1948 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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122 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	North Carolina FBS · Southern	—	9–1–1	306.75	368.48	169.97	—
2	Michigan FBS · Western	★	9–0	305.69	374.54	159.36	—
3	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–0–1	301.51	391.61	136.06	—
4	Oklahoma FBS · Big 7	—	10–1	298.84	375.66	140.90	—
5	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	9–1–1	281.57	336.85	159.16	▲ 1
6	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–0–1	267.19	333.71	131.74	▲ 1
7	California FBS · Pacific	—	10–1	262.07	333.54	120.74	▼ 2
8	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	8–1	258.71	297.05	160.81	—
9	Tulane FBS · SEC	—	9–1	254.95	315.71	130.76	▲ 1
10	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	8–2–1	251.86	317.21	140.02	▲ 1
11	Northwestern FBS · Western	—	8–2	238.59	263.45	162.54	▲ 3
12	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	9–2	233.32	276.24	136.39	▼ 3
13	Cornell FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1	219.98	259.63	125.84	▼ 1
14	Michigan State FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2–2	218.79	261.05	139.70	▼ 1
15	Clemson FBS · Southern	—	11–0	217.88	270.03	89.03	▲ 3
16	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	7–3–1	217.79	234.60	171.08	▲ 10
17	Georgia Tech FBS · SEC	—	7–3	210.39	245.32	137.63	▼ 1
18	Missouri FBS · Big 7	—	8–3	209.74	238.79	138.81	▼ 3
19	Ohio State FBS · Western	—	6–3	205.94	231.08	161.06	▼ 2
20	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2–1	204.48	251.27	108.26	▲ 9
21	Dartmouth FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2	201.39	239.72	128.99	▼ 1
22	Oregon FBS · Pacific	—	9–2	199.32	225.72	130.63	▼ 3
23	Minnesota FBS · Western	—	7–2	198.16	233.72	129.59	▼ 1
24	SSanta Clara FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2–1	196.96	196.46	160.64	▼ 3
25	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	6–3–2	191.60	214.09	148.27	▲ 5
26	Pennsylvania FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3	190.77	200.03	163.13	▼ 2
27	Utah FBS · Skyline	—	8–1–1	186.97	233.07	80.73	▼ 2
28	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1–1	186.27	223.07	104.54	▼ 1
29	USC FBS · Pacific	—	6–3–1	184.25	183.31	164.42	▼ 1
30	William & Mary FBS · Southern	—	7–2–2	176.14	200.80	116.86	▲ 7
31	Nevada FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–2	175.66	220.91	84.97	▼ 8
32	Kansas FBS · Big 7	—	7–3	165.64	182.23	118.67	—
33	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	4–4–2	164.86	161.65	172.75	—
34	Princeton FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4	164.09	186.14	138.87	—
35	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–2–2	163.26	163.89	145.21	—
36	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	5–3–2	160.40	168.72	143.80	—
37	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	159.46	157.85	146.49	▲ 1
38	Wake Forest FBS · Southern	—	6–4	157.12	159.74	144.52	▼ 7
39	Texas Tech FBS · Border	—	7–3	151.48	167.71	106.08	—
40	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	5–4–1	151.13	160.70	148.30	—
41	Harvard FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4	147.58	137.48	157.88	—
42	Duke FBS · Southern	—	4–3–2	144.03	153.07	139.28	—
43	Maryland FBS · Southern	—	6–4	142.14	153.40	117.40	—
44	Rutgers FBS · Middle Three	—	7–2	134.95	156.38	78.95	▲ 2
45	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	1–0–1	132.65	164.92	91.82	▼ 1
46	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	4–4–1	127.96	113.00	160.40	▲ 2
47	LSU FBS · SEC	—	3–7	127.40	96.99	197.72	—
48	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	126.40	140.31	83.50	▲ 9
49	Brown FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2	124.77	140.11	86.99	—
50	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	4–5–1	121.98	102.42	164.02	▲ 3
51	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	6–4–1	121.55	102.76	141.84	▼ 1
52	Oklahoma State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–4	121.13	126.31	103.85	▼ 7
53	Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	120.40	115.96	118.14	▼ 1
54	Lafayette FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–2	119.50	91.54	142.73	—
55	Hardin Simmons FBS · Border	—	6–2–3	117.92	148.49	66.74	▲ 17
56	Purdue FBS · Western	—	3–6	116.73	101.74	163.80	—
57	Stanford FBS · Pacific	—	4–6	115.46	102.75	148.99	▼ 2
58	Illinois FBS · Western	—	3–6	113.39	83.53	174.24	▲ 1
