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1939 College Football Rankings

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                                                                  STRENGTH OF
                                     AVERAGE   OVERALL     CONF     SCHEDULE     AP
RANK TEAM                       CONF   SCORE    W- L-T   W- L-T     AVG  RANK   RANK

   1 Cornell                     IND   98.22    8- 0-0   0- 0-0   69.09     6      4
   2 Texas A&M                   SWC   97.55   11- 0-0   6- 0-0   58.70    30      1
   3 Duke                        SOU   96.87    8- 1-0   5- 0-0   61.28    24      8
   4 Tulane                      SEC   95.76    8- 1-1   5- 0-0   72.16     2      5
   5 Ohio State                  WES   94.66    6- 2-0   5- 1-0   67.96     9     15
   6 North Carolina              SOU   93.67    8- 1-1   5- 1-0   53.94    40       
   7 Southern California         PCC   92.52    8- 0-2   5- 0-2   53.75    41      3
   8 Missouri                    BG6   91.25    8- 2-0   5- 0-0   61.45    23      6
   9 Georgia Tech                SEC   91.05    8- 2-0   6- 0-0   63.18    17     16
  10 Nebraska                    BG6   90.68    7- 1-1   4- 1-0   64.19    14     18
  11 Tennessee                   SEC   90.66   10- 1-0   6- 0-0   42.95    69      2
  12 Oklahoma                    BG6   90.10    6- 2-1   3- 2-0   60.26    26     19
  13 Clemson                     SOU   89.73    9- 1-0   4- 0-0   45.30    66     12
  14 Notre Dame                  IND   89.20    7- 2-0   0- 0-0   70.95     3     13
  15 Iowa                        WES   87.58    6- 1-1   4- 1-1   62.62    18      9
  16 Michigan                    WES   86.56    6- 2-0   3- 2-0   58.63    31     20
  17 Princeton                   IND   86.38    7- 1-0   0- 0-0   52.05    45       
  18 Mississippi State           SEC   84.05    8- 2-0   3- 2-0   41.44    75       
  19 Holy Cross                  IND   81.62    7- 2-0   0- 0-0   46.22    61       
  20 Fordham                     IND   81.40    6- 2-0   0- 0-0   53.71    42     17
  21 Duquesne                    IND   81.24    8- 0-1   0- 0-0   38.02    83     10
  22 Southern Methodist          SWC   80.07    6- 3-1   4- 2-0   59.57    29       
  23 Georgetown                  IND   79.27    7- 0-1   0- 0-0   33.37    90       
  24 Villanova                   IND   78.68    6- 2-0   0- 0-0   46.24    60       
  25 Mississippi                 SEC   78.40    7- 2-0   2- 2-0   34.72    88       
  26 Boston College              IND   78.31    9- 2-0   0- 0-0   41.30    76     11
  27 Wake Forest                 SOU   77.64    7- 3-0   3- 3-0   38.20    82       
  28 Baylor                      SWC   77.53    7- 3-0   4- 2-0   51.27    46       
  29 Alabama                     SEC   77.47    5- 3-1   2- 3-1   62.38    20       
  30 Kentucky                    SEC   77.42    6- 2-1   2- 2-1   47.85    54       
  31 Minnesota                   WES   76.98    3- 4-1   2- 3-1   69.83     5       
  32 Santa Clara                 IND   76.30    5- 1-3   0- 0-0   47.20    55     14
  33 Purdue                      WES   75.75    3- 3-2   2- 1-2   68.26     7       
  34 Penn State                  IND   75.75    5- 1-2   0- 0-0   46.97    56       
  35 Pittsburgh                  IND   74.42    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   63.49    16       
  36 Oregon State                PCC   71.78    9- 1-1   6- 1-1   32.32    95       
  37 UCLA                        PCC   71.51    6- 0-4   5- 0-3   45.64    63      7
  38 Auburn                      SEC   70.92    5- 5-1   3- 3-1   65.41    13       
  39 Northwestern                WES   68.76    3- 4-1   3- 2-1   74.66     1       
  40 Texas                       SWC   65.91    5- 4-0   3- 3-0   60.15    27       
  41 Indiana                     WES   65.69    2- 4-2   2- 3-0   70.46     4       
  42 Dartmouth                   IND   65.12    5- 3-1   0- 0-0   41.64    73       
  43 Utah                        MSC   61.29    6- 1-2   4- 1-1   22.99   112       
  44 Virginia Military Institute SOU   61.17    6- 3-1   3- 1-1   45.40    64       
  45 New York University         IND   60.49    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   56.98    34       
  46 Columbia                    IND   60.25    2- 4-2   0- 0-0   66.05    12       
  47 Pennsylvania                IND   59.92    4- 4-0   0- 0-0   62.45    19       
  48 Richmond                    SOU   59.41    7- 1-2   3- 1-1   24.38   108       
  49 Syracuse                    IND   57.10    3- 3-2   0- 0-0   59.95    28       
  50 Kansas State                BG6   55.89    4- 5-0   1- 4-0   55.06    37       
  51 Arkansas                    SWC   55.75    4- 5-1   2- 3-1   56.82    35       
  52 Louisiana State             SEC   55.74    4- 5-0   1- 5-0   61.87    22       
  53 Virginia                    IND   54.20    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   41.17    77       
  54 Colgate                     IND   53.53    2- 5-1   0- 0-0   63.63    15       
  55 William & Mary              SOU   52.80    6- 2-1   2- 0-1   30.60    98       
  56 Carnegie Tech               IND   52.60    3- 5-0   0- 0-0   54.01    39       
  57 Navy                        IND   52.56    3- 5-1   0- 0-0   66.14    11       
  58 Illinois                    WES   52.04    3- 4-1   3- 3-0   56.30    36       
  59 Marquette                   IND   51.00    4- 4-0   0- 0-0   46.80    58       
