1947 college football rankings

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One human poll comprised the 1947 college football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, did not bestow a national championship, instead that title was bestowed by various agencies.

There was one weekly poll that began in the preseason—the Associated Press Poll. The AP Poll did not begin conducting preseason polls until 1950. The United Press Coaches' Poll began operation that same year.

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| Number of first place votes

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| Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll

The final regular season AP Poll was released on December 8, at the end of the 1947 regular season, weeks before the major bowls.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n2MwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4145%2C4558743 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Notre Dame team again voted best in country |date=December 9, 1947 |page=17}} The AP did not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.

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{{ColPollTable

|Week1 = 1

|Week2 = 2

|Week3 = 3

|Week4 = 4

|Week5 = 5

|Week6 = 6

|Week7 = 7

|Week8 = 8

|Week9 = 9

|Week10 = 10 (Final)

|Week1Date = Oct 6{{cite web |title=October 6, 1947 AP Football Poll |url=http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=92

|work=College Poll Archive |access-date=March 26, 2017 }}

|Week2Date = Oct 13{{cite web |title=October 13, 1947 AP Football Poll |url=http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=93

|work=College Poll Archive |access-date=March 26, 2017 }}

|Week3Date = Oct 20{{cite web |title=October 20, 1947 AP Football Poll |url=http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=94

|work=College Poll Archive |access-date=March 26, 2017 }}

|Week4Date = Oct 27{{cite web |title=October 27, 1947 AP Football Poll |url=http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=95

|work=College Poll Archive |access-date=March 26, 2017 }}

|Week5Date = Nov 3{{cite web |title=November 3, 1947 AP Football Poll |url=http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=96

|work=College Poll Archive |access-date=March 26, 2017 }}

|Week6Date = Nov 10{{cite web |title=November 10, 1947 AP Football Poll |url=http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=97

|work=College Poll Archive |access-date=March 26, 2017 }}

|Week7Date = Nov 17{{cite web |title=November 17, 1947 AP Football Poll |url=http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=98

|work=College Poll Archive |access-date=March 26, 2017 }}

|Week8Date = Nov 24{{cite web |title=November 24, 1947 AP Football Poll |url=http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=99

|work=College Poll Archive |access-date=March 26, 2017 }}

|Week9Date = Dec 1{{cite web |title=December 1, 1947 AP Football Poll |url=http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=100

|work=College Poll Archive |access-date=March 26, 2017 }}

|Week10Date = Dec 8{{cite web |title=1947 Final AP Football Poll|url=http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=101

|work=College Poll Archive |access-date=March 26, 2017 }}

|Week1-1 = Notre Dame (1–0) (52)

|Week1-2 = Michigan (2–0) (29)

|Week1-3 = Texas (3–0) (15)

|Week1-4 = Georgia Tech (2–0) (3)

|Week1-5 = Army (2–0) (1)

|Week1-6 = Illinois (2–0)

|Week1-7 = Penn (1–0)

|Week1-8 = California (3–0) (1)

|Week1-9 = Georgia (2–1)

|Week1-10 = Vanderbilt (2–0)

|Week1-11 = Columbia (2–0)

|Week1-12 = Penn State (2–0) (1)

|Week1-13 = Duke (2–0)

|Week1-14 = Yale (2–0)

|Week1-15 = Oklahoma (2–0)

|Week1-16 = Rice (1–1–1)

|Week1-17 = Minnesota (2–0) (1)

|Week1-18 = Ole Miss (3–0)

|Week1-19 = North Carolina (1–1)

|Week1-20 = USC (1–0–1)

|Week2-1 = Michigan (3–0) (93)

|Week2-1-Color = u

|Week2-2 = Notre Dame (2–0) (23)

|Week2-2-Color = d

|Week2-3 = Texas (4–0) (10)

|Week2-3-Color =

|Week2-4 = California (4–0)

|Week2-4-Color = u

|Week2-5 = Georgia Tech (3–0) (1)

|Week2-5-Color = d

|Week2-6 = Illinois (2–0–1) (1)

