1941 College Football School Ratings

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Champions: Minnesota (AP)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Bruce Smith (Minnesota)

AP First #1: Minnesota

AP Final #1: Minnesota

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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.

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119 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	Texas	SWC	4	8	1	1	15.21	11.12	26.32	52.30	-13.75
2	Minnesota	Western	1	8	0	0	12.01	13.56	25.57	42.44	-15.11
3	Michigan	Western	5	6	1	1	8.28	13.58	21.87	38.17	-15.72
4	Northwestern	Western	11	5	3	0	9.36	10.22	19.59	40.07	-13.60
5	Oregon State	PCC	12	8	2	0	6.23	12.90	19.13	32.20	-13.18
6	Notre Dame	Ind	3	8	0	1	10.11	8.28	18.39	37.35	-9.35
7	Navy	Ind	10	7	1	1	7.52	10.46	17.98	38.00	-10.49
8	Duke	Southern	2	9	1	0	12.64	4.87	17.51	46.81	-5.70
9	Missouri	Big 6	7	8	2	0	7.30	10.20	17.50	35.33	-10.84
10	Ohio State	Western	13	6	1	1	14.04	3.38	17.41	41.27	-5.18
11	Stanford	PCC		6	3	0	9.82	7.41	17.23	36.38	-7.22
12	Pennsylvania	Ind	15	7	1	0	10.70	6.09	16.79	39.74	-6.11
13	Fordham	Ind	6	8	1	0	10.77	5.32	16.09	36.78	-5.59
14	Georgia	SEC	14	9	1	1	10.18	5.37	15.55	44.99	-4.97
15	Washington	PCC		5	4	0	8.59	6.88	15.47	33.93	-7.83
16	California	PCC		4	5	0	4.40	10.63	15.03	31.10	-10.07
17	Texas A&M	SWC	9	9	2	0	7.25	7.77	15.02	41.57	-9.61
18	Alabama	SEC	20	9	2	0	7.72	7.15	14.87	38.92	-8.91
19	Santa Clara	Ind		6	3	0	9.05	5.32	14.37	34.00	-5.78
20	Washington State	PCC	19	6	4	0	4.61	9.20	13.81	33.08	-10.30
				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	Tulane	SEC		5	4	0	9.39	3.73	13.12	41.39	-6.99
22	Oklahoma	Big 6		6	3	0	6.23	6.55	12.78	39.50	-5.88
23	Oregon	PCC		5	5	0	8.62	4.06	12.68	34.29	-1.15
24	Ole Miss	SEC	17	6	2	1	4.90	7.37	12.26	30.80	-8.73
25	Texas Christian	SWC		7	3	1	5.78	4.87	10.65	32.52	-8.59
26	Tennessee	SEC	18	8	2	0	3.59	6.82	10.40	28.68	-7.48
27	Cornell	Ind		5	3	0	2.37	7.94	10.31	29.44	-9.93
28	Duquesne	Ind	8	8	0	0	2.34	7.83	10.17	27.11	-5.84
29	LSU	SEC		4	4	2	3.31	6.70	10.00	30.39	-8.01
30	Mississippi State	SEC	16	8	1	1	2.28	7.42	9.70	31.59	-6.12
31	Michigan State	Ind		5	3	1	3.93	5.42	9.36	31.83	-4.13
32	Harvard	Ind		5	2	1	-0.06	9.36	9.30	26.07	-10.03
33	Virginia	Ind		8	1	0	6.62	2.15	8.77	36.92	0.28
34	Clemson	Southern		7	2	0	8.96	-0.24	8.73	35.90	0.35
35	Army	Ind		5	3	1	2.74	5.75	8.50	28.63	-6.01
36	Detroit Mercy	Ind		7	2	0	2.08	6.22	8.30	32.83	-5.89
