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1951 Week 13 College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.767Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC8–0–10.9447+39Beat Alabama 27–7
201.065Illinois (ILLINOIS)B107–0–10.9388+24Tied Ohio State 0–0
301.095Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI8–01.0001+27Beat Indiana 30–26
401.129Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC8–01.0001+24Beat Ole Miss 46–21
511.180Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON8–01.0001+25Beat NC State 53–0
6-11.185Stanford (STANFORD)PAC9–01.0001+31Beat Oregon State 35–14
741.298Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC6–1–10.81313+23Beat Wake Forest 42–0
801.317Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI8–01.0001+19Beat Yale 27–0
901.347Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B86–20.75021+23Beat Iowa State 35–6
1001.353Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B106–1–10.81313+20Beat Iowa 34–7
11-41.370USCPAC7–10.8759+25BYE
1211.462SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI8–01.0001+16Beat Pacific 47–14
1341.527Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC7–20.77815+25Beat TCU 32–21
14-21.598Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI7–10.8759+19Beat South Carolina 28–27
15-11.662Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC7–30.70029+19Beat George Washington 47–13
1601.699Colorado (COLORADO)IND B87–20.77815+21Beat Nebraska 36–14
1721.780Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI7–10.8759+11Beat Quantico Marines 39–14
1821.785Kansas (KANSAS)IND B87–20.77815+18Beat Oklahoma State 27–12
19-11.786California (CALIFORNIA)PAC7–20.77815+18Beat Oregon 28–26
2011.796William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON7–20.77815+22Beat Duke 14–13
2121.860Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI6–20.75021+16Beat Dartmouth 21–13
2272.023Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC7–10.8759+16Beat Texas Tech 21–14
2312.074Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY6–2–10.72226+13BYE
2442.100Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON6–20.75021+12Beat Furman 34–14
25132.197Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI6–20.75021+10Beat Florida 21–6
26-42.208Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI6–30.66730+12Lost to SAN Francisco 14–47
27152.232Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI5–30.62536+14Beat Rutgers 13–7
28162.291LSUSEC5–3–10.61141+14Beat Mississippi State 3–0
29-22.310Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC5–3–10.61141+11Lost to Tennessee 21–46
3072.341Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC6–30.66730+11Beat Montana 47–10
3182.374Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI6–20.75021+9Beat North Carolina 12–7
3222.414UCLAPAC4–3–10.56348+11Tied Washington 20–20
33-82.433Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON6–30.66730+10Lost to Baylor 0–42
34-192.442Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI5–20.71428+8Lost to Boston College 13–20
3512.470Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC7–20.77815+5BYE
3642.479Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR6–2–10.72226+4Beat UTEP 23–13
3792.557Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI6–30.66730+3Beat Wichita State 39–6
38242.585Rice (RICE)IND SWC5–30.62536+6Beat Texas A&M 28–13
39152.603Utah (UTAH)IND SKY6–40.60045+11Beat Colorado State 27–21
40102.669Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B104–2–20.62536+5Tied Illinois 0–0
41142.708Purdue (PURDUE)B104–40.50057+7Beat Minnesota 19–13
42-112.718Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY5–3–10.61141+2Lost to Utah 21–27
43142.719Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B105–30.62536+8Beat Michigan 6–0
44-112.725TCUIND SWC4–40.50057+6Lost to Texas 21–32
45-132.807Denver (DENVER)IND SKY5–40.55649+4Lost to Utah State 7–14
46-162.808Auburn (AUBURN)SEC5–30.62536+5Lost to Georgia 14–46
4752.826Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI4–40.50057+6Beat Army 7–6
48102.845Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON6–30.66730+12Beat Citadel 27–21
49-232.866Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON5–40.55649+16Lost to Louisville 7–14
50-152.901Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC4–3–20.55649+2Lost to Rice 13–28
51153.023Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI4–40.50057+4Beat Colgate 9–0
52-33.061Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–50.44469+5Lost to Miami 6–21
53213.073Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI4–40.50057+6Beat Temple 35–6
54-63.077Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON4–4–10.50057+4Lost to William & Mary 13–14
55163.077SMUIND SWC3–4–10.43872+5Beat Arkansas 47–7
56163.179Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC5–40.55649+3Beat Auburn 46–14
57-43.185Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR4–40.50057+3Lost to Tulsa 14–21
58-133.192Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI6–30.66730+5Lost to Fordham 6–35
59-183.257Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC5–40.55649+1Lost to Tulane 10–14
60133.340Tulane (TULANE)SEC3–50.37576+4Beat Vanderbilt 14–10
