1948

1949 Rankings
​Final

1950

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Notre Dame	(10-0-0)		0.9175	Independent
2	Oklahoma	(11-0-0)		0.8613	Big Seven
3	California	(10-1-0)		0.8135	Pacific Coast
4	Ohio State	(7-1-2)		0.7906	Big Nine
5	Rice	(10-1-0)		0.7777	Southwest
6	Army	(9-0-0)		0.7046	Independent
7	Minnesota	(7-2-0)		0.7010	Big Nine
8	Michigan	(6-2-1)		0.6762	Big Nine
9	Baylor	(8-2-0)		0.6179	Southwest
10	Maryland	(9-1-0)		0.6167	Southern
11	Villanova	(8-1-0)		0.5406	Independent
12	Tulane	(7-2-1)		0.5391	Southeastern
13	Santa Clara	(8-2-1)		0.5329	Independent
14	UCLA	(6-3-0)		0.5244	Pacific Coast
15	Louisiana State	(8-3-0)		0.5202	Southeastern
16	Cornell	(8-1-0)		0.5112	Independent
17	Michigan State	(6-3-0)		0.4984	Independent
18	Texas	(6-4-0)		0.4895	Southwest
19	Southern California	(5-3-1)		0.4852	Pacific Coast
20	Southern Methodist	(5-4-1)		0.4847	Southwest
21	Missouri	(7-4-0)		0.4778	Big Seven
22	Texas Christian	(6-3-1)		0.4742	Southwest
23	Kentucky	(9-3-0)		0.4704	Southeastern
24	Tennessee	(7-2-1)		0.4698	Southeastern
25	North Carolina	(7-4-0)		0.4614	Southern
26	Wisconsin	(5-3-1)		0.4532	Big Nine
27	Stanford	(7-3-1)		0.4523	Pacific Coast
28	Georgia Tech	(7-3-0)		0.4488	Southeastern
29	Oregon State	(7-3-0)		0.4396	Pacific Coast
30	Virginia	(7-2-0)		0.4294	Independent
31	Pittsburgh	(6-3-0)		0.4037	Independent
32	Wyoming	(9-1-0)		0.3967	Mountain States
33	Dartmouth	(6-2-0)		0.3947	Independent
34	Pennsylvania	(4-4-0)		0.3884	Independent
35	Alabama	(6-3-1)		0.3880	Southeastern
36	Princeton	(6-3-0)		0.3804	Independent
37	Colorado State	(9-1-0)		0.3683	Mountain States
38	Duke	(6-3-0)		0.3622	Southern
39	Brown	(8-1-0)		0.3562	Independent
40	Illinois	(3-4-2)		0.3519	Big Nine
41	Northwestern	(4-5-0)		0.3514	Big Nine
42	Penn State	(5-4-0)		0.3174	Independent
43	Iowa State	(5-3-1)		0.3140	Big Seven
44	Vanderbilt	(5-5-0)		0.2998	Southeastern
45	Miami (Florida)	(6-3-0)		0.2961	Independent
46	Iowa	(4-5-0)		0.2912	Big Nine
47	Arkansas	(5-5-0)		0.2876	Southwest
48	Purdue	(4-5-0)		0.2816	Big Nine
49	San Francisco	(7-3-0)		0.2785	Independent
50	Navy	(3-5-1)		0.2663	Independent
51	William & Mary	(6-4-0)		0.2492	Southern
52	Kansas	(5-5-0)		0.2328	Big Seven
53	Boston College	(4-4-1)		0.2311	Independent
54	Boston University	(6-2-0)		0.2116	Independent
55	Fordham	(5-3-0)		0.2061	Independent
56	Texas-El Paso	(8-2-1)		0.1999	Border
57	Oklahoma State	(4-4-2)		0.1934	Missouri Valley
58	Oregon	(4-6-0)		0.1896	Pacific Coast
59	Nebraska	(4-5-0)		0.1850	Big Seven
60	Wake Forest	(4-6-0)		0.1739	Southern
61	Rutgers	(6-3-0)		0.1697	Independent
62	Drake	(6-2-1)		0.1685	Missouri Valley
63	Texas Tech	(7-5-0)		0.1662	Border
