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1916 Final College Football Team Rankings

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1916 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
100.797Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI8–0–10.9444+32BYE
200.989Yale (YALE)IND FBSI8–10.88910+45BYE
301.061Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI8–01.0001+34BYE
401.230Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY6–0–10.9297+16BYE
501.232Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B107–01.0001+15BYE
601.406Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI7–1–10.83318+17BYE
731.423Oregon (OREGON)PAC7–0–10.9386+17Beat Pennsylvania 14–0
8-11.437Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC6–0–10.9297+16BYE
9-11.441Army (ARMY)IND FBSI9–01.0001+19BYE
10-11.499Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND FBSI8–0–10.9444+17BYE
1101.525Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY6–10.85715+11BYE
1201.570Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI8–10.88910+14BYE
1301.645Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI8–10.88910+17BYE
1401.746Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC9–10.9009+15BYE
1501.757Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B86–1–10.81319+22BYE
1601.766Rice (RICE)IND SWC6–1–20.77825+9BYE
1701.788Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI8–10.88910+15BYE
1801.797LSUIND FBSI7–1–20.80022+19BYE
1901.805Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B106–10.85715+8BYE
2001.826Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC7–20.77825+25BYE
2101.847Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI8–10.88910+9BYE
2202.004Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B106–10.85715+14BYE
2302.059Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI6–1–10.81319+13BYE
2402.093Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B86–1–10.81319+10BYE
2522.164Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B86–20.75029+18BYE
2602.200Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI8–20.80022+11BYE
2722.260Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI5–2–20.66740+4BYE
2802.269Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI8–20.80022+10BYE
2912.323Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI6–3–10.65047+19BYE
3012.325Auburn (AUBURN)IND FBSI6–20.75029+12BYE
3112.425Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND FBSI5–2–20.66740+9BYE
3212.444Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND FBSI4–1–20.71435+3BYE
33-82.446Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI7–3–10.68239+31Lost to Oregon 0–14
3402.506Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI7–20.77825+11BYE
3502.508Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI6–20.75029+11BYE
3602.620Michigan (MICHIGAN)IND FBSI7–20.77825+3BYE
3712.704Georgia (GEORGIA)IND FBSI6–30.66740+18BYE
3812.741Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI7–30.70037+19BYE
39-22.778West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–2–20.66740+4BYE
4002.781Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI5–2–20.66740+2BYE
4122.859Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI6–2–10.72233-1BYE
4202.865Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC6–30.66740+9BYE
43-22.895Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI6–20.75029+4BYE
4403.078Denver (DENVER)IND SKY4–2–10.64348+4BYE
4503.119Alabama (ALABAMA)IND FBSI6–30.66740+6BYE
4603.154Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–2–10.64348+5BYE
4703.175Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B85–2–10.68838+2BYE
4803.204TCUIND FBSI6–2–10.72233-6BYE
4903.274Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI5–20.714350BYE
5003.302Utah (UTAH)IND SKY3–20.60051+1BYE
5103.351Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI4–3–10.56358+8BYE
5203.398Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–3–10.50063+7BYE
5303.449North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI5–40.55660+13BYE
5403.625Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI3–2–20.57154-3BYE
5513.658Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI5–40.55660-5BYE
56-13.662Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI5–3–10.61150+2BYE
5703.728Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND SWC6–50.54562+1BYE
5803.742Iowa (IOWA)B104–30.57154+3BYE
5903.808California (CALIFORNIA)PAC6–4–10.591520BYE
6003.886Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–3–10.56358+6BYE
6103.931Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)IND FBSI4–30.571540BYE
6204.131Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY3–2–10.58353-1BYE
6304.189Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND FBSI4–4–10.500630BYE
6404.433Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI4–30.57154-5BYE
6504.547Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC4–40.50063-8BYE
6604.578Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–40.50063-12BYE
6704.903Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–50.44469-1BYE
6805.227Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI3–30.50063-7BYE
6905.257Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B83–3–10.50063-8BYE
7005.263Chicago (CHICAGO)B103–40.42973+3BYE
7105.467Clemson (CLEMSON)IND FBSI3–60.33377-4BYE
7205.522Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC4–50.44469-2BYE
7315.833Drake (DRAKE)IND B83–50.37574-3BYE
74-15.844Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI4–50.44469-8BYE
7505.914Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI4–50.44469-17BYE
7606.242West Virginia Wesleyan (WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN)IND FBSI3–60.33377-10BYE
7706.421Indiana (INDIANA)B102–4–10.35775-5BYE
7806.531Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))IND SWC1–5–10.21486-1BYE
7916.537NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND FBSI2–50.28681-8BYE
80-16.547Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND FBSI3–60.33377-12BYE
8106.704Purdue (PURDUE)B102–4–10.35775-11BYE
8207.217Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY1–5–10.21486-6BYE
8307.277Haskell (HASKELL)IND FBSI3–60.33377-6BYE
8417.408South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI2–70.22284-20BYE
85-17.523Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI2–6–10.27882-9BYE
8607.632Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–40.20089-8BYE
8708.053Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI3–90.25083-9BYE
8808.231Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI2–70.22284-15BYE
8908.509Florida (FLORIDA)IND FBSI0–50.00091-12BYE
9009.518Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–5–10.21486-6BYE
91011.548SMUIND FBSI0–8–20.10090-9BYE

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