1937

1938 Rankings
​Final

1939

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Southern California	(9-2-0)		0.8592	Pacific Coast
2	Tennessee	(11-0-0)		0.8425	Southeastern
3	Notre Dame	(8-1-0)		0.8353	Independent
4	California	(10-1-0)		0.7482	Pacific Coast
5	Texas Christian	(11-0-0)		0.7410	Southwest
6	Duke	(9-1-0)		0.7032	Southern
7	Minnesota	(6-2-0)		0.6944	Big Ten
8	Pittsburgh	(8-2-0)		0.6497	Independent
9	Alabama	(7-1-1)		0.6484	Southeastern
10	Fordham	(6-1-2)		0.6459	Independent
11	Oklahoma	(10-1-0)		0.6354	Big Six
12	Santa Clara	(6-2-0)		0.6123	Independent
13	St. Mary's	(6-2-0)		0.5988	Independent
14	Michigan	(6-1-1)		0.5982	Big Ten
15	Holy Cross	(8-1-0)		0.5754	Independent
16	Carnegie Tech	(7-2-0)		0.5602	Independent
17	Northwestern	(4-2-2)		0.5543	Big Ten
18	Villanova	(8-0-1)		0.5448	Independent
19	Purdue	(5-1-2)		0.5250	Big Ten
20	Iowa State	(7-1-1)		0.5222	Big Six
21	Clemson	(7-1-1)		0.5162	Southern
22	Texas Tech	(10-1-0)		0.5129	Border
23	Georgetown	(8-0-0)		0.5093	Independent
24	Tulane	(7-2-1)		0.5069	Southeastern
25	Oregon State	(5-3-1)		0.4772	Pacific Coast
26	North Carolina	(6-2-1)		0.4651	Southern
27	Wisconsin	(5-3-0)		0.4523	Big Ten
28	Cornell	(5-1-1)		0.4392	Independent
29	Mississippi	(9-2-0)		0.4340	Southeastern
30	UCLA	(7-4-1)		0.4189	Pacific Coast
31	Vanderbilt	(6-3-0)		0.4001	Southeastern
32	Missouri	(6-3-0)		0.3912	Big Six
33	Dartmouth	(7-2-0)		0.3651	Independent
34	Michigan State	(6-3-0)		0.3645	Independent
35	Army	(8-2-0)		0.3518	Independent
36	Washington	(3-5-1)		0.3381	Pacific Coast
37	Ohio State	(4-3-1)		0.3308	Big Ten
38	Baylor	(7-2-1)		0.3231	Southwest
39	Oregon	(4-5-0)		0.3221	Pacific Coast
40	Detroit Mercy	(6-4-0)		0.2955	Independent
41	Idaho	(6-3-1)		0.2867	Pacific Coast
42	New Mexico State	(7-2-0)		0.2828	Border
43	Stanford	(3-6-0)		0.2731	Pacific Coast
44	Miami (Florida)	(8-2-0)		0.2636	Independent
45	New Mexico	(8-3-0)		0.2589	Border
46	San Francisco	(5-2-1)		0.2494	Independent
47	Georgia Tech	(3-4-3)		0.2472	Southeastern
48	Southern Methodist	(6-4-0)		0.2417	Southwest
49	Utah	(7-1-2)		0.2360	Mountain States
50	Boston College	(6-1-2)		0.2216	Independent
51	Louisiana State	(6-4-0)		0.2186	Southeastern
52	South Carolina	(6-4-1)		0.2154	Southern
53	Texas-El Paso	(6-3-0)		0.2104	Border
53=	Texas A&M	(4-4-1)		0.2104	Southwest
55	Georgia	(5-4-1)		0.2098	Southeastern
56	Auburn	(4-5-1)		0.2065	Southeastern
57	Creighton	(6-1-1)		0.1981	Missouri Valley
58	Brown	(5-3-0)		0.1807	Independent
59	Syracuse	(5-3-0)		0.1695	Independent
60	Nebraska	(3-5-1)		0.1671	Big Six
61	Manhattan	(5-4-0)		0.1528	Independent
62	Drake	(5-4-1)		0.1527	Missouri Valley
63	Centenary	(7-4-0)		0.1479	Independent
64	Kansas State	(4-4-1)		0.1424	Big Six
65	Rice	(4-6-0)		0.1261	Southwest
