1939 NCAA Football Rankings

  # Team                        W      L     Rating 
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  1 Texas A&M                  11   -  0     3.3597 
  2 Cornell                     8   -  0     2.4797 
  3 Southern California         9   -  1     1.8948 
  4 Tulane                      8.5 -  1.5   1.7118 
  5 Clemson                     8   -  1     1.5406 
  6 Duke                        8   -  1     1.5268 
  7 Tennessee                   8   -  1     1.3399 
  8 North Carolina              8.5 -  1.5   1.2679 
  9 Missouri                    8   -  2     1.2569 
 10 Nebraska                    7.5 -  1.5   1.2237 

 11 Georgia Tech                8   -  2     1.1833 
 12 Oregon State                7.5 -  1.5   1.1199 
 13 Duquesne                    6.5 -  0.5   1.0967 
 14 Notre Dame                  7   -  2     1.0640 
 15 Georgetown                  6.5 -  0.5   0.9929 
 16 Princeton                   6   -  1     0.9747 
 17 Santa Clara                 6.5 -  2.5   0.9601 
 18 UCLA                        8   -  2     0.9486 
 19 Iowa                        5.5 -  1.5   0.9357 
 20 Ohio State                  6   -  2     0.9206 

 21 Catholic                    4.5 -  0.5   0.9114 
 22 San Francisco               5   -  1     0.8955 
 23 Oklahoma                    6.5 -  2.5   0.8421 
 24 Mississippi State           6   -  2     0.7719 
 25 Fordham                     5   -  2     0.7690 
 26 Villanova                   5   -  2     0.7386 
 27 Michigan                    6   -  2     0.7155 
 28 Arizona State               4.5 -  1.5   0.7083 
 29 Baylor                      6   -  3     0.7058 
 30 Penn State                  5   -  2     0.6666 

 31 Hardin-Simmons              4.5 -  1.5   0.6654 
 32 Boston College              5   -  2     0.6632 
 33 Alabama                     4.5 -  3.5   0.6539 
 34 Southern Methodist          5.5 -  3.5   0.6405 
 35 Mississippi                 5   -  2     0.6405 
 36 New Mexico                  7   -  2     0.6218 
 37 Utah                        6   -  2     0.6056 
 38 Kentucky                    4.5 -  2.5   0.5889 
 39 Gonzaga                     5   -  2     0.5834 
 40 Washington (Missouri)       5   -  2     0.5709 

 41 Holy Cross                  6   -  2     0.5592 
 42 Richmond                    5.5 -  1.5   0.5284 
 43 Wake Forest                 4   -  3     0.5214 
 44 Pittsburgh                  5   -  4     0.4971 
 45 George Washington           4   -  2     0.4855 
 46 Colorado                    5   -  3     0.4822 
 47 Virginia Military Institute 5.5 -  3.5   0.4797 
 48 Auburn                      4.5 -  5.5   0.4724 
 49 Texas                       5   -  4     0.4569 
 50 Purdue                      4   -  4     0.4522 

 51 William & Mary              4.5 -  2.5   0.4193 
 52 Detroit Mercy               3.5 -  3.5   0.4150 
 53 Texas-El Paso               4   -  3     0.4064 
 54 New York University         3   -  4     0.3833 
 55 Oklahoma State              4.5 -  4.5   0.3728 
 56 Oregon                      3.5 -  4.5   0.3649 
 57 Northwestern                3.5 -  4.5   0.3648 
 58 Pennsylvania                3   -  4     0.3587 
 59 Minnesota                   3.5 -  4.5   0.3576 
 60 Virginia                    5   -  4     0.3521 

 61 Syracuse                    3   -  4     0.3496 
 62 Washington State            4   -  5     0.3495 
 63 Dartmouth                   3.5 -  3.5   0.3483 
 64 Denver                      5.5 -  3.5   0.3427 
 65 Indiana                     3   -  5     0.3304 
 66 St. Mary's                  3   -  4     0.3285 
 67 Marquette                   4   -  4     0.3278 
 68 Arkansas                    3.5 -  5.5   0.3237 
 69 Brigham Young               4   -  3     0.3185 
 70 Washington                  4   -  5     0.3155 

 71 Louisiana State             4   -  5     0.3146 
 72 Illinois                    3   -  4     0.3127 
 73 Kansas State                3   -  5     0.3118 
 74 Virginia Tech               3.5 -  4.5   0.3022 
 75 Navy                        3.5 -  5.5   0.2966 
 76 Manhattan                   2   -  4     0.2869 
 77 Columbia                    3   -  5     0.2850 
 78 Arizona                     4   -  4     0.2825 
 79 Florida                     3.5 -  5.5   0.2823 
 80 St. Louis                   3.5 -  3.5   0.2770 

 81 Michigan State              2.5 -  4.5   0.2567 
 82 Furman                      4   -  4     0.2559 
 83 Washington & Lee            3.5 -  4.5   0.2553 
 84 Yale                        3.5 -  4.5   0.2519 
 85 Drake                       4   -  4     0.2488 
 86 Georgia                     4   -  6     0.2388 
 87 Texas Tech                  4.5 -  5.5   0.2330 
 88 Portland                    1   -  3     0.2299 
 89 Tulsa                       4.5 -  5.5   0.2263 
 90 Sewanee                     2   -  4     0.2254 

 91 Loyola Marymount            1   -  4     0.2020 
 92 Wichita State               1.5 -  3.5   0.2020 
 93 Army                        2   -  5     0.1951 
 94 Colgate                     1.5 -  5.5   0.1945 
 95 South Carolina              3.5 -  6.5   0.1896 
 96 Texas Christian             3   -  7     0.1882 
 97 Creighton                   3   -  5     0.1877 
 98 Miami (Florida)             3   -  5     0.1867 
 99 California                  2   -  6     0.1866 
100 Utah State                  2.5 -  4.5   0.1853 

101 Carnegie Tech               1   -  5     0.1836 
102 Harvard                     2   -  4     0.1795 
103 Kansas                      2   -  6     0.1742 
104 Montana                     2   -  6     0.1740 
105 North Carolina State        2   -  8     0.1726 
106 Brown                       0.5 -  3.5   0.1663 
107 Vanderbilt                  2   -  7     0.1632 
108 Rhodes                      2.5 -  5.5   0.1571 
109 Colorado State              2   -  6     0.1488 
110 Wisconsin                   1.5 -  6.5   0.1454 

111 Stanford                    1.5 -  7.5   0.1450 
112 Washburn                    1   -  4     0.1433 
113 Samford                     0   -  4     0.1411 
114 Temple                      2   -  7     0.1370 
115 Iowa State                  1   -  7     0.1306 
116 Idaho                       1   -  6     0.1293 
117 Hampden-Sydney              1   -  5     0.1279 
118 Bucknell                    0   -  4     0.1251 
119 New Mexico State            1   -  6     0.1231 
120 Maryland                    1   -  6     0.1208 

121 Randolph-Macon              0   -  4     0.1114 
122 Rice                        1.5 -  8.5   0.1064 
123 West Virginia               0.5 -  6.5   0.1014 
124 Centenary                   1.5 -  8.5   0.0949 
125 Davidson                    1   -  7     0.0891 
126 Chicago                     0   -  5     0.0884 
127 Northern Arizona            0   -  5     0.0833 
128 Wyoming                     0.5 -  7.5   0.0822 
129 Loyola (New Orleans)        0   -  4     0.0812 
130 Citadel                     0   -  8     0.0609 

Home Field Coefficient: 1.3172