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1938 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 Tennessee                   SEC   97.95   11- 0-0   7- 0-0   54.08    34      2
   2 Notre Dame                  IND   97.73    8- 1-0   0- 0-0   70.03     8      5
   3 Southern California         PCC   96.47    9- 2-0   6- 1-0   74.88     1      7
   4 Texas Christian             SWC   96.22   11- 0-0   6- 0-0   48.94    49      1
   5 Pittsburgh                  IND   94.52    8- 2-0   0- 0-0   60.89    16      8
   6 California                  PCC   93.90   10- 1-0   6- 1-0   57.07    21     14
   7 Minnesota                   WES   93.13    6- 2-0   4- 1-0   72.01     5     10
   8 Oklahoma                    BG6   93.03   10- 1-0   5- 0-0   51.72    44      4
   9 Duke                        SOU   92.39    9- 1-0   5- 0-0   56.46    26      3
  10 Fordham                     IND   89.55    6- 1-2   0- 0-0   55.57    28     15
  11 Alabama                     SEC   89.51    7- 1-1   4- 1-1   52.82    38     13
  12 Northwestern                WES   87.60    4- 2-2   2- 1-2   71.14     6     17
  13 Holy Cross                  IND   87.52    8- 1-0   0- 0-0   41.86    72      9
  14 Michigan                    WES   87.32    6- 1-1   3- 1-1   54.25    33     16
  15 Carnegie Tech               IND   86.90    7- 2-0   0- 0-0   50.81    45      6
  16 Cornell                     IND   86.73    5- 1-1   0- 0-0   52.09    41     12
  17 Santa Clara                 IND   85.81    6- 2-0   0- 0-0   54.83    31       
  18 Tulane                      SEC   85.67    7- 2-1   4- 1-1   51.79    42     19
  19 St. Marys                   IND   84.46    6- 2-0   0- 0-0   54.74    32       
  20 Clemson                     SOU   83.88    7- 1-1   3- 0-1   44.96    62       
  21 Villanova                   IND   83.64    8- 0-1   0- 0-0   29.39    98     18
  22 Purdue                      WES   82.76    5- 1-2   3- 1-1   55.23    30       
  23 North Carolina              SOU   81.82    6- 2-1   4- 1-0   50.65    46       
  24 Texas Tech                  BRD   81.51   10- 1-0   2- 0-0   28.03   102     11
  25 Iowa State                  BG6   80.41    7- 1-1   3- 1-1   47.61    54       
  26 Wisconsin                   WES   79.66    5- 3-0   3- 2-0   63.06    13       
  27 Georgetown                  IND   78.77    8- 0-0   0- 0-0   20.56   115       
  28 Dartmouth                   IND   77.77    7- 2-0   0- 0-0   35.64    85     20
  29 UCLA                        PCC   77.71    7- 4-1   4- 3-1   55.38    29       
  30 Oregon State                PCC   75.02    5- 3-1   4- 3-1   62.85    14       
  31 Mississippi                 SEC   74.46    9- 2-0   3- 2-0   36.68    84       
  32 Missouri                    BG6   73.64    6- 3-0   2- 3-0   53.50    36       
  33 Baylor                      SWC   70.95    7- 2-1   3- 2-1   40.69    73       
  34 Vanderbilt                  SEC   70.22    6- 3-0   4- 3-0   51.76    43       
  35 Army                        IND   70.08    8- 2-0   0- 0-0   32.80    92       
  36 Ohio State                  WES   69.95    4- 3-1   3- 2-1   56.85    24       
  37 Michigan State              IND   68.27    6- 3-0   0- 0-0   45.60    61       
  38 Washington                  PCC   66.80    3- 5-1   3- 4-1   73.51     3       
  39 Louisiana State             SEC   65.92    6- 4-0   2- 4-0   49.81    48       
  40 Idaho                       PCC   64.69    6- 3-1   2- 3-1   46.13    60       
  41 Oregon                      PCC   63.62    4- 5-0   4- 4-0   73.46     4       
  42 Utah                        MSC   63.19    7- 1-2   4- 0-2   23.52   111       
  43 Syracuse                    IND   60.79    5- 3-0   0- 0-0   48.42    51       
  44 Southern Methodist          SWC   60.64    6- 4-0   4- 2-0   48.78    50       
  45 Stanford                    PCC   60.60    3- 6-0   2- 5-0   74.84     2       
