1947 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 23, 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	Game Status
1	104	0.091	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Merchant Marine 60–0
2	59	0.182	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Northern Arizona 50–0
3	91	0.336	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas Tech 33–0
4	9	0.400	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Santa Clara 33–7
5	70	0.445	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Washington State 27–6
6	50	0.464	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat ST. Louis 19–0
7	-6	0.491	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	BYE
8	65	0.518	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Montana State 27–14
9	78	0.518	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Portland 26–13
10	88	0.518	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat West Texas A&M 26–13
11	61	0.527	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kansas State 12–0
12	91	0.527	UTEP	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Drake 19–7
13	41	0.573	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kentucky 14–7
14	19	0.582	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Furman 13–7
15	-12	0.810	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
16	-10	0.810	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
17	-10	0.810	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
18	-9	0.810	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
19	-9	0.810	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
20	-9	0.810	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
21	-7	0.810	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
22	-6	0.810	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
23	-6	0.810	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
24	-5	0.810	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
25	-5	0.810	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
26	-5	0.810	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
27	-4	0.810	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
28	-2	0.810	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
29	-1	0.810	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
30	-1	0.810	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
31	0	0.810	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
32	0	0.810	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
33	1	0.810	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
34	1	0.810	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
35	1	0.810	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
36	1	0.810	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
37	2	0.810	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
38	2	0.810	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
39	4	0.810	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0–1	0.500	35	Tied TCU 0–0
40	6	0.810	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
41	6	0.810	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
42	6	0.810	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
43	7	0.810	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
44	7	0.810	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
45	7	0.810	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
46	7	0.810	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
47	8	0.810	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
48	11	0.810	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
49	11	0.810	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
50	12	0.810	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
51	13	0.810	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
52	13	0.810	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
53	13	0.810	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
54	14	0.810	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
55	14	0.810	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
56	14	0.810	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
57	14	0.810	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
58	16	0.810	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
59	17	0.810	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
60	17	0.810	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
61	18	0.810	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
62	18	0.810	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
63	18	0.810	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
64	19	0.810	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
65	23	0.810	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
66	23	0.810	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
67	23	0.810	TCU	IND SWC	0–0–1	0.500	35	Tied Kansas 0–0
68	23	0.810	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
69	23	0.810	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
70	23	0.810	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
71	26	0.810	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
72	27	0.810	UCLA	PAC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
73	27	0.810	USC	PAC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
74	27	0.810	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
75	29	0.810	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
76	30	0.810	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
77	30	0.810	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
78	30	0.810	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
79	30	0.810	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
80	30	0.810	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
81	33	0.810	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
82	34	0.810	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
83	34	0.810	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
84	34	0.810	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
85	34	0.810	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
86	-56	1.342	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Georgia 7–13
87	-42	1.382	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Ole Miss 7–14
88	-63	1.580	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to UTEP 7–19
89	-45	1.580	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Oklahoma State 0–12
90	-85	1.618	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Northwestern State 64–0
91	-33	1.620	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Oregon 14–27
92	-14	1.620	Portland (PORTLAND)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to ST. Mary's 13–26
93	20	1.620	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Tulsa 13–26
94	-53	1.664	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	Beat North Dakota State 59–0
95	0	1.764	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 48–0
96	-84	1.791	BYU	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Western State 45–0
97	-82	1.818	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Presbyterian 42–0
98	-12	1.858	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Missouri 0–19
99	-91	1.891	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Stephen F. Austin 34–0
100	15	1.900	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Central Missouri State 33–0
101	19	1.937	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	37	Lost to California 7–33
102	10	1.937	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Penn State 6–27
103	-101	1.955	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Southern Miss 34–7
104	-100	1.955	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat CAL Poly SAN Luis Obispo 33–6
105	-48	2.009	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Eastern Washington 21–0
106	-24	2.009	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Randolph Macon 28–7
107	-22	2.009	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Newberry 27–6
108	-84	2.018	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Central Michigan 34–14
109	-71	2.018	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Puget Sound 27–7
110	-88	2.027	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Elon 19–0
111	-69	2.045	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Northern Iowa 31–14
112	-28	2.073	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat San José State 20–6
113	-2	2.082	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Quantico Marines 13–0
114	-96	2.127	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Colorado Mines 20–12
115	-88	2.136	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Geneva 7–0
116	-20	2.413	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Texas 0–33
117	-50	3.088	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Nevada 0–50
118	-69	3.484	Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Villanova 0–60
119	-17	10.823	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to San Diego State 19–24
120	-57	11.220	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Mcmurry 7–22