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1948 Week 9 College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
110.710North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON5–01.0001+15Beat LSU 34–7
2-10.714Michigan (MICHIGAN)B105–01.0001+15Beat Minnesota 27–14
331.003Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC5–01.0001+11Beat Florida 42–7
491.100Army (ARMY)IND FBSI5–01.0001+10Beat Cornell 27–6
561.219Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON4–01.0001+6Beat South Carolina 13–7
6141.229SMUIND SWC4–10.80017+11Beat Santa Clara 33–0
701.235California (CALIFORNIA)PAC6–01.0001+11Beat Washington 21–0
811.242Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–01.0001+9Beat Iowa 27–12
9-41.319Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC4–0–10.90011+7Beat Texas A&M 20–14
10151.330Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC4–10.80017+9Beat Boston College 32–13
11-11.344Tulane (TULANE)SEC4–10.80017+9Beat Auburn 21–6
1201.345Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–0–10.87512+5Tied Michigan State 14–14
13-51.359Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI4–01.0001+6Beat Navy 20–14
14-101.426Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON3–0–20.80017+4Beat Virginia Tech 7–0
1581.518Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B84–10.80017+8Beat Iowa State 49–7
1651.540Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC4–10.80017+8Beat Miami 42–21
1701.594UTEPIND BOR5–01.0001+7Beat New Mexico 27–13
1841.600Nevada (NEVADA)IND FBSI5–01.0001+3Beat Tulsa 65–14
19-161.617Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–1–10.70036+7Lost to Ole Miss 13–32
20101.657Oregon (OREGON)PAC5–10.83313+10Beat Washington State 33–7
21-51.753Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B104–10.80017+8Beat Wisconsin 34–32
22101.789Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B84–10.80017+7Beat TCU 21–18
23-41.860Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B104–10.80017+7Beat Syracuse 48–0
24101.861Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON4–10.80017+5Beat George Washington 47–0
2541.881Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC3–10.75033+7BYE
2601.925Kansas (KANSAS)IND B85–10.83313+7Beat Nebraska 27–7
27101.949Utah (UTAH)IND SKY5–10.83313+7Beat Wyoming 19–7
28-141.963Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY5–10.83313+7Lost to Drake 29–31
2972.018USCPAC4–20.66739+9Beat Stanford 7–6
3052.048Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI3–10.75033+5Beat Harvard 14–7
3102.083Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–20.66739+7Beat Rice 20–7
32-142.097TCUIND SWC4–20.66739+8Lost to Oklahoma 18–21
33-52.136Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC4–10.80017+3Beat Temple 41–7
34-192.143Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI4–10.80017+3Lost to Army 6–27
35192.302NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON2–2–10.50061+4Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 7–0
36342.347Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–2–10.50061+4Beat Yale 35–0
37-132.404Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI4–20.66739+5Lost to SMU 0–33
38112.449Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR3–10.75033+1BYE
3972.451Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI4–10.80017+1Beat UConn 49–6
40-72.453Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON3–20.60047+6BYE
41112.471Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC3–1–10.70036+2Beat Tennessee Tech 41–0
4232.504Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY4–20.66739+5Beat BYU 20–7
43162.515Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–20.60047+6Beat Indiana 21–14
4462.595Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI4–10.800170Beat Wayne State 13–0
45152.615Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR4–20.66739+4Beat Arizona 31–0
46-52.620Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI3–20.60047+3BYE
4712.645Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI2–2–10.50061+2Tied Penn State 14–14
4892.675Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI4–10.800170Beat Lehigh 20–6
49-102.677Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–20.60047+3Lost to Michigan 14–27
50122.757Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–1–10.700360Beat Virginia Military Institute 26–14
5142.781Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–20.60047+2BYE
52252.884Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC2–2–10.50061+2Beat Mississippi State 10–7
5332.926South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–20.50061+1Lost to Clemson 7–13
54112.998Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI4–10.80017+3Beat NEW York University 28–7
55-123.062Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY3–20.60047-2Lost to Utah 7–19
56163.129Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC4–20.66739+6Beat Colorado State 31–29
57-193.150Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON3–20.60047+2Lost to Virginia 14–26
58-183.165Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–2–10.50061+1Lost to Alabama 7–10
59-63.174Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–20.50061+1Lost to Georgia 21–42
