1947

1948 Rankings
​Final

1949

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Michigan	(9-0-0)		0.9321	Big Nine
2	Southern Methodist	(9-1-1)		0.8406	Southwest
3	Oklahoma	(10-1-0)		0.7995	Big Seven
4	North Carolina	(9-1-1)		0.7989	Southern
5	Mississippi	(8-1-0)		0.7889	Southeastern
6	Notre Dame	(9-0-1)		0.7602	Independent
7	Army	(8-0-1)		0.7112	Independent
8	Tulane	(9-1-0)		0.7054	Southeastern
9	Clemson	(11-0-0)		0.6800	Southern
10	Cornell	(8-1-0)		0.6769	Independent
11	Northwestern	(8-2-0)		0.6665	Big Nine
12	California	(10-1-0)		0.6381	Pacific Coast
13	Dartmouth	(6-2-0)		0.6138	Independent
14	Georgia	(9-2-0)		0.6075	Southeastern
15	Penn State	(7-1-1)		0.5732	Independent
16	Texas	(7-3-1)		0.5666	Southwest
17	Ohio State	(6-3-0)		0.5512	Big Nine
18	Vanderbilt	(8-2-1)		0.5511	Southeastern
19	Oregon	(9-2-0)		0.5398	Pacific Coast
20	Georgia Tech	(7-3-0)		0.5347	Southeastern
21	Minnesota	(7-2-0)		0.5188	Big Nine
22	Southern California	(6-3-1)		0.5168	Pacific Coast
23	Pennsylvania	(5-3-0)		0.5166	Independent
24	Santa Clara	(7-2-1)		0.5143	Independent
25	Baylor	(6-3-2)		0.5021	Southwest
26	Michigan State	(6-2-2)		0.4921	Independent
27	Missouri	(8-3-0)		0.4864	Big Seven
28	William & Mary	(7-2-2)		0.4652	Southern
29	Villanova	(8-2-1)		0.4623	Independent
30	Utah	(8-1-1)		0.4502	Mountain States
31	Pittsburgh	(6-3-0)		0.4393	Independent
32	Boston College	(5-2-2)		0.4173	Independent
33	Brown	(7-2-0)		0.4164	Independent
34	Wake Forest	(6-4-0)		0.4023	Southern
35	Texas Tech	(7-3-0)		0.3862	Border
36	Alabama	(6-4-1)		0.3788	Southeastern
37	Kansas	(7-3-0)		0.3751	Big Seven
38	Rice	(5-4-1)		0.3713	Southwest
39	Mississippi State	(4-4-1)		0.3641	Southeastern
40	Harvard	(4-4-0)		0.3590	Independent
41	West Virginia	(9-3-0)		0.3523	Independent
42	Texas Christian	(4-5-1)		0.3515	Southwest
43	Tennessee	(4-4-2)		0.3464	Southeastern
44	Rutgers	(7-2-0)		0.3293	Independent
45	Princeton	(4-4-0)		0.3208	Independent
46	Kentucky	(5-3-2)		0.3192	Southeastern
47	Nevada	(9-2-0)		0.3091	Independent
48	Columbia	(4-5-0)		0.3009	Independent
49	Maryland	(6-4-0)		0.2881	Southern
50	Colorado State	(8-3-0)		0.2854	Mountain States
51	Duke	(4-3-2)		0.2803	Southern
52	Texas-El Paso	(8-2-1)		0.2690	Border
53	Oklahoma State	(6-4-0)		0.2452	Missouri Valley
54	Virginia Military Institute	(6-3-0)		0.2380	Southern
55	Arkansas	(5-5-0)		0.2357	Southwest
56	Iowa	(4-5-0)		0.2332	Big Nine
57	Drake	(7-3-0)		0.2230	Missouri Valley
58	Illinois	(3-6-0)		0.2078	Big Nine
59	Holy Cross	(5-5-0)		0.2050	Independent
60	Purdue	(3-6-0)		0.1980	Big Nine
61	Louisiana State	(3-7-0)		0.1962	Southeastern
62	Florida	(5-5-0)		0.1960	Southeastern
