1938 NCAA Football Rankings

  # Team                        W      L     Rating 
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  1 Tennessee                  10   -  0     3.3308 
  2 Texas Christian            11   -  0     2.4265 
  3 Notre Dame                  8   -  1     1.8834 
  4 Oklahoma                   10   -  1     1.7158 
  5 Duke                        9   -  1     1.7051 
  6 Southern California         9   -  2     1.5949 
  7 California                  8   -  1     1.4934 
  8 Alabama                     6.5 -  1.5   1.3347 
  9 Georgetown                  7   -  0     1.3343 
 10 Clemson                     6.5 -  1.5   1.2038 

 11 Pittsburgh                  8   -  2     1.1548 
 12 Texas Tech                  8   -  1     1.1533 
 13 Holy Cross                  6   -  1     1.0370 
 14 Iowa State                  6.5 -  1.5   1.0262 
 15 Minnesota                   6   -  2     1.0172 
 16 Villanova                   4.5 -  0.5   0.9796 
 17 Carnegie Tech               4   -  2     0.9620 
 18 Michigan                    6.5 -  1.5   0.9432 
 19 Mississippi                 7   -  2     0.9130 
 20 Fordham                     5   -  2     0.9037 

 21 New Mexico State            6   -  1     0.8646 
 22 St. Mary's                  5   -  2     0.8544 
 23 Santa Clara                 6   -  2     0.7994 
 24 Cornell                     5.5 -  1.5   0.7818 
 25 Tulane                      6.5 -  2.5   0.7780 
 26 North Carolina              6.5 -  2.5   0.7620 
 27 Purdue                      5   -  2     0.7376 
 28 Utah                        7   -  2     0.6841 
 29 Northwestern                5   -  3     0.6719 
 30 Army                        5   -  2     0.6583 

 31 Missouri                    6   -  3     0.6575 
 32 Vanderbilt                  5   -  3     0.6163 
 33 Wisconsin                   5   -  3     0.5904 
 34 Baylor                      6.5 -  2.5   0.5846 
 35 New Mexico                  6   -  3     0.5717 
 36 Dartmouth                   4   -  2     0.5709 
 37 Virginia Military Institute 6   -  3     0.5590 
 38 Oregon State                4.5 -  3.5   0.5484 
 39 Boston College              3.5 -  1.5   0.5423 
 40 Michigan State              4   -  3     0.5045 

 41 Idaho                       5.5 -  3.5   0.4988 
 42 Texas-El Paso               3   -  2     0.4763 
 43 UCLA                        5.5 -  4.5   0.4681 
 44 Montana                     4.5 -  2.5   0.4671 
 45 Miami (Florida)             5   -  2     0.4609 
 46 Ohio State                  4.5 -  3.5   0.4447 
 47 Syracuse                    4   -  3     0.4439 
 48 Brigham Young               4.5 -  2.5   0.4254 
 49 Navy                        5   -  4     0.4219 
 50 Wake Forest                 4.5 -  4.5   0.4108 

 51 Oregon                      4   -  5     0.4048 
 52 Southern Methodist          5   -  4     0.4005 
 53 Pennsylvania                4.5 -  3.5   0.3957 
 54 Louisiana State             4   -  4     0.3954 
 55 Richmond                    5.5 -  2.5   0.3882 
 56 Detroit Mercy               4   -  4     0.3856 
 57 Manhattan                   2   -  3     0.3809 
 58 Kansas State                4.5 -  4.5   0.3802 
 59 Brown                       3   -  3     0.3738 
 60 Centenary                   4   -  4     0.3600 

 61 Creighton                   2.5 -  1.5   0.3548 
 62 Bucknell                    3   -  3     0.3518 
 63 Georgia Tech                3.5 -  5.5   0.3501 
 64 Georgia                     4.5 -  4.5   0.3481 
 65 Lafayette                   2   -  2     0.3432 
 66 Washington                  3.5 -  5.5   0.3345 
 67 South Carolina              4.5 -  4.5   0.3336 
 68 San Francisco               2.5 -  2.5   0.3216 
 69 Auburn                      3.5 -  5.5   0.3202 
 70 Nebraska                    3.5 -  5.5   0.3111 

 71 Virginia                    4.5 -  4.5   0.3063 
 72 Harvard                     4   -  4     0.3030 
 73 Texas A&M                   3.5 -  4.5   0.3003 
 74 West Virginia               2.5 -  4.5   0.3001 
 75 Rice                        4   -  6     0.2974 
 76 Illinois                    3   -  4     0.2876 
 77 Temple                      2.5 -  6.5   0.2847 
 78 Drake                       2.5 -  4.5   0.2840 
 79 Princeton                   2.5 -  3.5   0.2806 
 80 Denver                      3.5 -  4.5   0.2792 

 81 George Washington           3   -  4     0.2778 
 82 Washington & Lee            4.5 -  3.5   0.2743 
 83 Stanford                    3   -  6     0.2737 
 84 Hardin-Simmons              2   -  2     0.2681 
 85 Wichita State               2.5 -  2.5   0.2665 
 86 Colorado                    3.5 -  4.5   0.2654 
 87 Utah State                  3   -  4     0.2640 
 88 Penn State                  2.5 -  4.5   0.2522 
 89 Kansas                      3   -  6     0.2487 
 90 Virginia Tech               3   -  6     0.2374 

 91 Colgate                     2   -  5     0.2355 
 92 Tulsa                       3.5 -  5.5   0.2265 
 93 Washington (Missouri)       2.5 -  3.5   0.2210 
 94 Arizona                     3   -  6     0.2208 
 95 Columbia                    3   -  6     0.2208 
 96 Randolph-Macon              1   -  3     0.2094 
 97 Florida                     3.5 -  5.5   0.2071 
 98 Northern Arizona            1   -  3     0.2069 
 99 North Carolina State        3.5 -  7.5   0.2031 
100 Mississippi State           2   -  5     0.2027 

101 New York University         1   -  4     0.2019 
102 DePaul                      1   -  3     0.1995 
103 Citadel                     3   -  5     0.1951 
104 Catholic                    1   -  3     0.1818 
105 St. Louis                   2   -  5     0.1818 
106 Yale                        2   -  6     0.1685 
107 Davidson                    2   -  6     0.1669 
108 Washington State            2   -  8     0.1664 
109 Montana State               0   -  4     0.1641 
110 Duquesne                    1   -  6     0.1600 

111 Washburn                    1   -  3     0.1556 
112 Wyoming                     1.5 -  5.5   0.1541 
113 Arkansas                    2.5 -  7.5   0.1520 
114 Marquette                   1   -  7     0.1504 
115 Indiana                     1.5 -  6.5   0.1492 
116 Kentucky                    1   -  6     0.1374 
117 Sewanee                     0   -  6     0.1332 
118 Iowa                        1.5 -  6.5   0.1270 
119 Colorado State              1   -  6     0.1199 
120 Loyola Marymount            1   -  5     0.1176 

121 Maryland                    1   -  7     0.1141 
122 Texas                       1   -  8     0.1101 
123 William & Mary              1   -  6     0.1099 
124 Arizona State               0   -  5     0.1053 
125 Furman                      1.5 -  7.5   0.0951 
126 Chicago                     0   -  5     0.0856 
127 Hampden-Sydney              0   -  5     0.0855 
128 Oglethorpe                  0   -  4     0.0845 
129 Gonzaga                     0   -  7     0.0653 
130 Oklahoma State              0   -  8     0.0547 

Home Field Coefficient: 1.2610