1938 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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117 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	11–0	301.95	381.09	126.35	—
2	TCU FBS · Southwest	★	11–0	283.73	371.86	99.10	▲ 1
3	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1	271.18	321.59	157.33	▼ 1
4	USC FBS · Pacific	—	9–2	257.77	295.79	160.66	▲ 2
5	Oklahoma FBS · Big 6	—	10–1	249.20	305.40	116.21	▼ 1
6	Duke FBS · Southern	—	9–1	240.96	290.97	121.60	▼ 1
7	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	226.83	270.78	131.55	—
8	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1	225.05	292.29	102.79	—
9	Minnesota FBS · Western	—	6–2	216.70	238.86	158.71	—
10	California FBS · Pacific	—	10–1	216.45	245.98	129.49	—
11	Michigan FBS · Western	—	6–1–1	205.02	249.47	118.48	—
12	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	7–1–1	203.73	228.58	133.71	—
13	Iowa State FBS · Big 6	—	7–1–1	191.01	226.88	114.46	—
14	Carnegie Mellon FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2	190.56	202.96	145.79	▲ 1
15	Cornell FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–1–1	190.42	232.67	110.70	▼ 1
16	SSaint Mary's (CA) FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2	188.98	212.08	127.04	▲ 9
17	Clemson FBS · Southern	—	7–1–1	185.59	221.54	98.18	—
18	Fordham FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–1–2	184.22	209.45	126.63	—
19	Tulane FBS · SEC	—	7–2–1	182.71	218.92	108.46	—
20	Georgetown FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–0	180.76	236.71	65.28	—
21	SSanta Clara FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2	179.96	213.10	109.22	▲ 1
22	Northwestern FBS · Western	—	4–2–2	179.90	191.34	155.05	▼ 1
23	Texas Tech FBS · Border	—	10–1	175.09	217.33	71.22	▼ 7
24	Purdue FBS · Western	—	5–1–2	174.58	204.01	114.51	▼ 1
25	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	9–2	171.23	207.32	88.39	▼ 1
26	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	168.42	195.08	108.98	—
27	North Carolina FBS · Southern	—	6–2–1	167.23	189.22	111.90	—
28	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–0–1	167.15	206.14	85.24	—
29	Wisconsin FBS · Western	—	5–3	158.08	167.56	136.20	—
30	Utah FBS · Mountain State	—	7–1–2	155.23	198.94	65.86	▲ 8
31	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	6–3	151.67	164.68	122.60	▼ 1
32	Dartmouth FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2	145.28	164.57	101.83	▼ 1
33	UCLA FBS · Pacific	—	7–4–1	142.43	156.23	119.38	▼ 1
34	Missouri FBS · Big 6	—	6–3	141.08	145.88	116.74	▼ 1
35	Oregon State FBS · Pacific	—	5–3–1	136.13	131.69	138.16	▼ 1
36	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–3–2	135.16	153.47	108.44	▼ 1
37	Harvard FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4	134.14	154.31	109.42	▼ 1
38	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	7–2–1	132.73	144.20	93.40	▼ 1
39	Ohio State FBS · Western	—	4–3–1	131.40	131.12	129.80	—
40	Michigan State FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	128.18	139.21	107.73	▲ 1
41	Washington FBS · Pacific	—	3–5–1	126.71	123.84	152.47	▲ 2
42	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–1–2	126.37	145.64	83.91	—
43	Stanford FBS · Pacific	—	3–6	125.13	123.38	153.10	▲ 1
44	Nebraska FBS · Big 6	—	3–5–1	121.31	116.93	145.20	▲ 1
45	Pennsylvania FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–2–3	119.02	112.00	124.00	▲ 1
46	Brown FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3	118.04	119.33	110.84	▲ 1
47	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	4–6	116.28	109.63	139.55	▲ 1
48	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6–1	111.99	91.42	148.66	▲ 1
49	New Mexico FBS · Border	—	8–3	111.49	117.60	72.72	▼ 9
50	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3	109.89	98.82	114.62	—
51	DDetroit Mercy FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	108.53	116.26	91.99	—
52	LSU FBS · SEC	—	6–4	107.49	92.05	120.45	▲ 1
53	SSan Francisco FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–2–1	106.78	119.63	76.73	▲ 1
54	New Mexico State FBS · Border	—	7–2	106.07	121.28	64.63	▼ 2
55	Oregon FBS · Pacific	—	4–5	105.32	81.67	151.24	▲ 1
56	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	6–4	105.30	92.45	115.16	▼ 1
57	Idaho FBS · Pacific	—	6–3–1	104.48	109.36	89.95	—
58	Georgia Tech FBS · SEC	—	3–4–3	102.15	84.91	139.65	—
