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1952 College Football Rankings

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                                                                  STRENGTH OF
                                     AVERAGE   OVERALL     CONF     SCHEDULE     AP
RANK TEAM                       CONF   SCORE    W- L-T   W- L-T     AVG  RANK   RANK

   1 Michigan State              IND   97.81    9- 0-0   0- 0-0   65.40    29      1
   2 Georgia Tech                SEC   96.63   12- 0-0   7- 0-0   63.99    34      2
   3 UCLA                        PCC   96.50    8- 1-0   5- 1-0   71.05     9      6
   4 Southern California         PCC   95.33   10- 1-0   6- 0-0   68.18    18      5
   5 Notre Dame                  IND   95.27    7- 2-1   0- 0-0   80.37     1      3
   6 Oklahoma                    BG7   94.52    8- 1-1   5- 0-1   66.20    28      4
   7 Texas                       SWC   93.36    9- 2-0   6- 0-0   69.76    14     10
   8 Maryland                    IND   91.50    7- 2-0   0- 0-0   64.50    31     13
   9 Mississippi                 SEC   89.68    8- 1-2   4- 1-2   61.79    38      7
  10 Duke                        SOU   89.53    8- 2-0   5- 0-0   59.88    44     16
  11 California                  PCC   89.48    7- 3-0   3- 3-0   66.58    26       
  12 Tennessee                   SEC   89.01    8- 2-1   5- 0-1   61.44    39      8
  13 Alabama                     SEC   88.35   10- 2-0   4- 2-0   55.35    53      9
  14 Wisconsin                   WES   86.58    6- 3-1   4- 1-1   67.75    19     11
  15 Purdue                      WES   86.31    4- 3-2   4- 1-1   75.56     3     18
  16 Navy                        IND   85.25    6- 2-1   0- 0-0   63.21    35       
  17 Ohio State                  WES   85.00    6- 3-0   5- 2-0   68.26    17     17
  18 Washington                  PCC   84.71    7- 3-0   6- 2-0   66.61    25       
  19 Florida                     SEC   83.43    8- 3-0   3- 3-0   53.38    56     15
  20 Pittsburgh                  IND   82.36    6- 3-0   0- 0-0   66.34    27       
  21 Kansas                      BG7   81.94    7- 3-0   3- 3-0   57.94    49       
  22 Michigan                    WES   81.06    5- 4-0   4- 2-0   67.58    20       
  23 Penn State                  IND   78.59    7- 2-1   0- 0-0   60.71    40       
  24 Princeton                   IND   77.94    8- 1-0   0- 0-0   30.99    88     19
  25 Georgia                     SEC   77.55    7- 4-0   4- 3-0   64.56    30       
  26 Colorado                    BG7   77.55    6- 2-2   2- 2-2   55.36    52       
  27 Houston                     MVC   76.86    8- 2-0   3- 0-0   49.27    60       
  28 Virginia                    IND   74.47    8- 2-0   0- 0-0   37.94    70       
  29 Minnesota                   WES   74.12    4- 3-2   3- 1-2   74.25     5       
  30 Southern Methodist          SWC   71.63    4- 5-1   3- 2-1   73.37     6       
  31 Illinois                    WES   71.34    4- 5-0   2- 5-0   70.60    10       
  32 Texas Christian             SWC   70.23    4- 4-2   2- 2-2   64.04    33       
  33 Missouri                    BG7   70.05    5- 5-0   5- 1-0   66.81    24       
  34 Pennsylvania                IND   68.69    4- 3-2   0- 0-0   62.01    36       
  35 Rice                        SWC   68.46    5- 5-0   4- 2-0   67.26    22       
  36 Stanford                    PCC   68.36    5- 5-0   2- 5-0   66.95    23       
  37 Army                        IND   67.46    4- 4-1   0- 0-0   60.38    42       
  38 Mississippi State           SEC   67.31    5- 4-0   3- 4-0   58.20    48       
  39 Nebraska                    BG7   67.24    5- 4-1   3- 2-1   57.09    51       
  40 Villanova                   IND   66.84    7- 1-1   0- 0-0   33.40    84       
  41 Tulsa                       MVC   66.65    8- 2-1   3- 1-0   38.33    69     12
  42 Tulane                      SEC   66.63    5- 5-0   3- 5-0   60.58    41       
  43 West Virginia               SOU   66.45    7- 2-0   5- 1-0   37.37    73       
  44 Louisiana State             SEC   64.74    3- 7-0   2- 5-0   79.36     2       
  45 Baylor                      SWC   64.61    4- 4-2   1- 3-2   62.00    37       
  46 Kentucky                    SEC   61.73    5- 4-2   1- 3-2   59.76    45     20
  47 Yale                        IND   61.63    7- 2-0   0- 0-0   32.80    87       
  48 Syracuse                    IND   60.47    7- 3-0   0- 0-0   45.68    65     14
  49 Vanderbilt                  SEC   59.51    3- 5-2   1- 4-1   67.35    21       
  50 Texas A&M                   SWC   58.82    3- 6-1   1- 4-1   68.72    15       
  51 Washington State            PCC   58.31    4- 6-0   3- 4-0   64.26    32       
  52 Wake Forest                 SOU   56.17    5- 4-1   5- 1-0   49.37    59       
  53 Arizona State               BRD   54.11    6- 3-0   4- 0-0   33.09    85       
  54 San Jose State              IND   53.90    6- 3-0   0- 0-0   36.21    78       
  55 Holy Cross                  IND   53.89    8- 2-0   0- 0-0   23.72   104       
