1937

1938 Rankings
​Final

1939

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Southern California	(9-2-0)		0.8952	Pacific Coast
2	Tennessee	(11-0-0)		0.8631	Southeastern
3	Notre Dame	(8-1-0)		0.8355	Independent
4	California	(10-1-0)		0.7547	Pacific Coast
5	Texas Christian	(11-0-0)		0.7536	Southwest
6	Duke	(9-1-0)		0.7034	Southern
7	Minnesota	(6-2-0)		0.6963	Big Ten
8	Pittsburgh	(8-2-0)		0.6533	Independent
9	Fordham	(6-1-2)		0.6484	Independent
10	Alabama	(7-1-1)		0.6471	Southeastern
11	Oklahoma	(10-1-0)		0.6468	Big Six
12	Santa Clara	(6-2-0)		0.6102	Independent
13	Michigan	(6-1-1)		0.5962	Big Ten
14	St. Mary's	(6-2-0)		0.5849	Independent
15	Holy Cross	(8-1-0)		0.5704	Independent
16	Northwestern	(4-2-2)		0.5633	Big Ten
17	Carnegie Tech	(7-2-0)		0.5579	Independent
18	Villanova	(8-0-1)		0.5454	Independent
19	Iowa State	(7-1-1)		0.5359	Big Six
20	Tulane	(7-2-1)		0.5303	Southeastern
21	Clemson	(7-1-1)		0.5205	Southern
22	Purdue	(5-1-2)		0.5148	Big Ten
23	Georgetown	(8-0-0)		0.5121	Independent
24	Texas Tech	(10-1-0)		0.5097	Independent
25	Oregon State	(5-3-1)		0.5089	Pacific Coast
26	North Carolina	(6-2-1)		0.4741	Southern
27	Wisconsin	(5-3-0)		0.4737	Big Ten
28	Cornell	(5-1-1)		0.4561	Independent
29	Mississippi	(9-2-0)		0.4485	Southeastern
30	UCLA	(7-4-1)		0.4435	Pacific Coast
31	Missouri	(6-3-0)		0.4201	Big Six
32	Vanderbilt	(6-3-0)		0.4142	Southeastern
33	Dartmouth	(7-2-0)		0.3888	Independent
34	Michigan State	(6-3-0)		0.3858	Independent
35	Washington	(3-5-1)		0.3786	Pacific Coast
36	Oregon	(4-5-0)		0.3777	Pacific Coast
37	Army	(8-2-0)		0.3739	Independent
38	Baylor	(7-2-1)		0.3570	Southwest
39	Idaho	(6-3-1)		0.3507	Pacific Coast
40	Ohio State	(4-3-1)		0.3455	Big Ten
41	New Mexico State	(7-2-0)		0.3299	Border
42	Detroit Mercy	(6-4-0)		0.3228	Independent
43	Miami (Florida)	(8-2-0)		0.3208	Independent
44	Stanford	(3-6-0)		0.3109	Pacific Coast
45	Southern Methodist	(6-4-0)		0.3051	Southwest
46	Louisiana State	(6-4-0)		0.2858	Southeastern
47	New Mexico	(8-3-0)		0.2841	Border
48	Auburn	(4-5-1)		0.2804	Southeastern
49	Georgia Tech	(3-4-3)		0.2694	Southeastern
50	Syracuse	(5-3-0)		0.2665	Independent
51	Georgia	(5-4-1)		0.2608	Southeastern
52	Texas-El Paso	(6-3-0)		0.2581	Border
53	South Carolina	(6-4-1)		0.2550	Southern
54	Texas A&M	(4-4-1)		0.2542	Southwest
55	San Francisco	(5-2-1)		0.2499	Independent
56	Utah	(7-1-2)		0.2387	Mountain States
57	Brown	(5-3-0)		0.2374	Independent
58	Kansas State	(4-4-1)		0.2361	Big Six
59	Creighton	(6-1-1)		0.2273	Missouri Valley
60	Boston College	(6-1-2)		0.2240	Independent
61	Rice	(4-6-0)		0.2093	Southwest
62	Drake	(5-4-1)		0.2048	Missouri Valley
63	Centenary	(7-4-0)		0.2006	Independent
64	Manhattan	(5-4-0)		0.1972	Independent
