NEW: College Football search tools in Stathead! Try it for free and learn more here.

1938 College Football School Ratings

1937 CFB School Ratings 1939 CFB School Ratings

Champions: TCU (AP)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Davey O'Brien (TCU)

AP First #1: Pitt

AP Final #1: TCU

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

122 Schools

122 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Texas Christian	SWC	1	11	0	0	13.42	7.23	20.65	38.11	-7.72
2	Pitt	Ind	8	8	2	0	12.62	7.98	20.61	36.63	-9.02
3	Tennessee	SEC	2	11	0	0	8.93	11.31	20.24	39.12	-11.42
4	Notre Dame	Ind	5	8	1	0	7.61	11.80	19.41	33.98	-13.21
5	USC	PCC	7	9	2	0	9.72	8.63	18.35	34.50	-10.16
6	Minnesota	Western	10	6	2	0	6.82	9.53	16.35	31.07	-10.69
7	Oklahoma	Big 6	4	10	1	0	6.00	10.33	16.32	29.63	-10.56
8	Holy Cross	Ind	9	8	1	0	10.52	5.58	16.10	34.87	-5.64
9	California	PCC	14	10	1	0	7.63	8.47	16.09	34.40	-7.66
10	Duke	Southern	3	9	1	0	3.73	12.33	16.05	27.33	-13.15
11	Northwestern	Western	17	4	2	2	3.65	11.98	15.63	28.18	-14.21
12	Fordham	Ind	15	6	1	2	5.27	9.28	14.55	34.23	-8.33
13	Michigan	Western	16	6	1	1	6.80	7.74	14.54	31.34	-9.57
14	Alabama	SEC	13	7	1	1	5.99	7.97	13.96	30.10	-9.15
15	Cornell	Ind	12	5	1	1	6.63	7.29	13.92	31.02	-10.85
16	Carnegie Mellon	Ind	6	7	2	0	7.32	6.55	13.87	31.96	-5.17
17	Tulane	SEC	19	7	2	1	6.70	6.23	12.93	33.85	-6.88
18	Santa Clara	Ind		6	2	0	3.99	8.86	12.84	27.49	-9.99
19	Dartmouth	Ind	20	7	2	0	7.88	4.31	12.19	38.49	-3.53
20	Clemson	Southern		7	1	1	5.37	5.44	10.80	27.36	-6.67
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Saint Mary's (CA)	Ind		6	2	0	4.29	6.44	10.73	26.84	-8.97
22	North Carolina	Southern		6	2	1	3.08	7.65	10.72	26.56	-9.65
23	Villanova	Ind	18	8	0	1	7.28	3.19	10.46	34.72	-0.59
24	UCLA	PCC		7	4	1	5.55	4.62	10.17	31.45	-3.58
25	Purdue	Western		5	1	2	1.66	8.15	9.81	24.84	-8.57
26	Ohio State	Western		4	3	1	4.83	4.64	9.47	30.31	-5.59
27	Wisconsin	Western		5	3	0	7.76	1.65	9.42	32.14	-2.30
28	Army	Ind		8	2	0	7.76	0.74	8.50	33.99	-0.09
29	Oregon State	PCC		5	3	1	0.14	8.34	8.49	22.81	-8.64
30	Texas Tech	BIAA	11	10	1	0	4.89	3.58	8.47	34.91	-1.67
31	Iowa State	Big 6		7	1	1	3.84	4.61	8.46	25.58	-4.11
32	Ole Miss	SEC		9	2	0	7.83	0.35	8.19	31.60	1.89
33	Washington	PCC		3	5	1	2.09	5.67	7.76	25.09	-6.98
34	Navy	Ind		4	3	2	1.56	6.13	7.68	26.52	-8.11
35	Georgetown	Ind		8	0	0	2.80	4.53	7.33	27.59	-1.97
36	Baylor	SWC		7	2	1	3.37	3.87	7.24	28.00	-3.07
37	Pennsylvania	Ind		3	2	3	1.08	6.12	7.21	25.46	-7.19
38	Texas A&M	SWC		4	4	1	1.70	5.42	7.13	28.63	-5.81
