1909 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 5, 1909By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1909 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	6	0.909	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Purdue 40–0
2	29	1.027	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wake Forest 18–0
3	20	1.173	LSU	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Jackson BR. NEW Orleans 70–0
4	44	1.203	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Clemson 6–0
5	54	1.298	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mercer 28–5
6	-2	1.335	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Samford 11–0
7	49	1.349	Carlisle (CARLISLE)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Bucknell 48–6
8	57	1.364	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Iowa 41–0
9	-4	1.493	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
10	1	1.493	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
11	5	1.493	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
12	13	1.493	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
13	16	1.493	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
14	16	1.493	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0–1	0.500	44	0	Tied South Dakota 6–6
15	17	1.493	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
16	17	1.493	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0–1	0.500	44	0	Tied Illinois Wesleyan 0–0
17	23	1.493	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
18	23	1.493	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
19	23	1.493	TCU	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
20	23	1.493	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	44	0	Tied Centre 0–0
21	23	1.493	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
22	23	1.493	Texas (TEXAS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
23	23	1.493	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
24	23	1.493	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
25	25	1.493	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND B8	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
26	27	1.493	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
27	31	1.496	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kingfisher 46–5
28	8	1.503	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stevens 47–12; Beat VILLANOVA 12–0
29	32	1.516	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Davidson 11–0
30	25	1.555	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wesleyan 11–0; Beat SYRACUSE 15–0
31	26	1.584	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Mary's (KANSAS) 29–0
32	35	1.604	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Ursinus 22–0; Beat DICKINSON 18–0
33	30	1.643	Haskell (HASKELL)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Chilocco 50–0
34	-26	1.672	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Charleston 36–0
35	-20	1.672	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Gallaudet 36–0
36	-30	1.701	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rhode Island 6–0; Beat COLGATE 14–0
37	-3	1.745	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Grove City 31–0
38	16	1.760	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cheyenne High 30–0
39	-37	1.848	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Henderson State 24–0
40	11	1.848	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Roanoke 24–0
41	-23	1.863	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat James Millikin 23–0
42	-23	1.863	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Depauw 28–5
43	-21	1.863	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wyoming Seminary 23–0
44	-41	1.877	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tufts 22–0
45	-18	1.892	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Birmingham 21–0
46	18	1.926	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bethany (WEST VIRGINIA) 5–0
47	-21	1.936	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee Memphis 18–0
48	-47	1.965	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Union (TENNESSEE) 16–0
49	-14	1.965	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ohio Northern 16–0
50	2	1.980	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Waynesburg 15–0
51	18	1.995	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
52	18	1.995	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bowdoin 17–0
53	-41	2.009	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rensselaer 16–3
54	-37	2.024	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Gordon 18–6
55	-17	2.024	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maryland 12–0
56	-43	2.068	Drake (DRAKE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat DES Moines Baptist 9–0
57	-43	2.068	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rutgers 9–0
58	15	2.112	Denver (DENVER)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
59	-38	2.112	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat COE 11–5
60	-32	2.112	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Monmouth 12–6
61	-51	2.156	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boulder High 3–0
62	-2	3.221	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	54	0	Lost to Princeton 0–12
63	-24	3.253	Samford (SAMFORD)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	54	0	Lost to Auburn 0–11
64	-2	3.314	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Virginia Tech 0–6
65	-56	3.445	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	54	0	Lost to Brown 0–14
66	2	3.575	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Yale 0–15
67	4	3.668	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Virginia 0–11
68	6	3.877	Dickinson (DICKINSON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 0–18
69	-20	3.909	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to North Carolina 0–18; Beat MARYVILLE 3–0
70	-46	4.021	Mercer (MERCER)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	54	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 5–28
71	1	4.242	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Carlisle 6–48
72	-35	5.109	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–1	0.000	54	0	Lost to Chicago 0–40
73	-53	5.173	Iowa (IOWA)	IND Western & MVIAA	0–1	0.000	54	0	Lost to Minnesota 0–41
74	-8	6.083	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Franklin & Marshall 0–10