College Football 1947
Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1947/9/9 and 1948/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

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1947 - 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
1	41.38	1	36.70	4	24.50	Texas	11	10-1-0	1	11	10-1-0	Southwest AC
5	31.52	2	35.78	16	34.32	Southern Methodist	11	9-0-2	2	11	9-0-2	Southwest AC
2	41.35	3	35.31	21	38.95	Michigan	10	10-0-0	3	10	10-0-0	Western
3	39.29	4	33.33	31	44.67	Notre Dame	9	9-0-0	4	9	9-0-0	Eastern Indep
4	32.02	5	30.09	30	44.19	Pennsylvania	8	7-0-1	5	8	7-0-1	Eastern Indep
6	28.46	6	28.31	17	34.75	North Carolina	10	8-2-0	6	10	8-2-0	Southern C
12	23.75	7	27.03	23	39.82	Mississippi	11	9-2-0	7	11	9-2-0	SEC
9	25.28	8	26.49	24	42.00	Alabama	11	8-3-0	8	11	8-3-0	SEC
14	22.45	9	25.41	52	57.23	Georgia Tech	11	10-1-0	9	11	10-1-0	SEC
8	27.02	10	25.15	6	25.45	Rice	10	6-3-1	10	10	6-3-1	Southwest AC
7	28.15	11	24.01	25	42.55	Southern California	10	7-2-1	11	10	7-2-1	PCC
19	18.78	12	22.40	38	48.61	Columbia	9	7-2-0	12	9	7-2-0	Northeast Indep
11	23.90	13	21.26	60	61.35	California	10	9-1-0	13	10	9-1-0	PCC
22	17.60	14	20.79	8	28.85	Arkansas	10	5-4-1	14	11	6-4-1	Southwest AC
27	15.16	15	20.58	10	30.78	Louisiana State	9	5-3-1	15	9	5-3-1	SEC
18	19.36	16	20.14	11	31.19	Kentucky	8	5-3-0	16	11	8-3-0	SEC
31	14.19	17	18.83	18	34.83	Duke	9	4-3-2	17	9	4-3-2	Southern C
21	17.99	18	17.74	13	32.41	Texas Christian	11	4-5-2	18	11	4-5-2	Southwest AC
16	20.72	19	17.72	28	43.06	Minnesota	9	6-3-0	20	9	6-3-0	Western
20	18.62	20	17.36	12	32.39	Wisconsin	9	5-3-1	22	9	5-3-1	Western
17	19.73	21	17.18	104	83.25	Penn State	10	9-0-1	23	10	9-0-1	Eastern Indep
10	24.02	22	17.15	29	44.00	Army	9	5-2-2	19	9	5-2-2	Eastern Indep
34	13.10	23	16.92	96	78.88	Rutgers	8	7-1-0	21	9	8-1-0	Eastern Indep
25	16.38	24	16.71	76	66.78	Michigan State	9	7-2-0	25	9	7-2-0	Eastern Indep
30	14.19	25	16.56	43	52.90	Maryland	10	6-2-2	24	11	7-2-2	Southern C
41	11.42	26	15.19	20	38.50	Tennessee	10	5-5-0	26	10	5-5-0	SEC
13	22.61	27	15.16	19	35.31	Illinois	8	4-3-1	27	9	5-3-1	Western
39	12.07	28	13.83	54	58.70	Mississippi State	10	7-3-0	28	10	7-3-0	SEC
29	14.22	29	13.79	42	52.42	Georgia	12	7-4-1	29	12	7-4-1	SEC
33	13.17	30	13.61	67	62.90	Oklahoma	10	7-2-1	30	10	7-2-1	Big 6
32	13.60	31	13.60	81	69.55	Kansas	10	7-1-2	35	11	8-1-2	Big 6
26	15.28	32	13.44	36	47.17	Indiana	9	5-3-1	32	9	5-3-1	Western
38	12.14	33	13.36	32	45.15	Vanderbilt	10	6-4-0	31	10	6-4-0	SEC
36	12.65	34	12.87	45	53.83	North Carolina State	9	5-3-1	36	9	5-3-1	Southern C
44	10.14	35	12.74	14	33.22	Baylor	9	4-5-0	33	10	5-5-0	Southwest AC
42	11.14	36	12.52	51	56.88	Princeton	8	5-3-0	34	8	5-3-0	Eastern Indep
24	16.89	37	12.46	22	39.61	Purdue	9	5-4-0	39	9	5-4-0	Western
