1949

1950 Rankings
​Final

1951

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Tennessee	(11-1-0)		0.8050	Southeastern
2	Texas	(9-2-0)		0.7693	Southwest
3	Illinois	(7-2-0)		0.7497	Big Ten
4	Oklahoma	(10-1-0)		0.7168	Big Seven
5	Army	(8-1-0)		0.7148	Independent
6	Kentucky	(11-1-0)		0.6883	Southeastern
7	Princeton	(9-0-0)		0.6880	Independent
8	California	(9-1-1)		0.6736	Pacific Coast
9	Michigan	(6-3-1)		0.6602	Big Ten
10	Michigan State	(8-1-0)		0.6516	Big Ten
11	Ohio State	(6-3-0)		0.6020	Big Ten
12	Wisconsin	(6-3-0)		0.6012	Big Ten
13	Alabama	(9-2-0)		0.5831	Southeastern
14	Baylor	(7-3-0)		0.5793	Southwest
15	Clemson	(9-0-1)		0.5791	Southern
16	Wyoming	(10-0-0)		0.5611	Mountain States
17	Pennsylvania	(6-3-0)		0.5594	Independent
18	Washington	(8-2-0)		0.5591	Pacific Coast
19	Cornell	(7-2-0)		0.5583	Independent
20	Southern Methodist	(6-4-0)		0.5269	Southwest
21	Maryland	(7-2-1)		0.5173	Southern
22	Texas A&M	(7-4-0)		0.5125	Southwest
23	Tulane	(6-2-1)		0.5099	Southeastern
24	Northwestern	(6-3-0)		0.5089	Big Ten
25	Virginia	(8-2-0)		0.5013	Independent
26	Loyola Marymount	(8-1-0)		0.4965	Independent
27	Fordham	(8-1-0)		0.4936	Independent
28	Wake Forest	(6-1-2)		0.4622	Southern
29	Duke	(7-3-0)		0.4543	Southern
30	Miami (Florida)	(9-1-1)		0.4505	Independent
31	UCLA	(6-3-0)		0.4483	Pacific Coast
32	Tulsa	(9-1-1)		0.4481	Missouri Valley
33	Nebraska	(6-2-1)		0.4287	Big Seven
34	Stanford	(5-3-2)		0.3979	Pacific Coast
35	Rice	(6-4-0)		0.3942	Southwest
36	Texas Christian	(5-5-0)		0.3823	Southwest
37	San Francisco	(7-4-0)		0.3773	Independent
38	West Texas A&M	(10-1-0)		0.3668	Border
39	Yale	(6-3-0)		0.3553	Independent
40	Washington & Lee	(8-3-0)		0.3331	Southern
41	Louisiana State	(4-5-2)		0.3309	Southeastern
42	Georgia	(6-3-3)		0.3295	Southeastern
43	Colgate	(5-3-0)		0.3277	Independent
44	Vanderbilt	(7-4-0)		0.3170	Southeastern
45	Mississippi State	(4-5-0)		0.3126	Southeastern
46	Marquette	(5-3-1)		0.3049	Independent
47	North Carolina	(3-5-2)		0.2909	Southern
48	Mississippi	(5-5-0)		0.2835	Southeastern
49	Georgia Tech	(5-6-0)		0.2779	Southeastern
50	Indiana	(3-5-1)		0.2762	Big Ten
51	Kansas	(6-4-0)		0.2746	Big Seven
52	Notre Dame	(4-4-1)		0.2708	Independent
53	Navy	(3-6-0)		0.2610	Independent
54	Florida	(5-5-0)		0.2577	Southeastern
55	South Carolina	(3-4-2)		0.2538	Southern
56	Virginia Military Institute	(6-4-0)		0.2409	Southern
57	Detroit Mercy	(6-3-1)		0.2392	Missouri Valley
58	San Jose State	(6-3-1)		0.2262	Independent
59	Pacific	(7-3-1)		0.2256	Independent
60	George Washington	(5-4-0)		0.2225	Southern
61	North Carolina State	(5-4-1)		0.2188	Southern
62	Colorado	(5-4-1)		0.2174	Big Seven
63	Drake	(6-2-1)		0.2160	Missouri Valley
