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1952 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings

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1952 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
110.540Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–0–10.83318+4Beat Texas 49–20
220.814Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–01.0001+5Beat George Washington 50–0
3100.820Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON4–01.0001+7Beat South Carolina 33–7
4260.917Colorado (COLORADO)IND B82–1–10.62550+6Beat Arizona 34–19
571.018Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC4–01.0001+6Beat Tulane 14–0
6111.045Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+4Beat Texas A&M 48–6
721.083California (CALIFORNIA)PAC4–01.0001+5Beat Oregon 41–7
801.100UCLAPAC4–01.0001+6Beat Rice 20–0
9141.110Maryland (MARYLAND)IND FBSI4–01.0001+6Beat Georgia 37–0
1061.136Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–01.0001+5Beat Iowa State 43–0
11-61.139Purdue (PURDUE)B102–0–10.83318+2Beat Iowa 41–14
12-61.142Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–01.0001+4Beat William & Mary 14–0
13121.235Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC4–01.0001+6Beat Virginia Tech 33–0
14191.240Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI2–0–10.83318+2Beat Princeton 13–7
1551.279Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–0–10.83318+3Beat Drake 20–14
16-91.288Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI4–01.0001+4Beat Wake Forest 20–0
17201.374Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR2–10.66733+4BYE
18-151.454Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–10.66733+3Lost to Ohio State 14–23
1991.460Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1Beat NEW York University 35–0
20-11.463Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–0–10.87517+3Beat West Virginia 35–21
21-61.464USCPAC4–01.0001+2Beat SAN Diego Navy 20–6
2291.481Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–0–20.75022+1Tied Vanderbilt 21–21
23121.511Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–10.66733+3Beat Wisconsin 23–14
2481.573Stanford (STANFORD)PAC4–01.0001+2Beat Oregon State 41–28
25-11.592Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B84–01.0001+3Beat Kansas State 27–14
26-51.911George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON2–10.66733+3Lost to Virginia 0–50
27221.917Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY3–10.75022+3Beat Wyoming 14–0
2881.962Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Rutgers 13–7
29-112.009Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC3–10.75022+2Lost to Maryland 0–37
3082.026Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC2–10.66733+2Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 26–6
31282.026Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC3–10.75022+2Beat Tulsa 33–7
32-32.062Army (ARMY)IND FBSI2–10.66733+2Beat Dartmouth 37–7
33182.084Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–10.75022+2Beat Clemson 54–13
34-242.140Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI2–10.66733+1Lost to Pennsylvania 7–13
35-132.170Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR3–10.75022+1Lost to Colorado 19–34
3692.188Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–10.66733+2Beat Washington 48–14
37132.216Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI2–10.66733+2Beat Detroit Mercy 37–27
38162.227San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI3–10.75022+1Beat Fresno State 40–6
3902.302Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI2–10.66733+2BYE
40232.312Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–10.66733+1Beat Notre Dame 22–19
41172.353Yale (YALE)IND FBSI3–10.75022+1Beat Columbia 35–28
42-312.543Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–1–10.50052+1Lost to Houston 7–33
43192.574TCUIND SWC2–20.50052+2Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 47–0
44-182.647Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY2–10.66733+1Lost to Colorado State 0–14
45-442.703Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI1–1–10.50052+1Lost to Pittsburgh 19–22
46-192.750BYUIND SKY3–10.750220Lost to Utah 6–34
47192.805Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–10.75022+3Beat Cornell 26–6
48232.824Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–20.33374+1Beat Indiana 28–13
49122.847Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC1–20.33374+1Lost to Stanford 28–41
50142.899LSUSEC2–20.500520Beat Kentucky 34–7
51-372.923Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–10.66733-1Lost to Arkansas 17–20
5212.980Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC2–20.50052+1Lost to Illinois 14–48
5333.072South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–20.50052+1Lost to Duke 7–33
54163.091SMUIND SWC1–20.33374+1Beat Missouri 25–7
55-73.096Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–20.50052+2Lost to Michigan State 6–48
56-123.108New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY1–10.500520BYE
57433.135Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–20.500520Beat Baylor 20–17
