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1916 Week 12 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
100.837Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI6–0–10.92910+15Beat Alabama 13–0
221.083Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B85–01.0001+14BYE
301.091Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY4–0–10.90011+9Tied Colorado Mines 0–0
451.134Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI6–01.0001+18Beat Washington & Jefferson 37–0
521.241Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B105–01.0001+8Beat Indiana 46–7
6-41.334Yale (YALE)IND FBSI6–10.85717+23Lost to Brown 6–21
711.408Oregon (OREGON)PAC4–0–10.90011+6Beat Washington State 12–3
871.414Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI7–01.0001+8Beat Yale 21–6
921.445Army (ARMY)IND FBSI7–01.0001+9Beat Maine 17–3
1001.471Auburn (AUBURN)IND FBSI6–01.0001+10Beat Florida 20–0
1181.576Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B105–01.0001+9Beat Iowa 20–13
12-61.579Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI6–10.85717+9Lost to Tennessee 6–10
1371.590Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC4–0–10.90011+3Beat Oregon State 35–0
1481.657Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND FBSI7–01.0001+9Beat Vanderbilt 10–6
1561.702Utah (UTAH)IND SKY3–01.0001+2Beat Utah State 46–0
1681.736LSUIND FBSI6–10.85717+13Beat Mississippi State 13–3
1711.740Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI5–1–10.78631+5Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 54–0
1871.824Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY4–10.80026+3Beat Colorado 58–0
19-71.893Alabama (ALABAMA)IND FBSI6–10.85717+10Lost to Georgia Tech 0–13
20151.928Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI7–10.87514+17Beat Princeton 3–0
2161.963Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND FBSI4–1–20.71440+7Beat Bucknell 55–7
2281.998Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI7–10.87514+7Beat Lehigh 10–7
23-72.037Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI6–10.85717+11Lost to Harvard 0–3
2442.096Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI4–10.80026+6BYE
25-112.109Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC6–10.85717+3Lost to Texas A&M 0–3
26-92.141Michigan (MICHIGAN)IND FBSI7–10.87514+5Lost to Cornell 20–23
27-12.198Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–10.83324+3Beat South Dakota 21–0
28142.224Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI5–10.83324+8Beat Michigan 23–20
29142.231Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B84–1–10.75032+4Beat Missouri 7–6
3032.241Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI4–1–10.75032+5BYE
3192.254Rice (RICE)IND SWC4–1–10.75032+7Beat Tulane 23–13
3252.265Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI5–2–10.68847+13Beat NC State 50–0
33-202.270Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B84–1–10.75032+9Lost to Kansas State 6–7
34-22.271Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI6–10.85717+2Beat Rochester 35–6
35-302.320Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B104–10.80026+1Lost to Illinois 9–14
3602.336Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–10.80026-1BYE
37-62.350Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–10.80026+5BYE
38-92.422Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–20.66749+10BYE
39-12.472Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–1–10.75032+3Beat Morningside 7–0
40112.525Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–20.60054+8Beat Minnesota 14–9
4152.577Georgia (GEORGIA)IND FBSI5–20.71440+10Beat Furman 49–0
42112.770Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC5–20.71440+8Beat Baylor 3–0
4322.924Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI5–2–10.68847+2Tied Pennsylvania 7–7
44-32.928Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND FBSI3–1–10.70045-1BYE
45-12.941Denver (DENVER)IND SKY3–1–10.70045+2BYE
46-122.984Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI5–20.71440+2Lost to Pittsburgh 0–37
4723.122Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI4–2–10.64351+12Tied Dartmouth 7–7
4843.153Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI5–20.71440+4Beat Wake Forest 52–0
4973.224Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI3–10.75032+1Beat Wofford 21–0
50-273.241TCUIND FBSI4–1–10.75032-4Lost to Southwestern (TEXAS) 13–41
51-13.293Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–1–20.600540Tied West Virginia 0–0
52-133.355Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI4–2–10.64351-2Lost to Penn State 7–10
5343.392California (CALIFORNIA)PAC6–2–10.722390Beat ST. Mary's 48–6
5403.499Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI4–30.57161-3Beat Susquehanna 42–0
5563.701Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC4–20.66749-2Beat Central Oklahoma 34–6
56-93.714Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI3–20.60054+1Lost to Rice 13–23
5713.725West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–2–10.58359+1Tied Rutgers 0–0
5823.825Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY2–1–10.625530Tied Colorado State 0–0
59-113.844Iowa (IOWA)B103–20.60054+1Lost to Northwestern 13–20
6043.996North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI3–40.42968+5Beat Davidson 10–6
6184.158Kansas (KANSAS)IND B83–2–10.58359+1Beat Washburn 27–0
62-34.214Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND FBSI3–30.50063-1Lost to LSU 3–13
6354.345Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI3–20.60054-3Beat Bailey Military 32–6
6434.358Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND SWC4–40.50063-5Beat Kingfisher 96–0
65-104.540Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI3–3–10.50063-3Lost to North Carolina 6–10
6664.742Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–30.40075-1Beat Southern Miss 75–0
6744.805Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–40.42968-1Beat South Carolina 35–6
68104.856Drake (DRAKE)IND B83–30.50063+2Beat Simpson 32–0
69105.099Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI4–30.57161-2Beat Clemson 37–7
70-75.235Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI3–30.50063-6Lost to Georgia 0–49
7135.378Chicago (CHICAGO)B102–30.40075+2BYE
72-75.464Clemson (CLEMSON)IND FBSI2–40.33381-1Lost to Virginia Military Institute 7–37
7325.631Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–40.429680Lost to Washington 0–35
74-125.658Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND FBSI3–40.42968-5Lost to Transylvania 3–13
75-95.687Haskell (HASKELL)IND FBSI3–40.42968-4Lost to Emporia State 0–14
7665.705West Virginia Wesleyan (WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN)IND FBSI3–40.42968-4Beat Westminster (PENNSYLVANIA) 19–9
77-15.881Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B82–3–10.41774-5Tied Knox 7–7
78-86.110Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY1–3–10.30082-1Lost to Colorado College 0–58
7916.174Florida (FLORIDA)IND FBSI0–40.00091-3Lost to Auburn 0–20
80-76.396NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND FBSI2–30.40075-5Lost to Navy 0–50
8106.493Purdue (PURDUE)B102–30.40075-7BYE
8286.584Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))IND SWC1–40.200840Beat TCU 41–13
83-66.598Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI2–30.40075-8Lost to Virginia Tech 0–52
8447.257Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI2–4–10.35780-3Beat Albright 32–0
8507.273Indiana (INDIANA)B101–40.20084-3Lost to Ohio State 7–46
86-27.321Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–40.20084-4BYE
8707.837Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–40.20084-4Lost to Utah 0–46
88-57.849Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI2–70.22283-4Lost to NEW York University 0–13; Lost to WASHINGTON & LEE 7–55
89-38.541South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI1–50.16788-11Lost to Virginia 6–35
90-19.098Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI1–50.16788-9Lost to Newberry 0–21
91011.474SMUIND FBSI0–6–10.07190-6Lost to Daniel Baker 0–27

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