1950

1951 Rankings
​Final

1952

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Illinois	(9-0-1)		0.8456	Big Ten
2	Georgia Tech	(11-0-1)		0.8255	Southeastern
3	Michigan State	(9-0-0)		0.7915	Independent
4	Maryland	(10-0-0)		0.7393	Southern
5	Baylor	(8-2-1)		0.7083	Southwest
6	Texas	(7-3-0)		0.6920	Southwest
7	Tennessee	(10-1-0)		0.6663	Southeastern
8	California	(8-2-0)		0.6541	Pacific Coast
9	Stanford	(9-2-0)		0.6476	Pacific Coast
10	Wisconsin	(7-1-1)		0.6362	Big Ten
11	Princeton	(9-0-0)		0.5878	Independent
12	Texas A&M	(5-3-2)		0.5670	Southwest
13	Southern California	(7-3-0)		0.5634	Pacific Coast
14	Oklahoma	(8-2-0)		0.5477	Big Seven
15	UCLA	(5-3-1)		0.5366	Pacific Coast
16	Kentucky	(8-4-0)		0.5323	Southeastern
17	Texas Christian	(6-5-0)		0.5122	Southwest
18	San Francisco	(9-0-0)		0.5095	Independent
19	Notre Dame	(7-2-1)		0.5060	Independent
20	Louisiana State	(7-3-1)		0.5029	Southeastern
21	Virginia	(8-1-0)		0.5013	Independent
22	Kansas	(8-2-0)		0.4791	Big Seven
23	Washington State	(7-3-0)		0.4421	Pacific Coast
24	Rice	(5-5-0)		0.4234	Southwest
25	Mississippi	(6-3-1)		0.4090	Southeastern
26	Arkansas	(5-5-0)		0.4003	Southwest
27	Colorado	(7-3-0)		0.3953	Big Seven
28	Cornell	(6-3-0)		0.3933	Independent
29	William & Mary	(7-3-0)		0.3856	Southern
30	Ohio State	(4-3-2)		0.3815	Big Ten
31	Pennsylvania	(5-4-0)		0.3787	Independent
32	Wyoming	(7-2-1)		0.3746	Mountain States
33	Miami (Florida)	(8-3-0)		0.3719	Independent
34	Purdue	(5-4-0)		0.3658	Big Ten
35	Northwestern	(5-4-0)		0.3559	Big Ten
36	Holy Cross	(8-2-0)		0.3440	Independent
37	Southern Methodist	(3-6-1)		0.3414	Southwest
38	Villanova	(5-3-0)		0.3389	Independent
39	Tulsa	(9-2-0)		0.3336	Missouri Valley
40	Texas Tech	(7-4-0)		0.3309	Border
41	Florida	(5-5-0)		0.3231	Southeastern
42	Vanderbilt	(6-5-0)		0.3142	Southeastern
43	Duke	(5-4-1)		0.3073	Southern
44	Clemson	(7-3-0)		0.3067	Southern
45	Michigan	(4-5-0)		0.3035	Big Ten
46	Georgia	(5-5-0)		0.2922	Southeastern
47	Oregon State	(4-6-0)		0.2760	Pacific Coast
48	Wake Forest	(6-4-0)		0.2752	Southern
49	Utah	(7-4-0)		0.2690	Mountain States
50	Penn State	(5-4-0)		0.2658	Independent
51	Columbia	(5-3-0)		0.2538	Independent
52	Washington & Lee	(6-4-0)		0.2422	Southern
53	Alabama	(5-6-0)		0.2292	Southeastern
54	Denver	(6-4-0)		0.2265	Mountain States
55	Syracuse	(5-4-0)		0.2226	Independent
56	Virginia Military Institute	(7-3-0)		0.2225	Southern
57	Santa Clara	(3-5-1)		0.2165	Independent
58	Drake	(7-2-0)		0.2126	Missouri Valley
59	Fordham	(5-4-0)		0.2091	Independent
60	Mississippi State	(4-5-0)		0.1984	Southeastern
61	Washington	(3-6-1)		0.1983	Pacific Coast
