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1948 college football rankings

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One human poll comprised the 1948 college football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. The Coaches' Poll began operation in 1950; in addition, the AP Poll did not begin conducting preseason polls until that same year.

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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll

The final AP Poll was released on November 29, at the end of the regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP did not release a January final poll regularly until the 1968 season (January 1969). |Week1-1 = Notre Dame (2–0) (50) |Week1-2 = North Carolina (2–0) (55) |Week1-3 = Northwestern (2–0) (21) |Week1-4 = SMU (2–0) (13) |Week1-5 = Army (2–0) (7) |Week1-6 = Georgia Tech (2–0) |Week1-7 = Michigan (2–0) (2) |Week1-8 = Minnesota (2–0) |Week1-9 = California (3–0) (3) |Week1-10 = Penn State (1–0) (2) |Week1-11 = Ohio State (2–0) |Week1-12 = Penn (1–0) |Week1-13 = Arkansas (2–0) т |Week1-13-Color = tw |Week1-14 = Ole Miss (2–0) т |Week1-15 = Purdue (0–2) |Week1-16 = Texas (1–0) |Week1-17 = Indiana (2–0) |Week1-18 = Harvard (1–0) |Week1-19 = Nevada (2–0) |Week1-20 = Tennessee (0–1–1) |Week2-1 = North Carolina (3–0) (52) |Week2-1-Color = u |Week2-2 = Notre Dame (3–0) (34) |Week2-2-Color = d |Week2-3 = Northwestern (3–0) (25) |Week2-3-Color = |Week2-4 = Michigan (3–0) (24) |Week2-4-Color = u |Week2-5 = Army (3–0) (5) |Week2-5-Color = |Week2-6 = California (4–0) (10) |Week2-6-Color = u |Week2-7 = Georgia Tech (3–0) |Week2-7-Color = d |Week2-8 = Penn (2–0) (7) |Week2-8-Color = u |Week2-9 = Penn State (2–0) (1) |Week2-9-Color = u |Week2-10 = Ole Miss (3–0) |Week2-10-Color = u |Week2-11 = Minnesota (3–0) |Week2-11-Color = d |Week2-12 = Missouri (2–1) (1) |Week2-12-Color = npr |Week2-13 = Cornell (3–0) |Week2-13-Color = npr |Week2-14 = SMU (2–1) |Week2-14-Color = d |Week2-15 = Clemson (2–0) |Week2-15-Color = npr |Week2-16 = Georgia (2–1) |Week2-16-Color = npr |Week2-17 = Nevada (3–0) |Week2-17-Color = u |Week2-18 = Duke (1–0–2) |Week2-18-Color = npr |Week2-19 = Baylor (2–0–1) |Week2-19-Color = npr |Week2-20 = Oklahoma (2–1) |Week2-20-Color = npr |Week3-1 = Michigan (4–0) (74) |Week3-1-Color = u |Week3-2 = Notre Dame (4–0) (23) |Week3-2-Color = |Week3-3 = North Carolina (4–0) (32) |Week3-3-Color = d |Week3-4 = California (5–0) (14) |Week3-4-Color = u |Week3-5 = Army (4–0) (1) |Week3-5-Color = |Week3-6 = Georgia Tech (4–0) |Week3-6-Color = u |Week3-7 = Penn (3–0) |Week3-7-Color = u |Week3-8 = Penn State (3–0) (1) |Week3-8-Color = u |Week3-9 = Missouri (3–1) (2) |Week3-9-Color = u |Week3-10 = Northwestern (3–1) |Week3-10-Color = d |Week3-11 = SMU (3–1) |Week3-11-Color = u |Week3-12 = Cornell (4–0) |Week3-12-Color = u |Week3-13 = Minnesota (3–1) |Week3-13-Color = d |Week3-14 = Clemson (3–0) |Week3-14-Color = u |Week3-15 = Duke (2–0–2) т |Week3-15-Color = tu |Week3-16 = Nevada (4–0) (1) т |Week3-16-Color = u |Week3-17 = Tulane (3–1) |Week3-17-Color = npr |Week3-18 = Oklahoma (3–1) |Week3-18-Color = u |Week3-19 = Michigan State (2–2) |Week3-19-Color = npr |Week3-20 = Ole Miss (3–1) |Week3-20-Color = d |Week4-1 = Michigan (5–0) (117) |Week4-1-Color = |Week4-2 = Notre Dame (5–0) (19) |Week4-2-Color = |Week4-3 = North Carolina (5–0) (46) |Week4-3-Color = |Week4-4 = California (6–0) (13) |Week4-4-Color = |Week4-5 = Army (5–0) (4) |Week4-5-Color = |Week4-6 = Georgia Tech (5–0) (1) |Week4-6-Color = |Week4-7 = Penn (4–0) |Week4-7-Color = |Week4-8 = Missouri (4–1) (1) |Week4-8-Color = u |Week4-9 = Northwestern (4–1) |Week4-9-Color = u |Week4-10 = Nevada (5–0) (3) |Week4-10-Color = u |Week4-11 = SMU (4–1) |Week4-11-Color = |Week4-12 = Penn State (3–0–1) (1) |Week4-12-Color = d |Week4-13 = Clemson (4–0) |Week4-13-Color = u |Week4-14 = Oregon (5–1) |Week4-14-Color = npr |Week4-15 = Minnesota (3–2) |Week4-15-Color = d |Week4-16 = Oklahoma (4–1) (1) |Week4-16-Color = u |Week4-17 = Michigan State (2–2–1) |Week4-17-Color = u |Week4-18 = Georgia (4–1) |Week4-18-Color = npr |Week4-19 = Tulane (4–1) |Week4-19-Color = d |Week4-20 = |Week4-20-Color = npr |Week5-1 = Notre Dame (6–0) (56) |Week5-1-Color = u |Week5-2 = Michigan (6–0) (68) |Week5-2-Color = d |Week5-3 = North Carolina (6–0) (36) |Week5-3-Color = |Week5-4 = Army (6–0) (5) |Week5-4-Color = u |Week5-5 = California (7–0) (16) |Week5-5-Color = d |Week5-6 = Georgia Tech (6–0) (7) |Week5-6-Color = |Week5-7 = Penn (5–0) |Week5-7-Color = |Week5-8 = SMU (5–1) (1) |Week5-8-Color = u |Week5-9 = Missouri (5–1) (4) |Week5-9-Color = d |Week5-10 = Northwestern (5–1) |Week5-10-Color = d |Week5-11 = Nevada (6–0) (5) |Week5-11-Color = d |Week5-12 = Clemson (5–0) (6) |Week5-12-Color = u |Week5-13 = Georgia (5–1) |Week5-13-Color = u |Week5-14 = Penn State (4–0–1) (1) |Week5-14-Color = d |Week5-15 = Oklahoma (5–1) (2) |Week5-15-Color = u |Week5-16 = Oregon (6–1) |Week5-16-Color = d |Week5-17 = Michigan State (3–2–1) |Week5-17-Color = |Week5-18 = Wake Forest (4–2) |Week5-18-Color = npr |Week5-19 = Minnesota (4–2) |Week5-19-Color = d |Week5-20 = Tulane (5–1) |Week5-20-Color = d |Week6-1 = Michigan (7–0) (77) |Week6-1-Color = u |Week6-2 = Notre Dame (7–0) (80) |Week6-2-Color = d |Week6-3 = Army (7–0) (14) |Week6-3-Color = u |Week6-4 = California (8–0) (11) |Week6-4-Color = u |Week6-5 = Penn State (5–0–1) (1) |Week6-5-Color = u |Week6-6 = North Carolina (6–0–1) (7) |Week6-6-Color = d |Week6-7 = SMU (6–1) |Week6-7-Color = u |Week6-8 = Northwestern (6–1) |Week6-8-Color = u |Week6-9 = Oklahoma (6–1) (5) |Week6-9-Color = u |Week6-10 = Clemson (6–0) (8) |Week6-10-Color = u |Week6-11 = Georgia Tech (6–1) |Week6-11-Color = d |Week6-12 = Michigan State (4–2–1) (1) |Week6-12-Color = u |Week6-13 = Georgia (6–1) (1) |Week6-13-Color = |Week6-14 = Minnesota (5–2) |Week6-14-Color = u |Week6-15 = Oregon (7–1) |Week6-15-Color = u |Week6-16 = Nevada (6–1) |Week6-16-Color = d |Week6-17 = Penn (5–1) |Week6-17-Color = d |Week6-18 = Tennessee (4–2–1) |Week6-18-Color = npr |Week6-19 = Wake Forest (5–2) |Week6-19-Color = d |Week6-20 = Missouri (5–2) |Week6-20-Color = d |Week7-1 = Michigan (8–0) (130) |Week7-1-Color = |Week7-2 = Notre Dame (8–0) (27) |Week7-2-Color = |Week7-3 = Army (8–0) (3) |Week7-3-Color = |Week7-4 = California (9–0) (16) |Week7-4-Color = |Week7-5 = North Carolina (7–0–1) (11) |Week7-5-Color = u |Week7-6 = Penn State (6–0–1) (3) |Week7-6-Color = d |Week7-7 = Northwestern (6–2) |Week7-7-Color = u |Week7-8 = Oklahoma (7–1) (5) |Week7-8-Color = u |Week7-9 = Clemson (7–0) (9) |Week7-9-Color = u |Week7-10 = SMU (7–1) |Week7-10-Color = d |Week7-11 = Georgia (7–1) (2) |Week7-11-Color = u |Week7-12 = Michigan State (5–2–1) (2) |Week7-12-Color = |Week7-13 = Oregon (8–1) |Week7-13-Color = u |Week7-14 = Tulane (7–1) |Week7-14-Color = npr |Week7-15 = Minnesota (6–2) |Week7-15-Color = d |Week7-16 = Penn (5–2) |Week7-16-Color = u |Week7-17 = Ole Miss (7–1) |Week7-17-Color = npr |Week7-18 = Ohio State (6–2) |Week7-18-Color = npr |Week7-19 = Cornell (7–1) |Week7-19-Color = npr |Week7-20 = Georgia Tech (6–2) |Week7-20-Color = d |Week8-1 = Michigan (9–0) (105) |Week8-1-Color = |Week8-2 = Notre Dame (8–0) (38) |Week8-2-Color = |Week8-3 = Army (8–0) (5) |Week8-3-Color = |Week8-4 = North Carolina (8–0–1) (14) |Week8-4-Color = u |Week8-5 = California (10–0) (3) |Week8-5-Color = d |Week8-6 = Oklahoma (8–1) (13) |Week8-6-Color = u |Week8-7 = Northwestern (7–2) |Week8-7-Color = |Week8-8 = SMU (8–1) |Week8-8-Color = u |Week8-9 = Clemson (8–0) (8) |Week8-9-Color = |Week8-10 = Oregon (9–1) |Week8-10-Color = u |Week8-11 = Michigan State (6–2–1) (3) |Week8-11-Color = u |Week8-12 = Georgia (8–1) (1) |Week8-12-Color = d |Week8-13 = Minnesota (7–2) |Week8-13-Color = u |Week8-14 = Tulane (8–1) |Week8-14-Color = |Week8-15 = Vanderbilt (6–2–1) |Week8-15-Color = npr |Week8-16 = Ole Miss (7–1) |Week8-16-Color = u |Week8-17 = Ohio State (6–3) |Week8-17-Color = u |Week8-18 = Penn State (6–1–1) |Week8-18-Color = d |Week8-19 = Penn (5–2) |Week8-19-Color = d |Week8-20 = William & Mary (5–2–2) |Week8-20-Color = npr |Week9-1 = Michigan (9–0) (192) |Week9-1-Color = nc |Week9-2 = Notre Dame (9–0) (97) |Week9-2-Color = |Week9-3 = North Carolina (9–0–1) (31) |Week9-3-Color = u |Week9-4 = California (10–0) (5) |Week9-4-Color = u |Week9-5 = Oklahoma (9–1) (30) |Week9-5-Color = u |Week9-6 = Army (8–0–1) |Week9-6-Color = d |Week9-7 = Northwestern (7–2) |Week9-7-Color = |Week9-8 = Georgia (9–1) (5) |Week9-8-Color = u |Week9-9 = Oregon (9–1) |Week9-9-Color = u |Week9-10 = SMU (8–1–1) |Week9-10-Color = d |Week9-11 = Clemson (9–0) (6) |Week9-11-Color = d |Week9-12 = Vanderbilt (7–2–1) (2) |Week9-12-Color = u |Week9-13 = Tulane (9–1) |Week9-13-Color = u |Week9-14 = Michigan State (6–2–2) (2) |Week9-14-Color = d |Week9-15 = Ole Miss (8–1) (13) |Week9-15-Color = u |Week9-16 = Minnesota (7–2) |Week9-16-Color = d |Week9-17 = William & Mary (6–2–2) |Week9-17-Color = u |Week9-18 = Penn State (7–1–1) |Week9-18-Color = |Week9-19 = Cornell (8–1) |Week9-19-Color = npr |Week9-20 = Wake Forest (6–3) |Week9-20-Color = npr

