1937 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 5, 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	43	0.961	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Iowa State 33–0
2	43	1.013	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Drake 21–0
3	44	1.022	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia 26–0
4	15	1.074	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Colgate 40–7
5	38	1.074	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0–1	0.750	63	+1	Beat NC State 20–0
6	0	1.126	LSU	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Texas 9–0
7	5	1.135	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
8	45	1.135	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0–1	0.750	63	+1	Beat Idaho 13–0
9	4	1.143	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat New Mexico 12–0
10	-9	1.182	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Citadel 32–0
11	35	1.187	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Maryland 28–21
12	38	1.187	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Manhattan 14–7
13	29	1.204	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Minnesota 14–9
14	47	1.265	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Sewanee 65–0
15	45	1.381	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat West Virginia 20–0
16	0	1.412	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Chicago 18–0
17	-7	1.425	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Purdue 13–0
18	-3	1.429	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat BYU 14–0
19	39	1.438	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat South Carolina 13–7
20	-9	1.451	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat USC 7–0
21	-13	1.516	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Western NEW Mexico 34–0
22	-8	1.516	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Central Oklahoma 42–6
23	-21	1.520	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Davidson 34–6
24	48	1.533	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Marquette 12–0
25	-22	1.537	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia Tech 27–0
26	7	1.594	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wake Forest 34–6
27	57	1.611	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Richmond 6–0
28	-3	1.620	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Clemson 21–6
29	3	1.628	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Franklin & Marshall 66–0
30	7	1.637	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washburn 25–2
31	-14	1.654	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	63	+1	Tied Ole Miss 0–0
32	-28	1.659	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon State 24–6
33	66	1.685	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Creighton 16–13
34	-27	1.689	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
35	36	1.692	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	3–0–1	0.875	62	+1	Beat SMU 7–6
36	-13	1.715	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arizona State 20–6
37	-1	1.732	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Springfield 54–0
38	-10	1.767	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri 14–6
39	-19	1.780	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Mary's 7–0
40	14	1.802	Western State (WESTERN STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado College 7–3
41	29	1.815	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas State 21–7
42	17	1.823	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mercer 28–0
43	35	1.836	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Texas Tech 13–6
44	8	1.836	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pennsylvania Military 42–0
45	-6	1.854	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Georgia Southern 40–0
46	41	1.867	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wofford 58–0
47	18	1.867	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Samford 38–0
48	25	1.867	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Carnegie Tech 18–14
49	-15	1.871	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Shenandoah 38–0
50	7	1.884	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Michigan 20–7
51	16	1.897	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oklahoma City 33–0
52	-21	1.906	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Williams 40–6
53	35	1.914	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Michigan 19–14
54	20	1.919	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 39–0
55	24	1.926	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Gonzaga 13–8
56	8	1.927	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Amherst 31–7
57	11	1.927	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri Rolla 32–6
58	-7	1.969	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–0–1	0.500	72	0	Tied Montana State 6–6
59	-4	1.975	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maine 26–0
60	16	1.983	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0–1	0.750	63	0	Tied TCU 7–7
61	-12	2.027	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Clarkson 26–6
62	24	2.035	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
63	17	2.053	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lebanon Valley 13–0
64	18	2.079	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Providence 7–0
65	24	2.079	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0–1	0.750	63	0	Tied Depaul 0–0
66	31	2.079	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Daniel Baker 21–0
67	16	2.083	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rhode Island 13–6
68	26	2.087	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0–1	0.750	63	0	Tied Temple 0–0
69	26	2.096	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
70	-48	2.619	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	69	+1	Lost to Notre Dame 0–21
71	-15	3.039	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Nebraska 9–14
72	-67	3.052	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	72	+1	Lost to LSU 0–9
73	-47	3.216	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	110	0	Lost to NEW York University 14–18
74	-45	3.216	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	110	0	Lost to Western State 3–7
75	33	3.240	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	72	0	Beat Colorado State 7–0
76	35	3.250	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	72	0	Beat Rice 6–0
77	-42	3.254	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	0–1–1	0.250	107	0	Lost to Loyola Marymount 8–13
78	-38	3.254	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–1	0.000	110	0	Lost to Michigan State 14–19
79	-70	3.257	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	72	+1	Lost to North Carolina 0–20
80	-62	3.261	BYU	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Utah 0–14
81	-12	3.266	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	69	0	Lost to Navy 0–32
82	-19	3.275	USC	PAC	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Washington 0–7
83	-17	3.283	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Georgia 7–13
84	-63	3.309	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Washington State 0–13
85	27	3.309	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–1	0.500	72	0	Beat Stanford 7–6
86	-45	3.367	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	110	0	Lost to Colorado 6–14
87	19	3.411	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	72	0	Beat Gettysburg 32–6
88	-11	3.421	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 21–28
89	3	3.464	SMU	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Centenary 6–7
90	-15	3.475	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Ohio State 0–13
91	19	3.518	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND SKY	0–1–1	0.250	107	0	Tied Utah State 6–6
92	6	3.563	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 13–16
93	3	3.577	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Texas A&M 7–14
94	-4	3.581	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Wisconsin 0–12
95	-4	3.581	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Denver 0–12
96	19	3.583	UTEP	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	72	0	Beat NEW Mexico Military 19–3
97	-73	3.594	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	110	0	Lost to Arizona 6–20
98	15	3.594	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–1	0.000	110	0	BYE
99	-61	3.594	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	110	0	Lost to Boston College 7–21
100	14	3.594	TCU	IND SWC	0–1–1	0.250	107	0	Tied Arkansas 7–7
101	-1	3.595	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Washington & LEE 0–6
102	14	3.617	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	72	0	Beat Stetson 18–0
103	14	3.631	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	110	0	Lost to Santa Clara 0–7
104	5	3.659	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–1	0.500	72	0	Beat Xavier 6–0
105	-12	3.666	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 0–20
106	-25	3.736	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Cornell 7–40
107	-80	3.745	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	0–1	0.000	110	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 0–18
108	10	3.797	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	102	0	Lost to Army 6–21
109	-8	3.808	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Princeton 0–26
110	-48	3.891	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Alabama 0–65
111	-9	3.921	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Northwestern 0–33
112	8	4.198	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	110	0	Lost to George Washington 6–34
113	9	4.268	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	102	0	Lost to Tennessee 0–27
114	-7	4.412	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	1–2	0.333	102	+1	Lost to Montana 6–13
115	9	4.471	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	69	-2	Beat California Tech 26–7
116	3	4.916	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	72	-1	Beat William Jewell 45–0
117	4	5.375	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	102	-1	Lost to Duke 6–34
118	-14	5.880	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–2	0.000	110	-1	Lost to Oregon 6–7
119	6	5.902	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	102	0	Beat William & Mary 20–9
120	-35	6.095	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Nevada 7–9
121	-18	6.107	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–2	0.000	110	-1	Lost to California 6–24
122	1	7.902	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	110	-2	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 9–20
123	3	8.375	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	110	0	Lost to Kansas 2–25
124	-76	8.658	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	110	-1	Lost to Oklahoma 0–6
125	-95	8.696	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	110	-1	Lost to Colorado Mines 0–7
126	-21	8.696	Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	110	-1	BYE