1952 Week 15 College Football Team Rankings

December 2, 1952By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1952 Season Tags: • No Comments

1952 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	0.815	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	9–0	1.000	1	+40	BYE
2	0	0.920	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	11–0	1.000	1	+50	Beat Georgia 23–9
3	1	0.930	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	8–1–1	0.850	7	+36	Beat Oklahoma State 54–7
4	1	1.005	UCLA	PAC	8–1	0.889	5	+37	BYE
5	5	1.077	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	7–2–1	0.750	21	+36	Beat USC 9–0
6	-3	1.121	USC	PAC	9–1	0.900	3	+37	Lost to Notre Dame 0–9
7	-1	1.171	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	8–0–2	0.900	3	+31	Beat Mississippi State 20–14
8	-1	1.251	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	8–2	0.800	12	+36	BYE
9	3	1.334	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	8–1–1	0.850	7	+26	Beat Vanderbilt 46–0
10	-2	1.375	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–2–1	0.750	21	+30	BYE
11	-2	1.416	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	9	+23	BYE
12	-1	1.483	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	16	+27	BYE
13	0	1.492	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	7–1–1	0.833	9	+22	BYE
14	0	1.532	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	5	+21	BYE
15	1	1.569	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	6–2–1	0.722	24	+23	Beat Army 7–0
16	1	1.612	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	7–2	0.778	16	+23	BYE
17	-2	1.616	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	9–2	0.818	11	+31	Beat Auburn 21–0
18	1	1.719	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	12	+20	Beat William & Mary 20–13
19	5	1.727	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–2–2	0.700	27	+20	Beat Colorado State 61–0
20	2	1.728	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	8–2	0.800	12	+24	Beat Texas A&M 32–12
21	-1	1.761	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	7–2	0.778	16	+22	Beat Detroit Mercy 33–19
22	-4	1.769	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	16	+32	BYE
23	-2	1.797	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	7–3	0.700	27	+22	BYE
24	-1	1.992	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	31	+19	BYE
25	1	2.049	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	7–3	0.700	27	+21	Beat Washington State 33–27
26	4	2.095	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	12	+21	Beat Boston College 21–7
27	-2	2.107	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	6–2–1	0.722	24	+14	BYE
28	4	2.109	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	6–3	0.667	31	+24	Beat BYU 47–6
29	-1	2.227	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	6–2	0.750	21	+13	BYE
30	-3	2.227	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	16	+10	BYE
31	3	2.259	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	7–3	0.700	27	+13	BYE
32	-1	2.395	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–3	0.667	31	+11	BYE
33	2	2.453	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	6–2–1	0.722	24	+10	BYE
34	4	2.542	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–3	0.667	31	+10	BYE
35	6	2.561	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	6–3–1	0.650	37	+10	Beat Utah State 20–0
36	4	2.594	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	6–4	0.600	41	+8	BYE
37	-4	2.634	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	6–4	0.600	41	+13	Lost to Georgia Tech 9–23
38	1	2.685	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	4–3–2	0.556	46	+8	BYE
39	-10	2.755	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	31	+4	Lost to Santa Clara 7–15
40	-3	2.794	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	55	+8	Lost to Navy 0–7
41	3	2.838	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	31	0	Beat Brown 33–27
42	14	2.842	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	5–4–1	0.550	52	+9	Beat South Carolina 39–14
43	-7	2.867	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	6–4	0.600	41	+7	Lost to Colorado 0–61
44	7	3.009	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	5–3	0.625	39	+4	Beat Denver 21–14
45	2	3.032	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	4–3–2	0.556	46	+4	Beat Cornell 14–7
46	4	3.072	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	5–3–2	0.600	41	0	BYE
47	2	3.084	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	5–4	0.556	46	+1	BYE
48	-6	3.113	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	5–4	0.556	46	+2	Lost to Ole Miss 14–20
49	-3	3.129	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–3–2	0.600	41	+2	BYE
50	5	3.188	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	5–4–1	0.550	52	+2	BYE
51	2	3.191	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–5	0.500	55	+4	BYE
52	2	3.217	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–3–2	0.556	46	+3	BYE
53	12	3.277	TCU	IND SWC	4–4–2	0.500	55	0	Beat SMU 14–7
54	4	3.302	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–5	0.500	55	+4	BYE
55	5	3.329	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	40	+4	Tied Marquette 27–27
56	-8	3.391	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	55	+1	Lost to Wake Forest 14–39
