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1948 Week 8 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
140.704Michigan (MICHIGAN)B104–01.0001+10Beat Northwestern 28–0
2-10.811North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–01.0001+10Beat NC State 14–0
3151.066Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–0–10.87514+7Beat Villanova 20–13
4261.137Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON2–0–20.75021+3Beat Maryland 13–12
5-31.162Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–0–10.87514+6Beat Texas Tech 13–0
621.168Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC4–01.0001+6Beat Auburn 27–0
701.182California (CALIFORNIA)PAC5–01.0001+8Beat Oregon State 42–0
871.221Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI3–01.0001+4Beat Columbia 20–14
9111.242Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI4–01.0001+6Beat Nebraska 44–13
1041.267Tulane (TULANE)SEC3–10.75021+6Beat Ole Miss 20–7
11-11.314Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON3–01.0001+3BYE
1291.377Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+4Beat West Virginia 37–7
13-71.410Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–01.0001+5Beat Harvard 20–7
1451.411Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY5–01.0001+8Beat Wyoming 21–20
15-31.501Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI4–01.0001+3Beat Syracuse 34–7
16-51.554Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–10.75021+6Beat Indiana 17–0
17111.573UTEPIND BOR4–01.0001+5Beat BYU 34–20
18-151.590TCUIND SWC4–10.80016+7Beat Texas A&M 27–14
19-151.634Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B103–10.75021+6Lost to Michigan 0–28
2031.666SMUIND SWC3–10.75021+5Beat Rice 33–7
21211.678Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC3–10.75021+5Beat LSU 22–0
2201.690Nevada (NEVADA)IND FBSI4–01.0001+2Beat ST. Mary's 48–20
23171.727Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–10.75021+4Beat Navy 35–14
24131.783Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI4–10.80016+5Beat Loyola Marymount 47–0
25-161.804Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC3–10.75021+4Lost to Tulane 7–20
2691.807Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–10.80016+6Beat George Washington 12–0
27181.854William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON3–10.75021+3Beat Virginia Tech 30–0
28111.915Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC3–10.75021+4Beat SAN Francisco 27–20
29261.956Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC3–10.75021+5Beat Utah State 20–7
30201.977Oregon (OREGON)PAC4–10.80016+5Beat USC 8–7
3121.986Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC3–20.60051+6Beat Arkansas 14–6
32151.994Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B83–10.75021+3Beat Kansas State 42–0
33102.022Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON3–20.60051+7Beat Duquesne 41–15
34-212.128Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON3–10.75021+2Lost to Duke 12–13
35-102.192Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI2–10.66745+3Beat Colgate 41–16
36-202.209USCPAC3–20.60051+5Lost to Oregon 7–8
37-132.230Utah (UTAH)IND SKY4–10.80016+3Beat Denver 17–0
38162.236Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON3–10.75021+3Beat Richmond 9–0
39-102.252Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–10.75021+2Beat Illinois 6–0
4062.253Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–1–10.62548+2Beat Cincinnati 27–0
41-142.320Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI3–20.60051+4Lost to Boston College 13–20
4272.355Yale (YALE)IND FBSI3–10.75021+2Beat Wisconsin 17–7
43-122.372Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY3–10.750210Lost to Colorado State 20–21
44-122.385Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI2–20.50061+4Lost to Pennsylvania 14–20
45-92.415Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–20.60051+4Lost to Wichita State 7–20
46182.438Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI3–10.75021+1Beat Holy Cross 14–6
47202.477Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC3–10.75021+2Beat Washington 10–0
48232.509Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI2–20.50061+2Beat Arizona 61–7
49102.516Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR3–10.750210Beat Northern Arizona 40–0
50-332.523Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI3–10.75021+1Lost to Miami 0–6
51-72.587Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–10.750210Beat Rollins 41–12
52262.607Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC2–1–10.62548+2Beat Alabama 21–6
53192.632Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–10.66745+1Beat Detroit Mercy 6–0
54-62.654NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–2–10.37585+2Lost to North Carolina 0–14
55-212.774Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–20.60051+2Lost to Texas 6–14
5602.887South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–10.667450BYE
5702.964Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI3–10.75021-1Beat Princeton 22–6
58-322.997Indiana (INDIANA)B102–20.50061+1Lost to Ohio State 0–17
5943.001Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–20.50061+3Beat Marquette 21–7
60-83.004Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR3–20.60051+2Lost to Baylor 0–13
