1950 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 9, 1951By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1950 Season Tags: • No Comments

1950 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	1.066	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	11–1	0.917	4	+54	BYE
2	0	1.082	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	10–0	1.000	1	+38	BYE
3	0	1.108	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	9–0	1.000	1	+30	BYE
4	0	1.154	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	10–1	0.909	6	+44	BYE
5	0	1.158	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	9–0–1	0.950	3	+28	BYE
6	0	1.275	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	8	+28	BYE
7	0	1.326	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	11–1	0.917	4	+36	BYE
8	0	1.359	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	9–1–1	0.864	12	+35	BYE
9	0	1.431	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	6–1–2	0.778	20	+24	BYE
10	0	1.449	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	15	+40	BYE
11	0	1.484	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–3–1	0.650	39	+29	BYE
12	0	1.528	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	7–2	0.778	20	+26	BYE
13	0	1.541	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	8	+25	BYE
14	0	1.561	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	9–1–1	0.864	12	+28	BYE
15	0	1.610	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	9–1–1	0.864	12	+25	BYE
16	1	1.682	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	9–2	0.818	15	+23	BYE
17	1	1.696	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	8	+21	BYE
18	1	1.795	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	20	+21	BYE
19	1	1.798	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	32	+21	BYE
20	1	1.802	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	18	+27	BYE
21	1	1.806	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	7–2–1	0.750	23	+20	BYE
22	1	1.832	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	8–2	0.800	18	+20	BYE
23	1	1.870	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	6–2–1	0.722	25	+17	BYE
24	1	1.899	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	8	+18	BYE
25	1	1.981	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	10–1	0.909	6	+23	BYE
26	1	2.037	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	28	+25	BYE
27	1	2.123	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	6–3	0.667	32	+15	BYE
28	2	2.124	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–3–2	0.600	49	+17	BYE
29	0	2.127	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–3	0.667	32	+11	BYE
30	2	2.128	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	42	+24	BYE
31	0	2.131	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	6–2–1	0.722	25	+15	BYE
32	-16	2.167	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	9–2	0.818	15	+20	Lost to Miami (OH) 21–34
33	0	2.212	UCLA	PAC	6–3	0.667	32	+12	BYE
34	0	2.234	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	7–3	0.700	28	+15	BYE
35	0	2.253	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	7–4	0.636	42	+19	BYE
36	0	2.390	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	8–3	0.727	24	+10	BYE
37	0	2.521	SMU	IND SWC	6–4	0.600	49	+13	BYE
38	0	2.535	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	6–2–1	0.722	25	+4	BYE
39	0	2.540	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	6–3–3	0.625	45	+6	BYE
40	0	2.566	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	32	+11	BYE
41	0	2.648	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	6–3	0.667	32	+8	BYE
42	1	2.671	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	6–3–1	0.650	39	+5	BYE
43	-1	2.698	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	6–3	0.667	32	+6	BYE
44	0	2.864	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	39	+2	BYE
45	0	2.887	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	45	+7	BYE
46	0	2.923	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	7–3–1	0.682	31	+6	BYE
47	0	2.951	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	47	+5	BYE
48	0	2.976	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	49	+6	BYE
49	0	3.033	UTEP	IND BOR	7–3	0.700	28	+9	BYE
50	0	3.083	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	7–4	0.636	42	+3	BYE
51	0	3.208	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	6–4	0.600	49	+6	BYE
52	0	3.223	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	47	+1	BYE
53	0	3.234	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	5–4–1	0.550	56	+2	BYE
54	0	3.270	LSU	SEC	4–5–2	0.455	69	+5	BYE
55	0	3.279	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	4–5–1	0.450	71	+8	BYE
56	0	3.377	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–3–2	0.556	54	+3	BYE
57	0	3.386	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–5	0.500	59	+2	BYE
58	0	3.393	TCU	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	59	+3	BYE
59	0	3.395	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	54	+3	BYE
