National Champion: Texas Christian (AP)
Heisman Memorial Trophy: Davey O'Brien (Texas Christian)
AP First #1: Pittsburgh ▪ AP Final #1: Texas Christian
| Rk | Wk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sep 16, 1938 | Fri | Furman | 13 | Oglethorpe | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Sep 16, 1938 | Fri | Richmond | 6 | @ | Newport News | 0 | |
| 3 | 1 | Sep 17, 1938 | Sat | Centenary (LA) | 14 | Northwestern State | 0 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Sep 17, 1938 | Sat | Clemson | 26 | Presbyterian | 0 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Sep 17, 1938 | Sat | Davidson | 12 | @ | Citadel | 6 | |
| 6 | 1 | Sep 17, 1938 | Sat | Drake | 45 | Central (Iowa) | 0 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Sep 17, 1938 | Sat | Oklahoma State | 23 | Central Oklahoma | 12 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Sep 17, 1938 | Sat | Texas Tech | 35 | Montana State | 0 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Sep 17, 1938 | Sat | Virginia Military Institute | 33 | Elon | 7 | ||
| 10 | 1 | Sep 17, 1938 | Sat | Virginia Tech | 33 | Emory & Henry | 0 | ||
| 11 | 1 | Sep 17, 1938 | Sat | Wake Forest | 57 | Randolph-Macon | 6 | ||
| 12 | 1 | Sep 17, 1938 | Sat | William & Mary | 27 | @ | Norfolk Navy | 0 | |
| 13 | 1 | Sep 17, 1938 | Sat | Wyoming | 20 | @ | Fort Warren | 7 | |
| 14 | 1 | Sep 18, 1938 | Sun | San Francisco | 31 | St. Mary's (Texas) | 0 | ||
| 15 | 1 | Sep 19, 1938 | Mon | San Jose State | 18 | @ | Arizona State | 7 | |
| 16 | 1 | Sep 19, 1938 | Mon | South Carolina | 53 | Erskine | 0 | ||
| Rk | Wk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 17 | 2 | Sep 23, 1938 | Fri | Auburn | 14 | Birmingham-Southern | 0 | Montgomery, AL | |
| 18 | 2 | Sep 23, 1938 | Fri | Bucknell | 28 | Furman | 6 | ||
| 19 | 2 | Sep 23, 1938 | Fri | Duquesne | 34 | Waynesburg | 7 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 20 | 2 | Sep 23, 1938 | Fri | Gonzaga | 38 | Puget Sound | 0 | ||
| 21 | 2 | Sep 23, 1938 | Fri | Iowa State | 14 | @ | Denver | 7 | |
| 22 | 2 | Sep 23, 1938 | Fri | New Mexico | 40 | Western New Mexico | 0 | ||
| 23 | 2 | Sep 23, 1938 | Fri | New Mexico State | 27 | Montana State | 7 | ||
| 24 | 2 | Sep 23, 1938 | Fri | San Francisco | 20 | Hardin-Simmons | 0 | ||
| 25 | 2 | Sep 23, 1938 | Fri | UCLA | 27 | Iowa | 3 | ||
| 26 | 2 | Sep 23, 1938 | Fri | Washington & Lee | 7 | Hampden-Sydney | 6 | ||
| 27 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Alabama | 19 | @ | Southern California | 7 | |
| 28 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Arkansas | 27 | Oklahoma State | 7 | ||
| 29 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Army | 32 | Wichita State | 0 | ||
| 30 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Baylor | 33 | Southwestern (TX) | 0 | ||
| 31 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Boston College | 63 | Canisius | 12 | ||
| 32 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Bradley | 6 | Saint Louis | 0 | ||
| 33 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Brigham Young | 19 | Northern Arizona | 0 | ||
| 34 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | California | 12 | Saint Mary's (CA) | 7 | ||
| 35 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Clemson | 13 | @ | Tulane | 10 | |
| 36 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Colorado State | 12 | @ | Colorado Mines | 6 | |
| 37 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Dartmouth | 46 | Bates | 0 | ||
| 38 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Drake | 47 | Monmouth | 0 | ||
| 39 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Duke | 18 | Virginia Tech | 0 | Greensboro, NC | |
| 40 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Holy Cross | 28 | Providence | 0 | ||
| 41 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Idaho | 13 | @ | Oregon State | 0 | |
| 42 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Kansas | 19 | Texas | 18 | ||
| 43 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Kentucky | 46 | Maryville (TN) | 7 | ||
| 44 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Loyola Marymount | 51 | @ | California Tech | 0 | |
| 45 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Michigan State | 34 | Wayne State | 6 | ||
| 46 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Minnesota | 15 | Washington | 0 | ||
| 47 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Mississippi | 20 | @ | Louisiana State | 7 | |
| 48 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Montana | 27 | Eastern Washington | 0 | ||
| 49 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Navy | 26 | William & Mary | 0 | ||
| 50 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | North Carolina | 14 | Wake Forest | 6 | ||
| 51 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | North Carolina State | 19 | Davidson | 7 | Charlotte, NC | |
| 52 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Ohio | 6 | @ | Illinois | 0 | |
| 53 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Oregon | 10 | @ | Washington State | 2 | |
| 54 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Pittsburgh | 19 | West Virginia | 0 | ||
| 55 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Purdue | 19 | Detroit Mercy | 6 | ||
| 56 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Richmond | 19 | @ | Maryland | 6 | |
| 57 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | South Carolina | 6 | @ | Xavier | 0 | |
| 58 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Southern Methodist | 34 | North Texas | 7 | ||
| 59 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | St. Bonaventure | 7 | @ | Manhattan | 6 | New York, NY |
| 60 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Stetson | 16 | @ | Florida | 14 | |
| 61 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Temple | 6 | Albright | 0 | ||
| 62 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Tennessee | 26 | Sewanee | 3 | ||
| 63 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Texas A&M | 52 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 0 | ||
| 64 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Texas Christian | 13 | Centenary (LA) | 0 | ||
| 65 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Texas Tech | 39 | Wyoming | 0 | ||
| 66 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Tulsa | 20 | Central Oklahoma | 0 | ||
| 67 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Vanderbilt | 20 | @ | Washington (MO) | 0 | |
| 68 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Virginia Military Institute | 12 | Virginia | 12 | ||
| 69 | 2 | Sep 24, 1938 | Sat | Washburn | 34 | Baker | 0 | ||
| 70 | 2 | Sep 25, 1938 | Sun | Mississippi State | 19 | Samford | 0 | ||
| Rk | Wk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 71 | 3 | Sep 27, 1938 | Tue | Georgia | 20 | Citadel | 12 | ||
| 72 | 3 | Sep 30, 1938 | Fri | Boston College | 13 | Northeastern | 0 | ||
| 73 | 3 | Sep 30, 1938 | Fri | Brigham Young | 20 | @ | Denver | 0 | |
| 74 | 3 | Sep 30, 1938 | Fri | Central Arkansas | 12 | @ | New Mexico State | 6 | |
| 75 | 3 | Sep 30, 1938 | Fri | Detroit Mercy | 7 | Western Michigan | 0 | ||
| 76 | 3 | Sep 30, 1938 | Fri | George Washington | 7 | Furman | 0 | ||
| 77 | 3 | Sep 30, 1938 | Fri | Loyola Marymount | 7 | Pacific | 0 | ||
| 78 | 3 | Sep 30, 1938 | Fri | Manhattan | 19 | Niagara | 0 | New York, NY | |
| 79 | 3 | Sep 30, 1938 | Fri | Miami (FL) | 40 | Spring Hill | 0 | ||
| 80 | 3 | Sep 30, 1938 | Fri | New Mexico | 21 | Arizona State | 0 | ||
| 81 | 3 | Sep 30, 1938 | Fri | Rhodes | 47 | Sewanee | 0 | ||
| 82 | 3 | Sep 30, 1938 | Fri | Syracuse | 27 | Clarkson | 0 | ||
| 83 | 3 | Sep 30, 1938 | Fri | Texas Tech | 7 | @ | Duquesne | 6 | Buffalo, NY |
| 84 | 3 | Sep 30, 1938 | Fri | Wake Forest | 31 | Citadel | 0 | Charlotte, NC | |
| 85 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Alabama | 34 | Samford | 0 | ||
| 86 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Army | 39 | Virginia Tech | 0 | ||
| 87 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Auburn | 0 | Tulane | 0 | ||
