NEW: College Football search tools in Stathead! Try it for free and learn more here.

1949 College Football School Ratings

1948 CFB School Ratings 1950 CFB School Ratings

Champions: Notre Dame (AP)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Leon Hart (Notre Dame)

AP First #1: Michigan

AP Final #1: Notre Dame

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

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.

119 Schools

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	Notre Dame	Ind	1	10	0	0	15.54	16.81	32.35	55.49	-13.53
2	California	PCC	3	10	1	0	14.88	12.11	27.00	50.05	-9.08
3	Minnesota	Western	8	7	2	0	11.71	15.03	26.74	49.19	-10.68
4	Oklahoma	Big 7	2	11	0	0	13.79	11.88	25.66	54.80	-9.24
5	Ohio State	Western	6	7	1	2	11.17	13.08	24.25	45.52	-9.15
6	Michigan	Western	7	6	2	1	6.85	15.41	22.27	39.76	-15.42
7	Army	Ind	4	9	0	0	10.56	10.16	20.72	51.04	-2.96
8	USC	PCC		5	3	1	11.92	8.56	20.47	46.04	-5.45
9	Wisconsin	Western		5	3	1	8.72	11.27	19.99	44.10	-8.93
10	Rice	SWC	5	10	1	0	7.42	12.32	19.74	42.71	-7.31
11	Michigan State	Ind	19	6	3	0	10.87	8.43	19.30	52.68	-6.02
12	Texas	SWC		6	4	0	7.61	11.51	19.12	46.90	-9.63
13	UCLA	PCC		6	3	0	12.81	4.25	17.06	46.22	-1.30
14	Stanford	PCC		7	3	1	5.85	11.19	17.04	49.10	-5.80
15	Baylor	SWC	20	8	2	0	10.03	6.75	16.78	42.29	-3.39
16	Maryland	Southern	14	9	1	0	5.40	10.42	15.82	40.16	-4.94
17	SMU	SWC		5	4	1	11.33	3.74	15.08	44.03	-0.83
18	LSU	SEC	9	8	3	0	3.56	10.88	14.45	37.61	-5.72
19	Illinois	Western		3	4	2	6.05	8.35	14.41	40.07	-5.42
20	Northwestern	Western		4	5	0	5.92	7.69	13.62	38.64	-3.57
				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		7	2	1	6.23	6.71	12.95	41.65	0.61
22	Villanova	Ind	13	8	1	0	8.93	3.81	12.73	41.57	1.76
23	Iowa	Western		4	5	0	11.20	1.27	12.47	44.94	3.84
24	Kentucky	SEC	11	9	3	0	0.90	11.30	12.20	38.91	-4.42
25	Purdue	Western		4	5	0	2.19	9.80	11.99	36.12	-7.81
26	Pennsylvania	Ind		4	4	0	6.70	5.16	11.86	35.38	-0.66
27	Cornell	Ind	12	8	1	0	6.50	5.28	11.78	40.10	3.59
28	Texas Christian	SWC		6	3	1	6.59	4.79	11.38	38.89	-1.58
29	Santa Clara	Ind	15	8	2	1	1.98	9.27	11.26	34.39	-4.27
30	Oregon State	PCC		7	3	0	5.30	5.81	11.12	39.65	-1.62
31	Missouri	Big 7	20	7	4	0	10.64	0.26	10.90	43.77	1.40
32	Pitt	Ind		6	3	0	3.71	6.10	9.81	34.25	0.09
33	Tennessee	SEC	17	7	2	1	1.88	7.55	9.42	34.26	-1.89
34	North Carolina	Southern	16	7	4	0	5.54	3.50	9.03	37.21	1.90
35	Oregon	PCC		4	6	0	7.09	1.63	8.72	41.43	2.03
36	Georgia Tech	SEC		7	3	0	3.05	5.52	8.57	35.26	-0.76
37	Navy	Ind		3	5	1	4.61	2.74	7.36	37.31	4.92
