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1917 Regular Season 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
100.614Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI9–01.0001+42Beat Auburn 68–7
221.022Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC8–01.0001+26Beat Rice 10–0
301.046Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI10–01.0001+41Beat Penn State 28–6; Beat CAMP LEE 30–0
4-21.072Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B108–0–10.9445+19Beat Camp Sherman 28–0
501.237Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI7–10.8759+17BYE
641.343Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI8–1–10.85014+27Beat Nebraska 10–9
701.366Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY7–0–10.9386+12Beat Utah 14–0
8-21.435Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC6–0–10.9297+12Beat Washington 14–0
931.479Denver (DENVER)IND SKY9–01.0001+17Beat Colorado College 28–7
1031.517Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B104–10.80018+11BYE
11-21.637Rice (RICE)IND SWC7–10.8759+18Lost to Texas A&M 0–10
12-41.666Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B85–20.71432+15Lost to Syracuse 9–10
1321.718Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI7–10.8759+16BYE
1431.870Illinois (ILLINOIS)B105–2–10.68836+18Beat Camp Funston 28–0
1531.917Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI6–1–10.81317+11BYE
1661.930Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI9–20.81816+25Beat Cornell 37–0
1731.983Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI7–1–10.83315+2BYE
1832.042Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI8–10.8898+12Beat Newberry 20–0
19-52.051Auburn (AUBURN)IND FBSI6–2–10.72228+15Lost to Georgia Tech 7–68
20-92.088Clemson (CLEMSON)IND FBSI6–20.75024+18Lost to Davidson 9–21
2122.100Army (ARMY)IND FBSI7–10.8759+6BYE
2272.168Kansas (KANSAS)IND B86–20.75024+16Beat Missouri 27–3
2342.259Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND FBSI6–10.85713+5Beat Haskell 7–6
2442.305Michigan (MICHIGAN)B108–20.80018+4BYE
25-62.326Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC6–2–10.72228+7Lost to TCU 0–34
2642.384Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY6–20.75024+10BYE
2792.384Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B86–20.75024+7Beat Washburn 38–0
2842.385Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–2–10.64342+8BYE
2992.396West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI6–3–10.65040+25Beat NC State 21–0
3012.427Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI7–20.77823+7BYE
3162.459Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI6–40.60049+20Beat Clemson 21–9
3282.499Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI6–2–10.72228+7Beat Virginia Military Institute 6–0
3392.547TCUIND FBSI8–20.80018+9Beat Baylor 34–0
3402.604Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B105–20.71432+12BYE
3502.629Indiana (INDIANA)B105–20.71432+2BYE
3672.677Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI8–20.80018+8Beat Dartmouth 13–0
37-212.689Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC5–1–10.78622-1Lost to Texas 0–20
38-122.759Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND SWC6–3–10.65040-2Lost to Oklahoma State 0–9
39-142.799NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND FBSI6–2–10.72228+9Lost to West Virginia 0–21
4012.800Chicago (CHICAGO)B103–2–10.58350+10BYE
4162.861Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B85–20.71432+2Beat Drake 47–0
4222.955Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–20.66738+3BYE
43-192.961Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND FBSI4–30.57151+2Lost to Washington & Jefferson 0–12
4442.996Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI6–30.66738+5Beat Washington & LEE 12–0
4583.138Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC4–2–10.64342+1Beat Oregon 14–7
4633.176Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI5–30.62544+4Beat LSU 28–6
4773.283Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI5–30.62544+8Beat Sewanee 13–6
48-153.399Alabama (ALABAMA)IND FBSI5–2–10.68836+1Lost to Camp Gordon 6–19
4983.425Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–40.50058+4Beat Arkansas 20–0
5053.542Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY5–30.62544+4Beat Colorado State 27–6
51-123.568Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI4–2–20.62544+4Lost to Vanderbilt 6–13
52-63.571Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI5–40.55656-4Lost to Pittsburgh 6–28
53-83.722Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI5–30.62544+7Lost to Brown 0–13
5424.200Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY3–30.50058-3Lost to Denver 7–28
55-54.254Oregon (OREGON)PAC4–30.57151+5Lost to Oregon State 7–14
56-44.393Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI5–40.55656-9Lost to Furman 3–18
5724.408Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI4–4–10.50058-9Lost to Virginia Tech 0–6
5824.559SMUIND FBSI3–2–30.56354-2Tied Southwestern (TEXAS) 0–0
5934.575Maryland (MARYLAND)IND FBSI4–3–10.56354-6Beat Johns Hopkins 7–0
60-94.734Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI3–30.50058-8Lost to South Carolina 0–20
61-34.832LSUIND FBSI3–50.37569-6Lost to Tulane 6–28
62-15.065Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–50.37569-7Lost to Kansas 3–27
6305.141Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B84–30.57151-7BYE
6405.261Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI2–30.40066-4BYE
6595.310Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI3–50.37569-6Beat Wofford 18–3
66-15.359Purdue (PURDUE)B103–40.42964-8BYE
6765.553South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI3–50.37569-5Beat Citadel 20–0
6845.569Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY3–40.42964-7Beat Northern Colorado 8–0
6985.578Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND FBSI3–5–10.38967-6Beat Florida 52–0
7085.582Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC4–50.44463-2Beat Oklahoma 9–0
71-55.762California (CALIFORNIA)PAC5–5–10.50058+2Tied USC 0–0
72-45.812Carlisle (CARLISLE)IND FBSI3–60.33376-12BYE
73-65.985Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–2–10.37569-5Lost to Washington State 0–14
74-36.136Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI3–5–10.38967-8BYE
75-56.183Iowa (IOWA)B103–50.37569-1BYE
76-16.348Utah (UTAH)IND SKY2–40.33376-2Lost to Utah State 0–14
77-16.512Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))IND FBSI1–5–10.21481-9Tied SMU 0–0
7816.532Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI3–50.37569-5BYE
7917.069Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–60.33376-3Lost to Pennsylvania 0–37
80-117.120Florida (FLORIDA)IND FBSI2–40.33376-9Lost to Kentucky 0–52
8107.299Montana (MONTANA)IND FBSI1–40.20082-3BYE
8217.905Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI1–6–10.18883-16Tied Hampden Sydney 7–7
8318.250Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND FBSI1–4–10.25080-10Beat Mississippi College 21–0
84-28.346Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–7–10.06385-16Lost to Colorado Mines 6–27
85010.927Tulsa (TULSA)IND FBSI0–8–10.05686-9Lost to Phillips 7–20
86011.468Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI0–60.00087-18Lost to Presbyterian 0–20
87012.108Drake (DRAKE)IND B80–5–20.14384-10Lost to Iowa State 0–47

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