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1947 College Football School Ratings

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Champions: Notre Dame (AP)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Johnny Lujack (Notre Dame)

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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.

120 Schools

120 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	Michigan	Western	2	10	0	0	16.51	13.88	30.39	62.10	-15.78
2	Texas	SWC	5	10	1	0	16.07	12.68	28.75	47.78	-12.88
3	Notre Dame	Ind	1	9	0	0	15.62	12.69	28.31	53.02	-15.20
4	Pennsylvania	Ind	7	7	0	1	9.94	12.88	22.82	44.92	-12.11
5	Rice	SWC	18	6	3	1	8.13	12.75	20.87	41.18	-12.79
6	USC	PCC	8	7	2	1	8.78	11.90	20.68	43.31	-11.85
7	North Carolina	Southern	9	8	2	0	9.70	10.64	20.35	40.83	-8.35
8	SMU	SWC	3	9	0	2	8.37	11.42	19.78	37.97	-12.58
9	UCLA	PCC		5	4	0	7.74	9.95	17.68	40.46	-12.52
10	Illinois	Western		5	3	1	9.42	8.09	17.51	43.72	-11.45
11	Army	Ind	11	5	2	2	6.31	10.92	17.24	43.77	-12.17
12	Minnesota	Western		6	3	0	10.11	6.24	16.35	41.84	-9.81
13	Ole Miss	SEC	13	9	2	0	10.91	5.29	16.20	42.59	-4.20
14	California	PCC	15	9	1	0	10.35	5.37	15.72	46.05	-5.02
15	Wisconsin	Western		5	3	1	7.23	8.31	15.55	40.73	-9.00
16	Georgia Tech	SEC	10	10	1	0	5.10	10.19	15.29	36.55	-8.65
17	Purdue	Western		5	4	0	9.92	4.79	14.71	44.93	-8.18
18	Penn State	Ind	4	9	0	1	6.09	7.59	13.68	46.38	-5.84
19	Alabama	SEC	6	8	3	0	7.07	6.18	13.26	35.78	-5.44
20	William & Mary	Southern	14	9	2	0	7.75	5.20	12.95	39.63	-2.94
				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	Columbia	Ind	20	7	2	0	8.55	4.24	12.79	37.55	-4.42
22	Indiana	Western		5	3	1	3.39	8.86	12.25	37.77	-11.47
23	Virginia	Ind		7	3	0	6.48	5.65	12.14	38.86	-4.02
24	Texas Christian	SWC		4	5	2	0.88	10.69	11.57	30.98	-11.45
25	Kentucky	SEC		8	3	0	2.43	8.30	10.73	30.25	-7.25
26	Northwestern	Western		3	6	0	10.24	0.42	10.65	41.67	-4.79
27	Kansas	Big 6	12	8	1	2	4.82	5.00	9.82	41.19	-3.54
28	Georgia	SEC		7	4	1	4.09	5.61	9.69	32.73	-3.16
29	Missouri	Big 6		6	4	0	7.16	2.36	9.53	39.84	-2.05
30	Arkansas	SWC		6	4	1	4.27	5.17	9.44	35.88	-4.17
31	Maryland	Southern		7	2	2	6.90	2.48	9.38	34.34	-0.86
32	LSU	SEC		5	3	1	8.13	1.20	9.33	36.25	-1.11
33	Michigan State	Ind		7	2	0	2.59	6.71	9.29	33.94	-2.64
34	Vanderbilt	SEC		6	4	0	0.35	8.91	9.26	33.71	-7.16
35	North Carolina State	Southern	17	5	3	1	-1.84	10.92	9.09	25.93	-8.45
36	Princeton	Ind		5	3	0	4.79	4.16	8.95	32.90	-3.53
37	Oregon	PCC		7	3	0	3.73	4.80	8.53	33.82	-4.31