61-233.176Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI1–20.33391+2Lost to Army 7–20
62273.504Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–1–10.62548-2Beat Washington & LEE 41–6
63-123.568Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON2–20.50061-1Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–9
64-33.576Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI2–20.500610Lost to Brown 6–14
65143.583Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI3–10.75021+1Beat Temple 13–7
66433.645Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR1–1–10.500610Beat New Mexico 28–19
67-23.696West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–20.60051-2Lost to Penn State 7–37
68133.754Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–20.60051-2Beat Colorado 18–7
69113.811Purdue (PURDUE)B101–30.25095+1Beat Iowa 20–13
7033.874Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–2–10.375850Beat Kentucky 26–7
71303.926Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–30.40078-1Beat UCLA 34–14
72213.934Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC3–20.60051+1Beat Bradley 17–14
73-133.996Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–2–10.375850Lost to Washington State 0–10
7424.016George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON2–30.40078-2Lost to Kansas 0–12
75-344.040Iowa (IOWA)B102–20.50061-1Lost to Purdue 13–20
76-184.103Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–2–10.50061-2Lost to California 0–42
77-244.173Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC1–2–10.375850Lost to Tennessee 6–21
78274.184Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI2–20.50061-2Beat Presbyterian 35–0
79-114.189Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR2–20.50061-2Lost to Michigan State 7–61
80-114.232LSUSEC2–20.50061-2Lost to Georgia 0–22
8164.296West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR3–30.500610Beat Midwestern Texas State 28–7
82-204.401New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR2–20.50061-1Lost to Hardin Simmons 19–28
83234.450Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON2–20.50061-2Beat Citadel 14–6
84-14.459Auburn (AUBURN)SEC1–2–10.37585-1Lost to Georgia Tech 0–27
85-114.508Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–40.000112-1Lost to Missouri 14–35
86-164.600SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI1–30.25095-1Lost to Oklahoma State 20–27
87-124.636Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR2–20.50061-3Lost to Arizona State 0–40
88-224.777UCLAPAC2–30.40078-3Lost to Stanford 14–34
8964.922Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI1–20.33391-2Beat Tulsa 13–7
9065.116Denver (DENVER)IND SKY1–40.200109-3Lost to Utah 0–17
9165.146Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI0–30.000112-2Lost to Rutgers 6–22
92-65.159Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–30.25095-3Lost to Minnesota 0–6
9365.216Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–30.25095-1Lost to Notre Dame 13–44
9445.259BYUIND SKY2–30.40078-1Lost to UTEP 20–34
95-135.268Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–30.25095-2Lost to Yale 7–17
96-55.339Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–30.25095-2Lost to Cornell 7–34
97-35.345Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–30.25095-3Lost to Dartmouth 16–41
98-105.462Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–2–10.37585-2Tied Wofford 7–7
99-225.547Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI1–30.25095-3Lost to Pittsburgh 7–21
10005.578ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI1–30.25095-3Lost to Nevada 20–48
101-165.772Colorado (COLORADO)IND B81–30.25095-4Lost to Iowa State 7–18
102135.800ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC2–30.40078-6Beat Rockhurst 31–7
103115.830Montana (MONTANA)PAC2–30.40078-3Beat Montana State 14–0
104-145.935Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–30.25095-5Lost to SMU 7–33
105-215.963Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC1–30.25095-4Lost to Vanderbilt 7–26
106115.978Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI2–20.500610Beat ST. Francis (PENNSYLVANIA) 41–0
107-156.072Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI2–30.40078-6Lost to Wake Forest 15–41
108-66.271Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON1–30.25095-3Lost to Virginia 6–41
10926.292NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI1–20.333910BYE
11006.488Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI0–3–10.125111-4Lost to Boston University 7–13
11127.007Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–30.25095-6Lost to Oklahoma 0–42
112-47.148Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–20.33391-2Lost to Davidson 6–14
113-67.209Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–50.000112-8Lost to TCU 14–27
114-117.254Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC0–40.000112-5Lost to Georgetown 7–13
115-37.427Idaho (IDAHO)PAC0–40.000112-7BYE
11607.773Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON0–40.000112-6Lost to William & Mary 0–30
117-137.983New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR1–40.200109-4Lost to SUL Ross State 12–47

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