1947 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 6, 1948By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1947 Season Tags: • No Comments

1947 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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.701	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	10–1	0.909	5	+60	Beat Alabama 27–7
2	0	0.797	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	10–0	1.000	1	+41	Beat USC 49–0
3	0	0.907	SMU	IND SWC	9–0–2	0.909	5	+48	Tied Penn State 13–13
4	0	0.927	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	7–0–1	0.938	4	+28	BYE
5	0	0.982	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	8–2	0.800	15	+43	BYE
6	0	1.189	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	9–0	1.000	1	+29	BYE
7	2	1.326	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	9–2	0.818	11	+37	Beat TCU 13–9
8	6	1.394	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	10–1	0.909	5	+34	Beat Kansas 20–14
9	1	1.481	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	9–1	0.900	8	+29	BYE
10	-3	1.483	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	9–2	0.818	11	+29	Lost to Arkansas 19–21
11	2	1.496	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	16	+26	BYE
12	0	1.519	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	9–0–1	0.950	3	+19	Tied SMU 13–13
13	2	1.550	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–2–2	0.667	29	+18	BYE
14	-6	1.556	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	8–1–2	0.818	11	+23	Lost to Georgia Tech 14–20
15	1	1.565	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	8–1–1	0.850	10	+28	BYE
16	-5	1.679	USC	PAC	7–2–1	0.750	18	+27	Lost to Michigan 0–49
17	1	1.790	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	9	+14	BYE
18	1	1.819	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	7–2–2	0.727	20	+22	Tied Georgia 20–20
19	3	1.837	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	16	+21	BYE
20	0	1.841	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	8–3	0.727	20	+22	BYE
21	0	1.889	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	6–3–1	0.650	32	+22	BYE
22	-5	1.899	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	8–3	0.727	20	+29	Lost to Texas 7–27
23	0	1.917	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	9–2	0.818	11	+22	Beat North Texas 13–6
24	0	1.943	LSU	SEC	5–3–1	0.611	41	+18	BYE
25	0	1.968	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	25	+21	BYE
26	0	2.071	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	4–3–2	0.556	53	+16	BYE
27	0	2.101	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	7–3	0.700	25	+19	BYE
28	0	2.104	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	32	+17	BYE
29	0	2.119	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	41	+17	BYE
30	1	2.168	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	7–3	0.700	25	+18	BYE
31	-1	2.176	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	7–2–1	0.750	18	+17	BYE
32	2	2.202	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	6–2–1	0.722	24	+13	BYE
33	-1	2.214	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	25	+13	BYE
34	-1	2.226	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	5–3–1	0.611	41	+17	BYE
35	0	2.276	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	38	+13	BYE
36	1	2.316	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	8–3	0.727	20	+17	Beat San Diego State 53–0
37	-1	2.332	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	7–4–1	0.625	38	+15	Tied Maryland 20–20
38	8	2.392	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	6–4–1	0.591	52	+18	Beat William & Mary 21–19
39	-1	2.414	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	29	+11	BYE
40	0	2.572	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–3	0.667	29	+11	BYE
41	0	2.649	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	6–4	0.600	47	+11	BYE
42	0	2.681	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	6–4	0.600	47	+13	BYE
43	0	2.751	UCLA	PAC	5–4	0.556	53	+9	BYE
44	0	2.772	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–4	0.556	53	+7	BYE
45	3	2.800	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	47	+3	BYE
46	-1	2.803	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–5	0.500	62	+12	BYE
47	0	2.808	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	47	+8	BYE
48	1	2.875	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	5–4–1	0.550	57	+10	BYE
49	1	2.957	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	41	+2	BYE
50	2	3.058	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	62	+7	BYE
51	2	3.081	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	47	+3	BYE
52	-1	3.086	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	6–3–1	0.650	32	-2	BYE
53	2	3.130	UTEP	IND BOR	5–3–1	0.611	41	-2	BYE
54	0	3.142	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	7–4	0.636	35	+4	BYE
55	1	3.189	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	41	+3	BYE
56	1	3.211	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	7–4	0.636	35	-2	BYE
57	-18	3.220	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	6–5	0.545	60	+19	Lost to Miami (OH) 12–13
58	0	3.348	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	5–4–1	0.550	57	+2	BYE