  46 Texas A&M                   SWC   60.49    4- 4-1   2- 3-1   52.68    39       
  47 Navy                        IND   59.10    4- 3-2   0- 0-0   44.58    66       
  48 Detroit Mercy               IND   59.02    6- 4-0   0- 0-0   42.74    68       
  49 Miami (Florida)             IND   57.85    8- 2-0   0- 0-0   21.37   113       
  50 Nebraska                    BG6   57.70    3- 5-1   2- 3-0   64.57    12       
  51 Auburn                      SEC   57.45    4- 5-1   3- 3-1   53.59    35       
  52 Boston College              IND   56.41    6- 1-2   0- 0-0   28.08   100       
  53 Georgia Tech                SEC   55.72    3- 4-3   2- 1-3   59.23    19       
  54 Kansas State                BG6   55.63    4- 4-1   1- 3-1   57.03    22       
  55 Rice                        SWC   53.99    4- 6-0   3- 3-0   65.40    10       
  56 Brown                       IND   52.91    5- 3-0   0- 0-0   36.71    83       
  57 Virginia Military Institute SOU   52.37    6- 1-4   4- 0-3   28.14    99       
  58 New Mexico                  BRD   51.14    8- 3-0   4- 2-0   27.42   106       
  59 Pennsylvania                IND   50.58    3- 2-3   0- 0-0   47.43    55       
  60 Drake                       MVC   50.11    5- 4-1   1- 1-1   42.07    70       
  61 South Carolina              SOU   49.81    6- 4-1   2- 2-0   39.03    77       
  62 Creighton                   MVC   48.59    6- 1-1   1- 0-1   14.05   123       
  63 Wake Forest                 SOU   47.82    4- 5-1   3- 4-1   44.90    64       
  64 Georgia                     SEC   47.70    5- 4-1   1- 2-1   44.94    63       
  65 Harvard                     IND   46.63    4- 4-0   0- 0-0   46.93    58       
  66 Washington (Missouri)       MVC   46.61    6- 3-1   2- 1-1   27.17   108       
  67 San Francisco               IND   46.56    5- 2-1   0- 0-0   30.40    96       
  68 New Mexico State            BRD   45.88    7- 2-0   4- 1-0   20.80   114       
  69 Kansas                      BG6   45.71    3- 6-0   1- 4-0   59.79    17       
  70 Colgate                     IND   45.50    2- 5-0   0- 0-0   59.57    18       
  71 Penn State                  IND   42.49    3- 4-1   0- 0-0   43.84    67       
  72 Bucknell                    IND   41.61    5- 3-0   0- 0-0   34.18    89       
  73 Columbia                    IND   40.89    3- 6-0   0- 0-0   52.94    37       
  74 Texas-El Paso               BRD   40.60    6- 3-0   3- 2-0   25.06   110       
  75 Centenary                   IND   40.54    7- 4-0   0- 0-0   30.09    97       
  76 Arkansas                    SWC   40.34    2- 7-1   1- 5-0   57.01    23       
  77 Temple                      IND   40.06    3- 6-1   0- 0-0   62.81    15       
  78 Tulsa                       MVC   37.42    4- 5-1   3- 1-0   46.97    57       
  79 Washington State            PCC   36.43    2- 8-0   1- 7-0   70.78     7       
  80 Manhattan                   IND   36.32    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   37.06    82       
  81 Illinois                    WES   35.59    3- 5-0   2- 3-0   48.30    52       
  82 Montana                     PCC   35.09    5- 3-1   0- 1-0   27.71   103       
  83 George Washington           IND   33.80    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   35.20    87       
  84 North Carolina State        SOU   33.66    3- 7-1   3- 3-1   52.40    40       
  85 Princeton                   IND   32.95    3- 4-1   0- 0-0   42.45    69       
  86 New York University         IND   32.22    4- 4-0   0- 0-0   38.58    79       
  87 Duquesne                    IND   31.31    4- 6-0   0- 0-0   47.01    56       
  88 Virginia Tech               SOU   28.86    3- 5-2   2- 3-2   40.56    74       
  89 Indiana                     WES   28.56    1- 6-1   1- 4-0   56.77    25       
  90 West Virginia               IND   28.18    4- 5-1   0- 0-0   39.26    76       
  91 Virginia                    IND   26.19    4- 4-1   0- 0-0   37.45    81       
