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1948 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings

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1948 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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
110.716Michigan (MICHIGAN)B106–01.0001+22Beat Illinois 28–20
2-10.814North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON6–01.0001+20Beat Tennessee 14–7
300.861Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC6–01.0001+17Beat Duke 19–7
421.093SMUIND SWC5–10.83317+18Beat Texas 21–6
5-11.137Army (ARMY)IND FBSI6–01.0001+13Beat Virginia Tech 49–7
621.171Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI6–01.0001+13Beat Navy 41–7
731.255Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC5–10.83317+14Beat LSU 49–19
8-11.266California (CALIFORNIA)PAC7–01.0001+16Beat USC 13–7
901.270Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC5–0–10.91710+12Beat TCU 6–3
10-51.286Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON5–01.0001+9Beat Boston College 26–19
1111.347Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI4–0–10.90012+8Beat Colgate 32–13
1211.372Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI5–01.0001+9Beat Washington & LEE 40–7
13101.423Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B105–10.83317+14Beat Ohio State 21–7
1421.444Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC5–10.83317+12Beat Alabama 35–0
15-41.509Tulane (TULANE)SEC5–10.83317+12Beat Mississippi State 9–0
1611.512UTEPIND BOR5–0–10.91710+9Tied Hardin Simmons 27–27
1731.628Oregon (OREGON)PAC6–10.85713+14Beat ST. Mary's 14–13
1801.659Nevada (NEVADA)IND FBSI6–01.0001+3Beat Oklahoma City 79–13
19-41.735Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B85–10.83317+9Beat Kansas State 49–7
20-11.755Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–2–10.58349+9Lost to Clemson 19–26
2111.780Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B85–10.83317+10Beat Iowa State 33–6
2281.785Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI4–10.80028+9Beat Yale 41–14
2321.852Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC3–1–10.70033+8Tied Tulsa 14–14
2421.862Kansas (KANSAS)IND B86–10.85713+10Beat Oklahoma State 13–7
2521.875Utah (UTAH)IND SKY6–10.85713+10Beat Colorado 14–12
2621.881Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY6–10.85713+9Beat Colorado Mines 33–0
2771.901Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI5–10.83317+7Beat Columbia 20–13
28-41.993Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON5–10.83317+6Beat Miami 27–13
29182.051Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI3–2–10.58349+6Beat Oregon State 46–21
30-162.069Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON3–1–20.66734+5Lost to Georgia Tech 7–19
3182.083Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI5–10.83317+5Beat Rutgers 20–6
3242.157Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–2–10.58349+6Beat Auburn 47–0
3392.201Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY5–20.71429+9Beat Wyoming 45–34
3432.217Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI5–20.71429+8Beat SAN Francisco 25–13
35-62.270USCPAC4–30.57154+11Lost to California 7–13
36-152.276Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B104–20.66734+8Lost to Northwestern 7–21
3792.297Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI4–20.66734+6Beat Detroit Mercy 27–6
3822.298Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON4–20.66734+8Beat NC State 34–13
39-72.461TCUIND SWC4–30.57154+9Lost to Baylor 3–6
40-92.470Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–30.57154+8Lost to SMU 6–21
4122.484Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI4–20.66734+7Beat Western Reserve 20–0
4272.503Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B104–20.66734+5Beat Indiana 30–7
43-102.566Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC4–20.66734+2Lost to Kansas 7–13
44172.726West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–20.71429+2Beat South Carolina 35–12
4592.736Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI5–10.83317+6Beat Syracuse 12–7
46182.746William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON4–20.66734+7Beat Richmond 14–6
47132.757Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–20.66734+2Beat Furman 39–14
4832.792Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–20.66734+1Beat Texas A&M 28–6
4982.797Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON4–20.66734+3Beat Davidson 33–6
50-92.898Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC3–2–10.58349+2Lost to North Carolina 7–14
5152.955Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC5–20.71429+7Beat Emporia State 43–20
52132.989Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC4–20.66734+2Beat Idaho 19–14
53-183.010NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON2–3–10.41774+3Lost to Wake Forest 13–34
54-63.117Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI4–20.667340Lost to Brown 6–20
55153.214Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI2–30.40079+2Beat Virginia 55–14
56-113.242Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR4–30.57154+2Lost to Rice 7–14
57-193.286Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR3–20.60048-2Lost to Arizona 21–33
58-143.342Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI4–20.66734-3Lost to Villanova 6–27
