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1937 College Football Rankings

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                                                                  STRENGTH OF
                                     AVERAGE   OVERALL     CONF     SCHEDULE     AP
RANK TEAM                       CONF   SCORE    W- L-T   W- L-T     AVG  RANK   RANK

   1 Pittsburgh                  IND   97.32    9- 0-1   0- 0-0   66.37     8      1
   2 Alabama                     SEC   96.39    9- 1-0   6- 0-0   57.56    21      4
   3 Fordham                     IND   95.35    7- 0-1   0- 0-0   56.62    26      3
   4 Louisiana State             SEC   94.00    9- 2-0   5- 1-0   60.12    18      8
   5 California                  PCC   92.79   10- 0-1   6- 0-1   52.01    50      2
   6 Villanova                   IND   92.40    8- 0-1   0- 0-0   42.04    79      6
   7 Auburn                      SEC   91.71    6- 2-3   4- 1-2   71.18     4       
   8 Dartmouth                   IND   91.45    7- 0-2   0- 0-0   43.39    74      7
   9 North Carolina              SOU   91.37    7- 1-1   5- 0-1   49.57    54     19
  10 Duke                        SOU   90.76    7- 2-1   5- 1-0   55.36    32     20
  11 Rice                        SWC   88.97    6- 3-2   4- 1-1   79.31     2     18
  12 Santa Clara                 IND   88.54    9- 0-0   0- 0-0   36.88    91      9
  13 Texas A&M                   SWC   87.86    5- 2-2   2- 2-2   68.07     6       
  14 Arkansas                    SWC   87.57    6- 2-2   3- 2-1   64.80     9     14
  15 Notre Dame                  IND   87.25    6- 2-1   0- 0-0   68.03     7      9
  16 Yale                        IND   86.95    6- 1-1   0- 0-0   56.85    25     12
  17 Tennessee                   SEC   86.81    6- 3-1   4- 3-0   60.86    16       
  18 Ohio State                  WES   86.35    6- 2-0   5- 1-0   54.88    36     13
  19 Vanderbilt                  SEC   86.14    7- 2-0   4- 2-0   55.62    31       
  20 Minnesota                   WES   85.29    6- 2-0   5- 0-0   52.13    47      5
  21 Army                        IND   84.57    7- 2-0   0- 0-0   53.02    42       
  22 Baylor                      SWC   84.21    7- 3-0   3- 3-0   56.08    28       
  23 Georgia Tech                SEC   83.95    6- 3-1   3- 2-1   61.06    14       
  24 Texas Christian             SWC   82.15    4- 4-2   3- 1-2   78.20     3     16
  25 Cornell                     IND   81.59    5- 2-1   0- 0-0   57.32    23       
  26 Harvard                     IND   80.33    5- 2-1   0- 0-0   52.78    43       
  27 Tulsa                       MVC   79.24    6- 2-2   3- 0-0   53.42    40       
  28 Nebraska                    BG6   78.70    6- 1-2   3- 0-2   47.75    59     11
  29 Tulane                      SEC   77.02    5- 4-1   2- 3-1   63.30    10       
  30 Michigan State              IND   76.30    8- 2-0   0- 0-0   43.06    76       
  31 Washington                  PCC   75.98    7- 2-2   4- 2-2   45.45    67       
  32 Georgia                     SEC   74.79    6- 3-2   1- 2-2   53.93    39       
  33 Colorado                    RMC   74.70    8- 1-0   7- 0-0   28.98   103     17
  34 Stanford                    PCC   70.98    4- 3-2   4- 2-1   61.66    12       
  35 West Virginia               IND   70.57    8- 1-1   0- 0-0   28.57   104       
  36 Oklahoma                    BG6   70.14    5- 2-2   3- 1-1   46.40    63       
  37 Detroit Mercy               IND   69.82    7- 3-0   0- 0-0   33.74    97       
  38 Holy Cross                  IND   69.27    8- 0-2   0- 0-0   35.29    93     14
  39 Montana                     PCC   67.04    7- 1-0   0- 1-0   24.79   110       
  40 Purdue                      WES   66.82    4- 3-1   2- 2-1   56.02    29       
  41 Southern California         PCC   66.35    4- 4-2   2- 3-2   61.00    15       
  42 Northwestern                WES   64.94    4- 4-0   3- 3-0   60.42    17       
  43 Clemson                     SOU   64.67    4- 4-1   2- 0-1   52.67    46       
  44 Indiana                     WES   63.46    5- 3-0   3- 2-0   49.03    55       
  45 Manhattan                   IND   62.79    6- 3-1   0- 0-0   55.13    34       
  46 Penn State                  IND   62.72    5- 3-0   0- 0-0   46.82    60       
  47 Southern Methodist          SWC   61.71    5- 6-0   2- 4-0   62.68    11       
  48 Oregon State                PCC   59.64    3- 3-3   2- 3-3   54.67    37       
  49 Maryland                    SOU   59.64    8- 2-0   3- 0-0   30.76   100       
  50 Syracuse                    IND   59.61    5- 2-1   0- 0-0   38.59    87       
  51 Texas Tech                  BRD   59.47    8- 4-0   3- 0-0   41.09    80       
  52 St. Marys                   IND   59.16    4- 3-2   0- 0-0   45.88    65       
  53 Texas                       SWC   59.14    2- 6-1   1- 5-0   79.57     1       
  54 Temple                      IND   58.56    3- 2-4   0- 0-0   55.27    33       
  55 North Carolina State        SOU   58.09    5- 3-1   4- 2-1   47.83    58       
  56 Duquesne                    IND   57.89    6- 4-0   0- 0-0   39.89    82       
  57 Wisconsin                   WES   57.47    4- 3-1   2- 2-1   46.15    64       
  58 Drake                       MVC   57.23    8- 2-0   3- 1-0   24.71   111       
  59 Carnegie Tech               IND   56.35    2- 5-1   0- 0-0   69.53     5       
  60 Navy                        IND   56.09    4- 4-1   0- 0-0   47.97    56       
  61 Arizona                     BRD   55.73    8- 2-0   3- 1-0   28.35   107       
  62 Washington State            PCC   55.32    3- 3-3   3- 3-2   55.96    30       
