1948 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

September 21, 1948By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1948 Season Tags: • No Comments

1948 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	91	0.233	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat LSU 33–0
2	96	0.289	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah 27–0
3	91	0.326	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat West Texas A&M 19–0
4	9	0.336	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Santa Clara 41–19
5	92	0.336	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington State 48–26
6	97	0.354	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas A&M 34–14
7	64	0.401	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho 27–12
8	99	0.410	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat George Washington 27–13
9	60	0.419	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wichita State 27–14
10	78	0.531	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas 14–13
11	-9	0.661	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
12	-9	0.661	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
13	-9	0.661	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
14	-8	0.661	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
15	-8	0.661	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
16	-8	0.661	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
17	-8	0.661	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
18	-8	0.661	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
19	-8	0.661	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
20	-6	0.661	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
21	-6	0.661	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
22	-6	0.661	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
23	-6	0.661	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
24	-5	0.661	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
25	-5	0.661	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
26	-5	0.661	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
27	-3	0.661	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
28	-2	0.661	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
29	-1	0.661	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
30	-1	0.661	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
31	-1	0.661	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
32	0	0.661	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
33	0	0.661	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
34	0	0.661	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
35	0	0.661	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
36	0	0.661	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
37	0	0.661	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
38	1	0.661	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
39	1	0.661	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
40	1	0.661	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
41	3	0.661	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
42	3	0.661	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
43	4	0.661	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
44	4	0.661	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
45	4	0.661	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
46	4	0.661	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
47	4	0.661	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
48	4	0.661	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
49	4	0.661	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
50	4	0.661	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
51	4	0.661	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
52	5	0.661	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
53	5	0.661	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
54	5	0.661	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
55	5	0.661	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
56	6	0.661	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
57	6	0.661	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
58	6	0.661	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
59	6	0.661	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
60	6	0.661	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
61	6	0.661	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
62	6	0.661	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
63	9	0.661	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
64	9	0.661	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
65	9	0.661	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
66	9	0.661	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
67	9	0.661	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
68	9	0.661	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
69	10	0.661	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
70	10	0.661	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
71	11	0.661	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
72	11	0.661	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
73	14	0.661	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
74	15	0.661	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
75	15	0.661	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
76	15	0.661	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
77	18	0.661	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
78	18	0.661	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
79	23	0.661	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
80	24	0.661	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
81	24	0.661	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
82	24	0.661	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
83	25	0.661	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
84	25	0.661	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
85	28	0.661	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
86	28	0.661	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
87	28	0.661	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
88	28	0.661	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	40	0	BYE
89	-88	0.946	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	27	+1	Lost to Texas Tech 0–19
90	-47	0.990	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	29	0	Lost to TCU 13–14
91	21	1.478	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	29	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 14–27
92	-61	1.519	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	29	0	Lost to Wake Forest 13–27
93	-55	1.559	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–1	0.000	29	0	Lost to Oregon State 12–27
94	-24	1.753	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Santa Barbara 55–7
95	-70	1.762	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Dakota State 47–0
96	-3	1.763	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	29	0	Lost to Villanova 14–34
97	-16	1.844	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	29	0	Lost to California 19–41
98	12	1.844	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	29	0	Lost to UCLA 26–48
99	-21	1.874	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Randolph Macon 35–0
100	-95	1.883	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Abilene Christian 40–6
101	-78	1.892	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado Mines 33–0
102	15	1.917	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	27	-1	Beat New Mexico State 13–7
103	-76	1.939	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 34–6
104	-82	1.967	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Elon 25–0
105	-20	1.967	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Loyola Marymount 32–7
106	-6	1.967	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana State 31–6
107	-65	2.014	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Iowa 27–7
108	-24	2.014	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Dubuque 26–6
109	-91	2.023	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado College 25–6
110	-9	2.023	UTEP	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mcmurry 33–14
111	-12	2.047	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	29	0	Lost to USC 0–27
112	-1	2.079	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Waynesburg 29–16
113	-101	2.125	BYU	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat San Diego State 14–6
114	-28	2.144	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat San José State 26–20
115	-69	2.292	LSU	SEC	0–1	0.000	29	0	Lost to Texas 0–33
116	-55	3.308	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	29	-1	Lost to Northern Arizona 7–13
117	-61	10.671	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	29	0	Lost to Eastern Washington 7–12