College Football 1939
Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1939/9/23 and 1939/12/9
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1939 - Ranking of No Division Affiliation teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		AP	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
94	-6.66	109	-12.74	1	32.17	Mercer		3	0-3-0	1	3	0-3-0	Major-Ind
41	9.71	33	11.45	2	32.75	Northwestern		8	3-4-1	2	8	3-4-1	BIG 10
25	14.61	37	11.02	3	34.75	Auburn		11	5-5-1	3	11	5-5-1	SEC
46	7.49	45	8.18	4	34.88	Indiana		8	2-4-2	4	8	2-4-2	BIG 10
29	13.54	40	10.29	5	36.75	Minnesota		8	3-4-1	5	8	3-4-1	BIG 10
62	2.26	67	0.46	6	37.57	Colgate		8	2-5-1	6	8	2-5-1	NEI
1	31.44	1	36.53	7	37.62	Cornell	4	8	8-0-0	7	8	8-0-0	NEI
30	12.72	5	25.34	8	37.79	Iowa	9	8	6-1-1	8	8	6-1-1	BIG 10
19	16.06	12	22.20	9	38.83	Notre Dame	13	9	7-2-0	9	9	7-2-0	EIC
3	28.86	2	30.36	10	38.94	Tulane	5	10	8-1-1	10	10	8-1-1	SEC
38	10.36	31	13.38	11	39.06	Purdue		8	3-3-2	11	8	3-3-2	BIG 10
5	24.31	4	25.35	13	40.25	Ohio State	15	8	6-2-0	13	8	6-2-0	BIG 10
83	-2.94	81	-3.11	14	42.00	Wisconsin		8	1-6-1	14	8	1-6-1	BIG 10
55	4.10	47	7.78	15	43.43	Syracuse		8	3-3-2	15	8	3-3-2	NEI
48	7.30	49	6.80	16	43.69	Columbia		8	2-4-2	16	8	2-4-2	NEI
97	-6.93	90	-5.27	18	44.25	North Carolina State		10	2-8-0	18	10	2-8-0	SoCon
54	4.22	54	4.63	19	45.14	Illinois		8	3-4-1	19	8	3-4-1	BIG 10
16	16.85	29	14.12	20	45.28	Southern Methodist		10	6-3-1	20	10	6-3-1	SWAC
11	19.44	21	17.33	21	45.71	Fordham	17	8	6-2-0	21	8	6-2-0	NEI
20	15.91	27	14.92	22	45.78	Alabama		9	5-3-1	22	9	5-3-1	SEC
51	5.23	60	2.11	23	45.79	Michigan State		9	4-4-1	23	9	4-4-1	EIC
47	7.42	38	11.00	24	45.88	Pennsylvania		8	4-4-0	24	8	4-4-0	EIC
110	-11.30	113	-13.67	25	46.33	Lafayette		3	0-3-0	25	3	0-3-0	Major-Ind
124	-19.06	128	-23.18	27	47.12	Samford		4	0-4-0	27	4	0-4-0	Major-Ind
50	5.69	61	1.58	28	47.22	Arkansas		10	4-5-1	28	10	4-5-1	SWAC
40	9.74	42	9.93	30	47.67	Pittsburgh		9	5-4-0	30	9	5-4-0	EIC
77	-1.21	87	-4.95	32	48.56	Vanderbilt		10	2-7-1	32	10	2-7-1	SEC
57	3.33	57	3.48	33	48.94	Navy		9	3-5-1	33	9	3-5-1	EIC
18	16.42	13	22.17	34	49.25	Michigan		8	6-2-0	34	8	6-2-0	BIG 10
105	-9.21	103	-10.50	35	49.72	Stanford		9	1-7-1	35	9	1-7-1	PCC
80	-2.35	108	-11.68	36	49.95	Rice		11	1-9-1	36	11	1-9-1	SWAC
75	-0.46	92	-6.27	37	50.00	Temple		9	2-7-0	37	9	2-7-0	EIC
43	8.41	58	2.86	38	50.17	LSU		9	4-5-0	38	9	4-5-0	SEC
10	19.46	19	18.57	39	50.72	Georgia Tech	16	10	8-2-0	39	10	8-2-0	SEC