|Week2-6-Color =

|Week2-7 = Army (2–0–1)

|Week2-7-Color = d

|Week2-8 = Penn (2–0)

|Week2-8-Color = d

|Week2-9 = Penn State (3–0)

|Week2-9-Color = u

|Week2-10 = Vanderbilt (3–0)

|Week2-10-Color =

|Week2-11 = USC (2–0–1)

|Week2-11-Color = u

|Week2-12 = Yale (3–0)

|Week2-12-Color = u

|Week2-13 = Minnesota (3–0) (1)

|Week2-13-Color = u

|Week2-14 = Wake Forest (3–0) (2)

|Week2-14-Color = npr

|Week2-15 = Rice (1–1–1)

|Week2-15-Color = u

|Week2-16 = Virginia (3–0)

|Week2-16-Color = npr

|Week2-17 = Duke (2–0–1)

|Week2-17-Color = d

|Week2-18 = NC State (2–1)

|Week2-18-Color = npr

|Week2-19 = UCLA (2–1)

|Week2-19-Color = npr

|Week2-20 = Kentucky (3–1)

|Week2-20-Color = npr

|Week2Dropped = {{ubl|Columbia|Georgia|Ole Miss|North Carolina|Oklahoma|}}

|Week3-1 = Michigan (4–0) (147)

|Week3-1-Color =

|Week3-2 = Notre Dame (3–0) (21)

|Week3-2-Color =

|Week3-3 = Texas (5–0) (10)

|Week3-3-Color =

|Week3-4 = California (5–0) (1)

|Week3-4-Color =

|Week3-5 = Illinois (3–0–1)

|Week3-5-Color = u

|Week3-6 = Army (3–0–1) (2)

|Week3-6-Color = u

|Week3-7 = Georgia Tech (4–0) (2)

|Week3-7-Color = d

|Week3-8 = Penn (3–0)

|Week3-8-Color =

|Week3-9 = Penn State (4–0) (1)

|Week3-9-Color =

|Week3-10 = USC (3–0–1)

|Week3-10-Color = u

|Week3-11 = Wake Forest (4–0)

|Week3-11-Color = u

|Week3-12 = SMU (4–0)

|Week3-12-Color = npr

|Week3-13 = Virginia (4–0)

|Week3-13-Color = u

|Week3-14 = Kentucky (4–1)

|Week3-14-Color = u

|Week3-15 = Duke (3–0–1)

|Week3-15-Color = u

|Week3-16 = UCLA (3–1)

|Week3-16-Color = u

|Week3-17 = Baylor (4–0)

|Week3-17-Color = npr

|Week3-18 = LSU (3–1)

|Week3-18-Color = npr

|Week3-19 = Vanderbilt (3–1)

|Week3-19-Color = d

|Week3-20 = San Francisco (4–1)

|Week3-20-Color = npr

|Week3Dropped = {{ubl|Minnesota|NC State|Rice|Yale|}}

|Week4-1 = Notre Dame (4–0) (78)

|Week4-1-Color = u

|Week4-2 = Michigan (5–0) (69)

|Week4-2-Color = d

|Week4-3 = Texas (6–0) (25)

|Week4-3-Color =

|Week4-4 = Penn (4–0) (11)

|Week4-4-Color = u

|Week4-5 = USC (4–0–1) (6)

|Week4-5-Color = u

|Week4-6 = Georgia Tech (5–0) (2)

|Week4-6-Color = u

|Week4-7 = Penn State (5–0) (2)

|Week4-7-Color = u

|Week4-8 = SMU (5–0)

|Week4-8-Color = u

|Week4-9 = Duke (4–0–1) (2)

|Week4-9-Color = u

|Week4-10 = Army (3–1–1)

|Week4-10-Color = d

|Week4-11 = Illinois (3–1–1)

|Week4-11-Color = d

|Week4-12 = Virginia (5–0)

|Week4-12-Color = u

|Week4-13 = Kentucky (5–1)

|Week4-13-Color = u

|Week4-14 = California (5–1)

