1938 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings

November 29, 1938By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1938 Season Tags: • No Comments

1938 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	0.804	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–0	1.000	1	+38	BYE
2	0	0.993	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	9–0	1.000	1	+39	Beat Kentucky 46–0
3	1	1.149	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	9–0	1.000	1	+37	Beat Pittsburgh 7–0
4	1	1.251	TCU	IND SWC	10–0	1.000	1	+36	Beat SMU 20–7
5	-2	1.269	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	9–0	1.000	1	+33	Beat Oklahoma State 19–0
6	1	1.425	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	10–0	1.000	1	+26	Beat Marquette 21–2
7	9	1.457	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	11	+24	Beat Boston College 29–7
8	-2	1.491	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	18	+32	Lost to Duke 0–7
9	-1	1.504	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	8–0	1.000	1	+20	BYE
10	7	1.522	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–1–1	0.833	13	+25	Beat Vanderbilt 7–0
11	4	1.563	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	8–0–1	0.944	8	+17	Beat Manhattan 20–0
12	-2	1.584	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	7–1–1	0.833	13	+26	Beat Furman 10–7
13	9	1.593	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	6–1–2	0.778	22	+17	Beat NEW York University 25–0
14	-1	1.620	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	9–1	0.900	9	+25	BYE
15	-4	1.635	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	12	+22	Beat NC State 14–0
16	4	1.672	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	7–1–1	0.833	13	+22	BYE
17	-3	1.672	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–1–1	0.813	16	+17	BYE
18	5	1.728	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–2	0.750	27	+21	BYE
19	-1	1.753	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	9–1	0.900	9	+25	Beat Mississippi State 19–6
20	6	1.800	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	7–2–1	0.750	27	+23	Beat LSU 14–0
21	0	1.812	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	5–1–1	0.786	21	+16	Tied Pennsylvania 0–0
22	8	1.864	USC	PAC	7–2	0.778	22	+26	Beat UCLA 42–7
23	1	1.867	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	4–2–2	0.625	47	+15	BYE
24	3	1.898	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–1–2	0.750	27	+14	BYE
25	3	2.046	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	36	+14	BYE
26	7	2.054	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	6–2–1	0.722	34	+19	Beat Virginia 20–0
27	-18	2.061	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	5–1–2	0.750	27	+8	Lost to Idaho 0–16
28	-9	2.093	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	6–1–2	0.778	22	+10	Lost to Holy Cross 7–29
29	-17	2.117	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	27	+17	Lost to Detroit Mercy 6–7
30	1	2.131	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	8–2	0.800	18	+16	Beat Colorado State 27–7
31	1	2.196	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	6–1–4	0.727	33	+12	Tied Virginia Tech 2–2
32	3	2.297	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–3	0.667	39	+19	Beat Kansas 13–7
33	-4	2.349	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	6–3	0.667	39	+16	Lost to Alabama 0–7
34	2	2.378	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	18	+8	Beat Navy 14–7
35	-10	2.389	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	22	+7	Lost to Stanford 13–23
36	6	2.625	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	6–2–1	0.722	34	+9	Beat Rice 21–6
37	1	2.631	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	6–1–1	0.813	16	-3	BYE
38	14	2.704	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	22	+10	Beat Bucknell 19–0
39	4	2.790	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	39	+6	BYE
40	15	2.808	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	6–2	0.750	27	+11	Beat UTEP 13–9
41	-1	2.881	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–3	0.625	47	+7	BYE
42	3	2.893	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	5–3–1	0.611	54	+5	BYE
43	17	2.900	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	6–3–1	0.650	44	+4	Beat Utah 16–0
44	-10	2.912	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–3–2	0.556	64	+8	Lost to Army 7–14
45	-8	2.919	SMU	IND SWC	6–3	0.667	39	+7	Lost to TCU 7–20
46	0	2.944	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	5–3–1	0.611	54	+10	Tied Georgia Tech 0–0
47	16	3.026	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	5–3	0.625	47	+6	Beat Oregon 14–0
48	-1	3.042	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	47	+5	BYE
49	5	3.083	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	37	+1	Beat Louisiana Tech 14–7
50	6	3.141	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	6–3–1	0.650	44	-4	Tied ST. Louis 0–0
51	2	3.151	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	4–3–1	0.563	61	+5	BYE
52	-13	3.165	LSU	SEC	6–4	0.600	57	+6	Lost to Tulane 0–14
53	-12	3.170	UTEP	IND BOR	5–3	0.625	47	+12	Lost to New Mexico State 9–13
54	-4	3.172	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	38	-3	BYE
55	12	3.197	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	57	+4	Beat Santa Clara 7–6
56	-12	3.355	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	47	+2	Lost to Miami 0–19
57	11	3.389	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	47	-2	Beat Columbia 36–27
58	8	3.404	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	6–3–1	0.650	44	+6	Beat William & Mary 10–7
59	-1	3.434	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	3–3–3	0.500	68	+3	Tied Georgia 0–0
60	-11	3.461	UCLA	PAC	5–4	0.556	64	+4	Lost to USC 7–42
61	0	3.476	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	68	+2	BYE
62	7	3.512	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	60	0	Beat Catholic 7–0