  63 Mississippi State           SEC   54.60    5- 4-1   3- 2-0   51.39    53       
  64 Mississippi                 SEC   54.40    4- 5-1   0- 4-0   55.09    35       
  65 Centenary                   IND   51.54    6- 3-3   0- 0-0   39.05    85       
  66 Idaho                       PCC   48.96    4- 3-1   2- 2-0   47.95    57       
  67 Florida                     SEC   47.51    4- 7-0   3- 4-0   59.05    20       
  68 Brigham Young               RMC   46.84    6- 3-0   5- 2-0   21.89   115       
  69 Kentucky                    SEC   45.33    4- 6-0   0- 5-0   56.46    27       
  70 Illinois                    WES   44.15    3- 3-2   2- 3-0   45.81    66       
  71 George Washington           IND   43.63    3- 4-1   0- 0-0   52.68    44       
  72 Colgate                     IND   43.42    3- 5-0   0- 0-0   54.30    38       
  73 Princeton                   IND   43.12    4- 4-0   0- 0-0   52.68    45       
  74 New York University         IND   42.84    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   38.01    88       
  75 Utah                        RMC   42.82    5- 3-0   5- 2-0   29.82   102       
  76 Furman                      SOU   41.92    4- 3-2   1- 2-2   30.01   101       
  77 Columbia                    IND   41.37    2- 5-2   0- 0-0   57.56    22       
  78 Michigan                    WES   41.02    4- 4-0   3- 3-0   51.83    51       
  79 Citadel                     SOU   40.23    7- 4-0   2- 3-0   25.66   109       
  80 Texas-El Paso               BRD   40.13    7- 1-2   2- 1-1   11.51   127       
  81 New Mexico State            BRD   39.27    7- 2-0   4- 1-0   19.10   120       
  82 Oregon                      PCC   39.26    4- 6-0   2- 5-0   53.31    41       
  83 South Carolina              SOU   37.67    5- 6-1   2- 2-1   42.69    77       
  84 Brown                       IND   37.15    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   44.00    72       
  85 UCLA                        PCC   35.71    2- 6-1   1- 5-1   61.62    13       
  86 St. Louis                   MVC   35.41    7- 2-1   1- 1-0   15.10   125       
  87 Virginia Military Institute SOU   34.33    5- 5-0   5- 2-0   34.52    95       
  88 Boston College              IND   33.69    4- 4-1   0- 0-0   37.83    89       
  89 Virginia Tech               SOU   33.49    5- 5-0   3- 4-0   35.21    94       
  90 Bucknell                    IND   33.15    3- 3-2   0- 0-0   37.11    90       
  91 Missouri                    BG6   32.56    3- 6-1   2- 2-1   45.39    68       
  92 San Francisco               IND   31.51    4- 5-1   0- 0-0   44.14    71       
  93 Pennsylvania                IND   29.92    2- 5-1   0- 0-0   57.29    24       
  94 Kansas                      BG6   28.98    3- 4-2   2- 1-2   39.43    83       
  95 Georgetown                  IND   28.94    2- 4-2   0- 0-0   43.55    73       
  96 Loyola Marymount            IND   28.51    4- 7-0   0- 0-0   45.19    69       
  97 Denver                      RMC   26.90    6- 3-0   5- 2-0   19.04   121       
  98 Montana State               RMC   24.41    3- 4-1   0- 3-1   24.05   112       
  99 Washington & Lee            SOU   23.01    4- 5-0   3- 3-0   39.14    84       
 100 Miami (Florida)             IND   21.27    4- 4-1   0- 0-0   26.24   108       
 101 Richmond                    SOU   20.86    5- 4-1   2- 3-0   23.23   114       
 102 Marquette                   IND   20.48    3- 6-0   0- 0-0   46.71    62       
 103 Wake Forest                 SOU   19.93    3- 6-0   1- 4-0   51.66    52       
 104 Western State               RMC   19.55    5- 3-0   3- 1-0   15.49   124       
 105 Washington (Missouri)       MVC   19.50    4- 6-0   2- 2-0   38.63    86       
 106 Kansas State                BG6   19.43    4- 5-0   1- 4-0   31.60    98       
 107 New Mexico                  BRD   17.96    4- 4-1   2- 3-1   28.50   106       
 108 Iowa                        WES   17.57    1- 7-0   0- 5-0   59.43    19       
 109 William & Mary              SOU   16.70    4- 5-0   1- 4-0   21.78   117       
 110 Northern Arizona            BRD   16.67    5- 5-0   1- 4-0   19.20   119       
 111 Davidson                    SOU   16.26    2- 8-0   1- 6-0   46.77    61       
 112 Sewanee                     SEC   15.61    2- 7-0   0- 6-0   52.05    49       
 113 Oklahoma State              MVC   15.58    4- 6-0   2- 2-0   35.38    92       
 114 Iowa State                  BG6   15.00    3- 6-0   1- 4-0   42.13    78       
 115 Gonzaga                     IND   13.95    2- 6-2   0- 0-0   43.16    75       
 116 Chicago                     WES   10.13    1- 6-0   0- 4-0   52.13    48       
 117 Colorado College            RMC    9.78    5- 4-0   3- 3-0   17.31   122       
 118 Utah State                  RMC    9.69    2- 4-2   2- 4-1   34.03    96       
 119 Virginia                    SOU    8.23    2- 7-0   1- 5-0   40.49    81       
 120 Minor Teams                        6.67   28-**-9   0- 0-0   44.24    70       
 121 Wyoming                     RMC    6.51    3- 5-0   2- 4-0   14.20   126       
 122 Northern Colorado           RMC    5.97    2- 6-0   2- 4-0   23.63   113       
 123 Creighton                   MVC    4.50    2- 7-0   0- 3-0   30.77    99       
 124 Colorado Mines              RMC    2.10    2- 5-0   1- 5-0   20.67   118       
 125 Arizona State               BRD    1.86    0- 8-1   0- 5-0   21.82   116       
 126 Colorado State              RMC    1.10    1- 7-0   1- 6-0   28.53   105       
 127 Washburn                    MVC    0.32    0-10-0   0- 2-0   16.43   123       

