1940

1941 Rankings
​Final

1942

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Minnesota	(8-0-0)		0.7637	Big Ten
2	Oregon State	(8-2-0)		0.7594	Pacific Coast
3	Texas	(8-1-1)		0.7184	Southwest
4	Notre Dame	(8-0-1)		0.6853	Independent
5	Navy	(7-1-1)		0.6701	Independent
6	Alabama	(9-2-0)		0.6596	Southeastern
7	Fordham	(8-1-0)		0.6187	Independent
8	Duquesne	(8-0-0)		0.6158	Independent
9	Michigan	(6-1-1)		0.6122	Big Ten
10	Pennsylvania	(7-1-0)		0.6072	Independent
11	Texas A&M	(9-2-0)		0.6011	Southwest
12	Georgia	(9-1-1)		0.5942	Southeastern
13	Stanford	(6-3-0)		0.5934	Pacific Coast
14	Mississippi State	(8-1-1)		0.5867	Southeastern
15	Ohio State	(6-1-1)		0.5711	Big Ten
16	Duke	(9-1-0)		0.5475	Southern
17	Washington	(5-4-0)		0.5453	Pacific Coast
18	Washington State	(6-4-0)		0.5378	Pacific Coast
19	Mississippi	(6-2-1)		0.5337	Southeastern
20	Texas Christian	(7-3-1)		0.5307	Southwest
21	Santa Clara	(6-3-0)		0.4992	Independent
22	Tennessee	(8-2-0)		0.4931	Southeastern
23	Missouri	(8-2-0)		0.4864	Big Six
24	Oregon	(5-5-0)		0.4822	Pacific Coast
25	Cornell	(5-3-0)		0.4585	Independent
26	Northwestern	(5-3-0)		0.4576	Big Ten
27	Harvard	(5-2-1)		0.4507	Independent
28	Tulsa	(8-2-0)		0.4310	Missouri Valley
29	Utah	(6-0-2)		0.4198	Mountain States
30	Texas Tech	(9-2-0)		0.4146	Independent
31	California	(4-5-0)		0.4141	Pacific Coast
32	Temple	(7-2-0)		0.4062	Independent
33	Penn State	(7-2-0)		0.4050	Independent
34	Vanderbilt	(8-2-0)		0.4026	Southeastern
35	Detroit Mercy	(7-2-0)		0.3924	Independent
36	Army	(5-3-1)		0.3918	Independent
37	Rice	(6-3-1)		0.3902	Southwest
38	Boston College	(7-3-0)		0.3820	Independent
39	Oklahoma	(6-3-0)		0.3752	Big Six
40	Tulane	(5-4-0)		0.3586	Southeastern
41	Louisiana State	(4-4-2)		0.3495	Southeastern
42	Virginia	(8-1-0)		0.3419	Independent
43	Clemson	(7-2-0)		0.3409	Southern
44	UCLA	(5-5-1)		0.3344	Pacific Coast
45	Syracuse	(5-2-1)		0.3304	Independent
46	Michigan State	(5-3-1)		0.3255	Independent
47	Miami (Florida)	(8-2-0)		0.3211	Independent
48	Southern Methodist	(5-5-0)		0.3017	Southwest
49	Colgate	(3-3-2)		0.2951	Independent
50	William & Mary	(8-2-0)		0.2921	Southern
51	Villanova	(4-4-0)		0.2907	Independent
52	Southern California	(2-6-1)		0.2749	Pacific Coast
53	Montana	(6-3-0)		0.2701	Pacific Coast
54	Georgetown	(5-4-0)		0.2519	Independent
55	Dartmouth	(5-4-0)		0.2435	Independent
56	Arizona	(7-3-0)		0.2383	Border
57	Holy Cross	(4-4-2)		0.2282	Independent
58	St. Mary's	(5-4-0)		0.2269	Independent
59	Columbia	(3-5-0)		0.2252	Independent
60	South Carolina	(4-4-1)		0.2192	Southern
61	Oklahoma State	(5-4-0)		0.2083	Missouri Valley
62	Baylor	(3-6-1)		0.1958	Southwest
63	Arkansas	(3-7-0)		0.1907	Southwest
