1947

1948 Rankings
​Final

1949

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Michigan	(9-0-0)		0.9250	Big Nine
2	Southern Methodist	(9-1-1)		0.8371	Southwest
3	North Carolina	(9-1-1)		0.7994	Southern
4	Mississippi	(8-1-0)		0.7919	Southeastern
5	Oklahoma	(10-1-0)		0.7667	Big Seven
6	Notre Dame	(9-0-1)		0.7497	Independent
7	Tulane	(9-1-0)		0.7087	Southeastern
8	Army	(8-0-1)		0.7053	Independent
9	Clemson	(11-0-0)		0.6883	Southern
10	Cornell	(8-1-0)		0.6568	Independent
11	California	(10-1-0)		0.6424	Pacific Coast
12	Northwestern	(8-2-0)		0.6383	Big Nine
13	Georgia	(9-2-0)		0.6029	Southeastern
14	Dartmouth	(6-2-0)		0.5820	Independent
15	Penn State	(7-1-1)		0.5682	Independent
16	Texas	(7-3-1)		0.5517	Southwest
17	Oregon	(9-2-0)		0.5443	Pacific Coast
18	Vanderbilt	(8-2-1)		0.5401	Southeastern
19	Georgia Tech	(7-3-0)		0.5217	Southeastern
20	Ohio State	(6-3-0)		0.5128	Big Nine
21	Southern California	(6-3-1)		0.5062	Pacific Coast
22	Baylor	(6-3-2)		0.5049	Southwest
23	Minnesota	(7-2-0)		0.5022	Big Nine
24	Santa Clara	(7-2-1)		0.5018	Independent
25	Pennsylvania	(5-3-0)		0.4909	Independent
26	Michigan State	(6-2-2)		0.4876	Independent
27	Villanova	(8-2-1)		0.4690	Independent
28	William & Mary	(7-2-2)		0.4629	Southern
29	Missouri	(8-3-0)		0.4627	Big Seven
30	Utah	(8-1-1)		0.4345	Mountain States
31	Boston College	(5-2-2)		0.4148	Independent
32	Pittsburgh	(6-3-0)		0.3971	Independent
33	Wake Forest	(6-4-0)		0.3811	Southern
34	Texas Tech	(7-3-0)		0.3746	Border
35	Brown	(7-2-0)		0.3574	Independent
36	Mississippi State	(4-4-1)		0.3498	Southeastern
37	Kansas	(7-3-0)		0.3377	Big Seven
38	West Virginia	(9-3-0)		0.3373	Independent
39	Rice	(5-4-1)		0.3305	Southwest
40	Alabama	(6-4-1)		0.3247	Southeastern
41	Tennessee	(4-4-2)		0.3234	Southeastern
42	Texas Christian	(4-5-1)		0.3019	Southwest
43	Kentucky	(5-3-2)		0.2988	Southeastern
44	Nevada	(9-2-0)		0.2921	Independent
45	Harvard	(4-4-0)		0.2719	Independent
46	Rutgers	(7-2-0)		0.2710	Independent
47	Duke	(4-3-2)		0.2631	Southern
48	Maryland	(6-4-0)		0.2586	Southern
49	Texas-El Paso	(8-2-1)		0.2551	Border
50	Columbia	(4-5-0)		0.2510	Independent
51	Colorado State	(8-3-0)		0.2445	Mountain States
52	Princeton	(4-4-0)		0.2322	Independent
53	Oklahoma State	(6-4-0)		0.2100	Missouri Valley
54	Arkansas	(5-5-0)		0.1943	Southwest
55	Virginia Military Institute	(6-3-0)		0.1836	Southern
56	Drake	(7-3-0)		0.1739	Missouri Valley
57	Holy Cross	(5-5-0)		0.1603	Independent
58	Florida	(5-5-0)		0.1488	Southeastern
59	Illinois	(3-6-0)		0.1432	Big Nine
60	Iowa	(4-5-0)		0.1364	Big Nine
61	Purdue	(3-6-0)		0.1268	Big Nine
62	Stanford	(4-6-0)		0.1243	Pacific Coast