|Week4-14-Color = d

|Week4-15 = Wake Forest (4–1)

|Week4-15-Color = d

|Week4-16 = Purdue (3–2)

|Week4-16-Color = npr

|Week4-17 = LSU (4–1)

|Week4-17-Color = u

|Week4-18 = Alabama (4–2)

|Week4-18-Color = npr

|Week4-19 = UCLA (3–2)

|Week4-19-Color = d

|Week4-20 = Columbia (3–2)

|Week4-20-Color = npr

|Week4Dropped = {{ubl|Baylor|San Francisco|Vanderbilt|}}

|Week5-1 = Notre Dame (5–0) (106)

|Week5-1-Color =

|Week5-2 = Michigan (6–0) (56)

|Week5-2-Color =

|Week5-3 = SMU (6–0) (7)

|Week5-3-Color = u

|Week5-4 = Penn (5–0) (8)

|Week5-4-Color =

|Week5-5 = USC (5–0–1) (2)

|Week5-5-Color =

|Week5-6 = Georgia Tech (6–0) (6)

|Week5-6-Color =

|Week5-7 = Penn State (6–0) (2)

|Week5-7-Color =

|Week5-8 = Texas (6–1)

|Week5-8-Color = d

|Week5-9 = Army (4–1–1)

|Week5-9-Color = u

|Week5-10 = Virginia (6–0)

|Week5-10-Color = u

|Week5-11 = Illinois (3–2–1)

|Week5-11-Color =

|Week5-12 = California (6–1)

|Week5-12-Color = u

|Week5-13 = Duke (4–1–1)

|Week5-13-Color = d

|Week5-14 = Purdue (4–2)

|Week5-14-Color = u

|Week5-15 = William & Mary (5–1)

|Week5-15-Color = npr

|Week5-16 = Alabama (4–2)

|Week5-16-Color = u

|Week5-17 = Columbia (4–2)

|Week5-17-Color = u

|Week5-18 = North Carolina (4–2)

|Week5-18-Color = npr

|Week5-19 = Wisconsin (4–1–1)

|Week5-19-Color = npr

|Week5-20 = Yale (5–1)

|Week5-20-Color = npr

|Week5Dropped = {{ubl|Kentucky|LSU|UCLA|Wake Forest|}}

|Week6-1 = Notre Dame (6–0) (117)

|Week6-1-Color =

|Week6-2 = Michigan (7–0) (34)

|Week6-2-Color =

|Week6-3 = Penn (6–0) (7)

|Week6-3-Color = u

|Week6-4 = SMU (7–0) (2)

|Week6-4-Color = d

|Week6-5 = USC (6–0–1) (5)

|Week6-5-Color =

|Week6-6 = Georgia Tech (7–0) (1)

|Week6-6-Color =

|Week6-7 = Texas (7–1)

|Week6-7-Color = u

|Week6-8 = Penn State (7–0) (3)

|Week6-8-Color = d

|Week6-9 = Wisconsin (5–1–1)

|Week6-9-Color = u

|Week6-10 = California (7–1)

|Week6-10-Color = u

|Week6-11 = Illinois (4–2–1)

|Week6-11-Color =

|Week6-12 = William & Mary (6–1)

|Week6-12-Color = u

|Week6-13 = Army (4–2–1)

|Week6-13-Color = d

|Week6-14 = Alabama (5–2)

|Week6-14-Color = u

|Week6-15 = Ole Miss (6–2) т

|Week6-15-Color = tnpr

|Week6-16 = Virginia (6–1) т

|Week6-16-Color = d

|Week6-17 = Missouri (6–2)

|Week6-17-Color = npr

|Week6-18 = Utah (7–0)

|Week6-18-Color = npr

|Week6-19 = North Carolina (5–2)

|Week6-19-Color = d

|Week6-20 = Minnesota (5–2)

|Week6-20-Color = npr

|Week6Dropped = {{ubl|Columbia|Duke|Purdue|Yale|}}

|Week7-1 = Michigan (8–0) (140)

|Week7-1-Color = u

|Week7-2 = Notre Dame (7–0) (87)