63	9	3.679	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	4–4–1	0.500	68	+2	Beat Colorado 19–12
64	0	3.703	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	3–2–3	0.563	61	0	Tied Cornell 0–0
65	15	3.792	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	5–3–1	0.611	54	+1	Beat Arizona 7–0
66	-4	3.819	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	64	+5	Lost to Villanova 0–20
67	-16	3.831	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	64	-2	Lost to West Virginia 6–7
68	2	3.857	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	6–4	0.600	57	-6	BYE
69	-12	3.957	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–4–1	0.500	68	+1	Lost to Nebraska 7–14
70	-5	3.960	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–5	0.444	82	+3	Lost to Oregon State 0–14
71	-23	3.990	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–4–1	0.500	68	-4	Lost to Texas 6–7
72	-13	4.037	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	4–5–1	0.450	77	+1	Lost to Florida 7–9
73	14	4.055	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	3–5–1	0.389	92	0	Beat Kansas State 14–7
74	1	4.079	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	4–5–1	0.450	77	0	Tied Arkansas 6–6
75	16	4.156	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	4–5–1	0.450	77	+6	Beat Davidson 21–0
76	10	4.181	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	6–3	0.667	39	-8	Beat ST. Mary's (TEXAS) 33–20
77	12	4.255	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–5–1	0.450	77	+2	Beat George Washington 7–6
78	1	4.281	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	4–4	0.500	68	-5	BYE
79	-3	4.301	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	104	-1	BYE
80	1	4.366	BYU	IND SKY	4–3–1	0.563	61	+1	BYE
81	-8	4.485	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	3–6	0.333	95	-2	Lost to Missouri 7–13
82	-11	4.485	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	68	-3	Lost to North Carolina 0–20
83	2	4.550	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	84	+1	BYE
84	11	4.554	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–5–1	0.389	92	-3	Beat Washington State 26–0
85	9	4.600	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	87	-9	Beat Niagara 15–6
86	-2	4.663	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	68	-4	Lost to Fordham 0–25
87	-13	4.685	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	3–6	0.333	95	-3	Lost to Montana 0–7
88	11	4.725	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–6	0.333	95	-4	Beat Dartmouth 23–13
89	-7	4.815	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	3–6	0.333	95	-5	Lost to Baylor 6–21
90	-12	4.872	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	3–4–1	0.438	84	-8	Lost to Denver 12–19
91	1	4.888	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	84	-3	BYE
92	-2	4.909	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	3–5–2	0.400	87	-7	Tied Virginia Military Institute 2–2
93	-16	4.930	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	4–4–1	0.500	68	-4	Lost to Maryland 13–19
94	-11	4.947	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	95	-3	Lost to Brown 27–36
95	-2	5.016	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	103	-5	BYE
96	6	5.028	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–5–1	0.450	77	-5	Beat Auburn 9–7
97	-9	5.055	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	87	-11	Lost to Wake Forest 0–21
98	-2	5.124	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–6	0.400	87	-7	Lost to Ole Miss 6–19
99	-2	5.258	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–5	0.375	94	-4	BYE
100	4	5.295	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	82	-12	Beat Gonzaga 20–19
101	-3	5.451	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	2–7–1	0.250	106	-9	Lost to Carnegie Tech 0–14
102	-2	5.769	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–7–1	0.250	106	-15	Tied Tulsa 6–6
103	-2	5.813	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	2–5–1	0.313	101	-8	BYE
104	-1	5.836	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	106	-10	BYE
105	0	5.935	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–7	0.125	119	-11	Lost to Texas Tech 2–21
106	1	6.232	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–7	0.222	112	-12	Lost to Tennessee 0–46
107	2	6.326	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	3–5–2	0.400	87	-9	Tied Washington (MISSOURI) 0–0
108	9	6.405	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	112	-16	Beat Washington & LEE 19–13
109	-3	6.521	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–7	0.222	112	-19	Lost to Washington 0–26
110	-2	6.641	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	3–7	0.300	102	-18	Lost to Richmond 7–10
111	4	6.649	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	3–6	0.333	95	-13	Beat Whittier 21–0
112	-2	6.781	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–7–1	0.250	106	-25	Lost to Clemson 7–10
113	-2	7.026	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	1–7	0.125	119	-22	Lost to Loyola Marymount 19–20
114	-2	7.029	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–6–1	0.188	116	-16	BYE
115	1	7.114	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	2–8	0.200	115	-21	Lost to Oklahoma 0–19
116	-2	7.174	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–5–2	0.250	106	-14	Lost to New Mexico 7–27
117	3	7.302	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–8	0.111	121	-24	Beat Texas A&M 7–6
118	-5	7.629	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–6–1	0.278	104	-4	Lost to San José State 12–34
119	-1	7.646	Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	106	-14	BYE
120	-1	7.752	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	1–8	0.111	121	-12	BYE
121	0	8.652	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–6–1	0.188	116	-24	BYE
122	0	9.308	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	1–6–1	0.188	116	-19	BYE