37	SMU	SWC		5	5	0	2.86	5.37	8.23	33.50	-6.88
38	Penn State	Ind		7	2	0	5.14	2.95	8.09	32.28	-2.22
39	Vanderbilt	SEC		8	2	0	5.72	2.37	8.09	39.08	-1.74
40	USC	PCC		2	6	1	2.37	5.41	7.78	28.14	-5.55
				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	Rice	SWC		6	3	1	2.37	5.36	7.73	33.58	-6.05
42	Boston College	Ind		7	3	0	4.76	2.94	7.70	35.47	-2.12
43	Texas Tech	BIAA		9	2	0	1.26	6.24	7.50	29.23	-4.68
44	Nebraska	Big 6		4	5	0	0.74	6.54	7.28	26.07	-7.79
45	Temple	Ind		7	2	0	7.59	-0.56	7.02	32.43	4.70
46	Tulsa	MVC		8	2	0	2.21	4.28	6.49	30.35	-2.80
47	Syracuse	Ind		5	2	1	4.79	1.60	6.39	34.42	-1.19
48	UCLA	PCC		5	5	1	4.42	1.49	5.91	29.81	0.33
49	Indiana	Western		2	6	0	5.36	0.42	5.79	33.78	-2.54
50	Wisconsin	Western		3	5	0	11.15	-5.58	5.57	38.69	5.68
51	Marquette	Ind		4	5	0	5.64	-0.32	5.33	32.05	1.57
52	Columbia	Ind		3	5	0	1.93	3.28	5.22	28.93	-5.81
53	Iowa	Western		3	5	0	3.40	1.74	5.14	30.52	-4.62
54	Utah	MSAC		6	0	2	3.74	0.92	4.66	33.37	0.43
55	Baylor	SWC		3	6	1	2.88	1.66	4.54	30.46	-2.29
56	Auburn	SEC		4	5	1	0.71	3.77	4.48	27.98	-4.14
57	Pitt	Ind		3	6	0	2.00	2.46	4.47	29.33	-0.07
58	William & Mary	Southern		8	2	0	1.74	2.73	4.47	33.20	0.14
59	Purdue	Western		2	5	1	-6.46	10.83	4.37	19.64	-13.54
60	Colgate	Ind		3	3	2	2.94	0.92	3.86	34.74	-1.90
				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	Villanova	Ind		4	4	0	-1.60	5.30	3.70	24.28	-6.06
62	Miami (FL)	Ind		8	2	0	-0.67	4.25	3.58	24.59	-1.94
63	Arkansas	SWC		3	7	0	0.93	2.52	3.45	30.89	-4.45
64	Dartmouth	Ind		5	4	0	1.12	1.65	2.77	29.59	-1.80
65	Florida	SEC		4	6	0	1.81	0.56	2.38	28.36	-1.95
66	Oklahoma State	MVC		5	4	0	3.43	-1.49	1.94	28.46	1.20
67	Georgia Tech	SEC		3	6	0	-1.46	3.21	1.74	24.88	-5.82
68	Georgetown	Ind		5	4	0	-1.48	3.10	1.62	22.59	-2.12
69	Illinois	Western		2	6	0	1.76	-0.57	1.18	33.47	1.95
70	Arizona	BIAA		7	3	0	4.89	-3.92	0.97	32.43	6.52
71	Saint Mary's (CA)	Ind		5	4	0	0.07	0.84	0.91	25.36	2.92
72	South Carolina	Southern		4	4	1	-1.86	2.51	0.65	22.81	-4.60
73	Holy Cross	Ind		4	4	2	-1.97	2.59	0.62	22.95	-3.48
74	Montana	PCC		6	3	0	-1.41	0.52	-0.88	22.20	2.47
75	Kentucky	SEC		5	4	0	3.95	-5.55	-1.59	29.38	7.18
76	Denver	MSAC		4	3	2	-5.40	3.45	-1.95	22.45	-2.47
77	West Virginia	Ind		4	6	0	-3.72	1.49	-2.23	20.25	0.46
78	West Texas State	BIAA		8	2	0	1.36	-3.62	-2.26	31.44	8.03
79	Loyola Marymount	Ind		5	5	0	-0.94	-1.45	-2.39	22.26	4.11
80	San Francisco	Ind		6	4	0	5.48	-8.62	-3.15	28.55	11.79