|Week7-2-Color = d

|Week7-3 = SMU (8–0) (9)

|Week7-3-Color = u

|Week7-4 = USC (6–0–1) (3)

|Week7-4-Color = u

|Week7-5 = Penn State (8–0) (6)

|Week7-5-Color = u

|Week7-6 = Penn (6–0–1)

|Week7-6-Color = d

|Week7-7 = Texas (8–1)

|Week7-7-Color =

|Week7-8 = Alabama (6–2)

|Week7-8-Color = u

|Week7-9 = California (8–1)

|Week7-9-Color = u

|Week7-10 = Georgia Tech (7–1)

|Week7-10-Color = d

|Week7-11 = Army (4–2–2)

|Week7-11-Color = u

|Week7-12 = Illinois (5–2–1)

|Week7-12-Color = d

|Week7-13 = North Carolina (6–2) (1)

|Week7-13-Color = u

|Week7-14 = William & Mary (7–1)

|Week7-14-Color = d

|Week7-15 = Ole Miss(7–2)

|Week7-15-Color =

|Week7-16 = Virginia (7–1)

|Week7-16-Color = d

|Week7-17 = Kansas (6–0–2)

|Week7-17-Color = npr

|Week7-18 = UCLA (5–3)

|Week7-18-Color = npr

|Week7-19 = Columbia (6–2)

|Week7-19-Color = npr

|Week7-20 = Rice (4–3–1)

|Week7-20-Color = npr

|Week7Dropped = {{ubl|Minnesota|Missouri|Utah|Wisconsin|}}

|Week8-1 = Notre Dame (8–0) (97)

|Week8-1-Color = u

|Week8-2 = Michigan (9–0) (81)

|Week8-2-Color = d

|Week8-3 = SMU (9–0) (6)

|Week8-3-Color =

|Week8-4 = USC (7–0–1) (3)

|Week8-4-Color =

|Week8-5 = Penn State (9–0) (1)

|Week8-5-Color =

|Week8-6 = Alabama (7–2)

|Week8-6-Color = u

|Week8-7 = Texas (8–1)

|Week8-7-Color =

|Week8-8 = Penn (6–0–1)

|Week8-8-Color = d

|Week8-9 = Georgia Tech (8–1)

|Week8-9-Color = u

|Week8-10 = North Carolina (7–2) (3)

|Week8-10-Color = u

|Week8-11 = California (9–1)

|Week8-11-Color = d

|Week8-12 = Army (4–2–2)

|Week8-12-Color = d

|Week8-13 = Kansas (7–0–2)

|Week8-13-Color = u

|Week8-14 = William & Mary (8–1)

|Week8-14-Color =

|Week8-15 = Ole Miss (7–2)

|Week8-15-Color =

|Week8-16 = Columbia (7–2) (1)

|Week8-16-Color = u

|Week8-17 = UCLA (5–4)

|Week8-17-Color = u

|Week8-18 = Rice (5–3–1)

|Week8-18-Color = u

|Week8-19 = Minnesota (6–3)

|Week8-19-Color = npr

|Week8-20 = Oklahoma (6–2–1)

|Week8-20-Color = npr

|Week8Dropped = {{ubl|Illinois|Virginia|}}

|Week9-1 = Notre Dame (8–0) (58.5)

|Week9-1-Color =

|Week9-2 = Michigan (9–0) (54.5)

|Week9-2-Color =

|Week9-3 = USC (7–0–1) (2)

|Week9-3-Color = u

|Week9-4 = SMU (9–0–1)

|Week9-4-Color = d

|Week9-5 = Penn State (9–0)

|Week9-5-Color =

|Week9-6 = Texas (9–1) (2)

|Week9-6-Color = u

|Week9-7 = Alabama (8–2)

|Week9-7-Color = d

|Week9-8 = Penn (7–0–1)

|Week9-8-Color =

|Week9-9 = Georgia Tech (9–1)

|Week9-9-Color =

|Week9-10 = North Carolina (8–2) (9)

