1939 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

121 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	★	11–0	283.03	344.58	125.71	▲ 1
2	Cornell FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–0	275.35	345.13	129.96	▼ 1
3	USC FBS · Pacific	—	8–0–2	272.35	333.37	135.25	▲ 1
4	Tulane FBS · SEC	—	8–1–1	250.58	279.51	159.61	▼ 1
5	North Carolina FBS · Southern	—	8–1–1	246.53	307.07	119.70	—
6	Duke FBS · Southern	—	8–1	233.51	289.03	118.58	▲ 2
7	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	10–1	232.35	291.47	103.03	▼ 1
8	Oklahoma FBS · Big 6	—	6–2–1	224.91	280.20	128.39	▲ 1
9	Missouri FBS · Big 6	—	8–2	214.20	233.83	144.94	▼ 2
10	Ohio State FBS · Western	—	6–2	209.42	234.84	148.11	—
11	Nebraska FBS · Big 6	—	7–1–1	207.53	241.35	128.01	—
12	Clemson FBS · Southern	—	9–1	200.90	244.50	97.52	▲ 3
13	Georgia Tech FBS · SEC	—	8–2	200.53	223.26	133.28	▲ 5
14	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2	198.48	218.69	140.80	▼ 2
15	SSanta Clara FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–1–3	196.51	227.15	126.04	▼ 2
16	UCLA FBS · Pacific	—	6–0–4	193.83	224.63	118.13	▼ 2
17	Duquesne FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–0–1	187.21	239.29	80.94	▼ 1
18	Princeton FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1	181.17	201.99	117.46	▼ 1
19	Fordham FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2	171.13	201.88	117.91	—
20	Oregon State FBS · Pacific	—	9–1–1	165.74	184.78	101.81	—
21	Michigan FBS · Western	—	6–2	161.60	174.15	121.88	—
22	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–2	157.69	184.07	94.19	—
23	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	6–3–1	157.08	163.42	133.85	—
24	Iowa FBS · Western	—	6–1–1	155.74	167.56	117.32	—
25	Georgetown FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–0–1	153.78	198.05	59.12	—
26	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	7–2	153.00	183.70	87.51	—
27	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	8–2	147.32	170.55	91.44	—
28	Utah FBS · Mountain State	—	6–1–2	146.71	176.63	77.88	—
29	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	5–3–1	144.94	140.62	143.31	—
30	Wake Forest FBS · Southern	—	7–3	144.61	154.44	108.25	—
31	Minnesota FBS · Western	—	3–4–1	144.04	157.38	137.33	—
32	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	6–2–1	141.64	155.11	107.78	▲ 1
33	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2	141.25	167.33	84.30	▼ 1
34	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2	140.15	146.07	108.48	—
35	Washington St. Louis FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–3–1	135.63	167.16	82.27	—
36	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–1–2	134.29	150.99	97.63	▲ 2
37	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	5–5–1	134.12	133.11	139.83	—
38	Colorado FBS · Mountain State	—	5–3	134.03	157.11	91.20	▼ 2
39	Northwestern FBS · Western	—	3–4–1	131.06	121.29	152.96	—
40	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	130.01	120.79	132.60	—
41	Pennsylvania FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4	127.99	114.96	143.94	—
42	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	7–3	126.10	114.49	119.92	—
43	NNew York University FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	123.23	120.40	124.36	—
44	Illinois FBS · Western	—	3–4–1	122.71	133.35	124.15	—
45	Purdue FBS · Western	—	3–3–2	120.62	119.37	131.22	—
46	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	4–5–1	119.46	131.36	118.39	▲ 2
47	Columbia FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–4–2	119.30	118.48	140.89	▼ 1
48	DDetroit Mercy FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	118.79	132.03	97.97	▼ 1
49	Dartmouth FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	118.13	122.92	102.53	—
50	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	5–4	116.01	105.28	127.67	—
51	Oklahoma State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–4–1	115.51	122.77	100.47	—
52	SSan Francisco FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–3–3	112.08	130.07	88.05	—
53	VMI FBS · Southern	—	6–3–1	109.90	112.97	93.71	—
54	Washington FBS · Pacific	—	4–5	109.29	108.93	124.45	▲ 1
55	LSU FBS · SEC	—	4–5	107.48	96.96	127.89	▼ 1
56	Oregon FBS · Pacific	—	3–4–1	107.46	95.50	133.87	▲ 1
57	GGonzaga FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2	107.12	131.11	61.70	▼ 1
58	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5–1	101.84	92.42	132.41	▲ 2
59	Hardin Simmons FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1–1	101.61	118.53	49.21	▼ 1
