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1948 College Football School Ratings

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Champions: Michigan (AP)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Doak Walker (SMU)

AP First #1: Notre Dame

AP Final #1: Michigan

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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.

117 Schools

117 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	1	9	0	0	12.13	16.36	28.49	50.25	-16.23
2	Notre Dame	Ind	2	9	0	1	15.06	8.82	23.89	51.54	-7.69
3	North Carolina	Southern	3	9	1	1	11.22	11.58	22.80	42.13	-9.81
4	Ole Miss	SEC	15	8	1	0	13.75	8.19	21.94	44.46	-6.15
5	California	PCC	4	10	1	0	11.61	8.95	20.56	44.38	-6.79
6	SMU	SWC	10	9	1	1	10.16	10.18	20.34	42.42	-8.80
7	Ohio State	Western		6	3	0	10.00	10.09	20.09	42.74	-9.29
8	Northwestern	Western	7	8	2	0	5.95	14.08	20.03	39.35	-13.32
9	Oklahoma	Big 7	5	10	1	0	12.67	6.86	19.53	47.77	-4.86
10	Minnesota	Western	16	7	2	0	11.30	7.95	19.24	42.83	-7.41
11	Vanderbilt	SEC	12	8	2	1	7.82	11.00	18.82	45.78	-8.61
12	Army	Ind	6	8	0	1	11.90	6.77	18.67	48.50	-4.16
13	Georgia	SEC	8	9	2	0	13.17	4.42	17.60	44.50	-1.89
14	Tulane	SEC	13	9	1	0	5.63	10.85	16.48	36.32	-7.82
15	Michigan State	Ind	14	6	2	2	11.44	4.71	16.15	51.79	-3.13
16	Georgia Tech	SEC		7	3	0	5.49	9.97	15.47	39.18	-8.28
17	USC	PCC		6	3	1	3.60	11.79	15.39	33.97	-11.18
18	Texas	SWC		7	3	1	6.42	7.61	14.04	39.52	-5.63
19	Dartmouth	Ind		6	2	0	11.54	1.67	13.21	42.44	-0.03
20	Penn State	Ind	18	7	1	1	3.00	9.88	12.89	35.87	-7.15
				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	Pennsylvania	Ind		5	3	0	6.81	5.87	12.68	38.42	-4.60
22	Oregon	PCC	9	9	2	0	4.16	8.47	12.63	35.59	-6.11
23	Missouri	Big 7		8	3	0	9.69	2.85	12.53	44.58	-0.03
24	Villanova	Ind		8	2	1	6.72	5.50	12.22	39.56	-3.63
25	Cornell	Ind	19	8	1	0	5.89	6.15	12.04	38.25	-3.61
26	Baylor	SWC		6	3	2	3.29	8.02	11.31	33.50	-6.29
27	Tennessee	SEC		4	4	2	2.12	8.76	10.89	34.01	-7.54
28	Clemson	Southern	11	11	0	0	4.56	6.02	10.58	36.76	-2.26
29	Illinois	Western		3	6	0	3.68	5.88	9.56	35.99	-5.80
30	Kentucky	SEC		5	3	2	3.83	5.66	9.49	34.86	-3.20
31	Rice	SWC		5	4	1	2.56	6.88	9.45	35.02	-4.18
32	Santa Clara	Ind		7	2	1	4.81	4.54	9.35	37.15	-2.83
33	William & Mary	Southern	17	7	2	2	0.21	8.93	9.13	30.04	-5.48
34	Wake Forest	Southern	20	6	4	0	9.06	-0.81	8.25	39.47	3.59
35	Texas Christian	SWC		4	5	1	2.76	5.18	7.93	31.96	-4.83
