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1951 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 Illinois                    WES   96.92    9- 0-1   5- 0-1   74.07     8      4
   2 Michigan State              IND   96.45    9- 0-0   0- 0-0   67.96    21      2
   3 Maryland                    SOU   95.64   10- 0-0   5- 0-0   49.79    59      3
   4 Tennessee                   SEC   94.07   10- 1-0   5- 0-0   56.31    43      1
   5 Georgia Tech                SEC   93.89   11- 0-1   7- 0-0   61.86    33      5
   6 Wisconsin                   WES   93.64    7- 1-1   5- 1-1   66.46    25      8
   7 Baylor                      SWC   92.52    8- 2-1   4- 1-1   71.68    12      9
   8 California                  PCC   91.42    8- 2-0   5- 2-0   66.80    24     12
   9 Texas                       SWC   90.81    7- 3-0   3- 3-0   78.16     3       
  10 Notre Dame                  IND   89.47    7- 2-1   0- 0-0   62.20    32       
  11 Oklahoma                    BG7   89.23    8- 2-0   6- 0-0   51.61    53     10
  12 Stanford                    PCC   88.32    9- 2-0   6- 1-0   68.52    19      7
  13 Kentucky                    SEC   88.26    8- 4-0   3- 3-0   64.70    28     15
  14 UCLA                        PCC   88.11    5- 3-1   4- 1-1   73.92     9     17
  15 San Francisco               IND   84.67    9- 0-0   0- 0-0   29.04   104     14
  16 Southern California         PCC   84.51    7- 3-0   4- 2-0   68.93    16       
  17 Princeton                   IND   83.85    9- 0-0   0- 0-0   33.75    89      6
  18 Texas A&M                   SWC   83.68    5- 3-2   1- 3-2   73.57    10       
  19 Virginia                    IND   82.20    8- 1-0   0- 0-0   42.75    73     13
  20 Texas Christian             SWC   82.07    6- 5-0   5- 1-0   74.72     5     11
  21 Ohio State                  WES   80.53    4- 3-2   2- 2-2   75.92     4       
  22 Mississippi                 SEC   78.46    6- 3-1   4- 2-1   57.55    40       
  23 Washington State            PCC   77.75    7- 3-0   4- 3-0   54.16    46     18
  24 Purdue                      WES   76.61    5- 4-0   4- 1-0   70.90    13       
  25 Southern Methodist          SWC   76.31    3- 6-1   1- 4-1   78.65     1       
  26 Kansas                      BG7   76.22    8- 2-0   4- 2-0   45.59    67       
  27 Rice                        SWC   76.05    5- 5-0   3- 3-0   74.42     6       
  28 Michigan                    WES   75.37    4- 5-0   4- 2-0   74.28     7       
  29 Colorado                    BG7   74.74    7- 3-0   5- 1-0   53.64    48       
  30 Louisiana State             SEC   73.44    7- 3-1   4- 2-1   63.31    30       
  31 Northwestern                WES   73.43    5- 4-0   2- 4-0   68.84    17       
  32 Oregon State                PCC   73.25    4- 6-0   3- 5-0   68.67    18       
  33 Arkansas                    SWC   71.15    5- 5-0   2- 4-0   67.96    22       
  34 Cornell                     IND   70.95    6- 3-0   0- 0-0   49.95    58       
  35 Miami (Florida)             IND   69.43    8- 3-0   0- 0-0   52.81    51       
  36 Holy Cross                  IND   68.61    8- 2-0   0- 0-0   28.66   105     19
  37 Clemson                     SOU   67.82    7- 3-0   3- 1-0   44.22    69     19
  38 Duke                        SOU   67.54    5- 4-1   4- 2-0   57.28    41       
  39 Wake Forest                 SOU   66.03    6- 4-0   5- 3-0   47.30    64       
  40 Washington                  PCC   65.62    3- 6-1   1- 5-1   67.73    23       
  41 Florida                     SEC   65.47    5- 5-0   2- 4-0   58.81    36       
  42 Wyoming                     SKY   65.17    7- 2-1   4- 1-1   33.81    88       
  43 Pennsylvania                IND   64.88    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   63.19    31       
