1949

1950 Rankings
​Final

1951

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Tennessee	(11-1-0)		0.7590	Southeastern
2	Texas	(9-2-0)		0.7564	Southwest
3	Illinois	(7-2-0)		0.7489	Big Ten
4	Oklahoma	(10-1-0)		0.7279	Big Seven
5	Army	(8-1-0)		0.6885	Independent
6	California	(9-1-1)		0.6859	Pacific Coast
7	Princeton	(9-0-0)		0.6835	Independent
8	Kentucky	(11-1-0)		0.6622	Southeastern
9	Michigan	(6-3-1)		0.6396	Big Ten
10	Michigan State	(8-1-0)		0.6300	Big Ten
11	Ohio State	(6-3-0)		0.5988	Big Ten
12	Wisconsin	(6-3-0)		0.5872	Big Ten
13	Clemson	(9-0-1)		0.5823	Southern
14	Wyoming	(10-0-0)		0.5794	Mountain States
15	Alabama	(9-2-0)		0.5707	Southeastern
16	Washington	(8-2-0)		0.5683	Pacific Coast
17	Pennsylvania	(6-3-0)		0.5391	Independent
18	Cornell	(7-2-0)		0.5337	Independent
19	Baylor	(7-3-0)		0.5283	Southwest
20	Texas A&M	(7-4-0)		0.4991	Southwest
21	Southern Methodist	(6-4-0)		0.4959	Southwest
22	Loyola Marymount	(8-1-0)		0.4901	Independent
23	Northwestern	(6-3-0)		0.4893	Big Ten
24	Fordham	(8-1-0)		0.4833	Independent
25	Virginia	(8-2-0)		0.4755	Independent
26	Tulane	(6-2-1)		0.4729	Southeastern
27	Maryland	(7-2-1)		0.4693	Southern
28	Miami (Florida)	(9-1-1)		0.4569	Independent
29	UCLA	(6-3-0)		0.4458	Pacific Coast
30	Wake Forest	(6-1-2)		0.4435	Southern
31	Tulsa	(9-1-1)		0.4340	Missouri Valley
32	Nebraska	(6-2-1)		0.4277	Big Seven
33	Duke	(7-3-0)		0.4240	Southern
34	Stanford	(5-3-2)		0.3968	Pacific Coast
35	San Francisco	(7-4-0)		0.3500	Independent
36	Rice	(6-4-0)		0.3379	Southwest
37	West Texas A&M	(10-1-0)		0.3348	Border
38	Washington & Lee	(8-3-0)		0.3254	Southern
39	Texas Christian	(5-5-0)		0.3236	Southwest
40	Yale	(6-3-0)		0.3173	Independent
41	Georgia	(6-3-3)		0.3054	Southeastern
42	Colgate	(5-3-0)		0.2990	Independent
43	Louisiana State	(4-5-2)		0.2742	Southeastern
44	Marquette	(5-3-1)		0.2653	Independent
45	Vanderbilt	(7-4-0)		0.2467	Southeastern
46	Mississippi State	(4-5-0)		0.2434	Southeastern
47	Kansas	(6-4-0)		0.2383	Big Seven
48	North Carolina	(3-5-2)		0.2275	Southern
49	Indiana	(3-5-1)		0.2178	Big Ten
50	Mississippi	(5-5-0)		0.2157	Southeastern
51	Georgia Tech	(5-6-0)		0.2088	Southeastern
52	Florida	(5-5-0)		0.2073	Southeastern
53	Notre Dame	(4-4-1)		0.1936	Independent
54	San Jose State	(6-3-1)		0.1932	Independent
55	Colorado	(5-4-1)		0.1925	Big Seven
56	South Carolina	(3-4-2)		0.1839	Southern
57	Pacific	(7-3-1)		0.1837	Independent
58	Virginia Military Institute	(6-4-0)		0.1762	Southern
59	Navy	(3-6-0)		0.1752	Independent
59=	Drake	(6-2-1)		0.1752	Missouri Valley
61	Detroit Mercy	(6-3-1)		0.1696	Missouri Valley
62	Iowa	(3-5-1)		0.1640	Big Ten
63	George Washington	(5-4-0)		0.1521	Southern
64	Missouri	(4-5-1)		0.1424	Big Seven