60-93.217Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–20.600470Lost to Georgia Tech 7–42
6163.221West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–20.66739-1Beat Washington & LEE 14–7
62143.223Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–2–10.58360+1Beat UCLA 28–0
6303.241Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON3–20.60047-1Beat Hampden Sydney 28–7
64-373.389William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON3–20.60047+3Lost to ST. Bonaventure 6–7
65-183.441Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC3–20.600470Lost to Oregon 7–33
66-243.533Yale (YALE)IND FBSI3–20.600470Lost to Vanderbilt 0–35
67-233.944Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI2–30.40074+1Lost to Princeton 14–16
68294.016Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–30.40074-1Beat Holy Cross 14–13
69204.069Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI2–20.50061-2Beat Fordham 35–0
70214.071Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI1–30.250970Beat Columbia 16–14
71-134.101Indiana (INDIANA)B102–30.40074-2Lost to Pittsburgh 14–21
72-44.120Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–30.50061-3Lost to Missouri 7–49
73144.137Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR3–20.60047-4Beat Redlands 25–7
7484.166New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR2–30.400740Lost to UTEP 13–27
75-114.171Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI2–30.40074-2Lost to Colgate 13–14
76104.176SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI1–30.250970BYE
77-114.215Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR1–1–10.50061-1BYE
78204.314Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–2–10.50061-2Beat Citadel 9–0
79-184.356Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI1–30.250970Lost to Dartmouth 7–14
8004.392LSUSEC2–30.40074-2Lost to North Carolina 7–34
81244.457Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–30.40074-3Beat Marquette 25–0
82-74.472Iowa (IOWA)B102–30.40074-2Lost to Notre Dame 12–27
8304.566Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON2–2–10.50061-3Tied Wofford 7–7
84-104.596George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON2–40.33389-3Lost to Maryland 0–47
8504.618Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–50.000114-2Lost to Pennsylvania 14–20
86144.695ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI2–30.40074-2Beat Denver 33–22
8754.753Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–30.40074-4Beat Purdue 10–6
88-104.783Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI2–30.40074-4Lost to NC State 0–7
89-104.819Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR2–30.40074-4Lost to Texas Tech 0–31
90114.847Colorado (COLORADO)IND B82–30.40074-5Beat Kansas State 51–7
91-204.922Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–40.33389-5Lost to USC 6–7
92-234.962Purdue (PURDUE)B101–40.200102-2Lost to Illinois 6–10
93-125.103West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR3–40.42973+1Lost to Texas A&M Commerce 7–13
94-215.131Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–3–10.30095-2Lost to California 0–21
95-115.185Auburn (AUBURN)SEC1–3–10.30095-3Lost to Tulane 6–21
96-35.535Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–40.200102-3Lost to Kansas 7–27
97-25.587Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–40.200102-4Lost to Ohio State 32–34
98-45.645BYUIND SKY2–40.33389-3Lost to Utah State 7–20
9985.664Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI2–30.40074-6BYE
100-125.683UCLAPAC2–40.33389-6Lost to Oregon State 0–28
101145.787Idaho (IDAHO)PAC1–40.200102-6Beat Montana 39–0
102-125.899Denver (DENVER)IND SKY1–50.167112-7Lost to ST. Mary's 22–33
10356.025Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON1–40.200102-5Lost to West Virginia 7–14
10466.075Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI0–4–10.100113-5Lost to Oklahoma State 7–41
105-96.099Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–40.200102-5Lost to Northwestern 0–48
106-26.214Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–40.200102-8Lost to Texas 7–20
107-86.532Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI1–40.200102-7Lost to Kentucky 0–25
10816.622NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI1–30.25097-2Lost to Boston University 7–28
109-36.728Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI2–30.40074-2Lost to Georgetown 0–35
11046.791Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC0–50.000114-6Lost to Nevada 14–65
11126.888Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–60.000114-10Lost to Baylor 14–20
112-106.954ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC2–40.33389-7Lost to Dayton 0–41
113-107.028Montana (MONTANA)PAC2–40.33389-8Lost to Idaho 0–39
11427.352Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON0–50.000114-8Lost to Duke 0–7
115-47.629Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–40.200102-10Lost to Colorado 7–51
116-47.642Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–30.25097-4Lost to Furman 0–9
11707.973New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR1–40.200102-6BYE

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