1948 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings

October 12, 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	0	0.802	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Wake Forest 28–6
2	24	1.021	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–0–1	0.833	19	+3	Beat Arkansas 23–7
3	14	1.086	TCU	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	21	+6	Beat Indiana 7–6
4	4	1.122	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Minnesota 19–16
5	-2	1.125	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Purdue 40–0
6	3	1.131	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Illinois 26–21
7	5	1.175	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Wisconsin 40–14
8	6	1.237	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Washington & LEE 27–0
9	-4	1.255	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Vanderbilt 20–7
10	21	1.277	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Mississippi State 21–7
11	-9	1.288	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–1	0.667	32	+4	Lost to Iowa 7–14
12	13	1.308	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Harvard 40–6
13	7	1.392	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Virginia Tech 28–0
14	44	1.410	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	2–1	0.667	32	+3	Beat South Carolina 14–0
15	14	1.412	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Princeton 29–7
16	3	1.413	USC	PAC	3–1	0.750	21	+5	Beat Rice 7–0
17	13	1.451	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat SAN Francisco 40–7
18	-8	1.464	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	19	+2	Tied ST. Bonaventure 7–7
19	-4	1.464	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Denver 14–10
20	7	1.498	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Michigan State 26–7
21	15	1.608	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Syracuse 34–14
22	-6	1.669	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat North Texas 48–7
23	-16	1.712	SMU	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	32	+3	Lost to Missouri 14–20
24	30	1.721	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	3–1	0.750	21	+3	Beat BYU 30–0
25	50	1.739	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	62	+2	Beat Holy Cross 19–6
26	-22	1.776	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–1	0.667	32	+2	Lost to TCU 6–7
27	7	1.780	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	21	+3	Beat Miami 19–10
28	15	1.781	UTEP	IND BOR	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat West Texas A&M 21–7
29	-18	1.795	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–1	0.667	32	+2	Lost to Northwestern 16–19
30	7	1.799	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	1–0–2	0.667	32	0	Beat Navy 28–7
31	2	1.799	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho State 40–13
32	8	1.809	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	+3	Beat Yale 34–28
33	-12	1.862	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–2	0.500	62	+3	Lost to Oklahoma 14–20
34	-12	1.889	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	21	+3	Lost to Baylor 7–23
35	21	1.909	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	3–1	0.750	21	+3	Beat Iowa State 20–7
36	21	1.961	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	3–1	0.750	21	+3	Beat Arizona State 22–17
37	13	1.993	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	21	+3	Beat Stanford 27–14
38	-32	2.022	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	62	+2	Lost to Cornell 6–40
39	13	2.044	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	32	+2	BYE
40	13	2.076	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	32	+2	Beat SMU 20–14
41	22	2.089	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–1	0.667	32	+2	Beat Ohio State 14–7
42	4	2.128	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	32	+2	Beat Kentucky 35–12
43	1	2.134	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	62	+4	Lost to North Carolina 6–28
44	17	2.275	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Beat Auburn 16–9
45	15	2.284	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Beat Virginia Military Institute 31–0
46	-18	2.338	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–1–1	0.500	62	+1	Lost to Clemson 7–21
47	27	2.390	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Beat Texas 20–14
48	19	2.404	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–1–1	0.500	62	+1	Beat Davidson 40–0
49	-25	2.409	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Lost to Columbia 28–34
50	5	2.467	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–1	0.750	21	+1	Beat Idaho 15–8
51	17	2.532	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Beat Furman 7–0
52	-3	2.634	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	3–1	0.750	21	+1	Beat Tulsa 41–20
53	61	2.707	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–1–1	0.500	62	+1	Beat Duquesne 48–6
54	-22	2.769	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Lost to William & Mary 0–31
55	32	2.777	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Beat Drake 21–20
56	-38	2.827	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	32	0	Lost to Tulane 0–14
57	15	2.880	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	0	Beat Temple 34–20
58	23	3.043	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–1–1	0.625	61	-1	Beat Portland 32–6
59	-17	3.060	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	32	-1	Lost to Utah State 17–22
60	25	3.076	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–1–1	0.500	62	+1	Beat UCLA 27–6
