1946

1947 Rankings
​Final

1948

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Texas	(10-1-0)		0.9715	Southwest
2	Southern Methodist	(9-0-2)		0.8776	Southwest
3	Michigan	(10-0-0)		0.8179	Big Nine
4	Pennsylvania	(7-0-1)		0.8135	Independent
5	Notre Dame	(9-0-0)		0.8019	Independent
6	Mississippi	(9-2-0)		0.7919	Southeastern
7	North Carolina	(8-2-0)		0.7899	Southern
8	Georgia Tech	(10-1-0)		0.7125	Southeastern
9	Alabama	(8-3-0)		0.6383	Southeastern
10	Rice	(6-3-1)		0.6202	Southwest
11	Columbia	(7-2-0)		0.6021	Independent
12	California	(9-1-0)		0.5874	Pacific Coast
13	Penn State	(9-0-1)		0.5818	Independent
14	Southern California	(7-2-1)		0.5779	Pacific Coast
15	Kentucky	(8-3-0)		0.5499	Southeastern
16	Maryland	(7-2-2)		0.5432	Southern
17	William & Mary	(9-2-0)		0.5222	Southern
18	Army	(5-2-2)		0.5192	Independent
19	Kansas	(8-1-2)		0.5151	Big Six
20	Louisiana State	(5-3-1)		0.5141	Southeastern
21	Rutgers	(8-1-0)		0.4847	Independent
22	Oklahoma	(7-2-1)		0.4780	Big Six
23	North Carolina State	(5-3-1)		0.4647	Southern
24	Arkansas	(6-4-1)		0.4640	Southwest
24=	Michigan State	(7-2-0)		0.4640	Independent
26	Georgia	(7-4-1)		0.4551	Southeastern
27	South Carolina	(6-2-1)		0.4509	Southern
28	Duke	(4-3-2)		0.4489	Southern
29	Vanderbilt	(6-4-0)		0.4308	Southeastern
30	Virginia	(7-3-0)		0.4300	Independent
31	Texas Christian	(4-5-2)		0.4189	Southwest
32	Mississippi State	(7-3-0)		0.4154	Southeastern
33	Princeton	(5-3-0)		0.4077	Independent
34	UCLA	(5-4-0)		0.3879	Pacific Coast
35	Wake Forest	(6-4-0)		0.3794	Southern
36	Yale	(6-3-0)		0.3683	Independent
37	Tennessee	(5-5-0)		0.3607	Southeastern
38	Wisconsin	(5-3-1)		0.3514	Big Nine
39	Oregon	(7-3-0)		0.3487	Pacific Coast
40	Minnesota	(6-3-0)		0.3481	Big Nine
41	Utah	(8-1-1)		0.3318	Mountain States
42	Villanova	(6-3-1)		0.3317	Independent
43	Missouri	(6-4-0)		0.3147	Big Six
44	Illinois	(5-3-1)		0.3114	Big Nine
45	San Francisco	(7-3-0)		0.2913	Independent
46	Purdue	(5-4-0)		0.2828	Big Nine
47	Dartmouth	(4-4-1)		0.2808	Independent
48	Baylor	(5-5-0)		0.2631	Southwest
49	Indiana	(5-3-1)		0.2614	Big Nine
50	West Virginia	(6-4-0)		0.2430	Independent
51	Nevada	(9-2-0)		0.2291	Independent
52	Hardin-Simmons	(8-3-0)		0.2121	Border
53	Texas A&M	(3-6-1)		0.2078	Southwest
54	Boston College	(5-4-0)		0.1972	Independent
55	Brown	(4-4-1)		0.1637	Independent
56	Tulane	(2-5-2)		0.1609	Southeastern
57	Holy Cross	(4-4-2)		0.1571	Independent
58	Navy	(1-7-1)		0.1461	Independent
59	Northwestern	(3-6-0)		0.1292	Big Nine
59=	Oregon State	(5-5-0)		0.1292	Pacific Coast
61	Detroit Mercy	(6-4-0)		0.1160	Independent
62	Texas Tech	(6-5-0)		0.1086	Border
63	Clemson	(4-5-0)		0.1069	Southern
64	Tulsa	(5-5-0)		0.0925	Missouri Valley