64	Iowa	(3-5-1)		0.2141	Big Ten
65	Arizona State	(9-2-0)		0.2035	Border
66	Missouri	(4-5-1)		0.1861	Big Seven
67	Syracuse	(5-5-0)		0.1795	Independent
68	Penn State	(5-3-1)		0.1693	Independent
69	Dartmouth	(3-5-1)		0.1679	Independent
70	Villanova	(4-5-0)		0.1673	Independent
71	Colorado State	(6-3-0)		0.1652	Mountain States
72	Columbia	(4-5-0)		0.1559	Independent
73	Arkansas	(2-8-0)		0.1230	Southwest
74	Washington State	(4-3-2)		0.1165	Pacific Coast
75	Holy Cross	(4-5-1)		0.1072	Independent
76	Purdue	(2-7-0)		0.1024	Big Ten
77	Minnesota	(1-7-1)		0.0977	Big Ten
78	Hardin-Simmons	(5-5-0)		0.0958	Border
79	Southern California	(2-5-2)		0.0932	Pacific Coast
80	Rutgers	(4-4-0)		0.0868	Independent
81	Oklahoma State	(4-6-1)		0.0773	Missouri Valley
82	Oregon State	(3-6-0)		0.0756	Pacific Coast
83	Texas-El Paso	(7-3-0)		0.0733	Border
84	Santa Clara	(3-7-0)		0.0674	Southern
85	Iowa State	(3-6-1)		0.0508	Big Seven
86	Citadel	(4-6-0)		0.0193	Southern
87	Texas Tech	(3-8-0)		0.0181	Border
88	William & Mary	(4-7-0)		0.0027	Southern
89	Georgetown	(2-7-0)		-0.0218	Independent
90	Temple	(4-4-1)		-0.0268	Independent
91	Pittsburgh	(1-8-0)		-0.0413	Independent
92	Idaho	(3-5-1)		-0.0540	Pacific Coast
93	Montana	(5-5-0)		-0.0546	Pacific Coast
94	Houston	(4-6-0)		-0.0665	Independent
95	Arizona	(4-6-0)		-0.0849	Border
96	St. Mary's	(2-7-1)		-0.0853	Independent
97	Boston University	(3-5-0)		-0.0866	Independent
98	Wichita State	(5-4-1)		-0.0984	Missouri Valley
99	Utah	(3-4-3)		-0.1260	Mountain States
100	Bradley	(5-5-0)		-0.1449	Missouri Valley
101	Davidson	(3-6-0)		-0.1710	Southern
102	West Virginia	(2-8-0)		-0.1965	Southern
103	Furman	(2-8-1)		-0.2143	Southern
104	Denver	(3-8-1)		-0.2239	Mountain States
105	Brown	(1-8-0)		-0.2314	Independent
106	Oregon	(1-9-0)		-0.2335	Pacific Coast
107	Brigham Young	(4-5-1)		-0.2543	Mountain States
108	Harvard	(1-7-0)		-0.2640	Independent
109	Boston College	(0-9-1)		-0.2757	Independent
110	Duquesne	(2-6-1)		-0.3064	Independent
111	Auburn	(0-10-0)		-0.3126	Southeastern
112	Kansas State	(1-9-1)		-0.3339	Big Seven
113	New Mexico	(2-8-0)		-0.3640	Border
114	New York University	(1-5-1)		-0.3820	Independent
115	Richmond	(2-8-0)		-0.3973	Southern
116	Nevada	(1-9-0)		-0.4467	Independent
117	New Mexico State	(2-7-0)		-0.5449	Border
118	Northern Arizona	(2-7-0)		-0.5955	Border
119	Utah State	(2-9-0)		-0.6065	Mountain States
120	Virginia Tech	(0-10-0)		-0.6369	Southern

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southwest	0.4697
2	Big Ten	0.4464
3	Southeastern	0.3652
4	Big Seven	0.2201
5	Pacific Coast	0.2022
6	Independent	0.1603
7	Missouri Valley	0.1229
8	Southern	0.1137
9	Mountain States	-0.0807
10	Border	-0.0924