1947

1948 Rankings
​Final

1949

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Michigan	(9-0-0)		0.8608	Big Nine
2	Southern Methodist	(9-1-1)		0.7992	Southwest
3	North Carolina	(9-1-1)		0.7630	Southern
4	Mississippi	(8-1-0)		0.7555	Southeastern
5	Oklahoma	(10-1-0)		0.7502	Big Seven
6	Notre Dame	(9-0-1)		0.6952	Independent
7	Army	(8-0-1)		0.6912	Independent
8	Tulane	(9-1-0)		0.6727	Southeastern
9	Clemson	(11-0-0)		0.6470	Southern
10	Cornell	(8-1-0)		0.6197	Independent
11	Northwestern	(8-2-0)		0.6139	Big Nine
12	California	(10-1-0)		0.6018	Pacific Coast
13	Georgia	(9-2-0)		0.5746	Southeastern
14	Texas	(7-3-1)		0.5693	Southwest
15	Dartmouth	(6-2-0)		0.5556	Independent
16	Penn State	(7-1-1)		0.5343	Independent
17	Vanderbilt	(8-2-1)		0.5220	Southeastern
18	Georgia Tech	(7-3-0)		0.5186	Southeastern
19	Oregon	(9-2-0)		0.5116	Pacific Coast
20	Ohio State	(6-3-0)		0.4985	Big Nine
21	Baylor	(6-3-2)		0.4791	Southwest
22	Santa Clara	(7-2-1)		0.4787	Independent
23	Southern California	(6-3-1)		0.4783	Pacific Coast
24	Pennsylvania	(5-3-0)		0.4723	Independent
25	Minnesota	(7-2-0)		0.4682	Big Nine
26	Boston College	(5-2-2)		0.4576	Independent
27	Michigan State	(6-2-2)		0.4565	Independent
28	Utah	(8-1-1)		0.4497	Mountain States
29	Missouri	(8-3-0)		0.4474	Big Seven
30	Villanova	(8-2-1)		0.4448	Independent
31	William & Mary	(7-2-2)		0.4438	Southern
32	Pittsburgh	(6-3-0)		0.4041	Independent
33	Texas Tech	(7-3-0)		0.3892	Border
34	Wake Forest	(6-4-0)		0.3883	Southern
35	Brown	(7-2-0)		0.3774	Independent
36	Alabama	(6-4-1)		0.3558	Southeastern
37	Tennessee	(4-4-2)		0.3523	Southeastern
38	Mississippi State	(4-4-1)		0.3502	Southeastern
39	Rice	(5-4-1)		0.3462	Southwest
40	Kansas	(7-3-0)		0.3443	Big Seven
41	West Virginia	(9-3-0)		0.3430	Independent
42	Harvard	(4-4-0)		0.3194	Independent
43	Texas Christian	(4-5-1)		0.3108	Southwest
44	Kentucky	(5-3-2)		0.3077	Southeastern
45	Duke	(4-3-2)		0.3004	Southern
46	Texas-El Paso	(8-2-1)		0.2969	Border
47	Rutgers	(7-2-0)		0.2965	Independent
48	Nevada	(9-2-0)		0.2937	Independent
49	Princeton	(4-4-0)		0.2876	Independent
50	Maryland	(6-4-0)		0.2842	Southern
51	Colorado State	(8-3-0)		0.2695	Mountain States
52	Columbia	(4-5-0)		0.2671	Independent
53	Virginia Military Institute	(6-3-0)		0.2402	Southern
54	Oklahoma State	(6-4-0)		0.2314	Missouri Valley
55	Virginia	(5-3-1)		0.2285	Independent
56	Arkansas	(5-5-0)		0.2210	Southwest
57	Hardin-Simmons	(6-2-3)		0.2156	Border
58	Drake	(7-3-0)		0.2139	Missouri Valley
59	Iowa	(4-5-0)		0.1951	Big Nine
60	Oregon State	(5-4-3)		0.1938	Pacific Coast
61	Holy Cross	(5-5-0)		0.1936	Independent
62	Florida	(5-5-0)		0.1929	Southeastern
63	Louisiana State	(3-7-0)		0.1861	Southeastern
64	Illinois	(3-6-0)		0.1806	Big Nine
65	Purdue	(3-6-0)		0.1702	Big Nine
66	Arizona	(6-5-0)		0.1632	Border
67	Stanford	(4-6-0)		0.1582	Pacific Coast
68	Detroit Mercy	(6-3-0)		0.1532	Independent
69	Yale	(4-5-0)		0.1417	Independent
70	North Carolina State	(3-6-1)		0.1280	Southern
71	Richmond	(5-3-2)		0.1225	Southern
72	Washington State	(4-5-1)		0.1050	Pacific Coast
73	Boston University	(6-2-0)		0.1039	Independent
74	St. Mary's	(4-6-0)		0.0831	Independent
75	Colgate	(3-6-0)		0.0801	Independent
76	Iowa State	(4-6-0)		0.0600	Big Seven
77	Georgetown	(3-4-1)		0.0547	Independent
78	South Carolina	(3-5-0)		0.0455	Southern
79	Denver	(4-5-1)		0.0414	Mountain States
80	Miami (Florida)	(4-6-0)		0.0397	Independent
81	Indiana	(2-7-0)		0.0347	Big Nine
82	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(4-5-0)		0.0275	Independent
83	Navy	(0-8-1)		0.0157	Independent
84	Wyoming	(4-5-0)		0.0039	Mountain States
85	Washington & Lee	(4-6-0)		0.0023	Southern
86	Colorado	(3-6-0)		-0.0016	Big Seven
87	Washington	(2-7-1)		-0.0071	Pacific Coast
88	Arizona State	(5-5-0)		-0.0089	Border
89	West Texas A&M	(6-5-0)		-0.0232	Border
90	Wisconsin	(2-7-0)		-0.0471	Big Nine
91	Wichita State	(5-4-1)		-0.0490	Missouri Valley
92	Utah State	(5-6-0)		-0.0491	Mountain States
93	Auburn	(1-8-1)		-0.0659	Southeastern
94	Texas A&M	(0-9-1)		-0.0677	Southwest
95	Brigham Young	(5-6-0)		-0.0711	Mountain States
96	George Washington	(4-6-0)		-0.0735	Southern
97	UCLA	(3-7-0)		-0.0828	Pacific Coast
98	Davidson	(3-5-1)		-0.0859	Southern
99	Temple	(2-6-1)		-0.0952	Independent
100	Furman	(2-6-1)		-0.1131	Southern
101	Idaho	(3-6-0)		-0.1186	Pacific Coast
102	Duquesne	(2-7-0)		-0.1417	Independent
103	Nebraska	(2-8-0)		-0.1525	Big Seven
104	New Mexico	(2-9-0)		-0.1788	Border
105	Marquette	(2-8-0)		-0.1957	Independent
106	New York University	(3-6-0)		-0.2053	Independent
107	Syracuse	(1-8-0)		-0.2091	Independent
108	Citadel	(2-7-0)		-0.2436	Southern
109	San Francisco	(2-7-0)		-0.2485	Independent
110	Fordham	(3-6-0)		-0.2758	Independent
111	Virginia Tech	(0-8-1)		-0.3176	Southern
112	St. Louis	(4-7-0)		-0.3481	Missouri Valley
113	Northern Arizona	(4-5-0)		-0.3591	Border
114	Tulsa	(0-9-1)		-0.3705	Missouri Valley
115	Montana	(3-7-0)		-0.4075	Pacific Coast
116	Kansas State	(1-9-0)		-0.4374	Big Seven
117	New Mexico State	(3-7-0)		-0.4826	Border

Average Ratings by Conference (1948)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southeastern		0.3935
2	Southwest		0.3797
3	Big Nine		0.3305
4	Independent		0.2151
5	Southern		0.1582
6	Big Seven		0.1443
7	Pacific Coast		0.1433
8	Mountain States		0.1074
9	Border		0.0014
10	Missouri Valley		-0.0645