1947 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings

November 4, 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	4	0.871	SMU	IND SWC	6–0	1.000	1	+22	Beat Texas 14–13
2	0	0.963	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–1	0.857	10	+20	Lost to SMU 13–14
3	3	0.988	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–0	1.000	1	+14	Beat Illinois 14–7
4	-1	1.002	USC	PAC	5–0–1	0.917	9	+15	Beat Washington 19–0
5	-4	1.081	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	4–1–1	0.750	21	+14	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–7
6	3	1.083	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	6–0	1.000	1	+16	Beat Colorado 13–7
7	-3	1.140	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat Princeton 26–7
8	0	1.186	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+14	Beat Richmond 34–0
9	4	1.197	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	6–0	1.000	1	+14	Beat Duke 7–0
10	-3	1.207	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–1–1	0.750	21	+13	Beat Northwestern 29–0
11	1	1.318	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	5–1	0.833	13	+14	Beat Tulane 20–0
12	4	1.319	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–1–1	0.750	21	+10	Beat Washington & LEE 65–13
13	-2	1.326	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat Colgate 46–0
14	-4	1.342	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat Navy 27–0
15	-1	1.386	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	6–1	0.857	10	+16	Beat UCLA 6–0
16	13	1.441	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	5–1	0.833	13	+11	Beat Wake Forest 21–0
17	-2	1.443	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	4–1	0.800	19	+10	BYE
18	6	1.535	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	30	+12	Beat Cornell 22–0
19	6	1.541	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	5–1	0.833	13	+12	Beat West Virginia 27–0
20	2	1.559	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	13	+10	Beat Dartmouth 23–14
21	9	1.599	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–2	0.714	24	+13	Beat LSU 20–18
22	-3	1.609	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	4–0–2	0.833	13	+3	Beat Kansas State 55–0
23	4	1.698	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	10	+12	Beat ST. Louis 27–21
24	2	1.891	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	4–2	0.667	30	+10	Beat Auburn 28–0
25	-2	1.893	LSU	SEC	4–2	0.667	30	+8	Lost to Ole Miss 18–20
26	10	1.924	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	24	+10	Beat Santa Clara 20–9
27	-7	1.932	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–2	0.714	24	+8	Lost to Alabama 0–13
28	6	1.944	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	19	+5	Beat Georgetown 27–6
29	4	1.975	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	4–2	0.667	30	+10	Beat Tennessee 20–6
30	1	2.047	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–2–1	0.643	45	+6	Tied Texas A&M 21–21
31	19	2.077	TCU	IND SWC	4–2–1	0.643	45	+6	Beat Baylor 14–7
32	6	2.109	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	13	+4	Beat Harvard 31–7
33	4	2.136	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	4–2	0.667	30	+7	Beat Iowa 21–0
34	6	2.152	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	30	+9	Beat Marquette 13–7
35	-18	2.238	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	4–2	0.667	30	+6	Lost to William & Mary 0–21
36	-15	2.266	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	30	+4	Lost to Maryland 0–27
37	-19	2.274	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	48	+7	Lost to Yale 14–23
38	15	2.340	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	5–2	0.714	24	+7	Beat Kentucky 13–0
39	0	2.367	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	4–2	0.667	30	+6	Beat Northern Colorado 44–14
40	-5	2.375	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	4–2	0.667	30	+5	Beat Stanford 13–7
41	-9	2.382	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–2–1	0.583	48	+5	Lost to Michigan 7–14
42	-14	2.467	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	4–2	0.667	30	+4	Lost to TCU 7–14
43	1	2.527	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–2	0.714	24	+5	Beat Nebraska 47–6
44	-2	2.559	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	48	+5	BYE
45	2	2.592	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–3	0.571	56	+8	Beat Idaho 34–7
46	5	2.641	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	3–2–1	0.583	48	+5	Beat Iowa State 27–9
47	-4	2.681	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–2	0.667	30	+5	Beat Pittsburgh 29–0
48	11	2.777	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	4–2	0.667	30	+2	Beat Miami 8–0
49	5	2.784	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	4–2	0.667	30	+5	Beat Houston 33–7
50	6	2.892	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–3	0.571	56	+4	Beat Clemson 21–6
51	21	3.034	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	3–2	0.600	47	+2	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 21–0
52	-4	3.157	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	3–3	0.500	62	+4	Lost to Utah 7–13
53	-7	3.164	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	5–2	0.714	24	-4	Lost to Tulsa 0–7
54	4	3.174	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–3–1	0.500	62	+1	Tied Arkansas 21–21
55	11	3.200	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	4–3	0.571	56	+8	Beat Montana State 28–13
56	-15	3.222	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	4–3	0.571	56	+3	Lost to Army 13–65
57	-8	3.257	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	62	+2	Lost to Michigan State 7–13
58	12	3.357	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–3–1	0.417	83	+2	Beat Texas Tech 40–7
59	26	3.382	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	3–3	0.500	62	+2	Beat Wichita State 7–0
60	-8	3.398	UCLA	PAC	3–3	0.500	62	+1	Lost to California 0–6
