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1938 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

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1938 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
1470.787Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1Beat Kansas 52–0
2101.069Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat Temple 28–6
341.078North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–01.0001+3Beat NC State 21–0
411.118TCUIND SWC2–01.0001+3Beat Arkansas 21–14
5381.127Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–01.0001+1Beat Michigan State 14–0
6561.136Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI1–0–10.75060+1Beat Washington & LEE 13–0
7-61.216Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat Virginia Military Institute 26–0
8271.279Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Hampden Sydney 51–0
901.288Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC2–01.0001+2Beat Clemson 20–7
10131.344Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR3–01.0001+2Beat Duquesne 7–6
1191.364California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–01.0001+1Beat Washington State 27–3
12551.404Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–01.0001+1Beat Tulsa 20–0
13231.409Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC2–01.0001+2Beat Citadel 20–12; Beat SOUTH CAROLINA 7–6
14371.440Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Maryland 33–0
15-111.444Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON2–01.0001+2Beat Davidson 27–0
1621.449Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–01.0001+1Beat UCLA 14–12
17461.494Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–01.00010Beat Marquette 27–0
18-11.520Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Samford 34–0
19361.538Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Stanford 22–0
20271.547Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–01.00010Beat Kansas State 21–0
21-101.561BYUIND SKY2–01.00010Beat Denver 20–0
22-71.578Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Louisiana Tech 27–7
23111.583George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1Beat Furman 7–0
24-141.583Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Western Kentucky 12–0
25-91.601Purdue (PURDUE)B102–01.0001+1Beat Butler 21–6
26541.605Army (ARMY)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Virginia Tech 39–0
2731.619Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Yale 27–14
28-141.619Idaho (IDAHO)PAC1–0–10.750600Tied Washington 12–12
29-161.628Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–01.00010Beat Nebraska 16–7
3011.654Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Colgate 15–6
31-61.672Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Harvard 20–13
32121.672Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–01.00010Beat Colorado 14–7
33281.672Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat American International 59–0
34151.681Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B101–01.00010Beat Indiana 6–0
35391.695New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR2–01.00010Beat Arizona State 21–0
36421.713Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–01.0001+1Beat Oklahoma State 20–6
37131.726Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–01.00010Beat Rice 7–6
38371.730Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–01.00010Beat Oglethorpe 66–0
39471.748SMUIND SWC2–01.00010Beat Arizona 29–7
40-141.762Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Davis & Elkins 49–0
41-391.766Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Gettysburg 27–14
42281.766Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat ST. Lawrence 51–0
43-101.780Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Upsala 47–0
44481.784Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–01.00010Beat Florida 22–0
45-261.824Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–01.00010Beat Luther 32–7
46-41.842Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Spring Hill 40–0
4761.851Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Williams 39–0
48111.860Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–01.00010Beat Albertson 44–6
4991.896Utah (UTAH)IND SKY1–01.00010Beat Montana State 34–0
50181.914Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Northeastern 13–0
51311.927Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Rhode Island 46–13
52171.941Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Pacific 7–0
53-11.950Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Lafayette 34–6
54311.959Montana (MONTANA)PAC1–0–10.750600Tied SAN Francisco 0–0
5521.959Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Clarkson 27–0
56-241.967Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC1–01.00010Beat South Dakota 26–0
5731.967UTEPIND BOR1–01.00010Beat NEW Mexico Military 26–0
58-311.967Chicago (CHICAGO)B100–0–10.500700Tied Bradley 0–0
59291.972SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI2–0–10.833590Tied Montana 0–0
6061.973Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON3–01.00010Beat Randolph Macon 12–7
61161.990Washburn (WASHBURN)IND MVC2–01.00010Beat Emporia State 19–6
62-252.030Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC1–01.00010Beat Mercer 19–0
63-172.030NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Maine 19–0
