1937 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 28, 1937By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1937 Season Tags: • No Comments

1937 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	59	0.909	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William & Mary 45–0
2	26	0.996	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia Tech 25–0
3	87	1.022	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wake Forest 32–0
4	10	1.100	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Mary's 30–7
5	86	1.100	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Texas Tech 25–12
6	41	1.135	LSU	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Florida 19–0
7	86	1.152	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Clemson 7–0
8	55	1.178	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UTEP 14–0
9	-7	1.178	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
10	59	1.178	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat TCU 14–0
11	94	1.178	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Iowa 14–0
12	83	1.187	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon 26–13
13	13	1.195	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado Mines 12–0
14	80	1.195	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oklahoma 19–7
15	82	1.195	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana State 19–7
16	84	1.195	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kentucky 12–0
17	72	1.204	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia Military Institute 18–7
18	-5	1.239	BYU	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Colorado 7–0
19	4	1.239	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Penn State 26–19
20	61	1.247	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stanford 13–7
21	18	1.291	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon State 7–6
22	95	1.416	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 32–2
23	-19	1.465	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
24	-19	1.465	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
25	-18	1.465	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
26	-11	1.465	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
27	-11	1.465	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
28	-10	1.465	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
29	-10	1.465	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
30	-9	1.465	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
31	-9	1.465	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
32	-1	1.465	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
33	-1	1.465	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
34	-1	1.465	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
35	1	1.465	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	70	0	Tied Washington State 0–0
36	1	1.465	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
37	7	1.465	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
38	7	1.465	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
39	12	1.465	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
40	12	1.465	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
41	16	1.465	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
42	19	1.465	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
43	22	1.465	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0–1	0.500	70	0	Tied South Carolina 13–13
44	23	1.465	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
45	23	1.465	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
46	29	1.465	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
47	30	1.465	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
48	31	1.465	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
49	38	1.465	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
50	42	1.465	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
51	47	1.465	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
52	49	1.465	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
53	55	1.465	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0–1	0.500	70	0	Tied Gonzaga 0–0
54	56	1.465	Western State (WESTERN STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
55	59	1.465	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	97	0	BYE
56	-2	1.663	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Dakota State 69–7
57	-30	1.680	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hillsdale 60–0
58	-24	1.680	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oglethorpe 60–0
59	-24	1.689	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Presbyterian 59–0
60	16	1.689	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ohio Wesleyan 59–0
61	-58	1.845	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Samford 41–0
62	20	1.854	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hiwassee 40–0
63	33	1.854	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pacific 40–0
64	-39	1.862	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bates 39–0
65	-9	1.862	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Delta State 39–0
66	54	1.871	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0–1	0.750	68	0	Tied North Carolina 13–13
67	-58	1.880	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 39–2
68	16	1.880	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat James Millikin 37–0
69	50	1.884	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Newberry 35–0
70	-60	1.914	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northeastern 35–2
71	50	1.919	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	67	0	Beat Oklahoma City 38–0
72	40	1.923	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Dakota State 32–0
73	-9	1.931	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pennsylvania Military 37–6
74	-45	1.975	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Waynesburg 33–7
75	3	1.975	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Butler 33–7
76	-70	1.983	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Central Oklahoma 25–0
77	-27	1.983	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. John's (MARYLAND) 25–0
78	-20	1.983	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Whitman 25–0
79	43	1.992	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat California Tech 28–7
80	-68	2.018	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ursinus 21–0
81	-64	2.018	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Lawrence 21–0
82	-44	2.018	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Anselm 21–0
83	-72	2.027	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UConn 20–0
84	23	2.027	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wofford 20–0
85	28	2.027	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Fort Warren 20–0
86	-78	2.035	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Birmingham Southern 19–0
87	37	2.035	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
88	-35	2.035	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wayne State 19–0
89	-49	2.079	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ohio 20–6
90	-41	2.079	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ripon 14–0
91	-29	2.079	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western NEW Mexico 14–0
92	-9	2.079	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 14–0
93	16	2.079	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 14–0
94	-39	2.087	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisiana Tech 13–0
95	-54	2.096	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Centre 12–0
96	-48	2.122	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Bonaventure 21–12
97	28	2.139	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
98	-74	2.148	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Benedict 6–0
99	-28	2.148	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wichita State 14–8
100	-20	2.148	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–0–1	0.750	68	0	Beat Randolph Macon 6–0
101	1	2.148	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hampden Sydney 13–7
102	-59	2.183	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Iowa 14–12
103	-30	2.224	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Idaho 6–7
104	-18	2.413	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Santa Clara 7–13
105	-39	2.450	Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to BYU 0–7
106	-32	2.450	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Cornell 19–26
107	-106	2.528	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	70	+1	Lost to Texas 12–25
108	-88	2.639	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Denver 0–12
109	-63	2.639	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 0–12
110	-51	2.639	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Utah 7–19
111	-41	2.639	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Tulsa 7–19
112	-40	2.677	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to UCLA 13–26
113	-71	2.715	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Washington 0–14
114	-26	2.715	TCU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Ohio State 0–14
115	-16	2.715	UTEP	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to New Mexico State 0–14
116	-86	2.904	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to LSU 0–19
117	-32	3.055	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to California 7–30
118	0	3.185	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	70	0	Lost to Tulane 0–7
119	-13	3.320	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Drake 2–32
120	-17	3.395	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Tennessee 0–32
121	-6	3.456	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	70	0	Beat Erskine 21–6
122	1	3.630	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	70	0	Lost to Duke 0–25
123	-12	3.887	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Navy 0–45
124	-8	5.002	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	70	-1	Beat Whittier 9–0
125	1	7.269	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Temple 7–18
126	-22	11.937	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Emporia State 6–12