1948 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 5, 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	1	0.699	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Georgia 21–14
2	21	0.699	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat USC 20–0
3	25	0.764	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Oregon 14–0
4	11	0.862	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Iowa 7–0
5	17	0.900	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Kentucky 20–7
6	38	0.942	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Columbia 33–24
7	12	0.979	SMU	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Texas Tech 41–6
8	-3	1.044	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Purdue 21–0
9	-8	1.095	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Lafayette 54–7
10	-4	1.119	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Georgetown 13–6
11	7	1.184	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Nebraska 39–13
12	1	1.193	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat ST. Mary's 20–0
13	12	1.226	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Syracuse 33–7
14	10	1.310	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Tulane 13–7
15	20	1.336	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Utah State 9–7
16	40	1.342	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat SAN Francisco 26–7
17	-5	1.345	TCU	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	37	+4	Lost to Arkansas 14–27
18	36	1.366	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Furman 7–0
19	-16	1.398	USC	PAC	2–1	0.667	37	+3	Lost to Ohio State 0–20
20	-16	1.426	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Delaware 21–0
21	51	1.429	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	37	+2	Beat New Mexico 47–0
22	35	1.429	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat TCU 27–14
23	29	1.510	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	33	0	Beat Virginia Tech 28–0
24	-3	1.510	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat UConn 7–0
25	-16	1.552	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Navy 13–7
26	-10	1.557	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0–1	0.750	33	0	Tied Mississippi State 7–7
27	6	1.580	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pittsburgh 40–0
28	-8	1.631	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0–1	0.750	33	0	Tied Baylor 7–7
29	19	1.650	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Dartmouth 26–13
30	28	1.687	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Marquette 34–6
31	8	1.711	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat NC State 6–0
32	30	1.725	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat George Washington 26–6
33	5	1.725	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Colorado 48–0
34	45	1.756	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	37	+2	Beat Duquesne 46–0
35	28	1.868	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Temple 27–7
36	11	1.874	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bucknell 35–0
37	5	1.949	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	0–0–2	0.500	55	0	Tied Tennessee 7–7
38	5	1.949	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	0–0–1	0.500	55	0	BYE
39	-28	1.951	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	55	+2	Lost to Minnesota 13–39
40	-23	1.955	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	55	+1	Lost to Harvard 24–33
41	4	1.967	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rollins 25–0
42	19	1.972	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pepperdine 33–7
43	17	1.981	UTEP	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
44	22	2.048	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	37	+2	Beat William & Mary 21–12
45	30	2.055	UCLA	PAC	2–1	0.667	37	+1	Beat Idaho 28–12
46	-20	2.079	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	55	+1	Lost to North Carolina 14–21
47	-17	2.121	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	55	+1	Lost to South Carolina 0–7
48	20	2.144	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0–1	0.750	33	0	Tied Louisiana Tech 13–13
49	-35	2.223	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	37	+2	Lost to SMU 6–41
50	33	2.311	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	37	+1	Beat Fresno State 45–7
51	50	2.351	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–1	0.500	55	+1	Beat Illinois 20–16
52	19	2.367	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	37	+1	Beat Denver 27–7
53	34	2.369	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	55	+1	Beat ST. Louis 60–7
54	28	2.482	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	37	0	Beat Arizona 47–14
55	-21	2.544	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–1	0.667	37	+1	Lost to Michigan 0–14
56	-19	2.552	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	37	0	Beat Colorado 40–7
57	-21	2.582	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	37	+1	Lost to Colorado State 7–9
58	-31	2.907	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 7–13
59	-51	2.909	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	55	+1	Lost to Nevada 7–26
60	-53	2.915	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to Wake Forest 12–21
61	25	2.925	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	55	0	Beat Tulsa 28–14
62	16	2.970	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	55	0	Beat Hawai'i 68–21
