1941

1942 Rankings
​Final

1943

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Georgia Pre-Flight	(7-1-1)		0.8315	Military Teams
2	Wisconsin	(8-1-1)		0.7758	Big Ten
3	Notre Dame	(7-2-2)		0.7503	Independent
4	Ohio State	(9-1-0)		0.7346	Big Ten
5	Georgia	(11-1-0)		0.7166	Southeastern
6	Georgia Tech	(9-2-0)		0.6932	Southeastern
7	Michigan	(7-3-0)		0.6427	Big Ten
8	Mississippi State	(8-2-0)		0.6192	Southeastern
9	Louisiana State	(7-3-0)		0.6105	Southeastern
10	Texas	(9-2-0)		0.6093	Southwest
11	North Carolina Pre-Flight	(8-2-1)		0.6024	Military Teams
12	Tennessee	(9-1-1)		0.6001	Southeastern
13	Alabama	(8-3-0)		0.5928	Southeastern
14	Rice	(7-2-1)		0.5826	Southwest
15	Great Lakes Navy	(8-3-1)		0.5818	Military Teams
16	Santa Clara	(7-2-0)		0.5581	Independent
17	Iowa Pre-Flight	(7-3-0)		0.5375	Military Teams
18	Tulsa	(10-1-0)		0.5223	Missouri Valley
19	Auburn	(6-4-1)		0.4800	Southeastern
20	Boston College	(8-2-0)		0.4767	Independent
21	Fordham	(5-3-1)		0.4677	Independent
22	Texas Christian	(7-3-0)		0.4606	Southwest
23	William & Mary	(9-1-1)		0.4458	Southern
24	Minnesota	(5-4-0)		0.4286	Big Ten
25	Tulane	(4-5-0)		0.4255	Southeastern
26	UCLA	(7-4-0)		0.4244	Pacific Coast
27	Illinois	(6-4-0)		0.4004	Big Ten
28	Hardin-Simmons	(9-1-1)		0.3948	Border
29	Penn State	(6-1-1)		0.3873	Independent
30	Marquette	(7-2-0)		0.3872	Independent
31	North Carolina	(5-2-2)		0.3842	Southern
32	Stanford	(6-4-0)		0.3726	Pacific Coast
33	Indiana	(7-3-0)		0.3669	Big Ten
34	Missouri	(8-3-1)		0.3647	Big Six
35	Iowa	(6-4-0)		0.3550	Big Ten
36	Wake Forest	(6-2-1)		0.3539	Southern
37	Baylor	(6-4-1)		0.3499	Southwest
38	Jacksonville NAS	(9-3-0)		0.3360	Military Teams
39	St. Mary's Pre-Flight	(6-3-1)		0.3351	Military Teams
40	Duke	(5-4-1)		0.3303	Southern
41	Colgate	(6-2-1)		0.3298	Independent
42	Miami (Florida)	(7-2-0)		0.3210	Independent
43	Pennsylvania	(5-3-1)		0.3139	Independent
44	Navy	(5-4-0)		0.2966	Independent
45	Army	(6-3-0)		0.2856	Independent
46	St. Mary's	(6-3-1)		0.2825	Independent
47	Georgetown	(5-3-1)		0.2822	Independent
48	Colorado	(7-2-0)		0.2808	Mountain States
49	Southern California	(5-5-1)		0.2726	Pacific Coast
50	Syracuse	(6-3-0)		0.2618	Independent
51	Vanderbilt	(6-4-0)		0.2532	Southeastern
52	Virginia Tech	(7-2-1)		0.2504	Southern
53	Duquesne	(6-3-1)		0.2490	Independent
54	Texas A&M	(4-5-1)		0.2473	Southwest
55	West Virginia	(5-4-0)		0.2460	Independent
56	Oklahoma State	(6-3-1)		0.2443	Missouri Valley
57	Texas Tech	(4-5-1)		0.2082	Border
58	Utah	(6-3-0)		0.2041	Mountain States
59	Washington State	(6-2-2)		0.1928	Pacific Coast
60	Washington	(4-3-3)		0.1745	Pacific Coast
61	California	(5-5-0)		0.1713	Pacific Coast
62	Yale	(5-3-0)		0.1561	Independent
63	Dartmouth	(5-4-0)		0.1554	Southern