58-173.180Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI1–20.333740Lost to Boston University 7–9
59-163.185Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–20.50052+1Lost to Oklahoma 20–49
60-203.269Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI1–20.333740Lost to Yale 28–35
61253.271Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–10.66733-1Beat North Texas 14–0
62-53.278Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON3–20.60051+1Lost to Alabama 0–33
6363.305Auburn (AUBURN)SEC1–20.333740Beat Wofford 54–7
64203.393UTEPIND BOR3–10.75022+1Beat Texas Tech 20–14
65283.402Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI2–20.500520Beat Miami 9–7
6663.453Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON2–20.500520Beat Richmond 21–20
67-23.498Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI0–10.0001050BYE
6803.511Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–30.25087+1Lost to California 7–41
69193.625Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI2–10.66733-2Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 42–0
70-183.627Tulane (TULANE)SEC1–20.33374-1Lost to Georgia Tech 0–14
71-293.757NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI1–1–10.500520Lost to Holy Cross 0–35
72313.769Utah (UTAH)IND SKY1–2–10.375700Beat BYU 34–6
73-263.781Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND MVC1–20.333740Lost to Marquette 27–37
74253.791West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR2–10.66733-2Beat New Mexico State 45–7
75-293.843Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON1–2–10.375700Lost to Villanova 0–20
76-423.847Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC1–2–10.375700Lost to LSU 7–34
7714.061William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–30.250870Lost to Navy 0–14
7824.200Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–20.33374-1Lost to UCLA 0–20
79254.360Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR2–10.667330Beat California Tech 20–7
8094.392Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR2–20.50052-2Beat Midwestern Texas State 34–14
81-24.418West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON1–20.33374-2Lost to Penn State 21–35
82-84.426Clemson (CLEMSON)IND FBSI1–30.25087-1Lost to Florida 13–54
83-234.557Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–30.25087-1Lost to SMU 7–25
84-174.567Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–20.50052-4Lost to Montana 7–17
85-104.621Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI0–30.000105-1Lost to Syracuse 6–26
86-44.672Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR1–30.25087-2Lost to UTEP 14–20
8744.674Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–30.25087-1Lost to Kansas 0–43
88104.720Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–20.33374-2Beat Northwestern 27–26
89-344.757Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–20.50052-1Lost to Stetson 14–25
9004.775Drake (DRAKE)IND FBSI2–20.500520Lost to Boston College 14–20
91-154.930Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–30.000105-1BYE
92-194.958Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI0–30.000105-1Lost to Army 7–37
93-165.035Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–2–20.25087-1Tied Ole Miss 21–21
9405.039NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–20.33374-2Beat Davidson 28–6
9575.118Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON2–20.50052-4Beat Florida State 28–7
96135.347Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC1–30.25087-4Beat Wichita State 35–21
9745.359Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY1–30.25087-3Beat Denver 17–7
98-35.465Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–30.25087-4Lost to Washington & LEE 20–21
9975.543Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–30.25087-3Beat Newberry 18–7
100-175.573Indiana (INDIANA)B101–20.33374-3Lost to Michigan 13–28
101-95.646Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI0–2–10.167103-1Lost to Colgate 7–13
102-215.802Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–30.25087-3Lost to Idaho 3–6
103106.003Idaho (IDAHO)PAC1–2–10.37570-4Beat Utah State 6–3
104-76.095Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI0–30.000105-2BYE
105-186.105Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI1–30.25087-1Lost to Bucknell 12–19
106-106.245New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR1–30.25087-3Lost to West Texas A&M 7–45
10746.768Iowa (IOWA)B100–30.000105-3Lost to Purdue 14–41
108-236.867Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–2–10.167103-2Lost to Minnesota 26–27
10917.229Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–30.25087-3Lost to Nebraska 14–27
110-57.260Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–30.25087-7Lost to Oklahoma State 21–35
111-48.467North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–10.000105-2BYE
11208.818Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON0–30.000105-6Lost to NC State 6–28
113-59.582Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI0–20.000105-1Lost to Rhode Island 6–7

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