  44 Villanova                   IND   63.59    5- 3-0   0- 0-0   48.85    61       
  45 Indiana                     WES   61.66    2- 7-0   1- 5-0   78.48     2       
  46 Georgia                     SEC   61.48    5- 5-0   2- 4-0   59.25    35       
  47 Tulsa                       MVC   61.15    9- 2-0   4- 0-0   29.37   103       
  48 Texas Tech                  BRD   60.66    7- 4-0   5- 0-0   41.61    77       
  49 Washington & Lee            SOU   59.77    6- 4-0   5- 1-0   42.32    75       
  50 Penn State                  IND   59.43    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   53.35    50       
  51 Alabama                     SEC   58.73    5- 6-0   3- 5-0   56.96    42       
  52 Syracuse                    IND   57.87    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   48.89    60       
  53 Santa Clara                 IND   57.81    3- 5-1   0- 0-0   65.52    26       
  54 Vanderbilt                  SEC   57.06    6- 5-0   3- 5-0   53.78    47       
  55 Iowa                        WES   56.19    2- 5-2   0- 5-1   69.53    14       
  56 William & Mary              SOU   56.11    7- 3-0   5- 1-0   49.97    57       
  57 Fordham                     IND   55.41    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   42.16    76       
  58 South Carolina              SOU   54.21    5- 4-0   5- 3-0   47.83    62       
  59 Pittsburgh                  IND   53.31    3- 7-0   0- 0-0   69.26    15       
  60 Navy                        IND   53.13    2- 6-1   0- 0-0   64.87    27       
  61 Tulane                      SEC   51.97    4- 6-0   1- 5-0   63.66    29       
  62 Denver                      SKY   51.45    6- 4-0   3- 3-0   33.03    93       
  63 Mississippi State           SEC   50.81    4- 5-0   2- 5-0   58.21    37       
  64 Columbia                    IND   50.32    5- 3-0   0- 0-0   39.30    82       
  65 Utah                        SKY   50.21    7- 4-0   4- 1-0   44.03    70       
  66 Auburn                      SEC   49.28    5- 5-0   3- 4-0   55.24    44       
  67 Virginia Military Institute SOU   48.42    7- 3-0   5- 0-0   29.67   102       
  68 Pacific                     IND   46.49    6- 5-0   0- 0-0   41.58    78       
  69 North Carolina              SOU   45.68    2- 8-0   2- 3-0   72.24    11       
  70 Boston University           IND   45.53    6- 4-0   0- 0-0   30.33    98     16
  71 Dartmouth                   IND   44.66    4- 5-0   0- 0-0   50.28    56       
  72 Minnesota                   WES   44.07    2- 6-1   1- 4-1   68.41    20       
  73 Marquette                   IND   43.86    4- 6-1   0- 0-0   47.50    63       
  74 Iowa State                  BG7   43.47    4- 4-1   2- 4-0   44.24    68       
  75 Colorado State              SKY   43.39    5- 4-1   2- 3-1   33.40    92       
  76 Drake                       MVC   41.38    7- 2-0   3- 1-0   20.25   112       
  77 West Virginia               SOU   35.85    5- 5-0   2- 3-0   37.58    86       
  78 Houston                     MVC   35.82    6- 5-0   2- 2-0   34.76    87       
  79 Brigham Young               SKY   34.49    6- 3-1   2- 2-1   27.64   107       
  80 Boston College              IND   32.40    3- 6-0   0- 0-0   54.24    45       
  81 Arizona State               BRD   32.09    6- 3-1   4- 1-0   22.24   110       
  82 Temple                      IND   30.49    6- 4-0   0- 0-0   29.96    99       
  83 Rutgers                     IND   29.22    4- 4-0   0- 0-0   25.93   108       
  84 Colgate                     IND   27.90    4- 5-0   0- 0-0   32.22    95       
  85 George Washington           SOU   27.13    2- 6-1   2- 3-1   53.48    49       
  86 Oklahoma State              MVC   27.07    3- 7-0   3- 2-0   50.37    55       
