1939 College Football School Ratings

The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

124 Schools

124 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Cornell	Ind	4	8	0	0	15.19	7.83	23.02	40.14	-7.49
2	Texas A&M	SWC	1	11	0	0	11.16	9.80	20.96	32.46	-9.22
3	Tulane	SEC	5	8	1	1	11.27	8.80	20.07	35.05	-9.00
4	Ohio State	Western	15	6	2	0	12.09	7.08	19.17	35.86	-8.04
5	Duke	Southern	8	8	1	0	10.08	8.67	18.75	32.92	-9.37
6	North Carolina	Southern		8	1	1	9.59	8.23	17.82	34.83	-7.99
7	USC	PCC	3	8	0	2	8.15	8.86	17.00	30.07	-7.26
8	Tennessee	SEC	2	10	1	0	5.85	9.40	15.24	28.53	-7.61
9	Oklahoma	Big 6	19	6	2	1	10.80	4.38	15.18	34.06	-3.98
10	Georgia Tech	SEC	16	8	2	0	7.36	6.61	13.97	29.13	-6.22
11	Missouri	Big 6	6	8	2	0	7.09	6.48	13.57	27.71	-5.40
12	Princeton	Ind		7	1	0	8.04	5.48	13.52	28.30	-5.97
13	Michigan	Western	20	6	2	0	11.50	1.81	13.31	38.43	-1.92
14	Clemson	Southern	12	9	1	0	6.55	6.50	13.05	26.49	-6.45
15	Holy Cross	Ind		7	2	0	6.91	5.84	12.76	31.04	-5.22
16	Notre Dame	Ind	13	7	2	0	7.63	5.11	12.74	27.30	-5.32
17	Mississippi State	SEC		8	2	0	5.83	6.84	12.68	31.16	-5.17
18	Nebraska	Big 6	18	7	1	1	5.44	6.86	12.31	25.63	-6.36
19	Fordham	Ind	17	6	2	0	6.20	5.91	12.11	27.93	-5.47
20	Boston College	Ind	11	9	2	0	5.95	5.37	11.33	29.17	-3.30
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Minnesota	Western		3	4	1	7.59	3.72	11.31	34.17	-4.70
22	Ole Miss	SEC		7	2	0	7.59	3.03	10.62	34.26	-1.49
23	Alabama	SEC		5	3	1	2.15	8.11	10.25	23.74	-7.75
24	SMU	SWC		6	3	1	2.18	7.96	10.14	23.66	-7.33
25	Iowa	Western	9	6	1	1	7.72	2.27	9.99	29.88	-2.24
26	Duquesne	Ind	10	8	0	1	3.63	5.45	9.08	24.99	-3.34
27	Georgetown	Ind		7	0	1	3.17	5.88	9.04	23.14	-3.87
28	Pitt	Ind		5	4	0	7.53	1.19	8.73	27.83	-1.29
29	Kentucky	SEC		6	2	1	4.28	3.84	8.11	28.63	-2.37
30	UCLA	PCC	7	6	0	4	3.10	4.98	8.08	23.34	-3.43
31	Wake Forest	Southern		7	3	0	5.90	2.17	8.07	33.93	0.31
32	Santa Clara	Ind	14	5	1	3	1.10	6.70	7.79	23.40	-5.78
33	Baylor	SWC		7	3	0	3.60	3.92	7.51	25.43	-2.37
34	Purdue	Western		3	3	2	0.75	6.65	7.41	21.94	-7.53
35	Dartmouth	Ind		5	3	1	3.38	3.86	7.24	26.15	-2.83
36	Penn State	Ind		5	1	2	1.44	5.76	7.20	25.14	-1.27
37	Auburn	SEC		5	5	1	0.02	6.90	6.92	20.49	-7.21
38	Northwestern	Western		3	4	1	-0.82	7.44	6.62	21.74	-8.20
39	Columbia	Ind		2	4	2	2.09	4.52	6.61	23.82	-4.82
40	Oregon State	PCC		9	1	1	4.40	2.03	6.43	23.96	0.50
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	LSU	SEC		4	5	0	4.95	0.89	5.84	25.95	-1.58
