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1938 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.832Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI2–01.0001+3Beat Georgia Tech 14–6
2170.970Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI2–01.0001+3Beat Texas A&M 7–0
3171.011Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–01.0001+3Beat Drake 33–0
411.180Michigan (MICHIGAN)B102–01.0001+2Beat Chicago 45–7
521.183Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–01.0001+3Beat Virginia 33–0
631.231Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC3–01.0001+3Beat Auburn 7–0
7-31.264TCUIND SWC3–01.0001+5Beat Temple 28–6
8-61.300Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–01.0001+3Beat Duquesne 27–0
961.306Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON3–01.0001+4Beat Colgate 7–0
10171.346Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat Army 20–18
1161.364Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–01.0001+1Beat Iowa 31–13
1241.368Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–01.0001+2BYE
1351.413Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC3–01.0001+3Beat NC State 14–0
14151.476Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–01.0001+2Beat Purdue 7–0
1591.476Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–01.0001+3Beat Kentucky 14–7
16-31.502Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC3–01.0001+4Beat Furman 38–7
17251.529Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1Beat Princeton 22–0
18231.607Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Penn State 14–0
19-91.612Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR4–01.0001+2Beat Oklahoma City 60–0
20-91.623California (CALIFORNIA)PAC4–01.0001+1Beat California Davis 48–0; Beat PACIFIC 39–0
2111.643Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC3–01.0001+2Beat Southern Miss 14–0
22-11.646BYUIND SKY3–01.0001+1Beat Wyoming 24–13
23321.681Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Maryland 53–0
24-161.690Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Roanoke 33–6
25101.693New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR3–01.0001+1Beat Colorado College 45–0
26101.729Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–01.0001+2Beat Arkansas 9–6
2711.735Idaho (IDAHO)PAC2–0–10.83348+1Beat North Dakota State 27–0
28161.744Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC3–01.0001+1Beat Louisiana Tech 48–0
2911.748Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Harvard 20–0
30131.753Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Waynesburg 53–0
31171.780Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY2–01.00010Beat Colorado 20–0
32191.789Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1Beat Manhattan 19–6
3341.815Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–01.00010Beat Texas 13–0
34191.820Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Yale 21–0
35211.847Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC2–01.0001+1Beat Oklahoma State 16–7
36-31.856Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Muhlenberg 25–7
37-141.883George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Butler 20–0
3871.887Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–01.00010Beat Nebraska 8–7
3911.896Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Wittenberg 32–13
4091.896Utah (UTAH)IND SKY1–01.00010BYE
4151.905Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Tampa 32–6
4281.914Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–01.00010BYE
43-121.918Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Lafayette 20–0
44131.941UTEPIND BOR2–01.00010Beat Northern Colorado 32–0
45151.943Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON4–01.00010Beat Hampden Sydney 26–7
4661.947Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Redlands 27–0
47122.006SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI3–0–10.875470Beat Santa Barbara 14–0
48152.030NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Rutgers 25–6
4952.075Montana (MONTANA)PAC2–0–10.833480Beat Depaul 7–6
50152.146Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY1–0–20.667520Tied Denver 0–0
51-392.202Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–10.66752+2Lost to Santa Clara 0–7
52-262.358Army (ARMY)IND FBSI2–10.66752+2Lost to Columbia 18–20
53232.379USCPAC2–10.66752+2Beat Ohio State 14–7
54122.382ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI1–10.50070+1BYE
55482.412Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI1–10.50070+2Beat SMU 7–0
56372.414Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–10.66752+2Beat Washburn 58–14
57-322.435Purdue (PURDUE)B102–10.66752+2Lost to Minnesota 0–7
58162.644Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON2–1–10.62569+1Tied Virginia Military Institute 7–7
59372.678Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–10.50070+1Beat Missouri 21–13
60102.719UCLAPAC2–10.667520Beat Washington 13–0
61-552.759Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI1–1–10.50070+1Lost to Navy 0–33
62-242.769Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–10.667520Lost to Vanderbilt 7–14
6352.772Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON3–10.75050+2Beat South Carolina 20–19
64-612.844North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–10.66752+3Lost to Tulane 14–17