Team Rankings | Conference Rankings


                        # OF AVERAGE AVERAGE      OVERALL     NON-CONF                                   
CONFERENCE      ABBREV TEAMS   SCORE    RANK     W-  L- T     W-  L- T  BEST TEAM            RANK   SCORE

Southwest          SWC     7   78.80   26.29    35- 26- 9    17-  8- 3  Rice                   11   88.97
Southeastern       SEC    13   69.87   39.08    73- 49-10    38- 14- 4  Alabama                 2   96.39
Pacific Coast      PCC    10   61.20   49.30    48- 31-15    22-  5- 3  California              5   92.79
Independent        IND    38   57.61   54.79   191-114-38   191-114-38  Pittsburgh              1   97.32
Western            WES    10   53.72   59.30    38- 37- 4    13- 12- 2  Ohio State             18   86.35
Southern           SOU    16   41.07   76.38    77- 70- 8    36- 29- 2  North Carolina          9   91.37
Big 6              BG6     6   40.80   78.17    24- 24- 7    12- 12- 1  Nebraska               28   78.70
Border             BRD     7   33.01   87.86    39- 26- 4    24- 11- 2  Texas Tech             51   59.47
Missouri Valley    MVC     7   30.25   91.29    31- 35- 3    20- 24- 3  Tulsa                  27   79.24
Rocky Mountain     RMC    12   22.53  100.25    48- 48- 3    12- 12- 1  Colorado               33   74.70

The database used to produce the above rankings was constructed from data listed on James Howell's website.
Click here for criteria used for determining what scores to use and which team was the home team.

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