1951 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings

October 9, 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	7	0.432	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Duke 26–0
2	3	0.677	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Tulane 27–14
3	7	0.686	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Colgate 41–18
4	-1	0.729	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Fordham 54–20
5	16	0.865	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Detroit Mercy 40–6
6	-4	0.945	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat George Washington 33–6
7	17	0.987	USC	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Washington 20–13
8	9	1.075	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Ohio State 24–20
9	39	1.081	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Harvard 35–0
10	3	1.100	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Kentucky 13–7
11	4	1.100	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Oregon 34–6
12	-8	1.133	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Army 20–14
13	19	1.138	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Wisconsin 14–10
14	33	1.179	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	33	+4	Beat Kansas 35–27
15	5	1.200	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Oklahoma 14–7
16	6	1.266	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Minnesota 55–14
17	-8	1.288	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Wofford 30–14
18	5	1.288	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Navy 24–20
19	16	1.291	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat North Carolina 45–20
20	14	1.373	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Penn State 20–14
21	7	1.406	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia Tech 33–0
22	4	1.457	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Richmond 56–6
23	-4	1.479	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Michigan 23–13
24	3	1.561	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Northern Iowa 39–6
25	0	1.573	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Camp Pendleton 26–0
26	3	1.578	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–1	0.667	33	+3	Beat Idaho 34–6
27	-21	1.672	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	33	+2	Lost to Colorado 27–35
28	23	1.698	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	3–1	0.750	28	+4	Beat Loyola Marymount 40–7
29	10	1.771	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Boston College 34–7
30	0	1.774	LSU	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Rice 7–6
31	7	1.783	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat NC State 6–0
32	8	1.796	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	33	+2	Beat Lafayette 46–0
33	27	1.835	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	33	+3	Beat West Virginia 34–0
34	-18	1.911	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	33	+2	Lost to Tennessee 0–26
35	39	1.934	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	3–1	0.750	28	+4	Beat BYU 7–6
36	-29	1.967	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–1	0.500	55	+1	Lost to Illinois 10–14
37	33	1.988	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–1	0.667	33	+2	Beat Georgia 6–0
38	24	2.038	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	3–1	0.750	28	+2	Beat Utah State 37–0
39	4	2.052	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	33	+2	Beat Texas Tech 6–0
40	-7	2.092	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–1	0.500	55	+1	Lost to Baylor 14–27
41	-29	2.097	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	33	+1	Lost to TCU 7–17
42	47	2.101	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	33	+1	Beat Rutgers 14–7
43	-32	2.135	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–1	0.667	33	+1	Lost to USC 13–20
44	-43	2.150	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	55	+1	Lost to Texas A&M 7–14
45	35	2.210	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–1	0.500	55	+1	Beat Iowa 34–30
46	11	2.238	TCU	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	33	+1	Beat Arkansas 17–7
47	-11	2.486	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–1	0.500	55	+1	Lost to Michigan State 20–24
48	-30	2.489	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	33	+1	Lost to Holy Cross 20–54
49	-12	2.519	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	55	+1	Lost to Villanova 14–20
50	25	2.549	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–1	0.667	33	+1	Beat Alabama 22–20
51	-37	2.580	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	33	0	Lost to Mississippi State 0–6
52	6	2.599	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–1	0.667	33	0	Beat Oklahoma State 27–13
53	2	2.700	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–2	0.333	75	+2	Lost to Pacific 6–34
54	5	2.719	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	33	+1	Beat Furman 21–6
55	-9	2.791	BYU	IND SKY	3–1	0.750	28	-1	Lost to Utah 6–7
56	-6	2.797	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	33	0	Beat Wayne State 50–6
57	36	2.871	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–2	0.500	55	0	Beat Montana 55–0
58	50	2.888	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	55	0	Beat Yale 14–13
59	25	3.044	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	28	+2	Beat William & Mary 20–7
60	22	3.070	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	33	0	Beat Midwestern Texas State 32–21
