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1942 College Football School Ratings

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Champions: Ohio State (AP)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Frank Sinkwich (Georgia)

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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.

121 Schools

121 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	Ohio State	Western	1	9	1	0	17.33	3.90	21.22	49.16	-4.99
2	Georgia	SEC	2	11	1	0	11.36	8.07	19.42	44.76	-6.84
3	Notre Dame	Ind	6	7	2	2	9.24	8.64	17.88	36.63	-10.36
4	Georgia Pre-Flight	Ind		7	1	1	11.58	6.14	17.72	37.27	-4.53
5	Tennessee	SEC	7	9	1	1	9.02	8.44	17.46	35.97	-8.92
6	Michigan	Western	9	7	3	0	13.43	3.78	17.21	40.92	-6.19
7	Alabama	SEC	10	8	3	0	9.16	8.00	17.16	37.04	-8.43
8	Georgia Tech	SEC	5	9	2	0	8.86	8.23	17.09	36.12	-7.74
9	Tulsa	MVC	4	10	1	0	9.56	7.31	16.87	48.53	-5.52
10	Great Lakes Navy	Ind		8	3	1	4.04	11.57	15.61	33.78	-11.66
11	Wisconsin	Western	3	8	1	1	5.23	10.31	15.54	31.19	-10.84
12	Mississippi State	SEC	18	8	2	0	7.61	7.39	15.00	33.76	-7.12
13	Boston College	Ind	8	8	2	0	10.90	3.93	14.82	42.58	-0.24
14	LSU	SEC		7	3	0	7.43	5.53	12.96	35.34	-4.38
15	Rice	SWC		7	2	1	6.61	5.91	12.51	32.65	-5.75
16	Texas	SWC	11	9	2	0	4.42	7.86	12.27	35.23	-7.60
17	Pennsylvania	Ind		5	3	1	6.19	5.89	12.07	32.99	-4.67
18	North Carolina Pre-Flight	Ind		8	2	1	2.54	8.94	11.48	27.15	-8.37
19	Minnesota	Western	19	5	4	0	5.40	5.52	10.92	33.45	-7.55
20	Auburn	SEC	16	6	4	1	6.13	4.47	10.60	30.78	-3.71
				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
21	UCLA	PCC	13	7	4	0	5.89	4.71	10.60	31.29	-5.76
22	Duke	Southern		5	4	1	5.10	5.15	10.25	34.81	-3.97
23	Tulane	SEC		4	5	0	5.92	4.28	10.20	31.58	-3.58
24	Santa Clara	Ind	15	7	2	0	1.29	8.86	10.15	25.15	-8.48
25	Iowa Pre-Flight	Ind		7	3	0	4.57	5.46	10.03	35.63	-5.00
26	Missouri	Big 6		8	3	1	7.22	2.78	10.00	34.73	-2.00
27	William & Mary	Southern	14	9	1	1	5.10	4.58	9.68	34.01	-2.23
28	Stanford	PCC	12	6	4	0	7.40	2.18	9.58	36.91	-1.70
29	Colorado	MSAC		7	2	0	6.63	2.76	9.38	36.78	-0.19
30	Illinois	Western		6	4	0	4.77	3.63	8.40	36.67	-3.09
31	Wake Forest	Southern		6	2	1	2.55	5.83	8.38	26.65	-4.58
32	Army	Ind		6	3	0	2.99	5.16	8.16	29.57	-3.40
33	Marquette	Ind		7	2	0	5.78	1.90	7.68	32.57	0.50
34	Indiana	Western		7	3	0	3.47	4.11	7.58	35.68	-3.91
35	USC	PCC		5	5	1	3.43	3.99	7.41	31.78	-4.45
36	Vanderbilt	SEC		6	4	0	4.01	2.97	6.98	35.43	-0.48
37	Navy	Ind		5	4	0	-2.86	9.82	6.96	23.04	-10.08
