1941

1942 Rankings
​Final

1943

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Georgia Pre-Flight	(7-1-1)		0.7769	Military Teams
2	Wisconsin	(8-1-1)		0.7111	Big Ten
3	Notre Dame	(7-2-2)		0.6799	Independent
4	Ohio State	(9-1-0)		0.6765	Big Ten
5	Georgia	(11-1-0)		0.6725	Southeastern
6	Georgia Tech	(9-2-0)		0.6599	Southeastern
7	Michigan	(7-3-0)		0.6023	Big Ten
8	Texas	(9-2-0)		0.5963	Southwest
9	Louisiana State	(7-3-0)		0.5909	Southeastern
10	Tennessee	(9-1-1)		0.5883	Southeastern
11	Rice	(7-2-1)		0.5772	Southwest
12	Mississippi State	(8-2-0)		0.5744	Southeastern
13	North Carolina Pre-Flight	(8-2-1)		0.5577	Military Teams
13=	Alabama	(8-3-0)		0.5577	Southeastern
15	Santa Clara	(7-2-0)		0.5524	Independent
16	Great Lakes Navy	(8-3-1)		0.5457	Military Teams
17	Iowa Pre-Flight	(7-3-0)		0.5128	Military Teams
18	Boston College	(8-2-0)		0.5080	Independent
19	Tulsa	(10-1-0)		0.5027	Missouri Valley
20	Auburn	(6-4-1)		0.4754	Southeastern
21	Texas Christian	(7-3-0)		0.4749	Southwest
22	Fordham	(5-3-1)		0.4678	Independent
23	William & Mary	(9-1-1)		0.4517	Southern
24	UCLA	(7-4-0)		0.4474	Pacific Coast
25	Penn State	(6-1-1)		0.4272	Independent
26	Hardin-Simmons	(9-1-1)		0.4237	Border
27	Tulane	(4-5-0)		0.4215	Southeastern
28	Minnesota	(5-4-0)		0.4051	Big Ten
29	Stanford	(6-4-0)		0.3995	Pacific Coast
30	Baylor	(6-4-1)		0.3968	Southwest
31	Marquette	(7-2-0)		0.3872	Independent
32	North Carolina	(5-2-2)		0.3850	Southern
33	Wake Forest	(6-2-1)		0.3789	Southern
34	Missouri	(8-3-1)		0.3786	Big Six
35	Illinois	(6-4-0)		0.3779	Big Ten
36	St. Mary's Pre-Flight	(6-3-1)		0.3736	Military Teams
37	Colgate	(6-2-1)		0.3626	Independent
38	Indiana	(7-3-0)		0.3543	Big Ten
39	Iowa	(6-4-0)		0.3526	Big Ten
40	Duke	(5-4-1)		0.3512	Southern
41	Pennsylvania	(5-3-1)		0.3485	Independent
42	Jacksonville NAS	(9-3-0)		0.3454	Military Teams
43	Miami (Florida)	(7-2-0)		0.3304	Independent
44	Colorado	(7-2-0)		0.3198	Mountain States
45	Navy	(5-4-0)		0.3162	Independent
46	Washington State	(6-2-2)		0.3127	Pacific Coast
47	Southern California	(5-5-1)		0.3095	Pacific Coast
48	Army	(6-3-0)		0.3044	Independent
49	Oklahoma State	(6-3-1)		0.3038	Missouri Valley
50	Georgetown	(5-3-1)		0.3014	Independent
51	St. Mary's	(6-3-1)		0.2974	Independent
52	Texas A&M	(4-5-1)		0.2959	Southwest
53	West Virginia	(5-4-0)		0.2824	Independent
54	Virginia Tech	(7-2-1)		0.2797	Southern
55	Syracuse	(6-3-0)		0.2791	Independent
56	Utah	(6-3-0)		0.2761	Mountain States
57	Texas Tech	(4-5-1)		0.2725	Border
58	Duquesne	(6-3-1)		0.2681	Independent
59	Michigan State	(4-3-2)		0.2641	Independent
60	Vanderbilt	(6-4-0)		0.2534	Southeastern
61	Washington	(4-3-3)		0.2461	Pacific Coast
62	California	(5-5-0)		0.2402	Pacific Coast
63	West Texas A&M	(7-2-0)		0.2223	Border
64	Yale	(5-3-0)		0.2092	Independent