39	Michigan State	Ind		6	3	0	3.04	3.92	6.96	26.33	-3.47
40	LSU	SEC		6	4	0	3.33	3.45	6.78	28.67	-3.35
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	SMU	SWC		6	4	0	5.35	1.43	6.78	28.22	-1.10
42	Vanderbilt	SEC		6	3	0	-0.89	7.57	6.68	20.65	-9.82
43	Harvard	Ind		4	4	0	5.14	1.06	6.20	29.97	-4.15
44	Stanford	PCC		3	6	0	1.35	4.68	6.03	25.23	-7.01
45	Missouri	Big 6		6	3	0	2.85	2.91	5.76	24.99	-4.01
46	Utah	MSAC		7	1	2	1.56	4.17	5.73	25.95	-2.24
47	Idaho	PCC		6	3	1	2.69	2.27	4.96	25.91	-0.93
48	Georgia Tech	SEC		3	4	3	0.18	4.71	4.89	22.29	-5.28
49	Brown	Ind		5	3	0	8.65	-3.98	4.67	34.76	3.65
50	Detroit Mercy	Ind		6	4	0	2.39	2.16	4.54	25.19	-1.47
51	Miami (FL)	Ind		8	2	0	1.40	3.03	4.43	26.44	-0.15
52	Auburn	SEC		4	5	1	0.97	3.45	4.42	23.93	-5.57
53	Syracuse	Ind		5	3	0	4.14	0.01	4.14	29.89	0.17
54	Nebraska	Big 6		3	5	1	-0.49	4.43	3.94	22.98	-5.41
55	Rice	SWC		4	6	0	2.12	1.55	3.67	25.69	-3.53
56	Wake Forest	Southern		4	5	1	2.74	0.78	3.51	27.95	0.63
57	Columbia	Ind		3	6	0	6.39	-3.22	3.17	31.84	-0.06
58	Arkansas	SWC		2	7	1	1.88	1.02	2.90	26.72	-2.41
59	Oregon	PCC		4	5	0	2.92	-0.04	2.88	25.62	-1.20
60	Colgate	Ind		2	5	0	-3.43	6.30	2.86	20.93	-7.62
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	New Mexico	BIAA		8	3	0	0.78	1.96	2.74	24.95	-1.06
62	Drake	MVC		5	4	1	2.84	-0.46	2.38	29.04	1.47
63	Creighton	MVC		6	1	1	0.36	1.99	2.35	25.39	1.31
64	Boston College	Ind		6	1	2	3.03	-0.71	2.31	28.27	3.33
65	San Francisco	Ind		5	2	1	-3.03	5.26	2.23	19.89	-2.35
66	Penn State	Ind		3	4	1	-0.19	1.84	1.65	27.26	-0.43
67	South Carolina	Southern		6	4	1	-0.64	2.26	1.62	23.90	-2.66
68	UTEP	BIAA		6	3	0	1.00	0.33	1.34	22.57	1.42
69	New Mexico State	BIAA		7	2	0	1.41	-0.12	1.29	23.31	1.77
70	Illinois	Western		3	5	0	0.99	0.27	1.26	26.29	0.13
71	Kansas State	Big 6		4	4	1	3.77	-2.54	1.24	27.06	2.92
72	Kansas	Big 6		3	6	0	4.36	-3.17	1.19	28.96	5.91
73	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		6	1	4	-0.67	1.57	0.90	21.42	-0.22
74	Georgia	SEC		5	4	1	3.48	-2.68	0.79	26.30	2.85
75	Princeton	Ind		3	4	1	1.39	-1.16	0.23	26.82	-0.12
76	Temple	Ind		3	6	1	0.18	-0.56	-0.38	22.63	1.17
77	North Carolina State	Southern		3	7	1	-3.56	2.87	-0.70	19.18	-3.24
78	Washington (MO)	MVC		6	3	1	0.27	-1.37	-1.10	31.45	3.86
79	Yale	Ind		2	6	0	0.07	-1.21	-1.14	24.32	-1.94
80	Manhattan	Ind		5	4	0	-2.73	1.27	-1.46	17.94	-0.83
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	New York University	Ind		4	4	0	-1.10	-0.52	-1.62	23.34	2.50
82	Indiana	Western		1	6	1	-7.00	5.22	-1.78	16.14	-6.39
