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1938 Week 9 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
100.891Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B103–0–10.87517+8Beat Illinois 13–0
200.998Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC5–01.0001+12Beat Citadel 44–0
311.054Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI5–01.0001+10Beat SMU 34–7
431.066Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI4–01.0001+9Beat Carnegie Tech 7–0
5-21.189TCUIND SWC5–01.0001+11Beat Marquette 21–0
631.270Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B104–01.0001+6BYE
7-11.281Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI4–01.0001+7Beat Arkansas 21–6
871.286Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON5–01.0001+11Beat Wake Forest 7–0
9-41.356Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI5–01.0001+5Beat Harvard 13–7
1001.377Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR6–01.0001+8Beat UTEP 14–7
11181.391Utah (UTAH)IND SKY2–0–10.83321+2Beat Utah State 33–0
12101.485Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI3–0–10.87517+2Beat Oregon 26–0
1311.505California (CALIFORNIA)PAC6–01.0001+6Beat Washington 14–7
14101.553Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B85–01.0001+6Beat Kansas 21–7
1541.661Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC4–01.0001+6BYE
1691.684Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC4–10.80022+7Beat Sewanee 32–0
1761.735Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI4–01.0001+3Beat Manhattan 14–13
18151.764North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–10.80022+8Beat Davidson 34–0
19-11.765Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–0–10.87517+3Tied Texas A&M 6–6
2001.782Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B84–01.0001+3Beat Nebraska 14–0
2161.791Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI4–01.0001+2Beat Detroit Mercy 13–6
22-11.792Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–0–10.87517+2Tied Temple 26–26
23181.816Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON3–1–10.70046+6Beat South Carolina 34–12
24191.825USCPAC4–10.80022+6Beat Stanford 13–2
25121.829Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC4–10.80022+7Beat Centenary 47–14
2641.878Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–10.75034+5Beat Yale 15–13
2741.898George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND FBSI4–01.0001+2Beat Davis & Elkins 27–0
28-201.906Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC4–10.80022+7Lost to LSU 0–7
29241.998ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI3–10.75034+4Beat SAN Francisco 13–6
3042.019Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–1–10.70046+5Tied Princeton 13–13
31322.035Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI4–10.80022+4Beat Syracuse 19–12
32292.073LSUSEC4–10.80022+4Beat Vanderbilt 7–0
33-202.079UTEPIND BOR3–10.75034+4Lost to Texas Tech 7–14
34-222.128Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI3–10.75034+3Lost to Notre Dame 0–7
35-242.152Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–10.75034+3Lost to Michigan State 12–19
36162.155Tulane (TULANE)SEC3–1–10.70046+4Beat Mercer 51–0
37142.224Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–10.75034+3Beat Penn State 21–6
38102.229Purdue (PURDUE)B103–1–10.70046+4Beat Wisconsin 13–7
39-12.231Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI2–1–10.62558+3Tied Navy 13–13
4072.345Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–2–10.50066+4Tied Baylor 6–6
4152.346Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–1–10.70046+5Beat Maryland 27–19
4282.377Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–10.75034+3Beat Indiana 13–6
43132.453Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC4–10.80022+3Beat Oklahoma State 20–7
4402.454New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR4–10.80022+1Beat Northern Arizona 20–0
4542.501Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON3–1–20.66755+5Beat William & Mary 14–0
46182.567Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC4–10.80022+2Beat Duquesne 12–7
47102.595Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI2–2–10.50066+4Tied Boston College 26–26
4862.673Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–10.800220Beat Boston University 40–0
49202.696Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON3–1–10.70046+4Beat Virginia Tech 6–0
5092.702Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI4–10.80022+1Beat Albright 6–0
51212.713Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI3–10.75034+2Beat Columbia 14–13
52-102.717Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI3–10.75034+1BYE
53-362.744Idaho (IDAHO)PAC3–1–10.70046+2Lost to UCLA 0–33
54132.835Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI3–10.750340Beat Rhode Island 40–21
55272.930UCLAPAC3–20.60061+2Beat Idaho 33–0
56282.934Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC2–20.50066+2Beat Auburn 7–6
57-312.950Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI3–10.750340Lost to Drake 6–18
58-263.015SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI3–1–10.70046-1Lost to ST. Mary's 6–13
59-433.039BYUIND SKY3–1–10.70046+4Lost to Portland 3–6
60173.066Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–20.50066+2Beat Iowa 14–0
61-253.131Auburn (AUBURN)SEC2–2–10.50066+2Lost to Georgia Tech 6–7
62333.138West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–2–10.50066+1Beat Creighton 20–13
63-243.159Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI4–20.66755+2Lost to Ole Miss 14–47
