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1916 Regular Season 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
100.770Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI8–0–10.9444+32Beat Auburn 33–7
200.999Yale (YALE)IND FBSI8–10.88910+45BYE
311.016Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI8–01.0001+34Beat Penn State 31–0
411.232Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B107–01.0001+15BYE
5-21.234Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY6–0–10.9296+16Beat Colorado 32–14
601.397Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI7–1–10.83318+17BYE
711.444Army (ARMY)IND FBSI9–01.0001+19BYE
811.445Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC6–0–10.9296+16Beat California 14–7
911.499Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND FBSI8–0–10.9444+17Tied Kentucky 0–0
10-31.524Oregon (OREGON)PAC6–0–10.9296+10Beat Multnomah A.c. 27–0
1111.534Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY6–10.85715+11Beat Utah 21–6
12-11.652Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI8–10.88910+17BYE
1301.717Rice (RICE)IND SWC6–1–20.77825+9Beat Arizona 47–16
1461.749Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC9–10.9009+15Beat TCU 32–14
1531.759Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI7–10.87514+10Beat George Washington 47–7
1651.761Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B86–1–10.81319+22Beat Kansas 13–0
17-31.788Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI8–10.88910+15BYE
18-21.792LSUIND FBSI7–1–20.80022+19Tied Tulane 14–14
19-21.810Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B106–10.85715+8BYE
2041.826Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC7–20.77825+25Beat Texas A&M 21–7
2151.850Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI8–10.88910+9Beat Nebraska 20–0
2212.008Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B106–10.85715+14BYE
2342.068Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI6–1–10.81319+13Beat South Carolina 20–2
2412.098Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B86–1–10.81319+10BYE
2552.100Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI7–2–10.75029+31Beat Cornell 23–3
26-72.147Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI8–20.80022+12Lost to Pittsburgh 0–31
27-122.193Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B86–20.75029+18Lost to Notre Dame 0–20
2802.270Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI5–2–20.66740+4BYE
2932.276Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI8–20.80022+10Beat Rutgers 12–9
30-82.336Auburn (AUBURN)IND FBSI6–20.75029+12Lost to Georgia Tech 7–33
3122.352Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI6–3–10.65047+18BYE
3242.436Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND FBSI4–1–20.71436+3Tied Tennessee 0–0
3372.441Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND FBSI5–2–20.66740+9Beat NC State 21–0
3482.510Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI7–20.77825+11Beat Virginia Military Institute 23–14
3522.534Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI6–20.75029+11BYE
36-12.560Michigan (MICHIGAN)IND FBSI7–20.77825+4BYE
37132.701West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–2–20.66740+5Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 54–7
3892.709Georgia (GEORGIA)IND FBSI6–30.66740+18Beat Alabama 3–0
3922.765Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI7–30.70038+19BYE
4052.771Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI4–2–10.64348+9Tied LSU 14–14
4172.828Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI5–2–20.66740+2BYE
42-132.839Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI6–20.75029+5Lost to Pennsylvania 3–23
43-122.859Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC6–30.66740+9Lost to Texas 7–21
4402.874Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI6–2–10.72234-1BYE
45-73.071Alabama (ALABAMA)IND FBSI6–30.66740+7Lost to Georgia 0–3
46133.085Denver (DENVER)IND SKY4–2–10.64348+4Beat Colorado Mines 21–0
4743.154Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–2–10.64348+5BYE
4853.209Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B85–2–10.68839+2Beat Drake 33–14
49-63.220TCUIND FBSI6–2–10.72234-6Lost to Baylor 14–32
50-113.296Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI5–20.714360Lost to Presbyterian 0–3
51-173.321Utah (UTAH)IND SKY3–20.60052+1Lost to Colorado College 6–21
5203.407Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–3–10.50063+7BYE
5323.466North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI5–40.55660+13Beat Virginia 7–0
54-83.644Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI3–2–20.57155-3Lost to Washington & Jefferson 9–12
5523.664Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI5–40.55660-5BYE
5673.680Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI5–3–10.61151+2Beat Clemson 33–0
5753.733Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND SWC6–50.54562+1Beat Oklahoma State 41–7
5803.776Iowa (IOWA)B104–30.57155+3BYE
59-33.827California (CALIFORNIA)PAC6–4–10.591530Lost to Washington 7–14
6043.859Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)IND FBSI4–30.57155+1Beat Ole Miss 36–14
61-73.920Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–3–10.56359+6Lost to Missouri 0–13
62-134.149Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY3–2–10.58354-1Lost to Denver 0–21
6334.196Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND FBSI4–4–10.500630Beat Arkansas 20–7
6474.460Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI4–30.57155-5Beat Newberry 3–0
65-54.547Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC4–40.50063-8Lost to Oklahoma 7–41
66-54.571Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–40.50063-12Lost to Mississippi State 7–20
67-24.909Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–50.44469-1Lost to North Carolina 0–7
6805.227Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI3–30.50063-7BYE
6915.257Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B83–3–10.50063-8BYE
70-15.263Chicago (CHICAGO)B103–40.42973+3BYE
71-45.490Clemson (CLEMSON)IND FBSI3–60.33377-4Lost to Davidson 0–33
7245.529Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC4–50.44469-2Beat USC 16–7
7315.844Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI4–50.44469-8Lost to Virginia Tech 14–23
74-15.850Drake (DRAKE)IND B83–50.37574-3Lost to Iowa State 14–33
75-35.928Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI4–50.44469-17Lost to Wofford 7–9
76-16.161West Virginia Wesleyan (WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN)IND FBSI3–60.33377-9Lost to West Virginia 7–54
7736.421Indiana (INDIANA)B102–4–10.35775-5BYE
78-16.539Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND FBSI3–60.33377-12Lost to Mississippi College 14–36
79-16.545Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))IND SWC1–5–10.21486-1Tied SMU 9–9
80-16.603NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND FBSI2–50.28681-8Lost to Washington & LEE 0–21
8106.716Purdue (PURDUE)B102–4–10.35775-11BYE
8217.246Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY1–5–10.21486-6Lost to Colorado State 14–32
8317.277Haskell (HASKELL)IND FBSI3–60.33377-6BYE
8417.393Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI2–6–10.27882-8BYE
85-37.418South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI2–70.22284-20Lost to Citadel 2–20
8607.649Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–40.20089-8BYE
8718.100Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI3–90.25083-9Beat Lebanon Valley 8–0
8828.259Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI2–70.22284-15Beat Furman 9–7
89-28.530Florida (FLORIDA)IND FBSI0–50.00091-12BYE
90-19.533Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–5–10.21486-6BYE
91011.561SMUIND FBSI0–8–20.10090-9Tied Southwestern (TEXAS) 9–9

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