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1951 Week 9 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
110.615Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC5–01.0001+16Beat Auburn 27–7
210.870Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC4–01.0001+10Beat Texas Tech 40–20
360.945Illinois (ILLINOIS)B104–01.0001+9Beat Washington 27–20
430.963USCPAC5–01.0001+12Beat California 21–14
5-11.018Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI4–01.0001+8Beat Yale 27–0
6-51.081Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON4–01.0001+8Beat North Carolina 14–7
7-11.149Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC4–01.0001+7Beat Alabama 27–13
831.286Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI5–01.0001+8Beat Penn State 32–21
9151.371SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI5–01.0001+7Beat Fordham 32–26
1091.406Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B104–01.0001+5Beat Navy 16–7
1121.417California (CALIFORNIA)PAC4–10.80014+7Lost to USC 14–21
12101.499Stanford (STANFORD)PAC5–01.0001+7Beat Santa Clara 21–14
13101.535Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI4–01.0001+3Beat Lafayette 60–7
14-41.539Colorado (COLORADO)IND B84–10.80014+7Beat Kansas State 20–7
1511.687Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON3–20.60041+8Lost to Miami 12–32
16-111.693Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI4–10.80014+5Lost to Boston University 12–27
17-91.711Auburn (AUBURN)SEC3–10.75025+7Lost to Georgia Tech 7–27
18-11.718Tulane (TULANE)SEC2–20.50057+5Lost to Ole Miss 6–25
19-71.792Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–10.80014+6Lost to Arkansas 14–16
20-61.804Kansas (KANSAS)IND B83–20.60041+7Lost to Oklahoma 21–33
21321.837Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–20.60041+6Beat Texas 16–14
2241.887Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI3–10.75025+4Beat NEW York University 53–6
23121.894Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–20.50057+4Beat Kansas 33–21
2481.960Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–20.66737+7Beat Vanderbilt 33–13
25-51.961Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC4–10.80014+4Lost to TCU 14–20
2652.001Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON4–10.80014+4Beat Virginia Tech 55–6
27122.001LSUSEC4–10.80014+5Beat Georgia 7–0
28-72.048Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC5–10.83313+5Lost to Oklahoma State 14–27
29122.050Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC4–10.80014+3Beat Tulane 25–6
30352.129Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI2–20.50057+3Beat Columbia 28–13
3132.155Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY3–1–10.70034+2Tied Utah State 20–20
32322.156Michigan (MICHIGAN)B102–20.50057+4Beat Iowa 21–0
33242.181Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC3–20.60041+6Beat Hardin Simmons 35–27
34-72.183Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC3–20.60041+4Lost to Illinois 20–27
3592.203Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–10.75025+3Beat Virginia Military Institute 34–14
36222.225Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC3–30.50057+3Beat Villanova 35–13
3782.236Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON4–10.80014+2Beat George Washington 27–13
3882.258Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI3–10.75025+1Beat Pittsburgh 33–0
39202.259Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI3–10.75025+2Beat Brown 32–14
4072.269West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON4–10.80014+2Beat Geneva 89–0
41-52.305Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON3–10.75025+2BYE
42-22.349Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–1–10.62540+2Beat Purdue 31–7
43-152.357Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI4–10.80014+1Beat Delaware 13–7
4472.425Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC3–20.60041+4Beat Oregon State 26–13
45152.459Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI3–10.75025+2Beat Washington & LEE 32–12
4622.470Utah (UTAH)IND SKY4–20.66737+4Beat Denver 17–14
4722.520Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY3–2–10.58356+3Tied BYU 20–20
48-302.616Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI3–10.750250Lost to Kentucky 13–35
49222.690TCUIND SWC3–20.60041+2Beat Texas A&M 20–14
50-202.695Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–30.40073+4Lost to Washington State 13–26
51152.729William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON3–20.60041+4Beat NC State 35–28
52-92.764Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI3–20.60041+2Lost to SAN Francisco 26–32
53-282.781Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–20.60041+2Lost to Florida 13–33
54162.807Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC3–10.75025+4Beat Marquette 27–21
55-12.827BYUIND SKY3–1–10.70034-2Tied Wyoming 20–20
56-412.835Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI2–10.66737+1Lost to Pennsylvania 13–28
5752.840Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–1–10.70034-1Beat Missouri 21–14
58-212.848Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–20.50057+2Lost to Michigan State 21–32