|Week9-10-Color =

|Week9-11 = Army (5–2–2)

|Week9-11-Color = u

|Week9-12 = Ole Miss (8–2)

|Week9-12-Color = u

|Week9-13 = Kansas (8–0–2) т

|Week9-13-Color = tw

|Week9-14 = William & Mary (9–1) (3) т

|Week9-14-Color = u

|Week9-15 = California (9–1)

|Week9-15-Color = d

|Week9-16 = NC State (5–3–1)

|Week9-16-Color = npr

|Week9-17 = Rice (6–3–1)

|Week9-17-Color = u

|Week9-18 = Oklahoma (7–2–1)

|Week9-18-Color = u

|Week9-19 = UCLA (5–4)

|Week9-19-Color = d

|Week9-20 = Catawba (9–1)

|Week9-20-Color = npr

|Week9Dropped = {{ubl|Columbia|Minnesota|}}

|Week10-1 = Notre Dame (9–0) (107)

|Week10-1-Color = nc

|Week10-2 = Michigan (9–0) (25)

|Week10-2-Color =

|Week10-3 = SMU (9–0–1)

|Week10-3-Color = u

|Week10-4 = Penn State (9–0) (1)

|Week10-4-Color = u

|Week10-5 = Texas (9–1)

|Week10-5-Color = u

|Week10-6 = Alabama (8–2) (1)

|Week10-6-Color = u

|Week10-7 = Penn (7–0–1)

|Week10-7-Color = u

|Week10-8 = USC (7–1–1)

|Week10-8-Color = d

|Week10-9 = North Carolina (8–2) (7)

|Week10-9-Color = u

|Week10-10 = Georgia Tech (9–1)

|Week10-10-Color= d

|Week10-11 = Army (5–2–2)

|Week10-11-Color=

|Week10-12 = Kansas (8–0–2)

|Week10-12-Color= u

|Week10-13 = Ole Miss (8–2)

|Week10-13-Color= d

|Week10-14 = William & Mary (9–1)

|Week10-14-Color= d

|Week10-15 = California (9–1)

|Week10-15-Color=

|Week10-16 = Oklahoma (7–2–1) (1)

|Week10-16-Color= u

|Week10-17 = NC State (5–3–1)

|Week10-17-Color= d

|Week10-18 = Rice (6–3–1)

|Week10-18-Color= d

|Week10-19 = Duke (4–3–2)

|Week10-19-Color= npr

|Week10-20 = Columbia (7–2)

|Week10-20-Color= npr

|Week10Dropped = {{ubl|Catawba|UCLA|}}

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=Post-bowl poll=

The final regular season AP poll, taken in early December before the bowls, had Notre Dame No. 1 (107 first-place votes) and Michigan second, with 25 first-place votes. Michigan won the Rose Bowl 49–0 over USC while Notre Dame did not play in a bowl game. Detroit Free Press sports editor Lyall Smith arranged a special post-bowl poll with only Michigan or Notre Dame as choices, which favored Michigan 226–119.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o5dRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4760%2C1433224 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Sports writers choose Michigan almost 2 to 1 |date=January 7, 1948 |page=16}}Kyrk, John. Natural Enemies. pp. 142–7. {{ISBN|1-58979-090-1}}. However, it was stated that "The new ballot does not supersede the Associated Press' regular final season rating of college football teams, released last December 8, which named Notre Dame the mythical National champion with Michigan the runner-up."

Litkenhous Ratings

The final Litkenhous Ratings released in December 1947 provided numerical rankings to more than 500 college and military football programs. The top 150 ranked teams were:

