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1947 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 Michigan                    WES   98.61   10- 0-0   6- 0-0   69.17    17      2
   2 Notre Dame                  IND   98.16    9- 0-0   0- 0-0   65.16    25      1
   3 Texas                       SWC   98.16   10- 1-0   5- 1-0   77.60     4      5
   4 Pennsylvania                IND   94.06    7- 0-1   0- 0-0   59.89    32      7
   5 Southern Methodist          SWC   93.94    9- 0-2   5- 0-1   73.12    10      3
   6 North Carolina              SOU   93.82    8- 2-0   4- 1-0   72.89    14      9
   7 Rice                        SWC   93.26    6- 3-1   4- 2-0   76.15     6     18
   8 Mississippi                 SEC   91.06    9- 2-0   6- 1-0   64.31    27     13
   9 Southern California         PCC   90.64    7- 2-1   6- 0-0   68.18    18      8
  10 Georgia Tech                SEC   88.35   10- 1-0   4- 1-0   53.27    44     10
  11 Army                        IND   88.27    5- 2-2   0- 0-0   64.44    26     11
  12 California                  PCC   88.22    9- 1-0   5- 1-0   53.10    45     15
  13 Penn State                  IND   88.04    9- 0-1   0- 0-0   37.17    90      4
  14 Wisconsin                   WES   86.17    5- 3-1   3- 2-1   75.62     7       
  15 Minnesota                   WES   85.81    6- 3-0   3- 3-0   68.09    19       
  16 Illinois                    WES   83.91    5- 3-1   3- 3-0   66.10    23       
  17 Alabama                     SEC   83.80    8- 3-0   5- 2-0   59.66    34      6
  18 Purdue                      WES   82.53    5- 4-0   3- 3-0   69.51    16       
  19 Columbia                    IND   82.04    7- 2-0   0- 0-0   58.89    36     20
  20 Indiana                     WES   81.57    5- 3-1   2- 3-1   64.16    28       
  21 UCLA                        PCC   81.40    5- 4-0   4- 2-0   67.65    20       
  22 William & Mary              SOU   81.11    9- 2-0   7- 1-0   41.53    80     14
  23 Kansas                      BG6   80.25    8- 1-2   4- 0-1   44.34    69     12
  24 Arkansas                    SWC   80.03    6- 4-1   1- 4-1   65.96    24       
  25 Louisiana State             SEC   79.45    5- 3-1   2- 3-1   72.99    13       
  26 Kentucky                    SEC   77.74    8- 3-0   2- 3-0   56.30    39       
  27 Texas Christian             SWC   77.47    4- 5-2   2- 3-1   73.08    12       
  28 Virginia                    IND   77.19    7- 3-0   0- 0-0   48.53    56       
  29 Duke                        SOU   76.68    4- 3-2   3- 1-1   73.42     9     19
  30 Maryland                    SOU   76.17    7- 2-2   3- 2-1   53.98    41       
  31 Michigan State              IND   75.79    7- 2-0   0- 0-0   47.40    61       
  32 Vanderbilt                  SEC   74.57    6- 4-0   3- 3-0   59.50    35       
  33 Oklahoma                    BG6   74.09    7- 2-1   4- 0-1   54.07    40     16
  34 Georgia                     SEC   73.97    7- 4-1   3- 3-0   56.36    38       
  35 North Carolina State        SOU   72.47    5- 3-1   3- 2-1   59.77    33     17
  36 Northwestern                WES   71.03    3- 6-0   2- 4-0   82.71     2       
  37 Tennessee                   SEC   70.22    5- 5-0   2- 3-0   66.73    21       
  38 Missouri                    BG6   70.20    6- 4-0   3- 2-0   48.60    55       
  39 Oregon                      PCC   69.39    7- 3-0   5- 1-0   50.02    51       
  40 Baylor                      SWC   69.32    5- 5-0   1- 5-0   62.75    30       
  41 Mississippi State           SEC   69.01    7- 3-0   2- 2-0   48.00    58       
  42 Iowa                        WES   67.87    3- 5-1   2- 3-1   73.48     8       
  43 Texas A&M                   SWC   67.66    3- 6-1   1- 4-1   72.41    15       
  44 Rutgers                     IND   66.01    8- 1-0   0- 0-0   28.89   101       
