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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| | National champion |
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| | Win–loss record |
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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 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).
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{{ColPollTable
|Week1 = 1
|Week2 = 2
|Week3 = 3
|Week4 = 4
|Week5 = 5
|Week6 = 6
|Week7 = 7
|Week8 = 8
|Week9 = 9 (Final)
|Week1Date = Oct 4{{cite web |title=October 4, 1948 AP Football Poll |url=http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=102
|work=College Poll Archive |access-date=March 26, 2017 }}
|Week2Date = Oct 11{{cite web |title=October 11, 1948 AP Football Poll |url=http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=103
|work=College Poll Archive |access-date=March 26, 2017 }}
|Week3Date = Oct 18{{cite web |title=October 18, 1948 AP Football Poll |url=http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=104
|work=College Poll Archive |access-date=March 26, 2017 }}
|Week4Date = Oct 25{{cite web |title=October 25, 1948 AP Football Poll |url=http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=105
|work=College Poll Archive |access-date=March 26, 2017 }}
|Week5Date = Nov 1{{cite web |title=November 1, 1948 AP Football Poll |url=http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=106
|work=College Poll Archive |access-date=March 26, 2017 }}
|Week6Date = Nov 8{{cite web |title=November 8, 1948 AP Football Poll |url=http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=107
|work=College Poll Archive |access-date=March 26, 2017 }}
|Week7Date = Nov 15{{cite web |title=November 15, 1948 AP Football Poll |url=http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=108
|work=College Poll Archive |access-date=March 26, 2017 }}
|Week8Date = Nov 22{{cite web |title=November 22, 1948 AP Football Poll |url=http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=109
|work=College Poll Archive |access-date=March 26, 2017 }}
|Week9Date = Nov 29{{cite web |title=1948 Final AP Football Poll|url=http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=110
|work=College Poll Archive |access-date=March 26, 2017 }}
|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
|Week2Dropped = {{ubl|Arkansas|Harvard|Indiana|Ohio State|Purdue|Tennessee|Texas|}}
|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
|Week3Dropped = {{ubl|Baylor|Georgia|}}
|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 = {{ubl|Baylor (4–0–1) т|Texas (4–2) т}}
|Week4-20-Color = npr
|Week4Dropped = {{ubl|Duke|Ole Miss|Cornell|}}
|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
|Week5Dropped = {{ubl|Baylor|}}
|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
|Week6Dropped = {{ubl|Tulane|}}
|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
|Week7Dropped = {{ubl|Missouri|Nevada|Tennessee|Wake Forest|}}
|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
|Week8Dropped = {{ubl|Cornell|Georgia Tech|}}
|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
|Week9Dropped = {{ubl|Ohio State|Penn|}}
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Litkenhous Ratings
The final Litkenhous Ratings released in December 1948 provided numerical rankings to more than 700 college and military football programs.{{cite news|title=Michigan Leads Final Grid Ratings|newspaper=Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph|date=December 19, 1948|page=II-2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-sun-telegraph-michigan-leads/124889710/|via=Newspapers.com}} The top 100 ranked teams were:
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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
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''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.{{cite news|title=Southern Continues to Show Grid Supremacy|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|author=Lucius Jones|date=December 11, 1948|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-pittsburgh-courier-1948-rankings/139175726/|via=Newspapers.com}} The rankings were published on December 11.
- 1. Southern (12–0)
- 2. Grambling (8–2)
- 3. Wilberforce State (9–1–1)
- 4. West Virginia State (5–2–2)
- 5. Florida A&M (8–2)
- 6. Kentucky State (7–2–1)
- 7. Texas College (8–3)
- 8. Lincoln (PA) (5–2)
- 9. Morgan State (5–3)
- 10. Virginia Union (6–5)
See also
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