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1917 Week 9 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
100.656Chicago (CHICAGO)B102–01.0001+4Beat Purdue 27–0
220.871Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–01.0001+7Beat Wisconsin 7–0
371.090Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI5–01.0001+7Beat Washington & LEE 63–0
451.169Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI2–0–10.83335+2Beat LSU 3–0
5341.188Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–0–10.75037+1Beat Oregon 26–3
6-41.192Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B83–01.0001+2Beat Notre Dame 7–0
711.212Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI4–01.0001+6Beat Syracuse 28–0
8-31.350Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–01.00010Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 20–0
941.367Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–01.0001+1BYE
10-31.375Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY2–01.0001+1BYE
11241.400Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–01.00010Beat South Dakota State 64–0
1231.404Rice (RICE)IND SWC3–01.0001+3Beat Austin 53–13
13-101.413Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+3Beat Cornell 20–0
1481.422Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B84–01.0001+3Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 61–0
15121.458Denver (DENVER)IND SKY3–01.0001+3Beat Colorado 7–0
16-51.488Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Tufts 26–3
17161.492Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1Beat Florida 52–0
18121.538Auburn (AUBURN)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Clemson 7–0
1901.613Indiana (INDIANA)B103–01.00010BYE
20171.650Utah (UTAH)IND SKY1–01.0001+1Beat Wyoming 14–0
21-11.671Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–01.00010Beat Montana 21–6
22231.696Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Lehigh 17–6
2311.700Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND FBSI2–01.00010BYE
24261.700Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI4–01.0001+3Beat Penn State 7–0
2531.738Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–01.00010Beat Idaho 26–6
26271.739Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND SWC4–10.80036+2Beat Texas 14–0
27-11.746Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–01.00010Beat Oklahoma State 17–0
28211.775Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat West Virginia 6–2
29131.788Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–01.0001+1Beat Missouri 15–0
30-51.820Michigan (MICHIGAN)B105–01.00010Beat Detroit Mercy 14–3; Beat MICHIGAN STATE 27–0
3101.821Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Davidson 13–7
32111.846Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–01.00010Beat Missouri Rolla 32–0
3381.863Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY1–01.00010BYE
34101.869NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+1Beat Wake Forest 17–6
35-291.920Clemson (CLEMSON)IND FBSI2–10.66745+5Lost to Auburn 0–7
36181.925Alabama (ALABAMA)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Mississippi College 46–0
37101.972Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI4–01.00010Beat Boston College 7–2
3802.100Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–01.00010Beat Whitman 14–6
39-252.296Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–10.750370Lost to Washington & Jefferson 0–7
40212.465Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–10.75037+1Beat Carlisle 62–0
41162.557West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–20.50059+5Lost to Dartmouth 2–6
42162.563Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI3–10.75037+1Beat Lafayette 33–7
43162.572Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI3–10.75037+3Beat Wofford 7–6
44212.666TCUIND FBSI3–10.75037+2Beat SMU 21–0
45172.692Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI3–10.75037+2Beat Bucknell 20–6
46-282.727Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI2–1–10.62556+3Lost to Pittsburgh 0–28
47-152.799Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY3–10.750370Lost to Denver 0–7
48232.822Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI2–10.66745+2Beat Kentucky 5–0
49-262.850LSUIND FBSI2–10.667450Lost to Sewanee 0–3
50173.108Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–10.667450Beat Washburn 34–2
51-343.130Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI1–1–10.500590Lost to Nebraska 0–7
52-123.222Purdue (PURDUE)B102–10.667450Lost to Chicago 0–27
53103.286Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI2–1–10.625560Tied Maryland 14–14
54-253.425Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–1–10.500590Lost to Illinois 0–7
55-343.499Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–10.66745-1Lost to Oklahoma 0–14
56-403.666Florida (FLORIDA)IND FBSI1–10.50059+1Lost to Tulane 0–52
57-93.714Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI2–10.66745-1Lost to Presbyterian 6–7
58123.735Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–10.500590BYE
59-43.764Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B82–10.667450Lost to Kansas State 0–61
60-143.778Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND FBSI2–1–10.62556-1Lost to Vanderbilt 0–5
61-493.834Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND FBSI1–10.500590Lost to Georgia Tech 0–63
62143.896Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI2–10.66745-1Beat Erskine 18–7
63-123.935SMUIND FBSI2–10.66745-1Lost to TCU 0–21
64-124.027Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI2–10.66745-1Lost to Rutgers 7–33
65-94.050Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–10.500590Lost to Washington State 3–26
66-304.095Montana (MONTANA)IND FBSI0–10.000820Lost to Utah State 6–21
6724.103Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI2–20.500590Lost to Georgetown 6–17
6804.175Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–20.333730Lost to Iowa State 0–15
69-354.368Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–10.000820Lost to Oregon State 6–26
70-64.416Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI2–20.50059-1Lost to Pennsylvania 6–20
7124.546Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI2–20.500590Beat Newberry 20–7
7204.548Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–20.333730Lost to Utah 0–14
73-134.883South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI1–10.50059-1BYE
7445.009Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI0–40.00082-1Lost to Virginia Tech 7–13
75-95.032Carlisle (CARLISLE)IND FBSI2–20.50059-3Lost to Navy 0–62
7635.521Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI1–30.25076-2Lost to NC State 6–17
7735.601Maryland (MARYLAND)IND FBSI1–1–10.50059-1Tied Virginia Military Institute 14–14
7846.354California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–30.500590Beat Occidental 20–0
79-56.878Iowa (IOWA)B101–20.333730Lost to Grinnell 0–10
80-57.177Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))IND FBSI0–20.00082-1Lost to Texas A&M 0–20
8137.277Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC0–30.000820Lost to Baylor 0–17
8217.768Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI1–30.250760Lost to Colgate 0–20
83-29.550Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–2–10.16780-3Tied Montana State 20–20
84-710.532Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND FBSI0–1–10.25076-1BYE
85010.995Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI0–20.00082-3Lost to Furman 7–20
86012.932Tulsa (TULSA)IND FBSI0–2–10.167800Tied Pittsburg State 0–0
87013.259Drake (DRAKE)IND B80–1–10.250760BYE

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