65	Nebraska	(3-5-1)		0.1917	Big Six
66	Colgate	(2-5-0)		0.1699	Independent
67	Bucknell	(5-3-0)		0.1664	Independent
68	Navy	(4-3-2)		0.1652	Independent
69	Harvard	(4-4-0)		0.1635	Independent
70	Virginia Military Institute	(6-1-4)		0.1633	Southern
71	Montana	(5-3-1)		0.1606	Pacific Coast
72	Pennsylvania	(3-2-3)		0.1576	Independent
73	Kansas	(3-6-0)		0.1441	Big Six
74	Temple	(3-6-1)		0.1384	Independent
75	Wake Forest	(4-5-1)		0.1361	Southern
76	Duquesne	(4-6-0)		0.1257	Independent
77	New York University	(4-4-0)		0.1182	Independent
78	George Washington	(5-4-0)		0.1139	Independent
79	Washington State	(2-8-0)		0.1020	Pacific Coast
80	Washington (Missouri)	(6-3-1)		0.0894	Missouri Valley
81	Richmond	(6-3-1)		0.0775	Southern
82	Columbia	(3-6-0)		0.0694	Independent
83	Citadel	(6-5-0)		0.0664	Southern
84	Brigham Young	(4-3-1)		0.0559	Mountain States
85	North Carolina State	(3-7-1)		0.0458	Southern
86	Illinois	(3-5-0)		0.0449	Big Ten
87	Arizona	(3-6-0)		0.0404	Border
88	Penn State	(3-4-1)		0.0293	Independent
89	Arkansas	(2-7-1)		0.0287	Southwest
90	West Virginia	(4-5-1)		0.0204	Independent
91	Marquette	(1-7-0)		0.0203	Independent
92	Tulsa	(4-5-1)		0.0178	Missouri Valley
93	Virginia Tech	(3-5-2)		-0.0011	Southern
94	Princeton	(3-4-1)		-0.0020	Independent
95	Mississippi State	(4-6-0)		-0.0039	Southeastern
96	Denver	(4-4-1)		-0.0271	Mountain States
97	Colorado	(3-4-1)		-0.0358	Mountain States
98	Indiana	(1-6-1)		-0.0388	Big Ten
99	Florida	(4-6-1)		-0.0441	Southeastern
100	Virginia	(4-4-1)		-0.0450	Independent
101	Washburn	(6-3-0)		-0.0472	Missouri Valley
102	Utah State	(4-4-0)		-0.0519	Mountain States
103	Washington & Lee	(4-4-1)		-0.0574	Southern
104	Loyola Marymount	(4-5-0)		-0.0665	Independent
105	Davidson	(4-6-0)		-0.0822	Southern
106	Yale	(2-6-0)		-0.1059	Independent
107	Iowa	(1-6-1)		-0.1065	Big Ten
108	Texas	(1-8-0)		-0.1138	Southwest
109	Kentucky	(2-7-0)		-0.1174	Southeastern
110	Gonzaga	(1-7-0)		-0.1297	Independent
111	Arizona State	(3-6-0)		-0.1471	Border
112	Furman	(2-7-1)		-0.1874	Southern
113	Sewanee	(1-8-0)		-0.2269	Southeastern
114	St. Louis	(3-5-2)		-0.2332	Missouri Valley
115	Wyoming	(2-5-1)		-0.2661	Mountain States
116	Maryland	(2-7-0)		-0.3351	Southern
117	Oklahoma State	(2-8-0)		-0.3594	Missouri Valley
118	William & Mary	(3-7-0)		-0.3667	Southern
119	Hampden-Sydney	(2-6-0)		-0.3698	Independent
120	Northern Arizona	(2-6-1)		-0.3899	Border
121	Colorado State	(1-5-2)		-0.4075	Mountain States
122	Chicago	(1-6-1)		-0.5960	Big Ten

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Pacific Coast	0.4283
2	Big Six	0.3624
3	Southeastern	0.2775
4	Southwest	0.2563
5	Independent	0.2534
6	Big Ten	0.2493
7	Southern	0.0941
8	Border	0.0626
9	Missouri Valley	-0.0144
10	Mountain States	-0.0706