59	DDenver FBS · Skyline	—	4–5–1	109.90	141.40	82.50	▼ 1
60	Columbia FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	108.28	99.20	138.49	—
61	Iowa FBS · Western	—	4–5	102.82	100.21	124.34	▲ 2
62	VMI FBS · Southern	—	6–3	101.89	98.20	91.39	▲ 3
63	Chattanooga FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	101.67	109.44	114.06	▼ 2
64	Oregon State FBS · Pacific	—	5–4–3	100.89	88.70	121.57	▼ 2
65	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	5–5	98.09	82.18	128.42	▲ 6
66	Washington State FBS · Pacific	—	4–5–1	97.69	80.33	130.86	▲ 2
67	Colorado FBS · Big 7	—	3–6	97.09	120.48	94.13	▼ 1
68	Washington FBS · Pacific	—	2–7–1	96.11	83.37	151.89	▲ 1
69	Florida FBS · SEC	—	5–5	94.97	85.90	118.12	▲ 1
70	UTEP FBS · Border	—	8–2–1	93.08	89.97	65.13	▼ 6
71	Arizona FBS · Border	—	6–5	89.76	80.07	96.43	▼ 4
72	NC State FBS · Southern	—	3–6–1	87.67	56.27	150.10	▲ 2
73	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	86.09	64.29	132.53	▲ 2
74	Yale FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	82.79	60.02	124.95	▲ 4
75	Colorado State FBS · Skyline	—	8–3	82.67	72.84	63.64	▼ 24
76	SSaint Mary's (CA) FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	82.48	60.69	127.03	—
77	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–8–1	82.13	12.19	223.25	—
78	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	7–3	80.32	91.89	50.90	▲ 3
79	Iowa State FBS · Big 7	—	4–6	75.12	43.94	131.76	—
80	Wisconsin FBS · Western	—	2–7	74.44	55.88	143.62	—
81	GGeorge Washington FBS · Southern	—	4–6	71.25	66.13	104.88	▲ 1
82	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	▲ 1
83	Richmond FBS · Southern	—	5–3–2	67.57	69.03	63.18	▲ 1
84	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–4–1	63.25	51.91	72.98	▼ 11
85	Fordham FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6	63.20	87.39	62.06	—
86	South Carolina FBS · Southern	—	3–5	61.49	30.32	117.47	▲ 1
87	Indiana FBS · Western	—	2–7	61.18	8.86	172.49	▲ 1
88	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5	60.25	46.71	88.15	▲ 1
89	BYU FBS · Skyline	—	5–6	59.71	65.58	61.72	▼ 3
90	UCLA FBS · Pacific	—	3–7	59.10	29.65	138.65	—
91	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6	58.16	33.56	112.76	—
92	Cincinnati FBS · Mid-American	—	0–4–1	57.45	15.87	149.46	▲ 2
93	Nebraska FBS · Big 7	—	2–8	57.36	20.81	149.60	▼ 1
94	DDetroit Mercy FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	57.21	45.84	58.66	▼ 1
95	BBoston University FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2	54.36	41.06	50.67	—
96	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	0–9–1	53.22	5.50	184.44	▲ 1
97	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	1–8–1	49.17	4.88	155.26	▼ 1
98	West Texas FBS · Border	—	6–5	48.96	43.97	55.09	—
99	Davidson FBS · Southern	—	3–5–1	47.47	55.30	60.84	—
100	Georgetown FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4–1	46.55	22.30	88.50	—
101	Washington and Lee FBS · Southern	—	4–6	41.35	23.94	87.26	—
102	Montana FBS · Pacific	—	3–7	35.91	51.00	49.91	—
103	Idaho FBS · Pacific	—	3–6	34.71	15.11	87.27	—
104	SSan Francisco FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–7	34.11	1.00	118.91	—
105	Virginia Tech FBS · Southern	—	0–8–1	31.24	1.00	129.59	▲ 1
106	Arizona State FBS · Border	—	5–5	29.40	16.32	46.89	▲ 2
107	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–6–1	28.77	14.07	83.31	—
108	MMarquette FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–8	27.68	10.83	100.26	▲ 1
109	Utah State FBS · Skyline	—	5–6	27.44	1.00	67.68	▼ 4
110	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	1–2	26.87	13.47	64.29	▲ 1
111	Duquesne FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–7	25.12	1.00	96.97	▲ 2
112	Kansas State FBS · Big 7	—	1–9	24.26	1.00	115.78	—
113	Furman FBS · Southern	—	2–6–1	24.13	1.00	88.33	▼ 3
114	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–8	22.73	1.00	105.90	▲ 2
115	SSaint Louis FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–7	21.06	11.96	57.62	—
116	Wyoming FBS · Skyline	—	4–5	20.93	1.00	52.12	▼ 2
117	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	2–7	20.25	2.85	80.78	▲ 1
118	NNew York University FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6	20.04	1.00	66.50	▼ 1
119	New Mexico FBS · Border	—	2–9	17.99	1.00	91.68	▲ 1
120	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	0–9–1	15.62	1.00	106.14	▼ 1
121	New Mexico State FBS · Border	—	3–7	4.57	1.00	33.61	—
122	Montana State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	0–4	-3.31	1.00	29.75	—