1947 Season

1947 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 23, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	Game Status
1	104	0.091	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Merchant Marine 60–0
2	59	0.182	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Northern Arizona 50–0
3	91	0.336	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas Tech 33–0
4	9	0.400	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Santa Clara 33–7
5	70	0.445	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Washington State 27–6
6	50	0.464	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat ST. Louis 19–0
7	-6	0.491	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	BYE
8	65	0.518	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Montana State 27–14
9	78	0.518	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Portland 26–13
10	88	0.518	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat West Texas A&M 26–13
11	61	0.527	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kansas State 12–0
12	91	0.527	UTEP	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Drake 19–7
13	41	0.573	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kentucky 14–7
14	19	0.582	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Furman 13–7
15	-12	0.810	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
16	-10	0.810	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
17	-10	0.810	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
18	-9	0.810	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
19	-9	0.810	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
20	-9	0.810	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
21	-7	0.810	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
22	-6	0.810	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
23	-6	0.810	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
24	-5	0.810	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
25	-5	0.810	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
26	-5	0.810	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
27	-4	0.810	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
28	-2	0.810	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
29	-1	0.810	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
30	-1	0.810	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
31	0	0.810	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
32	0	0.810	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
33	1	0.810	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
34	1	0.810	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
35	1	0.810	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
36	1	0.810	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
37	2	0.810	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
38	2	0.810	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
39	4	0.810	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0–1	0.500	35	Tied TCU 0–0
40	6	0.810	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
41	6	0.810	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
42	6	0.810	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
43	7	0.810	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
44	7	0.810	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
45	7	0.810	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
46	7	0.810	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
47	8	0.810	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
48	11	0.810	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
49	11	0.810	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
50	12	0.810	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
51	13	0.810	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
52	13	0.810	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
53	13	0.810	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
54	14	0.810	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
55	14	0.810	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
56	14	0.810	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
57	14	0.810	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
58	16	0.810	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
59	17	0.810	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
60	17	0.810	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
61	18	0.810	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
62	18	0.810	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
63	18	0.810	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
64	19	0.810	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
65	23	0.810	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
66	23	0.810	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
67	23	0.810	TCU	IND SWC	0–0–1	0.500	35	Tied Kansas 0–0
68	23	0.810	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
69	23	0.810	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
70	23	0.810	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
71	26	0.810	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
72	27	0.810	UCLA	PAC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
73	27	0.810	USC	PAC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
74	27	0.810	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
75	29	0.810	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
76	30	0.810	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
77	30	0.810	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
78	30	0.810	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
79	30	0.810	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
80	30	0.810	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
81	33	0.810	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
82	34	0.810	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
83	34	0.810	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
84	34	0.810	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
85	34	0.810	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	BYE
86	-56	1.342	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Georgia 7–13
87	-42	1.382	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Ole Miss 7–14
88	-63	1.580	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to UTEP 7–19
89	-45	1.580	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Oklahoma State 0–12
90	-85	1.618	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Northwestern State 64–0
91	-33	1.620	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Oregon 14–27
92	-14	1.620	Portland (PORTLAND)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to ST. Mary's 13–26
93	20	1.620	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Tulsa 13–26
94	-53	1.664	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	Beat North Dakota State 59–0
95	0	1.764	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 48–0
96	-84	1.791	BYU	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Western State 45–0
97	-82	1.818	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Presbyterian 42–0
98	-12	1.858	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Missouri 0–19
99	-91	1.891	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Stephen F. Austin 34–0
100	15	1.900	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Central Missouri State 33–0
101	19	1.937	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	37	Lost to California 7–33
102	10	1.937	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Penn State 6–27
103	-101	1.955	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Southern Miss 34–7
104	-100	1.955	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat CAL Poly SAN Luis Obispo 33–6
105	-48	2.009	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Eastern Washington 21–0
106	-24	2.009	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Randolph Macon 28–7
107	-22	2.009	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Newberry 27–6
108	-84	2.018	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Central Michigan 34–14
109	-71	2.018	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Puget Sound 27–7
110	-88	2.027	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Elon 19–0
111	-69	2.045	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Northern Iowa 31–14
112	-28	2.073	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat San José State 20–6
113	-2	2.082	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Quantico Marines 13–0
114	-96	2.127	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Colorado Mines 20–12
115	-88	2.136	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Geneva 7–0
116	-20	2.413	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Texas 0–33
117	-50	3.088	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Nevada 0–50
118	-69	3.484	Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Villanova 0–60
119	-17	10.823	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to San Diego State 19–24
120	-57	11.220	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Mcmurry 7–22