59243.033Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI3–20.600410Beat Pacific 27–12
60-223.128Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR3–20.60041-1Lost to Houston 27–35
61-283.156Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI2–30.40073+2Lost to Dartmouth 0–14
62-123.181Denver (DENVER)IND SKY3–30.50057-1Lost to Utah 14–17
63193.204Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–20.500570Beat SMU 28–7
64-13.244Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR2–30.40073+1Lost to Baylor 20–40
6543.279UCLAPAC2–30.40073+1Beat Oregon 41–0
66-103.332Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON3–20.60041+4Lost to Virginia 14–34
67103.622Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR3–20.60041-3BYE
6853.652Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–20.50057-1BYE
69-143.694Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI2–20.50057-1Lost to Colgate 14–32
7023.723South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–20.500570BYE
71133.797Bradley (BRADLEY)IND MVC3–20.60041-4Beat New Mexico State 34–6
72-113.811Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC2–30.400730Lost to LSU 0–7
73-53.929North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–30.40073-1Lost to Maryland 7–14
74204.035Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI2–20.50057-2Beat Syracuse 14–0
7514.040Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR2–2–10.50057-3Tied San Diego State 27–27
76-244.119SMUIND SWC2–30.400730Lost to Rice 7–28
77244.176Indiana (INDIANA)B102–20.50057-2Beat Ohio State 32–10
78254.262Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC2–30.40073-2Beat Drake 27–14
79-374.310Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–20.500570Lost to Lehigh 6–21
80-514.376Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B101–2–10.375890Lost to Indiana 10–32
81-144.422Purdue (PURDUE)B101–30.25094-1Lost to Wisconsin 7–31
82134.453Idaho (IDAHO)PAC2–30.40073-2Beat San José State 40–7
83104.604Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON2–30.40073-3Beat Davidson 25–6
84-64.620Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC1–40.20098-4Lost to Tennessee 13–27
8504.675Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI1–3–10.30092-2Lost to Tulsa 21–27
8624.677Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI2–30.40073-2Beat Army 22–21
87104.755Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND MVC2–30.40073-4Beat Boston College 19–13
88-14.867Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–30.25094-3Beat Nebraska 39–20
89-144.932Iowa (IOWA)B102–20.50057-5Lost to Michigan 0–21
90145.224Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–3–10.125109-2Lost to Northwestern 7–16
91-125.244Yale (YALE)IND FBSI1–3–10.30092-3Lost to Cornell 0–27
9285.296Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY2–30.40073-6Beat Montana State 38–0
93-195.349Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–40.20098-3Lost to UCLA 0–41
94-135.415Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON2–30.40073-7Lost to Furman 14–35
95-155.422San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI1–40.20098-3Lost to Idaho 7–40
96-65.529George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–40.20098-4Lost to Wake Forest 13–27
97-115.557New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY2–30.40073-8Lost to UTEP 7–32
98-65.567Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–2–10.37589-3Tied Colorado State 20–20
9965.598Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–40.33391-3Beat Citadel 35–14
100-95.783Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–40.20098-5Lost to Iowa State 14–21
10115.924Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI1–40.20098-6Lost to Stanford 14–21
10295.955UTEPIND BOR2–30.400730Beat New Mexico 32–7
103-75.974NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–50.167107-8Lost to William & Mary 28–35
104-156.082NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI1–30.25094-3Lost to Holy Cross 6–53
105-66.896Army (ARMY)IND FBSI0–40.000112-6Lost to Harvard 21–22
106-86.896Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–40.000112-7Lost to Detroit Mercy 13–19
107-17.111Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–40.000112-6Lost to Notre Dame 0–33
10807.501Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–30.25094-2BYE
109-27.664Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON1–40.20098-10Lost to Duke 6–55
11048.619Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–4–10.100111-4Lost to Colorado 7–20
111-18.898Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–40.20098-5Lost to Richmond 6–25
11208.988West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR1–40.20098-5BYE
113-49.190Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–3–10.125109-7Lost to Minnesota 20–39
114-19.450Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI0–40.000112-7BYE
115010.591Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR1–50.167107-3Lost to Idaho State 20–34
116010.769New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR0–60.000112-10Lost to Bradley 6–34

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