| 88 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Baylor | 20 | Oklahoma State | 6 | Wichita Falls, TX | |
| 89 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Bradley | 0 | Chicago | 0 | ||
| 90 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Brown | 20 | @ | Harvard | 13 | |
| 91 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Bucknell | 27 | Gettysburg | 14 | ||
| 92 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | California | 27 | @ | Washington State | 3 | |
| 93 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Carnegie Mellon | 49 | Davis & Elkins | 0 | ||
| 94 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Centenary (LA) | 26 | @ | Hardin-Simmons | 13 | |
| 95 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Colorado State | 0 | Wyoming | 0 | ||
| 96 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Columbia | 27 | @ | Yale | 14 | |
| 97 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Cornell | 15 | Colgate | 6 | ||
| 98 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Creighton | 26 | South Dakota | 0 | ||
| 99 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Dartmouth | 51 | St. Lawrence | 0 | ||
| 100 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Duke | 27 | Davidson | 0 | Greensboro, NC | |
| 101 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Fordham | 47 | Upsala | 0 | New York, NY | |
| 102 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Georgetown | 51 | @ | Hampden-Sydney | 0 | |
| 103 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Georgia | 7 | @ | South Carolina | 6 | |
| 104 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Georgia Tech | 19 | Mercer | 0 | ||
| 105 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Holy Cross | 46 | Rhode Island | 13 | ||
| 106 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Idaho | 12 | Washington | 12 | ||
| 107 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Illinois | 44 | DePaul | 7 | ||
| 108 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Iowa State | 32 | Luther | 7 | ||
| 109 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Kentucky | 66 | Oglethorpe | 0 | ||
| 110 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Louisiana State | 20 | @ | Texas | 0 | |
| 111 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Michigan | 14 | Michigan State | 0 | ||
| 112 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Minnesota | 16 | Nebraska | 7 | ||
| 113 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Mississippi | 27 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | ||
| 114 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Mississippi State | 22 | Florida | 0 | ||
| 115 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Missouri | 14 | Colorado | 7 | ||
| 116 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Montana | 0 | San Francisco | 0 | ||
| 117 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Navy | 26 | Virginia Military Institute | 0 | ||
| 118 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | New York University | 19 | Maine | 0 | ||
| 119 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Newport News | 9 | @ | William & Mary | 8 | |
| 120 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | North Carolina | 21 | @ | North Carolina State | 0 | |
| 121 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Northern Arizona | 12 | Nevada | 12 | ||
| 122 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Northwestern | 21 | Kansas State | 0 | ||
| 123 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Notre Dame | 52 | Kansas | 0 | ||
| 124 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Ohio State | 6 | Indiana | 0 | ||
| 125 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Oklahoma | 7 | @ | Rice | 6 | |
| 126 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Oregon | 14 | UCLA | 12 | ||
| 127 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Penn State | 33 | Maryland | 0 | ||
| 128 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Pennsylvania | 34 | Lafayette | 6 | ||
| 129 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Pittsburgh | 28 | @ | Temple | 6 | |
| 130 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Princeton | 39 | Williams | 0 | ||
| 131 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Purdue | 21 | @ | Butler | 6 | |
| 132 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Richmond | 12 | Randolph-Macon | 7 | ||
| 133 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Saint Louis | 13 | Missouri-Rolla | 0 | ||
| 134 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Santa Clara | 22 | @ | Stanford | 0 | |
| 135 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Southern California | 7 | Oregon State | 0 | ||
| 136 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Southern Methodist | 29 | Arizona | 7 | ||
| 137 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Tennessee | 20 | Clemson | 7 | ||
| 138 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Texas A&M | 20 | Tulsa | 0 | Tyler, TX | |
| 139 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Texas Christian | 21 | Arkansas | 14 | ||
| 140 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Texas-El Paso | 26 | New Mexico Military | 0 | ||
| 141 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Utah | 34 | Montana State | 0 | ||
| 142 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Utah State | 44 | Albertson | 6 | ||
| 143 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Vanderbilt | 12 | Western Kentucky | 0 | ||
| 144 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Villanova | 59 | American International | 0 | ||
| 145 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Virginia | 13 | Washington & Lee | 0 | ||
| 146 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Washburn | 19 | Emporia State | 6 | ||
| 147 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Washington (MO) | 25 | Drake | 13 | ||
| 148 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | West Virginia | 38 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 6 | ||
| 149 | 3 | Oct 1, 1938 | Sat | Wisconsin | 27 | Marquette | 0 | ||
| 150 | 3 | Oct 2, 1938 | Sun | Saint Mary's (CA) | 20 | Gonzaga | 0 | ||
| Rk | Wk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 151 | 4 | Oct 7, 1938 | Fri | California | 48 | California-Davis | 0 | ||
| 152 | 4 | Oct 7, 1938 | Fri | Citadel | 12 | Presbyterian | 0 | ||
| 153 | 4 | Oct 7, 1938 | Fri | Detroit Mercy | 27 | Catholic | 0 | ||
| 154 | 4 | Oct 7, 1938 | Fri | Marquette | 7 | Southern Methodist | 0 | Chicago, IL | |
| 155 | 4 | Oct 7, 1938 | Fri | Miami (FL) | 32 | Tampa | 6 | ||
| 156 | 4 | Oct 7, 1938 | Fri | New Mexico | 45 | Colorado College | 0 | ||
| 157 | 4 | Oct 7, 1938 | Fri | San Francisco | 14 | California-Santa Barbara | 0 | ||
| 158 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Alabama | 14 | North Carolina State | 0 | ||
| 159 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Arizona State | 13 | Cal Poly | 0 | ||
| 160 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Baylor | 9 | @ | Arkansas | 6 | |
| 161 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Brigham Young | 24 | Wyoming | 13 | ||
| 162 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Brown | 20 | Lafayette | 0 | ||
| 163 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Bucknell | 14 | @ | Penn State | 0 | |
| 164 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | California | 39 | Pacific | 0 | ||
| 165 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Carnegie Mellon | 32 | Wittenberg | 13 | ||
| 166 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Centenary (LA) | 6 | @ | Rhodes | 0 | |
| 167 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Colorado State | 0 | Denver | 0 | ||
| 168 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Columbia | 20 | @ | Army | 18 | |
| 169 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Cornell | 20 | @ | Harvard | 0 | |
| 170 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Creighton | 16 | Oklahoma State | 7 | ||
| 171 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Dartmouth | 22 | @ | Princeton | 0 | |