61-143.413BYUIND SKY5–3–10.61141-6Lost to New Mexico 0–34
62-13.439Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC4–50.444690Lost to Georgia Tech 7–27
63-203.481Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI4–30.57146-1Lost to Navy 7–21
64-133.506Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–50.44469+3Lost to SMU 7–47
65-93.531Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–50.37576+1Lost to Northwestern 0–6
6623.545Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–60.33384+2Lost to Stanford 14–35
67-73.613South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–40.500570Lost to Virginia 27–28
68-13.635Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC4–40.50057-3Lost to LSU 0–3
69-103.650Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI4–30.57146+1Lost to Penn State 7–13
70-13.703Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI4–40.50057-2Lost to Cornell 13–21
71-73.712Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–4–10.50057-2Lost to Oklahoma 6–35
7263.809Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI3–5–10.38974-3Beat Detroit Mercy 26–13
73-33.814Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC3–5–10.38974-3Tied UCLA 20–20
7473.899Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–4–10.43872-2Beat Denver 14–7
75-103.958Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR5–40.55649-3Lost to Loyola Marymount 13–14
7664.055Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR5–40.55649-7Beat Idaho 13–6
77-144.150West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON5–40.55649-13Lost to Pittsburgh 12–32
78-34.240Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC3–50.37576-6Lost to Kansas 12–27
7914.241Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI2–5–10.31388-1Tied San José State 7–7
80-44.443Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC3–50.37576+2BYE
81-24.583North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–70.222101-5Lost to Notre Dame 7–12
82-54.629George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON2–5–10.31388-5Lost to Kentucky 13–47
8374.654Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI3–50.37576-6Beat Brown 34–21
8424.979Indiana (INDIANA)B102–60.25094-8Lost to Michigan State 26–30
8525.022Bradley (BRADLEY)IND MVC4–40.50057-13BYE
86155.072Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–6–10.188108-8Beat Columbia 21–7
87-45.249Army (ARMY)IND FBSI2–60.25094-12Lost to Pennsylvania 6–7
8805.368Yale (YALE)IND FBSI2–5–10.31388-12Lost to Princeton 0–27
89115.421Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI3–50.37576-9Beat Hardin Simmons 14–13
90-55.429Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND MVC3–60.33384-15Lost to Marquette 13–26
91-25.499Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI3–50.37576-10Lost to Syracuse 0–9
92115.515Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–60.25094-15Beat Villanova 20–13
93-25.525Iowa (IOWA)B102–5–10.31388-10Lost to Wisconsin 7–34
9485.560New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY3–60.33384-20Beat BYU 34–0
9525.601Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–70.222101-12Lost to California 26–28
96-125.778Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI2–60.25094-15Lost to Harvard 21–34
97-35.895NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON3–70.30093-15Lost to Maryland 0–53
98-66.007Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON3–60.33384-24Lost to Virginia Military Institute 21–27
9906.053Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC2–60.25094-8Lost to Boston University 6–39
100-76.053Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–5–10.31388-16Lost to Purdue 13–19
101-66.095Idaho (IDAHO)PAC2–60.25094-19Lost to Arizona 6–13
102-66.122Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON3–6–10.35083-11Lost to Clemson 14–34
103-56.384Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–70.222101-19Lost to Kansas State 12–14
10466.699Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–70.125113-17Beat West Virginia 32–12
10516.995Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–6–10.188108-19Lost to Colorado 14–36
106-26.998Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY2–70.222101-24Lost to Washington State 10–47
10707.288NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI1–60.143112-10BYE
10807.346San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI1–6–10.188108-11Tied Santa Clara 7–7
10937.402Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–7–10.167111-14Beat Missouri 14–12
110-57.443Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON2–70.222101-24Lost to Virginia Tech 14–20
111-27.490West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR2–60.25094-13BYE
11217.532Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON2–70.222101-28Beat Richmond 20–14
113-27.856UTEPIND BOR2–70.222101-10Lost to Arizona State 13–23
11409.664Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–70.125113-25BYE
115010.355New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR1–90.100116-28Lost to Mcmurry 14–33
116011.602Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR1–70.125113-15BYE

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