64-63.191Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–2–10.50066+2Beat Wyoming 6–0
65-253.203Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–20.50066+1Lost to USC 2–13
66143.228NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON2–2–10.50066+3Tied Furman 7–7
67223.241Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–1–10.62558-1Beat Chicago 42–7
68283.290Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–20.50066+2Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 13–0
69223.290Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC3–2–10.583650Beat Miami 18–6
70-53.375Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI2–20.50066+2Lost to Pennsylvania 13–14
71-263.387Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–20.50066+1Lost to Purdue 7–13
7273.424Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON3–30.50066+2Lost to Duke 0–7
73-183.441Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–30.40088+3Lost to Iowa State 7–21
74-43.539Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–30.40088+1Lost to Santa Clara 6–21
75193.599New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR3–10.75034+2Beat Arizona State 14–12
76-53.703Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–20.50066+1Lost to Fordham 0–26
77-113.720Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–20.50066-1Lost to Cornell 6–21
7873.738Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–20.60061-2Beat Washington State 7–6
79-33.769Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–3–10.1251160Lost to Oklahoma 0–14
80-523.792Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC2–1–10.62558-1Lost to West Virginia 13–20
8103.880South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON3–30.50066-2Lost to Clemson 12–34
8243.961Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY2–20.50066-1Lost to Utah 0–33
83-234.008Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON4–20.66755+1Lost to Roanoke 6–13
84-64.046Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI2–30.40088-1Lost to Mississippi State 7–12
8534.143Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI2–30.40088-1Lost to Villanova 6–13
86-134.297Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC2–30.40088-1Lost to Missouri 0–13
87-254.348Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI3–20.60061-5Lost to Arizona 12–14
88-14.368SMUIND SWC2–20.50066-2Lost to Pittsburgh 7–34
8934.601Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON2–40.33397-1Lost to Washington & LEE 0–6
90154.688Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–30.250104-2Beat Texas 13–6
91-234.801Montana (MONTANA)PAC2–2–10.500660Lost to North Dakota 0–7
92214.903Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR1–30.2501040Beat Loyola Marymount 14–12
9304.922Yale (YALE)IND FBSI1–30.250104-1Lost to Michigan 13–15
9444.928Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–30.400880Lost to Northwestern 0–13
95-214.953NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI2–20.50066-1Lost to Lafayette 6–7
9614.967Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI1–30.250104-1Lost to TCU 0–21
97-225.084Washburn (WASHBURN)IND MVC3–20.60061-3Lost to Wichita State 6–35
98165.121ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC2–2–10.50066-1Beat Grinnell 27–7
9905.143Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI1–20.33397-2BYE
100165.217Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY1–30.250104-3Beat Colorado State 31–6
101-185.301Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–30.40088-2Lost to Xavier 7–26
102-15.331Manhattan (MANHATTAN)IND FBSI2–30.40088-1Lost to Georgetown 13–14
103-35.388Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON2–40.33397-4Lost to North Carolina 0–34
10475.504Florida (FLORIDA)SEC2–30.40088-1Beat Tampa 33–0
105105.506Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI0–40.000120-3Lost to Dartmouth 7–13
106-35.645Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON2–40.33397-6Lost to Tennessee 0–44
107-175.721Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–3–10.300102-3Lost to Denver 0–6
108-15.836Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–4–10.250104-5Tied NC State 7–7
109-745.962Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY1–1–20.50066-3Lost to Colorado 6–31
11096.208Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–4–10.100119-4Lost to California 7–14
111-96.350Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC1–40.200111-5Lost to Tulsa 7–20
112-26.533William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON2–40.33397-6Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–14
113-56.637Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR1–3–10.300102-1Lost to New Mexico 0–20
114-86.992Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON1–40.200111-6Lost to Virginia 19–27
115-67.000Iowa (IOWA)B101–30.250104-6Lost to Colgate 0–14
116-47.172Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–50.000120-7Lost to Oregon State 6–7
117-137.230Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)IND FBSI1–40.200111-3Lost to Rutgers 0–32
11807.322Sewanee (SEWANEE)SEC1–40.200111-4Lost to Alabama 0–32
11917.678Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR1–40.200111-5Lost to New Mexico State 12–14
12018.309Indiana (INDIANA)B100–3–10.125116-5Lost to Kansas State 6–13
121-48.678Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC0–50.000120-10Lost to Rice 6–13
12209.493Chicago (CHICAGO)B100–3–10.125116-5Lost to Ohio State 7–42

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