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1916 Week 9 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
101.016Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B83–01.0001+7Beat Oregon State 17–7
221.046Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI4–01.0001+5Beat Ole Miss 35–0
361.084Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–01.0001+6Beat Syracuse 30–0
4-21.154Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI4–01.0001+2Beat North Carolina 10–6
511.178Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–01.0001+7Beat Oklahoma 21–7
691.188Oregon (OREGON)PAC3–01.0001+4Beat California 39–14
7-41.279Yale (YALE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+6Beat Virginia Tech 19–0
8-11.315Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI3–0–10.875350Tied Kentucky 0–0
9-41.321Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–01.0001+2BYE
10121.359Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY3–01.0001+1Beat Colorado Mines 54–0
1151.384LSUIND FBSI4–01.0001+4Beat Mississippi College 50–7
12-21.487Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–01.0001+1Beat Illinois 7–6
13-21.495Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2BYE
1401.510Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC4–01.00010Beat Howard Payne 47–0
15-31.518Auburn (AUBURN)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1Beat Clemson 28–0
1621.533Georgia (GEORGIA)IND FBSI4–01.0001+5Beat Virginia 13–7
1741.560Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–01.00010Beat Missouri Rolla 60–0
18101.582Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–01.00010Beat South Dakota 81–0
19-21.656Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–0–10.83338+1Tied Iowa State 0–0
20241.662Iowa (IOWA)B103–01.0001+2Beat Purdue 24–6
21151.662Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC2–01.00010Beat Bremerton Navy 62–0
2281.686Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Bucknell 19–0
23-31.688Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI5–01.0001+2Beat Westminster (PENNSYLVANIA) 12–0
24-51.713Alabama (ALABAMA)IND FBSI4–01.0001+1Beat Florida 16–0
25101.716Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–01.0001+2Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 53–0
2671.743Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+2Beat South Carolina 26–0
27131.746Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–01.0001+2Beat Haskell 13–0
28-31.755Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI4–01.00010Beat Williams 20–0
29-51.767Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+1Beat Rhode Island 33–0
30131.799Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–01.0001+1Beat Chicago 10–0
3111.805Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI1–0–10.750420BYE
32151.825Denver (DENVER)IND SKY3–0–10.87535+2Beat Colorado 7–0
3351.845Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–0–10.87535+1Tied Missouri 0–0
3401.849TCUIND FBSI3–01.00010BYE
35-41.858Michigan (MICHIGAN)IND FBSI5–01.00010Beat Michigan State 9–0
3611.865Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI4–01.0001+1Beat Lafayette 33–0
37-101.877Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1BYE
38101.901Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Jefferson 39–3
3922.021Utah (UTAH)IND SKY1–01.00010Beat USC 27–12
40102.074Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC2–10.667510Beat Southwestern Oklahoma State 117–0
41-282.513Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–10.750420Lost to Pittsburgh 0–30
42-342.578Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI4–10.80039+3Lost to Pennsylvania 0–15
43102.608Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–1–10.70050+3Beat West Virginia 12–7
4452.689Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI2–1–10.62559+1Tied Davidson 7–7
4562.754Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND FBSI2–1–10.625590Beat Roanoke 30–0
46132.837Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–10.750420Beat SMU 62–0
47142.850Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–10.667510Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 54–0
48-192.907Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND FBSI3–10.750420Lost to Vanderbilt 0–35
4972.931Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–10.750420Beat Emporia State 13–3
50-242.935Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI4–10.80039-1Lost to Georgetown 0–10
51-52.978California (CALIFORNIA)PAC4–1–10.750420Lost to Oregon 14–39
52233.007Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI2–10.66751+3Beat Dartmouth 10–0
5313.033Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI2–1–10.625590Tied Lebanon Valley 3–3
5433.090Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND FBSI2–1–10.625590Tied Sewanee 0–0
55143.332Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI3–10.75042+5Beat Penn State 15–0
56-113.377Purdue (PURDUE)B102–10.667510Lost to Iowa 6–24
5713.382Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–20.33374+1Lost to Ohio State 6–7
5893.386Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI4–10.80039+1Beat Massachusetts 47–0
59143.492Drake (DRAKE)IND B82–10.66751+1Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 13–0
60-373.556Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI3–10.750420Lost to Maryland 9–15
61-63.566Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND SWC3–20.600630Lost to Texas 7–21
62-103.584Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)IND FBSI1–20.33374+2Lost to LSU 7–50
63-213.651Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY1–1–10.50064+1Lost to Denver 0–7
64-13.823Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–20.50064+1Lost to Georgia 7–13
65-53.875Haskell (HASKELL)IND FBSI2–20.500640Lost to Wisconsin 0–13
66-44.080South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI1–20.333740Lost to Tennessee 0–26
6714.081Clemson (CLEMSON)IND FBSI1–30.25084+2Lost to Auburn 0–28
68134.288Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI2–10.66751-3Beat Georgia Tech "B" 21–10
69114.320Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND FBSI2–10.66751-2Beat Transylvania 13–0
70-314.328Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY1–10.500640Lost to Colorado College 0–54
71154.333NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND FBSI2–10.66751-1Beat Wake Forest 6–0
72-84.400West Virginia Wesleyan (WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN)IND FBSI2–20.50064-1BYE
7314.452Florida (FLORIDA)IND FBSI0–20.000880Lost to Alabama 0–16
7424.692Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI1–2–10.375730Tied Citadel 7–7
7544.949North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI1–30.250840Lost to Georgia Tech 6–10
76-45.033Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI2–20.50064-2Lost to Yale 0–19
7705.089Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI1–10.50064-1BYE
78-125.310West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI1–20.333740Lost to Navy 7–12
79-145.344Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B81–20.33374-1Lost to Drake 0–13
80-95.503Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–30.250840Beat Utah State 23–10
8115.717Chicago (CHICAGO)B101–20.33374+1Lost to Northwestern 0–10
82-45.725Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI2–30.40071-1Lost to Cornell 0–19
8326.092Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–20.33374-2BYE
8436.365Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–30.400710Lost to Nebraska 7–17
85-156.591Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–20.33374-3Lost to Wyoming 10–23
86-27.139Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI1–20.33374-4Lost to NC State 0–6
8717.765SMUIND FBSI0–40.00088-1Lost to Texas A&M 0–62
88-57.983Indiana (INDIANA)B101–20.33374-2Lost to Tufts 10–12
8909.904Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))IND SWC0–20.00088-2Lost to Rice 0–54
90110.565Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI0–3–10.125870Lost to Princeton 0–33
91-112.409Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI0–30.00088-3Lost to Erskine 7–12

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