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1942 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 Georgia                     SEC   95.68   11- 1-0   6- 1-0   54.90    38      2
   2 Georgia Pre-Flight          IND   94.34    7- 1-1   0- 0-0   72.53     6       
   3 Ohio State                  WES   93.87    9- 1-0   5- 1-0   60.84    19      1
   4 Notre Dame                  IND   93.47    7- 2-2   0- 0-0   76.58     3      6
   5 Georgia Tech                SEC   92.78    9- 2-0   4- 1-0   63.81    13      5
   6 Great Lakes Navy            IND   91.51    8- 3-1   0- 0-0   62.63    14       
   7 Tennessee                   SEC   91.42    9- 1-1   4- 1-0   52.31    45      7
   8 Alabama                     SEC   91.36    8- 3-0   4- 2-0   64.48    12     10
   9 Wisconsin                   WES   91.08    8- 1-1   4- 1-0   66.02    10      3
  10 Michigan                    WES   90.87    7- 3-0   3- 2-0   72.61     5      9
  11 Mississippi State           SEC   90.45    8- 2-0   5- 2-0   58.43    28     18
  12 Tulsa                       MVC   90.40   10- 1-0   5- 0-0   38.13    87      4
  13 Iowa Pre-Flight             IND   89.22    7- 3-0   0- 0-0   59.94    20       
  14 Louisiana State             SEC   88.58    7- 3-0   3- 2-0   69.51     8       
  15 Texas                       SWC   88.17    9- 2-0   5- 1-0   50.40    52     11
  16 North Carolina Pre-Flight   IND   87.34    8- 2-1   0- 0-0   52.64    42       
  17 Boston College              IND   85.78    8- 2-0   0- 0-0   56.00    34      8
  18 William & Mary              SOU   83.90    9- 1-1   4- 0-0   36.83    90     14
  19 Rice                        SWC   83.49    7- 2-1   4- 1-1   58.39    30       
  20 Duke                        SOU   80.77    5- 4-1   3- 1-1   61.64    18       
  21 Auburn                      SEC   79.58    6- 4-1   3- 3-0   64.54    11     16
  22 Santa Clara                 IND   79.58    7- 2-0   0- 0-0   54.00    39     15
  23 Indiana                     WES   79.23    7- 3-0   2- 2-0   44.41    72       
  24 Minnesota                   WES   78.43    5- 4-0   3- 3-0   66.67     9     19
  25 Illinois                    WES   78.34    6- 4-0   3- 2-0   58.39    29       
  26 Missouri                    BG6   77.69    8- 3-1   4- 0-1   46.25    65       
  27 Tulane                      SEC   76.45    4- 5-0   1- 4-0   81.09     2       
  28 Wake Forest                 SOU   76.42    6- 2-1   6- 1-1   47.05    61       
  29 Colgate                     IND   75.38    6- 2-1   0- 0-0   46.53    64       
  30 Marquette                   IND   75.35    7- 2-0   0- 0-0   41.07    79       
  31 Stanford                    PCC   73.13    6- 4-0   5- 2-0   57.66    31     12
  32 Texas Christian             SWC   72.91    7- 3-0   4- 2-0   51.28    47       
  33 UCLA                        PCC   72.67    7- 4-0   6- 1-0   55.95    35     13
  34 Colorado                    MSC   72.31    7- 2-0   5- 1-0   34.48   102       
  35 Fordham                     IND   72.02    5- 3-1   0- 0-0   71.59     7       
  36 Baylor                      SWC   71.58    6- 4-1   3- 2-1   59.15    25       
  37 Jacksonville NAS            IND   70.32    9- 3-0   0- 0-0   37.99    89       
  38 Pennsylvania                IND   70.22    5- 3-1   0- 0-0   50.84    49       
  39 St. Marys Pre-Flight        IND   69.12    6- 3-1   0- 0-0   42.45    77       
  40 North Carolina              SOU   68.63    5- 2-2   3- 1-1   51.09    48       
  41 Army                        IND   68.59    6- 3-0   0- 0-0   44.57    71       
  42 Iowa                        WES   67.91    6- 4-0   3- 3-0   59.57    21       
  43 Oklahoma State              MVC   67.80    6- 3-1   4- 1-0   42.99    76       
  44 Vanderbilt                  SEC   67.78    6- 4-0   2- 4-0   48.75    57       
  45 Penn State                  IND   67.44    6- 1-1   0- 0-0   43.73    73     19