49	7.13	39	12.14	63	61.88	South Carolina	8	5-2-1	43	9	6-2-1	Southern C
40	11.60	40	12.05	2	21.83	Texas A&M	9	2-6-1	37	10	3-6-1	Southwest AC
15	21.24	41	11.97	26	42.78	UCLA	9	5-4-0	40	9	5-4-0	PCC
37	12.31	42	11.85	3	23.44	Northwestern	9	3-6-0	41	9	3-6-0	Western
28	14.39	44	10.32	70	64.55	Virginia	10	7-3-0	45	10	7-3-0	Southwest Indep
54	5.23	45	10.07	9	29.50	Tulane	9	2-5-2	44	9	2-5-2	SEC
35	12.95	46	7.93	77	67.60	Oregon	10	7-3-0	46	10	7-3-0	PCC
45	9.88	48	7.26	1	19.78	Navy	9	1-7-1	48	9	1-7-1	Eastern Indep
57	3.88	50	6.79	62	61.70	Texas Tech	10	6-4-0	51	11	6-5-0	Border
47	7.87	51	6.74	5	25.44	Iowa	8	2-5-1	52	9	3-5-1	Western
58	3.50	52	6.43	48	54.33	Dartmouth	9	4-4-1	49	9	4-4-1	Northeast Indep
60	3.39	53	5.98	121	96.10	Utah	10	8-1-1	53	10	8-1-1	Mountain States
66	1.19	54	5.03	115	91.45	Nevada Reno	11	9-2-0	54	11	9-2-0	Southwest Indep
61	3.29	55	4.84	58	60.65	Wake Forest	10	6-4-0	55	10	6-4-0	Southern C
65	1.64	56	4.56	88	74.67	San Jose State	3	2-1-0	56	3	2-1-0	NoConf
53	5.46	57	4.31	15	33.72	Ohio State	9	2-6-1	59	9	2-6-1	Western
68	0.33	59	4.00	59	61.12	North Texas	4	2-2-0	58	4	2-2-0	NoConf
43	10.98	60	3.78	75	66.40	Missouri	10	6-4-0	60	10	6-4-0	Big 6
71	-0.91	61	3.72	34	46.00	Southern Mississippi	3	1-2-0	61	3	1-2-0	NoConf
52	6.45	62	3.43	61	61.62	West Virginia	8	4-4-0	63	10	6-4-0	Eastern Indep
84	-4.74	63	3.21	65	62.75	Lafayette	4	2-2-0	62	4	2-2-0	NoConf
72	-1.35	64	2.23	49	55.38	Harvard	8	3-5-0	64	9	4-5-0	Northeast Indep
59	3.42	66	0.89	83	71.33	Boston College	9	5-4-0	66	9	5-4-0	Northeast Indep
76	-1.73	68	0.70	53	57.83	Cornell	9	4-5-0	67	9	4-5-0	Northeast Indep
77	-2.10	69	0.65	57	60.25	Florida	10	4-5-1	69	10	4-5-1	SEC
74	-1.65	71	-0.98	7	26.00	Pittsburgh	9	1-8-0	71	9	1-8-0	Eastern Indep
78	-2.42	72	-1.71	56	59.50	Brown	7	2-4-1	72	9	4-4-1	Northeast Indep
81	-3.85	73	-2.09	109	85.83	San Diego State	3	2-1-0	74	3	2-1-0	NoConf
56	4.57	74	-2.10	82	70.60	Oregon State	10	5-5-0	75	10	5-5-0	PCC
70	-0.39	75	-2.11	89	75.00	Tulsa	10	5-5-0	73	10	5-5-0	MVC
75	-1.65	76	-3.19	79	68.56	Virginia Tech	9	4-5-0	77	9	4-5-0	Southern C
83	-4.57	77	-3.51	116	91.73	Utah State	11	6-5-0	76	11	6-5-0	Mountain States
50	6.80	78	-3.67	41	51.67	Washington	9	3-6-0	78	9	3-6-0	PCC
69	0.32	79	-4.12	92	76.55	Holy Cross	10	4-4-2	83	10	4-4-2	Northeast Indep
73	-1.54	80	-4.42	78	68.50	Clemson	8	3-5-0	79	9	4-5-0	Southern C
88	-6.52	82	-4.58	103	82.90	Arizona	10	5-4-1	82	10	5-4-1	Border
79	-3.08	85	-6.05	37	48.50	Miami FL	8	1-6-1	85	10	2-7-1	Southwest Indep
94	-9.37	86	-6.17	100	80.93	Davidson	7	3-3-1	87	10	6-3-1	Southern C
100	-11.00	87	-6.47	33	45.86	Tennessee Chattanooga	7	1-6-0	86	10	4-6-0	Southwest Indep
80	-3.63	88	-7.11	50	55.80	Washington State	10	3-7-0	88	10	3-7-0	PCC