42	Villanova	Ind		6	2	0	1.91	3.89	5.80	24.79	-2.31
43	Navy	Ind		3	5	1	2.33	3.41	5.74	24.07	-1.71
44	Utah	MSAC		6	1	2	7.02	-1.64	5.38	32.85	4.78
45	Richmond	Southern		7	1	2	-0.29	5.62	5.33	20.32	-2.98
46	New York University	Ind		5	4	0	2.54	2.68	5.22	23.97	-1.33
47	Texas	SWC		5	4	0	4.92	0.07	4.99	25.93	0.65
48	Indiana	Western		2	4	2	2.71	1.39	4.10	24.40	-2.19
49	Virginia	Ind		5	4	0	2.76	1.28	4.04	23.74	-1.36
50	Arkansas	SWC		4	5	1	3.11	0.86	3.97	23.79	-0.36
51	Kansas State	Big 6		4	5	0	3.16	0.67	3.83	23.65	0.80
52	Pennsylvania	Ind		4	4	0	0.85	2.81	3.66	21.29	-4.29
53	Oregon	PCC		3	4	1	1.35	2.07	3.42	23.27	-0.57
54	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		6	3	1	1.74	1.61	3.35	23.53	-0.39
55	Colgate	Ind		2	5	1	-0.53	3.74	3.21	21.59	-3.63
56	Detroit Mercy	Ind		5	3	1	4.47	-1.56	2.92	24.26	2.84
57	Syracuse	Ind		3	3	2	0.36	2.23	2.59	20.63	-1.22
58	Harvard	Ind		4	4	0	1.17	1.39	2.56	27.01	-0.03
59	Furman	Southern		5	4	0	0.72	1.70	2.42	21.77	0.14
60	Georgia	SEC		5	6	0	0.63	1.69	2.32	21.21	-1.14
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Texas Christian	SWC		3	7	0	3.20	-0.94	2.26	24.70	1.21
62	Yale	Ind		3	4	1	1.91	0.32	2.24	23.23	-0.36
63	William & Mary	Southern		6	2	1	4.38	-2.27	2.11	25.11	4.82
64	Carnegie Mellon	Ind		3	5	0	-1.70	3.77	2.07	20.35	-2.94
65	Marquette	Ind		4	4	0	4.34	-2.58	1.76	23.79	2.32
66	Michigan State	Ind		4	4	1	0.94	0.72	1.66	22.26	0.14
67	Brown	Ind		5	3	1	2.38	-1.07	1.31	27.64	3.64
68	Florida	SEC		5	5	1	-3.38	4.68	1.29	17.22	-3.62
69	Illinois	Western		3	4	1	-2.42	3.54	1.12	19.34	-3.96
70	Arizona State	BIAA		8	2	1	-0.18	0.97	0.79	20.11	3.14
71	Virginia Tech	Southern		4	5	1	-1.02	1.80	0.79	19.64	-0.02
72	Army	Ind		3	4	2	1.26	-0.56	0.70	22.13	1.43
73	George Washington	Ind		5	3	0	-1.47	2.12	0.65	17.29	0.25
74	Temple	Ind		2	7	0	-1.92	2.12	0.19	18.89	-2.63
75	Washington	PCC		4	5	0	-0.85	0.90	0.05	19.16	0.14
76	Gonzaga	Ind		6	2	0	-1.04	0.83	-0.21	18.36	1.53
77	Oklahoma State	MVC		5	4	1	-2.84	2.49	-0.35	19.18	2.15
78	Hardin-Simmons	Ind		7	1	1	0.03	-0.41	-0.38	18.54	3.60
79	Vanderbilt	SEC		2	7	1	1.50	-2.22	-0.71	21.59	4.02
80	Washington (MO)	MVC		6	3	1	2.65	-3.49	-0.84	22.57	5.56
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Manhattan	Ind		4	4	0	-1.42	0.55	-0.87	19.06	1.28
82	Wisconsin	Western		1	6	1	-0.55	-0.41	-0.96	21.41	0.42
83	Washington & Lee	Southern		3	4	1	-4.85	3.39	-1.46	14.69	-2.38
84	New Mexico	BIAA		8	2	0	1.61	-3.25	-1.64	18.52	6.05