38	Miami (FL)	Ind		7	2	0	4.27	2.60	6.87	30.70	-0.39
39	Jacksonville Naval Air Station	Ind		9	3	0	1.29	5.17	6.46	27.07	-2.83
40	Oklahoma State	MVC		6	3	1	5.83	0.42	6.26	35.31	0.23
				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	North Carolina	Southern		5	2	2	4.84	1.33	6.17	29.42	0.51
42	Saint Mary's (CA) Pre-Flight	Ind		6	3	1	3.75	2.31	6.06	33.26	-0.47
43	Fordham	Ind		5	3	1	3.44	2.55	5.99	28.52	0.74
44	Texas A&M	SWC		4	5	1	0.82	5.15	5.97	27.78	-5.22
45	Texas Christian	SWC		7	3	0	1.31	4.42	5.72	26.43	-3.88
46	Iowa	Western		6	4	0	5.28	0.32	5.60	30.57	-0.78
47	Saint Mary's (CA)	Ind		6	3	1	-0.52	5.57	5.05	23.78	-2.44
48	Colgate	Ind		6	2	1	2.63	2.23	4.86	30.16	-0.89
49	Utah	MSAC		6	3	0	2.65	2.06	4.71	26.96	-0.54
50	Holy Cross	Ind	19	5	4	1	1.98	2.42	4.40	32.39	-1.21
51	Duquesne	Ind		6	3	1	-1.03	4.87	3.83	22.12	-2.81
52	Yale	Ind		5	3	0	1.64	1.93	3.56	27.13	0.27
53	Baylor	SWC		6	4	1	-0.41	3.92	3.51	28.02	-4.67
54	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA		9	1	1	2.43	1.08	3.50	27.76	2.19
55	West Virginia	Ind		5	4	0	-0.21	3.70	3.48	23.51	-1.60
56	Washington	PCC		4	3	3	-3.28	6.45	3.18	22.63	-6.53
57	Michigan State	Ind		4	3	2	0.59	2.29	2.89	27.50	-1.59
58	Northwestern	Western		1	9	0	3.48	-0.73	2.75	30.33	-0.54
59	Syracuse	Ind		6	3	0	-0.39	3.08	2.70	25.62	-0.41
60	Dartmouth	Ind		5	4	0	5.00	-2.44	2.56	32.58	2.47
				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	0.27	1.88	2.15	25.07	0.95
62	Georgetown	Ind		5	3	1	-0.09	2.23	2.14	23.54	1.49
63	Texas Tech	BIAA		4	5	1	-2.45	4.45	2.00	23.88	-3.48
64	Penn State	Ind	19	6	1	1	-1.11	3.08	1.97	21.79	-0.97
65	Kentucky	SEC		3	6	1	1.64	0.21	1.85	28.40	0.75
66	Washington State	PCC	17	6	2	2	-0.46	1.65	1.19	26.23	-1.13
67	California	PCC		5	5	0	-0.67	1.82	1.15	23.92	-2.60
68	Oklahoma	Big 6		3	5	2	-4.17	5.25	1.07	24.37	-6.11
69	Denver	MSAC		6	3	1	0.45	0.40	0.84	24.42	2.31
70	Detroit Mercy	Ind		5	4	0	-4.03	4.48	0.45	19.24	-2.58
71	Oregon State	PCC		4	5	1	1.11	-1.08	0.03	28.75	3.16
72	Virginia Tech	Southern		7	2	1	1.20	-1.23	-0.03	23.50	3.44
73	Florida	SEC		3	7	0	-2.03	1.79	-0.24	23.90	4.14
74	San Francisco	Ind		6	4	0	2.12	-2.74	-0.62	28.10	6.50
75	North Carolina State	Southern		4	4	2	-2.34	1.54	-0.80	21.14	2.50
76	SMU	SWC		3	6	2	-0.53	-0.56	-1.09	23.87	1.00
77	Harvard	Ind		2	6	1	-4.04	2.82	-1.21	21.35	-2.49
78	Creighton	MVC		5	4	0	3.43	-4.90	-1.47	25.54	5.03
79	Furman	Southern		3	6	0	-1.45	-0.58	-2.04	22.87	3.90
80	Ole Miss	SEC		2	7	0	0.06	-2.19	-2.13	27.60	2.95
				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	The Citadel	Southern		5	2	0	0.06	-2.19	-2.13	24.51	5.99
