1952 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 23, 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	Game Status
1	30	0.347	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Citadel 54–6
2	88	0.415	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat West Texas A&M 48–7
3	22	0.482	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Washington & LEE 34–0
4	90	0.540	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Washington State 35–7
5	98	0.569	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Idaho 39–14
6	6	0.608	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Pacific 34–13
7	81	0.608	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat LSU 35–14
8	101	0.608	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Virginia Military Institute 34–13
9	-6	0.627	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hardin Simmons 26–7
10	89	0.627	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kentucky 25–6
11	72	0.666	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Santa Clara 28–13
12	29	0.685	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat TCU 13–0
13	17	0.695	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Vanderbilt 19–7
14	75	0.733	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Houston 21–13
15	54	0.743	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Utah 14–7
16	55	0.743	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Temple 20–13
17	76	0.743	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Oregon 13–6
18	78	0.743	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Montana 7–0
19	-10	0.753	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Wichita State 6–0
20	-4	0.753	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat San José State 20–14
21	-14	0.782	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Wake Forest 17–14
22	24	0.782	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Missouri 13–10
23	-19	0.791	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Oklahoma State 22–20
24	-19	1.175	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
25	-19	1.175	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
26	-18	1.175	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
27	-17	1.175	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
28	-13	1.175	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
29	-11	1.175	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
30	-11	1.175	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
31	-11	1.175	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
32	-9	1.175	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
33	-6	1.175	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
34	-5	1.175	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
35	-2	1.175	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
36	-2	1.175	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
37	0	1.175	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
38	0	1.175	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
39	0	1.175	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
40	5	1.175	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
41	6	1.175	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
42	6	1.175	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
43	6	1.175	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
44	6	1.175	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
45	7	1.175	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
46	9	1.175	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
47	10	1.175	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
48	11	1.175	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
49	11	1.175	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
50	11	1.175	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
51	11	1.175	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
52	11	1.175	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
53	11	1.175	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
54	11	1.175	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
55	11	1.175	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
56	16	1.175	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
57	16	1.175	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
58	16	1.175	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
59	16	1.175	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
60	16	1.175	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
61	17	1.175	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
62	19	1.175	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
63	24	1.175	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
64	27	1.175	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
65	27	1.175	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
66	34	1.175	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
67	40	1.175	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
68	42	1.175	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
69	42	1.175	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
70	43	1.418	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	Beat Davidson 27–14
71	-4	1.477	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Arkansas 20–22
72	-19	1.519	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Maryland 10–13
73	29	1.519	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Baylor 14–17
74	5	1.646	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Colorado 14–20
75	33	1.646	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Boston University 0–6
76	-22	1.688	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Utah State 0–7
77	-9	1.688	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to UCLA 6–13
78	8	1.688	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Penn State 13–20
79	16	1.688	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Oregon State 7–14
80	-78	1.718	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hawai'i 57–7
81	-46	1.730	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Texas A&M 13–21
82	-31	1.737	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Memphis 54–6
83	-27	1.756	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat South Dakota 46–0
84	-56	1.804	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Newberry 47–6
85	-71	1.814	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Presbyterian 53–13
86	-46	1.833	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat South Dakota State 57–19
87	-5	1.882	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Wofford 33–0
88	10	1.898	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Georgia 7–19
89	-63	1.939	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Stetson 33–6
90	-69	1.940	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Virginia Tech 14–27
91	-6	1.940	TCU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Kansas 0–13
92	-75	1.949	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Colorado Mines 26–0
93	-71	1.988	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Colorado College 34–12
94	18	1.997	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat UConn 34–13
95	-15	2.025	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Stanford 13–28
96	-19	2.055	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Randolph Macon 34–19
97	-96	2.065	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Southern Miss 20–6
98	-56	2.065	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Bradley 21–7
99	-41	2.075	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Howard Payne 20–7
100	-89	2.132	BYU	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat SAN Diego Navy 14–7
101	-77	2.181	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Northern Iowa 14–12
102	-70	2.193	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Arizona State 7–26
103	-60	2.193	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Villanova 6–25
104	-60	2.277	LSU	SEC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Texas 14–35
105	-35	2.277	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to California 13–34
106	-5	2.277	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to William & Mary 13–34
107	-71	2.446	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Washington 14–39
108	-3	2.572	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to USC 7–35
109	-5	2.825	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Duke 0–34
110	-4	3.119	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Texas Tech 7–48
111	-98	3.414	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Georgia Tech 6–54
112	-28	10.951	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to Bolling Field 12–13
113	-16	11.456	UTEP	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	42	Lost to North Texas 14–27