1947 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

September 16, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	Game Status
1	0	-0.109	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Santa Clara 22–6
2	-1	0.033	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
3	-2	0.033	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
4	-3	0.033	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
5	-4	0.033	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
6	-5	0.033	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
7	-6	0.033	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
8	-7	0.033	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
9	-8	0.033	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
10	-9	0.033	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
11	-10	0.033	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
12	-11	0.033	BYU	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
13	-12	0.033	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
14	-13	0.033	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
15	-14	0.033	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
16	-15	0.033	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
17	-16	0.033	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
18	-17	0.033	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
19	-18	0.033	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
20	-19	0.033	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
21	-20	0.033	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
22	-21	0.033	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
23	-22	0.033	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
24	-23	0.033	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
25	-24	0.033	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
26	-25	0.033	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
27	-26	0.033	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
28	-27	0.033	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
29	-28	0.033	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
30	-29	0.033	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
31	-30	0.033	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
32	-31	0.033	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
33	-32	0.033	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
34	-33	0.033	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
35	-34	0.033	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
36	-35	0.033	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
37	-36	0.033	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
38	-37	0.033	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
39	-38	0.033	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
40	-39	0.033	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
41	-40	0.033	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
42	-41	0.033	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
43	-42	0.033	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
44	-43	0.033	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
45	-44	0.033	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
46	-45	0.033	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
47	-46	0.033	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
48	-47	0.033	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
49	-48	0.033	Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
50	-49	0.033	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
51	-50	0.033	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
52	-51	0.033	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
53	-52	0.033	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
54	-53	0.033	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
55	-54	0.033	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
56	-55	0.033	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
57	-56	0.033	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
58	-57	0.033	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
59	-58	0.033	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
60	-59	0.033	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
61	-60	0.033	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
62	-61	0.033	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
63	-62	0.033	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
64	-63	0.033	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
65	-64	0.033	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
66	-65	0.033	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
67	-66	0.033	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
68	-67	0.033	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
69	-68	0.033	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
70	-69	0.033	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
71	-70	0.033	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
72	-71	0.033	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
73	-72	0.033	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
74	-73	0.033	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
75	-74	0.033	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
76	-75	0.033	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
77	-76	0.033	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
78	-77	0.033	Portland (PORTLAND)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
79	-78	0.033	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
80	-79	0.033	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
81	-80	0.033	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
82	-81	0.033	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
83	-82	0.033	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
84	-83	0.033	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
85	-84	0.033	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
86	-85	0.033	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
87	-86	0.033	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
88	-87	0.033	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
89	-88	0.033	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
90	-89	0.033	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
91	-90	0.033	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
92	-91	0.033	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
93	-92	0.033	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
94	-93	0.033	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
95	-94	0.033	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
96	-95	0.033	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
97	-96	0.033	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
98	-97	0.033	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
99	-98	0.033	UCLA	PAC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
100	-99	0.033	USC	PAC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
101	-100	0.033	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
102	-101	0.033	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
103	-102	0.033	UTEP	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
104	-103	0.033	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
105	-104	0.033	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
106	-105	0.033	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
107	-106	0.033	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
108	-107	0.033	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
109	-108	0.033	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
110	-109	0.033	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
111	-110	0.033	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
112	-111	0.033	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
113	-112	0.033	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
114	-113	0.033	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
115	-114	0.033	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
116	-115	0.033	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
117	-116	0.033	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
118	-117	0.033	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
119	-118	0.033	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
120	-119	0.757	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	2	Lost to SMU 6–22

1947 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings

September 9, 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	Team	Conf	Record	Place	Game Status
1	25	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	63	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	109	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	41	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	0	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	90	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	111	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	19	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	94	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	74	BYU	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	96	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	99	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	79	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	58	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	55	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	110	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	27	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	38	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	84	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	93	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	61	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	49	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	112	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	37	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	116	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	113	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	107	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	57	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	45	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	1	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	14	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	10	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	28	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	50	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	119	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	7	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	40	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	46	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	106	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	26	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	118	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	30	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	5	LSU	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	81	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	88	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	104	Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	18	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	6	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	67	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	59	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	95	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	21	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	56	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	68	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	52	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	92	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	85	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	32	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	62	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	82	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	66	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	9	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	31	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	51	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	54	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	2	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	42	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	24	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	83	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	65	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	16	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	36	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	20	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	75	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	117	Portland (PORTLAND)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	70	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	102	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	11	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	35	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	22	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	89	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	100	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	71	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	60	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	98	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	39	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	48	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	76	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	101	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	87	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	4	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	64	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	15	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	73	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	23	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	77	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	8	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	3	UCLA	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	33	USC	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	34	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	29	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	97	UTEP	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	47	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	43	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	53	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	80	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	91	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	17	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	44	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	103	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	108	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	69	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	78	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	86	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	13	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	72	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	115	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	12	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason