1950 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 26, 1950By 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	56	0.291	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Arizona 78–0
2	101	0.509	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Utah State 46–6
3	4	0.618	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat BYU 41–13
4	64	0.636	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Mary's 40–0
5	96	0.636	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Kansas State 33–7
6	78	0.727	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rutgers 42–12
7	82	0.727	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Nevada 48–18
8	84	0.745	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon 28–0
9	40	0.773	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon State 38–13
10	-8	0.782	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arizona 34–26
11	66	0.791	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Tulsa 23–14
12	90	0.809	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Furman 27–6
13	19	0.818	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maryland 27–7
14	66	0.818	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Georgia Tech 33–13
15	82	0.827	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat George Washington 19–0
16	0	0.836	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Santa Clara 27–9
17	11	0.836	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Citadel 7–3
18	65	0.845	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat San José State 33–16
19	1	0.855	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Denver 30–14
20	6	0.873	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Carolina 14–0
21	67	0.873	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas Tech 28–14
22	74	0.900	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Duquesne 39–28
23	14	0.936	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah 26–19
24	17	0.936	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado 14–7
25	60	0.936	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas 14–7
26	33	0.945	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat NC State 13–7
27	71	0.945	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William & Mary 25–19
28	37	0.955	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arkansas 12–7
29	84	1.350	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Baylor 7–0
30	-21	1.355	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
31	-19	1.355	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	48	0	Tied Wake Forest 7–7
32	-19	1.355	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
33	-18	1.355	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
34	-16	1.355	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
35	-14	1.355	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
36	-14	1.355	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
37	-14	1.355	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
38	-14	1.355	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
39	-8	1.355	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
40	-6	1.355	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
41	-6	1.355	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
42	-4	1.355	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
43	-4	1.355	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
44	-4	1.355	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
45	2	1.355	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
46	2	1.355	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
47	3	1.355	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
48	5	1.355	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
49	6	1.355	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
50	6	1.355	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
51	7	1.355	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
52	9	1.355	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
53	9	1.355	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
54	9	1.355	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
55	9	1.355	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
56	13	1.355	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
57	13	1.355	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
58	13	1.355	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
59	13	1.355	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
60	13	1.355	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
61	13	1.355	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
62	29	1.355	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
63	30	1.355	USC	PAC	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
64	35	1.355	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
65	35	1.355	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	0–0–1	0.500	48	0	Tied Boston College 7–7
66	39	1.355	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
67	40	1.355	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	85	0	BYE
68	-65	1.382	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Emporia State 47–6
69	45	1.423	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat LSU 14–0
70	-18	1.591	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arkansas State 67–0
71	-26	1.682	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Dakota State 57–0
72	15	1.691	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southern Miss 56–0
73	-56	1.700	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Presbyterian 55–0
74	-20	1.727	Montana (MONTANA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Eastern Washington 52–0
75	20	1.773	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Middle Tennessee 47–0
76	-51	1.836	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hillsdale 40–0
77	-34	1.873	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pepperdine 50–14
78	-70	1.898	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	58	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 7–12
79	-65	1.900	Bradley (BRADLEY)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ripon 33–0
80	-29	1.909	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Memphis 39–7
81	-21	1.937	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	58	0	Lost to North Carolina 7–13
82	24	1.937	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	58	0	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 19–25
83	-78	1.955	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 27–0
84	2	1.964	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Albright 32–6
85	19	1.973	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Reserve 38–13
86	22	1.973	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UConn 25–0
87	-76	1.977	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	58	0	Lost to Wyoming 0–7
88	-69	1.977	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	58	0	Lost to Iowa State 7–14
89	-47	1.977	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	58	0	Lost to TCU 7–14
90	4	1.977	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	58	0	Lost to Idaho 19–26
91	-85	2.017	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	58	0	Lost to West Texas A&M 26–34
92	-17	2.073	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Randolph Macon 20–6
93	-66	2.136	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	0–1–1	0.250	57	0	Lost to Villanova 28–39
94	16	2.155	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	58	0	Lost to Colorado State 14–30
95	-66	2.191	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lafayette 20–19
96	-52	2.255	LSU	SEC	0–1	0.000	58	0	Lost to Kentucky 0–14
97	-16	2.255	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	58	0	Lost to Duke 0–14
98	-8	2.255	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	58	0	Lost to Texas 14–28
99	-95	2.345	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Washington State 6–46
100	-22	2.374	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	58	0	Lost to Stanford 16–33
101	-22	2.413	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	58	0	Lost to California 9–27
102	-72	2.453	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	58	0	Lost to Virginia 0–19
103	-70	2.493	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–1	0.000	58	0	Lost to SMU 13–33
104	-58	2.493	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	58	0	Lost to Georgia 7–27
105	-38	2.691	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	58	0	Lost to Michigan State 13–38
106	5	2.730	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Florida 3–7
107	-41	2.810	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	58	0	Lost to UCLA 0–28
108	-32	2.889	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	58	0	Lost to Syracuse 12–42
109	3	2.986	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Washington 7–33
110	-28	3.286	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	58	0	Lost to Pacific 0–40
111	5	3.287	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to SAN Francisco 14–23
112	5	3.561	BYU	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Arizona State 13–41
113	2	4.040	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–2	0.000	58	0	Lost to New Mexico 0–78
114	-5	4.179	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	58	-1	Lost to Texas A&M 18–48
115	-114	4.229	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Cincinnati 7–19
116	4	4.534	UTEP	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat New Mexico State 40–0
117	2	6.896	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	58	0	Lost to Washington & LEE 6–27
118	0	7.174	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–2	0.000	58	-2	Lost to UTEP 0–40
119	-109	11.418	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–1	0.000	58	0	Lost to Wofford 14–19
120	-84	11.815	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	58	0	Lost to ST. Bonaventure 14–29