1951 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 25, 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	95	0.517	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana 58–7
2	52	0.536	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Arizona 55–6
3	82	0.630	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat West Texas A&M 46–7
4	69	0.649	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat San José State 39–2
5	0	0.668	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oklahoma State 42–7
6	50	0.668	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat NC State 21–0
7	6	0.677	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Santa Clara 34–0
8	19	0.686	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat George Washington 33–0
9	88	0.696	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Furman 25–7
10	14	0.733	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Carolina 34–6
11	53	0.752	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hardin Simmons 33–7
12	-10	0.776	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Citadel 27–7
13	-5	0.818	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Houston 19–0
14	65	0.818	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Temple 19–0
15	2	0.856	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado State 28–13
16	67	0.856	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Kentucky 7–6
17	8	0.865	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri 34–20
18	10	0.865	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat SMU 21–7
19	19	0.865	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat TCU 27–13
20	75	0.865	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boston College 20–6
21	68	0.903	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington State 31–21
22	79	0.912	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boston University 34–25
23	55	0.931	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon 27–20
24	60	0.931	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UCLA 21–14
25	-21	0.940	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah State 33–27
26	20	0.940	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon State 6–0
27	79	1.208	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Arizona 27–7
28	-25	1.363	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Delta State 89–0
29	-23	1.402	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
30	-23	1.402	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
31	-19	1.402	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
32	-16	1.402	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
33	-14	1.402	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
34	-14	1.402	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
35	-14	1.402	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
36	-5	1.402	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
37	-3	1.402	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
38	-3	1.402	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
39	-3	1.402	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
40	3	1.402	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
41	3	1.402	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
42	3	1.402	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
43	4	1.402	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
44	8	1.402	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
45	8	1.402	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
46	9	1.402	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
47	10	1.402	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
48	10	1.402	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
49	10	1.402	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
50	10	1.402	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
51	14	1.402	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
52	14	1.402	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
53	14	1.402	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
54	14	1.402	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
55	14	1.402	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
56	14	1.402	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
57	15	1.402	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
58	24	1.402	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
59	27	1.402	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
60	33	1.402	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
61	33	1.402	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
62	40	1.402	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
63	48	1.415	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Denver 20–7
64	-63	1.558	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	46	0	Lost to Utah 7–27
65	22	1.655	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hawai'i 58–0
66	37	1.749	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bates 48–0
67	37	1.752	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	46	0	Beat Idaho 28–0
68	-53	1.758	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Presbyterian 53–6
69	-27	1.805	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Dakota 48–6
70	40	1.824	BYU	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western State 67–7
71	-34	1.899	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wayne State 53–21
72	-24	1.899	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Memphis 32–0
73	-24	1.899	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arkansas State 32–0
74	-11	1.942	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to Michigan State 0–6
75	15	1.942	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to Arizona State 27–33
76	-65	1.956	Bradley (BRADLEY)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tampa 32–6
77	-15	1.983	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to Stanford 20–27
78	10	1.983	UCLA	PAC	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to Texas A&M 14–21
79	13	2.059	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Middle Tennessee 22–7
80	-70	2.065	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to William & Mary 25–34
81	-40	2.078	LSU	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southern Miss 13–0
82	17	2.097	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Waynesburg 20–9
83	15	2.106	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to USC 21–31
84	-54	2.125	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Springfield 21–13
85	-14	2.134	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Randolph Macon 13–6
86	26	2.144	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
87	-64	2.181	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Toledo 34–32
88	-79	2.270	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to Wake Forest 6–20
89	-39	2.270	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to Fordham 20–34
90	-14	2.270	SMU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 7–21
91	-11	2.270	TCU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to Kansas 13–27
92	-74	2.311	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to Colorado 13–28
93	-61	2.475	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to Baylor 0–19
94	-13	2.475	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to Syracuse 0–19
95	-81	2.516	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to Florida 7–27
96	9	2.639	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–1	0.500	46	0	Lost to Texas 6–7
97	-68	2.762	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to Pacific 7–33
98	-21	2.844	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to Duke 6–34
99	8	2.968	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	46	0	Lost to Drake 7–20
100	8	3.047	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	46	0	Lost to Washington & LEE 7–25
101	-75	3.050	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to Georgia 0–33
102	-27	3.091	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to California 0–34
103	-42	3.132	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to Arkansas 7–42
104	5	3.135	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	46	0	Lost to North Carolina 0–21
105	-31	3.214	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to SAN Francisco 2–39
106	-55	3.788	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to Washington 7–58
107	9	5.905	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	46	0	Beat Wofford 29–6
108	-75	6.537	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–1	0.000	53	-1	Lost to Wyoming 0–28
109	6	7.501	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–2	0.000	53	0	Lost to Texas Tech 7–46
110	4	7.603	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–2	0.000	53	0	Lost to New Mexico 6–55
111	2	9.819	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–2	0.000	53	-1	Lost to Stephen F. Austin 7–27
112	-12	11.542	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to Miami (OH) 13–21
113	-91	11.788	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to Lenoir Rhyne 7–21
114	-74	11.788	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to SAN Diego Navy 28–42
115	-24	12.568	UTEP	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to North Texas 0–33
116	-77	12.609	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to Cincinnati 0–34