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1909 Week 8 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
101.178LSUIND FBSI3–01.0001+4Beat Mississippi State 15–0
2151.210Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI2–0–10.833320Beat Porter Military 99–0
321.254Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B104–01.0001+4Beat Nebraska 14–0
4-11.305Chicago (CHICAGO)B103–01.0001+4Beat Illinois 14–8
5131.449Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI5–01.0001+5Beat Virginia Tech 8–6; Beat SEWANEE 20–0
681.473Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI5–01.0001+7Beat Brown 13–5
721.493Carlisle (CARLISLE)IND FBSI5–0–10.91731+5Beat Syracuse 14–11
8-11.550Denver (DENVER)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Washburn 30–5
9-11.580Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–01.0001+3Beat Kansas State 5–3
1011.584TCUIND FBSI1–0–10.750360Tied Texas A&M 0–0
1141.599Auburn (AUBURN)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Mercer 23–5
1281.599Yale (YALE)IND FBSI5–01.0001+4Beat Army 17–0
1381.635Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–0–10.833320Beat Geneva 46–0
14181.672Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat South Carolina 59–0
15111.696Alabama (ALABAMA)IND FBSI3–01.0001+3Beat Clemson 3–0
1661.705Haskell (HASKELL)IND FBSI4–01.0001+1Beat Texas 12–11
17161.711Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1Beat Richmond 17–0
18-121.716Baylor (BAYLOR)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 17–6
1951.716Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–0–10.75036+1BYE
20-41.736Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Swarthmore 22–0
21221.738Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat Ole Miss 5–0
22181.780Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Bucknell 18–6
23-101.826NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Maryland A.c. 12–0
24141.853Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1Beat Wake Forest 17–0
2531.877Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–01.00010BYE
26101.904Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI5–01.0001+1Beat Dickinson 18–3
27121.907Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Colorado Mines 22–4
28171.926Drake (DRAKE)IND B83–01.00010Beat COE 35–0
2911.947Georgia (GEORGIA)IND FBSI0–0–20.500520Tied Davidson 0–0
3041.951Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND FBSI1–0–10.750360Tied TCU 0–0
3161.970Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Wichita State 23–6
32181.980Michigan (MICHIGAN)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Ohio State 33–6
33182.017Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B82–01.00010Beat James Millikin 29–5
34122.028Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI4–01.00010Beat Maine 17–0
35132.092Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–01.00010Beat Missouri Rolla 13–0
36132.156Colorado (COLORADO)IND FBSI2–01.00010BYE
37-62.185Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Athens 6–5
38142.704Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND FBSI3–10.750360Beat Northwestern Oklahoma State 23–2
39-122.728Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI4–10.80034+2Lost to Pennsylvania 5–13
40182.774Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI2–10.66741+2Beat Cornell 12–6
41-373.021Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI1–10.50052+2Lost to Princeton 6–8
42-193.082Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–10.800340Lost to Lehigh 7–11
43163.146West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–10.667410Beat Slippery Rock 40–5
44-423.147Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI1–10.500520Lost to Princeton 0–20
45-203.183Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND FBSI2–10.667410Lost to LSU 0–15
46153.275Indiana (INDIANA)B102–10.667410Beat Lake Forest 27–5
47-123.341Army (ARMY)IND FBSI2–10.667410Lost to Yale 0–17
4863.361Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–10.66741-1Beat ST. Lawrence 58–0
49163.377Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–10.667410Beat Grinnell 24–0
50133.416Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–20.33365+2Beat Navy 11–6
51-323.534Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–1–10.500520Lost to Minnesota 0–14
52-423.539Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI3–10.75036+1Lost to Vanderbilt Alumni 0–3
53-113.663Texas (TEXAS)IND FBSI1–10.500520Lost to Haskell 11–12
5423.700Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI2–20.500520Lost to Carlisle 11–14
5503.706Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND FBSI2–20.500520Lost to Tulane 0–5
56-153.951Richmond (RICHMOND)IND FBSI1–1–20.500520Lost to Georgetown 0–17
5774.019Samford (SAMFORD)IND FBSI1–20.333650Beat Jacksonville State 33–0
58154.061Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI2–1–10.62551+4Beat Virginia 11–7
59-154.083Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI2–10.66741-1Lost to Fordham 6–12
6024.205Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI2–20.500520Lost to Pittsburgh 6–18
61-84.330Clemson (CLEMSON)IND FBSI2–20.500520Lost to Alabama 0–3
62-504.438North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI2–10.66741+1Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–3
6334.517Dickinson (DICKINSON)IND FBSI1–20.333650Lost to Washington & Jefferson 3–18
64-174.525Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–10.66741-2Lost to Villanova 6–11
6544.532Iowa (IOWA)IND Western & MVIAA1–10.500520BYE
66-374.661Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND FBSI0–10.000730Lost to Colorado College 4–22
6734.781Purdue (PURDUE)B101–20.333650Beat Depauw 15–12
68-85.477Mercer (MERCER)IND FBSI1–20.33365-1Lost to Auburn 5–23
69-15.486Wyoming (WYOMING)IND FBSI2–20.500520Beat Laramie High 25–0; Lost to COLORADO STATE 3–32
70-35.759Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI1–20.33365-1Lost to Washington & LEE 0–17
7116.125Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–20.333650Lost to Chicago 8–14
72-16.879Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI1–2–10.37564-3Tied Georgia 0–0
73110.293South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI0–20.000730Lost to Georgia Tech 0–59
74-1711.445Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND FBSI0–2–10.16772-1Lost to Kentucky 0–17

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