36	Utah	Skyline		8	1	1	1.87	5.76	7.62	33.03	-1.56
37	Mississippi State	SEC		4	4	1	-0.81	8.37	7.57	28.45	-5.71
38	Alabama	SEC		6	4	1	4.24	3.26	7.50	36.73	0.10
39	Pitt	Ind		6	3	0	1.42	5.54	6.97	31.02	-0.32
40	Arkansas	SWC		5	5	0	4.31	2.61	6.92	37.79	0.17
				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	Iowa	Western		4	5	0	2.75	4.15	6.89	32.83	-2.65
42	Duke	Southern		4	3	2	0.00	6.71	6.72	33.16	-4.08
43	Nevada	Ind		9	2	0	6.66	-0.09	6.57	49.49	5.16
44	Purdue	Western		3	6	0	3.92	2.58	6.50	36.21	-1.06
45	Texas Tech	BIAA		7	3	0	1.85	4.54	6.40	33.19	-0.42
46	Boston College	Ind		5	2	2	3.96	2.41	6.38	33.02	1.21
47	Kansas	Big 7		7	3	0	1.41	4.76	6.16	32.18	0.28
48	Brown	Ind		7	2	0	3.28	2.11	5.39	35.93	2.15
49	Maryland	Southern		6	4	0	4.05	1.24	5.30	34.92	2.28
50	Columbia	Ind		4	5	0	6.75	-1.56	5.20	36.73	2.62
51	Princeton	Ind		4	4	0	4.70	0.13	4.84	38.06	1.59
52	Stanford	PCC		4	6	0	2.21	2.56	4.77	32.34	0.07
53	Oklahoma State	MVC		6	4	0	2.48	1.86	4.34	32.73	1.12
54	Oregon State	PCC		5	4	3	5.48	-1.17	4.31	35.42	4.96
55	Harvard	Ind		4	4	0	2.53	1.15	3.68	33.34	3.26
56	Florida	SEC		5	5	0	5.65	-2.47	3.18	35.03	6.62
57	West Virginia	Ind		9	3	0	1.67	1.44	3.11	29.75	3.27
58	Indiana	Western		2	7	0	-1.38	4.48	3.10	30.87	2.09
59	Wisconsin	Western		2	7	0	4.28	-1.41	2.87	35.02	2.49
60	LSU	SEC		3	7	0	1.45	1.09	2.53	31.72	5.86
				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	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		6	3	0	3.61	-1.41	2.20	31.28	7.21
62	Rutgers	Ind		7	2	0	2.73	-1.36	1.37	31.85	5.16
63	Washington	PCC		2	7	1	-3.37	4.72	1.35	27.84	-0.86
64	Navy	Ind		0	8	1	-0.53	1.62	1.09	30.82	-0.28
65	North Carolina State	Southern		3	6	1	-3.73	4.36	0.63	26.77	-1.81
66	UTEP	BIAA		8	2	1	4.24	-3.88	0.36	37.61	10.93
67	Virginia	Ind		5	3	1	1.48	-1.31	0.17	30.99	7.55
68	Miami (FL)	Ind		4	6	0	-0.07	0.07	0.00	29.51	2.82
69	Yale	Ind		4	5	0	-0.89	0.88	-0.01	31.67	2.66
70	Washington State	PCC		4	5	1	0.67	-0.97	-0.30	32.64	4.66
71	Detroit Mercy	Ind		6	3	0	0.23	-0.84	-0.61	30.09	4.41
72	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA		6	2	3	7.15	-7.91	-0.76	36.36	12.93
73	UCLA	PCC		3	7	0	3.74	-4.55	-0.81	34.30	7.02
74	Colorado State	Skyline		8	3	0	0.49	-2.18	-1.68	26.76	6.09
75	Texas A&M	SWC		0	9	1	2.29	-4.13	-1.83	32.87	4.81
76	Holy Cross	Ind		5	5	0	-2.80	0.93	-1.87	24.71	1.07
77	Saint Mary's (CA)	Ind		4	6	0	-1.80	-1.04	-2.84	26.35	2.90
78	Chattanooga	Ind		4	5	0	-5.63	2.73	-2.90	24.00	2.30
