21	1.424	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Bradley 17–7
25	-10	1.435	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Penn State 42–7
26	36	1.439	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat TCU 27–7
27	19	1.577	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Holy Cross 28–6
28	25	1.586	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Dartmouth 21–0
29	6	1.595	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana 46–7
30	-18	1.609	SMU	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Missouri 28–27
31	12	1.636	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–0–1	0.833	35	0	Beat Kansas 19–6
32	-9	1.677	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mississippi State 14–6
33	-27	1.780	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–1	0.667	39	+3	Lost to USC 7–35
34	20	1.815	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Truman State 48–6
35	3	1.833	UTEP	IND BOR	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hawai'i 14–7
36	14	1.843	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rollins 52–13
37	24	1.865	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Harvard 14–7
38	-12	1.911	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Miami (OH) 21–18
39	9	1.950	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	119	0	BYE
40	9	1.950	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0–2	0.500	54	0	Tied Wisconsin 13–13
41	17	1.962	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
42	-35	2.025	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–1	0.667	39	+2	Lost to UCLA 27–35
43	49	2.032	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	54	+1	Beat Princeton 28–7
44	25	2.040	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	39	+1	Beat Virginia Tech 39–13
45	42	2.143	LSU	SEC	1–1	0.500	54	+1	Beat Rice 14–7
46	-15	2.152	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–1	0.500	54	+1	Lost to Tulane 0–18
47	20	2.201	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	54	+1	Beat Marquette 48–7
48	-8	2.416	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	39	+1	Lost to North Carolina 14–21
49	-16	2.482	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–1	0.667	39	0	Lost to Michigan 7–27
50	55	2.537	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	54	+1	Beat Rutgers 14–7
51	-46	2.695	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	54	+1	Lost to LSU 7–14
52	-10	2.710	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	39	+1	Lost to Wyoming 0–8
53	-14	2.789	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–1	0.667	39	0	Lost to Kentucky 0–47
54	-44	2.821	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	54	+1	Lost to Villanova 7–34
55	-37	2.824	TCU	IND SWC	1–1–1	0.500	54	0	Lost to Arkansas 7–27
56	-32	2.845	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–1	0.500	54	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 7–16
57	39	2.872	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	54	+1	Beat New Mexico State 14–13
58	39	2.908	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	39	0	Beat Fresno State 53–0
59	24	2.924	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–1	0.500	54	0	Beat Purdue 21–7
60	12	2.933	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	83	+2	Lost to Oklahoma 13–33
61	-32	2.942	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–1	0.500	54	0	Lost to Duke 7–21
62	3	3.013	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	99	0	Lost to SMU 27–28
63	41	3.034	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	54	+1	Beat Wake Forest 13–7
64	-30	3.035	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	54	0	Lost to Kansas State 13–27
65	28	3.067	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	2–1	0.667	39	0	Beat Utah State 16–13
66	-2	3.091	Bradley (BRADLEY)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	39	0	Lost to Drake 7–17
67	-37	3.108	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	54	0	Lost to Maryland 7–33
68	-13	3.167	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	54	0	Lost to Cornell 27–39
69	16	3.309	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	39	-1	Beat NC State 7–6
70	-48	3.317	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	54	0	Lost to West Virginia 20–28
71	-14	3.332	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	54	0	Lost to Minnesota 6–28
72	16	3.344	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	83	+1	Beat Nevada 20–14
73	2	3.425	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	54	0	Beat Lafayette 20–13
74	2	3.488	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	54	0	Beat Newberry 14–12
75	37	3.548	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	54	-1	Beat Wichita State 26–6
76	-10	3.550	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	83	0	Lost to Boston College 7–13
77	30	3.638	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	39	+1	Beat Washington & LEE 28–20
78	-5	3.700	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–2	0.333	83	0	Lost to Notre Dame 7–27
79	31	3.701	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	39	+1	Beat Arizona State 34–13
80	-12	3.728	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–2	0.333	83	0	Lost to California 0–41
81	-34	3.813	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	99	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 0–21
82	-23	3.864	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	39	-2	Lost to ST. Mary's 14–20
83	-42	3.881	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	54	-1	Lost to Temple 7–14
84	22	4.045	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	2–2	0.500	54	-1	Beat West Texas A&M 35–19
85	-15	4.065	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–1	0.500	54	-1	Beat Alabama 14–7
86	5	4.093	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	99	0	Lost to Army 7–42
87	21	4.133	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	39	0	Beat Loyola Marymount 27–12
88	-28	4.247	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	54	-1	Lost to Hardin Simmons 13–34
89	-3	4.424	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–2	0.333	83	-1	Lost to New Mexico 13–14
90	-13	4.437	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–2	0.333	83	-1	Lost to Oklahoma State 2–48
91	-7	4.572	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–2	0.333	83	-1	Lost to Texas 7–56
92	10	4.613	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–2	0.000	99	0	Lost to Ohio State 7–46
93	-30	4.668	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	54	-1	Lost to Navy 7–28
94	-4	4.886	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	83	-1	Lost to Michigan State 7–48
95	-6	4.913	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	99	-1	Lost to Clemson 6–7
96	-1	5.039	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	83	-1	Lost to Florida 7–40
97	17	5.271	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	54	-2	Beat Muhlenberg 14–6
98	0	5.285	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–2	0.333	83	-2	Lost to Montana 13–16
99	-5	5.357	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	83	-2	Beat South Carolina 14–7
100	-26	5.453	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–2	0.000	99	-1	Lost to Baylor 6–14
101	-23	5.513	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–2	0.000	99	-1	Lost to Vanderbilt 7–14
102	-23	5.513	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	99	-1	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 7–14
103	0	5.513	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	99	-1	Lost to Columbia 7–14
104	13	5.572	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	54	0	Beat George Washington 14–7
105	-34	5.673	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	99	-1	Lost to Brown 6–28
106	-24	6.360	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–3	0.000	99	-2	Lost to Iowa State 6–19
107	-7	6.430	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	83	0	Lost to Delaware 7–21
108	-27	6.633	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	99	-2	Lost to Furman 7–14
109	0	7.000	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–2	0.333	83	-2	Lost to Texas Tech 19–35
110	-11	7.333	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–1	0.000	99	-1	BYE
111	-31	7.773	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–2	0.000	99	-2	Lost to Iowa 7–21
112	3	8.120	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	99	-1	Lost to William & Mary 13–39
113	-2	8.321	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–2	0.333	83	0	Lost to Western State 14–25
114	-13	8.933	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	99	0	Lost to Presbyterian 7–27
115	-2	9.993	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–2–1	0.167	98	-4	Tied Arizona 12–12
116	0	10.307	BYU	IND SKY	0–3	0.000	99	0	Lost to San José State 21–40
117	2	10.593	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	99	-1	Lost to SAN Francisco 12–27
118	0	10.593	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	99	-1	Lost to Houston 6–26
119	-68	13.053	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	99	0	Lost to Bucknell 0–14