  60 Michigan State              IND   50.62    4- 4-1   0- 0-0   50.84    47       
  61 Oregon                      PCC   50.12    3- 4-1   3- 3-1   49.67    50       
  62 Gonzaga                     IND   49.35    6- 2-0   0- 0-0   22.29   114       
  63 Detroit Mercy               IND   49.17    5- 3-1   0- 0-0   38.45    80       
  64 George Washington           IND   47.75    5- 3-0   0- 0-0   33.26    92       
  65 Florida                     SEC   47.73    5- 5-1   0- 3-1   46.09    62       
  66 Brown                       IND   47.37    5- 3-1   0- 0-0   33.34    91       
  67 Georgia                     SEC   46.90    5- 6-0   1- 3-0   48.35    53       
  68 Furman                      SOU   44.53    5- 4-0   3- 3-0   32.32    96       
  69 Washington (Missouri)       MVC   44.53    6- 3-1   4- 1-0   25.89   106       
  70 Hardin-Simmons              IND   44.22    7- 1-1   0- 0-0   14.98   123       
  71 Arizona State               BRD   44.22    8- 2-1   4- 0-0   14.80   124       
  72 Oklahoma State              MVC   43.87    5- 4-1   3- 1-0   38.33    81       
  73 Manhattan                   IND   43.50    4- 4-0   0- 0-0   49.76    49       
  74 Yale                        IND   43.08    3- 4-1   0- 0-0   60.74    25       
  75 Harvard                     IND   42.68    4- 4-0   0- 0-0   38.82    79       
  76 Colorado                    MSC   41.22    5- 3-0   5- 1-0   35.35    86       
  77 Texas Christian             SWC   40.22    3- 7-0   1- 5-0   52.65    44       
  78 Washington                  PCC   39.70    4- 5-0   4- 4-0   49.57    51       
  79 Virginia Tech               SOU   38.02    4- 5-1   1- 4-1   41.85    72       
  80 Army                        IND   37.66    3- 4-2   0- 0-0   46.92    57       
  81 New Mexico                  BRD   36.97    8- 2-0   4- 2-0   17.89   121       
  82 Washington State            PCC   35.61    4- 5-0   3- 5-0   46.64    59       
  83 Washington & Lee            SOU   31.40    3- 4-1   1- 2-0   36.84    85       
  84 Wisconsin                   WES   30.96    1- 6-1   0- 5-1   67.96     8       
  85 Temple                      IND   30.92    2- 7-0   0- 0-0   62.10    21       
  86 Texas-El Paso               BRD   30.00    5- 4-0   3- 2-0   23.10   111       
  87 Texas Tech                  BRD   29.98    5- 5-1   2- 1-0   28.20   102       
  88 St. Marys                   IND   27.35    3- 4-1   0- 0-0   32.57    94       
  89 North Carolina State        SOU   27.34    2- 8-0   2- 4-0   66.16    10       
  90 Brigham Young               MSC   26.93    5- 2-2   2- 2-2   18.40   120       
  91 Vanderbilt                  SEC   26.92    2- 7-1   1- 6-0   57.68    33       
  92 Denver                      MSC   26.15    5- 3-1   3- 2-1   24.17   110       
  93 Kansas                      BG6   23.93    2- 6-0   1- 4-0   52.66    43       
  94 Arizona                     BRD   23.69    6- 4-0   1- 2-0   24.38   107       
  95 Bucknell                    IND   23.16    3- 5-0   0- 0-0   32.76    93       
  96 Miami (Florida)             IND   22.50    5- 5-0   0- 0-0   28.23   101       
  97 West Virginia               IND   22.26    2- 6-1   0- 0-0   42.55    70       
  98 Iowa State                  BG6   21.96    2- 7-0   1- 4-0   50.28    48       
  99 Rice                        SWC   21.40    1- 9-1   0- 5-1   54.40    38       
 100 Stanford                    PCC   19.16    1- 7-1   0- 6-1   57.82    32       
 101 Washburn                    MVC   18.91    6- 4-0   1- 3-0   16.46   122       
 102 St. Louis                   MVC   18.58    5- 3-2   1- 2-1   20.22   118       
 103 Hampden-Sydney              IND   18.51    4- 5-0   0- 0-0   30.90    97       
 104 Maryland                    SOU   18.22    2- 7-0   0- 1-0   45.32    65       
 105 San Francisco               IND   17.86    4- 3-3   0- 0-0   21.04   116       
 106 California                  PCC   17.76    3- 7-0   2- 5-0   42.19    71       
 107 Creighton                   MVC   17.27    4- 5-0   2- 4-0   21.11   115       
 108 Sewanee                     SEC   16.43    3- 5-0   0- 3-0   34.94    87       
 109 Drake                       MVC   16.41    5- 5-0   2- 3-0   19.76   119       
 110 Tulsa                       MVC   15.70    4- 5-1   2- 1-1   26.56   103       
 111 Davidson                    SOU   15.64    2- 7-0   1- 7-0   48.53    52       
 112 South Carolina              SOU   14.99    3- 6-1   1- 3-0   45.27    67       
 113 Citadel                     SOU   13.50    3- 8-0   0- 4-0   39.66    78       
 114 Montana                     PCC   13.21    3- 6-0   1- 2-0   28.24   100       
 115 Utah State                  MSC   12.55    3- 4-1   2- 3-1   22.41   113       
 116 Centenary                   IND   10.20    2- 9-1   0- 0-0   37.50    84       
 117 Idaho                       PCC    7.90    2- 6-0   0- 3-0   34.63    89       
 118 New Mexico State            BRD    7.58    3- 6-0   1- 4-0   26.52   104       
 119 Colorado State              MSC    7.25    2- 7-0   2- 4-0   26.40   105       
 120 Minor Teams                        7.09   26-**-*   0- 0-0   41.62    74       
 121 Chicago                     WES    4.18    2- 6-0   0- 3-0   43.93    68       
 122 Loyola Marymount            IND    3.69    2- 6-1   0- 0-0   24.20   109       
 123 Northern Arizona            BRD    1.52    1- 6-1   0- 4-0   20.87   117       
 124 Wyoming                     MSC    1.48    0- 7-1   0- 5-1   28.87    99       

