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1951 College Football School Ratings

1950 CFB School Ratings 1952 CFB School Ratings

Champions: Tennessee (AP, UPI)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Dick Kazmaier (Princeton)

AP Preseason #1: Tennessee

AP Final #1: Tennessee

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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.

116 Schools

116 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	Illinois	Western	4	9	0	1	10.39	13.69	24.08	42.30	-8.99
2	Michigan State	Ind	2	9	0	0	14.75	8.31	23.06	48.37	-3.33
3	Maryland	Southern	3	10	0	0	11.99	10.75	22.74	52.59	-6.69
4	Wisconsin	Western	8	7	1	1	6.74	15.28	22.02	40.13	-9.83
5	Tennessee	SEC	1	10	1	0	11.81	8.58	20.39	49.89	-4.66
6	Georgia Tech	SEC	5	11	0	1	8.49	11.61	20.10	41.38	-7.12
7	California	PCC	12	8	2	0	12.89	5.80	18.69	47.03	-0.50
8	Baylor	SWC	9	8	2	1	8.86	9.26	18.12	41.58	-5.33
9	Texas	SWC		7	3	0	7.99	8.71	16.70	39.52	-6.35
10	Oklahoma	Big 7	10	8	2	0	6.75	9.74	16.49	43.61	-4.28
11	Kentucky	SEC	15	8	4	0	6.36	10.01	16.38	43.71	-5.45
12	UCLA	PCC	17	5	3	1	5.20	10.84	16.05	38.54	-6.05
13	Notre Dame	Ind		7	2	1	5.15	10.55	15.70	40.55	-4.20
14	Stanford	PCC	7	9	2	0	7.58	6.72	14.30	38.37	-0.93
15	USC	PCC		7	3	0	8.31	5.82	14.13	39.50	-1.08
16	Ohio State	Western		4	3	2	2.30	11.49	13.79	33.17	-7.18
17	Princeton	Ind	6	9	0	0	7.58	6.06	13.63	44.04	0.73
18	San Francisco	Ind	14	9	0	0	6.49	6.86	13.35	38.98	0.78
19	Virginia	Ind	13	8	1	0	7.20	5.92	13.12	41.01	0.75
20	Michigan	Western		4	5	0	2.12	10.60	12.72	33.78	-5.20
				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	Texas A&M	SWC		5	3	2	8.67	3.48	12.15	41.40	0.57
22	Texas Christian	SWC	11	6	5	0	5.97	5.89	11.85	38.26	-2.24
23	SMU	SWC		3	6	1	2.75	8.15	10.91	37.90	-4.13
24	Washington State	PCC	18	7	3	0	9.85	1.03	10.88	41.16	4.12
25	Ole Miss	SEC		6	3	1	8.40	2.40	10.80	42.36	2.66
26	Holy Cross	Ind	19	8	2	0	7.75	2.98	10.73	42.68	3.88
27	Northwestern	Western		5	4	0	0.70	9.35	10.06	31.93	-3.25
28	Rice	SWC		5	5	0	3.54	6.40	9.93	36.15	-2.65
29	Kansas	Big 7		8	2	0	12.44	-2.56	9.88	42.48	7.68
30	Pennsylvania	Ind		5	4	0	0.18	9.59	9.77	30.58	-3.49
31	Purdue	Western		5	4	0	4.53	5.07	9.60	36.03	0.13
32	Oregon State	PCC		4	6	0	4.40	4.99	9.40	36.57	-0.72
33	Cornell	Ind		6	3	0	6.20	3.14	9.34	38.34	3.04
34	Arkansas	SWC		5	5	0	2.20	6.91	9.11	34.53	-1.77
35	Miami (FL)	Ind		8	3	0	1.06	7.44	8.50	31.77	-1.76