  46 Miami (Florida)             IND   65.26    7- 2-0   0- 0-0   35.49    94       
  47 Texas A&M                   SWC   63.18    4- 5-1   2- 3-1   58.78    27       
  48 Navy                        IND   62.23    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   57.23    33       
  49 Hardin-Simmons              BRD   61.74    9- 1-1   4- 0-1   23.31   114       
  50 Southern California         PCC   61.25    5- 5-1   4- 2-1   59.44    22       
  51 Washington State            PCC   60.10    6- 2-2   5- 1-1   38.49    85     17
  52 Utah                        MSC   59.39    6- 3-0   5- 1-0   38.60    84       
  53 St. Marys                   IND   58.65    6- 3-1   0- 0-0   38.68    83       
  54 Michigan State              IND   58.44    4- 3-2   0- 0-0   53.05    40       
  55 Syracuse                    IND   58.42    6- 3-0   0- 0-0   39.60    82       
  56 Dartmouth                   IND   56.58    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   43.21    75       
  57 Holy Cross                  IND   56.43    5- 4-1   0- 0-0   45.84    68     19
  58 West Virginia               IND   55.81    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   48.33    58       
  59 Duquesne                    IND   54.55    6- 3-1   0- 0-0   36.51    91       
  60 Georgetown                  IND   54.46    5- 3-1   0- 0-0   48.81    56       
  61 Texas Tech                  BRD   49.99    4- 5-1   3- 0-1   52.40    44       
  62 Virginia Tech               SOU   49.19    7- 2-1   5- 1-0   31.46   105       
  63 Yale                        IND   47.17    5- 3-0   0- 0-0   39.92    81       
  64 Kentucky                    SEC   46.92    3- 6-1   0- 5-0   57.23    32       
  65 Oklahoma                    BG6   46.11    3- 5-2   3- 1-1   49.00    55       
  66 Washington                  PCC   45.31    4- 3-3   3- 3-2   45.41    69       
  67 North Carolina State        SOU   44.73    4- 4-2   3- 1-2   55.02    37       
  68 California                  PCC   44.71    5- 5-0   3- 4-0   52.47    43       
  69 San Francisco               IND   43.65    6- 4-0   0- 0-0   29.51   107       
  70 Northwestern                WES   43.38    1- 9-0   0- 6-0   82.54     1       
  71 Detroit Mercy               IND   43.10    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   40.03    80       
  72 Utah State                  MSC   41.43    6- 3-1   2- 3-1   27.63   110       
  73 Denver                      MSC   41.03    6- 3-1   3- 2-1   28.56   109       
  74 Maryland                    SOU   40.03    7- 2-0   1- 2-0   21.37   115       
  75 Oregon State                PCC   39.94    4- 5-1   4- 4-0   46.95    62       
  76 Citadel                     SOU   39.83    5- 2-0   2- 2-0   17.84   118       
  77 Colorado State              MSC   39.42    4- 3-0   2- 3-0   36.23    93       
  78 Florida                     SEC   38.28    3- 7-0   1- 3-0   58.86    26       
  79 Furman                      SOU   38.19    3- 6-0   3- 3-0   55.04    36       
  80 Villanova                   IND   38.13    4- 4-0   0- 0-0   35.48    95       
  81 Creighton                   MVC   37.58    5- 4-0   1- 4-0   32.46   104       
  82 Cornell                     IND   37.18    3- 5-1   0- 0-0   52.97    41       
  83 Pittsburgh                  IND   36.51    3- 6-0   0- 0-0   62.06    16       
  84 Mississippi                 SEC   35.98    2- 7-0   0- 5-0   59.32    23       
  85 Southern Methodist          SWC   35.64    3- 6-2   1- 4-1   49.86    53       
  86 Clemson                     SOU   32.61    3- 6-1   2- 3-1   47.59    59       
  87 Arizona                     BRD   31.68    6- 4-0   4- 2-0   34.68   100       
  88 Harvard                     IND   31.48    2- 6-1   0- 0-0   62.02    17       
  89 Purdue                      WES   30.39    1- 8-0   1- 4-0   73.91     4       
  90 Arkansas                    SWC   29.19    3- 7-0   0- 6-0   59.26    24       
