1917 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings

October 9, 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	NOW	Game Status
1	3	0.863	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Phillips 52–9
2	32	0.950	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Nebraska Wesleyan 100–0
3	-2	1.071	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Pennsylvania 41–0
4	42	1.125	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Newberry 38–0
5	49	1.238	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Granite High 77–0
6	-3	1.262	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
7	15	1.325	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas 22–0
8	42	1.375	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Austin 66–0
9	56	1.438	Carlisle (CARLISLE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Franklin & Marshall 63–0
10	65	1.481	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Camp Wadsworth 90–0
11	26	1.512	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kalamazoo 55–0
12	54	1.525	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
13	29	1.525	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Franklin 54–0
14	49	1.525	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado State 6–0
15	-10	1.531	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Bethany (WEST VIRGINIA) 40–0
16	-7	1.538	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Samford 53–0
17	51	1.563	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ohio Wesleyan 53–0
18	49	1.569	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wabash 51–0
19	53	1.581	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oklahoma State 23–0
20	-9	1.591	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	0–0	0.000	74	0	BYE
21	-8	1.591	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	74	0	BYE
22	-8	1.591	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	74	0	BYE
23	-5	1.591	Drake (DRAKE)	IND B8	0–0–1	0.500	57	0	Tied William Penn 7–7
24	-5	1.591	Florida (FLORIDA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	74	0	BYE
25	-4	1.591	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	74	0	BYE
26	3	1.591	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	74	0	BYE
27	3	1.591	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	57	0	Tied Arkansas State 0–0
28	5	1.591	Montana (MONTANA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	74	0	BYE
29	10	1.591	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	74	0	BYE
30	10	1.591	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	74	0	BYE
31	13	1.591	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	57	0	BYE
32	15	1.591	Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	74	0	BYE
33	20	1.591	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	74	0	BYE
34	23	1.591	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	74	0	BYE
35	24	1.591	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	74	0	BYE
36	24	1.591	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	74	0	BYE
37	-1	1.600	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lake Forest 48–0
38	-21	1.637	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Camp Logan 45–0
39	40	1.637	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Gettysburg 80–0
40	-12	1.688	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Case 41–0
41	14	1.688	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Transylvania 41–0
42	36	1.756	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Davidson 7–3
43	-36	1.775	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Central Missouri State 34–0
44	17	1.775	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Beloit 34–0
45	6	1.800	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Jefferson 32–0
46	36	1.825	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Colorado 54–0
47	-39	1.850	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Carnegie Tech 28–0
48	21	1.863	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat COE 7–0
49	0	1.863	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 27–0
50	33	1.863	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William & Mary 53–0
51	-31	1.875	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lebanon Valley 33–7
52	19	1.875	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maryville 19–0
53	-10	1.887	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Illinois Medical 31–6
54	19	1.906	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Johns Hopkins 20–0
55	25	1.913	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Westminster (PENNSYLVANIA) 36–0
56	-31	1.950	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Army Ambulance Corps 20–0
57	-30	1.950	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Delaware 20–0
58	4	1.950	Wofford (WOFFORD)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Guilford 20–0
59	-11	1.962	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	56	0	Beat 47th Infantry 19–0
60	-50	1.988	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Howard Payne 17–0
61	13	1.988	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Swarthmore 16–7
62	-46	2.025	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Springfield 14–0
63	-37	2.025	LSU	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisiana 20–6
64	13	2.031	TCU	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat 1ST Texas Artillery 14–7
65	-20	2.038	SMU	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Meridian 20–7
66	-54	2.050	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Charleston Navy 19–7
67	-36	2.050	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Marion 18–6
68	-12	2.050	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hampden Sydney 12–0
69	-11	2.050	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lombard 26–14
70	-47	2.087	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cornell (IOWA) 22–13
71	-39	2.100	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William Jewell 14–6
72	-66	2.112	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ohio AM. Corp. 7–0
73	8	2.119	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ursinus 13–7
74	-10	2.858	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	57	+1	Beat Navy 7–0
75	-60	3.032	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Wyoming 0–6
76	-6	3.178	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	57	0	Beat Bailey Military 55–0
77	8	3.446	Furman (FURMAN)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	57	0	Beat Wake Forest 7–6
78	-37	3.495	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	57	0	Beat Albright 73–10; Lost to GEORGIA TECH 0–41
79	-55	3.905	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Illinois 0–22
80	-42	3.959	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Kansas State 0–23
81	-79	4.607	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	57	-1	Lost to West Virginia 0–7
82	-47	4.777	Newberry (NEWBERRY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to South Carolina 0–38
83	-7	6.173	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	57	0	Lost to Williams 10–14
84	0	6.441	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	67	-1	Lost to NC State 3–7
85	1	6.686	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	67	-1	Lost to Furman 6–7
86	1	9.300	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–3	0.250	66	0	Beat Olympic Club 40–0
87	-35	12.250	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Drury 13–14