1946

1947 Rankings
​Final

1948

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Texas	(10-1-0)		0.9224	Southwest
2	Southern Methodist	(9-0-2)		0.7975	Southwest
3	Michigan	(10-0-0)		0.7869	Big Nine
4	North Carolina	(8-2-0)		0.7732	Southern
5	Pennsylvania	(7-0-1)		0.7638	Independent
6	Notre Dame	(9-0-0)		0.7502	Independent
7	Mississippi	(9-2-0)		0.7378	Southeastern
8	Georgia Tech	(10-1-0)		0.6753	Southeastern
9	Alabama	(8-3-0)		0.6132	Southeastern
10	Columbia	(7-2-0)		0.5874	Independent
11	Rice	(6-3-1)		0.5707	Southwest
12	California	(9-1-0)		0.5540	Pacific Coast
13	Southern California	(7-2-1)		0.5340	Pacific Coast
14	Kentucky	(8-3-0)		0.5334	Southeastern
15	Penn State	(9-0-1)		0.5293	Independent
16	Maryland	(7-2-2)		0.5237	Southern
17	Louisiana State	(5-3-1)		0.5171	Southeastern
18	William & Mary	(9-2-0)		0.5002	Southern
19	Army	(5-2-2)		0.4908	Independent
20	Duke	(4-3-2)		0.4838	Southern
21	Kansas	(8-1-2)		0.4752	Big Six
22	Rutgers	(8-1-0)		0.4703	Independent
23	North Carolina State	(5-3-1)		0.4668	Southern
24	Arkansas	(6-4-1)		0.4647	Southwest
25	Oklahoma	(7-2-1)		0.4485	Big Six
26	Michigan State	(7-2-0)		0.4450	Independent
27	South Carolina	(6-2-1)		0.4358	Southern
28	Georgia	(7-4-1)		0.4329	Southeastern
29	Vanderbilt	(6-4-0)		0.4277	Southeastern
30	Virginia	(7-3-0)		0.4261	Independent
31	Princeton	(5-3-0)		0.4251	Independent
32	Mississippi State	(7-3-0)		0.4065	Southeastern
33	Wake Forest	(6-4-0)		0.4018	Southern
34	Yale	(6-3-0)		0.4008	Independent
35	Wisconsin	(5-3-1)		0.3955	Big Nine
36	Texas Christian	(4-5-2)		0.3902	Southwest
37	Villanova	(6-3-1)		0.3811	Independent
38	Tennessee	(5-5-0)		0.3786	Southeastern
39	Minnesota	(6-3-0)		0.3747	Big Nine
40	UCLA	(5-4-0)		0.3721	Pacific Coast
41	Utah	(8-1-1)		0.3643	Mountain States
42	Oregon	(7-3-0)		0.3452	Pacific Coast
43	Missouri	(6-4-0)		0.3299	Big Six
44	Illinois	(5-3-1)		0.3258	Big Nine
45	Dartmouth	(4-4-1)		0.3204	Independent
46	San Francisco	(7-3-0)		0.3135	Independent
47	Purdue	(5-4-0)		0.3104	Big Nine
48	Indiana	(5-3-1)		0.3012	Big Nine
49	Baylor	(5-5-0)		0.2866	Southwest
50	Nevada	(9-2-0)		0.2819	Independent
51	Hardin-Simmons	(8-3-0)		0.2596	Border
52	West Virginia	(6-4-0)		0.2561	Independent
53	Boston College	(5-4-0)		0.2469	Independent
54	Brown	(4-4-1)		0.2456	Independent
55	Holy Cross	(4-4-2)		0.2386	Independent
56	Texas A&M	(3-6-1)		0.2275	Southwest
57	Tulane	(2-5-2)		0.2205	Southeastern
58	Northwestern	(3-6-0)		0.2013	Big Nine
59	Texas Tech	(6-5-0)		0.1904	Border
60	Detroit Mercy	(6-4-0)		0.1859	Independent
61	Navy	(1-7-1)		0.1739	Independent
62	Harvard	(4-5-0)		0.1714	Independent
63	Davidson	(6-3-1)		0.1701	Southern
64	Cornell	(4-5-0)		0.1687	Independent
65	Oregon State	(5-5-0)		0.1665	Pacific Coast
