1948 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 28, 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	13	0.764	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Villanova 28–0
2	55	0.774	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Texas 34–7
3	-1	0.830	USC	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Oregon State 21–6
4	40	0.848	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Richmond 19–0
5	54	0.848	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat UCLA 19–0
6	11	0.867	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wake Forest 26–9
7	78	0.951	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Davidson 14–6
8	62	0.960	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat ST. Mary's 7–0
9	16	0.979	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat NEW York University 47–6
10	28	0.988	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas State 40–0
11	42	0.988	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Iowa State 19–15
12	-2	0.988	TCU	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Oklahoma State 21–14
13	-9	1.025	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Navy 21–7
14	-11	1.067	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Texas A&M 20–14
15	24	1.100	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wisconsin 35–7
16	0	1.147	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulsa 42–19
17	7	1.165	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rutgers 27–6
18	30	1.175	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington 20–0
19	52	1.184	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pittsburgh 33–14
20	30	1.221	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee 21–6
21	67	1.221	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Brown 28–13
22	27	1.231	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Florida 14–0
23	38	1.231	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri 21–7
24	10	1.240	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Vanderbilt 13–0
25	12	1.258	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Georgetown 18–7
26	7	1.296	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 14–7
27	50	1.296	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Alabama 21–14
28	18	1.305	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Michigan State 13–7
29	66	1.328	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat ST. Louis 14–0
30	1	1.333	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington & LEE 10–7
31	24	1.333	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado 9–6
32	8	1.342	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Marquette 14–12
33	27	1.352	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Purdue 28–27
34	60	1.352	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Stanford 20–12
35	74	1.529	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat New Mexico State 41–6
36	70	1.613	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana 18–7
37	53	1.665	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	55	+1	Beat Denver 40–0
38	49	1.697	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado College 61–7
39	-18	1.706	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Presbyterian 53–0
40	-20	1.763	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
41	-15	1.763	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
42	-14	1.763	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	0–0–1	0.500	55	0	Tied NC State 0–0
43	-8	1.763	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	0–0–1	0.500	55	0	Tied Cincinnati 7–7
44	-8	1.763	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
45	0	1.763	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
46	12	1.763	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	0–0–1	0.500	55	0	Tied Duke 0–0
47	16	1.763	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
48	16	1.763	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
49	17	1.763	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
50	23	1.763	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
51	23	1.763	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	55	0	Tied Lebanon Valley 7–7
52	28	1.763	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	55	0	Tied Miami (OH) 14–14
53	15	1.771	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat SAM Houston State 46–0
54	18	1.771	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Newberry 46–0
55	-13	1.818	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Xavier 48–7
56	-2	1.836	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat San José State 39–0
57	43	1.860	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas A&M Commerce 46–7
58	-31	1.864	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Toledo 36–0
59	-37	1.967	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Buffalo 25–0
60	50	1.981	UTEP	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Houston 35–7
61	-48	1.986	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western State 23–0
62	19	1.995	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Catawba 28–6
63	49	2.009	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wooster 34–6
64	39	2.032	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Alliance 15–7
65	48	2.102	BYU	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pepperdine 13–0
66	-58	2.120	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	55	+1	Lost to Boston College 9–26
67	-55	2.125	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat San Diego State 14–6
68	-53	2.144	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southern Miss 20–14
69	-2	2.332	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Notre Dame 27–28
70	-27	2.373	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Iowa 12–14
71	-62	2.394	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to TCU 14–21
72	-71	2.413	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to North Carolina 7–34
73	-50	2.414	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to New Mexico 6–9
74	10	2.414	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Furman 7–10
75	-70	2.437	UCLA	PAC	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to Northwestern 0–19
76	-69	2.465	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to USC 6–21
77	12	2.469	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	54	+1	Beat Abilene Christian 41–19
78	-31	2.536	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Michigan 7–13
79	-73	2.561	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to Army 0–28
80	-69	2.576	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Tulane 14–21
81	-5	2.576	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Georgia 7–14
82	29	2.602	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	55	0	Beat Idaho 21–6
83	14	2.670	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	55	0	Beat Oklahoma 20–17
84	-52	2.739	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Holy Cross 7–18
85	-6	2.820	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–13
86	-57	2.861	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Ole Miss 0–14
87	-36	2.861	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Ohio State 7–21
88	-36	2.861	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to California 7–21
89	-70	2.902	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Yale 13–28
90	-15	2.902	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Mississippi State 6–21
91	-26	3.064	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to SMU 14–33
92	-9	3.105	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Minnesota 0–20
93	-24	3.146	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Columbia 6–27
94	11	3.212	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to SAN Francisco 0–7
95	9	3.223	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to William & Mary 6–14
96	-18	3.227	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Baylor 19–42
97	10	3.230	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to Nebraska 15–19
98	1	3.244	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to Maryland 0–19
99	9	3.344	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to Drake 0–14
100	14	3.423	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to Oregon 12–20
101	-15	3.431	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Indiana 7–35
102	-10	3.710	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	55	-1	Beat Virginia Tech 13–0
103	-62	3.919	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Illinois 0–40
104	-2	3.920	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	55	-1	BYE
105	-49	3.959	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Cornell 6–47
106	-5	4.741	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	55	-1	Lost to Kansas 0–40
107	-11	5.017	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Texas Tech 14–20
108	8	5.322	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–2	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Colorado State 6–41
109	-47	6.807	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Santa Clara 17–20
110	-28	7.214	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	78	-1	Lost to George Washington 0–13
111	-20	7.214	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	78	-1	BYE
112	-19	7.295	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–2	0.000	78	-2	Lost to Utah 6–21
113	4	7.376	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Utah State 7–18
114	-16	7.580	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	-1	BYE
115	0	8.027	LSU	SEC	0–1	0.000	78	-1	BYE
116	-98	12.908	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Muhlenberg 0–27
117	-87	13.397	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Lafayette 14–53