1951 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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123 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Georgia Tech FBS · SEC	—	11–0–1	308.96	386.07	136.47	—
2	Maryland FBS · Southern	—	10–0	290.56	381.42	108.30	▲ 2
3	Illinois FBS · Western	—	9–0–1	287.83	355.80	145.95	▲ 2
4	Michigan State FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–0	278.72	345.13	132.70	▼ 1
5	Tennessee FBS · SEC	★	10–1	271.54	338.76	136.07	▼ 3
6	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	8–4	245.83	297.18	160.30	▲ 6
7	Wisconsin FBS · Western	—	7–1–1	245.56	307.36	132.96	—
8	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	8–2–1	241.62	272.24	164.66	—
9	Princeton FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–0	241.30	317.78	82.75	—
10	SSan Francisco FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–0	234.53	311.73	88.58	—
11	California FBS · Pacific	—	8–2	233.25	269.19	151.60	—
12	Oklahoma FBS · Big 7	—	8–2	229.91	294.54	111.48	▲ 1
13	Stanford FBS · Pacific	—	9–2	226.31	243.27	160.95	▼ 7
14	Cincinnati FBS · Mid-American	—	5–0	221.02	279.78	106.36	—
15	Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1	220.69	289.72	91.18	—
16	UCLA FBS · Pacific	—	5–3–1	217.65	242.79	176.26	—
17	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	7–3	212.77	224.43	174.58	▲ 1
18	USC FBS · Pacific	—	7–3	212.74	233.77	163.53	▼ 1
19	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	6–5	191.53	201.43	174.97	—
20	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2–1	189.71	212.05	134.85	—
21	Texas Tech FBS · Border	—	7–4	182.54	213.71	121.44	▲ 1
22	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	6–3–1	173.61	190.07	138.30	▼ 1
23	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	9–2	172.41	194.84	99.40	—
24	LSU FBS · SEC	—	7–3–1	172.20	177.53	146.55	—
25	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	171.01	185.02	129.32	▲ 11
26	Colorado FBS · Big 7	—	7–3	167.85	186.29	120.63	—
27	Kansas FBS · Big 7	—	8–2	167.46	190.36	104.37	▼ 2
28	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	164.97	211.50	72.95	—
29	Washington State FBS · Pacific	—	7–3	164.70	183.57	124.73	▼ 2
30	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	5–3–2	163.93	148.82	175.92	▼ 1
31	Wyoming FBS · Skyline	—	7–2–1	160.71	198.42	80.84	▼ 1
32	Pennsylvania FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	159.02	160.28	148.54	▼ 1
33	Purdue FBS · Western	—	5–4	156.77	170.31	143.20	▼ 1
34	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	5–5	150.70	143.25	167.45	—
35	Oregon State FBS · Pacific	—	4–6	150.59	153.58	164.86	—
36	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	5–5	145.88	147.57	155.29	▲ 1
37	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	3–6–1	145.29	144.87	176.83	▲ 1
38	Florida FBS · SEC	—	5–5	140.15	137.74	144.94	▲ 1
39	Clemson FBS · Southern	—	7–3	137.25	155.67	93.02	▼ 6
40	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–6–1	137.23	145.30	151.66	—
41	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	5–5	136.12	136.68	143.03	▲ 1
42	SSanta Clara FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5–1	133.48	122.58	162.99	▼ 1
43	Cornell FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	133.09	136.42	111.80	—
44	VMI FBS · Southern	—	7–3	130.90	121.09	110.96	▲ 1
45	DDenver FBS · Skyline	—	6–4	129.90	156.68	83.40	▲ 1
46	William & Mary FBS · Southern	—	7–3	129.32	120.13	115.59	▲ 1
47	Northwestern FBS · Western	—	5–4	129.12	108.89	153.31	▲ 2
48	Michigan FBS · Western	—	4–5	127.93	121.12	157.22	—
49	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7	126.84	152.71	133.71	▲ 1
50	Ohio State FBS · Western	—	4–3–2	124.23	93.31	167.08	▲ 2
51	PPacific FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	121.85	121.71	114.73	▼ 7
52	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6	121.61	144.20	112.07	▼ 1
53	Washington and Lee FBS · Southern	—	6–4	120.14	103.24	122.69	▲ 1
54	Houston FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–5	120.06	133.45	104.92	▼ 1
55	Duke FBS · Southern	—	5–4–1	117.73	97.46	138.21	—
56	Washington FBS · Pacific	—	3–6–1	115.26	96.86	165.61	—
57	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	111.05	111.58	109.32	▲ 1
58	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	6–5	109.99	96.74	134.79	▼ 1
59	Fordham FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	107.34	113.89	94.11	—