65	Arizona State	(9-2-0)		0.1178	Border
66	North Carolina State	(5-4-1)		0.1148	Southern
67	Syracuse	(5-5-0)		0.1070	Independent
68	Colorado State	(6-3-0)		0.1035	Mountain States
69	Dartmouth	(3-5-1)		0.1008	Independent
70	Villanova	(4-5-0)		0.0993	Independent
71	Penn State	(5-3-1)		0.0988	Independent
72	Washington State	(4-3-2)		0.0758	Pacific Coast
73	Columbia	(4-5-0)		0.0511	Independent
74	Holy Cross	(4-5-1)		0.0445	Independent
75	Arkansas	(2-8-0)		0.0370	Southwest
76	Southern California	(2-5-2)		0.0212	Pacific Coast
77	Minnesota	(1-7-1)		0.0183	Big Ten
78	Purdue	(2-7-0)		0.0085	Big Ten
79	Oregon State	(3-6-0)		-0.0020	Pacific Coast
80	Hardin-Simmons	(5-5-0)		-0.0065	Border
81	Iowa State	(3-6-1)		-0.0120	Big Seven
82	Santa Clara	(3-7-0)		-0.0201	Southern
83	Rutgers	(4-4-0)		-0.0208	Independent
84	Oklahoma State	(4-6-1)		-0.0412	Missouri Valley
85	Citadel	(4-6-0)		-0.0993	Southern
86	Texas Tech	(3-8-0)		-0.1035	Border
87	Texas-El Paso	(7-3-0)		-0.1124	Border
88	Georgetown	(2-7-0)		-0.1468	Independent
89	William & Mary	(4-7-0)		-0.1476	Southern
90	Pittsburgh	(1-8-0)		-0.1528	Independent
91	Idaho	(3-5-1)		-0.1813	Pacific Coast
92	Temple	(4-4-1)		-0.1925	Independent
93	Montana	(5-5-0)		-0.1951	Pacific Coast
94	Utah	(3-4-3)		-0.2086	Mountain States
95	St. Mary's	(2-7-1)		-0.2222	Independent
96	Houston	(4-6-0)		-0.2270	Independent
97	Boston University	(3-5-0)		-0.2481	Independent
98	Arizona	(4-6-0)		-0.2787	Border
99	Wichita State	(5-4-1)		-0.3286	Missouri Valley
100	Bradley	(5-5-0)		-0.3617	Missouri Valley
101	Denver	(3-8-1)		-0.3791	Mountain States
102	Davidson	(3-6-0)		-0.3885	Southern
103	Furman	(2-8-1)		-0.3901	Southern
104	Oregon	(1-9-0)		-0.4027	Pacific Coast
105	West Virginia	(2-8-0)		-0.4139	Southern
106	Brown	(1-8-0)		-0.4522	Independent
107	Boston College	(0-9-1)		-0.4918	Independent
108	Harvard	(1-7-0)		-0.4950	Independent
109	Brigham Young	(4-5-1)		-0.4962	Mountain States
110	Duquesne	(2-6-1)		-0.5122	Independent
111	Auburn	(0-10-0)		-0.5540	Southeastern
112	Kansas State	(1-9-1)		-0.5697	Big Seven
113	New York University	(1-5-1)		-0.6835	Independent
114	New Mexico	(2-8-0)		-0.7034	Border
115	Richmond	(2-8-0)		-0.7715	Southern
115=	Nevada	(1-9-0)		-0.7715	Independent
117	New Mexico State	(2-7-0)		-0.9703	Border
118	Utah State	(2-9-0)		-1.0658	Mountain States
119	Northern Arizona	(2-7-0)		-1.0710	Border
120	Virginia Tech	(0-10-0)		-1.1369	Southern

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southwest	0.4254
2	Big Ten	0.4102
3	Southeastern	0.3010
4	Big Seven	0.1639
5	Pacific Coast	0.1413
6	Independent	0.0632
7	Missouri Valley	0.0079
8	Southern	-0.0149
9	Mountain States	-0.2445
10	Border	-0.3104