| 172 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Davidson | 33 | Erskine | 0 | ||
| 173 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Duke | 7 | @ | Colgate | 0 | Buffalo, NY |
| 174 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Florida | 10 | Sewanee | 6 | ||
| 175 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Fordham | 53 | Waynesburg | 0 | New York, NY | |
| 176 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Fort Hays State | 20 | @ | Northern Arizona | 19 | |
| 177 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | George Washington | 20 | Butler | 0 | ||
| 178 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Georgetown | 33 | Roanoke | 6 | ||
| 179 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Holy Cross | 19 | Manhattan | 6 | ||
| 180 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Idaho | 27 | North Dakota State | 0 | ||
| 181 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Illinois | 12 | Indiana | 2 | ||
| 182 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Iowa State | 8 | @ | Nebraska | 7 | |
| 183 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Kansas | 58 | Washburn | 14 | ||
| 184 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Kansas State | 21 | Missouri | 13 | ||
| 185 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Louisiana State | 3 | Rice | 0 | ||
| 186 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Loyola Marymount | 27 | Redlands | 0 | ||
| 187 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Michigan | 45 | Chicago | 7 | ||
| 188 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Michigan State | 18 | Illinois Wesleyan | 0 | ||
| 189 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Minnesota | 7 | Purdue | 0 | ||
| 190 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Mississippi | 14 | Southern Mississippi | 0 | ||
| 191 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Mississippi State | 48 | Louisiana Tech | 0 | ||
| 192 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Montana | 7 | DePaul | 6 | ||
| 193 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Navy | 33 | Virginia | 0 | ||
| 194 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | New Mexico State | 7 | @ | Arizona | 6 | |
| 195 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | New York University | 25 | @ | Rutgers | 6 | |
| 196 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Northwestern | 33 | Drake | 0 | ||
| 197 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Notre Dame | 14 | @ | Georgia Tech | 6 | |
| 198 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Oklahoma | 13 | Texas | 0 | Dallas, TX | |
| 199 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Oregon State | 19 | Portland | 0 | ||
| 200 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Pennsylvania | 21 | Yale | 0 | ||
| 201 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Pittsburgh | 27 | Duquesne | 0 | ||
| 202 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Richmond | 26 | @ | Hampden-Sydney | 7 | |
| 203 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Saint Louis | 0 | Wichita State | 0 | ||
| 204 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Santa Clara | 7 | @ | Texas A&M | 0 | |
| 205 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Southern California | 14 | @ | Ohio State | 7 | |
| 206 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Stanford | 8 | Washington State | 0 | ||
| 207 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Syracuse | 53 | Maryland | 0 | ||
| 208 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Tennessee | 7 | Auburn | 0 | ||
| 209 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Texas Christian | 28 | @ | Temple | 6 | |
| 210 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Texas Tech | 60 | @ | Oklahoma City | 0 | |
| 211 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Texas-El Paso | 32 | @ | Northern Colorado | 0 | |
| 212 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Tulane | 17 | @ | North Carolina | 14 | |
| 213 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Tulsa | 14 | Washington (MO) | 0 | ||
| 214 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | UCLA | 13 | Washington | 0 | ||
| 215 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Utah State | 20 | Colorado | 0 | ||
| 216 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Vanderbilt | 14 | @ | Kentucky | 7 | |
| 217 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Villanova | 25 | @ | Muhlenberg | 7 | |
| 218 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Virginia Military Institute | 7 | Clemson | 7 | Charlotte, NC | |
| 219 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Virginia Tech | 27 | William & Mary | 0 | Richmond, VA | |
| 220 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Wake Forest | 20 | @ | South Carolina | 19 | |
| 221 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | West Virginia | 6 | Washington & Lee | 6 | Charleston, WV | |
| 222 | 4 | Oct 8, 1938 | Sat | Wisconsin | 31 | @ | Iowa | 13 | |
| 223 | 4 | Oct 9, 1938 | Sun | Georgia | 38 | Furman | 7 | ||
| Rk | Wk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 224 | 5 | Oct 12, 1938 | Wed | Boston College | 9 | Detroit Mercy | 6 | ||
| 225 | 5 | Oct 14, 1938 | Fri | Auburn | 20 | Mississippi State | 6 | Montgomery, AL | |
| 226 | 5 | Oct 14, 1938 | Fri | Duquesne | 13 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 0 | ||
| 227 | 5 | Oct 14, 1938 | Fri | Kansas State | 6 | @ | Marquette | 0 | |
| 228 | 5 | Oct 14, 1938 | Fri | Sewanee | 44 | Hiwassee | 0 | ||
| 229 | 5 | Oct 14, 1938 | Fri | South Carolina | 25 | Davidson | 0 | Sumter, SC | |
| 230 | 5 | Oct 14, 1938 | Fri | Tulsa | 28 | @ | Saint Louis | 0 | |
| 231 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Arkansas | 42 | Texas | 6 | Little Rock, AR | |
| 232 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Army | 20 | @ | Harvard | 17 | |
| 233 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Brigham Young | 7 | Utah | 7 | ||
| 234 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | California | 20 | UCLA | 7 | ||
| 235 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Carnegie Mellon | 7 | Holy Cross | 6 | ||
| 236 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Centenary (LA) | 7 | Loyola Marymount | 6 | ||
| 237 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Citadel | 9 | @ | Furman | 6 | |
| 238 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Colgate | 12 | @ | Columbia | 0 | |
| 239 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Creighton | 7 | Drake | 7 | ||
| 240 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Dartmouth | 34 | Brown | 13 | ||
| 241 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Denver | 7 | Utah State | 0 | ||
| 242 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Duke | 6 | Georgia Tech | 0 | ||
| 243 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | George Washington | 13 | @ | Colorado | 0 | |
| 244 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Georgetown | 33 | Randolph-Macon | 0 | ||
| 245 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Hampden-Sydney | 13 | @ | Emory & Henry | 0 | |
| 246 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Idaho | 26 | @ | Gonzaga | 12 | |
| 247 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Indiana | 0 | Nebraska | 0 | ||
| 248 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Iowa | 27 | @ | Chicago | 14 | |
| 249 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Iowa State | 16 | @ | Missouri | 13 | |
| 250 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Louisiana State | 47 | Loyola (LA) | 6 | ||
| 251 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Manhattan | 20 | @ | Providence | 7 | |
| 252 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Maryland | 14 | McDaniel | 8 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 253 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Miami (FL) | 19 | @ | Florida | 7 | |
| 254 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Michigan State | 26 | @ | West Virginia | 0 | |