6572.856LSUSEC2–10.667520Beat Rice 3–0
66-523.054Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI1–10.500700Lost to Bucknell 0–14
67173.093Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI3–10.750500Beat Rhodes 6–0
68193.122Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI2–10.667520Beat Illinois Wesleyan 18–0
69133.330Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–20.0001090Lost to Iowa State 7–8
70473.330Tulane (TULANE)SEC1–1–10.50070+1Beat North Carolina 17–14
71273.393Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–10.500700Beat Washington State 8–0
72-33.401Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC1–20.33392+1Lost to Baylor 6–9
73-263.444Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI1–10.500700Lost to Dartmouth 0–22
7473.447Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–20.0001090Lost to Duke 0–7
75133.481West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI1–1–10.500700Tied Washington & LEE 6–6
76153.482Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC2–10.667520Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 14–0
77-153.491Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC1–10.500700Lost to Notre Dame 6–14
78-143.530Auburn (AUBURN)SEC1–1–10.500700Lost to Tennessee 0–7
79133.618Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–1–20.500700Tied Clemson 7–7
8063.662Denver (DENVER)IND SKY0–2–10.1671060Tied Colorado State 0–0
81-23.662Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI0–20.0001090Lost to Cornell 0–20
82-433.673SMUIND SWC2–10.66752-1Lost to Marquette 0–7
83123.781Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI2–10.66752-1Beat Catholic 27–0
8413.798Yale (YALE)IND FBSI0–20.0001090Lost to Pennsylvania 0–21
85-103.857South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–20.50070-1Lost to Wake Forest 19–20
86-33.870Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI1–20.333920Lost to Pittsburgh 0–27
87-263.891Washburn (WASHBURN)IND MVC2–10.66752-1Lost to Kansas 14–58
88173.955Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON2–20.500700Beat William & Mary 27–0
89-224.110Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC1–20.33392+1Lost to Tulsa 0–14
90-174.119NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–20.33392+1Lost to Alabama 0–14
91114.185Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–2–10.375910Lost to BYU 13–24
9274.189Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI1–20.333920Lost to TCU 6–28
93164.290Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–10.667520Beat Indiana 12–2
94104.307Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–30.2501010Lost to Georgia 7–38
9564.366Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC2–20.50070-2Lost to Northwestern 0–33
96114.379Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON2–20.50070-1Beat Erskine 33–0
97-634.390Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B101–10.50070-1Lost to USC 7–14
98154.428New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR2–10.667520Beat Arizona 7–6
99-414.618Chicago (CHICAGO)B100–1–10.2501010Lost to Michigan 7–45
100-684.764Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–10.50070-1Lost to Kansas State 13–21
10194.804Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC1–20.33392-1Beat Portland 19–0
102-224.880Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON1–1–10.50070-1Tied West Virginia 6–6
10334.946Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI1–10.50070-1BYE
104-335.242Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–20.000109-1Lost to LSU 0–3
105-155.450Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–30.000109-1Lost to Stanford 0–8
10625.497Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC1–30.250101-2Lost to Creighton 7–16
107-185.711Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–2–10.167106-1Lost to UCLA 0–13
10875.854Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)IND FBSI0–30.000109-1Lost to Richmond 7–26
10995.930Florida (FLORIDA)SEC1–20.333920Beat Sewanee 10–6
11065.938Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–30.250101-3Beat Presbyterian 12–0
111115.984Iowa (IOWA)B100–20.000109-1Lost to Wisconsin 13–31
11206.014Manhattan (MANHATTAN)IND FBSI1–20.333920Lost to Holy Cross 6–19
11316.208ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC1–1–10.500700Tied Wichita State 0–0
114-146.218Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON0–30.000109-1Lost to Syracuse 0–53
11546.226Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR1–20.333920Beat CAL Poly SAN Luis Obispo 13–0
11646.283Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC0–30.000109-2Lost to Oklahoma 0–13
117-396.354Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY0–20.000109-1Lost to Utah State 0–20
118-76.978William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–30.250101-2Lost to Virginia Tech 0–27
119-227.642Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR0–20.000109-2Lost to New Mexico State 6–7
120-438.169Indiana (INDIANA)B100–20.000109-2Lost to Illinois 2–12
121-278.286Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR0–2–10.1671060Lost to Fort Hays State 19–20
122-19.613Sewanee (SEWANEE)SEC0–30.000109-2Lost to Florida 6–10

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