1937

1938 Rankings
​Final

1939

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Southern California	(9-2-0)		0.8100	Pacific Coast
2	Notre Dame	(8-1-0)		0.7934	Independent
3	Tennessee	(11-0-0)		0.7902	Southeastern
4	California	(10-1-0)		0.6999	Pacific Coast
5	Texas Christian	(11-0-0)		0.6839	Southwest
6	Duke	(9-1-0)		0.6756	Southern
7	Minnesota	(6-2-0)		0.6564	Big Ten
8	Alabama	(7-1-1)		0.6213	Southeastern
9	Pittsburgh	(8-2-0)		0.6096	Independent
10	Fordham	(6-1-2)		0.5980	Independent
11	Oklahoma	(10-1-0)		0.5930	Big Six
12	Santa Clara	(6-2-0)		0.5704	Independent
13	St. Mary's	(6-2-0)		0.5591	Independent
14	Michigan	(6-1-1)		0.5500	Big Ten
15	Holy Cross	(8-1-0)		0.5454	Independent
16	Carnegie Tech	(7-2-0)		0.5326	Independent
17	Purdue	(5-1-2)		0.5244	Big Ten
18	Clemson	(7-1-1)		0.5210	Southern
19	Villanova	(8-0-1)		0.5128	Independent
20	Iowa State	(7-1-1)		0.5092	Big Six
21	Northwestern	(4-2-2)		0.5080	Big Ten
22	Cornell	(5-1-1)		0.4874	Independent
23	Tulane	(7-2-1)		0.4838	Southeastern
24	Texas Tech	(10-1-0)		0.4792	Independent
25	Georgetown	(8-0-0)		0.4790	Independent
26	Oregon State	(5-3-1)		0.4646	Pacific Coast
27	North Carolina	(6-2-1)		0.4432	Southern
28	Wisconsin	(5-3-0)		0.4372	Big Ten
29	Mississippi	(9-2-0)		0.4116	Southeastern
30	UCLA	(7-4-1)		0.4030	Pacific Coast
31	Missouri	(6-3-0)		0.3946	Big Six
32	Vanderbilt	(6-3-0)		0.3942	Southeastern
33	Army	(8-2-0)		0.3678	Independent
34	Dartmouth	(7-2-0)		0.3633	Independent
35	Michigan State	(6-3-0)		0.3594	Independent
36	Washington	(3-5-1)		0.3490	Pacific Coast
37	Oregon	(4-5-0)		0.3434	Pacific Coast
38	Idaho	(6-3-1)		0.3359	Pacific Coast
39	Baylor	(7-2-1)		0.3309	Southwest
40	Utah	(7-1-2)		0.3215	Mountain States
41	Detroit Mercy	(6-4-0)		0.3169	Independent
42	Ohio State	(4-3-1)		0.3111	Big Ten
43	Boston College	(6-1-2)		0.3043	Independent
44	New Mexico State	(7-2-0)		0.3023	Border
45	Miami (Florida)	(8-2-0)		0.2910	Independent
46	New Mexico	(8-3-0)		0.2881	Border
47	Stanford	(3-6-0)		0.2847	Pacific Coast
48	Georgia Tech	(3-4-3)		0.2804	Southeastern
49	Virginia Military Institute	(6-1-4)		0.2714	Southern
50	Southern Methodist	(6-4-0)		0.2702	Southwest
51	San Francisco	(5-2-1)		0.2660	Independent
52	Syracuse	(5-3-0)		0.2531	Independent
53	Navy	(4-3-2)		0.2500	Independent
54	Louisiana State	(6-4-0)		0.2443	Southeastern
55	Texas-El Paso	(6-3-0)		0.2369	Border
56	Georgia	(5-4-1)		0.2367	Southeastern
57	Texas A&M	(4-4-1)		0.2355	Southwest
58	Creighton	(6-1-1)		0.2353	Missouri Valley
59	Auburn	(4-5-1)		0.2331	Southeastern
60	South Carolina	(6-4-1)		0.2319	Southern
61	Pennsylvania	(3-2-3)		0.2237	Independent
62	Brown	(5-3-0)		0.2234	Independent
63	Nebraska	(3-5-1)		0.2177	Big Six
64	Drake	(5-4-1)		0.2092	Missouri Valley
