The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09

WHICH are the nations ten leading football teams!
On the basis of schedule and performance against ma
ior cnostion that question is Laneson anf
Va state, J. c. Smith. KY. State Florida and Rluefield
Lincoln Pa) and Prairie View Morris Brown and A. and
Va. States record is obtained by awarding her 225
points for the Buefie tie and 80 points apiece for @ d
Union The total is 1925 which, divided by five gives $3.50
points.
by awarding her 225 points for the Prairie View tie and 30
points apiece for first division wins Ark State Bishop
T. c. Smiths record is baseu on Is points each first
division defeats by Va State and Buefed along with 30
points apiece for first division wins A. and t. Tenn
State and N c. College That s divide 100 by five to get
24OO
KY. State gets Is points for the wberfOrce loss 80
apiece for wins West Virginia Wiley and 20 apiece
for victories Lincoln (Mo and Texas In other words
lis divided by five for 23.OO average.
Florida and Bluefied have identical averages Fordas
30 points for losses to Alabama and Lane 225 points for
tie with and T. and 80 points apiece for first division
Norris Brown and Xavier total 1925 points which
record the because her Is points for losing N c.
College 225 points apiece for ties with Va State Lincoln
Pa.) and Morgan, and 80 points for beating Hampton
amount to 1925 points, exactly the total amassed by
Floridas "Men in Orange"
Lincoln (Pa) and Prairie View are for fifth place
nationally Lincolns 10 points for loss to second division
Howard (by forfet) Is points, for losing to Hampton,
225 points for tying Buefe and 80 points each for beat
ing Va. Union and N C. College total 1875 points, which,
divided by five, amounts to 215 average.
Prairie View gets 10 points for losing to second dvis
ion Texas Is points being whipped by Wiley 22 points
for the tie with Langso and 80 points apiece for first d
vision wins Ark State and Bishop The total 1915
points for average of 215
Morris Brown and A. and tied sixth place
tnoay The Purple Wolverines receive Is points apiece for
losing to first division Florida and Xavier 22 points each
for first division ties against MOrehOuse and Alabama and
80 points for the first division win Lane This per-
fOrmance aggregates 105 points for a 21 90 average
A andT. gets the average as Morris Brown with
los points that result from the Is each she receives for first
apiece for first division ties with Florida Hampton and
30 points for her first division win over Va Union.
An Oddity is that Alabama winner of the 1889 SIAC
te does not rate in the Big Ten nationally The Tuskegee
upset November 80 is the of the amazing loss of
prestige.
Aabamas record nationally must be based on 10 points
for second division loss to Tuskegee Is points for losing
to Tenn State 225 points apiece for ties with Morris
and Lane and 30 points for whipping Florida Xavier
This amounts to 100 points average 90
which is full point lower than the averages the ninth
and tenth clubs of the nation.
This Saturday, pOst-season football will hold the inter-
est OF fans of sepa hue Eyes will be trained the Peach
Blossom Classic in Atlanta between Va State and Morris
Brown the Orange Blossom Classic i'm Orlando between
Florida and Wiley, and the mammoth spectacle in Baton
Rouge between Xavier and Southern Louisiana rivals
The UCLA-SOuthern California game in Los Angeles
holds world of interest for football people because
victory by the Bruins of the University of California at
Los Angeles would place less than five Negroes in the
Rose Bowl game January 1910 at Pasadena, California
Saturday, Kenny Washington Jackie Robinson Raw
Bartlett woodrow Wilson STROBE, and John Wynne will be
mighty determined boys If they get full cooperation from
their Nordic eamnaes-which many times this wear thew
nave not received according to Coach Sp Madgan of ST.
Marys in recent artice be hard for Southern Calfor
MIA to beat the Uclans