1947 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings

October 14, 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	2	0.818	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	22	+3	Tied Illinois 0–0
2	7	0.830	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Virginia Tech 21–7
3	17	0.948	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Columbia 17–7
4	21	0.955	SMU	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Oklahoma State 21–14
5	13	0.988	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Ole Miss 10–6
6	16	1.005	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	2–0–1	0.833	22	+3	Tied Navy 14–14
7	5	1.014	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	4–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Oklahoma 34–14
8	8	1.039	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Virginia Military Institute 20–0
9	4	1.043	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Wisconsin 48–7
10	0	1.048	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Pittsburgh 69–0
11	4	1.082	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Harvard 47–0
12	14	1.127	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat BYU 28–6
13	-2	1.197	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Waynesburg 60–7
14	19	1.223	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Dartmouth 32–0
15	21	1.285	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Detroit Mercy 41–18
16	13	1.359	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–0–1	0.833	22	+2	Tied Army 0–0
17	-3	1.367	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	3–0–1	0.875	21	+2	Beat South Dakota State 86–6
18	22	1.391	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Arkansas 17–9
19	5	1.441	USC	PAC	2–0–1	0.833	22	+2	Beat Ohio State 32–0
20	19	1.448	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Northwestern 37–21
21	-4	1.522	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–1	0.750	26	+5	Lost to Vanderbilt 6–10
22	6	1.541	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Purdue 22–7
23	7	1.545	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Fordham 75–0
24	13	1.570	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Richmond 18–6
25	-6	1.576	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat North Carolina 19–7
26	1	1.691	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Kansas State 49–13
27	-20	1.737	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	26	+4	Lost to Mississippi State 14–21
28	-27	1.746	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	35	+3	Lost to Hardin Simmons 7–35
29	-27	1.758	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	35	+4	Lost to Texas 14–34
30	-26	1.819	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	59	+2	Lost to Pennsylvania 0–32
31	30	1.829	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–1	0.667	35	+3	Beat Idaho 33–6
32	36	1.952	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–1	0.667	35	+3	Beat SAN Francisco 21–14
33	-12	1.963	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	35	+2	Lost to Yale 7–17
34	19	1.980	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	3–1	0.750	26	+7	Beat Montana 13–7
35	15	1.981	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	57	+1	Beat Holy Cross 13–6
36	15	2.037	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	35	+3	Beat Clemson 18–0
37	-14	2.105	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	35	+2	Lost to Virginia 0–47
38	14	2.120	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	35	+3	Beat Washington State 21–7
39	-1	2.145	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–1–1	0.500	59	+2	Tied Colorado State 13–13
40	29	2.283	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	35	+1	Beat Colgate 27–18
41	-35	2.359	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	59	+1	Lost to Rutgers 7–13
42	-1	2.362	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	26	+1	Lost to Baylor 9–17
43	5	2.419	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	26	+1	Beat Portland 51–6
44	46	2.432	LSU	SEC	2–1	0.667	35	+1	Beat Texas A&M 19–13
45	18	2.449	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–1	0.750	26	+1	Beat Georgia 26–0
46	0	2.469	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–2	0.333	86	+2	Lost to Minnesota 21–37
47	9	2.631	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	26	+1	Beat George Washington 15–6
48	-4	2.631	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	35	+1	Beat Colorado Mines 53–6
49	15	2.732	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	35	0	Beat NEW York University 38–7
50	24	2.751	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	35	0	Beat Princeton 13–7
51	24	2.824	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	3–1	0.750	26	-1	Beat Drake 21–13
52	-47	2.973	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–1–1	0.500	59	+1	Lost to California 7–48
53	-10	2.981	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	35	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–20
54	29	2.989	UCLA	PAC	2–1	0.667	35	+1	Beat Oregon 24–7
55	43	3.025	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–2	0.500	59	0	Beat Indiana 27–14
56	-11	3.071	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	86	+2	Lost to Wake Forest 7–19
57	-25	3.145	UTEP	IND BOR	3–1	0.750	26	-2	Lost to West Texas A&M 0–14
58	56	3.199	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–1–1	0.500	59	0	Beat Tulane 33–0
59	37	3.219	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	2–2	0.500	59	+1	Beat Tulsa 14–7
60	47	3.226	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	35	+2	Beat Arizona 35–7
61	45	3.237	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–2	0.333	86	+1	Beat ST. Mary's 26–6
62	14	3.239	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–1–1	0.625	57	-1	Tied Denver 13–13
