1947 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings

October 28, 1947By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1947 Season Tags: • No Comments

1947 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	5	0.736	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	4–0–1	0.900	10	+12	Beat Wake Forest 13–6
2	0	0.883	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–0	1.000	1	+16	Beat Rice 12–0
3	8	0.932	USC	PAC	4–0–1	0.900	10	+10	Beat California 39–14
4	0	1.009	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+7	Beat Navy 21–0
5	2	1.011	SMU	IND SWC	5–0	1.000	1	+13	Beat UCLA 7–0
6	3	1.042	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	5–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat Minnesota 13–6
7	14	1.046	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–1–1	0.700	28	+9	Beat Marquette 35–12
8	-3	1.093	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat Virginia Military Institute 35–6
9	11	1.165	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	5–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat Wyoming 26–7
10	8	1.193	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+8	Beat Iowa 21–0
11	6	1.227	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+8	Beat West Virginia 21–14
12	3	1.281	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–1	0.800	16	+10	Beat Hardin Simmons 27–7
13	-3	1.300	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	5–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat Citadel 38–0
14	-6	1.333	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	5–1	0.833	12	+11	Lost to USC 14–39
15	4	1.472	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	4–1	0.800	16	+9	Beat New Mexico 22–12
16	-15	1.546	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–1–1	0.700	28	+5	Lost to Columbia 20–21
17	-1	1.635	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	4–1	0.800	16	+7	Lost to Duke 6–13
18	8	1.660	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	3–1–1	0.700	28	+7	Beat Harvard 14–13
19	4	1.700	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	3–0–2	0.800	16	+2	BYE
20	5	1.704	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–1	0.833	12	+7	Beat Michigan State 7–6
21	-8	1.722	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	16	+5	Lost to Penn State 14–21
22	12	1.727	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	16	+6	Beat Springfield 49–0
23	13	1.732	LSU	SEC	4–1	0.800	16	+7	Beat Vanderbilt 19–13
24	18	1.752	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	38	+7	Beat Army 21–20
25	4	1.822	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	4–1	0.800	16	+7	Beat Virginia Tech 21–19
26	-4	1.843	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	3–2	0.600	38	+8	Lost to LSU 13–19
27	3	1.856	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	12	+7	Beat Tulsa 21–13
28	-14	1.857	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	4–1	0.800	16	+6	Lost to Texas A&M 0–24
29	-1	1.870	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	4–1	0.800	16	+6	Beat Boston University 47–13
30	-6	1.982	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	4–2	0.667	32	+7	Lost to Arkansas 14–19
31	15	2.024	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–2	0.667	32	+6	Beat Ole Miss 19–14
32	-29	2.024	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–1–1	0.700	28	+4	Lost to Purdue 7–14
33	-6	2.032	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–2	0.600	38	+7	Beat Florida 35–7
34	19	2.115	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	27	+3	Beat Villanova 6–0
35	8	2.128	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	3–2	0.600	38	+5	Beat Portland 46–0
36	-24	2.133	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	32	+6	Lost to Oregon 7–34
37	15	2.155	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–2	0.600	38	+5	Beat Illinois 14–7
38	6	2.337	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	16	+1	Beat Lehigh 46–13
39	-8	2.343	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	3–2	0.600	38	+5	Lost to Utah 7–26
40	-7	2.425	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	38	+5	Lost to Kentucky 6–7
41	13	2.449	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	4–2	0.667	32	+5	Beat Davidson 32–0
42	-7	2.471	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	60	+4	Lost to Boston College 0–6
43	-2	2.559	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–2	0.600	38	+5	Lost to Michigan 6–13
44	6	2.585	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	4–2	0.667	32	+4	Beat Iowa State 26–7
45	-8	2.613	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	38	+3	Lost to Dartmouth 13–14
46	5	2.623	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	5–1	0.833	12	-1	Beat Northern Arizona 55–7
47	20	2.636	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–3	0.500	63	+6	Beat SAN Francisco 34–7
48	20	2.711	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	3–2	0.600	38	+4	Beat Colorado State 14–7
49	-17	2.724	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	38	+3	Lost to Wisconsin 12–35
50	27	2.750	TCU	IND SWC	3–2–1	0.583	60	+1	Beat Oklahoma 20–7
51	-13	2.829	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–2–1	0.500	63	+4	Lost to TCU 7–20
52	-5	2.869	UCLA	PAC	3–2	0.600	38	+2	Lost to SMU 0–7
53	10	2.920	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	4–2	0.667	32	+2	Beat Georgia 17–7
54	-14	2.955	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	3–2	0.600	38	+5	Lost to Mississippi State 7–27
55	15	3.013	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	63	+1	Beat Syracuse 26–0
56	-7	3.018	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	3–3	0.500	63	+3	Lost to Alabama 7–17
57	0	3.073	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	38	0	Beat NEW York University 25–0
58	27	3.094	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–3	0.500	63	+2	Beat Baylor 24–0
59	7	3.137	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–2	0.600	38	0	Beat Clemson 21–19
60	20	3.146	BYU	IND SKY	3–3	0.500	63	+2	Beat Utah State 27–12