66	Tulsa	(5-5-0)		0.1630	Missouri Valley
67	Boston University	(5-3-0)		0.1543	Independent
68	Clemson	(4-5-0)		0.1532	Southern
69	Santa Clara	(4-4-0)		0.1418	Independent
70	Florida	(4-5-1)		0.1389	Southeastern
71	Montana	(7-4-0)		0.1385	Pacific Coast
72	West Texas A&M	(7-4-0)		0.1235	Border
73	Arizona	(5-4-1)		0.1175	Border
74	Virginia Tech	(4-5-0)		0.1100	Southern
75	Virginia Military Institute	(3-5-1)		0.1071	Southern
76	Texas-El Paso	(5-3-1)		0.0968	Border
77	Iowa	(3-5-1)		0.0939	Big Nine
78	Washington	(3-6-0)		0.0912	Pacific Coast
79	Denver	(5-4-1)		0.0853	Mountain States
80	Marquette	(4-5-0)		0.0819	Independent
81	Washington & Lee	(5-5-0)		0.0764	Southern
82	Oklahoma State	(3-7-0)		0.0625	Missouri Valley
83	Washington State	(3-7-0)		0.0422	Pacific Coast
84	Ohio State	(2-6-1)		0.0409	Big Nine
85	Georgetown	(3-4-1)		0.0327	Independent
86	Citadel	(3-5-0)		0.0262	Southern
87	Colorado	(4-5-0)		0.0235	Mountain States
88	Colorado State	(5-4-1)		-0.0007	Mountain States
89	Colgate	(1-5-2)		-0.0071	Independent
90	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(4-6-0)		-0.0078	Independent
91	Idaho	(4-4-0)		-0.0207	Pacific Coast
92	Utah State	(6-5-0)		-0.0257	Mountain States
93	Wichita State	(7-4-0)		-0.0330	Missouri Valley
94	Syracuse	(3-6-0)		-0.0492	Independent
95	Iowa State	(3-6-0)		-0.0607	Big Six
96	New Mexico	(4-5-1)		-0.0611	Border
97	Miami (Florida)	(2-7-1)		-0.0617	Independent
98	Nebraska	(2-7-0)		-0.0817	Big Six
99	Temple	(3-6-0)		-0.1073	Independent
100	Auburn	(2-7-0)		-0.1094	Southeastern
101	Richmond	(3-7-0)		-0.1103	Southern
102	Wyoming	(4-5-0)		-0.1344	Mountain States
103	Pittsburgh	(1-8-0)		-0.1396	Independent
104	Furman	(2-7-0)		-0.1766	Southern
105	St. Mary's	(3-7-0)		-0.1808	Independent
106	Duquesne	(2-8-0)		-0.1864	Independent
107	St. Louis	(4-6-0)		-0.2003	Missouri Valley
108	Stanford	(0-9-0)		-0.2300	Pacific Coast
109	Brigham Young	(3-7-0)		-0.2325	Mountain States
110	Arizona State	(4-7-0)		-0.2635	Border
111	George Washington	(1-7-1)		-0.3054	Southern
112	Fordham	(1-6-1)		-0.3070	Independent
113	New York University	(2-5-1)		-0.3143	Independent
114	Drake	(1-7-1)		-0.3892	Missouri Valley
115	Kansas State	(0-10-0)		-0.4037	Big Six
116	New Mexico State	(3-6-0)		-0.4078	Border
117	Portland	(1-8-0)		-0.4714	Independent
118	Merchant Marine	(2-9-0)		-0.5257	Independent
119	Northern Arizona	(1-7-0)		-0.6892	Border

Average Ratings by Conference (1947)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southwest		0.5228
2	Southeastern		0.4144
3	Big Nine		0.3145
4	Southern		0.2273
5	Pacific Coast		0.1993
6	Independent		0.1665
7	Big Six		0.1179
8	Mountain States		0.0114
9	Border		-0.0704
10	Missouri Valley		-0.0794