57	2	3.420	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	52	+3	BYE
58	3	3.454	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	6–3–1	0.650	37	0	BYE
59	-14	3.479	SMU	IND SWC	4–5–1	0.450	68	+4	Lost to TCU 7–14
60	9	3.544	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	55	-1	Beat Baylor 20–14
61	-9	3.566	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	4–4–2	0.500	55	-2	Lost to Rice 14–20
62	-19	3.569	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	5–5	0.500	55	-2	Lost to LSU 0–16
63	-6	3.688	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	3–5–2	0.400	72	+1	Lost to Tennessee 0–46
64	-2	3.713	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	69	-2	Lost to Virginia 13–20
65	5	3.759	LSU	SEC	3–7	0.300	88	0	Beat Tulane 16–0
66	-3	3.829	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	46	-6	BYE
67	-3	3.873	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	4–5	0.444	69	0	BYE
68	-1	4.040	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	55	-7	BYE
69	3	4.247	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	76	+4	Tied Pacific 27–27
70	-4	4.274	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–6	0.400	72	-8	Lost to Washington 27–33
71	7	4.310	UTEP	IND BOR	5–5–1	0.500	55	-6	Beat West Texas A&M 31–7
72	12	4.353	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	98	-4	Beat Miami 34–7
73	2	4.354	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	5–6	0.455	67	-11	Beat Virginia Military Institute 26–7
74	-1	4.454	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	55	-1	Lost to Holy Cross 7–21
75	-1	4.561	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–6–1	0.350	78	-7	Lost to Texas 12–32
76	-8	4.578	BYU	IND SKY	4–6	0.400	72	-11	Lost to Arizona State 6–47
77	-1	4.699	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	4–4–1	0.500	55	-15	BYE
78	-7	4.862	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	72	-16	Lost to North Carolina 7–34
79	-2	4.930	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	3–6	0.333	83	-13	Lost to Houston 19–33
80	19	5.061	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	3–6–1	0.350	78	-7	Beat NC State 54–7
81	-2	5.096	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	3–7	0.300	88	-16	Lost to Oklahoma 7–54
82	22	5.113	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	93	-12	Beat San José State 15–7
83	2	5.214	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–6	0.333	83	-17	BYE
84	3	5.425	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–7	0.222	102	-12	BYE
85	3	5.449	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	3–5–1	0.389	76	-18	BYE
86	-3	5.451	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	3–6–1	0.350	78	-8	Lost to Utah 0–20
87	-5	5.532	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	102	-13	Lost to Pennsylvania 7–14
88	-7	5.677	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–8	0.200	110	-18	Lost to Alabama 0–21
89	-9	5.690	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–6–1	0.350	78	-21	Lost to Virginia Tech 7–26
90	-4	5.705	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	93	-18	BYE
91	-1	5.777	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–6–1	0.278	93	-14	BYE
92	-1	5.783	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	102	-17	BYE
93	-1	5.854	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	93	-15	BYE
94	12	5.879	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	2–5–1	0.313	86	-10	Beat NEW York University 45–0
95	-2	5.946	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–7–1	0.250	98	-18	BYE
96	1	5.985	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	3–7	0.300	88	-12	BYE
97	1	6.006	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–8	0.200	110	-18	BYE
98	-4	6.031	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–7	0.222	102	-17	BYE
99	-3	6.061	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–7	0.222	102	-17	BYE
100	-11	6.150	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	3–7	0.300	88	-21	Lost to Texas Tech 7–54
101	-6	6.202	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	3–7	0.300	88	-29	Lost to Wyoming 14–21
102	-2	6.386	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	102	-13	Lost to Colgate 27–33
103	7	6.644	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	3–6–1	0.350	78	-14	Beat New Mexico State 34–6
104	-2	6.646	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	2–7–1	0.250	98	-25	BYE
105	-2	6.704	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	3–6	0.333	83	-15	Lost to UTEP 7–31
106	-1	6.996	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	3–4	0.429	71	-6	BYE
107	-6	7.096	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–5–1	0.313	86	-22	Lost to Fordham 0–45
108	-1	7.109	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–7–1	0.250	98	-20	BYE
109	0	7.339	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	102	-33	BYE
110	1	7.627	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–9	0.100	112	-25	BYE
111	-3	7.720	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–6–1	0.278	93	-15	Lost to Wichita State 6–34
112	0	8.862	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–9	0.100	112	-45	BYE
113	0	9.064	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	102	-29	BYE