85	Saint Mary's (CA)	Ind		3	4	1	-3.04	0.55	-2.49	17.34	1.41
86	Bucknell	Ind		3	5	0	-1.65	-1.26	-2.91	17.65	3.16
87	Denver	MSAC		5	3	1	-1.22	-1.71	-2.93	17.69	3.21
88	Texas Tech	BIAA		5	5	1	-3.70	0.71	-2.99	18.85	1.71
89	Miami (FL)	Ind		5	5	0	-0.18	-2.89	-3.08	19.91	4.89
90	Arizona	BIAA		6	4	0	-3.27	-0.11	-3.38	16.10	6.09
91	Rice	SWC		1	9	1	-2.23	-1.19	-3.43	19.01	1.15
92	Colorado	MSAC		5	3	0	-0.36	-3.30	-3.66	18.84	6.17
93	UTEP	BIAA		5	4	0	-3.26	-0.73	-3.98	16.45	3.62
94	Washington State	PCC		4	5	0	-2.59	-1.64	-4.23	17.79	5.41
95	California	PCC		3	7	0	-1.39	-3.31	-4.70	18.36	5.20
96	North Carolina State	Southern		2	8	0	-2.17	-2.53	-4.70	18.46	3.74
97	Stanford	PCC		1	7	1	-2.15	-2.95	-5.10	18.43	4.78
98	Kansas	Big 6		2	6	0	-3.53	-1.61	-5.14	17.13	3.44
99	Iowa State	Big 6		2	7	0	-4.96	-0.36	-5.32	15.79	2.93
100	Rhodes	Ind		3	5	1	-3.00	-2.40	-5.39	17.34	7.32
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	West Virginia	Ind		2	6	1	-5.37	-0.86	-6.23	16.92	3.21
102	Davidson	Southern		2	7	0	-1.54	-4.73	-6.27	18.92	6.69
103	Maryland	Southern		2	7	0	-3.85	-2.74	-6.59	16.17	3.90
104	Tulsa	MVC		4	5	1	-4.05	-2.58	-6.64	15.63	4.14
105	Creighton	MVC		4	5	0	1.23	-8.62	-7.39	23.13	12.08
106	The Citadel	Southern		3	8	0	-3.01	-4.42	-7.43	17.24	9.81
107	BYU	MSAC		5	2	2	-4.16	-3.32	-7.48	12.65	5.85
108	Saint Louis	MVC		5	3	2	-7.11	-0.44	-7.55	12.26	4.28
109	Centenary (LA)	Ind		2	9	1	-6.88	-1.28	-8.17	12.86	3.07
110	Sewanee	SEC		3	5	0	-4.93	-3.55	-8.48	13.74	10.47
111	San Francisco	Ind		4	3	3	-5.51	-3.01	-8.52	13.12	5.33
112	Washburn	MVC		6	4	0	-1.88	-6.72	-8.60	16.64	11.56
113	Drake	MVC		5	5	0	-6.54	-2.33	-8.87	12.76	5.04
114	South Carolina	Southern		3	6	1	-5.66	-3.47	-9.12	14.25	6.34
115	Hampden-Sydney	Ind		4	5	0	-3.46	-6.23	-9.69	17.08	9.74
116	Utah State	MSAC		3	4	1	-8.17	-1.94	-10.11	11.73	5.09
117	Montana	PCC		3	6	0	-8.05	-2.08	-10.13	11.22	4.51
118	Colorado State	MSAC		2	7	0	-5.33	-6.14	-11.47	13.54	8.67
119	New Mexico State	BIAA		3	6	0	-4.16	-7.33	-11.49	13.84	11.11
120	Chicago	Western		2	6	0	-7.11	-4.58	-11.70	13.68	27.60
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
121	Idaho	PCC		2	6	0	-6.14	-6.91	-13.05	12.61	9.57
122	Loyola Marymount	Ind		2	6	1	-6.80	-8.46	-15.26	11.81	14.44
123	Northern Arizona	BIAA		1	6	1	-7.78	-14.54	-22.32	10.41	24.53
124	Wyoming	MSAC		0	7	1	-7.71	-15.35	-23.06	11.91	24.19

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