82	Princeton	Ind		3	5	1	0.12	-2.53	-2.40	24.57	4.97
83	Pitt	Ind		3	6	0	0.27	-2.69	-2.41	25.78	5.76
84	Maryland	Southern		7	2	0	0.02	-2.53	-2.51	25.17	8.34
85	Arizona	BIAA		6	4	0	0.65	-3.39	-2.75	25.10	7.11
86	South Carolina	Southern		1	7	1	-4.67	1.59	-3.08	20.39	0.21
87	Clemson	Southern		3	6	1	-1.48	-1.64	-3.12	21.76	3.13
88	Cornell	Ind		3	5	1	-0.76	-2.74	-3.50	22.76	3.02
89	Columbia	Ind		3	6	0	4.87	-8.49	-3.62	31.31	10.93
90	Utah State	MSAC		6	3	1	-0.01	-3.66	-3.67	26.41	7.44
91	Colorado State	MSAC		4	3	0	-1.82	-1.87	-3.69	21.83	4.64
92	Oregon	PCC		2	6	0	-3.04	-1.24	-4.28	23.20	4.20
93	Purdue	Western		1	8	0	-4.81	0.27	-4.54	20.85	0.18
94	Arkansas	SWC		3	7	0	-0.56	-4.11	-4.67	24.72	8.31
95	Temple	Ind		2	5	3	-5.73	0.78	-4.95	18.19	1.16
96	Brown	Ind		4	4	0	-3.12	-2.12	-5.24	21.10	3.79
97	Loyola Marymount	Ind		5	4	1	-3.53	-1.73	-5.26	19.43	5.81
98	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		3	5	1	-1.83	-3.82	-5.65	22.58	6.00
99	Saint Louis	MVC		4	5	0	-1.62	-4.84	-6.46	22.02	10.56
100	Wyoming	MSAC		3	5	0	-3.07	-3.59	-6.66	20.98	5.84
				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	Manhattan	Ind		2	6	0	-1.86	-5.21	-7.08	21.69	7.87
102	George Washington	Southern		3	6	0	-6.09	-1.03	-7.12	17.99	7.23
103	Nebraska	Big 6		3	7	0	-7.36	-0.06	-7.42	16.95	2.16
104	Washington (MO)	MVC		5	5	0	-4.07	-4.50	-8.57	18.14	8.81
105	West Texas State	BIAA		7	2	0	-4.68	-4.53	-9.20	16.45	12.10
106	New Mexico	BIAA		4	5	2	-6.63	-3.39	-10.01	14.90	6.22
107	Richmond	Southern		3	6	1	-9.08	-1.03	-10.11	12.70	4.57
108	Davidson	Southern		2	6	1	-6.35	-4.10	-10.45	16.90	7.74
109	Iowa State	Big 6		3	6	0	-3.28	-7.39	-10.68	19.31	10.05
110	Virginia	Ind		2	6	1	-2.15	-9.61	-11.76	20.83	13.88
111	Idaho	PCC		3	7	0	-5.63	-6.24	-11.86	17.38	11.83
112	Kansas	Big 6		2	8	0	-4.73	-7.42	-12.15	18.94	13.69
113	BYU	MSAC		2	5	0	-7.47	-4.87	-12.34	14.79	9.27
114	UTEP	BIAA		5	4	0	-6.11	-6.47	-12.58	18.86	12.09
115	Kansas State	Big 6		3	8	0	-6.72	-6.44	-13.15	17.06	21.64
116	Drake	MVC		3	7	0	-5.79	-8.31	-14.10	17.02	13.94
117	Washington & Lee	Southern		1	8	0	-6.28	-12.94	-19.22	16.58	21.36
118	Montana	PCC		0	8	0	-8.99	-12.26	-21.25	15.48	21.34
119	Arizona State	BIAA		2	8	0	-13.27	-13.13	-26.40	7.96	22.80
120	New Mexico State	BIAA		1	8	0	-16.29	-12.61	-28.90	4.52	24.55
				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
121	Northern Arizona	BIAA		1	5	0	-16.92	-12.05	-28.97	1.84	16.53

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