38	Oklahoma	Big 6	16	7	2	1	7.63	0.68	8.31	36.10	-1.12
39	Duke	Southern	19	4	3	2	-0.07	8.21	8.15	29.20	-7.13
40	Rutgers	Ind		8	1	0	7.18	0.01	7.19	35.50	3.64
				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	Texas A&M	SWC		3	6	1	4.66	2.09	6.75	36.64	0.04
42	Tennessee	SEC		5	5	0	3.89	2.81	6.69	34.56	-0.85
43	Washington	PCC		3	6	0	-0.60	7.19	6.59	30.50	-8.90
44	West Virginia	Ind		6	4	0	1.54	4.90	6.44	36.74	-3.05
45	Mississippi State	SEC		7	3	0	0.84	5.53	6.37	28.25	-4.15
46	Baylor	SWC		5	5	0	1.86	4.14	6.00	31.72	-2.87
47	Navy	Ind		1	7	1	2.67	3.08	5.75	32.95	-6.52
48	Yale	Ind		6	3	0	2.10	3.60	5.70	32.76	-1.85
49	Iowa	Western		3	5	1	4.01	1.53	5.55	40.03	-2.80
50	San Francisco	Ind		7	3	0	6.51	-1.89	4.62	37.30	3.93
51	Ohio State	Western		2	6	1	-1.22	5.82	4.60	30.08	-9.79
52	Wake Forest	Southern		6	4	0	0.52	4.07	4.59	28.88	-2.47
53	Utah	MSAC		8	1	1	0.09	4.32	4.41	27.53	-1.15
54	Villanova	Ind		6	3	1	0.04	4.23	4.27	30.98	-3.46
55	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA		8	3	0	1.47	2.78	4.25	33.73	1.42
56	Oregon State	PCC		5	5	0	2.36	1.42	3.79	34.50	-0.13
57	South Carolina	Southern		6	2	1	-1.79	5.44	3.64	24.65	-1.75
58	Dartmouth	Ind		4	4	1	0.02	2.96	2.98	27.87	-2.00
59	Tulane	SEC		2	5	2	-0.15	3.12	2.97	30.54	1.70
60	Boston College	Ind		5	4	0	4.26	-1.70	2.56	33.99	1.68
				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	Detroit Mercy	Ind		6	4	0	5.85	-3.66	2.19	35.99	4.76
62	Holy Cross	Ind		4	4	2	-3.66	5.30	1.65	26.72	-3.71
63	Brown	Ind		4	4	1	3.74	-2.99	0.75	32.85	4.87
64	Clemson	Southern		4	5	0	5.86	-5.76	0.11	34.80	7.83
65	Nevada	Ind		9	2	0	1.43	-1.72	-0.29	34.35	5.06
66	Marquette	Ind		4	5	0	5.57	-5.98	-0.41	34.10	8.04
67	Texas Tech	BIAA		6	5	0	2.36	-2.91	-0.56	30.89	5.57
68	Tulsa	MVC		5	5	0	-1.59	0.63	-0.96	26.85	-0.33
69	Oklahoma State	MVC		3	7	0	-2.02	1.02	-1.00	27.30	0.09
70	Cornell	Ind		4	5	0	1.23	-2.46	-1.23	30.37	4.03
71	Boston University	Ind		5	3	0	3.61	-5.47	-1.85	31.67	12.48
72	Pitt	Ind		1	8	0	-3.64	1.77	-1.86	28.96	1.62
73	Virginia Tech	Southern		4	5	0	2.03	-3.98	-1.95	31.02	7.61
74	Florida	SEC		4	5	1	-0.58	-1.38	-1.96	25.09	4.18
75	Washington State	PCC		3	7	0	-2.79	0.82	-1.97	26.00	-2.39
76	Harvard	Ind		4	5	0	-1.38	-1.24	-2.62	29.05	5.08
77	West Texas State	BIAA		7	4	0	-0.64	-2.73	-3.37	27.44	6.36
78	Arizona	BIAA		5	4	1	6.22	-9.63	-3.42	33.88	12.06
79	Santa Clara	Ind		4	4	0	-0.09	-3.56	-3.64	26.01	5.15
80	Denver	MSAC		5	4	1	-2.94	-0.75	-3.69	24.34	3.53