61	-16	3.454	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	62	+1	Lost to Rutgers 7–31
62	2	3.505	UTEP	IND BOR	3–2–1	0.583	48	-2	Tied New Mexico 20–20
63	16	3.711	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	56	-2	Beat ST. Mary's 19–6
64	-7	3.720	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	62	-2	Lost to Boston College 6–27
65	-4	3.749	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	89	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 7–26
66	14	3.798	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	48	-3	Beat Holy Cross 20–19
67	1	3.809	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–4	0.333	93	+1	Lost to Wisconsin 0–29
68	29	3.815	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–3–1	0.417	83	+2	Beat BYU 20–6
69	-6	3.872	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	62	-3	Lost to SAN Francisco 9–20
70	19	3.930	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	4–2	0.667	30	+5	Beat New Mexico State 33–12
71	-9	4.040	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–4	0.333	93	-2	Lost to North Carolina 6–20
72	-1	4.048	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	3–2–1	0.583	48	-5	BYE
73	-4	4.087	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–4–1	0.250	107	0	Lost to Notre Dame 0–27
74	-14	4.125	BYU	IND SKY	3–4	0.429	76	-1	Lost to Denver 6–20
75	2	4.136	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	2–4	0.333	93	+1	Lost to Mississippi State 0–20
76	17	4.145	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–2–1	0.583	48	-4	Beat Ohio State 7–0
77	13	4.163	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	4–3	0.571	56	-1	Beat Northern Arizona 25–0
78	-11	4.177	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	3–4	0.429	76	0	Lost to Rice 7–40
79	17	4.219	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	2–4	0.333	93	-1	Beat George Washington 42–6
80	-15	4.289	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	62	-4	Lost to Columbia 0–22
81	3	4.332	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	3–3–1	0.500	62	-6	Tied Virginia Military Institute 14–14
82	25	4.407	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	3–4	0.429	76	-4	Beat Temple 26–0
83	3	4.444	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	3–3	0.500	62	-6	BYE
84	-29	4.451	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–3–1	0.417	83	-2	Lost to Brown 19–20
85	2	4.478	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–4	0.333	93	-4	Lost to USC 0–19
86	6	4.512	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	2–3–1	0.417	83	-3	Tied UTEP 20–20
87	8	4.561	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–5	0.286	105	-3	Beat Portland 35–0
88	-15	4.581	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–4–1	0.357	92	-4	Lost to Purdue 0–21
89	-11	4.620	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	3–4	0.429	76	-2	Lost to Nevada 21–27
90	-15	4.672	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–3–1	0.417	83	-6	Lost to South Carolina 0–8
91	-17	4.690	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	62	-7	Lost to NC State 0–21
92	-1	4.707	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–3–1	0.417	83	-4	Tied Davidson 14–14
93	1	4.870	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	89	-5	BYE
94	-6	4.874	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	3–4	0.429	76	-2	Lost to Virginia 0–34
95	-12	4.894	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	76	-9	Lost to Detroit Mercy 6–19
96	-15	4.948	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	3–3	0.500	62	-10	Lost to Oregon 7–34
97	2	5.125	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–4	0.333	93	-5	Lost to Missouri 6–47
98	3	5.257	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–3	0.400	89	-5	BYE
99	-23	5.258	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	62	-10	Lost to Oklahoma State 0–26
100	-2	5.470	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	76	-7	Lost to Utah State 13–28
101	7	5.539	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	93	-8	BYE
102	-2	5.547	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–4–1	0.250	107	-4	Lost to Indiana 0–7
103	10	5.550	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–4	0.333	93	-3	Beat Furman 34–7
104	1	5.996	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–5	0.167	112	-10	Lost to Georgia 6–21
105	-3	6.002	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	107	-3	BYE
106	-24	6.006	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	93	-2	Lost to Lafayette 7–14
107	-1	6.139	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	112	-5	Lost to Minnesota 0–29
108	1	6.198	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–4	0.333	93	-4	Lost to Vanderbilt 0–28
109	-5	6.223	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–4	0.333	93	-11	Lost to Florida 7–34
110	-7	6.400	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–3–1	0.300	104	-5	Lost to Penn State 0–46
111	0	6.665	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–5–1	0.214	110	-10	Tied Northern Iowa 6–6
112	-2	6.828	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–6	0.143	115	-13	Lost to Oklahoma 9–27
113	3	7.568	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–5	0.286	105	-8	Lost to Arizona State 12–33
114	-2	7.655	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	111	-11	BYE
115	2	7.937	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–6	0.143	115	-10	Lost to West Texas A&M 0–25
116	-1	8.271	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–6	0.000	117	-15	Lost to Oregon State 7–13
117	3	8.281	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–7	0.000	117	-16	Lost to Kansas 0–55
118	-4	8.846	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–6	0.000	117	-15	Lost to Virginia Tech 6–42
119	-1	8.887	Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	112	-9	BYE
120	-1	9.732	Portland (PORTLAND)	IND FBSI	0–7	0.000	117	-18	Lost to Washington State 0–35