1952 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

September 30, 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	45	0.627	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Yale 31–0
2	58	0.666	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Texas Tech 34–7
3	34	0.675	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Iowa State 33–7
4	20	0.724	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat South Carolina 28–7
5	21	0.859	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Richmond 14–7
6	10	0.859	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	45	+1	Tied Purdue 20–20
7	13	0.868	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–0–1	0.750	45	+1	Tied Oklahoma 21–21
8	13	0.897	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
9	-8	0.912	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Florida 17–14
10	-1	0.941	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Colorado State 40–14
11	30	0.955	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia Military Institute 45–0
12	-9	0.960	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat SMU 14–7
13	-7	0.989	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Missouri 28–14
14	20	1.013	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat NC State 39–0
15	-5	1.032	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Clemson 14–7
16	64	1.081	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat New Mexico State 62–12
17	-3	1.086	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Oklahoma State 14–7
18	-14	1.105	USC	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern 31–0
19	46	1.110	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hardin Simmons 56–27
20	46	1.129	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Vanderbilt 27–0
21	47	1.168	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Marquette 42–19
22	-15	1.187	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Carolina 28–7
23	31	1.196	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana 33–13
24	12	1.216	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Dartmouth 27–9
25	-20	1.240	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Minnesota 19–13
26	6	1.245	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wichita State 22–7
27	16	1.254	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Michigan 27–13
28	30	1.254	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Columbia 14–0
29	40	1.254	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana 14–0
30	-18	1.269	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Santa Clara 21–9
31	26	1.274	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Iowa 26–14
32	-15	1.288	UCLA	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat TCU 14–0
33	-20	1.307	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulane 21–16
34	-23	1.312	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington State 14–13
35	-7	1.322	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cornell 14–7
36	-21	1.322	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
37	26	1.322	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mississippi State 14–7
38	-16	1.346	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Auburn 13–7
39	44	1.500	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon 28–13
40	44	1.558	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat West Virginia 22–14
41	29	1.579	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Citadel 14–7
42	55	1.722	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat LSU 21–20
43	39	1.737	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0–1	0.750	45	0	Tied Kentucky 13–13
44	56	1.742	BYU	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat New Mexico 14–10
45	-43	1.748	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Lost to Rice 7–34
46	59	1.829	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Beat Utah State 34–7
47	26	1.833	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Beat William & Mary 28–21
48	-21	1.860	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
49	-16	1.860	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
50	3	1.860	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	48	0	Tied Pennsylvania 7–7
51	4	1.860	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0–1	0.500	48	0	Tied Colorado 21–21
52	4	1.860	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	48	0	Tied Notre Dame 7–7
53	6	1.860	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0–1	0.500	48	0	Tied Penn State 20–20
54	7	1.860	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	48	0	Tied Muhlenberg 19–19
55	26	1.860	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Beat Arkansas 17–7
56	37	1.954	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lowry Field 29–0
57	-22	2.007	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Springfield 27–7
58	-10	2.171	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lehigh 10–7
59	-12	2.509	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	80	0	Lost to BYU 10–14
60	4	2.551	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	80	0	Lost to Georgia 16–21
61	48	2.591	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Davidson 33–14
62	-37	2.593	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–1	0.000	80	0	Lost to Maryland 7–13
63	-19	2.593	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–1	0.000	80	0	Lost to Washington 13–19
64	-34	2.635	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	80	0	Lost to Colgate 7–14
65	-20	2.635	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	80	0	Lost to Tennessee 7–14
66	-4	2.635	SMU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	80	0	Lost to Duke 7–14
67	12	2.635	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–1–1	0.250	77	0	Tied Idaho 21–21
68	-1	2.677	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	80	0	Lost to Furman 14–22
69	3	2.698	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	80	0	Lost to California 14–28
70	34	2.804	LSU	SEC	0–2	0.000	80	0	Lost to Alabama 20–21
71	6	2.804	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–2	0.000	80	0	Lost to Nebraska 13–28
72	-33	2.846	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–1	0.000	80	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 14–26
73	22	2.909	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	80	0	Lost to Kansas 9–21
74	17	2.909	TCU	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	80	0	Lost to UCLA 0–14
75	-46	2.930	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	80	0	Lost to Princeton 0–14
76	-34	2.930	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–1	0.000	80	0	Lost to Michigan State 13–27
77	-3	2.933	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat San Diego State 47–6
78	30	2.951	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–2	0.000	80	0	Lost to Stanford 13–14
79	6	2.955	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Villanova 7–14
80	9	3.049	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 14–17
81	-50	3.098	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	80	0	Lost to Holy Cross 9–27
82	21	3.140	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–1–1	0.250	77	0	Tied Ole Miss 13–13
83	5	3.161	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–2	0.000	80	0	Lost to Virginia 0–27
84	-6	3.162	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Albright 21–0
85	-47	3.182	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–1	0.000	80	0	Lost to Ohio State 13–33
86	1	3.197	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Army 7–28
87	-1	3.202	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Illinois 7–33
88	-39	3.225	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	80	0	Lost to Texas 7–28
89	7	3.227	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Boston College 7–14
90	-50	3.309	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	80	0	Lost to Wisconsin 19–42
91	1	3.332	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Arizona State 14–40
92	10	3.351	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	0–2	0.000	80	0	Lost to Tulsa 27–56
93	-85	3.363	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Lost to Wake Forest 21–28
94	13	3.393	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–1–1	0.250	77	0	Tied Utah 21–21
95	-1	3.446	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Navy 0–31
96	15	3.498	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	80	0	Lost to Virginia Tech 7–14
97	-78	3.597	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Lost to Syracuse 21–34
98	-75	3.605	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Lost to Houston 7–17
99	-47	3.646	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–1	0.000	80	0	Lost to USC 0–31
100	-82	3.752	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Lost to Pacific 7–34
101	-2	3.758	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Arizona 12–62
102	-52	3.982	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	80	0	Lost to George Washington 0–39
103	9	4.421	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Beat Boston University 34–21
104	-33	4.509	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	80	-1	Lost to Texas A&M 7–14
105	-29	4.761	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	80	-1	Lost to Wyoming 0–14
106	-31	4.761	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	80	-1	Lost to Detroit Mercy 7–22
107	3	4.764	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Beat Mcmurry 19–6
108	-18	4.993	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	80	-1	Lost to Washington & LEE 14–33
109	4	5.681	UTEP	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat SUL Ross State 42–0
110	-4	5.709	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	80	-1	Lost to Miami 0–45
111	-13	5.914	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Cincinnati 6–13
112	-11	6.210	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Dayton 13–34
113	-62	12.446	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	80	0	Lost to Eastern NEW Mexico 7–21