64	West Texas A&M	(7-2-0)		0.1538	Border
65	Michigan State	(4-3-2)		0.1333	Independent
66	San Francisco	(6-4-0)		0.0917	Independent
67	Detroit Mercy	(5-4-0)		0.0838	Independent
68	Kentucky	(3-6-1)		0.0733	Southeastern
69	North Carolina State	(4-4-2)		0.0684	Southern
70	Arizona	(6-4-0)		0.0666	Border
71	Holy Cross	(5-4-1)		0.0663	Independent
72	Maryland	(7-2-0)		0.0527	Southern
73	Northwestern	(1-9-0)		0.0477	Big Ten
74	Creighton	(5-4-0)		0.0440	Missouri Valley
75	Cornell	(3-5-1)		0.0344	Independent
76	Citadel	(5-2-0)		0.0317	Southern
77	Oklahoma	(3-5-2)		0.0305	Big Six
78	Villanova	(4-4-0)		0.0288	Independent
79	Southern Methodist	(3-6-2)		0.0267	Southwest
80	Denver	(6-3-1)		0.0151	Mountain States
81	Oregon State	(4-5-1)		0.0065	Pacific Coast
82	Pittsburgh	(3-6-0)		0.0044	Independent
83	Furman	(3-6-0)		-0.0035	Southern
84	Florida	(3-7-0)		-0.0053	Southeastern
85	Harvard	(2-6-1)		-0.0357	Independent
86	Colorado State	(4-3-0)		-0.0551	Mountain States
87	Arkansas	(3-7-0)		-0.0694	Southwest
88	Utah State	(6-3-1)		-0.0907	Mountain States
89	Mississippi	(2-7-0)		-0.0914	Southeastern
90	Clemson	(3-6-1)		-0.1025	Southern
91	Texas-El Paso	(5-4-0)		-0.1413	Border
92	Brown	(4-4-0)		-0.1531	Independent
93	St. Louis	(4-5-0)		-0.1670	Missouri Valley
94	Purdue	(1-8-0)		-0.1675	Big Ten
95	South Carolina	(1-7-1)		-0.1743	Southern
96	Princeton	(3-5-1)		-0.1834	Independent
97	New Mexico	(4-5-2)		-0.1919	Border
98	Columbia	(3-6-0)		-0.2081	Independent
99	Washington (Missouri)	(5-5-0)		-0.2176	Missouri Valley
100	Temple	(2-5-3)		-0.2230	Independent
101	Loyola Marymount	(5-4-1)		-0.2409	Independent
102	Oregon	(2-6-0)		-0.2430	Pacific Coast
103	Nebraska	(3-7-0)		-0.2650	Big Six
104	Virginia Military Institute	(3-5-1)		-0.2742	Southern
105	Wyoming	(3-5-0)		-0.2947	Mountain States
106	Manhattan	(2-6-0)		-0.3050	Independent
107	George Washington	(3-6-0)		-0.3268	Southern
108	Brigham Young	(2-5-0)		-0.3559	Mountain States
109	Davidson	(2-6-1)		-0.3746	Independent
110	Iowa State	(3-6-0)		-0.3881	Big Six
111	Kansas	(2-8-0)		-0.4565	Big Six
112	Richmond	(3-6-1)		-0.4759	Southern
113	Idaho	(3-7-0)		-0.4941	Pacific Coast
114	Virginia	(2-6-1)		-0.5220	Independent
115	Kansas State	(3-8-0)		-0.5647	Big Six
116	Drake	(3-7-0)		-0.5923	Missouri Valley
117	Northern Arizona	(1-5-0)		-0.6991	Border
118	Washington & Lee	(1-8-0)		-0.8751	Southern
119	Arizona State	(2-8-0)		-1.0237	Border
120	Montana	(0-8-0)		-1.0485	Pacific Coast
121	New Mexico State	(1-8-0)		-1.1915	Border

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Military Teams	0.5374
2	Southeastern	0.4140
3	Big Ten	0.3982
4	Southwest	0.3153
5	Independent	0.1288
6	Southern	-0.0100
7	Pacific Coast	-0.0171
8	Missouri Valley	-0.0277
9	Mountain States	-0.0423
10	Big Six	-0.2132
11	Border	-0.2694