1949

1950 Rankings
​Final

1951

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Tennessee	(11-1-0)		0.7473	Southeastern
2	Texas	(9-2-0)		0.7167	Southwest
3	Oklahoma	(10-1-0)		0.7160	Big Seven
4	Illinois	(7-2-0)		0.7095	Big Ten
5	Army	(8-1-0)		0.6656	Independent
6	Michigan	(6-3-1)		0.6466	Big Ten
7	Kentucky	(11-1-0)		0.6418	Southeastern
8	California	(9-1-1)		0.6391	Pacific Coast
9	Princeton	(9-0-0)		0.6332	Independent
10	Michigan State	(8-1-0)		0.6136	Big Ten
11	Clemson	(9-0-1)		0.5870	Southern
12	Ohio State	(6-3-0)		0.5627	Big Ten
13	Wisconsin	(6-3-0)		0.5612	Big Ten
14	Wyoming	(10-0-0)		0.5483	Mountain States
15	Baylor	(7-3-0)		0.5403	Southwest
16	Alabama	(9-2-0)		0.5391	Southeastern
17	Washington	(8-2-0)		0.5353	Pacific Coast
18	Cornell	(7-2-0)		0.5108	Independent
19	Pennsylvania	(6-3-0)		0.5083	Independent
20	Southern Methodist	(6-4-0)		0.5050	Southwest
21	Wake Forest	(6-1-2)		0.4895	Southern
22	Texas A&M	(7-4-0)		0.4815	Southwest
23	Miami (Florida)	(9-1-1)		0.4804	Independent
24	Maryland	(7-2-1)		0.4779	Southern
25	Northwestern	(6-3-0)		0.4702	Big Ten
26	Loyola Marymount	(8-1-0)		0.4682	Independent
27	Virginia	(8-2-0)		0.4606	Independent
28	Tulane	(6-2-1)		0.4605	Southeastern
29	Fordham	(8-1-0)		0.4580	Independent
30	Nebraska	(6-2-1)		0.4546	Big Seven
31	Tulsa	(9-1-1)		0.4375	Missouri Valley
32	UCLA	(6-3-0)		0.4287	Pacific Coast
33	Duke	(7-3-0)		0.4168	Southern
34	Stanford	(5-3-2)		0.3992	Pacific Coast
35	Texas Christian	(5-5-0)		0.3681	Southwest
36	Rice	(6-4-0)		0.3636	Southwest
37	San Francisco	(7-4-0)		0.3609	Independent
38	Georgia	(6-3-3)		0.3444	Southeastern
39	West Texas A&M	(10-1-0)		0.3411	Border
40	Yale	(6-3-0)		0.3225	Independent
41	Washington & Lee	(8-3-0)		0.3144	Southern
42	Kansas	(6-4-0)		0.3029	Big Seven
43	Marquette	(5-3-1)		0.3005	Independent
44	Colgate	(5-3-0)		0.2999	Independent
45	Louisiana State	(4-5-2)		0.2985	Southeastern
46	Mississippi State	(4-5-0)		0.2874	Southeastern
47	Vanderbilt	(7-4-0)		0.2828	Southeastern
48	Colorado	(5-4-1)		0.2781	Big Seven
49	North Carolina	(3-5-2)		0.2634	Southern
50	Indiana	(3-5-1)		0.2610	Big Ten
51	Notre Dame	(4-4-1)		0.2592	Independent
52	Mississippi	(5-5-0)		0.2545	Southeastern
53	Missouri	(4-5-1)		0.2506	Big Seven
54	Drake	(6-2-1)		0.2503	Missouri Valley
55	Georgia Tech	(5-6-0)		0.2466	Southeastern
56	Detroit Mercy	(6-3-1)		0.2436	Missouri Valley
57	Florida	(5-5-0)		0.2410	Southeastern
58	South Carolina	(3-4-2)		0.2355	Southern
59	San Jose State	(6-3-1)		0.2296	Independent
60	Navy	(3-6-0)		0.2284	Independent
61	Pacific	(7-3-1)		0.2255	Independent
62	Virginia Military Institute	(6-4-0)		0.2168	Southern
63	Iowa	(3-5-1)		0.2100	Big Ten
64	North Carolina State	(5-4-1)		0.2034	Southern
