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

1950 College Football School Ratings

1949 CFB School Ratings 1951 CFB School Ratings

Champions: Oklahoma (AP, UPI)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Vic Janowicz (Ohio State)

AP Preseason #1: Notre Dame

AP Final #1: Oklahoma

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.

120 Schools

120 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	14	6	3	0	12.81	7.05	19.86	52.80	-2.39
2	Army	Ind	2	8	1	0	5.35	13.88	19.24	43.29	-8.52
3	Oklahoma	Big 7	1	10	1	0	11.81	7.40	19.21	45.80	-3.27
4	Texas	SWC	3	9	2	0	10.67	8.25	18.92	43.05	-5.85
5	Illinois	Western	13	7	2	0	3.14	15.04	18.18	33.77	-11.16
6	Kentucky	SEC	7	11	1	0	6.78	11.17	17.95	44.77	-5.24
7	California	PCC	5	9	1	1	6.04	11.89	17.92	37.85	-7.51
8	Pennsylvania	Ind		6	3	0	8.14	9.07	17.22	43.14	-3.80
9	Washington	PCC	11	8	2	0	13.53	3.68	17.21	44.11	0.92
10	Tennessee	SEC	4	11	1	0	4.71	12.40	17.11	41.39	-7.67
11	Michigan State	Ind	8	8	1	0	11.13	5.77	16.91	43.16	-0.93
12	Michigan	Western	9	6	3	1	6.34	9.98	16.32	37.68	-6.15
13	Wisconsin	Western		6	3	0	5.06	10.93	15.99	34.70	-7.77
14	Princeton	Ind	6	9	0	0	9.92	5.77	15.69	49.11	1.56
15	SMU	SWC		6	4	0	8.86	6.62	15.47	43.79	-4.17
16	Texas A&M	SWC		7	4	0	14.38	0.95	15.32	49.18	3.36
17	UCLA	PCC		6	3	0	4.64	10.04	14.68	39.78	-4.26
18	Baylor	SWC		7	3	0	4.49	9.01	13.50	36.62	-6.32
19	Tulane	SEC	20	6	2	1	6.73	6.66	13.39	43.07	-1.73
20	Alabama	SEC	16	9	2	0	7.45	5.58	13.03	42.19	-0.81
				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	Wyoming	Skyline	12	10	0	0	3.91	9.06	12.97	42.44	-2.28
22	Stanford	PCC		5	3	2	4.26	8.34	12.59	37.19	-4.44
23	Clemson	Southern	10	9	0	1	7.20	5.00	12.20	44.88	2.08
24	San Francisco	Ind		7	4	0	7.16	3.66	10.82	40.58	3.44
25	Northwestern	Western		6	3	0	5.91	4.49	10.41	37.27	0.45
26	Miami (FL)	Ind	15	9	1	1	3.23	7.06	10.29	34.02	-1.66
27	Tulsa	MVC	18	9	1	1	4.81	5.33	10.13	40.56	0.67
28	Cornell	Ind		7	2	0	1.88	8.16	10.04	30.84	-2.95
29	Loyola Marymount	Ind		8	1	0	10.12	-0.17	9.94	41.62	5.59
30	Nebraska	Big 7	17	6	2	1	14.94	-6.18	8.77	45.00	11.37
31	LSU	SEC		4	5	2	1.02	7.03	8.04	32.69	-4.29
32	Maryland	Southern		7	2	1	5.38	2.32	7.70	39.69	3.75
33	Texas Christian	SWC		5	5	0	1.72	5.92	7.63	33.73	-3.00
34	Kansas	Big 7		6	4	0	7.08	0.36	7.44	40.72	4.45
35	Virginia	Ind		8	2	0	6.45	0.29	6.73	36.46	5.02
36	Pacific	Ind		7	3	1	4.08	2.09	6.17	39.54	4.25
37	Rice	SWC		6	4	0	4.09	1.88	5.97	36.38	2.31
38	Indiana	Western		3	5	1	-2.31	7.96	5.66	28.87	-2.81