Litkenhous Ratings

The final Litkenhous Ratings released in December 1948 provided numerical rankings to more than 700 college and military football programs. The top 100 ranked teams were:

  1. Michigan (9–0) - 114.1

  2. Notre Dame (9–0–1) - 106.9

  3. Michigan State (6–2–2) - 103.6

  4. Army (8–0–1) - 102.1

  5. Oklahoma (10–1) - 99.6

  6. North Carolina (9–1–1) - 99.4

  7. California (10–1) - 99.1

  8. Vanderbilt (8–2–1) - 99.1

  9. Ohio State (6–3) - 98.4

  10. Northwestern (8–2) - 98.0

  11. SMU (9–1–1) - 97.9

  12. Ole Miss (8–1) - 97.8

  13. Minnesota (7–2) - 97.1

  14. Georgia (9–2) - 95.7

  15. Nevada (9–2) - 93.9

  16. Georgia Tech (7–3) - 93.2

  17. Missouri - 93.1

  18. USC (6–3–1) - 92.1

  19. Tulane (9–1) - 91.7

  20. Texas (7–3–1) - 90.1

  21. Penn State (7–1–1) - 89.8

  22. Penn (5–3) - 89.8

  23. Illinois (3–6) - 89.5

  24. Villanova (8–2–1) - 89.2

  25. Cornell (8–1) - 88.7

  26. Santa Clara (7–2–1) - 88.6

  27. Dartmouth (6–2) - 88.4

  28. Oregon (9–2) - 88.3

  29. Tennessee (4–4–2) - 88.3

  30. Kentucky (5–3–2) - 88.1

  31. Pittsburgh (6–3) - 85.7

  32. Alabama (6–4–1) - 84.8

  33. Baylor (6–3–2) - 84.6

  34. Purdue (3–6) - 84.5

  35. Clemson (11–0) - 84.2

  36. Arkansas (5–5) - 83.9

  37. Duke (4–3–2) - 83.9

  38. Rice (5–4–1) - 83.9

  39. Wake Forest (6–4) - 83.5

  40. TCU (4–5–1) - 83.5

  41. Princeton (4–4) - 82.5

  42. Iowa (4–5) - 82.3

  43. Mississippi State (4–4–1) - 82.3

  44. William & Mary (7–2–2) - 82.3

  45. Stanford (4–6) - 81.6

  46. Boston College (5–2–2) - 81.4

  47. Kansas (7–3) - 80.1

  48. Utah (8–1–1) - 79.9

  49. Columbia (4–5) - 79.8

  50. Oklahoma A&M (6–4) - 79.5

  51. Maryland (6–4) - 79.4

  52. Wisconsin (2–7) - 78.5

  53. Navy (0–8–1) - 78.4

  54. Oregon State (5–4–3) - 78.4

  55. Brown (7–2) - 78.3

  56. Texas Tech (7–3) - 77.9

  57. Miami (OH) (7–1–1) - 77.7

  58. Rutgers (7–2) - 76.7

  59. Florida (5–5) - 76.1

  60. Detroit (6–3) - 75.9

  61. Harvard (4–4) - 75.9

  62. Washington (2–7–1) - 75.9

  63. Indiana (2–7) - 75.8

  64. Washington State (4–5–1) - 75.4

  65. Miami (FL) (4–6) - 75.2

  66. NC State (3–6–1) - 74.8

  67. Pacific (7–1–2) - 74.5

  68. Saint Mary's (4–6) - 74.4

  69. UCLA (3–7) - 74.3

  70. Texas A&M (0–9–1) - 74.2

  71. Dayton (7–2–1) - 73.8

  72. Virginia (5–3–1) - 73.2

  73. Texas Mines (8–2–1) - 72.0

  74. LSU (3–7) - 71.8

  75. Yale (4–5) - 71.8

  76. St. Bonaventure (7–1–1) - 71.7

  77. West Virginia (9–3) - 71.6

  78. Chattanooga (4–5) - 71.1

  79. Iowa State (4–6) - 70.4

  80. Lafayette (7–2) - 70.3

  81. San Jose State (9–3) - 70.2

  82. Colorado (3–6) - 69.9

  83. Holy Cross (5–5) - 69.5

  84. Hardin–Simmons - 69.3

  85. VMI (6–3) - 68.8