65	George Washington	(5-4-0)		0.1982	Southern
66	Arizona State	(9-2-0)		0.1914	Border
67	Penn State	(5-3-1)		0.1906	Independent
68	Colorado State	(6-3-0)		0.1857	Mountain States
69	Washington State	(4-3-2)		0.1831	Pacific Coast
70	Dartmouth	(3-5-1)		0.1778	Independent
71	Syracuse	(5-5-0)		0.1658	Independent
72	Villanova	(4-5-0)		0.1593	Independent
73	Oklahoma State	(4-6-1)		0.1256	Missouri Valley
74	Columbia	(4-5-0)		0.1243	Independent
75	Arkansas	(2-8-0)		0.1168	Southwest
76	Holy Cross	(4-5-1)		0.1137	Independent
77	Southern California	(2-5-2)		0.1121	Pacific Coast
78	Iowa State	(3-6-1)		0.1066	Big Seven
79	Purdue	(2-7-0)		0.0924	Big Ten
80	Hardin-Simmons	(5-5-0)		0.0856	Border
81	Minnesota	(1-7-1)		0.0793	Big Ten
82	Oregon State	(3-6-0)		0.0769	Pacific Coast
83	Rutgers	(4-4-0)		0.0761	Independent
84	Santa Clara	(3-7-0)		0.0676	Southern
85	Texas-El Paso	(7-3-0)		0.0635	Border
86	Citadel	(4-6-0)		0.0199	Southern
87	Utah	(3-4-3)		0.0171	Mountain States
88	Texas Tech	(3-8-0)		0.0120	Border
89	William & Mary	(4-7-0)		-0.0042	Southern
90	Temple	(4-4-1)		-0.0044	Independent
91	Idaho	(3-5-1)		-0.0131	Pacific Coast
92	Georgetown	(2-7-0)		-0.0160	Independent
93	Wichita State	(5-4-1)		-0.0255	Missouri Valley
94	Pittsburgh	(1-8-0)		-0.0371	Independent
95	Montana	(5-5-0)		-0.0436	Pacific Coast
96	Houston	(4-6-0)		-0.0634	Independent
97	Arizona	(4-6-0)		-0.0651	Border
98	St. Mary's	(2-7-1)		-0.0723	Independent
99	Boston University	(3-5-0)		-0.0738	Independent
100	Bradley	(5-5-0)		-0.1225	Missouri Valley
101	Denver	(3-8-1)		-0.1467	Mountain States
102	Furman	(2-8-1)		-0.1550	Southern
103	Davidson	(3-6-0)		-0.1724	Southern
104	Brigham Young	(4-5-1)		-0.1812	Mountain States
105	West Virginia	(2-8-0)		-0.1909	Southern
106	Oregon	(1-9-0)		-0.2068	Pacific Coast
107	Kansas State	(1-9-1)		-0.2231	Big Seven
108	Duquesne	(2-6-1)		-0.2254	Independent
109	Brown	(1-8-0)		-0.2346	Independent
110	Boston College	(0-9-1)		-0.2552	Independent
111	Harvard	(1-7-0)		-0.2674	Independent
112	Auburn	(0-10-0)		-0.3108	Southeastern
113	New Mexico	(2-8-0)		-0.3486	Border
114	Richmond	(2-8-0)		-0.3852	Southern
115	Nevada	(1-9-0)		-0.4220	Independent
116	New York University	(1-5-1)		-0.4612	Independent
117	New Mexico State	(2-7-0)		-0.5229	Border
118	Utah State	(2-9-0)		-0.5423	Mountain States
119	Northern Arizona	(2-7-0)		-0.5644	Border
120	Virginia Tech	(0-10-0)		-0.6274	Southern

Average Ratings by Conference (1950)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southwest		0.4417
2	Big Ten		0.4206
3	Southeastern		0.3361
4	Big Seven		0.2694
5	Pacific Coast		0.2111
6	Missouri Valley		0.1515
7	Independent		0.1510
8	Southern		0.1086
9	Mountain States		-0.0199
10	Border		-0.0897