1948 Season

1948 Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

September 14, 1948By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1948 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	Game Status
1	0	-0.224	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Northern Arizona 28–0
2	-1	0.034	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
3	-2	0.034	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
4	-3	0.034	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
5	-4	0.034	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
6	-5	0.034	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
7	-6	0.034	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
8	-7	0.034	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
9	-8	0.034	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
10	-9	0.034	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
11	-10	0.034	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
12	-11	0.034	BYU	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
13	-12	0.034	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
14	-13	0.034	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
15	-14	0.034	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
16	-15	0.034	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
17	-16	0.034	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
18	-17	0.034	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
19	-18	0.034	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
20	-19	0.034	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
21	-20	0.034	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
22	-21	0.034	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
23	-22	0.034	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
24	-23	0.034	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
25	-24	0.034	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
26	-25	0.034	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
27	-26	0.034	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
28	-27	0.034	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
29	-28	0.034	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
30	-29	0.034	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
31	-30	0.034	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
32	-31	0.034	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
33	-32	0.034	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
34	-33	0.034	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
35	-34	0.034	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
36	-35	0.034	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
37	-36	0.034	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
38	-37	0.034	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
39	-38	0.034	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
40	-39	0.034	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
41	-40	0.034	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
42	-41	0.034	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
43	-42	0.034	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
44	-43	0.034	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
45	-44	0.034	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
46	-45	0.034	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
47	-46	0.034	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
48	-47	0.034	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
49	-48	0.034	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
50	-49	0.034	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
51	-50	0.034	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
52	-51	0.034	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
53	-52	0.034	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
54	-53	0.034	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
55	-54	0.034	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
56	-55	0.034	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
57	-56	0.034	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
58	-57	0.034	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
59	-58	0.034	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
60	-59	0.034	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
61	-60	0.034	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
62	-61	0.034	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
63	-62	0.034	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
64	-63	0.034	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
65	-64	0.034	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
66	-65	0.034	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
67	-66	0.034	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
68	-67	0.034	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
69	-68	0.034	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
70	-69	0.034	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
71	-70	0.034	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
72	-71	0.034	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
73	-72	0.034	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
74	-73	0.034	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
75	-74	0.034	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
76	-75	0.034	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
77	-76	0.034	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
78	-77	0.034	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
79	-78	0.034	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
80	-79	0.034	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
81	-80	0.034	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
82	-81	0.034	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
83	-82	0.034	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
84	-83	0.034	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
85	-84	0.034	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
86	-85	0.034	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
87	-86	0.034	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
88	-87	0.034	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
89	-88	0.034	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
90	-89	0.034	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
91	-90	0.034	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
92	-91	0.034	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
93	-92	0.034	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
94	-93	0.034	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
95	-94	0.034	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
96	-95	0.034	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
97	-96	0.034	UCLA	PAC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
98	-97	0.034	USC	PAC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
99	-98	0.034	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
100	-99	0.034	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
101	-100	0.034	UTEP	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
102	-101	0.034	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
103	-102	0.034	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
104	-103	0.034	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
105	-104	0.034	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
106	-105	0.034	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
107	-106	0.034	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
108	-107	0.034	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
109	-108	0.034	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
110	-109	0.034	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
111	-110	0.034	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
112	-111	0.034	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
113	-112	0.034	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
114	-113	0.034	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
115	-114	0.034	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
116	-115	0.034	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
117	-116	1.264	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	2	Lost to West Texas A&M 0–28

1948 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings

September 7, 1948By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1948 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

entries per pageSearch:

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