1941

1942 Rankings
​Final

1943

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Georgia Pre-Flight	(7-1-1)		0.8354	Military Teams
2	Wisconsin	(8-1-1)		0.7775	Big Ten
3	Notre Dame	(7-2-2)		0.7540	Independent
4	Ohio State	(9-1-0)		0.7266	Big Ten
5	Georgia	(11-1-0)		0.7202	Southeastern
6	Georgia Tech	(9-2-0)		0.7007	Southeastern
7	Texas	(9-2-0)		0.6547	Southwest
8	Michigan	(7-3-0)		0.6522	Big Ten
9	Louisiana State	(7-3-0)		0.6328	Southeastern
10	Mississippi State	(8-2-0)		0.6196	Southeastern
11	Rice	(7-2-1)		0.6073	Southwest
12	Alabama	(8-3-0)		0.5968	Southeastern
13	Great Lakes Navy	(8-3-1)		0.5966	Military Teams
14	North Carolina Pre-Flight	(8-2-1)		0.5958	Military Teams
15	Tennessee	(9-1-1)		0.5919	Southeastern
16	Santa Clara	(7-2-0)		0.5835	Independent
17	Iowa Pre-Flight	(7-3-0)		0.5521	Military Teams
18	Tulsa	(10-1-0)		0.5325	Missouri Valley
19	Boston College	(8-2-0)		0.5227	Independent
20	Texas Christian	(7-3-0)		0.5078	Southwest
21	Auburn	(6-4-1)		0.5024	Southeastern
22	Fordham	(5-3-1)		0.4853	Independent
23	UCLA	(7-4-0)		0.4692	Pacific Coast
24	Tulane	(4-5-0)		0.4463	Southeastern
25	Minnesota	(5-4-0)		0.4451	Big Ten
26	William & Mary	(9-1-1)		0.4413	Southern
27	Hardin-Simmons	(9-1-1)		0.4272	Border
28	Penn State	(6-1-1)		0.4248	Independent
29	Illinois	(6-4-0)		0.4139	Big Ten
30	Stanford	(6-4-0)		0.4131	Pacific Coast
31	Marquette	(7-2-0)		0.4099	Independent
32	North Carolina	(5-2-2)		0.4029	Southern
33	Baylor	(6-4-1)		0.3946	Southwest
34	Iowa	(6-4-0)		0.3886	Big Ten
35	Indiana	(7-3-0)		0.3860	Big Ten
36	Missouri	(8-3-1)		0.3787	Big Six
37	Colgate	(6-2-1)		0.3765	Independent
38	St. Mary's Pre-Flight	(6-3-1)		0.3750	Military Teams
39	Wake Forest	(6-2-1)		0.3681	Southern
40	Jacksonville NAS	(9-3-0)		0.3662	Military Teams
41	Duke	(5-4-1)		0.3623	Southern
42	Miami (Florida)	(7-2-0)		0.3556	Independent
43	Pennsylvania	(5-3-1)		0.3416	Independent
44	Navy	(5-4-0)		0.3394	Independent
45	Army	(6-3-0)		0.3271	Independent
46	Colorado	(7-2-0)		0.3262	Mountain States
47	Georgetown	(5-3-1)		0.3154	Independent
48	Texas A&M	(4-5-1)		0.3128	Southwest
49	Southern California	(5-5-1)		0.3058	Pacific Coast
50	St. Mary's	(6-3-1)		0.3023	Independent
51	Oklahoma State	(6-3-1)		0.3017	Missouri Valley
52	Syracuse	(6-3-0)		0.2973	Independent
53	West Virginia	(5-4-0)		0.2925	Independent
54	Texas Tech	(4-5-1)		0.2897	Border
55	Utah	(6-3-0)		0.2851	Mountain States
56	Duquesne	(6-3-1)		0.2773	Independent
57	Vanderbilt	(6-4-0)		0.2706	Southeastern
58	Virginia Tech	(7-2-1)		0.2596	Southern
59	California	(5-5-0)		0.2479	Pacific Coast
60	Washington State	(6-2-2)		0.2454	Pacific Coast
61	Yale	(5-3-0)		0.2331	Independent
62	West Texas A&M	(7-2-0)		0.2325	Border
63	Washington	(4-3-3)		0.2259	Pacific Coast
