1916 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings

October 17, 1916By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1916 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	1	0.915	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Kansas State 14–0
2	-1	0.949	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Davidson 9–0
3	10	1.152	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Lehigh 12–0
4	11	1.176	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Kentucky 45–0
5	5	1.178	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Utah State 53–0
6	3	1.251	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Oklahoma State 14–6
7	1	1.315	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maryville 68–7
8	8	1.327	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 39–0
9	8	1.351	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Navy 20–19
10	53	1.363	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oberlin 128–0
11	10	1.383	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Haskell 25–0
12	23	1.441	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mercer 92–0
13	1	1.443	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Franklin & Marshall 60–0
14	-7	1.451	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 37–0
15	-12	1.453	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Multnomah A.c. 28–0
16	10	1.483	LSU	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Texas A&M 13–0
17	12	1.501	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 13–0
18	-7	1.511	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Florida 21–0
19	3	1.550	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Mississippi College 13–7
20	-2	1.572	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Marietta 47–6
21	12	1.586	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oklahoma Mines 82–0
22	1	1.596	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado College Alumni 56–0
23	2	1.646	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Gallaudet 54–0
24	16	1.650	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Illinois 15–3
25	16	1.686	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Amherst 69–0
26	8	1.698	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Massachusetts 62–0
27	-3	1.722	Newberry (NEWBERRY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Chick Springs Military 13–7
28	8	1.758	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Dakota 47–7
29	23	1.758	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hendrix 61–0
30	20	1.793	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Williams 42–0
31	17	1.799	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Carroll (WISCONSIN) 54–0; Beat MOUNT UNION 26–0
32	6	1.805	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	46	0	Tied Washington & LEE 13–13
33	9	1.821	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Clemson 14–0
34	26	1.833	TCU	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat SMU 48–3
35	2	1.837	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Holy Cross 17–0
36	11	1.865	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ballard Meteors 28–0
37	-18	1.901	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Tufts 3–0
38	18	1.909	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Kansas 13–0
39	4	1.925	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat New Mexico 23–0
40	14	1.931	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Dakota State 28–3
41	5	1.957	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	91	0	BYE
42	-14	1.961	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	1–0–1	0.750	46	0	BYE
43	14	1.973	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
44	7	1.991	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Grinnell 17–7
45	17	1.997	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wabash 28–7
46	9	2.012	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–0–1	0.900	44	0	Beat Whittier 21–17
47	18	2.027	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–0–1	0.833	45	0	Beat Wyoming 19–10
48	-3	2.033	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Spring Hill 14–0
49	24	2.615	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	50	+1	Beat Presbyterian 34–7
50	-45	2.667	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Texas 6–14
51	15	2.786	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	60	0	Tied Rutgers 13–13
52	-25	2.893	Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	60	+1	Lost to Alabama 7–13
53	-23	2.924	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	59	+1	Beat Maryland 14–7; Lost to PITTSBURGH 19–20
54	-23	3.016	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	50	0	Lost to Yale 0–12
55	-51	3.038	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	46	0	Lost to Tulsa 0–16
56	-24	3.053	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	50	0	Lost to Nebraska 0–14
57	-37	3.073	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	50	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 0–45
58	-52	3.236	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–1	0.500	60	+1	Lost to Colgate 3–15
59	-10	3.321	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	50	0	Lost to LSU 0–13
60	-2	3.393	Haskell (HASKELL)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	50	0	Lost to Notre Dame 0–25
61	15	3.427	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	60	0	Beat Austin 40–0
62	13	3.449	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	60	0	Beat Wofford 23–3
63	14	3.506	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	50	+1	Beat Richmond 21–0
64	5	3.743	West Virginia Wesleyan (WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	60	0	Lost to Penn State 0–39
65	-4	3.762	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND B8	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Missouri 0–13
66	1	3.843	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	60	+1	Beat Virginia Tech 20–0
67	15	3.887	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	46	+1	Beat North Carolina 21–0
68	10	3.950	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	81	+1	Lost to Tennessee 0–14
69	-30	4.249	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	50	+1	Lost to Swarthmore 0–6
70	-11	4.309	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Colorado State 0–53
71	9	4.365	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–3	0.000	86	0	Lost to Denver 10–19
72	-8	4.366	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	50	-1	Lost to West Virginia 0–20
73	8	4.470	Drake (DRAKE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	60	0	BYE
74	-30	4.504	Florida (FLORIDA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	86	0	Lost to Georgia 0–21
75	-5	4.573	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	60	-1	Beat Eastern (VIRGINIA) 60–7
76	8	4.762	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	81	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–9
77	-65	4.921	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	60	-1	Lost to Citadel 7–34
78	-4	4.961	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	60	0	Lost to Susquehanna 9–10
79	-11	4.996	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	81	0	Lost to Harvard 0–21
80	-8	5.150	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	60	-1	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 33–0
81	8	5.356	Furman (FURMAN)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	60	-2	Beat Erskine 60–3
82	9	5.376	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	1–1	0.500	60	+1	Beat Indiana 22–0
83	-30	5.545	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–1	0.500	60	-1	Lost to Chicago 0–22
84	1	5.957	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	60	-2	BYE
85	-6	5.987	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	81	-1	Lost to Iowa State 0–13
86	0	6.208	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	60	-2	BYE
87	1	6.301	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–2	0.500	60	0	Beat Washington State 13–10
88	-1	6.539	SMU	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	86	0	Lost to TCU 3–48
89	-18	8.835	Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	86	-1	BYE
90	-7	11.026	Wofford (WOFFORD)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	86	-2	Lost to South Carolina 3–23
91	-1	13.165	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–2–1	0.167	85	0	Lost to Ursinus 0–6