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1941 College Football Rankings

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                                                                  STRENGTH OF
                                     AVERAGE   OVERALL     CONF     SCHEDULE     AP
RANK TEAM                       CONF   SCORE    W- L-T   W- L-T     AVG  RANK   RANK

   1 Minnesota                   WES   97.89    8- 0-0   5- 0-0   67.82    19      1
   2 Texas                       SWC   96.89    8- 1-1   4- 1-1   68.14    16      4
   3 Michigan                    WES   94.80    6- 1-1   3- 1-1   70.92     8      5
   4 Notre Dame                  IND   92.83    8- 0-1   0- 0-0   57.74    37      3
   5 Texas A&M                   SWC   92.32    9- 2-0   5- 1-0   58.16    34      9
   6 Oregon State                PCC   91.54    8- 2-0   7- 2-0   71.09     7     12
   7 Navy                        IND   91.08    7- 1-1   0- 0-0   57.59    38     10
   8 Alabama                     SEC   90.95    9- 2-0   5- 2-0   58.86    33     20
   9 Northwestern                WES   90.76    5- 3-0   4- 2-0   70.43     9     11
  10 Ohio State                  WES   89.90    6- 1-1   3- 1-1   68.56    13     13
  11 Duke                        SOU   89.86    9- 1-0   5- 0-0   44.35    65      2
  12 Georgia                     SEC   89.86    9- 1-1   3- 1-1   52.04    47     14
  13 Stanford                    PCC   87.94    6- 3-0   4- 3-0   73.93     5       
  14 Missouri                    BG6   87.86    8- 2-0   5- 0-0   49.22    52      7
  15 Fordham                     IND   87.17    8- 1-0   0- 0-0   51.94    49      6
  16 Pennsylvania                IND   86.88    7- 1-0   0- 0-0   52.01    48     15
  17 Washington                  PCC   85.31    5- 4-0   5- 3-0   77.09     2       
  18 Washington State            PCC   83.86    6- 4-0   5- 3-0   67.40    20     19
  19 Mississippi State           SEC   83.67    8- 1-1   4- 0-1   47.33    56     16
  20 Santa Clara                 IND   83.65    6- 3-0   0- 0-0   64.12    24       
  21 Texas Christian             SWC   83.52    7- 3-1   4- 1-1   68.00    17       
  22 Mississippi                 SEC   81.53    6- 2-1   2- 1-1   57.99    35     17
  23 Oklahoma                    BG6   81.10    6- 3-0   3- 2-0   54.47    45       
  24 Duquesne                    IND   78.80    8- 0-0   0- 0-0   35.98    82      8
  25 California                  PCC   77.86    4- 5-0   3- 4-0   75.90     4       
  26 Cornell                     IND   76.85    5- 3-0   0- 0-0   63.74    26       
  27 Tulane                      SEC   76.45    5- 4-0   2- 3-0   61.10    28       
  28 Oregon                      PCC   76.38    5- 5-0   4- 4-0   76.51     3       
  29 Tennessee                   SEC   75.69    8- 2-0   3- 1-0   46.70    58     18
  30 Vanderbilt                  SEC   75.50    8- 2-0   3- 2-0   42.30    72       
  31 Rice                        SWC   74.97    6- 3-1   3- 2-1   60.50    29       
  32 Detroit Mercy               IND   72.82    7- 2-0   0- 0-0   37.07    80       
  33 Penn State                  IND   72.76    7- 2-0   0- 0-0   39.86    76       
  34 Michigan State              IND   70.28    5- 3-1   0- 0-0   53.49    46       
  35 Southern Methodist          SWC   69.98    5- 5-0   2- 4-0   61.12    27       
  36 Harvard                     IND   69.31    5- 2-1   0- 0-0   55.47    42       
  37 Tulsa                       MVC   69.10    8- 2-0   4- 0-0   38.23    79       
  38 Texas Tech                  BRD   69.00    9- 2-0   2- 0-0   31.88    92       
  39 Clemson                     SOU   68.53    7- 2-0   5- 1-0   32.71    89       
  40 Boston College              IND   68.28    7- 3-0   0- 0-0   46.45    61       
  41 Syracuse                    IND   67.24    5- 2-1   0- 0-0   43.30    67       
  42 Army                        IND   67.14    5- 3-1   0- 0-0   55.64    41       
  43 Louisiana State             SEC   65.47    4- 4-2   2- 2-2   63.96    25       
  44 Temple                      IND   64.95    7- 2-0   0- 0-0   45.72    63       
  45 Utah                        MSC   64.75    6- 0-2   4- 0-2   25.25   105       
  46 Colgate                     IND   64.28    3- 3-2   0- 0-0   59.07    32       
  47 Southern California         PCC   63.41    2- 6-1   2- 4-1   83.21     1       
  48 UCLA                        PCC   63.29    5- 5-1   3- 4-1   68.34    14       
  49 William & Mary              SOU   61.92    8- 2-0   4- 1-0   25.68   103       
  50 Virginia                    IND   60.60    8- 1-0   0- 0-0   14.55   119       
  51 Columbia                    IND   57.37    3- 5-0   0- 0-0   65.98    22       
  52 Iowa                        WES   57.34    3- 5-0   2- 4-0   59.35    31       
  53 Arkansas                    SWC   56.17    3- 7-0   0- 6-0   70.16    11       
  54 Wisconsin                   WES   55.90    3- 5-0   3- 3-0   70.17    10       
  55 Dartmouth                   IND   54.79    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   46.50    60       
  56 Nebraska                    BG6   54.62    4- 5-0   3- 2-0   55.23    43       
  57 Baylor                      SWC   53.92    3- 6-1   1- 4-1   66.03    21       
  58 Indiana                     WES   53.90    2- 6-0   1- 3-0   69.97    12       