61	-22	3.198	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	63	0	Lost to Cornell 21–28
62	14	3.282	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–3	0.400	85	+1	Beat Tennessee Tech 49–0
63	-3	3.329	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	38	-1	BYE
64	1	3.402	UTEP	IND BOR	3–2	0.600	38	-2	BYE
65	18	3.437	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	38	-1	Beat Princeton 28–21
66	-21	3.442	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	3–3	0.500	63	+6	Lost to BYU 12–27
67	8	3.454	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	3–3	0.500	63	+2	Beat Denver 36–7
68	-4	3.476	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–3	0.400	85	+1	Beat Indiana 7–6
69	5	3.687	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–3–1	0.300	102	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 0–21
70	3	3.714	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–3–1	0.300	102	+1	Lost to Texas 0–12
71	-15	3.795	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	3–2–1	0.583	60	-4	Lost to Colorado 7–14
72	-11	3.827	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	63	0	BYE
73	-25	3.872	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–3–1	0.417	84	-1	Lost to Notre Dame 0–21
74	18	3.911	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	38	-4	Beat Dayton 19–13
75	23	4.046	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	63	-3	Beat George Washington 28–7
76	17	4.075	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	38	-4	Beat Bucknell 21–0
77	18	4.119	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	2–3	0.400	85	+1	Beat Auburn 40–0
78	-23	4.122	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	3–3	0.500	63	0	Lost to ST. Bonaventure 13–47
79	9	4.173	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	63	-4	Beat Duquesne 38–6
80	-1	4.224	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	63	-3	Tied Colgate 13–13
81	6	4.252	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	3–2	0.600	38	-7	BYE
82	-20	4.263	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	85	0	Lost to Holy Cross 0–26
83	14	4.298	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	63	-5	Beat Loyola Marymount 57–7
84	-15	4.311	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	3–3	0.500	63	-5	Lost to Washington & LEE 0–32
85	-1	4.322	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	2–3	0.400	85	-2	Lost to Nevada 13–21
86	15	4.455	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	3–3	0.500	63	-6	Beat Washington State 13–12
87	18	4.473	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–3	0.400	85	-4	Beat Stanford 25–0
88	12	4.488	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	3–3	0.500	63	-1	Beat Hampden Sydney 20–0
89	-3	4.544	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	3–2	0.600	38	+3	BYE
90	14	4.580	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	3–3	0.500	63	-1	Beat New Mexico State 34–7
91	-9	4.593	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–3	0.400	85	-3	Lost to Virginia 6–35
92	-21	4.616	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	2–3	0.400	85	-3	Lost to Arizona 12–22
93	-34	4.643	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–2–1	0.500	63	-3	Lost to Northwestern 6–7
94	-13	4.747	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	85	-4	Lost to William & Mary 13–47
95	-23	4.759	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–5	0.167	112	-3	Lost to Montana 12–13
96	-7	4.776	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–4	0.200	107	-1	Lost to Maryland 19–21
97	-39	4.837	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–3–1	0.300	102	-1	Lost to Texas Tech 7–36
98	11	4.895	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	63	-3	Beat Idaho State 34–12
99	0	4.946	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–3	0.400	85	-3	Beat Kansas State 14–7
100	-22	5.221	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–3–1	0.300	102	-2	Lost to Pittsburgh 0–12
101	-7	5.225	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–3	0.400	85	-4	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–38
102	14	5.609	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	106	-2	Beat Merchant Marine 12–0
103	0	5.634	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	98	-3	Tied Brown 13–13
104	7	5.640	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–3	0.400	85	-7	Beat Wofford 20–6
105	-3	5.741	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–4	0.200	107	-6	Lost to South Carolina 19–21
106	0	5.784	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	107	-2	Beat Ohio State 12–0
107	-17	5.879	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	2–4	0.333	99	-8	Lost to Drake 9–13
108	-12	5.897	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	99	-8	Lost to Detroit Mercy 6–38
109	-18	5.981	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–3	0.400	85	-2	Lost to Tulane 0–40
110	3	6.415	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–5	0.167	112	-9	Lost to Missouri 7–26
111	4	6.691	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–5	0.167	112	-9	Beat Oklahoma State 13–9
112	-2	6.860	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	107	-8	Lost to Georgetown 0–25
113	-5	7.086	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–4	0.200	107	-5	Lost to North Carolina 7–35
114	-7	7.289	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–5	0.000	117	-8	Lost to Miami 7–28
115	-3	7.439	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–5	0.000	117	-9	Lost to Washington 0–25
116	-2	7.578	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–4	0.333	99	-6	Lost to West Texas A&M 7–34
117	1	7.603	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–5	0.167	112	-6	Lost to Wichita State 7–55
118	-1	8.711	Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	112	-8	Lost to Fordham 0–12
119	1	8.826	Portland (PORTLAND)	IND FBSI	0–6	0.000	117	-11	Lost to Oregon State 0–46
120	-1	8.998	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–6	0.000	117	-15	Lost to Nebraska 7–14