64	Dartmouth	(5-4-0)		0.2220	Southern
65	Michigan State	(4-3-2)		0.1786	Independent
66	Arizona	(6-4-0)		0.1770	Border
67	Holy Cross	(5-4-1)		0.1759	Independent
68	Detroit Mercy	(5-4-0)		0.1736	Independent
69	Maryland	(7-2-0)		0.1623	Southern
70	San Francisco	(6-4-0)		0.1500	Independent
71	North Carolina State	(4-4-2)		0.1468	Southern
72	Cornell	(3-5-1)		0.1368	Independent
73	Creighton	(5-4-0)		0.1325	Missouri Valley
74	Citadel	(5-2-0)		0.1268	Southern
75	Northwestern	(1-9-0)		0.1142	Big Ten
76	Villanova	(4-4-0)		0.1134	Independent
77	Kentucky	(3-6-1)		0.1125	Southeastern
78	Denver	(6-3-1)		0.1053	Mountain States
79	Oregon State	(4-5-1)		0.1027	Pacific Coast
80	Oklahoma	(3-5-2)		0.1019	Big Six
81	Pittsburgh	(3-6-0)		0.0915	Independent
82	Florida	(3-7-0)		0.0895	Southeastern
83	Southern Methodist	(3-6-2)		0.0889	Southwest
84	Colorado State	(4-3-0)		0.0856	Mountain States
85	Furman	(3-6-0)		0.0747	Southern
86	Arkansas	(3-7-0)		0.0583	Southwest
87	Harvard	(2-6-1)		0.0537	Independent
88	Utah State	(6-3-1)		0.0463	Mountain States
89	Brown	(4-4-0)		0.0103	Independent
90	St. Louis	(4-5-0)		0.0056	Missouri Valley
91	Texas-El Paso	(5-4-0)		0.0042	Border
92	Mississippi	(2-7-0)		-0.0074	Southeastern
93	Clemson	(3-6-1)		-0.0188	Southern
94	Princeton	(3-5-1)		-0.0246	Independent
95	Washington (Missouri)	(5-5-0)		-0.0316	Missouri Valley
96	Oregon	(2-6-0)		-0.0459	Pacific Coast
97	Purdue	(1-8-0)		-0.0493	Big Ten
98	South Carolina	(1-7-1)		-0.0495	Southern
99	Columbia	(3-6-0)		-0.0562	Independent
100	New Mexico	(4-5-2)		-0.0901	Border
101	Loyola Marymount	(5-4-1)		-0.0928	Independent
102	Nebraska	(3-7-0)		-0.0991	Big Six
103	Wyoming	(3-5-0)		-0.1091	Mountain States
104	Manhattan	(2-6-0)		-0.1174	Independent
105	Temple	(2-5-3)		-0.1286	Independent
106	Brigham Young	(2-5-0)		-0.1370	Mountain States
107	Virginia Military Institute	(3-5-1)		-0.1375	Southern
108	George Washington	(3-6-0)		-0.1624	Southern
109	Iowa State	(3-6-0)		-0.1668	Big Six
110	Davidson	(2-6-1)		-0.1989	Independent
111	Idaho	(3-7-0)		-0.2243	Pacific Coast
112	Kansas	(2-8-0)		-0.2341	Big Six
113	Richmond	(3-6-1)		-0.2853	Southern
114	Kansas State	(3-8-0)		-0.2930	Big Six
115	Drake	(3-7-0)		-0.3045	Missouri Valley
116	Virginia	(2-6-1)		-0.3179	Independent
117	Northern Arizona	(1-5-0)		-0.4014	Border
118	Washington & Lee	(1-8-0)		-0.5154	Southern
119	Arizona State	(2-8-0)		-0.5751	Border
120	Montana	(0-8-0)		-0.6189	Pacific Coast
121	New Mexico State	(1-8-0)		-0.7117	Border

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Military Teams	0.5535
2	Southeastern	0.4397
3	Big Ten	0.4283
4	Southwest	0.3749
5	Independent	0.2056
6	Pacific Coast	0.1121
7	Missouri Valley	0.1060
8	Southern	0.0874
9	Mountain States	0.0861
10	Big Six	-0.0521
11	Border	-0.0720