60	0	3.408	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–5	0.444	75	+1	BYE
61	0	3.519	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	5–5	0.500	59	+7	BYE
62	0	3.524	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	59	+6	BYE
63	0	3.548	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	6–4	0.600	49	+8	BYE
64	0	3.556	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–5	0.500	59	-4	BYE
65	0	3.629	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	5–6	0.455	69	0	BYE
66	0	3.670	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	5–4–1	0.550	56	+7	BYE
67	0	3.722	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	5–4–1	0.550	56	-3	BYE
68	0	3.780	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–5–2	0.400	80	+1	BYE
69	0	3.949	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	75	-5	BYE
70	0	3.976	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	91	0	BYE
71	0	4.140	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	59	-5	BYE
72	0	4.152	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–5–1	0.389	84	-4	BYE
73	0	4.194	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	59	-2	BYE
74	0	4.267	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–4–2	0.444	75	-3	BYE
75	0	4.308	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	84	+3	BYE
76	0	4.347	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	4–6–1	0.409	79	-5	BYE
77	0	4.377	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	75	-9	BYE
78	0	4.459	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	59	-5	BYE
79	0	4.483	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	3–6	0.333	91	-4	BYE
80	2	4.559	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	3–4–3	0.450	71	-6	BYE
81	2	4.575	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	4–5–1	0.450	71	-15	BYE
82	-2	4.587	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	3–5–1	0.389	84	-9	BYE
83	-2	4.588	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	4–6	0.400	80	-9	BYE
84	0	4.608	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	3–8	0.273	98	-12	BYE
85	0	4.678	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	95	-10	BYE
86	0	4.717	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	80	-17	BYE
87	0	4.807	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–5–1	0.389	84	-9	BYE
88	0	4.814	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–6–1	0.350	90	-12	BYE
89	0	4.869	Montana (MONTANA)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	59	-25	BYE
90	0	4.906	Bradley (BRADLEY)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	59	-5	BYE
91	0	5.144	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	4–7	0.364	89	-17	BYE
92	1	5.222	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	101	-13	BYE
93	-1	5.260	BYU	IND SKY	4–5–1	0.450	71	-11	BYE
94	0	5.463	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	88	-7	BYE
95	0	5.467	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	80	0	BYE
96	0	5.538	USC	PAC	2–5–2	0.333	91	-12	BYE
97	0	5.544	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–7	0.222	101	-17	BYE
98	1	5.577	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–8	0.200	106	-23	BYE
99	-1	5.579	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	3–8–1	0.292	96	-16	BYE
100	0	6.063	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	2–8	0.200	106	-22	BYE
101	0	6.131	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	2–8	0.200	106	-24	BYE
102	0	6.170	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–7–1	0.167	111	-17	BYE
103	0	6.179	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	3–6	0.333	91	-29	BYE
104	0	6.192	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	114	-20	BYE
105	0	6.197	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	2–7–1	0.250	99	-22	BYE
106	0	6.475	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–8–1	0.227	100	-14	BYE
107	0	6.981	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	97	-18	BYE
108	0	7.005	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–7	0.125	113	-20	BYE
109	0	7.432	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	2–9	0.182	110	-33	BYE
110	0	7.558	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	2–8	0.200	106	-36	BYE
111	0	7.617	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	114	-30	BYE
112	0	7.665	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–9	0.100	116	-31	BYE
113	0	7.813	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–9–1	0.136	112	-33	BYE
114	0	7.814	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–9–1	0.050	118	-30	BYE
115	0	8.163	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–7	0.222	101	-16	BYE
116	0	8.612	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	116	-34	BYE
117	0	8.700	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–5–1	0.214	105	-10	BYE
118	1	8.794	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–10	0.000	119	-27	BYE
119	-1	8.798	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–7	0.222	101	-18	BYE
120	0	9.429	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–10	0.000	119	-37	BYE