62	Boston University	(6-4-0)		0.1956	Independent
63	Tulane	(4-6-0)		0.1901	Southeastern
64	Colorado State	(5-4-1)		0.1895	Mountain States
65	South Carolina	(5-4-0)		0.1795	Southern
66	Pacific	(6-5-0)		0.1706	Independent
67	Dartmouth	(4-5-0)		0.1679	Independent
68	Houston	(6-5-0)		0.1606	Missouri Valley
69	Auburn	(5-5-0)		0.1594	Southeastern
70	Brigham Young	(6-3-1)		0.1498	Mountain States
71	Navy	(2-6-1)		0.1496	Independent
72	Indiana	(2-7-0)		0.1376	Big Ten
73	Iowa State	(4-4-1)		0.1307	Big Seven
74	Pittsburgh	(3-7-0)		0.1277	Independent
75	Arizona State	(6-3-1)		0.1204	Border
76	Iowa	(2-5-2)		0.1129	Big Ten
77	Marquette	(4-6-1)		0.0709	Independent
78	Utah State	(3-5-1)		0.0636	Mountain States
79	Hardin-Simmons	(6-6-0)		0.0582	Border
80	North Carolina	(2-8-0)		0.0357	Southern
81	Boston College	(3-6-0)		0.0348	Independent
82	Minnesota	(2-6-1)		0.0322	Big Ten
83	Temple	(6-4-0)		0.0176	Independent
84	West Virginia	(5-5-0)		-0.0071	Southern
85	Harvard	(3-5-1)		-0.0107	Independent
86	Arizona	(6-5-0)		-0.0157	Border
87	Yale	(2-5-2)		-0.0183	Independent
88	Rutgers	(4-4-0)		-0.0215	Independent
89	George Washington	(2-6-1)		-0.0263	Southern
90	Oklahoma State	(3-7-0)		-0.0265	Missouri Valley
91	Colgate	(4-5-0)		-0.0368	Independent
92	Army	(2-7-0)		-0.0635	Independent
93	Loyola Marymount	(3-6-0)		-0.0714	Independent
94	Missouri	(2-8-0)		-0.0720	Big Seven
95	Oregon	(2-8-0)		-0.0843	Pacific Coast
96	Idaho	(2-7-0)		-0.0928	Pacific Coast
97	Detroit Mercy	(4-7-0)		-0.1175	Independent
98	North Carolina State	(3-7-0)		-0.1192	Southern
99	Citadel	(4-6-0)		-0.1504	Southern
100	Furman	(3-6-1)		-0.1608	Southern
101	New Mexico	(4-7-0)		-0.1751	Border
102	Nebraska	(1-8-1)		-0.1761	Big Seven
103	San Jose State	(2-7-1)		-0.1816	Independent
104	Bradley	(4-5-0)		-0.2108	Missouri Valley
105	Brown	(2-7-0)		-0.2236	Independent
106	Richmond	(3-8-0)		-0.2304	Southern
107	Montana	(2-7-0)		-0.2519	Pacific Coast
108	Wichita State	(2-7-0)		-0.2902	Missouri Valley
109	Kansas State	(1-7-1)		-0.3009	Big Seven
110	Virginia Tech	(2-8-0)		-0.3144	Southern
111	Texas-El Paso	(3-7-0)		-0.3733	Border
112	New York University	(1-7-0)		-0.4211	Independent
113	West Texas A&M	(2-7-0)		-0.4950	Border
114	Davidson	(1-8-0)		-0.5616	Southern
115	Northern Arizona	(1-7-0)		-0.7426	Border
116	New Mexico State	(1-9-0)		-0.8739	Border

Average Ratings by Conference (1951)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southwest		0.5207
2	Southeastern		0.3869
3	Big Ten		0.3524
4	Pacific Coast		0.2889
5	Mountain States		0.2122
6	Independent		0.1715
7	Big Seven		0.1434
8	Southern		0.0661
9	Missouri Valley		0.0299
10	Border		-0.2407