College Football 1938
Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1938/9/17 and 1939/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

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1938 - Ranking of No Division Affiliation teams based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
ScoreDif		Win_Loss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
3	29.49	1	35.22	2	26.86	Southern California	11	9-2-0	1	11	9-2-0	PCC
1	32.98	2	34.18	42	54.90	Tennessee	10	10-0-0	2	11	11-0-0	SEC
4	29.10	3	32.23	6	32.78	Notre Dame	9	8-1-0	3	9	8-1-0	Eastern Indep
6	25.17	4	29.36	16	43.05	California	10	9-1-0	4	11	10-1-0	PCC
2	29.80	5	28.37	66	61.14	Texas Christian	11	11-0-0	5	11	11-0-0	Southwest AC
11	23.13	6	26.66	36	52.56	Alabama	8	6-1-1	6	9	7-1-1	SEC
10	23.25	7	25.87	7	33.94	Minnesota	8	6-2-0	7	8	6-2-0	Western
9	23.83	8	25.68	61	59.65	Duke	10	9-1-0	9	10	9-1-0	Southern C
13	21.60	10	24.37	73	64.23	Oklahoma	11	10-1-0	10	11	10-1-0	Big 6
8	25.09	11	22.56	20	46.15	Pittsburgh	10	8-2-0	12	10	8-2-0	Eastern Indep
5	26.33	12	21.74	22	46.36	Holy Cross	7	6-1-0	15	9	8-1-0	Northeast Indep
17	20.85	13	21.11	12	36.07	Fordham	7	4-1-2	11	9	6-1-2	Northeast Indep
18	18.91	14	21.10	50	56.44	Purdue	8	5-1-2	13	8	5-1-2	Western
12	22.42	15	20.33	38	53.06	Michigan	8	6-1-1	16	8	6-1-1	Western
15	21.13	16	20.28	83	69.07	Villanova	7	6-0-1	19	9	8-0-1	Eastern Indep
14	21.15	17	19.43	10	34.94	Northwestern	8	4-2-2	14	8	4-2-2	Western
27	14.31	19	19.29	14	38.78	Oregon State	9	5-3-1	18	9	5-3-1	PCC
30	13.31	20	18.51	121	94.94	Georgetown	8	8-0-0	20	8	8-0-0	Southwest Indep
24	15.44	21	17.85	85	71.31	Clemson	8	6-1-1	21	9	7-1-1	Southern C
36	10.38	22	17.47	77	65.69	Iowa State	8	6-1-1	22	9	7-1-1	Big 6
26	14.63	23	16.47	21	46.25	Wisconsin	8	5-3-0	23	8	5-3-0	Western
20	18.07	24	15.50	68	61.80	Tulane	10	7-2-1	27	10	7-2-1	SEC
46	7.82	26	15.16	5	30.50	Oregon	9	4-5-0	24	9	4-5-0	PCC
32	11.53	27	14.46	51	56.44	Vanderbilt	8	5-3-0	26	9	6-3-0	SEC
25	14.66	28	14.38	27	48.41	UCLA	11	6-4-1	28	12	7-4-1	PCC
16	21.06	29	13.15	58	59.29	Cornell	7	5-1-1	29	7	5-1-1	Northeast Indep
31	13.29	30	13.04	98	75.90	Mississippi	10	8-2-0	30	11	9-2-0	SEC
35	10.56	31	12.97	79	66.75	Boston College	6	4-1-1	32	9	6-1-2	Northeast Indep
29	13.93	32	12.27	30	49.38	Ohio State	8	4-3-1	35	8	4-3-1	Western
47	7.65	33	11.87	72	63.89	Missouri	9	6-3-0	31	9	6-3-0	Big 6
23	16.12	34	11.83	89	71.62	Army	8	6-2-0	33	10	8-2-0	Northeast Indep
28	14.21	35	11.58	76	65.11	North Carolina	9	6-2-1	37	9	6-2-1	Southern C
50	6.84	36	10.91	126	98.60	Texas Tech	10	9-1-0	34	11	10-1-0	Border
44	8.87	37	10.07	4	29.28	Washington	9	3-5-1	36	9	3-5-1	PCC
39	10.00	38	9.56	37	52.64	Michigan State	7	4-3-0	39	9	6-3-0	Eastern Indep