95	-9.62	89	-7.16	118	92.78	Montana	9	5-4-0	89	11	7-4-0	PCC
101	-11.37	91	-8.38	35	46.81	Auburn	8	1-7-0	92	9	2-7-0	SEC
99	-10.96	92	-8.50	99	80.67	Colorado	9	4-5-0	91	9	4-5-0	Mountain States
86	-5.78	93	-9.12	40	51.28	Nebraska	9	2-7-0	93	9	2-7-0	Big 6
96	-9.67	95	-9.78	72	66.06	Syracuse	8	2-6-0	95	9	3-6-0	Northeast Indep
97	-10.29	96	-10.11	130	104.67	Abilene Christian	3	2-1-0	96	3	2-1-0	NoConf
85	-5.70	97	-11.36	68	63.50	Oklahoma State	10	3-7-0	98	10	3-7-0	MVC
93	-9.10	99	-12.35	112	88.75	Georgetown	8	3-4-1	97	8	3-4-1	Southwest Indep
110	-17.30	100	-12.74	122	98.78	Colorado State	9	4-4-1	101	10	5-4-1	NoConf
107	-15.06	102	-13.67	101	81.14	Idaho	7	3-4-0	103	8	4-4-0	PCC
111	-18.20	104	-14.08	69	63.69	Furman	8	1-7-0	106	9	2-7-0	Southern C
115	-20.48	105	-14.12	66	62.83	Citadel	6	1-5-0	107	8	3-5-0	Southern C
108	-15.10	106	-14.17	64	62.29	Richmond	7	1-6-0	108	10	3-7-0	Southern C
118	-22.34	107	-14.26	91	76.50	Lehigh	3	1-2-0	104	3	1-2-0	NoConf
116	-20.87	109	-15.53	119	93.44	Wyoming	8	3-5-0	109	9	4-5-0	Mountain States
103	-12.57	110	-16.33	87	74.19	Colgate	8	1-5-2	110	8	1-5-2	Northeast Indep
104	-12.71	111	-17.76	84	71.81	Iowa State	8	2-6-0	111	9	3-6-0	Big 6
122	-24.92	112	-18.22	47	54.17	Tennessee Tech	3	0-3-0	112	3	0-3-0	NoConf
92	-7.90	113	-18.48	27	42.94	Stanford	9	0-9-0	113	9	0-9-0	PCC
112	-18.57	114	-18.83	111	87.94	Brigham Young	9	2-7-0	114	10	3-7-0	Mountain States
106	-15.04	115	-19.19	131	111.72	Texas El Paso	9	5-3-1	115	9	5-3-1	Border
117	-20.87	116	-19.32	98	80.67	Hawaii	6	1-5-0	116	6	1-5-0	NoConf
109	-16.90	117	-19.60	94	77.19	Temple	8	2-6-0	117	9	3-6-0	Eastern Indep
121	-24.62	120	-21.74	120	94.75	Montana State	8	3-5-0	119	9	4-5-0	Southwest Indep
124	-26.25	121	-22.61	97	79.38	Fordham	8	1-6-1	120	8	1-6-1	Northeast Indep
120	-23.54	122	-23.44	125	100.11	Arizona State	9	3-6-0	121	11	4-7-0	Border
119	-23.49	123	-23.82	127	101.72	New Mexico	9	3-5-1	123	10	4-5-1	Border
132	-42.84	125	-31.10	133	121.00	Northern Colorado	3	1-2-0	125	3	1-2-0	NoConf
123	-25.78	126	-31.68	93	76.95	Kansas State	10	0-10-0	126	10	0-10-0	Big 6
125	-27.26	127	-31.87	126	100.19	Drake	8	1-7-0	127	9	1-7-1	MVC
129	-40.78	131	-39.18	132	119.08	New Mexico State	6	1-5-0	131	9	3-6-0	Border
131	-41.75	132	-39.60	108	85.67	Bucknell	3	0-3-0	132	3	0-3-0	NoConf
133	-50.17	133	-45.56	128	102.42	Northern Arizona	6	0-6-0	133	8	1-7-0	Border

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College Football 1947Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1947/9/9 and 1948/1/1Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

College Football 1947
Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1947/9/9 and 1948/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)