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1909 Final College Football Team Rankings

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1909 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
101.160Yale (YALE)IND FBSI10–01.0001+33BYE
201.188Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI5–0–20.85711+13BYE
301.194Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND FBSI7–0–10.9384+26BYE
401.429Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI7–0–10.9384+14BYE
501.437Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND FBSI7–01.0001+15BYE
601.454Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B87–0–10.9384+20BYE
701.488Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI6–10.85711+23BYE
801.503Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI6–10.85711+22BYE
901.516Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI6–2–10.72225+24BYE
1001.527Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B106–10.85711+15BYE
1101.542Colorado (COLORADO)IND FBSI6–01.0001+8BYE
1201.730Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI7–1–20.80018+25BYE
1301.926Kansas (KANSAS)IND B88–10.8897+14BYE
1401.944Chicago (CHICAGO)B104–1–20.71427+11BYE
1502.007Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI8–10.8897+13BYE
1602.045Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI8–1–10.85017+6BYE
1702.091LSUIND FBSI6–20.75022+13BYE
1812.124Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI7–10.8759+7BYE
19-12.129Michigan (MICHIGAN)IND FBSI6–10.85711+17BYE
2002.196Drake (DRAKE)IND B87–10.8759+6BYE
2102.253Alabama (ALABAMA)IND FBSI5–1–20.75022+11BYE
2202.362NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND FBSI6–10.85711+3BYE
2312.472Haskell (HASKELL)IND FBSI7–20.77819+11BYE
24-12.475Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI7–20.77819+10BYE
2502.495Auburn (AUBURN)IND FBSI5–20.71427+12BYE
2602.580Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI6–2–10.72225+19BYE
2702.642Denver (DENVER)IND FBSI7–20.77819+6BYE
2802.668Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI5–1–20.75022+1BYE
2902.748Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND FBSI5–20.71427+4BYE
3002.790Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–1–10.70033+4BYE
3102.884Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI7–30.70033+11BYE
3202.886Carlisle (CARLISLE)IND FBSI8–3–10.70832+4BYE
3302.938Texas (TEXAS)IND FBSI4–3–10.56347+9BYE
3402.981Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI5–2–10.68836+1BYE
3503.009Baylor (BAYLOR)IND FBSI5–30.62540+8BYE
3613.122TCUIND FBSI5–2–10.68836+4BYE
37-13.126Samford (SAMFORD)IND FBSI5–2–10.68836+5BYE
3813.143Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–20.60041+3BYE
39-13.163North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI5–20.71427+12BYE
4003.251Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI7–30.70033+15BYE
4103.255Illinois (ILLINOIS)B105–20.71427+10BYE
4203.323Clemson (CLEMSON)IND FBSI6–30.66739+6BYE
4303.544Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI3–20.60041-1BYE
4403.591Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND FBSI6–40.60041-4BYE
4503.667West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–3–20.55650-2BYE
4613.769Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI3–2–10.583440BYE
47-13.784Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B83–3–20.50056+3BYE
4803.887Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND FBSI4–30.57145+1BYE
4903.935Indiana (INDIANA)B104–30.57145-2BYE
5003.965Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI4–3–10.56347-2BYE
5104.160Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI4–3–20.55650+5BYE
5204.239Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND FBSI4–3–20.55650-3BYE
5314.413Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–3–10.56347-6BYE
5414.507Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND FBSI5–40.55650-8BYE
5514.588Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND FBSI3–30.50056-1BYE
5614.594Iowa (IOWA)IND Western & MVIAA2–4–10.35768+1BYE
5714.725Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI4–3–20.55650-9BYE
5814.754Dickinson (DICKINSON)IND FBSI4–4–10.50056-2BYE
5914.777Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B83–40.42963-4BYE
6014.877Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI4–5–10.45059-8BYE
6115.304Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–4–10.43862-3BYE
62-95.341Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI4–3–20.55650+9Lost to Havana A.c. 0–11
6305.463Mercer (MERCER)IND FBSI3–40.42963-5BYE
6405.755Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI3–4–20.44460-8BYE
6506.030Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI3–4–20.44460-5BYE
6606.780Georgia (GEORGIA)IND FBSI1–4–20.28671-7BYE
6706.804Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–3–10.30070-2BYE
6807.168Richmond (RICHMOND)IND FBSI3–5–20.40066-3BYE
6907.332Wyoming (WYOMING)IND FBSI3–50.37567-7BYE
7007.503Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI2–3–20.42963-8BYE
7107.602Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI2–40.33369-8BYE
7207.978Purdue (PURDUE)B102–50.28671-9BYE
7308.389South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI2–60.25073-13BYE
7408.906Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND FBSI1–6–20.22274-12BYE

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