64302.075Auburn (AUBURN)SEC1–0–10.750600Tied Tulane 0–0
65322.146Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY1–0–10.750600Tied Wyoming 0–0
66232.382ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI1–10.50070+1Beat Gonzaga 20–0
67402.526Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC1–10.50070+2Beat Drake 25–13
68422.774Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON2–10.667650Beat Citadel 31–0
69-662.846Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC1–10.50070+1Lost to TCU 14–21
70-622.852UCLAPAC1–10.500700Lost to Oregon 12–14
71-172.940Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–10.0001010Lost to Oklahoma 6–7
72293.013LSUSEC1–10.500700Beat Texas 20–0
73-673.080NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–10.50070+1Lost to North Carolina 0–21
74-93.084Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON2–10.667650Lost to Tennessee 7–20
7563.131South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–10.667650Lost to Georgia 6–7
76233.133USCPAC1–10.500700Beat Oregon State 7–0
77-383.135Indiana (INDIANA)B100–10.0001010Lost to Ohio State 0–6
78-493.174Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY0–10.0001010Lost to Missouri 7–14
79-413.174Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI0–10.0001010Lost to Brown 13–20
80-583.204Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON1–10.500700Lost to Virginia 0–13
81-533.252Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–10.0001010Lost to Cornell 6–15
82-373.252Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–10.0001010Lost to Minnesota 7–16
8313.334Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI1–10.500700Lost to Texas Tech 6–7
84283.370Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI2–10.667650Beat Hardin Simmons 26–13
85-213.408Yale (YALE)IND FBSI0–10.0001010Lost to Columbia 14–27
8673.428Denver (DENVER)IND SKY0–20.0001010Lost to BYU 0–20
87-43.466Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI1–10.500700Lost to Michigan 0–14
88183.481West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI1–10.500700Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 38–6
89153.486Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–1–10.250980Tied Idaho 12–12
9063.525Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–20.0001010Lost to California 3–27
9103.613Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–10.500700Lost to Texas A&M 0–20
92-53.618Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–1–10.500700Lost to Navy 0–26
93-723.632Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–10.500700Lost to Notre Dame 0–52
94113.642Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR0–1–10.250980Tied Nevada 12–12
9553.667Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI1–10.500700Beat Western Michigan 7–0
96-563.720Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–10.0001010Lost to Northwestern 0–21
97-733.759Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR0–10.0001010Lost to SMU 7–29
98-423.759Stanford (STANFORD)PAC0–10.0001010Lost to Santa Clara 0–22
99-13.776Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI1–10.500700Lost to Pittsburgh 6–28
10023.798Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON0–20.0001010Lost to Penn State 0–33
101-303.818Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC2–10.66765-1Lost to Washington (MISSOURI) 13–25
102143.892Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–1–10.500700Tied Colorado State 0–0
103-623.954Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–10.0001010Lost to Wisconsin 0–27
104114.064Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–20.333930Lost to George Washington 0–7
10564.102Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON1–20.333930Lost to Army 0–39
106-304.946Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI1–10.50070-1Lost to ST. Mary's 0–20
107-124.979Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–20.33393-1Lost to Duke 0–27
10865.323Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC1–20.33393-1Lost to Baylor 6–20
109115.966Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–10.500700Beat Depaul 44–7
110-75.984Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–20.000101-1Lost to USC 0–7
11126.085William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–20.333930Lost to Newport News 8–9
11266.092Manhattan (MANHATTAN)IND FBSI1–10.500700Beat Niagara 19–0
113-236.137New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR1–10.500700Lost to Central Arkansas 6–12
11476.208ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC1–10.500700Beat Missouri Rolla 13–0
115-436.608Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)IND FBSI0–20.000101-1Lost to Georgetown 0–51
11617.519Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON0–30.000101-3Lost to Georgia 12–20; Lost to WAKE FOREST 0–31
117-388.013Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–1–10.25098-1Tied Auburn 0–0
11818.130Florida (FLORIDA)SEC0–20.0001010Lost to Mississippi State 0–22
11938.286Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR0–20.0001010Lost to New Mexico 0–21
120-478.696Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC0–20.000101-2Lost to LSU 0–20
121-139.028Sewanee (SEWANEE)SEC0–20.0001010Lost to Rhodes 0–47
122-139.223Iowa (IOWA)B100–10.000101-1BYE

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