37	10.09	39	9.31	87	71.39	Baylor	9	6-2-1	41	10	7-2-1	Southwest AC
40	9.53	40	9.15	3	29.11	Stanford	9	3-6-0	40	9	3-6-0	PCC
57	5.10	41	8.18	75	64.78	Idaho	9	5-3-1	42	10	6-3-1	PCC
21	17.47	43	7.56	43	55.25	Dartmouth	6	4-2-0	45	9	7-2-0	Northeast Indep
48	7.50	44	7.48	52	56.89	Louisiana State	9	5-4-0	44	10	6-4-0	SEC
45	7.95	45	7.45	59	59.39	Southern Methodist	9	5-4-0	47	10	6-4-0	Southwest AC
54	6.22	46	7.10	34	51.30	Georgia Tech	10	3-4-3	38	10	3-4-3	SEC
53	6.42	47	7.07	23	47.56	Nebraska	9	3-5-1	43	9	3-5-1	Big 6
38	10.03	48	5.31	63	59.94	Pennsylvania	8	3-2-3	57	8	3-2-3	Eastern Indep
58	4.40	49	5.27	8	34.44	Temple	9	2-6-1	51	10	3-6-1	Eastern Indep
85	-3.91	50	5.23	141	108.21	New Mexico State	7	6-1-0	48	9	7-2-0	Border
33	11.19	51	5.15	47	56.00	Brown	6	3-3-0	52	8	5-3-0	Northeast Indep
63	3.33	52	5.05	65	60.57	Syracuse	7	4-3-0	53	8	5-3-0	Northeast Indep
69	1.46	54	4.82	55	58.06	Kansas State	9	4-4-1	49	9	4-4-1	Big 6
34	10.69	55	4.23	40	54.00	Texas A&M	8	3-4-1	54	9	4-4-1	Southwest AC
52	6.72	56	3.97	19	44.40	Rice	10	4-6-0	56	10	4-6-0	Southwest AC
43	9.01	58	3.63	32	50.17	Auburn	9	3-5-1	64	10	4-5-1	SEC
41	9.24	59	3.45	84	70.17	Navy	9	4-3-2	61	9	4-3-2	Eastern Indep
56	5.63	60	3.35	45	55.86	Illinois	7	3-4-0	62	8	3-5-0	Western
62	3.54	61	3.34	128	98.86	Miami FL	7	5-2-0	63	10	8-2-0	Southwest Indep
75	0.15	64	1.92	53	57.50	Lafayette	4	2-2-0	68	4	2-2-0	NoConf
74	0.59	65	1.85	142	110.70	Utah	10	7-1-2	59	10	7-1-2	Mountain States
94	-5.67	66	1.81	60	59.43	West Virginia	7	2-4-1	65	10	4-5-1	Eastern Indep
82	-2.30	67	1.44	109	87.29	Montana	7	4-2-1	67	9	5-3-1	PCC
78	-1.02	69	0.79	11	35.65	Washington State	10	2-8-0	66	10	2-8-0	PCC
77	-0.96	70	0.70	120	94.40	Virginia Military	10	5-1-4	71	11	6-1-4	Southern C
67	2.08	71	0.44	94	74.06	Wake Forest	9	4-4-1	73	10	4-5-1	Southern C
72	0.90	72	0.43	95	74.30	Georgia	10	5-4-1	79	10	5-4-1	SEC
76	-0.91	73	0.31	90	73.08	Bucknell	6	3-3-0	75	8	5-3-0	Eastern Indep
42	9.05	74	-0.29	78	66.31	Harvard	8	4-4-0	77	8	4-4-0	Northeast Indep
73	0.63	76	-0.77	44	55.72	Kansas	9	3-6-0	76	9	3-6-0	Big 6
87	-4.71	77	-0.90	127	98.67	New Mexico	9	6-3-0	72	11	8-3-0	Border
81	-2.10	78	-0.98	86	71.31	Drake	8	3-4-1	74	10	5-4-1	MVC
59	4.18	80	-2.21	31	49.57	Colgate	7	2-5-0	83	7	2-5-0	Northeast Indep
96	-5.94	82	-2.66	123	95.67	Rutgers	3	2-1-0	82	3	2-1-0	NoConf
101	-7.82	83	-3.19	117	92.42	Texas El Paso	6	3-3-0	81	9	6-3-0	Border
66	2.17	84	-3.22	104	80.55	South Carolina	10	5-4-1	86	11	6-4-1	Southern C
84	-3.44	86	-3.73	80	66.89	Tulsa	9	3-5-1	85	10	4-5-1	MVC
71	1.36	87	-4.15	56	58.07	Penn State	7	2-4-1	87	8	3-4-1	Eastern Indep
83	-2.52	88	-4.24	24	47.69	Indiana	8	1-6-1	98	8	1-6-1	Western
