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1909 Week 12 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
101.022Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B106–01.0001+15Beat Wisconsin 34–6
241.305Yale (YALE)IND FBSI9–01.0001+23Beat Princeton 17–0
3-11.317Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND FBSI5–0–10.9179+12Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 47–0
431.335Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI4–0–20.83314+5Beat West Virginia 40–0
571.486Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND FBSI6–01.0001+9Beat LSU 16–0
6131.493Colorado (COLORADO)IND FBSI5–01.0001+5Beat Colorado College 9–0
7-21.508Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI5–0–10.9179+6Beat Stroudsburg 43–0
801.511Kansas (KANSAS)IND B87–01.0001+10BYE
9-51.528Alabama (ALABAMA)IND FBSI5–0–10.9179+10Beat Tennessee 10–0
10101.589Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B86–0–10.9298+11Beat Drake 22–6
1131.698Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI8–01.0001+12Beat Dartmouth 12–3
12-21.717Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI6–2–10.72232+20Lost to Yale 0–17
13-21.738Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI5–10.83314+16Beat George Washington 17–8
14-111.779Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI6–1–20.77822+18Lost to Michigan 6–12
1501.789NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND FBSI5–01.0001+4BYE
1661.847Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI5–10.83314+11Beat Auburn 12–11
1761.952Chicago (CHICAGO)B104–1–10.75023+10Tied Cornell 6–6
18-52.149Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND FBSI5–10.83314+4Lost to Colorado 0–9
1972.180Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI7–10.87512+6BYE
20-42.190Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI7–1–10.83314+2Lost to Pittsburgh 3–17
21102.303Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI5–1–10.78621+16Beat Washington & Jefferson 17–3
22-12.381Drake (DRAKE)IND B86–10.85713+2Lost to Missouri 6–22
23-62.427Denver (DENVER)IND FBSI5–10.83314+2Lost to Haskell 5–8
24-152.499Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI4–1–20.71433-2Lost to Clemson 0–17
25112.523Michigan (MICHIGAN)IND FBSI5–10.83314+10Beat Pennsylvania 12–6
26142.567Clemson (CLEMSON)IND FBSI6–20.75023+7Beat Georgia 5–0; Beat CITADEL 17–0
2712.590Carlisle (CARLISLE)IND FBSI7–2–10.75023+7Beat Gettysburg 35–0
2872.750TCUIND FBSI4–1–10.75023+4Beat Baylor 11–0
2992.751Haskell (HASKELL)IND FBSI6–20.75023+5Beat Denver 8–5
3032.751Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI4–1–10.75023+1Beat Rensselaer 30–0
31-42.758LSUIND FBSI4–20.66737+6Lost to Arkansas 0–16
32-142.794Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–10.75023+4Lost to Minnesota 6–34
33-32.819Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND FBSI5–20.714330Beat ST. Louis 11–5
34-102.825Auburn (AUBURN)IND FBSI4–20.66737+7Lost to Sewanee 11–12
35-13.055Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–20.60045+4BYE
3673.097Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI5–20.714330Beat Mercer 35–0
3723.163Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI4–1–10.75023+7Tied Texas 10–10
3833.173Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI6–30.66737+3Beat Vermont 17–0
39-143.188Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI6–20.75023+8Lost to Ohio State 0–5
4083.214Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–2–10.64341+1Beat Syracuse 6–5
4143.215Texas (TEXAS)IND FBSI3–2–10.58348+2Tied Tulane 10–10
4253.236North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI5–20.71433+11Beat Washington & LEE 6–0
4313.540Samford (SAMFORD)IND FBSI3–2–10.58348+5BYE
44-73.600Baylor (BAYLOR)IND FBSI3–30.50053+4Lost to TCU 0–11
4513.602Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B83–20.600450BYE
4633.670Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–2–20.500530BYE
4793.702Illinois (ILLINOIS)B104–20.66737+5Beat Northwestern 35–0
4823.765Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI3–20.60045-1BYE
4933.786Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI3–2–10.583480BYE
50-183.819West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–2–20.57151-1Lost to Penn State 0–40
51-223.840Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–2–10.64341-3Lost to Iowa 0–16
52-13.866Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI4–2–20.62543+5Tied NEW York University 6–6
5323.936Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND FBSI5–30.62543-4Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 37–6
5443.996Iowa (IOWA)IND Western & MVIAA2–3–10.41765+3Beat Iowa State 16–0
55-133.997Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND FBSI4–30.57151+1Lost to North Carolina 0–6
56-24.529Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI4–40.50053-5Lost to Colgate 5–6
5704.638Indiana (INDIANA)B103–30.50053-4BYE
5864.784Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–3–10.50053-5Beat Western Reserve 17–6
5934.968Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–3–10.50053-1Tied Chicago 6–6
60-75.236Georgia (GEORGIA)IND FBSI1–2–20.40066-2Lost to Clemson 0–5
61-15.237Dickinson (DICKINSON)IND FBSI3–3–10.50053-2Tied Bucknell 6–6
6255.306Richmond (RICHMOND)IND FBSI3–3–20.50053-3Beat Hampden Sydney 6–0
6335.416Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI2–3–20.42961-3Tied Dickinson 6–6
64-35.535Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND FBSI2–3–20.42961-5Tied Henderson State 12–12
6545.604Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI2–3–20.42961-5Beat South Carolina 29–5
66-75.696Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND FBSI1–20.33367-2BYE
6736.495Wyoming (WYOMING)IND FBSI3–40.42961-2Beat Camp Russell 18–0
68-36.567Mercer (MERCER)IND FBSI2–40.33367-7Lost to Georgia Tech 0–35
69-67.033Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–3–10.30071-2Lost to Illinois 0–35
7027.512Purdue (PURDUE)B102–40.33367-6Beat Rose Hulman 26–3
71-37.535Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI2–40.33367-7Lost to North Carolina Medical 0–5
72-19.235Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI1–3–10.30071-7Lost to Mississippi State 6–37
7309.716South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI1–50.16773-11Lost to Davidson 5–29
7409.829Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND FBSI0–6–10.07174-8Lost to Alabama 0–10

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