1947 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings

October 7, 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	18	0.668	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Montana 40–7
2	9	0.691	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Texas A&M 26–14
3	1	0.782	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Colorado 47–0
4	51	0.864	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	37	+1	Beat Syracuse 28–7
5	17	0.891	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0–1	0.750	37	+1	Tied Indiana 7–7
6	54	0.927	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Brown 21–7
7	32	0.973	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Duquesne 51–0
8	49	1.000	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	37	+1	Beat Temple 19–13
9	-7	1.000	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Citadel 56–7
10	-9	1.041	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Stanford 49–13
11	36	1.082	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Washington & LEE 35–6
12	-7	1.127	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat North Carolina 34–0
13	11	1.182	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat ST. Mary's 45–6
14	18	1.186	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–0–1	0.833	36	+2	Beat Iowa State 27–7
15	5	1.209	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia Tech 41–7
16	-3	1.241	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Tulane 20–0
17	-2	1.255	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat South Carolina 33–0
18	18	1.273	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Alabama 14–7
19	16	1.282	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Clemson 16–14
20	-2	1.295	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Cornell 14–0
21	9	1.368	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Navy 13–6
22	11	1.368	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Tennessee 19–7
23	26	1.368	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Boston University 19–14
24	-7	1.391	USC	PAC	1–0–1	0.750	37	+1	Tied Rice 7–7
25	0	1.436	SMU	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Missouri 35–19
26	12	1.464	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Hawai'i 35–0
27	-21	1.491	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
28	30	1.545	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pittsburgh 40–6
29	-3	1.550	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Iowa 35–12
30	-14	1.550	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Bucknell 54–0
31	23	1.591	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Merchant Marine 29–0
32	-3	1.655	UTEP	IND BOR	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Arizona 40–0
33	26	1.664	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lafayette 59–0
34	-11	1.700	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–0–1	0.750	37	0	Tied Wisconsin 7–7
35	-7	1.732	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Drake 28–14
36	26	1.750	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat ST. Louis 27–23
37	-28	1.755	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Delaware 43–19
38	46	1.781	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	58	+2	Beat Oklahoma State 26–14
39	-2	1.782	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Nebraska 28–13
40	3	1.823	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
41	11	1.836	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat TCU 6–0
42	-28	1.942	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	58	+1	Lost to Holy Cross 13–19
43	25	1.968	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat George Washington 13–7
44	53	1.976	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	58	+2	Beat BYU 12–7
45	-37	2.111	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	58	+2	Lost to Texas 0–34
46	27	2.154	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–1	0.500	58	+1	Beat UCLA 27–26
47	46	2.291	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–1	0.500	58	+1	Beat Ohio State 24–20
48	22	2.416	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	42	+1	Beat Oregon 13–6
49	-9	2.480	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	42	+1	Lost to Oklahoma 14–26
50	15	2.562	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	58	0	Tied Miami 7–7
51	27	2.659	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	58	+1	Beat Davidson 14–0
52	59	2.673	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	58	+1	Beat Mississippi State 7–0
53	60	2.740	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	42	+4	Beat Colorado State 26–13
54	22	2.760	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	58	0	Beat Fordham 40–7
55	45	2.788	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–2	0.333	87	+2	Beat Idaho 7–0
56	-15	2.817	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	42	+1	Lost to West Virginia 6–35
57	18	2.862	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	42	0	Beat LSU 35–19
58	43	2.891	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	42	0	Beat Wayne State 40–7
59	-15	2.916	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	2–1	0.667	42	0	Lost to Arizona 7–40
60	-48	2.937	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–1	0.500	58	+1	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–20
61	10	2.971	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	58	0	Beat Washington 14–7
62	-16	3.000	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	42	0	Lost to California 6–45
