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Top 25 College Football Games of 1948

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
69/100
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. 1948PostseasonNeutral site

    North Carolina vs. Oklahoma

    North Carolina 6, Oklahoma 14

    No. 4 North Carolina vs. No. 6 Oklahoma · 8-point margin

    Ranking 42/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15

    69

    Game score

  2. 1948PostseasonNeutral site

    California vs. Northwestern

    California 14, Northwestern 20

    No. 5 California vs. No. 7 Northwestern · 6-point margin

    Ranking 40/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    69

    Game score

  3. 1948Week 7

    Penn State at Michigan State

    Penn State 14, Michigan State 14

    No. 6 Penn State vs. No. 12 Michigan State · 0-point margin

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

    69

    Game score

  4. 1948Week 5

    SMU at Missouri

    SMU 14, Missouri 20

    No. 8 SMU vs. No. 9 Missouri · 6-point margin

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

    64

    Game score

  5. 1948PostseasonNeutral site

    Oregon vs. SMU

    Oregon 13, SMU 21

    No. 10 Oregon vs. No. 8 SMU · 8-point margin

    Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15

    61

    Game score

  6. 1948Week 3

    Michigan at Michigan State

    Michigan 13, Michigan State 7

    No. 1 Michigan vs. No. 19 Michigan State · 6-point margin

    Ranking 32/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    61

    Game score

  7. 1948Week 4

    North Carolina at Georgia

    North Carolina 21, Georgia 14

    No. 3 North Carolina vs. No. 18 Georgia · 7-point margin

    Ranking 31/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    59

    Game score

  8. 1948Week 4

    Oregon at Michigan

    Oregon 0, Michigan 14

    No. 14 Oregon vs. No. 1 Michigan · 14-point margin

    Ranking 37/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15

    58

    Game score

  9. 1948Week 7

    Michigan at Minnesota

    Michigan 27, Minnesota 14

    No. 1 Michigan vs. No. 15 Minnesota · 13-point margin

    Ranking 36/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15

    58

    Game score

  10. 1948Week 3

    Purdue at Notre Dame

    Purdue 27, Notre Dame 28

    Unranked Purdue vs. No. 2 Notre Dame · 1-point margin

    Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    58

    Game score

  11. 1948PostseasonNeutral site

    Missouri vs. Clemson

    Missouri 23, Clemson 24

    No. 20 Missouri vs. No. 9 Clemson · 1-point margin

    Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    57

    Game score

  12. 1948Week 4

    Tulane at Georgia Tech

    Tulane 7, Georgia Tech 13

    No. 19 Tulane vs. No. 6 Georgia Tech · 6-point margin

    Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    56

    Game score

  13. 1948Week 5

    Minnesota at Northwestern

    Minnesota 16, Northwestern 19

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

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

    55

    Game score

  14. 1948Week 8

    Illinois at Michigan

    Illinois 20, Michigan 28

    Unranked Illinois vs. No. 1 Michigan · 8-point margin

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

    52

    Game score

  15. 1948Week 5

    Army at Illinois

    Army 26, Illinois 21

    No. 4 Army vs. Unranked Illinois · 5-point margin

    Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15

    52

    Game score

  16. 1948Week 6

    Northwestern at Michigan

    Northwestern 0, Michigan 28

    No. 8 Northwestern vs. No. 1 Michigan · 28-point margin

    Ranking 43/50 · Closeness 7/35 · Overtime 0/15

    50

    Game score

  17. 1948Week 5

    Michigan State at Notre Dame

    Michigan State 7, Notre Dame 26

    No. 17 Michigan State vs. No. 1 Notre Dame · 19-point margin

    Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 16/35 · Overtime 0/15

    50

    Game score

  18. 1948Week 8

    North Carolina at Tennessee

    North Carolina 14, Tennessee 7

    No. 4 North Carolina vs. Unranked Tennessee · 7-point margin

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

    50

    Game score

  19. 1948Week 8

    California at USC

    California 13, USC 7

    No. 5 California vs. Unranked USC · 6-point margin

    Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    50

    Game score

  20. 1948Week 7

    Oklahoma at TCU

    Oklahoma 21, TCU 18

    No. 8 Oklahoma vs. Unranked TCU · 3-point margin

    Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    50

    Game score

  21. 1948Week 8

    Saint Mary's (CA) at Oregon

    Saint Mary's (CA) 13, Oregon 14

    Unranked Saint Mary's (CA) vs. No. 10 Oregon · 1-point margin

    Ranking 16/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    50

    Game score

  22. 1948Week 8

    Ohio State at Northwestern

    Ohio State 7, Northwestern 21

    No. 17 Ohio State vs. No. 7 Northwestern · 14-point margin

    Ranking 28/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15

    49

    Game score

  23. 1948Week 7

    Clemson at South Carolina

    Clemson 13, South Carolina 7

    No. 9 Clemson vs. Unranked South Carolina · 6-point margin

    Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    46

    Game score

  24. 1948Week 3

    NC State at Duke

    NC State 0, Duke 0

    Unranked NC State vs. No. 15 Duke · 0-point margin

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

    46

    Game score

  25. 1948Week 6

    Harvard at Army

    Harvard 7, Army 20

    Unranked Harvard vs. No. 3 Army · 13-point margin

    Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 22/35 · 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.