1940

1941 Rankings
​Final

1942

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Minnesota	(8-0-0)		0.8242	Big Ten
2	Oregon State	(8-2-0)		0.8178	Pacific Coast
3	Texas	(8-1-1)		0.7644	Southwest
4	Notre Dame	(8-0-1)		0.7371	Independent
5	Alabama	(9-2-0)		0.7271	Southeastern
6	Navy	(7-1-1)		0.7204	Independent
7	Michigan	(6-1-1)		0.6687	Big Ten
8	Fordham	(8-1-0)		0.6629	Independent
9	Pennsylvania	(7-1-0)		0.6578	Independent
10	Texas A&M	(9-2-0)		0.6526	Southwest
11	Duquesne	(8-0-0)		0.6525	Independent
12	Georgia	(9-1-1)		0.6494	Southeastern
13	Stanford	(6-3-0)		0.6410	Pacific Coast
14	Ohio State	(6-1-1)		0.6314	Big Ten
15	Mississippi State	(8-1-1)		0.6206	Southeastern
16	Washington	(5-4-0)		0.5916	Pacific Coast
17	Washington State	(6-4-0)		0.5838	Pacific Coast
18	Mississippi	(6-2-1)		0.5763	Southeastern
19	Duke	(9-1-0)		0.5744	Southern
20	Texas Christian	(7-3-1)		0.5731	Southwest
21	Santa Clara	(6-3-0)		0.5393	Independent
22	Oregon	(5-5-0)		0.5220	Pacific Coast
23	Tennessee	(8-2-0)		0.5214	Southeastern
24	Missouri	(8-2-0)		0.5090	Big Six
25	Harvard	(5-2-1)		0.5048	Independent
26	Northwestern	(5-3-0)		0.4912	Big Ten
27	Cornell	(5-3-0)		0.4850	Independent
28	Tulsa	(8-2-0)		0.4539	Missouri Valley
29	California	(4-5-0)		0.4513	Pacific Coast
30	Army	(5-3-1)		0.4399	Independent
31	Vanderbilt	(8-2-0)		0.4395	Southeastern
32	Rice	(6-3-1)		0.4350	Southwest
33	Texas Tech	(9-2-0)		0.4346	Independent
34	Temple	(7-2-0)		0.4267	Independent
35	Detroit Mercy	(7-2-0)		0.4248	Independent
36	Penn State	(7-2-0)		0.4179	Independent
37	Boston College	(7-3-0)		0.3958	Independent
38	Oklahoma	(6-3-0)		0.3936	Big Six
39	Tulane	(5-4-0)		0.3914	Southeastern
40	Virginia	(8-1-0)		0.3699	Independent
41	Louisiana State	(4-4-2)		0.3678	Southeastern
42	UCLA	(5-5-1)		0.3577	Pacific Coast
43	Clemson	(7-2-0)		0.3553	Southern
44	Miami (Florida)	(8-2-0)		0.3420	Independent
45	Southern Methodist	(5-5-0)		0.3333	Southwest
46	Utah	(6-0-2)		0.3257	Mountain States
47	Syracuse	(5-2-1)		0.3231	Independent
48	Villanova	(4-4-0)		0.3122	Independent
49	Michigan State	(5-3-1)		0.3108	Independent
50	William & Mary	(8-2-0)		0.3094	Southern
51	Southern California	(2-6-1)		0.2955	Pacific Coast
52	Montana	(6-3-0)		0.2857	Pacific Coast
53	Colgate	(3-3-2)		0.2608	Independent
54	Georgetown	(5-4-0)		0.2590	Independent
55	Dartmouth	(5-4-0)		0.2573	Independent
56	Columbia	(3-5-0)		0.2431	Independent
57	St. Mary's	(5-4-0)		0.2424	Independent
58	Arizona	(7-3-0)		0.2355	Border
59	Baylor	(3-6-1)		0.2281	Southwest
60	Oklahoma State	(5-4-0)		0.2205	Missouri Valley
61	Arkansas	(3-7-0)		0.2122	Southwest
62	Auburn	(4-5-1)		0.2062	Southeastern
63	Kentucky	(5-4-0)		0.1996	Southeastern