63	-31	2.971	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to Indiana 0–7
64	25	3.052	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	55	0	Beat Princeton 23–20
65	-10	3.113	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to Ole Miss 7–20
66	49	3.138	LSU	SEC	1–1	0.500	55	0	Beat Rice 26–13
67	-21	3.207	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	0–1–1	0.250	97	0	Lost to Clemson 0–6
68	30	3.244	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	55	0	BYE
69	28	3.300	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	37	-1	Beat Kansas State 20–0
70	14	3.329	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	103	0	Lost to Boston College 6–13
71	17	3.369	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	103	0	Lost to Cornell 7–13
72	21	3.391	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	55	0	Beat Colgate 34–19
73	-4	3.410	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–2	0.000	103	0	Lost to Northwestern 0–21
74	35	3.476	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	55	-1	Beat Texas A&M 42–14
75	-34	3.492	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	103	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 13–26
76	9	3.492	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–1–1	0.250	97	0	Tied Alabama 14–14
77	27	3.506	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	37	-1	Beat SAN Pedro A.c. 21–12
78	12	3.573	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–1–1	0.250	97	0	Tied Duke 7–7
79	-15	3.613	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	37	-1	Lost to Villanova 0–46
80	-30	3.650	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	55	0	Beat Niagara 13–9; Lost to HOLY CROSS 7–33
81	-5	3.750	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–1–1	0.500	55	-1	Tied Washington 14–14
82	32	3.767	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	55	0	Beat Stanford 14–7
83	-73	3.774	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–1	0.500	55	-1	Lost to Wisconsin 16–20
84	-33	3.776	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–1–1	0.250	97	0	Lost to West Virginia 7–27
85	7	3.776	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–1–1	0.250	97	0	Tied Oregon State 14–14
86	-57	3.878	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	37	+1	Lost to Northern Iowa 0–6
87	24	4.157	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	55	-1	Beat Bradley 27–7
88	3	4.163	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	103	0	Lost to Notre Dame 0–40
89	-12	4.216	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	2–2	0.500	55	+1	Lost to North Texas 7–20
90	-59	4.242	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	55	-1	Lost to Texas 0–47
91	-38	4.296	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	55	-1	Lost to LSU 13–26
92	10	4.345	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	90	-1	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 6–26
93	-28	4.407	BYU	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	37	0	Lost to Pacific Fleet 7–9
94	1	4.459	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	55	-1	BYE
95	-28	4.511	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	55	-1	Lost to Utah 14–47
96	-22	4.528	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	55	-1	Beat Ohio 13–0
97	-38	4.539	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	55	-1	Lost to Rutgers 19–34
98	-17	4.594	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	55	-1	Beat Tennessee Tech 18–7
99	9	4.739	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–2	0.333	90	-1	Beat Fort Bliss 33–12
100	-6	4.911	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	90	-1	Lost to California 0–20
101	5	5.492	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–2	0.333	90	-2	Lost to Oklahoma State 7–27
102	-2	5.640	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–2	0.333	90	-2	Lost to Washington State 7–14
103	-33	5.769	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	103	-1	Lost to Detroit Mercy 6–34
104	-8	5.912	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	103	-1	Lost to Florida 14–28
105	-6	6.009	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	90	-2	Lost to Missouri 7–60
106	11	6.014	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	55	0	Beat Merchant Marine 48–0
107	9	6.244	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	55	0	Beat Scranton 13–0
108	5	6.655	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	1–2	0.333	90	-1	Beat Pacific (OREGON) 27–0
109	3	7.003	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–3	0.000	103	-3	Lost to UCLA 12–28
110	-3	7.112	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–3	0.000	103	-3	Lost to Oklahoma 14–42
111	-1	7.336	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	103	-2	Lost to Virginia 0–28
112	-39	7.356	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	103	-2	Lost to Kansas 7–40
113	-64	7.478	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	103	-1	Lost to Brown 20–23
114	-34	7.641	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–1–1	0.250	97	-1	Tied Vanderbilt 14–14
115	-12	7.844	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	103	-2	Lost to Iowa State 0–20
116	-11	8.617	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	103	0	Lost to Springfield 0–3
117	-77	12.766	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	103	0	Lost to Presbyterian 0–7