36	Colorado	Big 7		7	3	0	8.28	0.17	8.45	42.25	8.25
37	Washington	PCC		3	6	1	7.48	0.89	8.37	43.51	3.96
38	LSU	SEC		7	3	1	-2.80	10.74	7.95	28.17	-6.36
39	Florida	SEC		5	5	0	1.52	5.65	7.17	33.41	-2.38
40	Indiana	Western		2	7	0	3.18	3.58	6.76	34.74	2.13
				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
41	Wyoming	Skyline		7	2	1	-1.01	7.41	6.40	31.17	-2.12
42	Clemson	Southern	19	7	3	0	-1.38	7.34	5.96	32.25	-1.16
43	Georgia	SEC		5	5	0	2.65	2.83	5.48	35.73	3.73
44	Duke	Southern		5	4	1	1.89	3.40	5.28	34.62	1.22
45	Navy	Ind		2	6	1	2.06	2.39	4.45	34.55	0.77
46	Washington & Lee	Southern		6	4	0	2.89	1.50	4.38	38.73	7.25
47	South Carolina	Southern		5	4	0	2.56	1.72	4.28	32.96	2.28
48	Columbia	Ind		5	3	0	0.70	3.53	4.23	32.13	2.41
49	Tulsa	MVC		9	2	0	9.06	-4.90	4.16	42.29	12.00
50	Texas Tech	BIAA		7	4	0	1.26	2.66	3.92	36.02	3.59
51	Wake Forest	Southern		6	4	0	-0.47	4.08	3.61	33.47	3.49
52	Alabama	SEC		5	6	0	2.31	0.88	3.19	39.22	4.15
53	Pitt	Ind		3	7	0	2.84	0.30	3.13	34.11	4.63
54	Pacific	Ind		6	5	0	5.19	-2.31	2.88	35.75	8.19
55	Denver	Skyline		6	4	0	1.21	1.51	2.73	36.74	4.61
56	Vanderbilt	SEC		6	5	0	2.83	-0.16	2.67	32.53	4.48
57	Villanova	Ind		5	3	0	5.09	-2.52	2.58	36.31	9.77
58	Penn State	Ind		5	4	0	0.51	2.04	2.55	30.50	2.67
59	Boston University	Ind	16	6	4	0	4.63	-2.14	2.49	36.09	9.77
60	Iowa	Western		2	5	2	6.88	-4.52	2.36	38.15	10.22
				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	Syracuse	Ind		5	4	0	-0.14	2.48	2.34	32.51	4.15
62	Tulane	SEC		4	6	0	-0.68	2.73	2.05	31.71	2.39
63	Fordham	Ind		5	4	0	4.74	-2.96	1.78	36.17	9.54
64	William & Mary	Southern		7	3	0	1.90	-0.78	1.12	29.62	10.31
65	Santa Clara	Ind		3	5	1	0.67	0.16	0.84	30.89	6.54
66	Minnesota	Western		2	6	1	5.38	-4.63	0.74	36.20	11.09
67	North Carolina	Southern		2	8	0	-0.33	0.83	0.50	31.09	3.12
68	Mississippi State	SEC		4	5	0	-6.56	7.01	0.45	24.41	-1.10
69	Utah	Skyline		7	4	0	0.86	-0.81	0.05	32.09	10.37
70	Marquette	Ind		4	6	1	-0.03	0.03	0.01	30.97	6.21
71	Dartmouth	Ind		4	5	0	-2.13	1.90	-0.23	27.67	3.25
72	Auburn	SEC		5	5	0	0.03	-0.60	-0.57	32.63	7.66
73	Colorado State	Skyline		5	4	1	0.07	-1.10	-1.02	31.59	6.63
74	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		7	3	0	0.16	-2.07	-1.91	28.39	10.37
75	Iowa State	Big 7		4	4	1	3.08	-5.33	-2.26	34.17	12.26
76	Drake	MVC		7	2	0	-3.17	0.39	-2.78	25.62	7.06
77	West Virginia	Southern		5	5	0	-4.07	0.50	-3.58	32.20	9.13
78	Houston	MVC		6	5	0	1.59	-5.55	-3.96	30.10	12.18