45	7.73	50	6.72	40	50.78	Texas		9	5-4-0	40	9	5-4-0	SWAC
7	23.63	14	21.87	42	51.58	Boston College	11	11	9-2-0	42	11	9-2-0	NEI
15	17.21	15	21.73	43	51.83	Nebraska	18	9	7-1-1	43	9	7-1-1	BIG 6
76	-1.10	80	-3.10	44	52.80	Brown		9	5-3-1	44	9	5-3-1	NEI
17	16.72	10	23.11	45	53.14	Princeton		8	7-1-0	45	8	7-1-0	EIC
23	15.05	30	13.90	46	53.36	Villanova		8	6-2-0	46	8	6-2-0	EIC
32	12.30	32	11.89	47	53.64	Kentucky		9	6-2-1	47	9	6-2-1	SEC
53	4.44	56	4.19	48	53.94	Kansas State		9	4-5-0	48	9	4-5-0	BIG 6
86	-4.24	85	-4.87	49	54.36	Army		9	3-4-2	49	9	3-4-2	NEI
14	17.93	25	15.76	50	55.06	Oklahoma	19	9	6-2-1	50	9	6-2-1	BIG 6
64	2.12	83	-3.82	51	55.56	Florida		11	5-5-1	51	11	5-5-1	SEC
35	11.75	36	11.11	52	56.39	Baylor		10	7-3-0	52	10	7-3-0	SWAC
6	24.21	7	24.87	53	56.50	Duke	8	9	8-1-0	53	9	8-1-0	SoCon
13	18.87	8	24.47	54	56.94	Missouri	6	10	8-2-0	54	10	8-2-0	BIG 6
56	3.71	88	-5.18	56	57.70	Texas Christian		10	3-7-0	56	10	3-7-0	SWAC
2	28.90	3	28.05	57	57.70	Texas A&M	1	11	11-0-0	57	11	11-0-0	SWAC
120	-14.17	123	-18.05	59	59.88	Iowa State		9	2-7-0	59	9	2-7-0	BIG 6
9	19.93	6	25.01	60	60.11	Southern California	3	10	8-0-2	60	10	8-0-2	PCC
89	-5.19	98	-8.47	61	60.50	California		10	3-7-0	61	10	3-7-0	PCC
63	2.23	71	-0.51	62	60.94	Oregon		8	3-4-1	62	8	3-4-1	PCC
24	15.01	34	11.42	63	61.56	Holy Cross		9	7-2-0	63	9	7-2-0	NEI
119	-14.12	118	-16.80	64	61.86	West Virginia		9	2-6-1	64	9	2-6-1	EIC
82	-2.79	75	-2.16	65	62.42	Harvard		8	4-4-0	65	8	4-4-0	NEI
73	0.06	62	1.20	66	62.83	Washington		9	4-5-0	66	9	4-5-0	PCC
36	11.70	22	16.87	67	63.93	Penn State		8	5-1-2	67	8	5-1-2	EIC
101	-8.37	107	-11.57	68	64.69	Kansas		8	2-6-0	68	8	2-6-0	BIG 6
21	15.82	41	10.03	69	65.06	Mississippi State		10	8-2-0	69	10	8-2-0	SEC
8	20.80	18	19.36	70	65.90	North Carolina		10	8-1-1	70	10	8-1-1	SoCon
31	12.56	23	16.26	71	66.20	UCLA	7	10	6-0-4	71	10	6-0-4	PCC
61	2.38	72	-0.93	72	66.50	Georgia		11	5-6-0	72	11	5-6-0	SEC
104	-9.09	91	-6.23	73	66.60	South Carolina		10	3-6-1	73	10	3-6-1	SoCon
87	-4.29	68	0.40	74	67.00	Washington State		9	4-5-0	74	9	4-5-0	PCC
102	-8.40	119	-16.89	78	69.20	Bucknell		8	3-5-0	78	8	3-5-0	EIC
44	7.78	51	6.39	79	69.69	Dartmouth		9	5-3-1	79	9	5-3-1	NEI
39	9.77	52	6.17	82	71.00	Wake Forest		10	7-3-0	82	10	7-3-0	SoCon
12	18.97	20	17.80	83	71.69	Clemson	12	10	9-1-0	83	10	9-1-0	SoCon
34	12.06	48	7.50	85	72.50	Mississippi	20	9	7-2-0	85	9	7-2-0	SEC
4	27.40	9	23.99	86	72.50	Tennessee	2	11	10-1-0	86	11	10-1-0	SEC
69	1.24	59	2.77	87	72.61	Virginia Military		10	6-3-1	87	10	6-3-1	SoCon