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1. Michigan (10–0) - 114.0

2. Notre Dame (9–0) - 109.4

3. Texas (10–1) - 103.6

4. USC (7–2–1) - 100.0

5. Penn (7–0–1) - 99.6

6. Army (5–2–2) - 98.2

7. Rice (6–3–1) - 98.1

8. Illinois (5–3–1) - 95.7

9. UCLA (5–4) - 95.0

10. SMU (9–0–2) - 93.9

11. California (9–1) - 93.4

12. Penn State (9–0–1) - 93.2

13. North Carolina (8–2) - 91.7

14. Minnesota (6–3) - 91.2

15. Ole Miss (9–2) - 91.1

16. Wisconsin (5–3–1) - 90.5

17. Indiana (5–3–1) - 89.0

18. Purdue (5–4) - 88.7

19. Georgia Tech (10–1) - 86.9

20. Alabama (8–3) - 86.7

21. Kansas (8–1–2) - 86.5

22. Northwestern (3–6) - 86.2

23. TCU (4–5–2) - 86.0

24. William & Mary (9–2) - 85.7

25. Iowa (3–5–1) - 85.3

26. Virginia (7–3) - 84.9

27. Arkansas (6–4–1) - 84.8

28. Missouri (6–4) - 84.5

29. Kentucky (8–3) - 84.4

30. Columbia (7–2) - 83.0

31. Vanderbilt (6–4) - 82.7

32. Navy (1–7–1) - 81.9

33. Washington (3–6) - 81.7

34. LSU (5–3–1) - 81.1

35. Ohio State (2–6–1) - 80.4

36. Oregon (7–3) - 80.2

37. San Francisco (7–3) - 80.2

38. Michigan State (7–2) - 80.1

39. Oklahoma (7–2–1) - 79.9

40. Georgia (7–4–1) - 79.5

41. Texas A&M (3–6–1) - 79.4

42. West Virginia (6–4) - 79.3

43. Baylor (5–5) -78.5

44. Mississippi State (7–3) - 78.0

45. Maryland (7–2–2) - 77.9

46. Tennessee (5–5) - 77.9

47. Villanova (6–3–1) - 77.9

48. Detroit (6–4) - 77.8

49. Princeton (5–3) - 77.1

50. NC State (5–3–1) - 77.0

51. Duke (4–3–2) - 76.6

52. Oregon State (5–5) - 76.6

53. Yale (6–3) - 75.3

54. Boston College (5–4) - 75.2

55. Nevada (9–2) - 75.2

56. Hardin–Simmons (8–3) - 74.8

57. Wake Forest (6–4) - 74.2

58. Rutgers (8–1) - 73.9

59. Tulane (2–5–2) - 73.2

60. Pacific (10–1) - 71.6

61. Holy Cross (4–4–2) - 71.5

62. Tulsa (5–5) - 71.4

63. Pepperdine (9–0) - 70.4

64. Washington State (3–7) - 70.4

65. Oklahoma A&M (3–7) - 70.3

66. Dartmouth (4–4–1) - 70.1

67. Marquette (4–5) - 70.1

68. Muhlenberg (9–1) - 70.1

69. Clemson (4–5) - 69.9

70. Stanford (0–9) - 69.4

71. Miami (OH) (9–0–1) - 68.9

72. South Carolina (6–2–1) - 68.8

73. Santa Clara (4–4) - 68.4

74. Florida (4–5–1) - 68.0

75. Cornell (4–5) - 67.7

76. Nebraska (2–7) - 67.7

77. Dayton (6–3) - 67.6

78. North Texas (10–2) - 67.5

79. Brown (4–4–1) - 67.3

80. Utah (8–1–1) - 66.9

81. Pittsburgh (1–8) - 66.4

82. San Jose State (9–3) - 66.4

83. Oklahoma City (7–3) - 66.2

84. Virginia Tech (4–5) - 66.1

85. Wichita (7–4) - 66.1

86. McNeese JC - 66.0

87. Miami (FL) (2–7–1) - 66.0

88. St. Bonaventure (6–3) - 64.8

89. Cincinnati (7–3) - 64.7

90. Iowa State (3–6) - 64.4

91. Georgetown (3–4–1) - 63.9

92. Arizona (5–4–1) - 63.7

93. Harvard (4–5) - 63.7

94. West Texas (7–4) - 63.6

95. Denver (5–4–1) - 63.1

96. Xavier (4–4–1) - 62.5

97. Marshall (9–3) - 62.2

98. V. M. I. - 62.1

99. Saint Louis (4–6) - 62.0

100. Temple (3–6) - 61.6

101. Saint Mary's (3–7) - 60.9

102. Utah State (6–5) - 60.8

103. Texas Mines (5–3–1) - 60.5

104. Washington and Lee (5–3) - 60.3