63	23	3.275	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	35	0	Beat Newberry 13–6
64	-29	3.284	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	35	-1	Lost to Texas Tech 7–14
65	29	3.289	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–2	0.500	59	+1	Beat Colorado 21–0
66	-17	3.303	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–2	0.500	59	0	Lost to LSU 13–19
67	17	3.343	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–2	0.333	86	+1	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 26–7
68	23	3.346	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	35	-1	Beat New Mexico State 20–0
69	10	3.356	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	35	0	Beat Temple 28–12
70	34	3.449	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	2–2	0.500	59	-1	Beat Georgetown 16–0
71	-1	3.455	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	35	-1	Beat Rhode Island 55–6
72	-64	3.475	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	59	0	Lost to Villanova 6–13
73	-7	3.495	BYU	IND SKY	2–2	0.500	59	0	Lost to Utah 6–28
74	19	3.512	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	59	0	Beat Stanford 13–7
75	22	3.512	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–2	0.500	59	0	Beat Duquesne 26–0
76	-4	3.601	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	2–2	0.500	59	0	Lost to SMU 14–21
77	10	3.610	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	59	-1	Beat Furman 26–8
78	-20	3.695	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	59	-1	Lost to Marquette 18–41
79	-22	3.721	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–2	0.500	59	-1	Lost to Kentucky 0–26
80	-49	3.753	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	59	-1	Lost to Cornell 18–27
81	-14	3.872	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	86	0	Lost to William & Mary 7–21
82	21	3.888	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	59	-1	Beat Wofford 12–7
83	-28	3.951	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–3	0.250	100	+1	Lost to Michigan State 7–21
84	-50	3.965	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–1–1	0.500	59	-1	Lost to Iowa 14–27
85	-26	3.974	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	2–2	0.500	59	-2	Lost to Utah State 7–13
86	-26	4.251	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–2	0.333	86	+1	Lost to Rice 0–33
87	21	4.271	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–1	0.667	35	0	Beat Florida 20–14
88	-10	4.373	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	100	-1	Lost to NC State 0–18
89	-27	4.411	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	59	-2	Lost to Washington 6–26
90	-43	4.480	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–2	0.333	86	0	Lost to Notre Dame 7–22
91	-3	4.530	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–2	0.333	86	0	Lost to USC 0–32
92	-38	4.539	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	86	-2	Lost to ST. Louis 0–16
93	-11	4.698	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	86	0	Beat Iowa State 14–7
94	-21	4.725	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	59	-3	Lost to Alabama 0–26
95	-3	4.806	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–3	0.250	100	-1	Lost to UCLA 7–24
96	-54	4.826	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	86	-1	Lost to Syracuse 12–28
97	-8	4.853	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	111	0	Lost to Michigan 0–69
98	-13	4.869	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	2–2	0.500	59	-4	Lost to Oregon State 6–33
99	-28	4.932	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–2–1	0.167	109	-1	Tied Duke 14–14
100	-35	5.028	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	1–2	0.333	86	-1	Lost to Missouri 0–21
101	1	5.083	TCU	IND SWC	1–2–1	0.375	85	-3	Beat Miami 19–6
102	-21	5.180	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	2–2	0.500	59	+2	Lost to Pepperdine 6–27
103	-23	5.329	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	111	-2	Lost to Washington & LEE 6–15
104	13	5.926	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–3	0.250	100	0	Beat UTEP 14–0
105	-10	6.023	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–4	0.000	111	-4	Lost to Wichita State 13–21
106	-6	6.166	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	86	-3	Lost to Tennessee 7–26
107	2	6.261	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–4	0.000	111	-4	Lost to Boston College 13–49
108	4	6.265	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	100	-1	Lost to Maryland 6–18
109	-10	6.273	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	86	-3	Lost to Boston University 7–38
110	-9	6.612	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–3	0.250	100	-4	Lost to Nebraska 7–14
111	-6	6.969	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–3	0.000	111	-4	Lost to Santa Clara 7–13
112	-35	7.114	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–2–1	0.167	109	-2	Lost to TCU 6–19
113	7	7.561	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–3	0.250	100	-2	Beat Western State 12–8
114	1	8.021	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–3	0.250	100	-1	Lost to New Mexico 0–20
115	-4	8.238	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	100	-5	Lost to Hawai'i 0–14
116	0	8.331	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–3	0.000	111	-2	Lost to Auburn 14–20
117	1	8.780	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	111	-2	Lost to Penn State 0–75
118	-8	8.850	Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	111	-2	Lost to ST. Bonaventure 0–25
119	-6	9.098	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	111	-6	Lost to South Carolina 8–26
120	-1	9.345	Portland (PORTLAND)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	111	-5	Lost to Nevada 6–51