60	DDenver FBS · Mountain State	—	5–3–1	101.48	114.46	71.69	▼ 1
61	Yale FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4–1	100.60	100.55	114.19	—
62	Indiana FBS · Western	—	2–4–2	98.78	82.59	139.04	—
63	Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	98.19	102.20	87.82	—
64	William & Mary FBS · Southern	—	6–2–1	96.23	108.85	60.59	—
65	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	5–6	95.21	101.58	100.30	—
66	MMarquette FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4	93.39	96.54	94.16	—
67	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–3–2	93.01	72.27	122.26	—
68	BYU FBS · Mountain State	—	5–2–2	92.92	105.90	61.45	—
69	SSaint Mary's (CA) FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4–1	90.96	94.67	96.69	—
70	Brown FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	86.88	99.59	71.94	—
71	Virginia Tech FBS · Southern	—	4–5–1	86.47	89.68	91.11	—
72	Stanford FBS · Pacific	—	1–7–1	85.22	74.82	144.52	▲ 1
73	Kansas State FBS · Big 6	—	4–5	83.46	53.90	129.79	▼ 1
74	Florida FBS · SEC	—	5–5–1	81.28	75.16	95.87	—
75	GGeorge Washington FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3	80.51	75.01	78.95	—
76	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	3–7	79.26	73.90	118.21	▲ 1
77	New Mexico FBS · Border	—	8–2	78.30	76.45	46.32	▲ 1
78	Iowa State FBS · Big 6	—	2–7	77.63	79.75	114.51	▼ 2
79	Michigan State FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4–1	77.42	73.34	98.30	—
80	Carnegie Mellon FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5	76.67	67.26	108.67	—
81	MManhattan FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4	75.59	60.38	101.20	—
82	Washington State FBS · Pacific	—	4–5	74.54	45.17	125.41	—
83	UTEP FBS · Border	—	5–4	72.42	79.11	61.95	—
84	CCreighton FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–5	69.44	81.81	63.39	—
85	South Carolina FBS · Southern	—	3–6–1	68.10	65.37	95.83	—
86	Harvard FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4	67.13	64.06	82.31	—
87	Arizona FBS · Border	—	6–4	64.95	66.00	55.72	—
88	Lafayette FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–3	64.16	48.79	123.11	—
89	California FBS · Pacific	—	3–7	62.84	48.99	114.19	—
90	Washington and Lee FBS · Southern	—	3–4–1	61.65	60.54	75.45	—
91	Arizona State FBS · Border	—	8–2–1	61.09	39.64	52.02	▲ 2
92	SSaint Louis FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–3–2	60.44	59.08	59.28	▼ 1
93	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–5–1	59.62	52.20	78.71	▼ 1
94	Texas Tech FBS · Border	—	5–5–1	57.79	52.07	65.15	—
95	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–5–1	56.34	13.94	136.58	—
96	Kansas FBS · Big 6	—	2–6	52.99	28.60	119.28	—
97	CCentenary (LA) FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9–1	52.03	60.90	89.88	—
98	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4–2	51.32	35.72	88.74	—
99	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	2–7–1	50.84	31.51	116.07	—
100	NC State FBS · Southern	—	2–8	49.98	1.00	151.03	—
101	Wisconsin FBS · Western	—	1–6–1	47.76	26.35	122.79	—
102	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	3–8	46.17	45.64	84.64	—
103	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–7	44.78	24.75	109.33	—
104	Colorado State FBS · Mountain State	—	2–7	40.11	35.73	81.08	—
105	Chicago FBS · Western	—	2–6	37.16	18.62	90.41	▲ 1
106	Davidson FBS · Southern	—	2–7	36.32	12.78	105.87	▲ 1
107	Sewanee FBS · SEC	—	3–5	35.70	7.06	95.77	▼ 2
108	Utah State FBS · Mountain State	—	3–4–1	34.51	14.15	69.93	—
109	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	1–9–1	30.16	7.41	119.29	—
110	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–6–1	28.95	14.35	79.75	—
111	Montana FBS · Pacific	—	3–6	28.09	5.35	81.37	—
112	Bucknell FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5	27.73	12.39	63.67	—
113	Hampden Sydney FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	27.18	16.34	53.28	—
114	Rhodes FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5–1	26.33	1.00	81.02	▲ 1
115	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–5	25.92	1.00	62.37	▼ 1
116	Idaho FBS · Pacific	—	2–6	24.82	5.82	81.97	—
117	LLoyola Marymount FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–6–1	24.49	1.00	80.91	—
118	Maryland FBS · Southern	—	2–7	23.42	8.52	82.74	—
119	Washburn FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–4	22.56	1.00	36.19	—
120	Wyoming FBS · Mountain State	—	0–7–1	16.21	1.00	86.06	—
121	New Mexico State FBS · Border	—	3–6	15.76	2.49	56.27	—