  91 Brown                       IND   29.05    4- 4-0   0- 0-0   34.49   101       
  92 St. Louis                   MVC   27.92    4- 5-0   2- 3-0   44.79    70       
  93 South Carolina              SOU   27.86    1- 7-1   1- 4-0   62.17    15       
  94 Virginia Military Institute SOU   27.79    3- 5-1   2- 4-1   38.39    86       
  95 Temple                      IND   25.35    2- 5-3   0- 0-0   49.83    54       
  96 Columbia                    IND   24.75    3- 6-0   0- 0-0   46.17    66       
  97 Loyola Marymount            IND   24.73    5- 4-1   0- 0-0   26.23   112       
  98 Princeton                   IND   24.42    3- 5-1   0- 0-0   42.41    78       
  99 Washington (Missouri)       MVC   24.16    5- 5-0   2- 3-0   33.42   103       
 100 Nebraska                    BG6   23.50    3- 7-0   3- 2-0   50.83    50       
 101 Oregon                      PCC   23.35    2- 6-0   2- 5-0   50.45    51       
 102 Wyoming                     MSC   23.11    3- 5-0   1- 5-0   34.78    99       
 103 West Texas A&M              BRD   22.31    7- 2-0   5- 2-0   16.99   119       
 104 Manhattan                   IND   20.36    2- 6-0   0- 0-0   52.19    46       
 105 Davidson                    SOU   17.24    2- 6-1   2- 4-1   46.11    67       
 106 George Washington           SOU   17.09    3- 6-0   2- 4-0   43.50    74       
 107 Iowa State                  BG6   14.50    3- 6-0   1- 4-0   36.44    92       
 108 New Mexico                  BRD   11.70    4- 5-2   3- 4-0   20.95   116       
 109 Texas-El Paso               BRD   11.58    5- 4-0   4- 3-0   16.15   120       
 110 Richmond                    SOU   11.00    3- 6-1   1- 5-0   26.00   113       
 111 Kansas                      BG6   10.76    2- 8-0   1- 4-0   47.24    60       
 112 Idaho                       PCC   10.47    3- 7-0   1- 5-0   35.48    96       
 113 Virginia                    IND    9.77    2- 6-1   0- 0-0   30.92   106       
 114 Brigham Young               MSC    8.37    2- 5-0   1- 4-0   35.30    97       
 115 Minor Teams                        8.16   24-**-3   0- 0-0   46.65    63       
 116 Kansas State                BG6    7.97    3- 8-0   2- 3-0   38.09    88       
 117 Drake                       MVC    7.38    3- 7-0   1- 4-0   29.50   108       
 118 Washington & Lee            SOU    3.06    1- 8-0   0- 4-0   27.37   111       
 119 Montana                     PCC    1.70    0- 8-0   0- 6-0   34.79    98       
 120 Arizona State               BRD    0.92    2- 8-0   2- 5-0   19.96   117       
 121 Northern Arizona            BRD    0.48    1- 5-0   1- 4-0    9.14   122       
 122 New Mexico State            BRD    0.18    1- 8-0   0- 6-0   11.46   121       

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    12   74.60   30.33    76- 45- 3    43- 12- 3  Georgia                 1   95.68
Western            WES     9   72.61   32.78    50- 37- 1    26- 13- 1  Ohio State              3   93.87
Southwest          SWC     7   63.45   46.29    39- 29- 5    20- 10- 1  Texas                  15   88.17
Independent        IND    39   56.57   55.13   205-136-24   205-136-24  Georgia Pre-Flight      2   94.34
Pacific Coast      PCC    10   43.26   70.60    42- 49- 7     9- 16- 3  Stanford               31   73.13
Missouri Valley    MVC     6   42.54   74.00    33- 25- 1    18- 10- 1  Tulsa                  12   90.40
Southern           SOU    16   41.15   73.50    67- 69-13    27- 29- 5  William & Mary         18   83.90
Mountain States    MSC     7   40.72   74.86    34- 24- 2    15-  5- 0  Colorado               34   72.31
Big 6              BG6     6   30.09   87.50    22- 37- 3     8- 23- 1  Missouri               26   77.69
Border             BRD     9   21.18   97.78    39- 42- 4    13- 16- 2  Hardin-Simmons         49   61.74

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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