38	Miami (FL)	Ind		6	3	0	1.01	5.99	7.00	33.31	-0.35
39	Princeton	Ind	18	6	3	0	4.18	2.56	6.73	33.31	3.55
40	Dartmouth	Ind		6	2	0	2.52	4.20	6.72	31.11	3.79
				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
41	Duke	Southern		6	3	0	3.10	3.43	6.52	42.10	2.64
42	Arkansas	SWC		5	5	0	1.49	5.02	6.51	34.11	0.36
43	Alabama	SEC		6	3	1	3.53	2.73	6.26	36.07	2.93
44	Virginia	Ind		7	2	0	2.41	3.69	6.10	31.53	3.60
45	Boston University	Ind		6	2	0	4.22	1.76	5.98	37.57	4.94
46	Penn State	Ind		5	4	0	2.52	3.16	5.68	33.47	1.55
47	Washington	PCC		3	7	0	6.82	-1.29	5.52	39.67	5.08
48	William & Mary	Southern		6	4	0	4.22	1.13	5.35	38.57	5.63
49	Indiana	Western		1	8	0	3.56	1.76	5.32	39.13	5.85
50	Wyoming	Skyline		9	1	0	-0.35	5.42	5.07	43.45	3.46
51	San Francisco	Ind		7	3	0	3.95	0.59	4.54	33.32	5.83
52	Fordham	Ind		5	3	0	4.19	0.17	4.36	37.58	6.92
53	Kansas	Big 7		5	5	0	4.11	0.07	4.18	41.27	3.53
54	Iowa State	Big 7		5	3	1	-1.92	5.77	3.85	34.64	-0.64
55	Brown	Ind		8	1	0	0.16	3.58	3.74	32.48	5.93
56	Vanderbilt	SEC		5	5	0	2.57	1.00	3.57	32.78	4.05
57	Wake Forest	Southern		4	6	0	2.75	-0.13	2.61	34.44	4.46
58	Oklahoma State	MVC		4	4	2	1.17	1.37	2.55	36.40	5.56
59	Nebraska	Big 7		4	5	0	-2.17	3.90	1.73	30.76	1.53
60	Georgia	SEC		4	6	1	-2.87	4.56	1.69	30.62	0.70
				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	Rutgers	Ind		6	3	0	1.30	0.36	1.66	35.29	7.79
62	Boston College	Ind		4	4	1	-0.99	2.35	1.36	35.73	4.58
63	Ole Miss	SEC		4	5	1	6.67	-5.33	1.34	39.25	13.50
64	Washington State	PCC		3	6	0	-0.60	1.57	0.96	31.94	3.82
65	Texas Tech	BIAA		7	5	0	-3.34	3.66	0.32	26.62	4.29
66	South Carolina	Southern		4	6	0	-3.45	3.47	0.02	29.27	2.69
67	Texas A&M	SWC		1	8	1	-1.35	0.52	-0.82	32.05	5.47
68	UTEP	BIAA		8	2	1	-3.87	2.97	-0.90	29.02	4.97
69	Marquette	Ind		4	5	0	-0.50	-0.75	-1.24	42.09	10.88
70	Colorado State	Skyline		9	1	0	-4.57	3.23	-1.34	24.24	3.55
71	Idaho	PCC		3	5	0	2.87	-4.42	-1.55	41.67	19.19
72	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA		6	4	1	2.18	-3.76	-1.57	33.71	11.80
73	Yale	Ind		4	4	0	-2.21	0.54	-1.67	25.85	8.74
74	Florida	SEC		4	5	1	1.47	-3.65	-2.18	32.96	11.06
75	Auburn	SEC		2	4	3	-1.96	-0.78	-2.74	28.50	6.91
76	Drake	MVC		6	2	1	-5.73	2.98	-2.75	27.50	4.64
77	Detroit Mercy	MVC		5	4	0	-2.13	-0.74	-2.88	29.30	5.85
78	Temple	Ind		5	4	0	-2.52	-0.37	-2.89	28.96	11.62
79	Tulsa	MVC		5	5	1	-0.34	-2.95	-3.29	31.09	10.57
80	Loyola Marymount	Ind		6	4	0	-0.25	-3.53	-3.78	28.98	15.13
				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	Syracuse	Ind		4	5	0	1.18	-5.15	-3.97	31.76	11.84
