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1917 Week 13 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
100.814Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI8–01.0001+29Beat Carlisle 98–0
210.983Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI8–01.0001+29Beat Carnegie Tech 27–0
331.043Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B107–01.0001+15Beat Illinois 13–0
411.127Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC6–01.0001+13BYE
521.293Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI7–10.87511+14Beat Villanova 80–3
6-41.341Illinois (ILLINOIS)B104–1–10.75027+16Lost to Ohio State 0–13
741.365Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY6–0–10.9297+9Beat Colorado 23–0
881.389Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI6–1–10.81319+19Beat Colgate 27–7
941.389Clemson (CLEMSON)IND FBSI6–10.85712+19Beat Florida 55–7
1051.394Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B85–10.83317+14Beat Kansas 13–3
11-31.413Rice (RICE)IND SWC7–01.0001+14Beat Tulane 16–0
12-21.448Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC5–0–10.9178+9Beat Montana 28–0
1311.464Denver (DENVER)IND SKY7–01.0001+12Beat Colorado Mines 51–0
1461.636Auburn (AUBURN)IND FBSI6–10.85712+13Beat Vanderbilt 31–7
1591.753Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI6–10.85712+13Beat Washington & LEE 20–12
1621.782Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC5–0–10.9178+3Tied Oklahoma 0–0
17-51.907Michigan (MICHIGAN)B108–10.88910+6Lost to Pennsylvania 0–16
1851.940West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–2–10.68839+17Beat Washington & Jefferson 7–0
1931.942Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC5–1–10.78623+6Tied SMU 0–0
20211.950Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–10.75027+5Beat Chicago 33–0
2141.981Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI6–1–10.81319+2Beat League Island Navy 27–0
2242.006Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI6–10.85712+9Beat Furman 14–7
23132.027Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI7–20.77826+19Beat Michigan 16–0
24-202.037Chicago (CHICAGO)B103–1–10.70038+10Lost to Minnesota 0–33
2562.089Army (ARMY)IND FBSI6–10.85712+6Beat Lebanon Valley 50–0
2662.097Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–1–10.78623+5Beat Michigan State 23–0
2722.223NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND FBSI6–1–10.81319+10Tied Virginia Tech 7–7
28-92.245Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND FBSI4–20.66741+5Lost to Georgetown 12–20
2982.268Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND FBSI5–10.83317+4Beat LSU 9–0
30-132.340Kansas (KANSAS)IND B85–20.71433+11Lost to Nebraska 3–13
31-102.376Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY6–20.75027+9Lost to Utah State 0–23
32-22.398Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND SWC5–2–10.68839+3Tied Arkansas 0–0
3322.434Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–10.80022+5BYE
3462.582Alabama (ALABAMA)IND FBSI5–1–10.78623-1Beat Kentucky 27–0
35102.744Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI6–20.75027+4Beat Pennsylvania Military 34–7
36-82.832Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY4–20.66741+3Lost to Denver 0–51
37-282.875Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI4–1–20.71433+5Lost to Centre 0–28
38102.876Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI5–20.714330Beat South Carolina 20–0
3932.876Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B84–20.66741+6BYE
40-72.923Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI5–20.71433+3Lost to West Virginia 0–7
41-22.955Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–2–10.58352+4BYE
42-153.040TCUIND FBSI6–20.75027+4Lost to 2ND Texas 132nd Infantry 7–14
4333.082Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B104–20.66741+4Beat Iowa 25–14
44-63.085Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–20.66741+3Lost to Syracuse 7–27
4523.104Indiana (INDIANA)B104–20.66741-1BYE
4663.144Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI4–40.50058+9Beat Wake Forest 72–7
4733.161Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI6–20.75027+3Beat Camp Devens 40–0
4813.199Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI4–2–10.64348+2Tied NC State 7–7
4943.300Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI5–30.62549-3Beat Maryland 57–0
50-163.300Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI5–20.71433+8Lost to Tufts 0–27
51-73.470Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI4–30.57154+2Lost to Rice 0–16
52-93.591Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI4–30.57154+5Lost to Auburn 7–31
5323.662Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI3–20.60050-2BYE
5453.749Oregon (OREGON)PAC4–20.66741+6Beat California 21–0
55-13.852Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY3–20.60050-2Beat Colorado State 7–0
5623.879Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC3–30.50058+1BYE
57-13.884Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–2–10.58352-4Tied Washington 0–0
5834.127Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI4–3–10.56357-6Beat Gallaudet 19–3
59-84.141LSUIND FBSI3–40.42966-2Lost to Mississippi State 0–9
6034.633Purdue (PURDUE)B103–30.50058-4Beat Wabash 28–0
61-14.686SMUIND FBSI3–2–20.57154-2Tied Baylor 0–0
6294.782Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–40.42966-3Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 19–3
63-64.837Maryland (MARYLAND)IND FBSI3–3–10.50058-4Lost to Penn State 0–57
6445.506Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI3–4–10.43865-7Tied Gettysburg 6–6
6515.595Carlisle (CARLISLE)IND FBSI3–50.37572-8Lost to Georgia Tech 0–98
6615.666California (CALIFORNIA)PAC5–50.50058+2Lost to Oregon 0–21
67125.728Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC3–40.42966-6Beat Tulsa 41–2
6845.824Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–1–10.50058-5Tied Oregon State 0–0
69-45.965Florida (FLORIDA)IND FBSI2–30.40070-3Lost to Clemson 7–55
70-66.009Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B83–30.50058-6Lost to Missouri 3–19
7126.201Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY2–40.33374-5BYE
72106.220Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI3–40.42966-3Beat Albright 42–0
73-46.297South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI2–40.33374-4Lost to Wofford 0–20
7426.312Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI2–50.28677-9Lost to Presbyterian 7–14
7506.328Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))IND FBSI1–40.20081-5BYE
7626.382Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI1–30.25079-4BYE
77-36.463Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND FBSI2–5–10.31376-6Lost to Alabama 0–27
78-166.478Utah (UTAH)IND SKY2–30.40070-2Lost to USC 0–51
79-26.484Montana (MONTANA)IND FBSI1–30.250790Lost to Washington State 0–28
80-106.838Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–50.375720Lost to Fordham 6–27
8127.644Iowa (IOWA)B102–50.28677-5Lost to Northwestern 14–25
82-28.155Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–6–10.07185-11Lost to Colorado College 0–7
83-28.260Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI1–60.14383-15Lost to Davidson 7–72
8409.618Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND FBSI0–4–10.10084-7BYE
85010.000Tulsa (TULSA)IND FBSI0–6–10.07185-4Lost to Oklahoma State 2–41
86012.362Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI0–50.00087-13Lost to Erskine 0–57
87013.518Drake (DRAKE)IND B80–3–20.20081-4BYE

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