1951 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings

November 6, 1951By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1951 Season Tags: • No Comments

1951 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	0.708	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	6–0–1	0.929	9	+24	Tied Duke 14–14
2	0	0.950	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	6–0	1.000	1	+18	Beat Missouri 35–0
3	0	0.984	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	6–0	1.000	1	+18	Beat Michigan 7–0
4	0	1.182	USC	PAC	7–0	1.000	1	+20	Beat Army 28–6
5	1	1.233	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+14	BYE
6	4	1.254	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	6–0	1.000	1	+12	Beat North Carolina 27–0
7	0	1.305	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	4–2	0.667	31	+12	Beat Kansas State 33–0
8	7	1.316	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	12	+13	Beat Citadel 39–0
9	2	1.348	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	7–0	1.000	1	+18	Beat Washington State 21–13
10	-2	1.359	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat Brown 12–0
11	1	1.447	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–1–1	0.750	18	+10	Beat Indiana 6–0
12	6	1.565	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–1	0.857	10	+15	Beat SMU 20–13
13	1	1.640	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	7–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat Santa Clara 26–7
14	2	1.677	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	5–2	0.714	21	+12	Beat Virginia Tech 60–0
15	4	1.681	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	10	+11	Beat Marquette 39–27
16	-11	1.728	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	4–1–1	0.750	18	+10	Lost to TCU 7–20
17	0	1.734	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–1	0.833	12	+10	Beat Louisiana College 49–0
18	15	1.754	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–3	0.625	45	+12	Beat Miami 32–0
19	11	1.801	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	5–2	0.714	21	+11	Beat Iowa State 47–20
20	1	1.839	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	12	+7	Beat Colgate 34–6
21	5	1.913	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	5–2	0.714	21	+9	Beat Nebraska 27–7
22	-13	1.973	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	5–2	0.714	21	+10	Lost to UCLA 7–21
23	0	1.993	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	5–2–1	0.688	30	+10	Beat Montana 34–7
24	14	2.022	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	5–2	0.714	21	+12	Beat Pennsylvania 20–12
25	-3	2.031	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	17	+7	BYE
26	-13	2.138	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	31	+8	Lost to Columbia 20–21
27	9	2.148	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	12	+3	Beat Navy 19–0
28	17	2.172	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	5–1	0.833	12	+10	Beat Oklahoma State 35–7
29	14	2.184	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–3	0.571	50	+10	BYE
30	7	2.250	LSU	SEC	4–2–1	0.643	37	+9	Tied Ole Miss 6–6
31	24	2.288	TCU	IND SWC	4–3	0.571	50	+7	Beat Baylor 20–7
32	-12	2.326	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–2–1	0.643	37	+5	Lost to Arkansas 21–33
33	16	2.365	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–3	0.571	50	+8	Beat Texas A&M 33–21
34	-9	2.367	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	5–2	0.714	21	+5	Lost to Clemson 6–21
35	22	2.410	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	4–2	0.667	31	+6	Beat Wake Forest 21–6
36	4	2.418	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	6–2	0.750	18	+5	Beat Great Lakes Navy 35–20
37	-10	2.449	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	4–2–1	0.643	37	+3	Lost to BYU 19–21
38	-10	2.496	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–2–1	0.643	37	+4	Lost to Colorado 20–47
39	3	2.521	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	4–2–1	0.643	37	+5	Tied Georgia Tech 14–14
40	-16	2.530	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	31	+4	Lost to Kentucky 0–32
41	-9	2.539	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–3	0.571	50	+8	Lost to Stanford 13–21
42	23	2.563	UCLA	PAC	3–3	0.500	61	+7	Beat California 21–7
43	16	2.600	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	5–3	0.625	45	+6	Beat Utah State 28–20
44	-9	2.679	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	61	+3	Lost to William & Mary 12–20
45	2	2.684	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	4–2–1	0.643	37	+3	Tied LSU 6–6
46	-15	2.688	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	4–2	0.667	31	+4	Lost to Ohio State 0–3
47	7	2.715	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	4–3	0.571	50	+1	BYE
48	18	2.715	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	3–2–1	0.583	49	+4	Beat Northwestern 3–0
49	7	2.745	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	5–2	0.714	21	+7	Beat Davidson 35–13
50	0	2.770	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	5–2	0.714	21	-1	Beat Western Reserve 35–7
51	-12	2.807	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	3–3	0.500	61	+5	Lost to Illinois 0–7
52	-6	2.842	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	61	+4	BYE
53	-24	2.894	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	21	+6	Lost to Bucknell 7–28
54	-2	2.902	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	4–3	0.571	50	+4	Beat UTEP 27–7
55	3	2.955	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	4–3	0.571	50	+3	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 19–14
56	5	2.956	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	3–4	0.429	70	+5	Beat Washington 40–14
57	17	3.001	BYU	IND SKY	4–2–1	0.643	37	-2	Beat Colorado State 21–19
58	4	3.017	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	31	+1	Beat Yale 14–10