66	Virginia Military Institute	(6-1-4)		0.1231	Southern
67	Navy	(4-3-2)		0.1216	Independent
68	Montana	(5-3-1)		0.1118	Pacific Coast
69	Colgate	(2-5-0)		0.1101	Independent
70	Harvard	(4-4-0)		0.1011	Independent
71	Pennsylvania	(3-2-3)		0.0986	Independent
72	Temple	(3-6-1)		0.0925	Independent
73	Bucknell	(5-3-0)		0.0763	Independent
74	Kansas	(3-6-0)		0.0651	Big Six
75	Wake Forest	(4-5-1)		0.0624	Southern
76	Duquesne	(4-6-0)		0.0532	Independent
77	New York University	(4-4-0)		0.0385	Independent
78	Washington (Missouri)	(6-3-1)		0.0240	Missouri Valley
79	George Washington	(5-4-0)		0.0144	Independent
80	Washington State	(2-8-0)		0.0124	Pacific Coast
81	Richmond	(6-3-1)		0.0065	Southern
82	North Carolina State	(3-7-1)		-0.0199	Southern
83	Brigham Young	(4-3-1)		-0.0205	Mountain States
84	Arkansas	(2-7-1)		-0.0357	Southwest
85	Illinois	(3-5-0)		-0.0362	Big Ten
86	Columbia	(3-6-0)		-0.0458	Independent
87	Citadel	(6-5-0)		-0.0460	Southern
88	West Virginia	(4-5-1)		-0.0651	Independent
89	Arizona	(3-6-0)		-0.0683	Border
90	Tulsa	(4-5-1)		-0.0761	Missouri Valley
91	Virginia Tech	(3-5-2)		-0.0886	Southern
92	Marquette	(1-7-0)		-0.0919	Independent
93	Penn State	(3-4-1)		-0.0963	Independent
94	Denver	(4-4-1)		-0.1079	Mountain States
95	Princeton	(3-4-1)		-0.1161	Independent
96	Indiana	(1-6-1)		-0.1188	Big Ten
97	Mississippi State	(4-6-0)		-0.1512	Southeastern
98	Colorado	(3-4-1)		-0.1660	Mountain States
99	Washington & Lee	(4-4-1)		-0.1890	Southern
100	Florida	(4-6-1)		-0.2025	Southeastern
101	Utah State	(4-4-0)		-0.2057	Mountain States
102	Loyola Marymount	(4-5-0)		-0.2233	Independent
103	Virginia	(4-4-1)		-0.2345	Independent
104	Gonzaga	(1-7-0)		-0.2454	Independent
105	Iowa	(1-6-1)		-0.2461	Big Ten
106	Davidson	(4-6-0)		-0.2509	Southern
107	Kentucky	(2-7-0)		-0.2590	Southeastern
108	Washburn	(6-3-0)		-0.2690	Missouri Valley
109	Texas	(1-8-0)		-0.2919	Southwest
110	Yale	(2-6-0)		-0.2950	Independent
111	Arizona State	(3-6-0)		-0.3081	Border
112	Furman	(2-7-1)		-0.3662	Southern
113	St. Louis	(3-5-2)		-0.3962	Missouri Valley
114	Wyoming	(2-5-1)		-0.4295	Mountain States
115	Sewanee	(1-8-0)		-0.4555	Southeastern
116	Colorado State	(1-5-2)		-0.5962	Mountain States
117	Oklahoma State	(2-8-0)		-0.6166	Missouri Valley
118	Northern Arizona	(2-6-1)		-0.6318	Border
119	Maryland	(2-7-0)		-0.6509	Southern
120	Hampden-Sydney	(2-6-0)		-0.6655	Independent
121	William & Mary	(3-7-0)		-0.6765	Southern
122	Chicago	(1-6-1)		-0.9834	Big Ten

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Pacific Coast	0.3848
2	Big Six	0.3206
3	Southeastern	0.2035
4	Southwest	0.1878
5	Independent	0.1840
6	Big Ten	0.1770
7	Border	0.0367
8	Southern	-0.0131
9	Missouri Valley	-0.1405
10	Mountain States	-0.1842