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1916 Post-Season Week 1 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
100.800Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI8–0–10.9444+32BYE
200.999Yale (YALE)IND FBSI8–10.88910+45BYE
301.016Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI8–01.0001+34BYE
411.230Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY6–0–10.9296+16BYE
5-11.232Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B107–01.0001+15BYE
601.410Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI7–1–10.83318+17BYE
711.437Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC6–0–10.9296+16BYE
8-11.444Army (ARMY)IND FBSI9–01.0001+19BYE
901.502Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND FBSI8–0–10.9444+17BYE
1001.520Oregon (OREGON)PAC6–0–10.9296+10BYE
1101.525Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY6–10.85715+11BYE
1231.574Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI8–10.88910+14Beat Tulane 61–0
13-11.649Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI8–10.88910+17BYE
1401.749Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC9–10.9009+15BYE
1511.757Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B86–1–10.81319+22BYE
16-31.766Rice (RICE)IND SWC6–1–20.77825+9BYE
1701.788Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI8–10.88910+15BYE
1801.801LSUIND FBSI7–1–20.80022+19BYE
1901.805Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B106–10.85715+8BYE
2001.826Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC7–20.77825+25BYE
2101.850Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI8–10.88910+9BYE
2202.004Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B106–10.85715+14BYE
2302.063Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI6–1–10.81319+13BYE
2402.098Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B86–1–10.81319+10BYE
2502.100Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI7–2–10.75029+31BYE
2602.147Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI8–20.80022+12BYE
2702.184Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B86–20.75029+18BYE
2812.273Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI8–20.80022+10BYE
29-12.276Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI5–2–20.66740+4BYE
3012.333Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI6–3–10.65047+19BYE
31-12.341Auburn (AUBURN)IND FBSI6–20.75029+12BYE
3212.441Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND FBSI5–2–20.66740+9BYE
33-12.444Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND FBSI4–1–20.71436+3BYE
3402.510Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI7–20.77825+11BYE
3502.534Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI6–20.75029+11BYE
3602.560Michigan (MICHIGAN)IND FBSI7–20.77825+4BYE
3702.701West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–2–20.66740+5BYE
3802.709Georgia (GEORGIA)IND FBSI6–30.66740+18BYE
3902.765Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI7–30.70038+19BYE
4012.803Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI5–2–20.66740+2BYE
4112.839Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI6–20.75029+5BYE
4212.865Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC6–30.66740+9BYE
4312.874Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI6–2–10.72234-1BYE
4423.078Denver (DENVER)IND SKY4–2–10.64348+4BYE
4503.123Alabama (ALABAMA)IND FBSI6–30.66740+6BYE
4613.154Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–2–10.64348+5BYE
4713.197Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B85–2–10.68839+2BYE
4813.220TCUIND FBSI6–2–10.72234-6BYE
4913.290Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI5–20.714360BYE
5013.302Utah (UTAH)IND SKY3–20.60051+1BYE
51-113.351Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI4–3–10.56358+8Lost to Georgetown 0–61
5203.398Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–3–10.50063+7BYE
5303.461North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI5–40.55660+13BYE
5403.625Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI3–2–20.57154-3BYE
5513.662Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI5–3–10.61150+2BYE
56-13.664Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI5–40.55660-5BYE
5703.728Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND SWC6–50.54562+1BYE
5803.756Iowa (IOWA)B104–30.57154+3BYE
5903.808California (CALIFORNIA)PAC6–4–10.591520BYE
6013.900Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–3–10.56358+6BYE
61-13.931Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)IND FBSI4–30.571540BYE
6204.131Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY3–2–10.58353-1BYE
6304.196Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND FBSI4–4–10.500630BYE
6404.440Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI4–30.57154-5BYE
6504.547Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC4–40.50063-8BYE
6604.578Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–40.50063-12BYE
6704.910Virginia (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
7105.475Clemson (CLEMSON)IND FBSI3–60.33377-4BYE
7205.529Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC4–50.44469-2BYE
7305.844Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI4–50.44469-8BYE
7405.850Drake (DRAKE)IND B83–50.37574-3BYE
7505.914Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI4–50.44469-17BYE
7606.129West Virginia Wesleyan (WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN)IND FBSI3–60.33377-9BYE
7706.421Indiana (INDIANA)B102–4–10.35775-5BYE
7816.545Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))IND SWC1–5–10.21486-1BYE
79-16.547Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND FBSI3–60.33377-12BYE
8006.548NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND FBSI2–50.28681-8BYE
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
8407.393Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI2–6–10.27882-8BYE
8507.418South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI2–70.22284-20BYE
8607.632Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–40.20089-8BYE
8708.073Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI3–90.25083-9BYE
8808.241Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI2–70.22284-15BYE
8908.530Florida (FLORIDA)IND FBSI0–50.00091-12BYE
9009.518Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–5–10.21486-6BYE
91011.561SMUIND FBSI0–8–20.10090-9BYE

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