79	-1.81	90	-4.47	70	63.27	North Carolina State	11	3-7-1	88	11	3-7-1	Southern C
86	-4.11	91	-4.65	82	68.17	Mississippi State	9	3-6-0	91	10	4-6-0	SEC
60	3.90	92	-4.80	46	55.89	Columbia	9	3-6-0	92	9	3-6-0	Northeast Indep
61	3.80	93	-4.80	48	56.07	Princeton	7	2-4-1	89	8	3-4-1	Eastern Indep
109	-10.84	94	-5.95	92	73.50	Arizona	9	3-6-0	93	9	3-6-0	Border
68	1.73	95	-6.33	49	56.15	Arkansas	10	2-7-1	95	10	2-7-1	Southwest AC
108	-10.05	96	-6.37	91	73.33	Florida	9	3-5-1	102	11	4-6-1	SEC
97	-6.20	99	-7.30	110	87.50	Virginia	9	4-4-1	100	9	4-4-1	Southwest Indep
80	-1.94	104	-9.03	28	48.94	Yale	8	2-6-0	105	8	2-6-0	Northeast Indep
105	-8.52	106	-10.09	143	110.81	Brigham Young	8	4-3-1	107	8	4-3-1	Mountain States
104	-8.26	109	-10.83	101	78.06	Virginia Tech	9	2-5-2	109	10	3-5-2	Southern C
93	-5.62	110	-10.99	18	44.28	Texas	9	1-8-0	108	9	1-8-0	Southwest AC
121	-15.06	112	-11.29	134	102.14	Utah State	7	3-4-0	112	8	4-4-0	Mountain States
103	-8.25	113	-11.34	35	52.38	Iowa	8	1-6-1	121	8	1-6-1	Western
119	-14.30	114	-11.39	105	81.78	Davidson	9	3-6-0	113	10	4-6-0	Southern C
117	-13.38	115	-12.20	145	118.44	Richmond	9	5-3-1	115	10	6-3-1	Southern C
115	-12.38	116	-12.42	130	99.44	Colorado	8	3-4-1	118	8	3-4-1	Mountain States
118	-13.46	120	-13.56	124	97.61	Citadel	9	4-5-0	120	11	6-5-0	Southern C
99	-7.25	121	-14.86	39	54.00	Kentucky	7	1-6-0	116	9	2-7-0	SEC
124	-15.24	123	-15.32	25	48.00	Mercer	3	0-3-0	123	3	0-3-0	NoConf
138	-25.91	126	-17.53	71	63.62	Montana State	4	0-4-0	124	4	0-4-0	NoConf
132	-21.77	128	-19.04	107	84.12	Maryland	8	1-7-0	130	9	2-7-0	Southern C
128	-19.15	129	-19.32	69	62.83	Butler	3	0-3-0	128	3	0-3-0	NoConf
136	-24.56	130	-19.62	125	98.12	Northern Arizona	4	1-3-0	129	9	2-6-1	Border
131	-20.86	131	-19.80	64	60.00	Louisiana Tech	3	0-3-0	133	3	0-3-0	NoConf
130	-20.68	133	-20.91	129	99.14	Wyoming	7	1-5-1	131	8	2-5-1	Mountain States
127	-17.97	135	-22.09	111	88.50	Furman	9	1-7-1	136	10	2-7-1	Southern C
126	-16.30	136	-22.47	81	68.00	Hawaii	3	0-3-0	134	3	0-3-0	NoConf
135	-24.51	137	-24.43	97	75.50	Oklahoma State	8	0-8-0	137	10	2-8-0	MVC
133	-24.07	139	-24.89	136	104.07	Colorado State	7	0-5-2	141	8	1-5-2	Mountain States
140	-27.29	140	-26.94	131	101.43	William & Mary	7	1-6-0	139	10	3-7-0	Southern C
134	-24.33	141	-29.59	119	94.10	Arizona State	5	0-5-0	140	9	3-6-0	Border

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College Football 1938Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1938/9/17 and 1939/1/2Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

College Football 1938
Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1938/9/17 and 1939/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)