1947 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

September 30, 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	43	0.918	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Michigan State 55–0
2	80	0.918	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Davidson 21–0
3	69	0.973	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Iowa 22–7
4	12	0.991	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Villanova 13–0
5	-2	1.000	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Oregon 38–13
6	12	1.018	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Clemson 32–22
7	16	1.045	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Iowa State 7–0
8	44	1.045	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Georgia 14–7
9	33	1.055	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat South Carolina 19–13
10	46	1.055	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Missouri 13–7
11	46	1.073	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Detroit Mercy 24–20
12	59	1.100	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Alabama 21–20
13	20	1.173	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee 27–0
14	54	1.191	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat NEW York University 32–7
15	-2	1.195	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Florida 14–6
16	-11	1.227	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
17	56	1.227	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington State 21–0
18	67	1.227	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Merchant Marine 34–13
19	-4	1.236	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wyoming 27–7
20	56	1.236	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat George Washington 33–13
21	26	1.245	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 19–0
22	61	1.255	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Purdue 32–14
23	15	1.264	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Nebraska 17–0
24	-20	1.268	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Navy 14–7
25	-18	1.273	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
26	11	1.291	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pittsburgh 14–0
27	51	1.291	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Furman 20–6
28	-18	1.300	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
29	-17	1.300	UTEP	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas State 20–6
30	-6	1.309	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rutgers 40–28
31	-20	1.332	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat TCU 14–7
32	7	1.336	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–0–1	0.750	60	0	Beat Denver 9–0
33	-5	1.355	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat NC State 7–0
34	6	1.355	LSU	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rice 21–14
35	44	1.364	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Georgetown 6–0
36	39	1.391	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern 3–0
37	9	1.409	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington 7–6
38	36	1.409	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon State 7–6
39	73	1.482	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Nevada 37–13
40	55	1.491	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas Tech 29–7
41	72	1.536	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Richmond 16–3
42	54	1.582	BYU	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana State 19–14
43	56	1.605	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Miami 18–7
44	61	1.618	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Portland 21–0
45	59	1.627	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat New Mexico 25–12
46	-37	1.659	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hawai'i 27–7
47	34	1.664	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Otterbein 59–0
48	61	1.705	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stanford 19–16
49	-14	1.727	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mcdaniel 52–0
50	64	1.755	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Drake 23–19
51	-17	1.845	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 39–0
52	38	1.855	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 12–0
53	-34	1.855	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mohawk 45–7
54	-32	1.868	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	116	0	BYE
55	-29	1.868	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	61	0	Tied Holy Cross 0–0
56	-26	1.868	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	116	0	BYE
57	-21	1.868	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	61	0	Tied Dartmouth 0–0
58	-3	1.868	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	116	0	BYE
59	0	1.868	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	116	0	BYE
60	1	1.868	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	116	0	BYE
61	-36	1.955	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lehigh 27–0
62	-21	1.955	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Dakota 33–6
63	-43	2.018	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UConn 33–13
64	-58	2.113	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	61	+1	Lost to Ohio State 7–13
65	-64	2.120	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Army 0–13
66	-45	2.136	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Presbyterian 13–6
67	-1	2.136	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Niagara 14–7
68	9	2.136	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Catawba 13–6
69	46	2.141	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Reserve 6–0
70	-68	2.345	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to SAN Francisco 13–37
71	-13	2.423	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to Utah 6–7
72	8	2.423	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to Minnesota 6–7
73	-19	2.502	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 0–3
74	-9	2.502	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to Idaho 16–19
75	-61	2.605	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to North Carolina 7–14
76	-44	2.621	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to Wake Forest 0–6
77	-29	2.661	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to California 7–14
78	-25	2.661	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to Duke 0–7
79	-16	2.661	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to LSU 14–21
80	-13	2.661	TCU	IND SWC	0–1–1	0.250	80	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 7–14
81	7	2.701	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	81	0	Lost to Colorado State 19–23
82	-53	2.701	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to Ole Miss 6–14
83	-75	2.734	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Texas 13–38
84	-57	2.740	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to Kansas 0–9
85	-42	2.820	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to Baylor 7–18
86	-22	2.860	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to Columbia 28–40
87	2	2.899	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	81	0	Lost to UTEP 6–20
88	-38	2.899	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to Arizona State 12–25
89	-29	2.939	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to Illinois 0–14
90	4	3.032	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to UCLA 7–22
91	-42	3.058	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to Indiana 0–17
92	0	3.058	Portland (PORTLAND)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	81	0	Lost to Montana 0–21
93	-31	3.098	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to Wisconsin 14–32
94	-24	3.137	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to Mississippi State 0–19
95	2	3.150	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Boston College 22–32
96	-65	3.177	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to Virginia 13–33
97	-13	3.177	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to Arizona 7–27
98	5	3.203	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Tulane 20–21
99	2	3.217	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	81	0	BYE
100	2	3.217	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–2	0.000	81	0	Lost to USC 0–21
101	7	3.308	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Oklahoma 20–24
102	5	3.320	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Maryland 13–19
103	-16	3.342	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat Cincinnati 20–0
104	7	3.372	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Colorado 0–7
105	-54	3.375	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to Temple 7–32
106	0	3.398	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Washington & LEE 3–16
107	-38	3.455	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–27
108	8	3.474	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	0–2	0.000	81	0	Lost to Texas A&M 7–29
109	1	3.508	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to William & Mary 0–21
110	-12	4.395	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	61	-1	Beat Missouri Rolla 61–0
111	-66	4.565	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to Michigan 0–55
112	-12	4.637	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	61	-1	Lost to Utah State 6–21
113	6	4.821	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	61	+1	Beat Wichita State 21–6
114	-23	5.121	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	81	-1	Lost to BYU 14–19
115	-29	5.160	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	81	-1	Lost to Virginia Tech 6–20
116	2	6.370	Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	81	-1	Lost to Yale 13–34
117	-24	7.521	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–2	0.000	81	0	Lost to Abilene Christian 7–13
118	-1	11.567	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–2	0.000	81	-1	Lost to Pepperdine 7–60
119	-102	12.142	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–1	0.000	81	0	Lost to Southern Miss 13–19
120	0	12.221	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–2	0.000	81	0	Lost to Northern Colorado 13–14