61	-48	3.137	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	0	Lost to Dartmouth 6–19
62	28	3.138	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	32	0	Beat New Mexico State 61–0
63	25	3.148	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	82	+2	Beat West Virginia 16–6
64	0	3.203	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	-1	Beat Rhode Island 33–0
65	-30	3.219	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	21	-2	Lost to Pittsburgh 6–16
66	-21	3.230	UCLA	PAC	2–2	0.500	62	+1	Lost to Washington 6–27
67	15	3.258	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–1	0.667	32	0	Beat Montana 48–0
68	27	3.300	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	32	-1	Beat Hardin Simmons 20–14
69	-3	3.385	LSU	SEC	2–1	0.667	32	-1	Beat Texas A&M 14–13
70	-11	3.541	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	82	+1	Lost to Detroit Mercy 7–40
71	-9	3.563	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	82	0	Lost to Notre Dame 7–26
72	-31	3.831	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	62	-1	Lost to Villanova 10–19
73	3	3.858	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–2–1	0.167	108	0	Lost to Ole Miss 7–20
74	-3	3.885	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	110	0	Lost to Duke 7–28
75	2	3.921	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	32	-2	BYE
76	16	3.955	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	62	-2	Beat Virginia 20–12
77	26	3.997	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	82	0	Beat ST. Louis 47–7
78	0	4.049	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–1–1	0.500	62	0	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 26–0
79	28	4.145	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Beat Colgate 14–13
80	-7	4.169	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–3	0.000	110	0	Lost to Michigan 0–40
81	-12	4.187	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–2	0.500	62	-2	Lost to Kansas 7–20
82	-31	4.189	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–2	0.333	82	0	Lost to California 14–40
83	-35	4.259	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–1–1	0.500	62	-1	Lost to Florida 9–16
84	-19	4.321	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–2	0.333	82	-1	Lost to Georgia 12–35
85	27	4.337	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	82	-1	Beat Nebraska 19–6
86	-3	4.377	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–2	0.333	82	-1	Lost to Army 21–26
87	2	4.417	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	2–3	0.400	81	+1	Lost to UTEP 7–21
88	-41	4.423	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	82	-1	Lost to Richmond 0–7
89	-66	4.473	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	62	-2	Lost to George Washington 12–20
90	1	4.523	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	82	-2	Lost to USC 0–7
91	-11	4.735	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	82	-1	Lost to Penn State 14–34
92	-13	4.763	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	62	-2	Lost to Alabama 6–48
93	-7	4.767	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–2	0.500	62	0	Lost to Wichita State 20–21
94	3	4.874	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	82	-2	Lost to Boston University 13–14
95	-25	4.997	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	110	-1	BYE
96	5	5.111	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–3	0.250	102	-2	Lost to Colorado State 10–14
97	16	5.139	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	110	-1	Lost to Pennsylvania 7–29
98	-5	5.161	BYU	IND SKY	2–2	0.500	62	-1	Lost to Utah 0–30
99	-60	5.228	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	82	-1	Lost to Colorado 6–19
100	0	5.297	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	82	-2	BYE
101	1	5.351	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–3	0.250	102	-3	Lost to Santa Clara 14–27
102	-6	5.429	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	82	-2	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–27
103	1	5.553	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–3	0.000	110	-2	Lost to Texas Tech 20–41
104	-5	5.664	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–3	0.250	102	-2	Lost to New Mexico 0–61
105	-7	5.701	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	82	-2	Lost to Tennessee 0–26
106	-12	5.721	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	82	-2	Lost to NC State 0–40
107	3	6.044	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–4	0.000	110	-4	Lost to LSU 13–14
108	9	6.120	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	62	0	Beat Newberry 14–0
109	-71	6.176	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	0–1–1	0.250	102	-1	Lost to Arizona 14–20
110	-26	6.176	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–2–1	0.167	108	-2	Lost to Rutgers 20–34
111	5	6.230	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	82	0	Beat Brooklyn 21–7
112	-3	6.614	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–4	0.000	110	-5	Lost to Oregon 8–15
113	2	6.705	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	82	-4	Beat Arkansas State 37–6
114	-6	6.976	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	1–3	0.250	102	-2	Lost to Washington State 0–48
115	-10	7.423	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	1–3	0.250	102	-5	Lost to Marquette 7–47
116	-5	7.573	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	110	-3	Lost to Maryland 0–28
117	-11	8.178	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	82	0	Lost to Canisius 21–30