1917 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings

October 16, 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	19	0.925	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Vanderbilt 48–0
2	0	0.944	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Iowa 47–0
3	18	0.975	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Bucknell 24–0
4	3	0.975	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Oklahoma 44–0
5	3	1.175	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Dallas 98–0
6	0	1.206	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Furman 38–0
7	5	1.225	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wyoming 51–3
8	7	1.225	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Lehigh 41–0
9	22	1.250	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	47	0	Beat Transylvania 76–0
10	-7	1.291	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Davidson 32–10
11	36	1.350	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Virginia Military Institute 34–0
12	23	1.375	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Randolph Macon 66–0
13	4	1.383	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Northwestern 40–0
14	25	1.413	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Bonaventure 99–0
15	38	1.419	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat TCU 26–0
16	8	1.425	Florida (FLORIDA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat South Carolina 21–13
17	-6	1.512	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	47	0	Tied Wisconsin 0–0
18	41	1.594	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	45	+2	Beat Rutgers 14–10
19	-1	1.613	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Louis 40–0
20	-15	1.625	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah Field Artillery 21–6
21	28	1.637	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 35–0
22	-3	1.642	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Missouri 7–6
23	40	1.656	LSU	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ole Miss 52–7
24	43	1.700	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mississippi College 68–0
25	15	1.725	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Michigan 17–13; Beat MOUNT UNION 69–0
26	34	1.750	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 55–0
27	11	1.756	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana State 33–7
28	2	1.775	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Vancouver Barracks 34–0
29	15	1.775	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0–1	0.750	47	0	Tied Notre Dame 0–0
30	-14	1.788	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Fort Sheridan 13–0
31	37	1.794	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Emory & Henry 59–6
32	14	1.808	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado State 6–0
33	12	1.825	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Spring Hill 28–0
34	-9	1.841	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
35	-9	1.841	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
36	-8	1.841	Montana (MONTANA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
37	-4	1.841	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
38	-4	1.841	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	83	0	BYE
39	-3	1.841	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0–1	0.500	61	0	Tied 362nd Infantry 0–0
40	-27	1.856	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Depauw 7–6
41	-19	1.863	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Camp Lyons 27–0
42	6	1.863	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
43	0	1.869	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hendrix 19–0
44	-2	1.871	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Roanoke 28–0
45	6	1.875	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Springfield 26–0
46	6	1.875	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	45	0	Tied Miami (OH) 0–0
47	7	1.917	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Holy Cross 27–6
48	10	1.944	Wofford (WOFFORD)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Army Ambulance Corps 21–0
49	13	1.950	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Middlebury 32–6
50	5	1.979	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 13–6
51	14	1.994	SMU	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Austin 20–0
52	4	2.038	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ursinus 12–6
53	-52	2.041	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	47	0	Lost to Illinois 0–44
54	18	2.075	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Marion 13–0
55	14	2.081	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rose Hulman 7–0
56	-27	2.112	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Multnomah A.c. 14–7
57	17	2.255	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	+4	Beat Carlisle 21–0
58	-48	2.699	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	0	Lost to Syracuse 10–14
59	17	2.764	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	+1	Beat Citadel 7–0
60	-56	3.035	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Florida 13–21
61	20	3.161	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	0	Beat Maryland 62–0
62	16	3.309	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	0	Beat Swarthmore 10–0
63	-13	3.393	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	0	Lost to Army 0–34
64	-3	3.461	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	0	Lost to Colgate 0–24
65	-1	3.529	TCU	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	0	Lost to Rice 0–26
66	-57	3.593	Carlisle (CARLISLE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	-1	Lost to West Virginia 0–21
67	12	3.714	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat Emporia State 33–0
68	3	3.743	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Kansas State 6–7
69	4	3.754	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 0–41
70	-33	3.779	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Ohio State 0–40
71	-30	4.000	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Chicago 0–48
72	-58	4.099	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Colorado Mines 3–51
73	4	4.401	Furman (FURMAN)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	72	+1	Lost to Clemson 0–38
74	-4	4.435	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Nebraska 0–47
75	-43	5.023	Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	77	0	Lost to Texas 0–35
76	-10	5.313	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	61	-1	Lost to Presbyterian 0–7
77	-50	5.568	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND FBSI	0–1–1	0.250	75	0	Lost to LSU 7–52
78	6	5.786	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	77	-1	Lost to Georgia Tech 10–32
79	6	5.976	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	72	-2	Beat Guilford 20–0
80	-23	6.044	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	61	-1	Lost to Navy 0–62
81	-6	6.714	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	77	-1	Lost to Colorado 0–6
82	4	7.658	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–3	0.400	71	0	Beat Navy Hospital Corps 33–7
83	0	8.277	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	72	0	Lost to 47th Infantry 0–6
84	-4	8.650	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	77	0	Lost to Phillips 0–6
85	-3	11.732	Newberry (NEWBERRY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	77	-1	BYE
86	1	12.768	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	77	0	Lost to Haskell 7–12
87	-64	13.095	Drake (DRAKE)	IND B8	0–1–1	0.250	75	0	Lost to Creighton 3–12