65	North Carolina State	(4-4-2)		0.2046	Southern
66	Dartmouth	(5-4-0)		0.1998	Southern
67	Arizona	(6-4-0)		0.1710	Border
68	Holy Cross	(5-4-1)		0.1685	Independent
69	Detroit Mercy	(5-4-0)		0.1608	Independent
70	Maryland	(7-2-0)		0.1566	Southern
71	San Francisco	(6-4-0)		0.1441	Independent
72	Denver	(6-3-1)		0.1332	Mountain States
73	Oregon State	(4-5-1)		0.1311	Pacific Coast
74	Southern Methodist	(3-6-2)		0.1272	Southwest
75	Kentucky	(3-6-1)		0.1248	Southeastern
76	Cornell	(3-5-1)		0.1197	Independent
77	Creighton	(5-4-0)		0.1180	Missouri Valley
78	Oklahoma	(3-5-2)		0.1156	Big Six
79	Villanova	(4-4-0)		0.1084	Independent
80	Northwestern	(1-9-0)		0.0983	Big Ten
81	Pittsburgh	(3-6-0)		0.0852	Independent
82	Furman	(3-6-0)		0.0823	Southern
83	Florida	(3-7-0)		0.0777	Southeastern
84	Utah State	(6-3-1)		0.0723	Mountain States
85	Citadel	(5-2-0)		0.0646	Southern
86	Arkansas	(3-7-0)		0.0533	Southwest
87	Harvard	(2-6-1)		0.0418	Independent
88	Clemson	(3-6-1)		0.0345	Southern
89	Colorado State	(4-3-0)		0.0293	Mountain States
90	Texas-El Paso	(5-4-0)		0.0108	Border
91	St. Louis	(4-5-0)		0.0040	Missouri Valley
92	New Mexico	(4-5-2)		0.0021	Border
93	Brown	(4-4-0)		-0.0043	Independent
94	Temple	(2-5-3)		-0.0089	Independent
95	Mississippi	(2-7-0)		-0.0116	Southeastern
96	Princeton	(3-5-1)		-0.0282	Independent
97	Oregon	(2-6-0)		-0.0310	Pacific Coast
98	Loyola Marymount	(5-4-1)		-0.0372	Independent
99	Washington (Missouri)	(5-5-0)		-0.0389	Missouri Valley
100	South Carolina	(1-7-1)		-0.0432	Southern
101	Purdue	(1-8-0)		-0.0573	Big Ten
102	Virginia Military Institute	(3-5-1)		-0.0586	Southern
103	Columbia	(3-6-0)		-0.0649	Independent
104	Wyoming	(3-5-0)		-0.0981	Mountain States
105	Nebraska	(3-7-0)		-0.1001	Big Six
106	Manhattan	(2-6-0)		-0.1194	Independent
107	George Washington	(3-6-0)		-0.1358	Southern
108	Davidson	(2-6-1)		-0.1494	Independent
109	Iowa State	(3-6-0)		-0.1569	Big Six
110	Idaho	(3-7-0)		-0.2010	Pacific Coast
111	Richmond	(3-6-1)		-0.2019	Southern
112	Kansas	(2-8-0)		-0.2151	Big Six
113	Brigham Young	(2-5-0)		-0.2328	Mountain States
114	Virginia	(2-6-1)		-0.2340	Independent
115	Kansas State	(3-8-0)		-0.2787	Big Six
116	Drake	(3-7-0)		-0.2950	Missouri Valley
117	Washington & Lee	(1-8-0)		-0.4752	Southern
118	Arizona State	(2-8-0)		-0.5300	Border
119	Northern Arizona	(1-5-0)		-0.5403	Border
120	Montana	(0-8-0)		-0.5626	Pacific Coast
121	New Mexico State	(1-8-0)		-0.6600	Border

Average Ratings by Conference (1942)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Military Teams		0.5187
2	Southeastern		0.4154
3	Big Ten		0.3912
4	Southwest		0.3602
5	Independent		0.2051
6	Pacific Coast		0.1292
7	Southern		0.1046
8	Missouri Valley		0.0991
9	Mountain States		0.0714
10	Big Six		-0.0428
11	Border		-0.0697