				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	Nebraska	Big 6		2	7	0	-3.51	-0.40	-3.92	26.96	0.62
82	Montana	PCC		7	4	0	-2.27	-1.71	-3.98	23.59	7.53
83	Davidson	Southern		6	3	1	-4.18	0.03	-4.14	23.17	4.75
84	Stanford	PCC		0	9	0	-1.33	-2.82	-4.15	29.23	2.02
85	Georgetown	Ind		3	4	1	-6.93	1.51	-5.42	20.98	-0.03
86	Washington & Lee	Southern		5	5	0	-1.56	-4.34	-5.90	25.91	10.08
87	Colgate	Ind		1	5	2	-5.51	-0.48	-5.98	22.46	3.73
88	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		3	5	1	-1.60	-4.71	-6.32	24.63	6.00
89	UTEP	BIAA		5	3	1	-6.99	0.61	-6.38	20.52	1.66
90	Miami (FL)	Ind		2	7	1	-4.97	-1.67	-6.64	22.52	3.53
91	Iowa State	Big 6		3	6	0	-4.47	-2.31	-6.78	23.80	3.10
92	Temple	Ind		3	6	0	-4.22	-2.76	-6.98	21.69	3.50
93	Utah State	MSAC		6	5	0	1.69	-8.98	-7.28	27.36	12.62
94	Colorado	MSAC		4	5	0	-6.02	-1.47	-7.48	21.73	5.40
95	Wichita State	MVC		7	4	0	-4.90	-2.95	-7.85	25.70	7.47
96	Idaho	PCC		4	4	0	-3.72	-4.33	-8.05	23.19	7.35
97	Chattanooga	Ind		4	6	0	-5.92	-2.90	-8.82	21.14	9.54
98	Richmond	Southern		3	7	0	-5.80	-3.40	-9.20	19.77	8.33
99	Colorado State	MSAC		5	4	1	-3.06	-6.90	-9.96	22.27	11.70
100	Syracuse	Ind		3	6	0	-6.25	-3.77	-10.02	21.52	7.35
				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
101	New Mexico	BIAA		4	5	1	-3.09	-7.15	-10.25	22.99	10.03
102	Saint Mary's (CA)	Ind		3	7	0	-1.88	-8.45	-10.33	28.28	11.29
103	Saint Louis	MVC		4	6	0	-2.27	-8.16	-10.43	28.06	12.05
104	Wyoming	MSAC		4	5	0	-3.58	-7.05	-10.63	25.63	11.17
105	Auburn	SEC		2	7	0	-4.72	-6.21	-10.93	22.15	10.51
106	The Citadel	Southern		3	5	0	-8.65	-2.87	-11.51	16.74	10.84
107	Montana State	Ind		4	5	0	-3.89	-7.80	-11.70	20.68	14.52
108	Furman	Southern		2	7	0	-7.15	-5.28	-12.43	19.41	12.00
109	BYU	MSAC		3	7	0	-4.99	-9.15	-14.15	22.28	12.40
110	George Washington	Southern		1	7	1	-8.73	-6.64	-15.37	19.92	10.86
111	Arizona State	BIAA		4	7	0	-5.94	-9.53	-15.47	19.38	14.58
112	Kansas State	Big 6		0	10	0	-7.85	-7.96	-15.81	21.63	14.54
113	Duquesne	Ind		2	8	0	-11.75	-4.45	-16.20	15.79	12.62
114	Drake	MVC		1	7	1	-7.20	-10.53	-17.74	19.98	13.45
115	New York University	Ind		2	5	1	-9.71	-8.04	-17.75	15.55	16.09
116	Portland	Ind		1	8	0	-10.38	-8.58	-18.96	16.48	17.11
117	Fordham	Ind		1	6	1	-11.45	-7.85	-19.29	14.22	20.67
118	New Mexico State	BIAA		3	6	0	-9.15	-11.78	-20.92	17.46	16.43
119	Merchant Marine	Ind		2	9	0	-12.33	-11.47	-23.80	13.94	20.66
120	Northern Arizona	BIAA		1	7	0	-14.89	-15.78	-30.67	10.58	30.63

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