  56 Northwestern                WES   51.50    2- 6-1   2- 5-0   72.20     8       
  57 Pacific                     IND   51.10    7- 3-1   0- 0-0   29.17    93       
  58 Arizona                     BRD   50.06    6- 4-0   3- 2-0   34.72    80       
  59 Iowa                        WES   50.05    2- 7-0   2- 5-0   75.48     4       
  60 North Carolina              SOU   50.03    2- 6-0   1- 2-0   72.45     7       
  61 South Carolina              SOU   49.94    5- 5-0   2- 4-0   49.26    61       
  62 Utah                        SKY   47.43    6- 3-1   5- 0-0   33.82    81       
  63 Indiana                     WES   46.81    2- 7-0   1- 5-0   70.18    12       
  64 Auburn                      SEC   45.82    2- 8-0   0- 7-0   70.01    13       
  65 Colgate                     IND   43.66    6- 3-0   0- 0-0   25.75   101       
  66 Oregon State                PCC   42.84    2- 7-0   1- 6-0   68.70    16       
  67 Oklahoma State              MVC   42.48    3- 7-0   2- 2-0   57.46    50       
  68 William & Mary              SOU   41.26    4- 5-0   4- 1-0   41.85    67       
  69 Arkansas                    SWC   40.02    2- 8-0   1- 5-0   70.28    11       
  70 New Mexico                  SKY   39.98    7- 2-0   5- 1-0   19.65   109       
  71 Marquette                   IND   38.42    3- 5-1   0- 0-0   47.79    63       
  72 Colorado State              SKY   36.69    6- 4-0   5- 2-0   29.72    89       
  73 Idaho                       PCC   36.37    4- 4-1   1- 3-0   36.43    76       
  74 George Washington           SOU   36.06    6- 2-1   5- 1-1   24.43   102       
  75 Iowa State                  BG7   36.04    3- 6-0   1- 5-0   54.32    54       
  76 Santa Clara                 IND   33.88    2- 6-1   0- 0-0   58.78    46       
  77 Hardin-Simmons              BRD   33.77    5- 3-2   2- 2-1   28.06    96       
  78 Oregon                      PCC   33.45    2- 7-1   2- 5-0   60.33    43       
  79 Miami (Florida)             IND   31.87    4- 7-0   0- 0-0   46.88    64       
  80 Clemson                     IND   30.12    2- 6-1   0- 0-0   49.46    58       
  81 Furman                      SOU   30.06    6- 3-1   2- 2-1   24.06   103       
  82 Wyoming                     SKY   29.31    5- 4-0   4- 3-0   28.51    95       
  83 Boston University           IND   28.95    5- 4-1   0- 0-0   36.23    77       
  84 Harvard                     IND   28.19    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   29.34    92       
  85 Cornell                     IND   26.95    2- 7-0   0- 0-0   58.64    47       
  86 Columbia                    IND   26.62    2- 6-1   0- 0-0   49.83    57       
  87 Texas Tech                  BRD   26.14    3- 7-1   2- 1-1   41.49    68       
  88 Rutgers                     IND   25.56    4- 4-1   0- 0-0   29.65    90       
  89 Dartmouth                   IND   22.41    2- 7-0   0- 0-0   48.55    62       
  90 Virginia Tech               SOU   21.49    5- 6-0   4- 4-0   33.68    82       
  91 Detroit Mercy               MVC   20.88    3- 6-0   1- 3-0   37.37    72       
  92 Citadel                     SOU   19.39    3- 5-1   1- 3-1   35.51    79       
  93 Fordham                     IND   18.71    2- 5-1   0- 0-0   26.12    99       
  94 Boston College              IND   18.23    4- 4-1   0- 0-0   28.87    94       
  95 Texas-El Paso               BRD   17.78    5- 5-1   2- 3-1   22.55   105       
  96 Virginia Military Institute SOU   16.14    3- 6-1   2- 3-1   37.01    75       
  97 Kansas State                BG7   15.74    1- 9-0   0- 6-0   54.11    55       
  98 Brigham Young               SKY   14.66    4- 6-0   3- 4-0   29.56    91       
  99 North Carolina State        SOU   12.95    3- 7-0   2- 4-0   43.48    66       
 100 Washington & Lee            SOU   12.76    3- 7-0   3- 4-0   37.61    71       
 101 Temple                      IND   10.95    2- 7-1   0- 0-0   33.63    83       
 102 Brown                       IND    9.94    2- 7-0   0- 0-0   37.26    74       
 103 Utah State                  SKY    9.90    3- 7-1   3- 4-0   26.04   100       
 104 Minor Teams                        8.93   26-75-4   0- 0-0   32.82    86       
 105 Montana                     SKY    8.40    2- 7-1   1- 5-0   27.02    97       
 106 Denver                      SKY    6.97    3- 7-0   0- 7-0   20.58   107       
 107 Wichita State               MVC    6.56    3- 6-1   0- 3-0   20.03   108       
 108 New York University         IND    5.49    2- 5-1   0- 0-0   20.61   106       
 109 West Texas A&M              BRD    5.20    3- 6-0   1- 4-0   18.95   111       
 110 Northern Arizona            BRD    5.09    3- 4-0   0- 1-0    8.09   114       
 111 Davidson                    SOU    4.03    2- 7-0   1- 6-0   19.17   110       
 112 New Mexico State            BRD    3.06    2- 6-1   1- 2-1   16.83   112       
 113 Richmond                    SOU    2.68    1- 9-0   0- 6-0   26.52    98       
 114 Drake                       IND    1.62    2- 7-0   0- 0-0   13.82   113       