59-43.496Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY3–30.50058-4Lost to Utah State 34–45
60-13.635Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–30.400790Lost to Maryland 13–27
61-83.689South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–30.40079-1Lost to West Virginia 12–35
6213.694Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON3–30.50058-3Lost to William & Mary 6–14
63163.701Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI2–30.40079+2Beat Holy Cross 20–13
64253.748Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR3–30.50058-2Beat Arizona State 33–21
65-133.838Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC2–3–10.417740Lost to Georgia 0–35
66-163.849Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–2–10.58349-3Lost to Princeton 14–55
67-93.853Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–3–10.41774-1Lost to Tulane 0–9
68-63.858Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–3–10.50058-1Lost to Michigan State 21–46
69123.868Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC3–30.50058-3Beat Cincinnati 28–7
70-44.014Yale (YALE)IND FBSI3–30.50058-1Lost to Dartmouth 14–41
71114.050Iowa (IOWA)B103–30.50058-2Beat Wisconsin 19–13
7254.051Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR1–1–20.50058-1Tied UTEP 27–27
73184.068Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–40.42970-4Beat Washington 20–0
74-74.103Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI2–40.333860Lost to Cornell 13–20
75-64.338Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI2–2–10.50058-4Tied Denver 10–10
76124.378Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI3–30.50058-6Beat Evansville 27–0
77154.404Purdue (PURDUE)B102–40.33386-1Beat Marquette 14–9
78-104.434Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–40.33386-2Lost to Penn State 13–32
79-74.531Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–40.42970-5Lost to Oklahoma 6–33
8074.663Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–40.33386-4Lost to Michigan 20–28
81124.694West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR4–40.500580Beat Houston 28–13
82-114.728Indiana (INDIANA)B102–40.33386-5Lost to Minnesota 7–30
83154.749BYUIND SKY3–40.42970-1Beat Montana 26–20
84-44.772LSUSEC2–40.33386-3Lost to Ole Miss 19–49
85154.802UCLAPAC3–40.42970-6Beat Nebraska 27–15
8604.884ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI2–40.33386-4Lost to Oregon 13–14
87-44.940Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON2–3–10.41774-5Lost to Virginia Military Institute 6–33
88-104.978Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–3–10.41774-5Lost to Florida 14–39
89-45.047Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–60.000115-3Lost to Notre Dame 7–41
90-155.063Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI2–40.33386-6Lost to Harvard 13–20
91-185.126Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR3–30.50058-4Lost to Western State 6–26
92-165.246SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI1–40.200106-4Lost to Santa Clara 13–25
93135.261Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–40.33386-7Beat Texas Tech 14–7
94-45.269Colorado (COLORADO)IND B82–40.33386-8Lost to Utah 12–14
95135.478NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI2–30.40079-2Beat Lehigh 21–20
96-225.482New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR2–40.333860Lost to Fresno State 14–20
97-35.482Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–4–10.250102-5Lost to Stanford 0–20
98-145.654George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON2–50.28699-3Lost to Lafayette 14–33
9955.785Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI1–4–10.250102-7Beat Bucknell 20–0
100-55.790Auburn (AUBURN)SEC1–4–10.250102-5Lost to Vanderbilt 0–47
10105.952Idaho (IDAHO)PAC1–50.167107-9Lost to Washington State 14–19
10206.045Denver (DENVER)IND SKY1–5–10.214105-9Tied Georgetown 10–10
10326.139Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–50.167107-7Lost to Boston University 7–12
104-16.166Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON1–50.167107-7Lost to Pennsylvania 7–40
105-96.265Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–50.167107-8Lost to UCLA 15–27
106106.365Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON2–30.40079-6Beat Erskine 19–0
107-86.631Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI2–40.33386-7Lost to Ohio 13–14
108-116.637Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–50.167107-10Lost to Iowa 13–19
10906.697Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI2–30.40079-2BYE
11076.809New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR2–40.33386-8Beat NEW Mexico Highlands 26–0
111-16.821Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC0–5–10.083114-7Tied Wichita State 14–14
112-56.984Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI1–50.167107-12Lost to Purdue 9–14
113-27.296Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–70.000115-15Lost to Arkansas 6–28
114-17.354Montana (MONTANA)PAC2–50.28699-13Lost to BYU 20–26
115-17.569Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON0–60.000115-11Lost to Army 7–49
116-47.855ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC2–50.28699-8Lost to ST. Bonaventure 0–21
117-27.924Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–50.167107-14Lost to Missouri 7–49

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