| 255 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Minnesota | 7 | Michigan | 6 | ||
| 256 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | North Carolina | 7 | @ | New York University | 0 | Bronx, NY |
| 257 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | North Carolina State | 19 | Wake Forest | 7 | ||
| 258 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Northern Arizona | 19 | Arizona State | 13 | ||
| 259 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Notre Dame | 14 | Illinois | 6 | ||
| 260 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Ohio State | 0 | Northwestern | 0 | ||
| 261 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Oklahoma | 19 | @ | Kansas | 0 | |
| 262 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Oregon State | 13 | @ | Washington | 6 | |
| 263 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Penn State | 59 | @ | Lehigh | 6 | |
| 264 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Pittsburgh | 26 | @ | Wisconsin | 6 | |
| 265 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Princeton | 13 | Pennsylvania | 0 | ||
| 266 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Purdue | 6 | Fordham | 6 | New York, NY | |
| 267 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Santa Clara | 27 | @ | Arizona | 0 | Phoenix, AZ |
| 268 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Southern California | 19 | Washington State | 6 | ||
| 269 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Stanford | 27 | Oregon | 16 | ||
| 270 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Syracuse | 19 | Cornell | 17 | ||
| 271 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Temple | 26 | Bucknell | 0 | ||
| 272 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Tennessee | 13 | @ | Alabama | 0 | Birmingham, AL |
| 273 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Texas Christian | 34 | @ | Texas A&M | 6 | |
| 274 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Texas Tech | 19 | @ | Montana | 13 | |
| 275 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Texas-El Paso | 7 | New Mexico | 6 | ||
| 276 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Tulane | 26 | Rice | 17 | ||
| 277 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Vanderbilt | 13 | Mississippi | 7 | ||
| 278 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Villanova | 35 | Centre | 6 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 279 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Virginia | 14 | @ | Virginia Tech | 6 | |
| 280 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Virginia Military Institute | 13 | @ | Richmond | 6 | |
| 281 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Washburn | 20 | @ | Colorado College | 0 | |
| 282 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Washington & Lee | 8 | @ | Kentucky | 0 | |
| 283 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Washington (MO) | 58 | Simpson | 6 | ||
| 284 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | William & Mary | 45 | Guilford | 0 | ||
| 285 | 5 | Oct 15, 1938 | Sat | Yale | 9 | Navy | 7 | ||
| 286 | 5 | Oct 16, 1938 | Sun | Saint Mary's (CA) | 32 | Portland | 7 | San Francisco, CA | |
| 287 | 5 | Oct 17, 1938 | Mon | Georgia | 28 | Mercer | 19 | ||
| Rk | Wk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 288 | 6 | Oct 20, 1938 | Thu | Clemson | 34 | @ | South Carolina | 12 | |
| 289 | 6 | Oct 21, 1938 | Fri | Boston College | 26 | Temple | 26 | ||
| 290 | 6 | Oct 21, 1938 | Fri | Mississippi State | 12 | @ | Duquesne | 7 | |
| 291 | 6 | Oct 21, 1938 | Fri | Wichita State | 35 | @ | Washburn | 6 | |
| 292 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | (15) Alabama | 32 | Sewanee | 0 | ||
| 293 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Arizona | 14 | @ | Loyola Marymount | 12 | |
| 294 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Army | 40 | Boston University | 0 | ||
| 295 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Brown | 40 | Rhode Island | 21 | ||
| 296 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Bucknell | 6 | Albright | 0 | ||
| 297 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | (3) California | 14 | @ | Washington | 7 | |
| 298 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Colgate | 14 | @ | Iowa | 0 | |
| 299 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Colorado | 31 | @ | Colorado State | 6 | |
| 300 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Cornell | 21 | Penn State | 6 | ||
| 301 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | (4) Dartmouth | 13 | @ | Harvard | 7 | |
| 302 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Denver | 6 | @ | Wyoming | 0 | |
| 303 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Drake | 18 | Miami (FL) | 6 | ||
| 304 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | (9) Duke | 7 | @ | Wake Forest | 0 | Winston-Salem, NC |
| 305 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Florida | 33 | @ | Tampa | 0 | |
| 306 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | (11) Fordham | 26 | Oregon | 0 | New York, NY | |
| 307 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Furman | 7 | North Carolina State | 7 | ||
| 308 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | George Washington | 27 | Davis & Elkins | 0 | ||
| 309 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Georgetown | 14 | @ | Manhattan | 13 | Bronx, NY |
| 310 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Georgia Tech | 7 | Auburn | 6 | ||
| 311 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Iowa State | 21 | Kansas | 7 | ||
| 312 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Kansas State | 13 | @ | Indiana | 6 | |
| 313 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Lafayette | 7 | New York University | 6 | ||
| 314 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Louisiana State | 7 | (16) Vanderbilt | 0 | ||
| 315 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | (12) Michigan | 15 | @ | Yale | 13 | |
| 316 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Michigan State | 19 | (10) Syracuse | 12 | ||
| 317 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Mississippi | 47 | Centenary (LA) | 14 | ||
| 318 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Missouri | 13 | @ | Washington (MO) | 0 | |
| 319 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | New Mexico | 20 | @ | Northern Arizona | 0 | |
| 320 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | New Mexico State | 14 | @ | Arizona State | 12 | |
| 321 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | (19) North Carolina | 34 | @ | Davidson | 0 | |
| 322 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | North Dakota | 7 | @ | Montana | 0 | |
| 323 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | (18) Northwestern | 13 | @ | Illinois | 0 | |
| 324 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | (5) Notre Dame | 7 | (13) Carnegie Mellon | 0 | ||
| 325 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Ohio State | 42 | Chicago | 7 | ||
| 326 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | (14) Oklahoma | 14 | Nebraska | 0 | ||
| 327 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Oregon State | 7 | Washington State | 6 | Portland, OR | |
| 328 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Pennsylvania | 14 | Columbia | 13 | ||
| 329 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | (1) Pittsburgh | 34 | Southern Methodist | 7 | ||
| 330 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Portland | 6 | @ | Brigham Young | 3 | |
| 331 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Princeton | 13 | Navy | 13 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 332 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Purdue | 13 | Wisconsin | 7 | ||
| 333 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Rice | 13 | Texas | 6 | ||
| 334 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Roanoke | 13 | @ | Richmond | 6 | |
| 335 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Rutgers | 32 | Hampden-Sydney | 0 | ||