39	Colorado	Big 7		5	4	1	3.86	1.78	5.64	33.70	3.12
40	Georgia	SEC		6	3	3	-2.75	8.02	5.27	28.42	-3.53
				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	San Jose State	Ind		6	3	1	-0.19	5.25	5.06	30.15	0.86
42	Washington & Lee	Southern	18	8	3	0	4.48	0.23	4.70	34.91	5.59
43	Iowa	Western		3	5	1	2.65	1.93	4.58	33.94	6.89
44	Mississippi State	SEC		4	5	0	1.41	3.18	4.58	37.11	1.11
45	Notre Dame	Ind		4	4	1	1.73	2.72	4.45	32.36	0.96
46	Navy	Ind		3	6	0	1.48	2.86	4.34	32.05	-0.27
47	Wake Forest	Southern		6	1	2	-2.68	6.82	4.14	30.00	-1.59
48	West Texas State	BIAA		10	1	0	8.68	-4.67	4.01	36.20	12.75
49	Arkansas	SWC		2	8	0	-0.69	4.52	3.83	32.36	-1.51
50	Missouri	Big 7		4	5	1	1.52	2.26	3.78	31.45	3.52
51	Marquette	Ind		5	3	1	1.97	1.60	3.57	36.64	4.86
52	Duke	Southern		7	3	0	0.44	3.09	3.53	32.11	2.43
53	Purdue	Western		2	7	0	5.31	-2.04	3.27	36.41	6.77
54	Drake	MVC		6	2	1	3.49	-0.28	3.21	32.93	6.44
55	Ole Miss	SEC		5	5	0	2.23	0.95	3.17	35.88	4.26
56	Yale	Ind		6	3	0	-2.42	5.58	3.16	25.77	2.26
57	Detroit Mercy	MVC		6	3	1	-0.02	2.89	2.87	30.96	3.31
58	Vanderbilt	SEC		7	4	0	3.88	-1.37	2.51	36.22	8.59
59	Minnesota	Western		1	7	1	-4.56	7.04	2.48	26.74	0.30
60	USC	PCC		2	5	2	0.34	1.72	2.06	30.76	4.45
				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	Georgia Tech	SEC		5	6	0	1.97	0.06	2.03	32.81	4.95
62	Fordham	Ind		8	1	0	2.57	-0.75	1.82	27.80	7.17
63	Arizona State	BIAA		9	2	0	3.33	-1.58	1.75	37.16	10.70
64	North Carolina	Southern		3	5	2	-4.20	5.41	1.22	27.34	0.09
65	Colorado State	Skyline		6	3	0	0.46	0.56	1.02	29.52	6.72
66	Columbia	Ind		4	5	0	0.60	0.28	0.88	31.08	7.52
67	Colgate	Ind		5	3	0	4.66	-4.14	0.52	34.20	11.80
68	Washington State	PCC		4	3	2	0.03	0.22	0.25	31.73	8.18
69	Syracuse	Ind		5	5	0	-1.70	1.88	0.17	28.20	5.65
70	Oregon State	PCC		3	6	0	-1.41	1.55	0.14	29.40	4.24
71	South Carolina	Southern		3	4	2	-3.14	3.08	-0.06	26.74	1.24
72	Texas Tech	BIAA		3	8	0	-0.19	-0.05	-0.24	33.51	5.28
73	Dartmouth	Ind		3	5	1	-1.67	1.28	-0.39	27.56	3.65
74	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA		5	5	0	2.04	-2.44	-0.40	33.30	8.10
75	Iowa State	Big 7		3	6	1	-0.50	0.04	-0.45	28.95	5.14
76	Florida	SEC		5	5	0	0.11	-1.03	-0.92	29.15	6.46
77	Holy Cross	Ind		4	5	1	6.15	-7.12	-0.96	34.63	12.11
78	Oklahoma State	MVC		4	6	1	-1.68	0.59	-1.08	29.91	7.87
79	Penn State	Ind		5	3	1	-2.01	0.86	-1.15	26.57	5.80
80	Santa Clara	Ind		3	7	0	-1.06	-0.39	-1.45	31.25	4.30
				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
81	Villanova	Ind		4	5	0	-0.01	-1.47	-1.48	29.56	6.09