59	1	3.039	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	50	0	Beat NEW York University 52–6
60	3	3.090	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	4–2–1	0.643	37	-2	Beat West Texas A&M 34–0
61	-27	3.165	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	61	+4	Lost to Purdue 0–28
62	16	3.322	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	47	0	Beat Cornell 21–20
63	-22	3.355	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	2–4	0.333	84	+2	Lost to Mississippi State 7–10
64	-20	3.356	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	3–4	0.429	70	+4	Lost to Wichita State 14–19
65	14	3.464	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	3–4	0.429	70	0	Beat Georgia 16–14
66	-18	3.505	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–4	0.429	70	+1	Lost to Oregon State 14–40
67	10	3.653	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	3–3	0.500	61	-3	Beat Pittsburgh 21–13
68	13	3.666	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	47	+2	Beat Fordham 13–7
69	16	3.710	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–4	0.333	84	0	Beat Penn State 28–0
70	-6	3.740	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	70	+1	Lost to Rutgers 7–13
71	-1	3.751	SMU	IND SWC	2–4	0.333	84	+1	Lost to Texas 13–20
72	12	3.826	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–3	0.500	61	-2	Beat Tulane 10–7
73	-22	3.875	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	4–3	0.571	50	0	Lost to Cincinnati 12–13
74	-5	3.936	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	3–4	0.429	70	-1	Lost to Tulsa 7–35
75	-22	3.947	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–3	0.500	61	-2	Lost to George Washington 14–20
76	0	3.989	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	81	-3	Lost to Pacific 27–39
77	-10	4.060	Bradley (BRADLEY)	IND MVC	4–3	0.571	50	-9	Lost to Detroit Mercy 6–7
78	10	4.096	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	4–3	0.571	50	-5	Beat New Mexico 32–20
79	-11	4.195	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	61	-5	Lost to Holy Cross 6–34
80	-5	4.201	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–4	0.333	84	-2	Lost to Wisconsin 0–6
81	-9	4.300	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	3–4	0.429	70	-4	Lost to Alabama 14–16
82	-11	4.313	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	2–3–1	0.417	79	-3	Lost to Utah 20–28
83	8	4.414	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	2–4–1	0.357	81	-3	Beat South Carolina 20–14
84	-11	4.491	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–5	0.286	94	-2	Lost to Tennessee 0–27
85	-5	4.581	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	84	-4	Lost to Princeton 0–12
86	-3	4.587	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	94	-2	Lost to SAN Francisco 7–26
87	8	4.613	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	3–4	0.429	70	-6	Beat Bradley 7–6
88	-6	4.929	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	81	-7	Lost to Dartmouth 10–14
89	-3	5.152	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	3–4	0.429	70	-11	Lost to Virginia 0–39
90	3	5.180	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	84	-6	BYE
91	3	5.256	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	104	-6	Lost to USC 6–28
92	8	5.351	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–5	0.286	94	-5	Beat Idaho 14–13
93	-6	5.364	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	2–4	0.333	84	-8	Lost to Oregon 13–14
94	-4	5.628	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–5	0.286	94	-9	Lost to Maryland 0–35
95	9	5.742	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	2–4	0.333	84	-1	Beat Houston 19–14
96	1	5.751	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–3–1	0.417	79	-9	Tied Minnesota 20–20
97	-8	5.851	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	2–5	0.286	94	-12	Lost to Boston College 7–21
98	10	6.296	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	84	-8	Beat Pepperdine 46–7
99	-7	6.359	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–5–1	0.313	93	-4	Lost to Wofford 12–14
100	-1	6.529	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	2–5	0.286	94	-16	Lost to Arizona 20–32
101	-5	6.560	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	102	-12	Lost to Louisville 2–26
102	1	6.619	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–5–1	0.083	113	-9	Lost to Notre Dame 0–19
103	-2	6.686	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	2–5	0.286	94	-14	Lost to Wyoming 7–34
104	-6	6.754	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–4–1	0.250	102	-11	Tied Iowa 20–20
105	4	6.929	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	104	-14	Beat Richmond 21–7
106	-4	7.260	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	107	-8	Lost to SAN Diego Navy 12–28
107	-2	7.494	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	104	-6	Lost to Boston University 6–52
108	-1	7.711	UTEP	IND BOR	2–5	0.286	94	-3	Lost to Texas Tech 7–27
109	-3	7.747	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–6	0.000	116	-13	Lost to Rice 13–21
110	0	8.328	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–6	0.143	107	-21	Lost to Washington & LEE 0–60
111	0	8.527	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–6–1	0.071	115	-11	Lost to Oklahoma 0–33
112	1	8.698	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–6	0.143	107	-12	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 13–35
113	-1	8.758	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–6	0.143	107	-11	Lost to Arizona State 0–34
114	0	9.532	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–5–1	0.083	113	-17	Lost to Kansas 7–27
115	1	9.601	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–7	0.125	112	-17	Beat Northern Arizona 48–12
116	-1	11.234	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–6	0.143	107	-12	Lost to New Mexico State 12–48