  59 Pittsburgh                  IND   53.62    3- 6-0   0- 0-0   71.73     6       
  60 Villanova                   IND   53.27    4- 4-0   0- 0-0   50.61    50       
  61 Auburn                      SEC   53.11    4- 5-1   0- 4-1   56.83    40       
  62 Miami (Florida)             IND   53.04    8- 2-0   0- 0-0   31.21    93       
  63 Marquette                   IND   52.34    4- 5-0   0- 0-0   55.08    44       
  64 Purdue                      WES   51.98    2- 5-1   1- 3-0   67.95    18       
  65 Montana                     PCC   51.67    6- 3-0   1- 3-0   36.10    81       
  66 Illinois                    WES   50.18    2- 6-0   0- 5-0   68.21    15       
  67 Oklahoma State              MVC   49.53    5- 4-0   3- 1-0   44.26    66       
  68 Arizona                     BRD   48.62    7- 3-0   5- 0-0   29.44    94       
  69 Georgia Tech                SEC   47.94    3- 6-0   2- 4-0   64.68    23       
  70 St. Marys                   IND   47.73    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   46.42    62       
  71 Holy Cross                  IND   47.12    4- 4-2   0- 0-0   48.96    53       
  72 South Carolina              SOU   46.46    4- 4-1   4- 0-1   46.56    59       
  73 Georgetown                  IND   44.22    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   35.74    83       
  74 Florida                     SEC   43.59    4- 6-0   1- 3-0   48.09    54       
  75 Wake Forest                 SOU   43.22    5- 5-1   4- 2-1   38.79    78       
  76 San Francisco               IND   40.12    6- 4-0   0- 0-0   39.08    77       
  77 Kentucky                    SEC   39.85    5- 4-0   0- 4-0   41.24    74       
  78 West Texas A&M              BRD   38.71    8- 2-0   4- 1-0   10.13   120       
  79 Hardin-Simmons              BRD   33.72    7- 3-1   3- 1-0   20.30   112       
  80 West Virginia               IND   32.67    4- 6-0   0- 0-0   46.88    57       
  81 Loyola Marymount            IND   32.35    5- 5-0   0- 0-0   32.74    88       
  82 Idaho                       PCC   31.33    4- 5-0   0- 4-0   43.24    68       
  83 Manhattan                   IND   31.10    4- 4-1   0- 0-0   42.38    71       
  84 Denver                      MSC   30.35    4- 3-2   3- 1-2   26.06   101       
  85 Virginia Military Institute SOU   29.14    4- 6-0   4- 2-0   42.48    70       
  86 Brigham Young               MSC   29.08    4- 3-2   3- 1-2   28.46    97       
  87 Colorado State              MSC   29.05    4- 2-1   3- 2-1   23.48   108       
  88 Kansas State                BG6   28.03    2- 5-2   1- 3-1   50.37    51       
  89 Virginia Tech               SOU   27.71    6- 4-0   4- 2-0   28.61    96       
  90 Colorado                    MSC   27.52    3- 4-1   3- 2-1   43.01    69       
  91 North Carolina State        SOU   26.55    4- 5-2   3- 4-2   35.71    84       
  92 Creighton                   MVC   24.18    5- 5-0   3- 2-0   34.55    86       
  93 Princeton                   IND   24.15    2- 6-0   0- 0-0   57.56    39       
  94 Brown                       IND   23.87    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   25.08   106       
  95 North Carolina              SOU   23.75    3- 7-0   2- 4-0   44.66    64       
  96 Citadel                     SOU   22.52    4- 3-1   0- 2-1   19.89   113       
  97 Kansas                      BG6   19.78    3- 6-0   2- 3-0   47.63    55       
  98 Yale                        IND   19.00    1- 7-0   0- 0-0   57.95    36       
  99 New Mexico                  BRD   17.95    5- 4-1   3- 2-1   24.65   107       
 100 Iowa State                  BG6   17.51    2- 6-1   0- 4-1   41.80    73       
 101 Furman                      SOU   17.33    3- 4-2   2- 3-2   33.22    87       
 102 St. Louis                   MVC   17.29    4- 5-1   1- 3-1   28.91    95       
 103 New York University         IND   16.31    2- 7-0   0- 0-0   60.45    30       
 104 Drake                       MVC   15.53    4- 5-1   0- 3-1   26.50   100       
 105 Texas-El Paso               BRD   14.28    4- 5-1   3- 4-0   20.49   111       
 106 Maryland                    SOU   11.21    3- 5-1   1- 2-0   35.67    85       
 107 Arizona State               BRD   10.75    5- 5-1   2- 4-1   17.03   117       
 108 Washington (Missouri)       MVC    9.62    4- 5-0   1- 3-0   16.64   118       
 109 Washington & Lee            SOU    7.54    1- 6-2   1- 2-2   20.92   110       
 110 Northern Arizona            BRD    7.50    3- 5-0   1- 5-0   18.20   115       
 111 Minor Teams                        6.58   20-**-8   0- 0-0   40.17    75       
 112 Davidson                    SOU    5.66    1- 6-3   1- 5-2   25.38   104       
 113 Gonzaga                     IND    4.64    3- 7-0   0- 0-0   25.82   102       
 114 Richmond                    SOU    4.03    2- 7-0   0- 6-0   27.82    98       
 115 George Washington           SOU    3.75    1- 7-1   0- 4-1   31.89    91       
 116 Centenary                   IND    3.70    0- 8-2   0- 0-0   32.13    90       
 117 Utah State                  MSC    3.14    0- 8-0   0- 6-0   27.70    99       
 118 Wyoming                     MSC    2.94    2- 7-1   1- 5-0   22.16   109       
 119 Sewanee                     IND    2.81    2- 5-0   0- 0-0   18.71   114       
 120 New Mexico State            BRD    2.14    2- 7-0   0- 6-0   17.51   116       