  45 Wake Forest                 SOU   65.90    6- 4-0   3- 4-0   53.06    46       
  46 Princeton                   IND   64.82    5- 3-0   0- 0-0   52.20    47       
  47 West Virginia               IND   64.27    6- 4-0   0- 0-0   43.55    71       
  48 South Carolina              SOU   63.67    6- 2-1   4- 1-1   46.79    64       
  49 San Francisco               IND   63.36    7- 3-0   0- 0-0   39.02    87       
  50 Villanova                   IND   62.98    6- 3-1   0- 0-0   46.62    66       
  51 Navy                        IND   60.00    1- 7-1   0- 0-0   83.07     1       
  52 Yale                        IND   59.90    6- 3-0   0- 0-0   46.66    65       
  53 Utah                        MSC   59.82    8- 1-1   6- 0-0   26.36   104       
  54 Dartmouth                   IND   55.40    4- 4-1   0- 0-0   53.90    42       
  55 Hardin-Simmons              BRD   54.69    8- 3-0   5- 1-0   23.82   109       
  56 Ohio State                  WES   54.18    2- 6-1   1- 4-1   76.16     5       
  57 Tulane                      SEC   54.05    2- 5-2   2- 3-2   73.11    11       
  58 Oregon State                PCC   53.68    5- 5-0   3- 4-0   47.52    60       
  59 Nevada                      IND   53.51    9- 2-0   0- 0-0   26.33   105       
  60 Texas Tech                  BRD   50.77    6- 5-0   4- 0-0   49.61    52       
  61 Washington                  PCC   50.62    3- 6-0   2- 5-0   61.46    31       
  62 Boston College              IND   49.56    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   46.81    63       
  63 Detroit Mercy               IND   48.79    6- 4-0   0- 0-0   33.80    95       
  64 Clemson                     SOU   45.23    4- 5-0   1- 3-0   42.20    77       
  65 Marquette                   IND   45.00    4- 5-0   0- 0-0   53.41    43       
  66 Cornell                     IND   43.83    4- 5-0   0- 0-0   51.48    48       
  67 Holy Cross                  IND   43.49    4- 4-2   0- 0-0   39.46    85       
  68 Brown                       IND   42.94    4- 4-1   0- 0-0   40.02    84       
  69 Santa Clara                 IND   42.85    4- 4-0   0- 0-0   47.53    59       
  70 Davidson                    SOU   41.76    6- 3-1   3- 3-1   29.31   100       
  71 Washington State            PCC   40.16    3- 7-0   2- 5-0   57.83    37       
  72 Pittsburgh                  IND   39.07    1- 8-0   0- 0-0   81.90     3       
  73 Virginia Tech               SOU   38.84    4- 5-0   4- 3-0   47.39    62       
  74 Tulsa                       MVC   38.49    5- 5-0   3- 0-0   42.50    73       
  75 Arizona                     BRD   38.10    5- 4-1   3- 2-0   38.87    88       
  76 Florida                     SEC   37.07    4- 5-1   0- 3-1   45.38    68       
  77 Oklahoma State              MVC   35.91    3- 7-0   0- 2-0   50.62    50       
  78 Montana                     PCC   35.29    7- 4-0   2- 1-0   25.14   107       
  79 Harvard                     IND   34.94    4- 5-0   0- 0-0   49.58    53       
  80 Denver                      MSC   33.84    5- 4-1   3- 2-1   34.19    93       
  81 Nebraska                    BG6   33.02    2- 7-0   2- 3-0   63.67    29       
  82 West Texas A&M              BRD   31.85    7- 4-0   5- 2-0   19.43   117       
  83 Washington & Lee            SOU   31.81    5- 5-0   3- 2-0   43.08    72       
  84 Virginia Military Institute SOU   30.87    3- 5-1   2- 3-1   42.29    75       
  85 Boston University           IND   28.89    5- 3-0   0- 0-0   30.18    98       
  86 Colorado                    MSC   28.18    4- 5-0   3- 3-0   39.41    86       
  87 Georgetown                  IND   27.64    3- 4-1   0- 0-0   31.79    97       
  88 Utah State                  MSC   25.88    6- 5-0   3- 3-0   23.66   110       
  89 Tennessee-Chattanooga       IND   24.15    4- 6-0   0- 0-0   41.45    81       
  90 Stanford                    PCC   23.50    0- 9-0   0- 7-0   66.47    22       