Team Rankings | Conference Rankings


                        # OF AVERAGE AVERAGE      OVERALL     NON-CONF                                   
CONFERENCE      ABBREV TEAMS   SCORE    RANK     W-  L- T     W-  L- T  BEST TEAM            RANK   SCORE

Southeastern       SEC    13   66.11   42.08    76- 46- 6    44- 14- 2  Tulane                  4   95.76
Western            WES    10   64.32   44.30    35- 36- 9    11- 12- 3  Ohio State              5   94.66
Southwest          SWC     7   62.63   45.57    37- 31- 3    17- 11- 1  Texas A&M               2   97.55
Big 6              BG6     6   62.30   45.17    29- 23- 2    14-  8- 2  Missouri                8   91.25
Independent        IND    41   53.16   57.76   189-140-28   189-140-28  Cornell                 1   98.22
Southern           SOU    15   48.99   63.67    75- 61- 8    41- 27- 4  Duke                    3   96.87
Pacific Coast      PCC    10   41.93   73.80    43- 41- 9    14- 12- 1  Southern California     7   92.52
Mountain States    MSC     7   25.27   94.14    26- 27- 7     8-  9- 1  Utah                   43   61.29
Missouri Valley    MVC     7   25.04   95.71    35- 29- 5    20- 14- 3  Washington (Missouri)  69   44.53
Border             BRD     7   24.85   94.29    36- 29- 3    21- 14- 3  Arizona State          71   44.22

The database used to produce the above rankings was constructed from data listed on James Howell's website.
Click here for criteria used for determining what scores to use and which team was the home team.

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