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1917 Final College Football Team Rankings

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1917 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
100.606Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI9–01.0001+42BYE
201.019Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC8–01.0001+26BYE
301.049Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI10–01.0001+42BYE
401.075Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B108–0–10.9445+19BYE
501.237Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI7–10.8759+17BYE
601.346Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI8–1–10.85014+27BYE
701.366Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY7–0–10.9386+12BYE
801.440Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC6–0–10.9297+12BYE
901.476Denver (DENVER)IND SKY9–01.0001+17BYE
1001.517Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B104–10.80018+11BYE
1101.633Rice (RICE)IND SWC7–10.8759+18BYE
1201.666Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B85–20.71432+15BYE
1301.718Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI7–10.8759+16BYE
1401.917Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI6–1–10.81317+12BYE
1501.926Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI9–20.81816+25BYE
1601.935Illinois (ILLINOIS)B105–2–10.68837+18BYE
1701.983Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI7–1–10.83315+2BYE
1802.041Auburn (AUBURN)IND FBSI6–2–10.72228+15BYE
1902.042Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI8–10.8898+12BYE
2002.083Clemson (CLEMSON)IND FBSI6–20.75024+18BYE
2102.100Army (ARMY)IND FBSI7–10.8759+6BYE
2202.216Kansas (KANSAS)IND B86–20.75024+16BYE
2302.259Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND FBSI6–10.85713+5BYE
2402.305Michigan (MICHIGAN)B108–20.80018+4BYE
2502.326Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC6–2–10.72228+7BYE
2602.379Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY6–20.75024+10BYE
2702.384Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B86–20.75024+7BYE
2802.395Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–2–10.64341+8BYE
2902.409West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI6–3–10.65040+26BYE
3002.427Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI7–20.77823+7BYE
3102.439Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI6–40.60048+20BYE
3202.500Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI6–2–10.72228+7BYE
3302.543TCUIND FBSI8–20.80018+9BYE
3402.597Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B105–20.71432+12BYE
3502.629Indiana (INDIANA)B105–20.71432+2BYE
3602.677Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI8–20.80018+8BYE
3702.689Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC5–1–10.78622-1BYE
3802.782Chicago (CHICAGO)B103–2–10.58350+10BYE
3902.799NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND FBSI6–2–10.72228+9BYE
4002.861Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B85–20.71432+2BYE
4102.961Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND FBSI4–30.57151+2BYE
4202.973Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–20.66739+3BYE
4302.992Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI7–30.70036+5BYE
4403.156Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC4–2–10.64341+1BYE
4503.157Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI5–30.62543+4BYE
4603.264Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI5–30.62543+8BYE
4703.393Alabama (ALABAMA)IND FBSI5–2–10.68837+1BYE
4803.502Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–40.50058+3BYE
4903.507Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND SWC6–4–10.59149-2BYE
5003.523Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY5–30.62543+4BYE
5103.564Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI5–40.55656-4BYE
5203.578Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI4–2–20.62543+4BYE
5303.709Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI5–30.62543+7BYE
5404.190Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY3–30.50058-3BYE
5504.262Oregon (OREGON)PAC4–30.57151+5BYE
5604.387Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI5–40.55656-9BYE
5704.400Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI4–4–10.50058-9BYE
5804.540SMUIND FBSI3–2–30.56354-2BYE
5904.575Maryland (MARYLAND)IND FBSI4–3–10.56354-6BYE
6004.734Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI3–30.50058-8BYE
6104.832LSUIND FBSI3–50.37569-6BYE
6205.141Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B84–30.57151-7BYE
6305.155Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–50.37569-8BYE
6405.275Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI2–30.40066-4BYE
6505.301Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI3–50.37569-6BYE
6605.350Purdue (PURDUE)B103–40.42964-8BYE
6705.553South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI3–50.37569-5BYE
6805.559Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY3–40.42964-7BYE
6905.578Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND FBSI3–5–10.38967-6BYE
7005.649Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC4–50.44463-2BYE
7105.767California (CALIFORNIA)PAC5–5–10.50058+2BYE
7205.820Carlisle (CARLISLE)IND FBSI3–60.33376-12BYE
7305.985Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–2–10.37569-5BYE
7406.145Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI3–5–10.38967-8BYE
7506.192Iowa (IOWA)B103–50.37569-1BYE
7606.348Utah (UTAH)IND SKY2–40.33376-2BYE
7706.512Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))IND FBSI1–5–10.21481-9BYE
7806.532Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI3–50.37569-5BYE
7907.078Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–60.33376-3BYE
8007.108Florida (FLORIDA)IND FBSI2–40.33376-9BYE
8107.299Montana (MONTANA)IND FBSI1–40.20082-3BYE
8207.892Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI1–6–10.18883-16BYE
8308.267Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND FBSI1–4–10.25080-10BYE
8408.331Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–7–10.06385-16BYE
85011.064Tulsa (TULSA)IND FBSI0–8–10.05686-10BYE
86011.468Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI0–60.00087-18BYE
87012.108Drake (DRAKE)IND B80–5–20.14384-10BYE

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