1917 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 2, 1917By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1917 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	Game Status
1	23	0.237	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	Beat Furman 25–0; Beat WAKE FOREST 33–0
2	41	0.338	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Davidson 27–6
3	8	0.438	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Presbyterian 13–0
4	81	0.463	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	Beat Kingfisher 179–0
5	50	0.537	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat West Virginia 14–9
6	-5	0.659	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
7	-5	0.659	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
8	-5	0.659	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
9	-5	0.659	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
10	-5	0.659	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
11	-2	0.659	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
12	-2	0.659	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
13	-1	0.659	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
14	-1	0.659	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
15	0	0.659	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
16	1	0.659	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
17	2	0.659	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
18	2	0.659	Drake (DRAKE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
19	2	0.659	Florida (FLORIDA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
20	3	0.659	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
21	4	0.659	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
22	4	0.659	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
23	5	0.659	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
24	6	0.659	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
25	8	0.659	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
26	9	0.659	LSU	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
27	9	0.659	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
28	9	0.659	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
29	9	0.659	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
30	9	0.659	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
31	9	0.659	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
32	9	0.659	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
33	9	0.659	Montana (MONTANA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
34	10	0.659	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
35	10	0.659	Newberry (NEWBERRY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
36	11	0.659	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
37	11	0.659	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
38	12	0.659	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
39	12	0.659	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
40	12	0.659	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
41	13	0.659	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
42	15	0.659	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
43	15	0.659	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
44	16	0.659	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	24	Tied Samford 6–6
45	16	0.659	SMU	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
46	16	0.659	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
47	16	0.659	Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
48	16	0.659	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	24	Tied 47th Infantry 0–0
49	17	0.659	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
50	17	0.659	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
51	17	0.659	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
52	17	0.659	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
53	17	0.659	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
54	17	0.659	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
55	17	0.659	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
56	18	0.659	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
57	19	0.659	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
58	19	0.659	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND B8	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
59	20	0.659	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
60	20	0.659	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
61	21	0.659	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
62	21	0.659	Wofford (WOFFORD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
63	21	0.659	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	32	BYE
64	17	1.341	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	26	Lost to Pittsburgh 9–14
65	-57	1.462	Carlisle (CARLISLE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Albright 59–0
66	-52	1.525	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Camp Logan 54–0
67	-40	1.575	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Franklin 50–0
68	-19	1.587	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Case 49–0
69	-40	1.613	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Simpson 47–0
70	-14	1.777	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	26	Lost to Clemson 0–13
71	-39	1.788	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Butler 33–0
72	-41	1.850	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Baker 28–0
73	-67	1.863	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Rhode Island 27–0
74	-67	1.887	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Mansfield 25–0
75	-16	1.887	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Ursinus 25–0
76	-60	1.925	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Oberlin 22–0
77	-12	1.950	TCU	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Meridian 20–0
78	-32	1.962	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Guilford 19–0
79	-26	2.075	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Army Ambulance Corps 10–0
80	-2	2.075	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kiski Preparatory 17–7
81	-47	2.112	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat 7TH Infantry 7–0
82	4	2.125	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	BYE
83	-10	2.188	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hampden Sydney 15–14
84	-66	2.214	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	26	Lost to Navy 6–27
85	-63	2.432	Furman (FURMAN)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	26	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–25
86	-11	2.868	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	26	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–33
87	0	11.595	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–3	0.000	26	Lost to Mare Island Marines 0–26