82	Saint Mary's (CA)	Ind		3	6	1	-0.61	-3.84	-4.45	29.88	10.86
83	Clemson	Southern		4	4	2	1.78	-7.03	-5.25	35.62	13.62
84	West Virginia	Ind		4	6	1	1.01	-6.71	-5.70	31.19	16.48
85	Georgetown	Ind		5	5	0	-3.87	-1.95	-5.82	25.77	9.32
86	George Washington	Southern		4	5	0	-3.55	-2.40	-5.95	25.88	9.63
87	Kansas State	Big 7		2	8	0	-1.80	-4.44	-6.25	32.86	11.61
88	West Texas State	BIAA		5	4	0	0.16	-6.56	-6.40	32.21	15.64
89	Houston	Ind		5	4	1	-2.49	-3.92	-6.41	25.55	11.10
90	Arizona State	BIAA		7	3	0	3.15	-9.66	-6.52	33.83	18.27
91	North Carolina State	Southern		3	7	0	-4.90	-2.02	-6.92	24.62	6.14
92	Colorado	Big 7		3	7	0	-5.08	-2.30	-7.38	26.18	7.29
93	Montana	PCC		5	4	0	-2.02	-5.67	-7.69	25.64	16.31
94	Nevada	Ind		5	5	0	-0.93	-6.81	-7.75	26.77	17.09
95	Washington & Lee	Southern		3	5	1	-6.10	-2.75	-8.86	25.68	11.86
96	Columbia	Ind		2	7	0	-7.07	-2.30	-9.37	22.25	17.27
97	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		3	5	1	-5.08	-5.90	-10.98	24.80	15.76
98	Harvard	Ind		1	8	0	-3.70	-7.35	-11.05	24.88	16.33
99	Utah	Skyline		2	7	1	-9.24	-1.98	-11.22	22.59	8.92
100	Duquesne	Ind		3	6	0	-7.89	-3.36	-11.25	23.00	13.84
				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	Colgate	Ind		1	8	0	1.79	-13.17	-11.38	31.89	20.05
102	Denver	Skyline		4	6	0	-4.44	-7.22	-11.66	26.23	15.24
103	New York University	Ind		3	6	0	-9.23	-3.21	-12.44	21.81	13.70
104	Mississippi State	SEC		0	8	1	-12.27	-0.35	-12.63	18.84	9.57
105	Bradley	MVC		5	5	0	-8.48	-5.36	-13.83	18.36	18.22
106	Furman	Southern		3	6	0	-8.08	-5.81	-13.89	20.21	12.44
107	The Citadel	Southern		4	5	0	-10.11	-4.10	-14.21	17.16	16.27
108	Virginia Tech	Southern		1	7	2	-5.64	-9.01	-14.65	24.04	17.88
109	Arizona	BIAA		2	7	1	-10.79	-3.95	-14.74	20.71	18.02
110	Wichita State	MVC		3	6	1	-7.77	-7.08	-14.85	27.41	14.75
111	Richmond	Southern		3	7	0	-11.72	-4.05	-15.77	17.39	16.71
112	New Mexico State	BIAA		4	6	0	-3.20	-12.73	-15.93	29.25	29.37
113	Utah State	Skyline		3	7	0	-11.41	-5.57	-16.97	17.40	14.19
114	New Mexico	BIAA		2	8	0	-8.54	-8.89	-17.43	19.04	18.55
115	Holy Cross	Ind		1	9	0	-8.45	-9.67	-18.12	20.77	23.02
116	Saint Louis	MVC		2	6	1	-6.27	-12.25	-18.52	24.56	24.43
117	Davidson	Southern		2	8	0	-11.38	-11.23	-22.61	16.64	25.50
118	Northern Arizona	BIAA		1	6	1	-14.67	-9.45	-24.12	12.31	28.04
119	BYU	Skyline		0	11	0	-12.33	-15.64	-27.97	16.26	27.85

More 1949 Pages

1949 Summary

More 1949 Pages

Conferences

Polls & Ratings

1949 College Football School Ratings

119 Schools

More 1949 Pages

Full Site Menu

FAQs, Tip & Tricks