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1948 NCAA Division I-A football season

1948 Big 7 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
No. 5 Oklahoma $ 5 0 0     10 1 0
Missouri 5 1 0     8 3 0
Kansas 4 2 0     7 3 0
Colorado 2 3 0     3 6 0
Iowa State 2 4 0     4 6 0
Nebraska 2 4 0     2 8 0
Kansas State 0 6 0     1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1948 Big Nine football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
No. 1 Michigan $ 6 0 0     9 0 0
No. 7 Northwestern 5 1 0     8 2 0
No. 16 Minnesota 5 2 0     7 2 0
Ohio State 3 3 0     6 3 0
Iowa 2 4 0     4 5 0
Purdue 2 4 0     3 6 0
Indiana 2 4 0     2 7 0
Illinois 2 5 0     3 6 0
Wisconsin 1 5 0     2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1948 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Southwest Texas State 6 0 0     8 1 0
North Texas State 4 2 0     6 4 0
Stephen F. Austin 3 2 1     7 2 1
Trinity 2 2 2     6 2 2
Houston 3 3 0     5 6 0
East Texas State 1 4 1     3 6 1
Sam Houston State 0 6 0     0 9 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1948 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Oklahoma A&M $ 2 0 0     6 4 0
Wichita 2 1 1     5 4 1
Drake 1 1 0     7 3 0
Tulsa 0 1 1     0 9 1
Saint Louis 0 2 0     4 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1948 MSC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Utah $ 5 0 0     8 1 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1948 PCC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
No. 4 California * + 6 0 0     10 1 0
No. 9 Oregon + 7 0 0     9 2 0
USC 4 2 0     6 3 1
Washington State 4 3 1     4 5 1
Stanford 3 4 0     4 6 0
Oregon State 2 3 2     5 4 3
Washington 2 5 1     2 7 1
UCLA 2 6 0     3 7 0
Idaho 1 5 0     3 6 0
Montana 0 3 0     3 7 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
1948 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
No. 8 Georgia $ 6 0 0     9 2 0
No. 15 Ole Miss 6 1 0     8 1 0
No. 13 Tulane 5 1 0     9 1 0
No. 12 Vanderbilt 4 2 1     8 2 1
Georgia Tech 4 3 0     7 3 0
Alabama 4 4 1     6 4 1
Mississippi State 3 3 0     4 4 1
Tennessee 2 3 1     4 4 2
Kentucky 1 3 1     5 3 2
Florida 1 5 0     5 5 0
LSU 1 5 0     3 7 0
Auburn 0 7 0     1 8 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1948 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
No. 11 Clemson $ 5 0 0     11 0 0
No. 3 North Carolina 4 0 1     9 1 1
VMI 5 1 0     6 3 0
No. 17 William & Mary 5 1 1     7 2 2
No. 20 Wake Forest 5 2 0     6 4 0
Maryland 4 2 0     6 4 0
Duke 3 2 1     4 3 2
Richmond 3 3 1     5 3 2
Washington and Lee 2 2 0     4 6 0
Furman 2 4 0     2 6 1
George Washington 2 4 0     4 6 0
Davidson 2 5 0     3 5 1
South Carolina 1 3 0     3 5 0
NC State 1 4 1     3 6 1
VPI 0 6 1     0 8 1
The Citadel 0 5 0     2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1948 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
No. 10 SMU $ 5 0 1     9 1 1
Texas 4 1 1     7 3 1
Baylor 3 2 1     6 3 2
Rice 3 2 1     5 4 1
Arkansas 2 4 0     5 5 0
TCU 1 4 1     4 5 1
Texas A&M 0 5 1     0 9 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 NCAA football season finished with two unbeaten and untied teams; Michigan and Clemson. Michigan was the first place choice for the majority (192 of the 333) voters in the AP Poll, but didn’t play in the postseason because of a no-repeat rule for Big Nine schools. Notre Dame, second in the AP Poll, tied USC 14–14 at the end of the regular season, but did not participate in any bowl per university policy at the time. Northwestern beat California 20–14 in the Rose Bowl, and Clemson defeated Missouri by a point in the Gator Bowl.

Air travel to away games became increasingly popular with college football programs in the late 1940s.

The Associated Press did not poll the writers until the fourth week of the season. Among the five teams that had been ranked highest in 1947, Notre Dame, Michigan, SMU, Penn State, Texas began play on September 25. Notre Dame edged Purdue 28-27, Michigan won at Michigan State, 13-7, and SMU won at Pittsburgh, 33-14. The Texas Longhorns lost at North Carolina, 34-7. Northwestern beat UCLA, in Los Angeles, 19-0. In Baltimore, California beat Navy, 21-7. Army beat visiting Villanova 28-0.

On October 2 In Pittsburgh, Notre Dame shut out Pitt, 40-0, while in Dallas, SMU defeated Texas Tech 41-6. Penn State beat Bucknell 35-0, Michigan beat Oregon 14-0. North Carolina won at Georgia 21-14. Army beat Lafayette 54-7. Northwestern beat Prudue 21-0. When the first poll was issued, Notre Dame had fewer first place votes than North Carolina (50 vs. 55), but ten more points overall (1,200 to 1,190) Northwestern was third, followed by SMU and Army. Though unbeaten, Michigan was ranked 7th, after Georgia Tech.

On October 9 #1 Notre Dame beat Michigan State 26-7. #2 North Carolina won at Wake Forest, 28-6, and was ranked first in the next poll. #3 Northwestern beat #8 Minnesota 19-16. #4 SMU lost at Missouri, 20-14. #5 Army won at Illinois, 26-21. #7 Michigan, which had won at #15 Purdue, 40-0, rose to 4th.


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