59	1	3.357	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	53	0	BYE
60	2	3.480	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	62	+4	BYE
61	3	3.517	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	38	-5	BYE
62	1	3.528	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	62	+4	BYE
63	-2	3.564	TCU	IND SWC	4–5–2	0.455	72	0	Lost to Ole Miss 9–13
64	2	3.590	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	4–4–2	0.500	62	-2	BYE
65	2	3.599	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	62	-3	BYE
66	-1	3.609	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	6–5	0.545	60	+19	BYE
67	1	3.623	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	75	-1	BYE
68	1	3.646	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	75	+1	BYE
69	1	3.757	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	62	-3	BYE
70	1	3.847	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	5–5	0.500	62	-7	BYE
71	1	3.879	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	5–4–1	0.550	57	-7	BYE
72	-13	3.889	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	7–4	0.636	35	-4	Lost to Pacific 14–26
73	0	3.976	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	62	-6	BYE
74	0	4.002	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	4–5	0.444	75	-1	BYE
75	0	4.050	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	75	-3	BYE
76	0	4.086	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–6	0.333	91	-1	BYE
77	1	4.108	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–5–1	0.389	86	-3	BYE
78	1	4.155	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	2–5–2	0.333	91	+1	BYE
79	-2	4.217	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–6–1	0.350	90	-3	BYE
80	0	4.222	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	4–4	0.500	62	-10	BYE
81	0	4.286	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	75	-7	BYE
82	0	4.293	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	75	-11	BYE
83	0	4.317	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–7–1	0.167	113	-2	BYE
84	0	4.482	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	4–5	0.444	75	-9	BYE
85	0	4.532	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–7	0.300	99	-8	BYE
86	0	4.660	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	83	-9	BYE
87	0	4.661	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–5–1	0.450	73	-6	BYE
88	0	4.753	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–6	0.333	91	-12	BYE
89	0	4.826	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	4–5–1	0.450	73	-19	BYE
90	1	4.996	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	75	-9	BYE
91	-1	5.045	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–5–1	0.389	86	-13	BYE
92	0	5.089	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	3–5	0.375	88	-12	BYE
93	0	5.199	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	3–7	0.300	99	-16	BYE
94	0	5.274	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	4–6	0.400	84	-13	BYE
95	1	5.464	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	84	-17	BYE
96	-1	5.487	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–6	0.333	91	-20	BYE
97	0	5.552	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–7	0.222	107	-15	BYE
98	1	5.571	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	4–7	0.364	89	-8	BYE
99	-1	5.597	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–6–1	0.278	104	-11	BYE
100	0	5.749	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	91	-21	BYE
101	0	5.813	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	99	-23	BYE
102	1	5.912	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	91	-11	BYE
103	-1	5.912	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	3–7	0.300	99	-17	BYE
104	0	6.266	BYU	IND SKY	3–7	0.300	99	-9	BYE
105	0	6.331	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	107	-22	BYE
106	0	6.406	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	117	-15	BYE
107	0	6.766	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–5–1	0.313	98	-18	BYE
108	0	6.795	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–5–2	0.250	105	-15	BYE
109	1	6.799	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	3–6	0.333	91	-18	BYE
110	-1	6.852	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	110	-30	BYE
111	1	6.907	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–7	0.222	107	-18	BYE
112	-1	6.997	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–7–1	0.250	105	-23	BYE
113	0	7.504	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–9	0.000	119	-29	BYE
114	1	7.849	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–6–1	0.188	111	-10	BYE
115	-1	7.871	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–7–1	0.167	113	-30	BYE
116	0	8.638	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–7	0.125	116	-26	BYE
117	0	8.672	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	1–7–1	0.167	113	-27	BYE
118	0	8.912	Portland (PORTLAND)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	117	-34	BYE
119	0	9.133	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–10	0.000	119	-44	BYE
120	0	9.259	Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	112	-27	BYE