65	Kansas State	(4-4-1)		0.1996	Big Six
66	Manhattan	(5-4-0)		0.1913	Independent
67	Centenary	(7-4-0)		0.1816	Independent
68	Rice	(4-6-0)		0.1749	Southwest
69	Montana	(5-3-1)		0.1672	Pacific Coast
70	Harvard	(4-4-0)		0.1635	Independent
71	Wake Forest	(4-5-1)		0.1583	Southern
72	Bucknell	(5-3-0)		0.1542	Independent
73	Temple	(3-6-1)		0.1528	Independent
74	Washington (Missouri)	(6-3-1)		0.1342	Missouri Valley
75	Richmond	(6-3-1)		0.1283	Southern
76	Kansas	(3-6-0)		0.1240	Big Six
77	Colgate	(2-5-0)		0.1158	Independent
78	Duquesne	(4-6-0)		0.1102	Independent
79	New York University	(4-4-0)		0.1082	Independent
80	George Washington	(5-4-0)		0.1063	Independent
81	Brigham Young	(4-3-1)		0.0952	Mountain States
82	North Carolina State	(3-7-1)		0.0916	Southern
83	Washington State	(2-8-0)		0.0872	Pacific Coast
84	Columbia	(3-6-0)		0.0851	Independent
85	Virginia Tech	(3-5-2)		0.0798	Southern
86	West Virginia	(4-5-1)		0.0721	Independent
87	Citadel	(6-5-0)		0.0666	Southern
88	Denver	(4-4-1)		0.0623	Mountain States
89	Penn State	(3-4-1)		0.0574	Independent
90	Tulsa	(4-5-1)		0.0512	Missouri Valley
91	Arkansas	(2-7-1)		0.0511	Southwest
92	Princeton	(3-4-1)		0.0471	Independent
93	Illinois	(3-5-0)		0.0363	Big Ten
94	Arizona	(3-6-0)		0.0244	Border
95	Virginia	(4-4-1)		0.0139	Independent
96	Colorado	(3-4-1)		0.0069	Mountain States
97	Washington & Lee	(4-4-1)		0.0024	Southern
98	Marquette	(1-7-0)		-0.0033	Independent
99	Utah State	(4-4-0)		-0.0106	Mountain States
100	Indiana	(1-6-1)		-0.0108	Big Ten
101	Mississippi State	(4-6-0)		-0.0296	Southeastern
102	Florida	(4-6-1)		-0.0379	Southeastern
103	Washburn	(6-3-0)		-0.0616	Missouri Valley
104	Davidson	(4-6-0)		-0.0650	Southern
105	Loyola Marymount	(4-5-0)		-0.0686	Independent
106	Yale	(2-6-0)		-0.0848	Independent
107	Kentucky	(2-7-0)		-0.1031	Southeastern
108	Iowa	(1-6-1)		-0.1056	Big Ten
109	Gonzaga	(1-7-0)		-0.1196	Independent
110	Texas	(1-8-0)		-0.1283	Southwest
111	St. Louis	(3-5-2)		-0.1291	Missouri Valley
112	Arizona State	(3-6-0)		-0.1404	Border
113	Wyoming	(2-5-1)		-0.1442	Mountain States
114	Furman	(2-7-1)		-0.1617	Southern
115	Sewanee	(1-8-0)		-0.2195	Southeastern
116	Colorado State	(1-5-2)		-0.2432	Mountain States
117	Maryland	(2-7-0)		-0.2845	Southern
118	William & Mary	(3-7-0)		-0.2915	Southern
119	Northern Arizona	(2-6-1)		-0.3028	Border
120	Oklahoma State	(2-8-0)		-0.3304	Missouri Valley
121	Hampden-Sydney	(2-6-0)		-0.3355	Independent
122	Chicago	(1-6-1)		-0.5056	Big Ten

Average Ratings by Conference (1938)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Pacific Coast		0.3945
2	Big Six		0.3397
3	Southeastern		0.2543
4	Independent		0.2520
5	Big Ten		0.2401
6	Southwest		0.2312
7	Southern		0.1245
8	Border		0.0681
9	Missouri Valley		0.0155
10	Mountain States		0.0126