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Top 25 College Football Games of 1938

Every completed game in the season, scored without team allegiance by game-time AP poll strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.

Games
25
Top score
72/100
Overtime
0

National ranking

The season's top 25

25 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.

  1. 1938Week 6

    Carnegie Mellon at Notre Dame

    Carnegie Mellon 0, Notre Dame 7

    No. 7 Carnegie Mellon vs. No. 1 Notre Dame · 7-point margin

    Ranking 44/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    72

    Game score

  2. 1938PostseasonNeutral site

    Duke vs. USC

    Duke 3, USC 7

    No. 3 Duke vs. No. 8 USC · 4-point margin

    Ranking 41/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    72

    Game score

  3. 1938PostseasonNeutral site

    Carnegie Mellon vs. TCU

    Carnegie Mellon 7, TCU 15

    No. 6 Carnegie Mellon vs. No. 2 TCU · 8-point margin

    Ranking 44/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15

    71

    Game score

  4. 1938Week 5

    Holy Cross at Carnegie Mellon

    Holy Cross 6, Carnegie Mellon 7

    No. 10 Holy Cross vs. No. 6 Carnegie Mellon · 1-point margin

    Ranking 36/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    70

    Game score

  5. 1938PostseasonNeutral site

    Oklahoma vs. Tennessee

    Oklahoma 0, Tennessee 17

    No. 5 Oklahoma vs. No. 4 Tennessee · 17-point margin

    Ranking 43/50 · Closeness 18/35 · Overtime 0/15

    61

    Game score

  6. 1938Week 7

    Fordham at Pittsburgh

    Fordham 13, Pittsburgh 24

    No. 13 Fordham vs. No. 7 Pittsburgh · 11-point margin

    Ranking 32/50 · Closeness 24/35 · Overtime 0/15

    56

    Game score

  7. 1938Week 7

    Minnesota at Northwestern

    Minnesota 3, Northwestern 6

    No. 10 Minnesota vs. No. 19 Northwestern · 3-point margin

    Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    55

    Game score

  8. 1938Week 2

    Saint Mary's (CA) at California

    Saint Mary's (CA) 7, California 12

    Unranked Saint Mary's (CA) vs. No. 3 California · 5-point margin

    Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15

    53

    Game score

  9. 1938Week 5

    Illinois at Notre Dame

    Illinois 6, Notre Dame 14

    Unranked Illinois vs. No. 1 Notre Dame · 8-point margin

    Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15

    52

    Game score

  10. 1938Week 3

    Arkansas at TCU

    Arkansas 14, TCU 21

    Unranked Arkansas vs. No. 2 TCU · 7-point margin

    Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    52

    Game score

  11. 1938Week 5

    Tennessee at Alabama

    Tennessee 13, Alabama 0

    No. 3 Tennessee vs. No. 20 Alabama · 13-point margin

    Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15

    51

    Game score

  12. 1938Week 4

    Notre Dame at Georgia Tech

    Notre Dame 14, Georgia Tech 6

    No. 2 Notre Dame vs. Unranked Georgia Tech · 8-point margin

    Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15

    51

    Game score

  13. 1938Week 6

    Duke at Wake Forest

    Duke 7, Wake Forest 0

    No. 3 Duke vs. Unranked Wake Forest · 7-point margin

    Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    51

    Game score

  14. 1938Week 5

    Georgia Tech at Duke

    Georgia Tech 0, Duke 6

    Unranked Georgia Tech vs. No. 4 Duke · 6-point margin

    Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    51

    Game score

  15. 1938Week 5

    Cornell at Syracuse

    Cornell 17, Syracuse 19

    No. 8 Cornell vs. Unranked Syracuse · 2-point margin

    Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15

    51

    Game score

  16. 1938Week 5

    Pittsburgh at Wisconsin

    Pittsburgh 26, Wisconsin 6

    No. 5 Pittsburgh vs. No. 12 Wisconsin · 20-point margin

    Ranking 35/50 · Closeness 15/35 · Overtime 0/15

    50

    Game score

  17. 1938Week 4

    Auburn at Tennessee

    Auburn 0, Tennessee 7

    Unranked Auburn vs. No. 4 Tennessee · 7-point margin

    Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    50

    Game score

  18. 1938Week 7

    LSU at Tennessee

    LSU 6, Tennessee 14

    Unranked LSU vs. No. 4 Tennessee · 8-point margin

    Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15

    49

    Game score

  19. 1938Week 3

    Oklahoma at Rice

    Oklahoma 7, Rice 6

    No. 11 Oklahoma vs. Unranked Rice · 1-point margin

    Ranking 15/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    49

    Game score

  20. 1938Week 7

    Notre Dame at Army

    Notre Dame 19, Army 7

    No. 1 Notre Dame vs. Unranked Army · 12-point margin

    Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15

    48

    Game score

  21. 1938Week 4

    Duke at Colgate

    Duke 7, Colgate 0

    No. 7 Duke vs. Unranked Colgate · 7-point margin

    Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    47

    Game score

  22. 1938Week 6

    Michigan at Yale

    Michigan 15, Yale 13

    No. 12 Michigan vs. Unranked Yale · 2-point margin

    Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15

    47

    Game score

  23. 1938Week 4

    Santa Clara at Texas A&M

    Santa Clara 7, Texas A&M 0

    No. 8 Santa Clara vs. Unranked Texas A&M · 7-point margin

    Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    46

    Game score

  24. 1938Week 7

    South Carolina at Villanova

    South Carolina 6, Villanova 6

    Unranked South Carolina vs. No. 15 Villanova · 0-point margin

    Ranking 11/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15

    46

    Game score

  25. 1938Week 6

    California at Washington

    California 14, Washington 7

    No. 9 California vs. Unranked Washington · 7-point margin

    Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    45

    Game score

Methodology

How each game earns up to 100 points

AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.

Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.

Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.

Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason games use the final regular-season AP poll published before bowl and playoff results. Overtime uses period scoring when available, then explicit overtime notes as a fallback. Historical seasons may have less complete period and box-score data.