63	Virginia	(5-3-1)		0.1731	Independent
64	Stanford	(4-6-0)		0.1677	Pacific Coast
65	Detroit Mercy	(6-3-0)		0.1667	Independent
66	Yale	(4-5-0)		0.1660	Independent
67	Arizona	(6-5-0)		0.1507	Border
68	Oregon State	(5-4-3)		0.1483	Pacific Coast
69	Boston University	(6-2-0)		0.1218	Independent
70	North Carolina State	(3-6-1)		0.1180	Southern
71	Colgate	(3-6-0)		0.0941	Independent
72	Washington State	(4-5-1)		0.0869	Pacific Coast
73	St. Mary's	(4-6-0)		0.0826	Independent
74	Iowa State	(4-6-0)		0.0734	Big Seven
75	Indiana	(2-7-0)		0.0584	Big Nine
76	Hardin-Simmons	(6-2-3)		0.0424	Border
77	Miami (Florida)	(4-6-0)		0.0421	Independent
78	South Carolina	(3-5-0)		0.0414	Southern
79	Navy	(0-8-1)		0.0372	Independent
80	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(4-5-0)		0.0261	Independent
81	Georgetown	(3-4-1)		0.0123	Independent
82	Denver	(4-5-1)		0.0070	Mountain States
83	Colorado	(3-6-0)		0.0050	Big Seven
84	Richmond	(5-3-2)		0.0049	Southern
85	Wyoming	(4-5-0)		0.0027	Mountain States
86	Washington & Lee	(4-6-0)		-0.0206	Southern
87	Wisconsin	(2-7-0)		-0.0235	Big Nine
88	Arizona State	(5-5-0)		-0.0308	Border
89	Washington	(2-7-1)		-0.0336	Pacific Coast
90	West Texas A&M	(6-5-0)		-0.0518	Border
91	Texas A&M	(0-9-1)		-0.0560	Southwest
92	Utah State	(5-6-0)		-0.0576	Mountain States
93	Brigham Young	(5-6-0)		-0.0814	Mountain States
94	UCLA	(3-7-0)		-0.0940	Pacific Coast
95	George Washington	(4-6-0)		-0.0973	Southern
96	Auburn	(1-8-1)		-0.1328	Southeastern
97	Idaho	(3-6-0)		-0.1360	Pacific Coast
98	Wichita State	(5-4-1)		-0.1376	Missouri Valley
99	Duquesne	(2-7-0)		-0.1492	Independent
100	Nebraska	(2-8-0)		-0.1564	Big Seven
101	Temple	(2-6-1)		-0.1675	Independent
102	Davidson	(3-5-1)		-0.1743	Southern
103	Marquette	(2-8-0)		-0.1960	Independent
104	Furman	(2-6-1)		-0.2037	Southern
105	New York University	(3-6-0)		-0.2124	Independent
106	New Mexico	(2-9-0)		-0.2129	Border
107	Syracuse	(1-8-0)		-0.2148	Independent
108	San Francisco	(2-7-0)		-0.2594	Independent
109	Citadel	(2-7-0)		-0.2672	Southern
110	Fordham	(3-6-0)		-0.2917	Independent
111	St. Louis	(4-7-0)		-0.3625	Missouri Valley
112	Northern Arizona	(4-5-0)		-0.3827	Border
113	Virginia Tech	(0-8-1)		-0.3950	Southern
114	Montana	(3-7-0)		-0.4215	Pacific Coast
115	Kansas State	(1-9-0)		-0.4410	Big Seven
116	Tulsa	(0-9-1)		-0.4476	Missouri Valley
117	New Mexico State	(3-7-0)		-0.5192	Border

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.4046
2	Southwest	0.4017
3	Big Nine	0.3714
4	Independent	0.2278
5	Big Seven	0.1631
6	Pacific Coast	0.1413
7	Southern	0.1349
8	Mountain States	0.1011
9	Border	-0.0388
10	Missouri Valley	-0.0959