  92 Citadel                     SOU   24.69    6- 5-0   2- 3-0   27.25   107       
  93 Yale                        IND   24.54    2- 6-0   0- 0-0   56.02    27       
  94 Mississippi State           SEC   24.13    4- 6-0   1- 4-0   38.74    78       
  95 Brigham Young               MSC   23.86    4- 3-1   3- 2-1   19.63   116       
  96 Marquette                   IND   23.72    1- 7-0   0- 0-0   67.65     9       
  97 Denver                      MSC   23.51    4- 4-1   3- 2-1   31.69    94       
  98 Texas                       SWC   23.26    1- 8-0   1- 5-0   65.26    11       
  99 Washburn                    MVC   22.90    6- 3-0   1- 0-0   15.65   121       
 100 Colorado                    MSC   22.52    3- 4-1   3- 2-1   32.08    93       
 101 Kentucky                    SEC   22.22    2- 7-0   0- 4-0   47.73    53       
 102 Utah State                  MSC   21.95    4- 4-0   3- 3-0   27.48   105       
 103 Richmond                    SOU   21.80    6- 3-1   3- 2-1   15.15   122       
 104 Davidson                    SOU   19.48    4- 6-0   2- 6-0   40.30    75       
 105 Loyola Marymount            IND   19.16    4- 5-0   0- 0-0   28.07   101       
 106 Arizona                     BRD   18.85    3- 6-0   0- 3-0   44.73    65       
 107 Iowa                        WES   16.48    1- 6-1   1- 3-1   58.67    20       
 108 Gonzaga                     IND   15.99    1- 7-0   0- 0-0   46.67    59       
 109 Washington & Lee            SOU   15.93    4- 4-1   2- 2-0   16.22   120       
 110 Florida                     SEC   15.69    4- 6-1   2- 2-1   33.08    91       
 111 St. Louis                   MVC   11.65    3- 5-2   0- 1-1   26.49   109       
 112 Wyoming                     MSC    9.64    2- 5-1   1- 4-1   31.13    95       
 113 Furman                      SOU    9.57    2- 7-1   0- 4-1   34.55    88       
 114 Sewanee                     SEC    8.02    1- 8-0   0- 6-0   49.99    47       
 115 Colorado State              MSC    7.02    1- 5-2   0- 4-2   27.66   104       
 116 Oklahoma State              MVC    6.81    2- 8-0   0- 4-0   37.62    80       
 117 Arizona State               BRD    6.35    3- 6-0   0- 4-0   18.74   117       
 118 William & Mary              SOU    5.88    3- 7-0   0- 4-0   22.24   112       
 119 Maryland                    SOU    5.60    2- 7-0   1- 2-0   35.50    86       
 120 Minor Teams                        5.45   33-**-4   0- 0-0   41.99    71       
 121 Chicago                     WES    4.30    1- 6-1   0- 4-0   34.04    90       
 122 Northern Arizona            BRD    3.75    2- 6-1   1- 2-0   17.17   119       
 123 Hampden-Sydney              IND    1.81    2- 6-0   0- 0-0   18.03   118       

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

Big 6              BG6     6   67.69   39.67    33- 20- 3    19-  6- 1  Oklahoma                8   93.03
Pacific Coast      PCC    10   67.03   39.30    54- 40- 5    22-  8- 1  Southern California     3   96.47
Western            WES    10   58.54   51.50    36- 35- 9    14- 13- 3  Minnesota               7   93.13
Southwest          SWC     7   57.99   50.86    35- 31- 3    15- 11- 1  Texas Christian         4   96.22
Southeastern       SEC    13   54.97   55.46    69- 52- 8    36- 19- 0  Tennessee               1   97.95
Independent        IND    40   53.47   57.40   199-133-17   199-133-17  Notre Dame              2   97.73
Southern           SOU    15   38.24   77.53    71- 65-14    35- 29- 4  Duke                    9   92.39
Border             BRD     7   35.44   81.29    39- 27- 1    25- 13- 1  Texas Tech             24   81.51
Missouri Valley    MVC     7   32.01   84.57    32- 29- 6    24- 21- 2  Drake                  60   50.11
Mountain States    MSC     7   24.53   94.71    25- 26- 8     8-  9- 0  Utah                   42   63.19

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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