121	-14.32	122	-17.77	89	75.11	Davidson		9	2-7-0	89	9	2-7-0	SoCon
42	8.49	28	14.34	90	75.50	Oregon State		11	9-1-1	90	11	9-1-1	PCC
78	-1.94	93	-6.42	91	75.62	Miami (FL)		10	5-5-0	91	10	5-5-0	SWIC
116	-13.06	116	-16.62	92	76.67	Maryland		9	2-7-0	92	9	2-7-0	SoCon
125	-19.74	130	-25.50	93	76.78	Citadel		11	3-8-0	93	11	3-8-0	SoCon
88	-5.01	78	-2.63	95	78.72	Oklahoma State		10	5-4-1	95	10	5-4-1	MVC
114	-12.21	112	-13.45	96	79.75	Montana		9	3-6-0	96	9	3-6-0	PCC
85	-3.87	95	-6.99	97	81.25	Virginia Tech		10	4-5-1	97	10	4-5-1	SoCon
128	-23.26	125	-18.66	98	82.29	New Mexico State		9	3-6-0	98	9	3-6-0	BC
91	-5.74	96	-8.07	99	83.70	Tulsa		10	4-5-1	99	10	4-5-1	MVC
37	10.45	26	15.31	102	85.14	Georgetown		8	7-0-1	102	8	7-0-1	SWIC
27	13.99	11	22.29	103	85.17	San Jose State		3	3-0-0	103	3	3-0-0	Major-Ind
79	-1.97	82	-3.54	104	87.06	Virginia		9	5-4-0	104	9	5-4-0	SWIC
126	-20.36	126	-21.27	105	88.07	Idaho		8	2-6-0	105	8	2-6-0	PCC
99	-7.63	73	-1.94	107	89.50	Texas El Paso		9	5-4-0	107	9	5-4-0	BC
92	-5.87	99	-8.59	108	90.17	Rutgers		3	1-1-1	108	3	1-1-1	Major-Ind
100	-8.11	105	-10.92	111	91.40	Texas Tech		11	5-5-1	111	11	5-5-1	BC
90	-5.38	86	-4.87	112	92.11	Arizona		10	6-4-0	112	10	6-4-0	BC
107	-9.64	101	-10.13	114	92.83	Drake		10	5-5-0	114	10	5-5-0	MVC
84	-3.47	97	-8.23	115	92.89	Furman		9	5-4-0	115	9	5-4-0	SoCon
93	-6.32	77	-2.49	119	94.75	Colorado		8	5-3-0	119	8	5-3-0	MSC
98	-7.21	84	-4.48	120	95.57	William & Mary		9	6-2-1	120	9	6-2-1	SoCon
59	2.94	44	8.26	121	95.58	Arizona State		11	8-2-1	121	11	8-2-1	BC
137	-38.43	133	-30.68	122	96.00	Northern Arizona		8	1-6-1	122	8	1-6-1	BC
74	0.00	79	-2.70	130	104.12	Richmond		10	7-1-2	130	10	7-1-2	SoCon
135	-34.29	134	-32.76	131	104.25	Wyoming		8	0-7-1	131	8	0-7-1	MSC
123	-18.39	127	-22.08	132	105.12	Colorado State		9	2-7-0	132	9	2-7-0	MSC
103	-8.89	65	0.85	133	106.11	New Mexico		10	8-2-0	133	10	8-2-0	BC
70	1.09	89	-5.25	134	106.19	Utah		9	6-1-2	134	9	6-1-2	MSC
129	-23.56	131	-25.55	135	110.57	Utah State		8	3-4-1	135	8	3-4-1	MSC
122	-17.69	114	-14.12	138	113.57	Brigham Young		9	5-2-2	138	9	5-2-2	MSC

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College Football 1939Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1939/9/23 and 1939/12/9Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1939
Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1939/9/23 and 1939/12/9
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)