64	Holy Cross	(4-4-2)		0.1988	Independent
65	Florida	(4-6-0)		0.1949	Southeastern
66	Marquette	(4-5-0)		0.1896	Independent
67	South Carolina	(4-4-1)		0.1841	Southern
68	San Francisco	(6-4-0)		0.1820	Independent
69	Nebraska	(4-5-0)		0.1762	Big Six
70	Pittsburgh	(3-6-0)		0.1699	Independent
71	West Texas A&M	(8-2-0)		0.1639	Border
72	Manhattan	(4-4-1)		0.1617	Independent
73	Georgia Tech	(3-6-0)		0.1584	Southeastern
74	Indiana	(2-6-0)		0.1325	Big Ten
75	Virginia Tech	(6-4-0)		0.1273	Southern
76	Purdue	(2-5-1)		0.1255	Big Ten
77	West Virginia	(4-6-0)		0.1242	Independent
78	Colorado State	(4-2-1)		0.1231	Mountain States
79	Loyola Marymount	(5-5-0)		0.1184	Independent
80	Hardin-Simmons	(7-3-1)		0.1082	Border
81	Wisconsin	(3-5-0)		0.1046	Big Ten
82	Iowa	(3-5-0)		0.1024	Big Ten
83	Creighton	(5-5-0)		0.0847	Missouri Valley
84	Brown	(5-4-0)		0.0661	Independent
85	Idaho	(4-5-0)		0.0582	Pacific Coast
86	Virginia Military Institute	(4-6-0)		0.0569	Southern
87	Wake Forest	(5-5-1)		0.0490	Southern
88	Denver	(4-3-2)		0.0362	Mountain States
89	Brigham Young	(4-3-2)		0.0080	Mountain States
90	Citadel	(4-3-1)		-0.0025	Southern
91	Illinois	(2-6-0)		-0.0093	Big Ten
92	Princeton	(2-6-0)		-0.0279	Independent
93	St. Louis	(4-5-1)		-0.0327	Missouri Valley
94	Colorado	(3-4-1)		-0.0372	Mountain States
95	New Mexico	(5-4-1)		-0.0468	Border
96	North Carolina State	(4-5-2)		-0.0526	Southern
97	North Carolina	(3-7-0)		-0.0858	Southern
98	Kansas State	(2-5-2)		-0.1123	Big Six
99	Yale	(1-7-0)		-0.1134	Independent
100	New York University	(2-7-0)		-0.1157	Independent
101	Kansas	(3-6-0)		-0.1498	Big Six
102	Drake	(4-5-1)		-0.1500	Missouri Valley
103	Furman	(3-4-2)		-0.1948	Southern
104	Iowa State	(2-6-1)		-0.1959	Big Six
105	Maryland	(3-5-1)		-0.2333	Southern
106	Texas-El Paso	(4-5-1)		-0.2371	Border
107	Washington (Missouri)	(4-5-0)		-0.2410	Missouri Valley
108	Northern Arizona	(3-5-0)		-0.2578	Border
109	Arizona State	(5-5-1)		-0.2629	Border
110	Gonzaga	(3-7-0)		-0.3284	Independent
111	Washington & Lee	(1-6-2)		-0.3320	Southern
112	Sewanee	(2-5-0)		-0.3402	Independent
113	Richmond	(2-7-0)		-0.4865	Southern
114	Davidson	(1-6-3)		-0.5086	Southern
115	George Washington	(1-7-1)		-0.5210	Southern
116	New Mexico State	(2-7-0)		-0.5502	Border
117	Wyoming	(2-7-1)		-0.5889	Mountain States
118	Utah State	(0-8-0)		-0.6075	Mountain States
119	Centenary	(0-8-2)		-0.6314	Independent

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Pacific Coast	0.4604
2	Southwest	0.4570
3	Southeastern	0.4211
4	Big Ten	0.3413
5	Independent	0.2651
6	Big Six	0.1035
7	Missouri Valley	0.0559
8	Southern	-0.0475
9	Mountain States	-0.1058
10	Border	-0.1059