64	Mississippi	(4-5-1)		0.1655	Southeastern
65	South Carolina	(4-6-0)		0.1579	Southern
66	Georgia	(4-6-1)		0.1562	Southeastern
67	Washington	(3-7-0)		0.1510	Pacific Coast
68	Temple	(5-4-0)		0.1326	Independent
69	Florida	(4-5-1)		0.1263	Southeastern
70	Detroit Mercy	(5-4-0)		0.1214	Independent
71	Auburn	(2-4-3)		0.1089	Southeastern
72	Yale	(4-4-0)		0.1083	Independent
73	Tulsa	(5-5-1)		0.1072	Missouri Valley
74	Hardin-Simmons	(6-4-1)		0.1021	Border
75	George Washington	(4-5-0)		0.0980	Southern
76	Georgetown	(5-5-0)		0.0946	Independent
77	Clemson	(4-4-2)		0.0760	Southern
78	Texas A&M	(1-8-1)		0.0590	Southwest
79	Marquette	(4-5-0)		0.0511	Independent
80	Washington State	(3-6-0)		0.0343	Pacific Coast
81	Syracuse	(4-5-0)		0.0287	Independent
82	North Carolina State	(3-7-0)		0.0247	Southern
83	Loyola Marymount	(6-4-0)		0.0244	Independent
84	West Virginia	(4-6-1)		0.0191	Independent
85	Indiana	(1-8-0)		0.0181	Big Nine
86	Arizona State	(7-3-0)		0.0171	Border
87	Montana	(5-4-0)		0.0118	Pacific Coast
88	Colorado	(3-7-0)		-0.0278	Big Seven
89	Virginia Military Institute	(3-5-1)		-0.0282	Southern
90	St. Mary's	(3-6-1)		-0.0323	Independent
91	Washington & Lee	(3-5-1)		-0.0390	Southern
92	Idaho	(3-5-0)		-0.0613	Pacific Coast
93	Nevada	(5-5-0)		-0.0646	Independent
94	West Texas A&M	(5-4-0)		-0.0922	Border
95	Kansas State	(2-8-0)		-0.1178	Big Seven
96	Columbia	(2-7-0)		-0.1269	Independent
97	Citadel	(4-5-0)		-0.1414	Southern
98	Duquesne	(3-6-0)		-0.1548	Independent
99	Denver	(4-6-0)		-0.1833	Mountain States
100	Utah	(2-7-1)		-0.1870	Mountain States
101	Harvard	(1-8-0)		-0.1895	Independent
102	Furman	(3-6-0)		-0.1993	Southern
103	Virginia Tech	(1-7-2)		-0.2367	Southern
104	Bradley	(5-5-0)		-0.2524	Missouri Valley
105	Mississippi State	(0-8-1)		-0.2591	Southeastern
106	Utah State	(3-7-0)		-0.2700	Mountain States
107	Colgate	(1-8-0)		-0.2813	Independent
108	New Mexico State	(4-6-0)		-0.2869	Border
109	Wichita State	(3-6-1)		-0.2917	Missouri Valley
110	New York University	(3-6-0)		-0.3019	Independent
111	Arizona	(2-7-1)		-0.3147	Border
112	Richmond	(3-7-0)		-0.3439	Southern
113	New Mexico	(2-8-0)		-0.3580	Border
114	Holy Cross	(1-9-0)		-0.3916	Independent
115	St. Louis	(2-6-1)		-0.4873	Missouri Valley
116	Davidson	(2-8-0)		-0.5489	Southern
117	Northern Arizona	(1-6-1)		-0.6656	Border
118	Brigham Young	(0-11-0)		-0.7698	Mountain States

Average Ratings by Conference (1949)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southwest		0.4558
2	Big Nine		0.4350
3	Pacific Coast		0.3041
4	Southeastern		0.2862
5	Big Seven		0.2750
6	Independent		0.1964
7	Southern		0.0426
8	Missouri Valley		-0.0937
9	Mountain States		-0.1075
10	Border		-0.1369