  87 Hardin-Simmons              BRD   26.50    6- 6-0   4- 1-0   25.64   109       
  88 Missouri                    BG7   26.36    2- 8-0   1- 5-0   57.57    39       
  89 Yale                        IND   25.56    2- 5-2   0- 0-0   41.14    80       
  90 Loyola Marymount            IND   25.16    3- 6-0   0- 0-0   43.77    71       
  91 Army                        IND   24.58    2- 7-0   0- 0-0   52.58    52       
  92 Oregon                      PCC   23.71    2- 8-0   1- 6-0   61.16    34       
  93 Nebraska                    BG7   21.76    1- 8-1   1- 4-1   58.09    38       
  94 Utah State                  SKY   21.73    3- 5-1   2- 3-1   33.56    90       
  95 North Carolina State        SOU   20.99    3- 7-0   2- 6-0   42.64    74       
  96 Idaho                       PCC   20.56    2- 7-0   0- 3-0   46.42    66       
  97 Citadel                     SOU   19.61    4- 6-0   1- 3-0   32.35    94       
  98 San Jose State              IND   19.24    2- 7-1   0- 0-0   46.91    65       
  99 Harvard                     IND   19.10    3- 5-1   0- 0-0   43.20    72       
 100 Furman                      SOU   18.61    3- 6-1   1- 4-1   29.94   100       
 101 Detroit Mercy               MVC   18.15    4- 7-0   2- 4-0   38.12    85       
 102 Kansas State                BG7   15.86    1- 7-1   1- 4-1   50.88    54       
 103 Arizona                     BRD   14.52    6- 5-0   4- 3-0   21.61   111       
 104 Brown                       IND   11.55    2- 7-0   0- 0-0   38.20    84       
 105 New Mexico                  BRD    9.43    4- 7-0   2- 3-0   27.72   106       
 106 Bradley                     MVC    9.30    4- 5-0   0- 3-0   12.23   115       
 107 Montana                     SKY    9.30    2- 7-0   0- 4-0   40.43    81       
 108 Minor Teams                        8.75   34-80-1   0- 0-0   33.52    91       
 109 Richmond                    SOU    8.59    3- 8-0   2- 6-0   32.11    96       
 110 Wichita State               MVC    6.53    2- 7-0   2- 4-0   29.88   101       
 111 Virginia Tech               SOU    6.29    2- 8-0   1- 7-0   38.33    83       
 112 New York University         IND    5.20    1- 7-0   0- 0-0   41.33    79       
 113 Davidson                    SOU    3.78    1- 8-0   1- 5-0   30.56    97       
 114 Texas-El Paso               BRD    3.47    3- 7-0   3- 4-0   17.18   114       
 115 West Texas A&M              BRD    2.09    2- 7-0   1- 5-0   18.19   113       
 116 Northern Arizona            BRD    0.44    1- 7-0   0- 2-0    7.77   117       
 117 New Mexico State            BRD    0.27    1- 9-0   1- 5-0    9.76   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   81.80   19.86    39- 29- 4    20- 10- 0  Baylor                  7   92.52
Western            WES     9   73.16   31.44    40- 35- 7    16- 11- 1  Illinois                1   96.92
Southeastern       SEC    12   68.58   38.00    76- 48- 3    37-  9- 1  Tennessee               4   94.07
Pacific Coast      PCC     9   68.14   37.00    47- 40- 2    19- 12- 0  California              8   91.42
Independent        IND    32   49.76   60.75   154-134- 8   154-134- 8  Michigan State          2   96.45
Big 7              BG7     7   49.66   60.43    31- 34- 3    11- 14- 1  Oklahoma               11   89.23
Southern           SOU    17   41.30   70.76    78- 87- 3    27- 36- 1  Maryland                3   95.64
Skyline            SKY     7   39.39   74.86    36- 29- 4    19- 12- 0  Wyoming                42   65.17
Missouri Valley    MVC     7   28.49   86.29    35- 35- 0    19- 19- 0  Tulsa                  47   61.15
Border             BRD     9   16.61   98.44    36- 55- 1    12- 31- 1  Texas Tech             48   60.66

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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