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1917 Week 12 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
110.752Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI7–01.0001+24Beat Tulane 48–0
2-10.781Illinois (ILLINOIS)B104–0–10.90010+15BYE
320.904Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI7–01.0001+25Beat Washington & Jefferson 13–10
420.992Chicago (CHICAGO)B103–0–10.87512+9BYE
5-21.035Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC6–01.0001+13Beat Baylor 7–0
611.169Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B106–01.0001+10Beat Wisconsin 16–3
7161.340Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI6–10.85713+12Beat Georgetown 28–7
801.394Rice (RICE)IND SWC6–01.0001+10Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 34–13
921.425Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI4–0–20.83317+5Beat Ole Miss 69–7
1001.453Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC4–0–10.90010+7Beat Oregon State 6–0
1131.505Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY5–0–10.9179+3Beat Colorado State 47–7
1231.516Michigan (MICHIGAN)B108–01.0001+7Beat Cornell 42–0
1371.540Clemson (CLEMSON)IND FBSI5–10.83317+15Beat Citadel 20–0
14-11.573Denver (DENVER)IND SKY6–01.0001+8Beat Tulsa 20–19
1591.644Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B84–10.80027+8Beat Missouri 52–0
1651.661Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI5–1–10.78633+13Beat Bucknell 42–0
1781.679Kansas (KANSAS)IND B85–10.83317+13Beat Oklahoma 13–6
1841.752Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC5–01.0001+3BYE
1991.795Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND FBSI4–10.80027+6Beat Roanoke 118–3
20-161.875Auburn (AUBURN)IND FBSI5–10.83317+7Lost to Davidson 7–21
2151.892Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY6–10.85713+8Beat Utah 18–9
22-101.959Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC5–10.83317+5Lost to Texas A&M 0–7
2382.040West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–2–10.64348+12Beat Virginia Tech 27–3
24-152.049Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI5–10.83317+8Lost to Navy 7–28
2572.120Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI5–1–10.78633+1Beat Springfield 61–0
2642.151Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI5–10.83317+6Beat Erskine 19–0
2722.185TCUIND FBSI6–10.85713+4Beat Austin 59–0
28112.200Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY4–10.80027+3Beat Colorado College 16–7
29122.203NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND FBSI6–10.85713+9Beat Virginia Military Institute 17–0
30-132.231Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND SWC5–20.71438+4Lost to Kansas 6–13
31112.285Army (ARMY)IND FBSI5–10.83317+5Beat Carlisle 28–0
3242.299Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI4–1–10.75035+4Beat Morningside 13–0
33-142.310Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI5–10.83317+4Lost to Pittsburgh 10–13
34-182.372Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI5–10.83317+6Lost to Pennsylvania 0–7
35112.410Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–10.80027+5Beat Kansas State 10–7
3692.417Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI6–20.75035+10Beat Pennsylvania Military 23–0; Beat DARTMOUTH 7–0
3732.536Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND FBSI4–10.80027+1Beat Kentucky 14–0
3802.583Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–10.80027+4Beat ST. Bonaventure 40–6
39-52.757Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–2–10.58354+4Lost to Ohio State 3–16
40-222.792Alabama (ALABAMA)IND FBSI4–1–10.75035-2Lost to Vanderbilt 2–7
4162.792Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–10.66741+2BYE
42-152.808Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B84–20.66741+5Lost to Iowa State 7–10
43122.869Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI4–20.66741+6Beat Alabama 7–2
44-112.975Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI4–20.66741+2Lost to Georgia Tech 0–48
4563.043Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI5–20.71438+3Beat Penn State 9–0
4673.195Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B103–20.60049+2Beat Michigan State 39–6
4793.201Indiana (INDIANA)B104–20.66741-1Beat Depauw 35–0
48123.230Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI4–20.66741-2Beat Newberry 45–0
49-123.355Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI4–20.66741+1Lost to West Virginia 3–27
50-153.468Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI5–20.71438+3Lost to Navy Reserves 0–35
5163.538LSUIND FBSI3–30.500590Beat Mississippi College 34–0
5293.602Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI3–40.42966+6Beat Auburn 21–7
53-103.673Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI4–30.57157-4Lost to Lehigh 0–9
54-103.756Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY2–20.500590Lost to Colorado Mines 7–16
55-63.770Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI3–20.60049-2Lost to Clemson 0–20
56-43.875Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–20.60049-3Lost to Washington State 0–6
5763.893Maryland (MARYLAND)IND FBSI3–2–10.58354-1Beat ST. John's (MARYLAND) 13–3
5803.977Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC3–30.500590Beat Oklahoma State 7–3
59-114.494Oregon (OREGON)PAC3–20.60049+1Lost to Mare Island Marines 0–27
60-104.506SMUIND FBSI3–2–10.58354-1Lost to Howard Payne 7–14
6114.604Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI3–3–10.50059-6Lost to NC State 0–17
62-34.630Utah (UTAH)IND SKY2–20.50059-1Lost to Colorado 9–18
6344.775Purdue (PURDUE)B102–30.40070-2BYE
64-105.114Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B83–20.60049-2Lost to ST. Louis 0–13
6515.197Florida (FLORIDA)IND FBSI2–20.50059-1BYE
6625.258Carlisle (CARLISLE)IND FBSI3–40.42966-8Lost to Army 0–28
67-35.386California (CALIFORNIA)PAC5–40.55658+4Lost to ST. Mary's 13–14
6815.448Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI3–40.42966-5Lost to Syracuse 0–42
69115.740South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI2–30.40070-1Beat Furman 26–0
7005.773Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–40.42966+2Lost to Michigan 0–42
71-65.803Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–40.33373-6Lost to Nebraska 0–52
7225.847Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–10.50059-4BYE
7345.856Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY2–40.33373-3Beat Northern Colorado 7–0
74-15.878Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND FBSI2–4–10.35772-3Lost to Mississippi State 0–14
7516.080Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))IND FBSI1–40.20081-4Lost to Rice 13–34
76-46.431Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI2–40.33373-7Lost to South Carolina 0–26
7756.540Montana (MONTANA)IND FBSI1–20.333730Beat Montana State 9–7
7806.558Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI1–30.25080-4Beat Whitman 16–0
79-86.673Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC2–40.33373-6Lost to Texas 3–7
8017.333Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–5–10.08385-7Lost to Utah State 7–47
81-27.376Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI1–50.16783-9BYE
82-77.480Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI2–40.33373-3Lost to Swarthmore 0–56
8307.483Iowa (IOWA)B102–40.33373-3Beat South Dakota 35–0
8409.291Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND FBSI0–4–10.10084-5Lost to Sewanee 7–69
8509.482Tulsa (TULSA)IND FBSI0–5–10.083850Lost to Denver 19–20
86011.350Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI0–40.00087-11Lost to Wofford 0–45
87013.773Drake (DRAKE)IND B80–3–20.20081-4Tied Simpson 7–7

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