  86. John Carroll (7–1–2) - 68.3

  87. Nebraska (2–8) - 68.2

  88. Marquette (2–8) - 67.6

  89. San Francisco (2–7) - 67.5

  90. Idaho (3–6) - 67.4

  91. Canisius - 67.2

  92. Denver (4–5–1) - 67.2

  93. Drake (7–3) - 67.1

  94. Colgate (3–6) - 66.7

  95. Wyoming (4–5) - 65.8

  96. Xavier - 65.7

  97. Colorado A&M (8–3) - 65.6

  98. South Carolina (3–5) - 65.3

  99. Georgetown (3–4–1) - 64.2

  100. Bowling Green (8–0–1) - 64.1

  101. Wichita (5–4–1) - 64.0

  102. Boston University (6–2) - 64.2

  103. Auburn (1–8–1) - 62.3

  104. Kent State (6–2–1) - 61.9

  105. Western Michigan (6–3) - 61.6

  106. St. Thomas - 61.3

  107. Murray (KY) - 60.7

  108. Mississippi Southern (7–3) - 60.5

  109. Youngstown - 60.5

  110. Baldwin Wallace - 60.2

  111. Compton - 60.1

  112. Muhlenberg - 60.0

  113. Cincinnati (3–6–1) - 59.9

  114. Arizona (6–5) - 59.7

  115. Bradley - 59.3

  116. Ohio Wesleyan - 59.3

  117. Richmond - 58.7

  118. Heidelberg - 58.0

  119. North Texas (6–4) - 57.4

  120. Sul Ross - 57.4

  121. Trinity (CT) - 57.3

  122. Scranton - 57.1

  123. Denison - 56.8

  124. George Washington (4–6) - 56.7

  125. Washington & Lee (4–6) - 56.7

  126. West Texas (6–5) - 56.6

  127. Buffalo - 56.4

  128. Wayne (4–4) - 56.3

  129. Syracuse (1–8) - 56.2

  130. Gustavus Adolphus - 56.0

  131. Iowa State Teaches (7–3) - 56.0

  132. Loras - 55.9

  133. Utah State - 55.7

  134. Illinois Normal - 55.6

  135. Eastern Washington - 55.5

  136. Temple - 55.4

  137. Abilene Christian - 55.1

  138. New Mexico - 55.1

  139. Toledo (5–6) - 55.0

  140. Washington Univ. - 54.9

  141. Stephen Austin - 54.8

  142. Wesleyan (8–0) - 54.8

  143. Delaware (5–3) - 54.7

  144. Fordham (3–6) - 54.7

  145. Lehigh (5–4) - 54.7

  146. Emporia Teachers - 54.4

  147. McMurry - 54.4

  148. Eastern Kentucky - 54.3

  149. Texas Southwest - 54.0

  150. Tulsa (0–9–1) - 54.0

''Pittsburgh Courier''

The Pittsburgh Courier, a leading African American newspaper, ranked the top 1948 teams from historically black colleges and universities in an era when college football was largely segregated. The rankings were published on December 11.

    1. Southern (12–0)
    1. Grambling (8–2)
    1. Wilberforce State (9–1–1)
    1. West Virginia State (5–2–2)
    1. Florida A&M (8–2)
    1. Kentucky State (7–2–1)
    1. Texas College (8–3)
    1. Lincoln (PA) (5–2)
    1. Morgan State (5–3)
    1. Virginia Union (6–5)

References

References

  1. (December 19, 1948). "Michigan Leads Final Grid Ratings". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph.
  2. Lucius Jones. (December 11, 1948). "Southern Continues to Show Grid Supremacy". The Pittsburgh Courier.
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