Team Rankings | Conference Rankings


                        # OF AVERAGE AVERAGE      OVERALL     NON-CONF                                   
CONFERENCE      ABBREV TEAMS   SCORE    RANK     W-  L- T     W-  L- T  BEST TEAM            RANK   SCORE

Southwest          SWC     7   75.40   29.14    41- 27- 4    22-  8- 0  Texas                   2   96.89
Western            WES     9   71.41   35.22    37- 32- 3    15- 10- 1  Minnesota               1   97.89
Pacific Coast      PCC    10   71.26   34.90    51- 42- 2    17-  8- 0  Oregon State            6   91.54
Southeastern       SEC    12   68.63   39.25    73- 39- 6    46- 12- 0  Alabama                 8   90.95
Independent        IND    37   53.22   57.57   183-133-13   183-133-13  Notre Dame              4   92.83
Big 6              BG6     6   48.15   63.00    25- 27- 3    11- 13- 1  Missouri               14   87.86
Missouri Valley    MVC     6   30.87   85.00    30- 26- 2    18- 14- 0  Tulsa                  37   69.10
Southern           SOU    16   30.58   84.94    65- 74-14    25- 34- 2  Duke                   11   89.86
Border             BRD     9   26.97   89.33    50- 36- 4    27- 13- 2  Texas Tech             38   69.00
Mountain States    MSC     7   26.69   89.57    23- 27- 9     6- 10- 1  Utah                   45   64.75

The database used to produce the above rankings was constructed from data listed on James Howell's website.
Click here for criteria used for determining what scores to use and which team was the home team.

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