79	BYU	Skyline		6	3	1	-2.76	-1.23	-3.98	28.15	11.59
80	Army	Ind		2	7	0	-2.64	-1.70	-4.34	27.65	7.42
				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	Yale	Ind		2	5	2	-7.74	3.05	-4.69	25.07	2.76
82	Boston College	Ind		3	6	0	-2.40	-2.84	-5.24	27.16	8.10
83	Oregon	PCC		2	8	0	-2.84	-2.71	-5.55	27.55	14.30
84	Rutgers	Ind		4	4	0	-5.08	-0.73	-5.81	27.83	8.33
85	Arizona State	BIAA		6	3	1	-0.26	-5.90	-6.16	34.98	13.99
86	Missouri	Big 7		2	8	0	0.57	-6.95	-6.38	30.63	12.33
87	George Washington	Southern		2	6	1	-1.81	-4.71	-6.53	28.11	10.67
88	Colgate	Ind		4	5	0	-0.50	-6.07	-6.57	29.24	12.32
89	Loyola Marymount	Ind		3	6	0	0.42	-6.98	-6.57	30.28	14.84
90	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA		6	6	0	-3.04	-3.73	-6.77	26.46	9.94
91	Utah State	Skyline		3	5	1	-1.59	-5.64	-7.23	26.62	10.82
92	Oklahoma State	MVC		3	7	0	-3.98	-3.43	-7.41	28.29	11.55
93	Temple	Ind		6	4	0	-7.09	-0.75	-7.84	22.36	9.09
94	Furman	Southern		3	6	1	-3.12	-4.84	-7.96	26.53	10.23
95	Harvard	Ind		3	5	1	-0.82	-7.32	-8.14	28.76	17.48
96	North Carolina State	Southern		3	7	0	-6.29	-1.97	-8.26	24.06	10.69
97	The Citadel	Southern		4	6	0	-4.42	-4.46	-8.88	27.09	13.60
98	Idaho	PCC		2	7	0	-5.96	-3.07	-9.03	22.97	8.50
99	San Jose State	Ind		2	7	1	-8.17	-1.13	-9.30	21.45	10.77
100	Nebraska	Big 7		1	8	1	-5.24	-4.63	-9.87	25.71	10.33
				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	Brown	Ind		2	7	0	-4.15	-7.18	-11.34	24.52	13.61
102	Detroit Mercy	MVC		4	7	0	-6.30	-6.61	-12.91	21.40	14.09
103	Montana	Skyline		2	7	0	-9.10	-3.90	-13.00	22.93	17.87
104	Arizona	BIAA		6	5	0	-4.12	-9.35	-13.47	25.79	19.26
105	Kansas State	Big 7		1	7	1	-12.12	-1.41	-13.53	17.46	9.12
106	Bradley	MVC		4	5	0	-6.98	-6.94	-13.92	22.48	15.78
107	New Mexico	Skyline		4	7	0	-5.69	-8.81	-14.50	24.89	17.86
108	Richmond	Southern		3	8	0	-10.05	-6.12	-16.17	17.28	16.60
109	Wichita State	MVC		2	7	0	-14.10	-2.47	-16.57	14.96	13.27
110	Virginia Tech	Southern		2	8	0	-9.56	-8.64	-18.20	18.90	22.44
111	New York University	Ind		1	7	0	-9.62	-10.28	-19.89	19.10	29.29
112	UTEP	BIAA		3	7	0	-11.58	-8.62	-20.20	16.60	19.89
113	Davidson	Southern		1	8	0	-10.59	-11.86	-22.45	16.85	20.63
114	West Texas State	BIAA		2	7	0	-11.21	-12.96	-24.17	16.39	23.59
115	Northern Arizona	BIAA		1	7	0	-17.40	-13.11	-30.51	8.04	26.64
116	New Mexico State	BIAA		1	9	0	-16.47	-16.69	-33.16	11.33	32.05

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