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Top 25 College Football Games of 1950

Every completed game in the season, scored without team allegiance by game-time AP poll strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.

Games
25
Top score
77/100
Overtime
0

National ranking

The season's top 25

25 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.

  1. 1950PostseasonNeutral site

    Oklahoma vs. Kentucky

    Oklahoma 7, Kentucky 13

    No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 3 Kentucky · 6-point margin

    Ranking 48/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    77

    Game score

  2. 1950Week 5

    Texas at Oklahoma

    Texas 13, Oklahoma 14

    No. 7 Texas vs. No. 3 Oklahoma · 1-point margin

    Ranking 42/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    76

    Game score

  3. 1950Week 3

    SMU at Ohio State

    SMU 32, Ohio State 27

    No. 2 SMU vs. No. 12 Ohio State · 5-point margin

    Ranking 38/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15

    68

    Game score

  4. 1950PostseasonNeutral site

    Texas vs. Tennessee

    Texas 14, Tennessee 20

    No. 5 Texas vs. No. 9 Tennessee · 6-point margin

    Ranking 38/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    67

    Game score

  5. 1950Week 3

    Purdue at Texas

    Purdue 26, Texas 34

    No. 9 Purdue vs. No. 4 Texas · 8-point margin

    Ranking 39/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15

    66

    Game score

  6. 1950Week 8

    SMU at Texas

    SMU 20, Texas 23

    No. 14 SMU vs. No. 6 Texas · 3-point margin

    Ranking 32/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    64

    Game score

  7. 1950PostseasonNeutral site

    California vs. Michigan

    California 6, Michigan 14

    No. 4 California vs. No. 14 Michigan · 8-point margin

    Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15

    61

    Game score

  8. 1950PostseasonNeutral site

    Clemson vs. Miami

    Clemson 15, Miami 14

    No. 11 Clemson vs. No. 14 Miami · 1-point margin

    Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    61

    Game score

  9. 1950Week 6

    Washington at Illinois

    Washington 13, Illinois 20

    No. 12 Washington vs. No. 10 Illinois · 7-point margin

    Ranking 30/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    58

    Game score

  10. 1950Week 8

    California at Washington

    California 14, Washington 7

    No. 4 California vs. No. 19 Washington · 7-point margin

    Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    57

    Game score

  11. 1950Week 4

    Texas A&M at Oklahoma

    Texas A&M 28, Oklahoma 34

    Unranked Texas A&M vs. No. 2 Oklahoma · 6-point margin

    Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    53

    Game score

  12. 1950Week 5

    Michigan at Army

    Michigan 6, Army 27

    No. 14 Michigan vs. No. 2 Army · 21-point margin

    Ranking 36/50 · Closeness 14/35 · Overtime 0/15

    50

    Game score

  13. 1950Week 5

    Ohio State at Indiana

    Ohio State 26, Indiana 14

    No. 6 Ohio State vs. No. 19 Indiana · 12-point margin

    Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15

    50

    Game score

  14. 1950Week 8

    Oklahoma at Colorado

    Oklahoma 27, Colorado 18

    No. 2 Oklahoma vs. Unranked Colorado · 9-point margin

    Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15

    50

    Game score

  15. 1950Week 5

    California at USC

    California 13, USC 7

    No. 5 California vs. Unranked USC · 6-point margin

    Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    50

    Game score

  16. 1950Week 4

    UCLA at Washington

    UCLA 20, Washington 21

    Unranked UCLA vs. No. 10 Washington · 1-point margin

    Ranking 16/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    50

    Game score

  17. 1950Week 8

    Army at Pennsylvania

    Army 28, Pennsylvania 13

    No. 3 Army vs. No. 20 Pennsylvania · 15-point margin

    Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 20/35 · Overtime 0/15

    49

    Game score

  18. 1950Week 5

    Illinois at UCLA

    Illinois 14, UCLA 6

    No. 12 Illinois vs. No. 18 UCLA · 8-point margin

    Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15

    49

    Game score

  19. 1950Week 9

    Texas at Baylor

    Texas 27, Baylor 20

    No. 5 Texas vs. Unranked Baylor · 7-point margin

    Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    49

    Game score

  20. 1950Week 4

    Pennsylvania at California

    Pennsylvania 7, California 14

    Unranked Pennsylvania vs. No. 5 California · 7-point margin

    Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    49

    Game score

  21. 1950Week 6

    Arkansas at Texas

    Arkansas 14, Texas 19

    Unranked Arkansas vs. No. 7 Texas · 5-point margin

    Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15

    49

    Game score

  22. 1950Week 9

    Wisconsin at Ohio State

    Wisconsin 14, Ohio State 19

    Unranked Wisconsin vs. No. 8 Ohio State · 5-point margin

    Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15

    48

    Game score

  23. 1950Week 7

    Clemson at Wake Forest

    Clemson 13, Wake Forest 12

    No. 13 Clemson vs. Unranked Wake Forest · 1-point margin

    Ranking 13/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    47

    Game score

  24. 1950Week 9

    Miami at Louisville

    Miami 13, Louisville 13

    No. 14 Miami vs. Unranked Louisville · 0-point margin

    Ranking 12/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15

    47

    Game score

  25. 1950Week 6

    South Carolina at Clemson

    South Carolina 14, Clemson 14

    Unranked South Carolina vs. No. 14 Clemson · 0-point margin

    Ranking 12/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15

    47

    Game score

Methodology

How each game earns up to 100 points

AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.

Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.

Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.

Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason games use the final regular-season AP poll published before bowl and playoff results. Overtime uses period scoring when available, then explicit overtime notes as a fallback. Historical seasons may have less complete period and box-score data.