59	Lafayette FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–2	99.63	106.13	101.55	▲ 1
60	Kansas State FBS · Big 6	—	4–4–1	98.65	80.22	129.92	▼ 1
61	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	4–4–1	98.63	91.64	115.08	—
62	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	4–5–1	97.16	89.68	118.68	▲ 1
63	Kansas FBS · Big 6	—	3–6	96.29	79.42	141.42	▼ 1
64	Princeton FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4–1	96.02	92.63	111.40	—
65	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4–1	93.27	87.21	111.60	—
66	DDenver FBS · Mountain State	—	4–4–1	91.82	101.30	83.47	—
67	South Carolina FBS · Southern	—	6–4–1	90.99	92.14	79.29	—
68	Columbia FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6	90.95	92.03	117.60	—
69	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–4–1	90.31	93.60	85.53	—
70	Wake Forest FBS · Southern	—	4–5–1	86.00	82.00	103.03	—
71	CCentenary (LA) FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	85.76	70.77	85.92	—
72	MManhattan FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	84.79	71.01	100.04	—
73	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–5	82.35	56.65	138.01	—
74	Yale FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–6	81.50	66.41	130.45	—
75	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	5–4–1	81.01	68.84	94.65	—
76	NC State FBS · Southern	—	3–7–1	79.87	79.09	111.98	—
77	Virginia Tech FBS · Southern	—	3–5–2	76.14	78.20	88.84	—
78	NNew York University FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4	75.87	64.83	98.17	—
79	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	1–8	74.50	64.76	139.30	▲ 1
80	Washburn FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–3	74.24	91.79	46.78	▲ 1
81	CCreighton FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–1–1	74.13	81.52	45.32	▲ 1
82	Colorado FBS · Mountain State	—	3–4–1	73.30	79.62	76.55	▲ 2
83	UTEP FBS · Border	—	6–3	73.18	70.49	63.97	▼ 4
84	Washington St. Louis FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–3–1	72.40	74.92	62.41	▼ 1
85	Illinois FBS · Western	—	3–5	69.05	39.23	123.61	—
86	Washington State FBS · Pacific	—	2–8	67.86	43.01	148.54	—
87	Bucknell FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3	66.86	56.02	73.93	—
88	Wyoming FBS · Mountain State	—	2–5–1	64.64	70.71	78.35	—
89	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	2–7–1	64.08	47.80	123.18	—
90	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5–1	63.59	50.12	88.63	—
91	MMarquette FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–7	62.14	27.77	149.18	—
92	Florida FBS · SEC	—	4–6–1	59.70	63.64	78.23	—
93	Maryland FBS · Southern	—	2–7	57.29	67.00	80.65	—
94	BYU FBS · Mountain State	—	4–3–1	56.21	44.10	70.81	—
95	Indiana FBS · Western	—	1–6–1	54.11	44.47	114.05	▲ 1
96	Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4–1	53.62	29.02	88.18	▲ 1
97	Arizona FBS · Border	—	3–6	53.42	45.99	93.37	▼ 2
98	GGeorge Washington FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	51.64	31.46	81.47	—
99	Sewanee FBS · SEC	—	1–8	50.37	18.69	132.91	—
100	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–5–1	48.17	14.83	100.84	—
101	Duquesne FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	46.19	20.00	99.19	—
102	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	4–6	38.18	18.58	88.36	—
103	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	6–5	37.54	19.46	60.45	▲ 1
104	Washington and Lee FBS · Southern	—	4–4–1	37.43	38.85	46.00	▼ 1
105	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	2–7	37.01	1.58	115.74	—
106	LLoyola Marymount FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	34.75	16.70	70.63	—
107	Iowa FBS · Western	—	1–6–1	32.92	1.10	121.45	—
108	Utah State FBS · Mountain State	—	4–4	30.43	1.00	70.68	—
109	Davidson FBS · Southern	—	4–6	27.74	1.00	80.29	—
110	Chicago FBS · Western	—	1–6–1	22.08	1.00	88.35	▲ 1
111	GGonzaga FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–7	21.78	1.00	94.76	▲ 1
112	Colorado State FBS · Mountain State	—	1–5–2	21.31	5.36	72.89	▲ 1
113	Oklahoma State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–8	21.22	10.10	81.24	▼ 3
114	SSaint Louis FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–5–2	20.29	1.00	63.10	▲ 1
115	Arizona State FBS · Border	—	3–6	19.90	12.30	51.24	▼ 1
116	Hampden Sydney FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–6	9.77	1.00	49.13	—
117	William & Mary FBS · Southern	—	3–7	9.34	1.00	48.11	—