| 336 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Saint Louis | 27 | @ | Grinnell | 7 | |
| 337 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | (6) Santa Clara | 21 | Arkansas | 6 | San Francisco, CA | |
| 338 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Southern California | 13 | @ | Stanford | 2 | |
| 339 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | (8) Tennessee | 44 | Citadel | 0 | ||
| 340 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Texas A&M | 6 | (17) Baylor | 6 | ||
| 341 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | (7) Texas Christian | 21 | @ | Marquette | 0 | |
| 342 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Texas Tech | 14 | @ | Texas-El Paso | 7 | |
| 343 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Tulane | 51 | Mercer | 0 | ||
| 344 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Tulsa | 20 | Oklahoma State | 7 | ||
| 345 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | UCLA | 33 | Idaho | 0 | ||
| 346 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Utah | 33 | @ | Utah State | 0 | |
| 347 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Virginia | 27 | @ | Maryland | 19 | |
| 348 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Virginia Military Institute | 14 | @ | William & Mary | 0 | |
| 349 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Washington & Lee | 6 | Virginia Tech | 0 | ||
| 350 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | West Virginia | 20 | @ | Creighton | 13 | |
| 351 | 6 | Oct 22, 1938 | Sat | Xavier | 26 | Kentucky | 7 | ||
| 352 | 6 | Oct 23, 1938 | Sun | Saint Mary's (CA) | 13 | @ | San Francisco | 6 | |
| 353 | 6 | Oct 23, 1938 | Sun | (20) Villanova | 13 | Detroit Mercy | 6 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| Rk | Wk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 354 | 7 | Oct 26, 1938 | Wed | (14) Holy Cross | 29 | Georgia | 6 | ||
| 355 | 7 | Oct 28, 1938 | Fri | Clemson | 7 | @ | Wake Forest | 0 | |
| 356 | 7 | Oct 28, 1938 | Fri | Duquesne | 14 | Detroit Mercy | 6 | ||
| 357 | 7 | Oct 28, 1938 | Fri | Miami (FL) | 19 | Rollins | 0 | ||
| 358 | 7 | Oct 28, 1938 | Fri | New Mexico State | 34 | Northern Arizona | 0 | ||
| 359 | 7 | Oct 28, 1938 | Fri | (15) Villanova | 6 | South Carolina | 6 | Orangeburg, SC | |
| 360 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | (18) Alabama | 26 | @ | Kentucky | 6 | |
| 361 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Arizona State | 10 | California-Santa Barbara | 0 | ||
| 362 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Boston College | 33 | Florida | 0 | ||
| 363 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Brown | 48 | Tufts | 0 | ||
| 364 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | (3) California | 13 | Oregon State | 7 | ||
| 365 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | (16) Carnegie Mellon | 27 | Akron | 13 | ||
| 366 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Centenary (LA) | 48 | DePaul | 9 | ||
| 367 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Chicago | 34 | DePauw | 14 | ||
| 368 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Citadel | 27 | Wofford | 0 | ||
| 369 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Colorado | 20 | Wyoming | 6 | ||
| 370 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | (17) Cornell | 23 | @ | Columbia | 7 | |
| 371 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Creighton | 6 | @ | Wichita State | 0 | |
| 372 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | (6) Dartmouth | 24 | @ | Yale | 6 | |
| 373 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Davidson | 13 | @ | Furman | 12 | |
| 374 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Drake | 21 | Grinnell | 6 | ||
| 375 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | (11) Duke | 14 | @ | North Carolina | 0 | |
| 376 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Georgetown | 13 | Temple | 0 | ||
| 377 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Hampden-Sydney | 20 | American | 0 | ||
| 378 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Harvard | 26 | Princeton | 7 | ||
| 379 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | (14) Holy Cross | 21 | Colgate | 0 | ||
| 380 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Idaho | 19 | Montana | 6 | ||
| 381 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Iowa State | 7 | @ | Marquette | 0 | |
| 382 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Kansas | 27 | @ | Kansas State | 7 | |
| 383 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Manhattan | 13 | @ | Canisius | 3 | Buffalo, NY |
| 384 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | (13) Michigan | 14 | Illinois | 0 | ||
| 385 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Mississippi | 25 | @ | George Washington | 0 | |
| 386 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Missouri | 13 | @ | Nebraska | 10 | |
| 387 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Navy | 0 | Pennsylvania | 0 | ||
| 388 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | New Mexico | 20 | @ | Arizona | 7 | |
| 389 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | (12) Northwestern | 6 | (2) Minnesota | 3 | ||
| 390 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | (7) Notre Dame | 19 | @ | Army | 7 | Bronx, NY |
| 391 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | (20) Ohio State | 32 | @ | New York University | 0 | New York, NY |
| 392 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | (10) Oklahoma | 28 | Tulsa | 6 | ||
| 393 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Penn State | 33 | Syracuse | 6 | ||
| 394 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | (1) Pittsburgh | 24 | (9) Fordham | 13 | ||
| 395 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Purdue | 0 | Iowa | 0 | ||
| 396 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Rice | 14 | Auburn | 0 | ||
| 397 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Richmond | 6 | Washington & Lee | 0 | ||
| 398 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Saint Louis | 13 | @ | Catholic | 0 | |
| 399 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Saint Mary's (CA) | 7 | @ | Loyola Marymount | 0 | |
| 400 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | (5) Santa Clara | 7 | @ | Michigan State | 6 | |
| 401 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | (19) Southern California | 31 | @ | Oregon | 7 | Portland, OR |
| 402 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | (8) Tennessee | 14 | Louisiana State | 6 | ||
| 403 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Tennessee Tech | 7 | @ | Sewanee | 6 | |
| 404 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Texas A&M | 13 | Arkansas | 7 | ||
| 405 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | (4) Texas Christian | 39 | Baylor | 7 | ||
| 406 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Tulane | 27 | Mississippi State | 0 | ||
| 407 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | UCLA | 6 | Stanford | 0 | ||
| 408 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Utah | 21 | Denver | 0 | ||
| 409 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Utah State | 6 | @ | Colorado State | 0 | |
| 410 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Vanderbilt | 13 | Georgia Tech | 7 | ||
| 411 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Virginia | 34 | William & Mary | 0 | ||
| 412 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Virginia Military Institute | 47 | @ | Maryland | 14 | |
| 413 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Virginia Tech | 7 | North Carolina State | 0 | ||
| 414 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Washburn | 14 | @ | Oklahoma State | 0 | |
| 415 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Washington (MO) | 20 | Centre | 7 | ||
| 416 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Washington State | 15 | @ | Gonzaga | 13 | |
| 417 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | West Virginia | 27 | Youngstown State | 7 | ||
| 418 | 7 | Oct 29, 1938 | Sat | Wisconsin | 6 | Indiana | 0 | ||