82	Temple	Ind		4	4	1	-3.94	1.01	-2.93	25.03	8.84
83	George Washington	Southern		5	4	0	-2.60	-0.52	-3.12	25.75	6.60
84	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		6	4	0	-3.40	-0.08	-3.48	24.08	8.31
85	UTEP	BIAA		7	3	0	0.74	-4.51	-3.76	31.36	16.35
86	Rutgers	Ind		4	4	0	2.25	-6.06	-3.81	30.48	11.96
87	Pitt	Ind		1	8	0	-3.29	-1.05	-4.34	27.39	6.19
88	Houston	Ind		4	6	0	1.03	-5.51	-4.49	29.51	12.09
89	Montana	Ind		5	5	0	-3.19	-1.97	-5.17	28.03	9.77
90	Idaho	PCC		3	5	1	1.35	-7.01	-5.66	29.68	11.27
91	North Carolina State	Southern		5	4	1	-9.38	3.52	-5.86	16.22	2.88
92	Utah	Skyline		3	4	3	1.26	-7.25	-5.99	31.91	15.13
93	Arizona	BIAA		4	6	0	0.97	-7.13	-6.16	29.63	12.86
94	Wichita State	MVC		5	4	1	-1.13	-5.65	-6.78	25.81	16.17
95	Georgetown	Ind		2	7	0	-4.27	-2.63	-6.89	25.89	8.57
96	Saint Mary's (CA)	Ind		2	7	1	-5.92	-1.06	-6.98	24.06	10.06
97	The Citadel	Southern		4	6	0	-9.03	1.68	-7.35	22.46	5.28
98	Denver	Skyline		3	8	1	-5.12	-2.24	-7.37	29.92	10.35
99	Oregon	PCC		1	9	0	-5.51	-1.98	-7.49	24.68	7.54
100	William & Mary	Southern		4	7	0	-3.56	-4.28	-7.83	28.07	14.17
				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	Boston University	Ind		3	5	0	-2.84	-5.75	-8.59	24.84	14.72
102	West Virginia	Southern		2	8	0	-4.45	-5.85	-10.30	25.12	16.49
103	Davidson	Southern		3	6	0	-3.95	-6.88	-10.83	26.92	18.87
104	Bradley	MVC		5	5	0	-1.89	-9.09	-10.99	26.93	22.58
105	Kansas State	Big 7		1	9	1	-9.14	-2.57	-11.71	23.44	16.68
106	Harvard	Ind		1	7	0	-4.77	-7.00	-11.77	24.24	16.40
107	Brown	Ind		1	8	0	-4.16	-7.64	-11.80	26.61	16.71
108	Boston College	Ind		0	9	1	-7.78	-4.48	-12.27	23.00	13.13
109	Furman	Southern		2	8	1	-7.04	-5.72	-12.75	21.95	15.88
110	BYU	Skyline		4	5	1	-3.24	-10.27	-13.52	21.88	21.87
111	Duquesne	Ind		2	6	1	-1.74	-12.75	-14.48	25.68	22.33
112	Auburn	SEC		0	10	0	-13.02	-2.70	-15.71	16.60	11.33
113	New Mexico	BIAA		2	8	0	-9.37	-7.44	-16.81	22.12	21.35
114	Nevada	Ind		1	9	0	-7.41	-10.13	-17.54	20.74	23.78
115	New York University	Ind		1	5	1	-15.03	-4.25	-19.28	15.88	18.71
116	Richmond	Southern		2	8	0	-11.25	-8.27	-19.52	15.55	26.36
117	Utah State	Skyline		2	9	0	-10.69	-10.44	-21.13	16.15	24.02
118	New Mexico State	BIAA		2	7	0	-13.13	-8.72	-21.85	10.65	22.89
119	Northern Arizona	BIAA		2	7	0	-11.09	-13.95	-25.05	13.66	38.15
120	Virginia Tech	Southern		0	10	0	-11.18	-14.95	-26.12	16.80	34.84

More 1950 Pages

1950 Summary

More 1950 Pages

Conferences

Polls & Ratings

1950 College Football School Ratings

120 Schools

More 1950 Pages

Full Site Menu

FAQs, Tip & Tricks