				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	Wake Forest	Southern		5	5	1	-1.07	-2.13	-3.19	30.32	3.70
82	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA		7	3	1	-2.57	-0.69	-3.26	20.31	2.75
83	Manhattan	Ind		4	4	1	-0.36	-2.94	-3.29	23.60	3.93
84	North Carolina	Southern		3	7	0	-1.49	-2.21	-3.70	25.29	3.19
85	Yale	Ind		1	7	0	-1.66	-2.18	-3.84	24.22	1.44
86	Kansas State	Big 6		2	5	2	-3.15	-0.94	-4.10	21.74	4.45
87	Idaho	PCC		4	5	0	-1.61	-2.66	-4.27	24.06	5.60
88	BYU	MSAC		4	3	2	-2.52	-1.76	-4.28	21.73	3.56
89	Colorado State	MSAC		4	2	1	-0.95	-3.39	-4.34	22.15	4.77
90	The Citadel	Southern		4	3	1	-0.36	-4.22	-4.58	27.47	7.34
91	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		4	6	0	0.41	-4.99	-4.58	24.31	5.29
92	Princeton	Ind		2	6	0	-1.79	-2.92	-4.71	24.50	3.00
93	Virginia Tech	Southern		6	4	0	-3.16	-1.61	-4.77	20.09	3.37
94	North Carolina State	Southern		4	5	2	-5.59	0.36	-5.23	20.57	1.17
95	Brown	Ind		5	4	0	-4.38	-1.03	-5.41	19.44	3.91
96	Colorado	MSAC		3	4	1	-0.63	-5.25	-5.88	24.80	7.53
97	Iowa State	Big 6		2	6	1	-1.88	-4.45	-6.33	22.38	7.88
98	Creighton	MVC		5	5	0	-2.54	-5.66	-8.21	20.47	7.42
99	New Mexico	BIAA		5	4	1	-6.23	-2.66	-8.90	16.55	6.46
100	Kansas	Big 6		3	6	0	-3.26	-6.03	-9.29	21.22	10.71
				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	New York University	Ind		2	7	0	-5.33	-4.02	-9.35	20.53	10.61
102	Saint Louis	MVC		4	5	1	-5.63	-3.87	-9.50	17.30	8.04
103	Furman	Southern		3	4	2	0.16	-9.71	-9.55	24.75	12.60
104	Drake	MVC		4	5	1	-8.14	-2.37	-10.51	14.91	5.55
105	UTEP	BIAA		4	5	1	-1.76	-10.17	-11.92	23.12	13.38
106	Maryland	Southern		3	5	1	-8.59	-3.82	-12.41	15.28	11.58
107	Washington & Lee	Southern		1	6	2	-8.73	-4.71	-13.44	14.39	4.81
108	Northern Arizona	BIAA		3	5	0	-6.54	-6.96	-13.50	17.85	11.89
109	Arizona State	BIAA		5	5	1	-9.47	-4.17	-13.64	12.83	7.06
110	Washington (MO)	MVC		4	5	0	-3.89	-10.95	-14.85	20.44	14.67
111	Davidson	Southern		1	6	3	-10.42	-4.54	-14.96	14.23	8.81
112	Richmond	Southern		2	7	0	-9.27	-7.45	-16.72	15.19	11.81
113	George Washington	Southern		1	7	1	-12.67	-4.07	-16.74	11.75	9.80
114	Gonzaga	Ind		3	7	0	-9.64	-7.27	-16.91	12.77	15.23
115	Utah State	MSAC		0	8	0	-10.21	-9.68	-19.89	13.40	11.28
116	Centenary (LA)	Ind		0	8	2	-10.69	-11.36	-22.04	13.17	17.74
117	Wyoming	MSAC		2	7	1	-12.43	-9.63	-22.06	11.01	17.59
118	New Mexico State	BIAA		2	7	0	-10.97	-11.28	-22.25	13.82	19.58
119	Sewanee	Ind		2	5	0	-13.01	-10.26	-23.27	9.13	14.44

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