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1916 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings

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
1230.000Alabama (ALABAMA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1430.000Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1470.000Army (ARMY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1170.000Auburn (AUBURN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1190.000Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1590.000Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1840.000Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1270.000Chicago (CHICAGO)B100–00.00010Preseason
1460.000Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1620.000Clemson (CLEMSON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1180.000Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1820.000Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1260.000Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1370.000Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
110.000Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
150.000Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1300.000Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1450.000Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1510.000Denver (DENVER)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1810.000Drake (DRAKE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1480.000Florida (FLORIDA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1580.000Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1200.000Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1220.000Georgia (GEORGIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
100.000Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1100.000Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1650.000Haskell (HASKELL)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
130.000Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–00.00010Preseason
1630.000Indiana (INDIANA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1690.000Iowa (IOWA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1360.000Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1340.000Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1710.000Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1280.000Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1390.000Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1490.000Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1240.000LSUIND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1550.000Michigan (MICHIGAN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
140.000Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1850.000Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1600.000Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1210.000Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1750.000Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1740.000Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
120.000Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1800.000Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1380.000North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1610.000NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1770.000Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–00.00010Preseason
1110.000Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1350.000Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.00010Preseason
170.000Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1670.000Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Oregon (OREGON)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1250.000Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1530.000Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
180.000Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1660.000Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1140.000Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1570.000Purdue (PURDUE)B100–00.00010Preseason
1400.000Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1410.000Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000SMUIND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1420.000South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1700.000Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1120.000Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1720.000TCUIND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1500.000Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1160.000Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1320.000Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1640.000Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1330.000Utah (UTAH)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1760.000Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
190.000Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
160.000Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1440.000Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1560.000Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1730.000Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1130.000Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1150.000Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1680.000Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1290.000West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1520.000West Virginia Wesleyan (WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1310.000Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–00.00010Preseason
1790.000Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1830.000Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1540.000Yale (YALE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason

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