105. Canisius - 60.2

106. Youngstown (8–2) - 59.8

107. Toledo (9–2) - 59.5

108. East Texas (8–2) - 59.3

109. Colorado (4–5)- 56.7

116. Bowling Green (5–5) - 56.7

117. Catawba (11–1) - 56.6

118. Chattanooga (4–6) - 56.6

119. Idaho (4–4) - 56.6

120. Boston - 56.0

121. Davidson (6–3–1) - 55.8

122. Wayne (5–2) - 55.6

123. Syracuse (3–6) - 55.5

124. Lawrence - 55.4

125. New Hampshire (8–1) - 54.9

126. New Mexico (4–5–1) - 54.7

127. Buffalo (8–1) - 54.4

128. John Carroll - 54.3

129. Delaware (4–4) - 54.2

130. San Diego State (7–3–1) - 54.1

131. Abilene Christian - 53.8

132. BYU (3–7) - 53.7

133. Rollins - 53.4

134. George Washington (1–7–1) - 53.3

135. Wyoming (4–5) - 52.6

136. Missouri Valley (12–0) - 52.3

137. Western Michigan (5–4) - 52.0

138. Colorado A&M (5–4–1) - 51.8

139. Southwest Texas (5–4) - 51.7

140. Texas Tech (6–5) - 51.7

141. Hardin - 51.6

142. Denison - 51.5

143. Richmond (3–7) - 51.4

144. Loras - 50.7

145. Western Reserve (4–5) - 50.7

146. Louisville (7–0–1) - 50.6

147. Cameron State - 50.5

148. Drake (1–7–1) - 50.5

149. Kansas State (0–10) - 50.0

150. Compton - 49.8

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HBCU rankings

The Pittsburgh Courier, a leading African American newspaper, ranked the top 1947 teams from historically black colleges and universities using the Dickinson System in an era when college football was largely segregated. The rankings were published on December 6.{{cite news|title=Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=December 6, 1947|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40070100/tennessee_no_1_in_natl_grid_ratings/|via=Newspapers.com}}

1. Tennessee A&I (10–0)
2. Wilberforce State (11–1)
3. Florida A&M (9–1)
4. Hampton (7–2–1)
5. Shaw (10–0)
6. Grambling (10–2)
7. Virginia State (8–1)
8. Southern (10–2)
9. Morgan State (5–2–1)
10. South Carolina State (7–1–2)
11. Howard (6–2–1)
12. Louisville Municipal (6–1–1)
13. Lincoln (MO) (3–3–1)
14. West Virginia State (7–2–1)
15. Fort Valley State (7–1–1)
16. Texas College (5–2–3)
17. Prairie View A&M (6–6)
18. Lane (6–5)
19. Lincoln (PA) (5–4–1)
20. Wiley (5–3–1)
21. Clark (4–3–1)
22. Kentucky State (4–6)

The Courier also ranked 7 what they called "smaller colleges" teams:

1. Alcorn A&M (10–1)
2. Bethune Cookman (10–2)
3. LeMoyne-Owen (4–1–1)
4. Florida Normal (5–2–1)
5. Allen (6–3)
6. Dillard (4–2–1)
7. Alabama A&M (3–1–1)

The Baltimore Afro-American also published post-season rankings on December 13:{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ax0mAAAAIBAJ&pg=5292,3955804|title=The Afro American - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}

1. Tennessee A&I (10–0)
2. Virginia State (8–1)
3. Wilberforce State (11–1)
4. Shaw (8–0)
5. Southern (10–2)
6. Florida A&M (9–1)
7. Howard (6–2–1)
8. Texas College (5–2–3)
9. Hampton (7–2–1)
10. South Carolina State (7–1–2)

See also

1947 College Football All-America Team

References

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