| 419 | 7 | Oct 30, 1938 | Sun | Southern Methodist | 7 | Texas | 6 | ||
| Rk | Wk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 420 | 8 | Nov 4, 1938 | Fri | Miami (FL) | 44 | Oglethorpe | 0 | ||
| 421 | 8 | Nov 4, 1938 | Fri | New Mexico State | 43 | Western New Mexico | 7 | ||
| 422 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | (15) Alabama | 3 | Tulane | 0 | Birmingham, AL | |
| 423 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Arizona | 7 | @ | Centenary (LA) | 6 | |
| 424 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Army | 20 | Franklin & Marshall | 12 | ||
| 425 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Baylor | 14 | @ | Texas | 3 | |
| 426 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Boston College | 14 | Indiana | 0 | Boston, MA | |
| 427 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | (19) Carnegie Mellon | 20 | @ | (1) Pittsburgh | 10 | |
| 428 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Centre | 7 | Washington & Lee | 0 | ||
| 429 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Citadel | 6 | Richmond | 0 | ||
| 430 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Clemson | 27 | George Washington | 0 | Greenville, SC | |
| 431 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Columbia | 39 | Virginia | 0 | ||
| 432 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Creighton | 39 | St. Benedict | 6 | ||
| 433 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | (5) Dartmouth | 44 | Dickinson | 6 | ||
| 434 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Davidson | 29 | Wofford | 0 | ||
| 435 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Detroit Mercy | 38 | North Dakota | 6 | ||
| 436 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | (10) Fordham | 3 | Saint Mary's (CA) | 0 | New York, NY | |
| 437 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Furman | 18 | @ | Marshall | 13 | |
| 438 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Georgetown | 13 | Bucknell | 0 | ||
| 439 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Georgia | 19 | Florida | 6 | Jacksonville, FL | |
| 440 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Georgia Tech | 19 | Kentucky | 18 | ||
| 441 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Hardin-Simmons | 12 | @ | Arizona State | 7 | Phoenix, AZ |
| 442 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Harvard | 47 | Chicago | 13 | ||
| 443 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | (13) Holy Cross | 33 | Temple | 0 | ||
| 444 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | (18) Iowa State | 14 | Drake | 0 | ||
| 445 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Lafayette | 7 | @ | Penn State | 0 | |
| 446 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Louisiana State | 32 | Mississippi State | 7 | ||
| 447 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Manhattan | 3 | North Carolina State | 0 | Bronx, NY | |
| 448 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | (16) Michigan | 19 | Pennsylvania | 13 | ||
| 449 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | (12) Minnesota | 28 | Iowa | 0 | ||
| 450 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Mississippi | 14 | @ | Saint Louis | 12 | |
| 451 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Missouri | 6 | Michigan State | 0 | ||
| 452 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Montana | 9 | @ | Gonzaga | 0 | |
| 453 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Nebraska | 16 | @ | Kansas | 7 | |
| 454 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | New Mexico | 7 | Denver | 6 | ||
| 455 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | New York University | 45 | Lehigh | 0 | ||
| 456 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | North Carolina | 7 | Virginia Tech | 0 | ||
| 457 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Northern Arizona | 33 | Panhandle State | 7 | ||
| 458 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | (4) Notre Dame | 15 | @ | Navy | 0 | Baltimore, MD |
| 459 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | (11) Oklahoma | 26 | Kansas State | 0 | ||
| 460 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Oregon | 19 | Idaho | 6 | ||
| 461 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Purdue | 12 | @ | Ohio State | 0 | |
| 462 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Rice | 3 | @ | Arkansas | 0 | |
| 463 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Rutgers | 20 | Princeton | 18 | ||
| 464 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | South Carolina | 7 | Duquesne | 0 | ||
| 465 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | (13) Southern California | 13 | (3) California | 7 | ||
| 466 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Southern Methodist | 10 | (19) Texas A&M | 7 | ||
| 467 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | St. Mary's (Texas) | 13 | Texas-El Paso | 6 | ||
| 468 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Syracuse | 7 | Colgate | 0 | ||
| 469 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | (6) Tennessee | 45 | Chattanooga | 0 | ||
| 470 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | (2) Texas Christian | 21 | @ | Tulsa | 0 | |
| 471 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Texas Tech | 55 | Loyola (LA) | 0 | ||
| 472 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | UCLA | 21 | @ | Washington State | 0 | |
| 473 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Utah | 0 | Colorado | 0 | ||
| 474 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Utah State | 3 | @ | Brigham Young | 0 | |
| 475 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Vanderbilt | 14 | Sewanee | 0 | ||
| 476 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Villanova | 25 | Auburn | 12 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 477 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Wake Forest | 6 | Virginia Military Institute | 6 | ||
| 478 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Washington | 10 | @ | Stanford | 7 | |
| 479 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Washington (MO) | 24 | @ | Oklahoma State | 0 | |
| 480 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Western Reserve | 7 | West Virginia | 0 | ||
| 481 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | William & Mary | 18 | Hampden-Sydney | 7 | ||
| 482 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Wisconsin | 20 | @ | (7) Northwestern | 13 | |
| 483 | 8 | Nov 5, 1938 | Sat | Yale | 20 | Brown | 14 | ||
| 484 | 8 | Nov 6, 1938 | Sun | (8) Santa Clara | 7 | @ | San Francisco | 0 | |
| Rk | Wk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 485 | 9 | Nov 11, 1938 | Fri | Baylor | 35 | @ | Loyola Marymount | 2 | |
| 486 | 9 | Nov 11, 1938 | Fri | Boston College | 21 | Boston University | 14 | Boston, MA | |
| 487 | 9 | Nov 11, 1938 | Fri | Catholic | 7 | Miami (FL) | 0 | ||
| 488 | 9 | Nov 11, 1938 | Fri | Citadel | 26 | Oglethorpe | 8 | ||
| 489 | 9 | Nov 11, 1938 | Fri | Montana | 13 | Montana State | 0 | Butte, MT | |
| 490 | 9 | Nov 11, 1938 | Fri | New York University | 13 | Colgate | 7 | Bronx, NY | |
| 491 | 9 | Nov 11, 1938 | Fri | Oklahoma State | 19 | @ | Oklahoma City | 12 | |
| 492 | 9 | Nov 11, 1938 | Fri | Texas Tech | 7 | Gonzaga | 0 | ||
| 493 | 9 | Nov 11, 1938 | Fri | Virginia Tech | 0 | Richmond | 0 | ||
| 494 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | (16) Alabama | 14 | Georgia Tech | 14 | ||
| 495 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Army | 34 | Chattanooga | 13 | ||
| 496 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Auburn | 28 | Louisiana State | 6 | Birmingham, AL | |
| 497 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | (14) California | 20 | Oregon | 0 | ||
| 498 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | (6) Carnegie Mellon | 21 | Duquesne | 0 | ||
| 499 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Centenary (LA) | 19 | @ | Mississippi State | 0 | Meridian, MS |
| 500 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Clemson | 14 | @ | Kentucky | 0 | |