61	29	3.074	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	33	-1	Beat Colorado College 54–13
62	30	3.203	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	55	0	Beat Dartmouth 39–14
63	18	3.263	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	33	-1	Beat New Mexico State 20–0
64	8	3.290	UCLA	PAC	1–2	0.333	75	0	Beat Santa Clara 44–17
65	-23	3.290	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	33	0	Lost to Washington & LEE 0–34
66	-21	3.308	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to Cornell 18–41
67	-2	3.316	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	104	0	Lost to LSU 6–7
68	-19	3.337	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–1–1	0.250	96	0	Lost to Princeton 20–24
69	26	3.474	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–1	0.500	55	0	Beat Pittsburgh 13–6
70	-16	3.513	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–2	0.333	75	-1	Lost to Vanderbilt 20–22
71	5	3.568	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–3	0.250	96	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 7–13
72	5	3.583	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	104	0	Lost to Northwestern 14–20
73	-20	3.687	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	1–2	0.333	75	0	Lost to Houston 0–6
74	17	3.710	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	55	0	Beat Merchant Marine 21–13
75	-4	3.802	SMU	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	75	0	Beat Missouri 34–0
76	-32	3.851	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	55	-1	Lost to Temple 7–14
77	10	3.852	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	75	0	Beat Fresno State 32–6
78	8	3.891	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–2	0.000	104	0	Lost to Stanford 13–23
79	-1	4.014	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	104	0	Lost to Ole Miss 7–34
80	-24	4.015	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	75	0	Lost to Texas 20–45
81	20	4.030	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–2	0.500	55	-2	Beat West Texas A&M 28–13
82	-9	4.033	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–1–1	0.500	55	-1	Tied Marquette 6–6
83	0	4.123	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	75	0	Lost to Columbia 0–35
84	-43	4.152	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	55	-1	Lost to Brown 13–14
85	-54	4.187	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–1	0.500	55	-1	Lost to Purdue 30–34
86	23	4.190	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	75	-1	Beat Davidson 34–14
87	-2	4.280	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–2	0.333	75	-1	Lost to Wyoming 0–37
88	-22	4.388	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	55	-1	Tied Iowa State 6–6
89	-10	4.577	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	55	-1	Beat Florida State 35–13
90	-38	4.625	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	1–2	0.333	75	-1	Lost to Denver 0–55
91	8	4.764	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	75	-1	Lost to Notre Dame 6–40
92	6	4.854	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	75	-1	Lost to Wake Forest 6–56
93	-26	4.855	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	75	-1	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 7–20
94	-25	4.926	Bradley (BRADLEY)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	75	-2	Lost to Wichita State 6–15
95	-7	5.142	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	104	-1	Lost to Maryland 6–33
96	4	5.154	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	96	-2	Lost to Clemson 0–6
97	-3	5.385	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	75	-2	Lost to Virginia 0–33
98	-35	5.429	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–2	0.000	104	-1	Lost to California 14–55
99	-2	5.479	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	96	-3	Lost to South Carolina 6–21
100	5	5.604	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	55	0	BYE
101	-40	5.786	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	75	-3	Lost to SMU 0–34
102	4	5.839	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–3	0.000	104	-2	Lost to Oregon State 6–34
103	-1	5.899	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	75	-3	Beat Louisville 39–7
104	10	6.612	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	75	-1	Beat Bradley 15–6
105	6	6.660	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–1–1	0.250	96	-1	Tied Kansas State 6–6
106	-10	6.700	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	75	-1	Lost to Citadel 14–34
107	-43	6.947	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	104	-2	Lost to Indiana 6–13
108	-1	7.097	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	104	-3	Lost to UCLA 17–44
109	-41	7.378	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	104	-2	Lost to Pennsylvania 14–39
110	-6	7.631	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–3	0.000	104	-4	Lost to Washington State 13–27
111	-8	7.816	UTEP	IND BOR	1–2	0.333	75	0	Lost to Abilene Christian 13–20
112	0	7.904	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	104	-1	Lost to Florida 7–40
113	-3	8.199	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–3	0.250	96	-4	Lost to Arizona 13–28
114	2	8.559	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–3	0.250	96	-1	Beat Whittier 6–0
115	0	10.147	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–4	0.000	104	-5	Lost to New Mexico 0–20
116	-3	11.173	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–2–1	0.167	103	-1	Tied Nebraska 6–6