64	Auburn	(4-5-1)		0.1867	Southeastern
65	Kentucky	(5-4-0)		0.1834	Southeastern
66	Marquette	(4-5-0)		0.1824	Independent
67	Manhattan	(4-4-1)		0.1785	Independent
68	Florida	(4-6-0)		0.1744	Southeastern
69	San Francisco	(6-4-0)		0.1704	Independent
70	Pittsburgh	(3-6-0)		0.1648	Independent
71	Nebraska	(4-5-0)		0.1599	Big Six
72	West Texas A&M	(8-2-0)		0.1588	Border
73	Hardin-Simmons	(7-3-1)		0.1558	Border
74	Colorado State	(4-2-1)		0.1518	Mountain States
75	Georgia Tech	(3-6-0)		0.1473	Southeastern
76	Virginia Tech	(6-4-0)		0.1211	Southern
77	West Virginia	(4-6-0)		0.1201	Independent
78	Purdue	(2-5-1)		0.1190	Big Ten
79	Indiana	(2-6-0)		0.1164	Big Ten
80	Loyola Marymount	(5-5-0)		0.1139	Independent
81	Denver	(4-3-2)		0.1030	Mountain States
82	Wisconsin	(3-5-0)		0.0959	Big Ten
83	Brigham Young	(4-3-2)		0.0932	Mountain States
84	Iowa	(3-5-0)		0.0824	Big Ten
85	Wake Forest	(5-5-1)		0.0812	Southern
86	Creighton	(5-5-0)		0.0781	Missouri Valley
87	Idaho	(4-5-0)		0.0715	Pacific Coast
88	Brown	(5-4-0)		0.0625	Independent
89	Citadel	(4-3-1)		0.0564	Southern
90	Colorado	(3-4-1)		0.0542	Mountain States
91	North Carolina State	(4-5-2)		0.0517	Southern
92	Virginia Military Institute	(4-6-0)		0.0498	Southern
93	New Mexico	(5-4-1)		0.0144	Border
94	Kansas State	(2-5-2)		0.0135	Big Six
95	St. Louis	(4-5-1)		0.0124	Missouri Valley
96	Illinois	(2-6-0)		-0.0132	Big Ten
97	Princeton	(2-6-0)		-0.0384	Independent
98	North Carolina	(3-7-0)		-0.0729	Southern
99	Furman	(3-4-2)		-0.0843	Southern
100	New York University	(2-7-0)		-0.1009	Independent
101	Drake	(4-5-1)		-0.1181	Missouri Valley
102	Yale	(1-7-0)		-0.1216	Independent
103	Iowa State	(2-6-1)		-0.1337	Big Six
104	Kansas	(3-6-0)		-0.1380	Big Six
105	Texas-El Paso	(4-5-1)		-0.1545	Border
106	Maryland	(3-5-1)		-0.1623	Southern
107	Washington & Lee	(1-6-2)		-0.1980	Southern
108	Arizona State	(5-5-1)		-0.1991	Border
109	Northern Arizona	(3-5-0)		-0.2338	Border
110	Washington (Missouri)	(4-5-0)		-0.2341	Missouri Valley
111	Gonzaga	(3-7-0)		-0.3134	Independent
112	Davidson	(1-6-3)		-0.3234	Southern
113	George Washington	(1-7-1)		-0.4215	Southern
114	Wyoming	(2-7-1)		-0.4496	Mountain States
115	Richmond	(2-7-0)		-0.4609	Southern
116	Centenary	(0-8-2)		-0.4807	Independent
117	Sewanee	(2-5-0)		-0.4839	Independent
118	New Mexico State	(2-7-0)		-0.5092	Border
119	Utah State	(0-8-0)		-0.5316	Mountain States

Average Ratings by Conference (1941)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Pacific Coast		0.4283
2	Southwest		0.4184
3	Southeastern		0.3891
4	Big Ten		0.3117
5	Independent		0.2508
6	Big Six		0.1272
7	Missouri Valley		0.0629
8	Southern		0.0023
9	Mountain States		-0.0228
10	Border		-0.0662