1918 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings

December 10, 1918By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1918 Season Tags: • No Comments

1918 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	1	0.870	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND SWC	6–0	1.000	1	+9	BYE
2	-1	0.875	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	8	+10	BYE
3	0	0.998	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	5–0	1.000	1	+16	BYE
4	0	1.135	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	4–0	1.000	1	+4	BYE
5	0	1.174	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	9–0	1.000	1	+18	BYE
6	0	1.488	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	10	+10	BYE
7	0	1.494	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	11	+14	BYE
8	0	1.534	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND B8	6–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Nebraska 20–7
9	0	1.662	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	7–0	1.000	1	+4	BYE
10	0	1.735	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Furman 13–7
11	0	2.026	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	6–1	0.857	8	+3	Beat Camp Travis 60–0
12	0	2.239	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	11	0	BYE
13	2	2.346	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	16	+6	BYE
14	0	2.381	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	3–1–2	0.667	21	0	BYE
15	1	2.493	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	6–2–1	0.722	15	+7	BYE
16	1	2.746	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–1	0.800	11	-2	BYE
17	1	2.761	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	5–2	0.714	16	+16	BYE
18	1	2.824	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	16	+3	BYE
19	1	2.871	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	28	-1	BYE
20	2	2.887	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–2–1	0.688	20	+5	BYE
21	0	2.919	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	21	0	BYE
22	2	2.950	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND SWC	4–2	0.667	21	0	BYE
23	0	2.988	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	21	+6	BYE
24	1	3.084	Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	31	-3	BYE
25	1	3.121	TCU	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	21	+3	BYE
26	1	3.191	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	28	+1	BYE
27	1	3.290	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND FBSI	4–1–1	0.750	14	+1	BYE
28	1	3.306	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–2	0.667	21	+1	BYE
29	3	3.314	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	5–2	0.714	16	+4	Beat SAN Pedro Navy 20–0
30	0	3.437	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	37	-3	BYE
31	2	3.687	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	3–3	0.500	38	-5	BYE
32	-1	3.751	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–2	0.500	38	+1	BYE
33	1	3.805	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–1	0.500	38	0	BYE
34	-21	3.933	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	3–2	0.600	31	+3	Lost to Northern Colorado 7–26
35	0	3.942	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	28	+5	BYE
36	0	3.969	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	21	-3	BYE
37	0	4.080	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–3	0.500	38	+3	BYE
38	0	4.165	SMU	IND SWC	3–2	0.600	31	-5	BYE
39	0	4.485	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	56	0	BYE
40	1	4.498	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	55	0	BYE
41	1	4.524	Drake (DRAKE)	IND B8	3–2	0.600	31	0	BYE
42	11	4.642	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	31	+2	Beat Ole Miss 13–0
43	0	4.677	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–2–1	0.500	38	+2	BYE
44	0	4.708	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	38	-7	BYE
45	0	4.755	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	38	-1	BYE
46	1	4.816	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–2	0.600	31	0	BYE
47	-1	4.816	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–3	0.500	38	+7	BYE
48	-8	4.817	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–3–1	0.417	50	0	Lost to Washington (MISSOURI) 7–20
49	-1	4.899	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	38	-1	BYE
50	-1	4.995	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–2	0.500	38	-1	BYE
51	0	5.082	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	38	-2	BYE
52	4	5.171	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	1–2	0.333	56	0	Beat Colorado 8–7
53	-1	5.245	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	4–6–1	0.409	51	-9	BYE
54	0	5.574	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	52	+4	BYE
55	0	5.669	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	56	-1	BYE
56	4	6.035	Furman (FURMAN)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	54	-4	Beat Wofford 7–0; Lost to PRESBYTERIAN 7–13
57	-7	6.415	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	2–3	0.400	52	-4	Lost to Colorado College 7–8
58	0	6.564	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	49	-6	BYE
59	-2	6.568	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	61	-1	BYE
60	1	7.155	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–4	0.333	56	-3	BYE
61	1	7.220	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	61	-3	BYE
62	1	7.618	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	61	-4	Lost to Mississippi State 0–13
63	-4	7.699	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	60	-3	Lost to Fort Sheridan 0–7
64	1	8.496	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–3	0.000	66	-3	BYE
65	1	9.046	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–5–1	0.214	64	+3	BYE
66	-2	9.318	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	66	-5	BYE
67	0	9.363	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–6	0.000	66	-7	BYE
68	0	9.656	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND FBSI	0–2–1	0.167	65	-2	BYE
69	0	10.952	Wofford (WOFFORD)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	66	-6	Lost to Furman 0–7
70	0	14.997	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–4	0.000	66	-2	BYE