63	40	3.017	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–1	0.667	42	0	Beat Xavier 20–7
64	-11	3.087	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to Harvard 14–19
65	-58	3.177	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	58	+1	Lost to Army 0–47
66	-24	3.217	BYU	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	42	0	Lost to Wyoming 7–12
67	-40	3.267	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to Virginia 7–41
68	-47	3.287	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to Michigan State 0–7
69	-8	3.300	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to Yale 0–14
70	-7	3.371	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to Princeton 7–21
71	6	3.375	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	105	0	Lost to Columbia 6–13
72	-41	3.382	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	42	-1	Lost to Denver 14–26
73	-4	3.383	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	42	0	Lost to SAN Francisco 0–51
74	12	3.400	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	58	0	Beat Western Reserve 21–6
75	37	3.432	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	42	-1	Beat Bradley 28–7
76	-26	3.442	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	42	-1	Lost to Utah State 13–26
77	8	3.534	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–1–1	0.250	102	0	Tied Villanova 7–7
78	17	3.548	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	87	0	Lost to Wake Forest 14–16
79	-12	3.582	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to Dartmouth 7–28
80	16	3.613	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	105	0	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 7–13
81	-36	3.705	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	42	+1	Lost to Abilene Christian 7–13
82	9	3.732	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	105	0	Lost to Minnesota 13–28
83	-80	3.854	UCLA	PAC	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to Northwestern 26–27
84	23	3.871	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–2	0.000	105	0	Lost to Duke 7–19
85	-37	3.877	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	2–1	0.667	42	-2	Lost to Washington State 0–7
86	-20	3.895	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to William & Mary 7–56
87	15	3.972	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	87	0	Lost to Ole Miss 0–33
88	-78	3.979	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to Purdue 20–24
89	0	4.050	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	105	0	Lost to Notre Dame 6–40
90	-56	4.053	LSU	SEC	1–1	0.500	58	-1	Lost to Georgia 19–35
91	-3	4.070	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	58	-1	Beat Kansas State 20–18
92	-9	4.156	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–2	0.333	87	0	Lost to Nevada 6–13
93	6	4.168	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	87	0	Beat Fresno State 20–19
94	-30	4.307	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	87	0	Lost to SMU 19–35
95	-14	4.579	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–3	0.000	105	-1	Lost to Tulsa 14–28
96	12	4.662	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	1–2	0.333	87	-1	Beat West Texas A&M 21–13
97	1	4.684	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–2	0.333	87	-1	Lost to Vanderbilt 7–14
98	-8	4.690	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–2	0.333	87	-1	Lost to Illinois 12–35
99	6	4.776	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	58	-1	Beat Brooklyn 19–0
100	-6	4.781	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	58	-1	Beat Tennessee Tech 12–0
101	3	4.943	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	87	-1	Lost to Kansas 7–27
102	-22	4.982	TCU	IND SWC	0–2–1	0.167	104	-1	Lost to Arkansas 0–6
103	6	4.999	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	87	-1	Lost to NC State 0–14
104	6	5.068	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	87	-2	Lost to Marquette 23–27
105	-31	5.498	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–2	0.000	105	-1	Lost to Michigan 13–49
106	-34	5.517	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–2	0.000	105	-1	Lost to Oregon State 7–14
107	-56	5.777	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to San José State 12–19
108	11	6.021	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–1	0.500	58	0	Beat Louisiana Tech 14–0
109	-22	6.059	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–3	0.000	105	-2	Lost to New Mexico 18–20
110	6	6.059	Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	105	-1	Lost to Colgate 0–29
111	3	6.129	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	87	-3	Beat Northern Colorado 32–13
112	-6	6.810	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	87	-1	Lost to Rollins 7–20
113	2	7.382	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	105	-2	BYE
114	-35	7.898	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–1–1	0.250	102	-1	Tied USC 7–7
115	5	7.942	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–2	0.333	87	0	Beat Western NEW Mexico 48–0
116	-34	8.175	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–2	0.000	105	0	Lost to North Texas 12–20
117	0	8.902	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–3	0.000	105	-2	Lost to Texas Tech 13–21
118	-62	8.929	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	105	-1	Lost to Georgetown 7–40
119	-27	8.995	Portland (PORTLAND)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	105	-2	Lost to Hawaii ALL Stars 6–14
120	-2	9.246	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–3	0.000	105	-1	Lost to UTEP 0–40