65	Santa Clara	(4-4-0)		0.0924	Independent
66	Cornell	(4-5-0)		0.0901	Independent
67	Harvard	(4-5-0)		0.0775	Independent
68	Boston University	(5-3-0)		0.0721	Independent
69	Davidson	(6-3-1)		0.0719	Southern
70	Montana	(7-4-0)		0.0412	Pacific Coast
71	Washington	(3-6-0)		0.0408	Pacific Coast
72	Florida	(4-5-1)		0.0376	Southeastern
73	West Texas A&M	(7-4-0)		0.0342	Border
74	Virginia Tech	(4-5-0)		0.0203	Southern
75	Virginia Military Institute	(3-5-1)		0.0102	Southern
76	Arizona	(5-4-1)		-0.0143	Border
77	Oklahoma State	(3-7-0)		-0.0293	Missouri Valley
78	Texas-El Paso	(5-3-1)		-0.0299	Border
79	Washington State	(3-7-0)		-0.0385	Pacific Coast
80	Washington & Lee	(5-5-0)		-0.0419	Southern
81	Iowa	(3-5-1)		-0.0482	Big Nine
82	Marquette	(4-5-0)		-0.0543	Independent
83	Denver	(5-4-1)		-0.0680	Mountain States
84	Ohio State	(2-6-1)		-0.1050	Big Nine
85	Citadel	(3-5-0)		-0.1062	Southern
86	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(4-6-0)		-0.1208	Independent
87	Colorado	(4-5-0)		-0.1244	Mountain States
88	Georgetown	(3-4-1)		-0.1545	Independent
89	Colgate	(1-5-2)		-0.1567	Independent
90	Wichita State	(7-4-0)		-0.1809	Missouri Valley
91	Colorado State	(5-4-1)		-0.1812	Mountain States
92	Idaho	(4-4-0)		-0.1833	Pacific Coast
93	Iowa State	(3-6-0)		-0.1875	Big Six
94	Miami (Florida)	(2-7-1)		-0.1940	Independent
95	Syracuse	(3-6-0)		-0.2097	Independent
96	Utah State	(6-5-0)		-0.2155	Mountain States
97	Nebraska	(2-7-0)		-0.2229	Big Six
98	New Mexico	(4-5-1)		-0.2517	Border
99	Temple	(3-6-0)		-0.2761	Independent
100	Auburn	(2-7-0)		-0.2817	Southeastern
101	Richmond	(3-7-0)		-0.2972	Southern
102	Pittsburgh	(1-8-0)		-0.3281	Independent
103	Wyoming	(4-5-0)		-0.3620	Mountain States
104	St. Mary's	(3-7-0)		-0.3860	Independent
105	Furman	(2-7-0)		-0.3986	Southern
106	Stanford	(0-9-0)		-0.3999	Pacific Coast
107	Duquesne	(2-8-0)		-0.4106	Independent
108	Brigham Young	(3-7-0)		-0.4862	Mountain States
109	St. Louis	(4-6-0)		-0.4964	Missouri Valley
110	Arizona State	(4-7-0)		-0.5669	Border
111	George Washington	(1-7-1)		-0.6193	Southern
112	Fordham	(1-6-1)		-0.6819	Independent
113	Kansas State	(0-10-0)		-0.7078	Big Six
114	New York University	(2-5-1)		-0.7126	Independent
115	Drake	(1-7-1)		-0.7841	Missouri Valley
116	New Mexico State	(3-6-0)		-0.7842	Border
117	Portland	(1-8-0)		-0.8375	Independent
118	Merchant Marine	(2-9-0)		-0.9859	Independent
119	Northern Arizona	(1-7-0)		-1.2912	Border

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southwest	0.5462
2	Southeastern	0.3988
3	Big Nine	0.2610
4	Pacific Coast	0.1491
5	Southern	0.1466
6	Independent	0.0645
7	Big Six	0.0316
8	Mountain States	-0.1579
9	Missouri Valley	-0.2797
10	Border	-0.2870