83	Bucknell	Ind		5	3	0	-1.56	-0.23	-1.79	19.77	1.22
84	Centenary (LA)	Ind		7	4	0	-1.81	0.01	-1.81	20.12	2.34
85	Duquesne	Ind		4	6	0	-2.30	0.22	-2.07	19.87	-0.57
86	Tulsa	MVC		4	5	1	0.44	-2.52	-2.08	23.67	1.65
87	Virginia Tech	Southern		3	5	2	-4.60	2.50	-2.10	18.91	-0.10
88	Montana	PCC		5	3	1	-5.51	3.23	-2.28	15.49	-1.60
89	Washington State	PCC		2	8	0	-1.64	-0.84	-2.48	21.80	0.10
90	George Washington	Ind		5	4	0	-4.79	1.53	-3.26	16.60	0.06
91	Texas	SWC		1	8	0	-1.53	-1.96	-3.48	21.28	0.72
92	BYU	MSAC		4	3	1	-3.83	0.27	-3.56	17.33	0.31
93	The Citadel	Southern		6	5	0	-1.73	-2.00	-3.72	19.56	6.10
94	Marquette	Ind		1	7	0	-5.26	1.54	-3.73	17.89	-2.08
95	West Virginia	Ind		4	5	1	-2.11	-1.63	-3.74	19.83	3.68
96	Colorado	MSAC		3	4	1	-2.38	-1.56	-3.93	19.75	2.77
97	Kentucky	SEC		2	7	0	0.34	-5.38	-5.04	29.37	9.03
98	Mississippi State	SEC		4	6	0	-2.76	-2.32	-5.08	21.62	3.75
99	Virginia	Ind		4	4	1	-0.30	-5.04	-5.34	23.82	8.25
100	Utah State	MSAC		4	4	0	-3.81	-1.56	-5.37	18.90	4.30
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	Arizona	BIAA		3	6	0	-0.21	-5.56	-5.77	21.27	5.49
102	Gonzaga	Ind		1	7	0	-1.76	-4.10	-5.86	22.38	2.55
103	Loyola Marymount	Ind		4	5	0	-3.82	-2.29	-6.12	20.73	4.66
104	Richmond	Southern		6	3	1	-6.54	0.36	-6.19	12.75	2.12
105	Denver	MSAC		4	4	1	-5.32	-1.29	-6.61	16.15	1.97
106	Iowa	Western		1	6	1	-2.25	-4.46	-6.71	20.86	3.91
107	Davidson	Southern		4	6	0	-1.93	-4.84	-6.77	21.11	7.41
108	Florida	SEC		4	6	1	-3.99	-3.09	-7.08	17.46	4.12
109	Washington & Lee	Southern		4	4	1	-8.61	0.86	-7.76	10.94	-0.36
110	Washburn	MVC		6	3	0	-1.61	-7.04	-8.65	19.96	13.79
111	Saint Louis	MVC		3	5	2	-9.07	-1.19	-10.26	11.87	3.68
112	Wyoming	MSAC		2	5	1	-4.31	-6.22	-10.53	17.43	10.45
113	Arizona State	BIAA		3	6	0	-7.36	-3.79	-11.15	13.33	6.19
114	Furman	Southern		2	7	1	-4.46	-6.83	-11.28	17.38	7.85
115	Sewanee	SEC		1	8	0	-6.49	-5.87	-12.36	18.01	12.41
116	Colorado State	MSAC		1	5	2	-8.25	-4.37	-12.62	13.09	5.70
117	Oklahoma State	MVC		2	8	0	-5.79	-7.13	-12.92	15.68	7.41
118	William & Mary	Southern		3	7	0	-6.06	-7.75	-13.81	17.31	10.99
119	Maryland	Southern		2	7	0	-2.46	-11.62	-14.08	19.03	17.57
120	Chicago	Western		1	6	1	-4.01	-12.42	-16.43	18.69	20.31
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
121	Northern Arizona	BIAA		2	6	1	-3.67	-13.07	-16.74	17.31	16.63
122	Hampden-Sydney	Ind		2	6	0	-8.33	-8.79	-17.12	12.24	15.17

More 1938 Pages

1938 Summary

More 1938 Pages

Conferences

Polls & Ratings

1938 College Football School Ratings

122 Schools

More 1938 Pages

Full Site Menu

FAQs, Tip & Tricks