| 501 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Colorado | 8 | Brigham Young | 0 | ||
| 502 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | (20) Cornell | 14 | (5) Dartmouth | 7 | ||
| 503 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Denver | 20 | Hawaii | 12 | ||
| 504 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | DePaul | 20 | Saint Louis | 9 | ||
| 505 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Detroit Mercy | 7 | @ | North Carolina State | 0 | |
| 506 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Drake | 27 | Tulsa | 7 | ||
| 507 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | (7) Duke | 21 | @ | Syracuse | 0 | |
| 508 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Florida | 21 | Maryland | 7 | ||
| 509 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | George Washington | 9 | Kansas | 7 | ||
| 510 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Georgetown | 14 | @ | West Virginia | 0 | |
| 511 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Harvard | 40 | Virginia | 13 | ||
| 512 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | (11) Holy Cross | 14 | Brown | 12 | ||
| 513 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Indiana | 7 | Iowa | 3 | ||
| 514 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Iowa State | 13 | Kansas State | 13 | ||
| 515 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | McDaniel | 20 | @ | Wake Forest | 13 | |
| 516 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Michigan State | 20 | @ | Marquette | 14 | |
| 517 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Mississippi | 39 | Sewanee | 0 | ||
| 518 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Navy | 14 | @ | Columbia | 9 | |
| 519 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | New Mexico | 6 | New Mexico State | 2 | ||
| 520 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | North Carolina | 0 | (13) Fordham | 0 | New York, NY | |
| 521 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | (17) Northwestern | 0 | (18) Michigan | 0 | ||
| 522 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | (2) Notre Dame | 19 | (12) Minnesota | 0 | ||
| 523 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Ohio State | 32 | @ | Illinois | 14 | |
| 524 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | (10) Oklahoma | 21 | Missouri | 0 | ||
| 525 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Oregon State | 6 | Stanford | 0 | ||
| 526 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Pacific | 32 | @ | Chicago | 0 | |
| 527 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Penn State | 7 | Pennsylvania | 7 | ||
| 528 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | (3) Pittsburgh | 19 | @ | Nebraska | 0 | |
| 529 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Princeton | 20 | Yale | 7 | ||
| 530 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Randolph-Macon | 9 | Hampden-Sydney | 7 | ||
| 531 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Saint Mary's (CA) | 7 | (8) Santa Clara | 0 | ||
| 532 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | San Francisco | 14 | Fresno State | 6 | ||
| 533 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | South Carolina | 27 | @ | Furman | 6 | |
| 534 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Southern Methodist | 19 | Arkansas | 6 | ||
| 535 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | (4) Tennessee | 14 | @ | Vanderbilt | 0 | |
| 536 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Texas A&M | 27 | Rice | 0 | ||
| 537 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | (1) Texas Christian | 28 | Texas | 6 | ||
| 538 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Texas-El Paso | 26 | @ | Arizona | 14 | |
| 539 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Tulane | 28 | Georgia | 6 | ||
| 540 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Utah | 13 | Colorado State | 0 | ||
| 541 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | (19) Villanova | 20 | @ | Temple | 7 | |
| 542 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Virginia Military Institute | 19 | @ | Davidson | 6 | |
| 543 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Washburn | 6 | Grinnell | 0 | ||
| 544 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Washington | 7 | (9) Southern California | 6 | ||
| 545 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Washington & Lee | 27 | William & Mary | 0 | ||
| 546 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Washington (MO) | 27 | Butler | 21 | ||
| 547 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Washington State | 12 | @ | Idaho | 0 | |
| 548 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Whittier | 23 | Northern Arizona | 19 | ||
| 549 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | (15) Wisconsin | 14 | @ | UCLA | 7 | |
| 550 | 9 | Nov 12, 1938 | Sat | Wyoming | 27 | @ | Utah State | 12 | |
| 551 | 9 | Nov 13, 1938 | Sun | Creighton | 34 | @ | Loyola (LA) | 0 | |
| Rk | Wk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 552 | 10 | Nov 16, 1938 | Wed | Mississippi | 20 | Arkansas | 14 | Memphis, TN | |
| 553 | 10 | Nov 18, 1938 | Fri | Miami (FL) | 21 | Duquesne | 7 | ||
| 554 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Arizona | 20 | Marquette | 12 | ||
| 555 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Army | 19 | @ | Princeton | 7 | |
| 556 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Auburn | 23 | Georgia | 14 | Columbus, GA | |
| 557 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Brigham Young | 20 | @ | Colorado State | 12 | |
| 558 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Bucknell | 16 | George Washington | 0 | ||
| 559 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | (9) California | 6 | Stanford | 0 | ||
| 560 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Citadel | 33 | Erskine | 13 | ||
| 561 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Creighton | 38 | North Dakota State | 0 | ||
| 562 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Detroit Mercy | 39 | Tulsa | 14 | ||
| 563 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | (4) Duke | 7 | North Carolina State | 0 | ||
| 564 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Florida | 0 | Georgia Tech | 0 | ||
| 565 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | (18) Fordham | 13 | South Carolina | 0 | New York, NY | |
| 566 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Georgetown | 14 | @ | Maryland | 7 | |
| 567 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Hardin-Simmons | 19 | @ | Loyola Marymount | 0 | |
| 568 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Harvard | 7 | @ | Yale | 0 | |
| 569 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Idaho | 14 | Utah State | 0 | ||
| 570 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Illinois | 34 | @ | Chicago | 0 | |
| 571 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Kansas State | 41 | Washburn | 14 | ||
| 572 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Louisiana State | 32 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 0 | ||
| 573 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Manhattan | 13 | West Virginia | 0 | Bronx, NY | |
| 574 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | (17) Michigan | 18 | @ | Ohio State | 0 | |
| 575 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Michigan State | 10 | Temple | 0 | ||
| 576 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Minnesota | 21 | @ | (12) Wisconsin | 0 | |
| 577 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Missouri | 26 | @ | Saint Louis | 0 | |
| 578 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Nebraska | 14 | @ | Iowa | 0 | |
| 579 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | (1) Notre Dame | 9 | @ | (16) Northwestern | 7 | |
| 580 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | (7) Oklahoma | 10 | @ | Iowa State | 0 | |
| 581 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Oregon | 3 | Washington | 0 | Portland, OR | |