79	South Carolina	Southern		3	5	0	-5.70	2.09	-3.61	25.35	3.36
80	Denver	Skyline		4	5	1	-2.20	-1.60	-3.80	28.16	6.73
				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	Iowa State	Big 7		4	6	0	-4.90	0.73	-4.17	22.88	4.80
82	Drake	MVC		7	3	0	-2.46	-2.10	-4.56	24.32	7.14
83	Colorado	Big 7		3	6	0	-0.58	-4.28	-4.86	29.43	7.47
84	Idaho	PCC		3	6	0	-2.25	-2.97	-5.21	27.80	6.52
85	Wyoming	Skyline		4	5	0	1.58	-6.79	-5.22	35.77	11.38
86	Richmond	Southern		5	3	2	-6.25	0.89	-5.36	20.85	4.67
87	Arizona	BIAA		6	5	0	-2.49	-3.27	-5.75	25.35	9.48
88	Colgate	Ind		3	6	0	-0.48	-5.42	-5.91	28.04	8.88
89	Georgetown	Ind		3	4	1	-7.81	1.35	-6.47	20.96	2.92
90	Boston University	Ind		6	2	0	-4.85	-1.69	-6.54	20.73	6.83
91	Nebraska	Big 7		2	8	0	-1.14	-5.46	-6.59	28.71	8.49
92	Auburn	SEC		1	8	1	-5.55	-2.04	-7.59	23.46	9.79
93	Marquette	Ind		2	8	0	-5.39	-2.26	-7.66	26.05	7.25
94	West Texas State	BIAA		6	5	0	-5.33	-3.56	-8.90	20.77	8.75
95	Arizona State	BIAA		5	5	0	0.23	-9.21	-8.99	29.03	15.71
96	George Washington	Southern		4	6	0	-6.76	-2.75	-9.51	20.88	12.84
97	Temple	Ind		2	6	1	-6.96	-3.14	-10.10	21.23	11.42
98	Wichita State	MVC		5	4	1	-1.99	-8.15	-10.14	24.35	14.15
99	Washington & Lee	Southern		4	6	0	-5.14	-5.38	-10.52	21.70	11.45
100	Davidson	Southern		3	5	1	-7.83	-2.88	-10.71	19.23	9.79
				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	Utah State	Skyline		5	6	0	-3.12	-7.60	-10.73	24.19	13.60
102	San Francisco	Ind		2	7	0	-4.43	-7.08	-11.51	24.51	11.55
103	Duquesne	Ind		2	7	0	-5.73	-6.20	-11.92	23.15	15.62
104	Furman	Southern		2	6	1	-11.81	-0.16	-11.98	15.29	7.63
105	New Mexico	BIAA		2	9	0	-9.54	-2.62	-12.16	20.01	8.67
106	Syracuse	Ind		1	8	0	-4.46	-8.63	-13.09	24.55	15.30
107	Fordham	Ind		3	6	0	-5.11	-8.76	-13.87	26.41	18.11
108	Tulsa	MVC		0	9	1	-1.46	-12.65	-14.11	27.80	18.00
109	BYU	Skyline		5	6	0	-8.50	-5.72	-14.22	16.74	10.28
110	The Citadel	Southern		2	7	0	-12.78	-1.62	-14.39	13.58	10.37
111	Virginia Tech	Southern		0	8	1	-11.22	-3.24	-14.47	16.95	10.21
112	Saint Louis	MVC		4	7	0	-8.74	-6.79	-15.53	17.46	17.40
113	Kansas State	Big 7		1	9	0	-8.99	-6.77	-15.76	20.53	18.71
114	New York University	Ind		3	6	0	-9.42	-6.76	-16.18	17.08	15.34
115	Montana	PCC		3	7	0	-9.27	-7.36	-16.64	19.50	17.35
116	Northern Arizona	BIAA		4	5	0	-10.27	-10.21	-20.47	15.33	19.06
117	New Mexico State	BIAA		3	7	0	-9.41	-12.75	-22.16	16.53	34.79

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