  91 Iowa State                  BG6   23.17    3- 6-0   1- 4-0   42.31    74       
  92 Idaho                       PCC   22.85    4- 4-0   1- 4-0   36.65    91       
  93 Temple                      IND   22.49    3- 6-0   0- 0-0   38.84    89       
  94 Colorado State              MSC   21.88    5- 4-1   2- 3-1   23.54   111       
  95 Texas-El Paso               BRD   21.76    5- 3-1   3- 3-1   17.97   119       
  96 Wichita State               MVC   21.54    7- 4-0   2- 1-0   12.07   120       
  97 Citadel                     SOU   21.53    3- 5-0   1- 4-0   42.21    76       
  98 Wyoming                     MSC   20.76    4- 5-0   2- 4-0   25.96   106       
  99 Colgate                     IND   20.52    1- 5-2   0- 0-0   41.66    78       
 100 St. Marys                   IND   20.34    3- 7-0   0- 0-0   41.58    79       
 101 Miami (Florida)             IND   20.16    2- 7-1   0- 0-0   49.24    54       
 102 Syracuse                    IND   19.06    3- 6-0   0- 0-0   41.21    82       
 103 Auburn                      SEC   17.82    2- 7-0   1- 5-0   50.82    49       
 104 Furman                      SOU   16.80    2- 7-0   1- 4-0   46.44    67       
 105 St. Louis                   MVC   16.42    4- 6-0   1- 1-0   29.95    99       
 106 Richmond                    SOU   15.87    3- 7-0   1- 5-0   40.04    83       
 107 Montana State               IND   13.01    4- 5-0   0- 0-0   24.60   108       
 108 New Mexico                  BRD   12.78    4- 5-1   1- 5-1   22.80   112       
 109 Duquesne                    IND   12.05    2- 8-0   0- 0-0   48.38    57       
 110 Brigham Young               MSC   10.85    3- 7-0   1- 5-0   22.60   113       
 111 George Washington           SOU    8.39    1- 7-1   0- 4-0   33.58    96       
 112 New York University         IND    7.92    2- 5-1   0- 0-0   28.63   102       
 113 Minor Teams                        7.56   28-98-1   0- 0-0   34.41    92       
 114 Arizona State               BRD    7.53    4- 7-0   3- 4-0   21.86   115       
 115 Kansas State                BG6    6.06    0-10-0   0- 5-0   43.78    70       
 116 Drake                       MVC    5.64    1- 7-1   1- 3-0   22.17   114       
 117 Fordham                     IND    4.66    1- 6-1   0- 0-0   33.97    94       
 118 New Mexico State            BRD    4.05    3- 6-0   1- 4-0   11.68   121       
 119 Portland                    IND    3.78    1- 8-0   0- 0-0   28.22   103       
 120 Merchant Marine             IND    2.23    2- 9-0   0- 0-0   20.28   116       
 121 Northern Arizona            BRD    1.01    1- 7-0   0- 4-0   19.42   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

Southwest          SWC     7   82.84   21.29    43- 24- 7    24-  5- 3  Texas                   3   98.16
Western            WES     9   79.07   24.22    44- 33- 5    19-  8- 1  Michigan                1   98.61
Southeastern       SEC    12   68.09   38.83    73- 45- 5    41- 13- 1  Mississippi             8   91.06
Pacific Coast      PCC    10   55.57   53.10    50- 45- 1    20- 15- 1  Southern California     9   90.64
Southern           SOU    16   48.81   62.94    76- 67- 9    33- 24- 3  North Carolina          6   93.82
Big 6              BG6     6   47.80   63.50    26- 30- 3    12- 16- 1  Kansas                 23   80.25
Independent        IND    39   45.41   66.95   175-167-16   175-167-16  Notre Dame              2   98.16
Mountain States    MSC     7   28.74   87.00    35- 31- 3    15- 11- 1  Utah                   53   59.82
Border             BRD     9   24.73   92.00    43- 44- 3    18- 19- 1  Hardin-Simmons         55   54.69
Missouri Valley    MVC     5   23.60   93.60    20- 29- 1    13- 22- 1  Tulsa                  74   38.49

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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