| 582 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | (5) Pittsburgh | 26 | Penn State | 0 | ||
| 583 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Purdue | 13 | Indiana | 6 | ||
| 584 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Rhodes | 7 | Mississippi State | 3 | ||
| 585 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | San Francisco | 8 | Gonzaga | 0 | ||
| 586 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Southern Methodist | 21 | @ | Baylor | 6 | |
| 587 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | St. Anselm | 0 | Boston College | 0 | ||
| 588 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Syracuse | 13 | @ | Columbia | 12 | |
| 589 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | (2) Texas Christian | 29 | @ | Rice | 7 | |
| 590 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | (19) Texas Tech | 17 | @ | New Mexico | 7 | |
| 591 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Texas-El Paso | 14 | Arizona State | 6 | ||
| 592 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Tulane | 38 | Sewanee | 0 | ||
| 593 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Utah | 39 | @ | Wyoming | 0 | |
| 594 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | (15) Villanova | 39 | @ | Boston University | 6 | |
| 595 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Virginia Military Institute | 6 | Roanoke | 0 | ||
| 596 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Washington (MO) | 88 | McKendree | 0 | ||
| 597 | 10 | Nov 19, 1938 | Sat | Wichita State | 14 | @ | Oklahoma State | 6 | |
| Rk | Wk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 598 | 11 | Nov 22, 1938 | Tue | Centenary (LA) | 14 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | ||
| 599 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | Alabama | 7 | Vanderbilt | 0 | Birmingham, AL | |
| 600 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | Arizona State | 21 | @ | Whittier | 0 | |
| 601 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | Arkansas | 6 | Tulsa | 6 | ||
| 602 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | Brown | 36 | Columbia | 27 | ||
| 603 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | Clemson | 10 | Furman | 7 | ||
| 604 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | (10) Cornell | 0 | Pennsylvania | 0 | ||
| 605 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | Denver | 19 | Colorado | 12 | ||
| 606 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | Duquesne | 15 | Niagara | 6 | ||
| 607 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | Idaho | 16 | @ | Utah | 0 | |
| 608 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | Maryland | 19 | Washington & Lee | 13 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 609 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | Miami (FL) | 19 | Bucknell | 0 | ||
| 610 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | Missouri | 13 | Kansas | 7 | ||
| 611 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | Nebraska | 14 | Kansas State | 7 | ||
| 612 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | New Mexico | 27 | Colorado State | 7 | ||
| 613 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | New Mexico State | 13 | @ | Texas-El Paso | 9 | |
| 614 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | North Carolina | 20 | @ | Virginia | 0 | |
| 615 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | (6) Oklahoma | 19 | @ | Oklahoma State | 0 | |
| 616 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | Richmond | 10 | William & Mary | 7 | ||
| 617 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | (14) Southern California | 42 | UCLA | 7 | ||
| 618 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | (4) Tennessee | 46 | Kentucky | 0 | ||
| 619 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | Texas | 7 | Texas A&M | 6 | ||
| 620 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | (16) Villanova | 20 | @ | Manhattan | 0 | New York, NY |
| 621 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | Virginia Tech | 2 | Virginia Military Institute | 2 | Roanoke, VA | |
| 622 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | Wake Forest | 21 | Davidson | 0 | Charlotte, NC | |
| 623 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | Washburn | 33 | St. Mary's (Texas) | 20 | ||
| 624 | 11 | Nov 24, 1938 | Thu | West Virginia | 7 | @ | George Washington | 6 | |
| 625 | 11 | Nov 26, 1938 | Sat | Army | 14 | Navy | 7 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 626 | 11 | Nov 26, 1938 | Sat | Baylor | 21 | @ | Rice | 6 | |
| 627 | 11 | Nov 26, 1938 | Sat | (7) Carnegie Mellon | 14 | @ | North Carolina State | 0 | |
| 628 | 11 | Nov 26, 1938 | Sat | (3) Duke | 7 | (4) Pittsburgh | 0 | ||
| 629 | 11 | Nov 26, 1938 | Sat | Florida | 9 | Auburn | 7 | Jacksonville, FL | |
| 630 | 11 | Nov 26, 1938 | Sat | (18) Fordham | 25 | New York University | 0 | Bronx, NY | |
| 631 | 11 | Nov 26, 1938 | Sat | (11) Holy Cross | 29 | Boston College | 7 | Boston, MA | |
| 632 | 11 | Nov 26, 1938 | Sat | Mississippi | 19 | @ | Mississippi State | 6 | |
| 633 | 11 | Nov 26, 1938 | Sat | Montana | 7 | @ | Arizona | 0 | |
| 634 | 11 | Nov 26, 1938 | Sat | Oregon State | 14 | Oregon | 0 | Portland, OR | |
| 635 | 11 | Nov 26, 1938 | Sat | Saint Louis | 0 | Washington (MO) | 0 | ||
| 636 | 11 | Nov 26, 1938 | Sat | Stanford | 23 | (13) Dartmouth | 13 | ||
| 637 | 11 | Nov 26, 1938 | Sat | (2) Texas Christian | 20 | @ | Southern Methodist | 7 | |
| 638 | 11 | Nov 26, 1938 | Sat | (17) Texas Tech | 21 | Marquette | 2 | ||
| 639 | 11 | Nov 26, 1938 | Sat | Tulane | 14 | @ | Louisiana State | 0 | |
| 640 | 11 | Nov 26, 1938 | Sat | Washington | 26 | Washington State | 0 | ||
| 641 | 11 | Nov 27, 1938 | Sun | Detroit Mercy | 7 | @ | (19) Santa Clara | 6 | Sacramento, CA |
| 642 | 11 | Nov 27, 1938 | Sun | Georgia Tech | 0 | Georgia | 0 | ||
| 643 | 11 | Nov 27, 1938 | Sun | Loyola Marymount | 20 | @ | Gonzaga | 19 | |
| 644 | 11 | Nov 27, 1938 | Sun | San Jose State | 34 | Northern Arizona | 12 | ||
| 645 | 11 | Nov 28, 1938 | Mon | South Carolina | 7 | @ | Catholic | 0 | |
| Rk | Wk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 646 | 12 | Dec 2, 1938 | Fri | Miami (FL) | 13 | Georgia | 7 | ||
| 647 | 12 | Dec 2, 1938 | Fri | New Mexico State | 20 | Drake | 16 | ||
| 648 | 12 | Dec 3, 1938 | Sat | Baylor | 14 | Centenary (LA) | 0 | ||
| 649 | 12 | Dec 3, 1938 | Sat | North Carolina State | 14 | Citadel | 6 | Wilmington, NC | |
| 650 | 12 | Dec 3, 1938 | Sat | (5) Oklahoma | 28 | Washington State | 0 | ||
| 651 | 12 | Dec 3, 1938 | Sat | Rice | 25 | Southern Methodist | 14 | ||
| 652 | 12 | Dec 3, 1938 | Sat | (8) Southern California | 13 | (1) Notre Dame | 0 | ||
| 653 | 12 | Dec 3, 1938 | Sat | Temple | 20 | @ | Florida | 12 | |
| 654 | 12 | Dec 3, 1938 | Sat | (4) Tennessee | 47 | Mississippi | 0 | Memphis, TN | |
| 655 | 12 | Dec 3, 1938 | Sat | Texas-El Paso | 26 | @ | Fresno State | 6 | |
| Rk | Wk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 656 | 13 | Dec 10, 1938 | Sat | Oregon State | 6 | UCLA | 6 | ||
| Rk | Wk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 657 | 14 | Dec 17, 1938 | Sat | Utah | 14 | @ | Hawaii | 13 | |
| Rk | Wk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 658 | 15 | Dec 26, 1938 | Mon | (12) California | 13 | Georgia Tech | 0 | ||
| 659 | 15 | Dec 26, 1938 | Mon | UCLA | 46 | @ | Hawaii All-Stars | 0 | |
| Rk | Wk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 660 | 16 | Jan 2, 1939 | Mon | Saint Mary's (CA) | 20 | (14) Texas Tech | 13 | Cotton Bowl (Dallas, TX) | |
| 661 | 16 | Jan 2, 1939 | Mon | (8) Southern California | 7 | (3) Duke | 3 | Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA) | |
| 662 | 16 | Jan 2, 1939 | Mon | (4) Tennessee | 17 | (5) Oklahoma | 0 | Orange Bowl (Miami, FL) | |
| 663 | 16 | Jan 2, 1939 | Mon | (2) Texas Christian | 15 | (6) Carnegie Mellon | 7 | Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA) | |
| 664 | 16 | Jan 2, 1939 | Mon | UCLA | 32 | @ | Hawaii | 7 | Poi Bowl (Honolulu, HI) |
| 665 | 16 | Jan 2, 1939 | Mon | Utah | 26 | New Mexico | 0 | Sun Bowl (El Paso, TX) |