63	Louisiana State	(3-7-0)		0.1191	Southeastern
64	Oregon State	(5-4-3)		0.1144	Pacific Coast
65	Detroit Mercy	(6-3-0)		0.1034	Independent
66	Virginia	(5-3-1)		0.0867	Independent
67	Hardin-Simmons	(6-2-3)		0.0809	Border
68	Arizona	(6-5-0)		0.0740	Border
69	Yale	(4-5-0)		0.0691	Independent
70	North Carolina State	(3-6-1)		0.0523	Southern
71	Colgate	(3-6-0)		0.0023	Independent
72	St. Mary's	(4-6-0)		0.0014	Independent
73	Washington State	(4-5-1)		-0.0045	Pacific Coast
74	Boston University	(6-2-0)		-0.0285	Independent
75	Richmond	(5-3-2)		-0.0422	Southern
76	Iowa State	(4-6-0)		-0.0436	Big Seven
77	South Carolina	(3-5-0)		-0.0471	Southern
78	Miami (Florida)	(4-6-0)		-0.0591	Independent
79	Navy	(0-8-1)		-0.0640	Independent
80	Indiana	(2-7-0)		-0.0744	Big Nine
81	Georgetown	(3-4-1)		-0.0746	Independent
82	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(4-5-0)		-0.0797	Independent
83	Wyoming	(4-5-0)		-0.1089	Mountain States
84	Denver	(4-5-1)		-0.1136	Mountain States
85	Colorado	(3-6-0)		-0.1175	Big Seven
86	Washington	(2-7-1)		-0.1345	Pacific Coast
87	Washington & Lee	(4-6-0)		-0.1552	Southern
88	Arizona State	(5-5-0)		-0.1627	Border
89	Texas A&M	(0-9-1)		-0.1836	Southwest
90	Wisconsin	(2-7-0)		-0.1859	Big Nine
91	West Texas A&M	(6-5-0)		-0.1868	Border
92	Utah State	(5-6-0)		-0.2458	Mountain States
93	Auburn	(1-8-1)		-0.2466	Southeastern
94	Brigham Young	(5-6-0)		-0.2526	Mountain States
95	UCLA	(3-7-0)		-0.2540	Pacific Coast
96	George Washington	(4-6-0)		-0.2985	Southern
97	Temple	(2-6-1)		-0.2989	Independent
98	Wichita State	(5-4-1)		-0.3015	Missouri Valley
99	Idaho	(3-6-0)		-0.3020	Pacific Coast
100	Duquesne	(2-7-0)		-0.3173	Independent
101	Davidson	(3-5-1)		-0.3280	Southern
102	Nebraska	(2-8-0)		-0.3411	Big Seven
103	Furman	(2-6-1)		-0.3458	Southern
104	New Mexico	(2-9-0)		-0.3983	Border
105	Syracuse	(1-8-0)		-0.4045	Independent
106	Marquette	(2-8-0)		-0.4119	Independent
107	New York University	(3-6-0)		-0.4586	Independent
108	Citadel	(2-7-0)		-0.4890	Southern
109	San Francisco	(2-7-0)		-0.4949	Independent
110	Fordham	(3-6-0)		-0.6030	Independent
111	Virginia Tech	(0-8-1)		-0.6485	Southern
112	Tulsa	(0-9-1)		-0.6959	Missouri Valley
113	St. Louis	(4-7-0)		-0.7054	Missouri Valley
114	Northern Arizona	(4-5-0)		-0.7259	Border
115	Montana	(3-7-0)		-0.7699	Pacific Coast
116	Kansas State	(1-9-0)		-0.8167	Big Seven
117	New Mexico State	(3-7-0)		-0.9840	Border

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.3736
2	Southwest	0.3624
3	Big Nine	0.3027
4	Independent	0.1435
5	Pacific Coast	0.0467
6	Southern	0.0459
7	Big Seven	0.0355
8	Mountain States	-0.0070
9	Border	-0.1859
10	Missouri Valley	-0.2638