Team Rankings | Conference Rankings


                        # OF AVERAGE AVERAGE      OVERALL     NON-CONF                                   
CONFERENCE      ABBREV TEAMS   SCORE    RANK     W-  L- T     W-  L- T  BEST TEAM            RANK   SCORE

Southeastern       SEC    12   74.20   30.25    76- 45- 7    39-  8- 1  Georgia Tech            2   96.63
Western            WES     9   70.31   34.00    35- 41- 6     8- 14- 2  Wisconsin              14   86.58
Pacific Coast      PCC     9   67.26   37.78    49- 37- 2    20-  8- 2  UCLA                    3   96.50
Southwest          SWC     7   66.73   38.29    31- 34- 6    13- 16- 0  Texas                   7   93.36
Big 7              BG7     7   63.30   42.43    35- 30- 4    16- 11- 0  Oklahoma                6   94.52
Independent        IND    33   47.54   60.45   159-129-18   159-129-18  Michigan State          1   97.81
Missouri Valley    MVC     5   42.69   66.60    25- 23- 2    16- 14- 2  Houston                27   76.86
Southern           SOU    15   33.93   76.67    63- 76- 5    21- 34- 1  Duke                   10   89.53
Border             BRD     8   24.40   87.63    33- 38- 5    18- 23- 1  Arizona State          53   54.11
Skyline            SKY     8   24.17   87.25    36- 40- 3    10- 14- 3  Utah                   62   47.43

The database used to produce the above rankings was constructed from data listed on James Howell's website.
Click here for criteria used for determining what scores to use and which team was the home team.

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