60	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	5–6	106.66	100.82	134.61	—
61	BBoston University FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	104.95	125.55	77.68	▲ 1
62	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	104.90	99.02	110.58	▲ 1
63	South Carolina FBS · Southern	—	5–4	104.90	116.02	93.13	▼ 2
64	Utah FBS · Skyline	—	7–4	104.23	95.57	99.68	▲ 1
65	MMarquette FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6–1	103.90	99.72	125.98	▼ 1
66	Louisville FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–1	103.89	103.98	94.89	—
67	Tulane FBS · SEC	—	4–6	102.21	85.85	146.36	—
68	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3	100.79	77.37	123.05	—
69	Indiana FBS · Western	—	2–7	98.32	63.22	178.99	▲ 1
70	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	7–2	97.96	115.51	54.79	▼ 1
71	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–1	96.67	55.57	171.01	▲ 3
72	Arizona State FBS · Border	—	6–3–1	88.02	88.52	68.85	—
73	Dartmouth FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	87.93	77.03	112.88	—
74	Wake Forest FBS · Southern	—	6–4	87.33	71.22	106.86	▼ 3
75	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	4–5	81.24	48.36	139.64	—
76	Utah State FBS · Skyline	—	3–5–1	80.03	90.02	83.39	—
77	Hardin Simmons FBS · Border	—	6–6	79.30	64.44	101.19	—
78	UTEP FBS · Border	—	3–7	77.19	86.12	89.98	▲ 1
79	LLoyola Marymount FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6	76.71	69.54	115.74	▼ 1
80	Colorado State FBS · Skyline	—	5–4–1	76.45	68.55	85.64	—
81	New Mexico FBS · Skyline	—	4–7	76.05	87.99	78.20	—
82	Yale FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–5–2	75.40	80.73	94.65	—
83	North Carolina FBS · Southern	—	2–8	74.33	35.38	166.58	▲ 1
84	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	5–5	74.29	39.18	129.02	▼ 1
85	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	73.81	79.49	74.44	—
86	Minnesota FBS · Western	—	2–6–1	73.29	58.33	136.24	—
87	Kansas State FBS · Big 7	—	1–7–1	71.99	63.53	130.13	—
88	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
89	Nevada FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
90	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
91	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
92	Columbia FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3	70.08	51.70	91.63	—
93	Iowa FBS · Western	—	2–5–2	64.12	15.92	156.02	▲ 4
94	San José State FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–7–1	64.01	47.36	126.64	▼ 1
95	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	1–1	63.35	65.31	69.14	—
96	Arizona FBS · Border	—	6–5	63.14	59.20	68.80	—
97	Oregon FBS · Pacific	—	2–8	62.96	39.43	143.05	▼ 3
98	GGeorge Washington FBS · Southern	—	2–6–1	60.31	21.66	133.34	▲ 3
99	Harvard FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5–1	59.63	43.62	96.36	▼ 1
100	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	4–6	59.15	57.66	77.63	▼ 1
101	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–7	59.05	54.75	112.85	▼ 1
102	Nebraska FBS · Big 7	—	1–8–1	55.86	44.47	127.05	—
103	DDetroit Mercy FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–7	54.11	39.83	96.97	—
104	BYU FBS · Skyline	—	6–3–1	53.97	31.00	68.65	—
105	Iowa State FBS · Big 7	—	4–4–1	53.50	19.62	104.45	—
106	Oklahoma State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–7	53.13	23.93	122.59	—
107	Richmond FBS · Southern	—	3–8	47.12	62.00	74.18	—
108	Furman FBS · Southern	—	3–6–1	43.70	48.44	68.52	—
109	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	39.38	10.47	66.69	—
110	Missouri FBS · Big 7	—	2–8	39.01	1.00	134.29	—
111	West Virginia FBS · Southern	—	5–5	37.70	1.00	84.51	—
112	NC State FBS · Southern	—	3–7	34.40	13.10	100.07	—
113	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–7	34.37	24.22	84.23	—
114	Idaho FBS · Pacific	—	2–7	32.75	1.00	114.63	—
115	West Texas FBS · Border	—	2–7	28.78	24.00	71.13	—
116	Montana FBS · Skyline	—	2–7	26.82	5.08	94.38	—
117	NNew York University FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–7	26.00	1.00	93.99	—
118	Virginia Tech FBS · Southern	—	2–8	23.85	13.68	88.04	—
119	Rutgers FBS · Middle Three	—	4–4	22.53	2.63	61.36	—
120	Brown FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–7	21.74	2.23	82.89	—
121	Davidson FBS · Southern	—	1–8	16.82	1.00	88.59	—
122	BBradley FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–5	12.04	1.00	30.08	—
123	New Mexico State FBS · Border	—	1–9	-2.10	1.00	45.83	—