1918 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings

November 12, 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	18	0.155	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Washington & Jefferson 34–0
2	-1	0.158	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat NC State 128–0
3	-1	0.837	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND SWC	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Kansas 33–0
4	-1	1.012	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Brown 53–0
5	20	1.286	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Denver 48–6
6	23	1.317	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Chicago 13–0
7	-3	1.329	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Penn State 26–3
8	0	1.335	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Oklahoma State 27–5
9	-3	1.492	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Norfolk Navy 37–6
10	16	1.523	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Case 56–0
11	13	1.530	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wake Forest 27–0
12	20	1.570	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND B8	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Drake 26–0
13	10	1.580	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	19	0	Tied Great Lakes Navy 7–7
14	-7	1.635	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
15	16	1.642	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 7–0
16	21	1.802	SMU	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Baylor 14–0
17	-8	1.803	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	0	BYE
18	-8	1.803	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	65	0	BYE
19	-8	1.803	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	65	0	BYE
20	-8	1.803	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	65	0	BYE
21	0	1.803	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	65	0	BYE
22	0	1.803	Wofford (WOFFORD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	0	BYE
23	10	1.885	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washburn 28–9
24	10	1.890	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
25	-11	2.092	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tufts 7–0
26	2	2.676	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–1–1	0.700	21	-2	Lost to Iowa 0–6
27	0	2.747	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	22	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 0–34
28	2	2.792	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	20	-1	Lost to Purdue 6–14
29	18	2.847	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–1	0.667	22	+6	Beat Michigan State 14–6
30	9	2.953	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	22	0	Beat U.s. Marines 26–0
31	4	3.013	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	22	0	Lost to Texas 5–27
32	11	3.119	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–2	0.667	22	+2	Beat Minnesota 6–0
33	5	3.388	Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	37	-2	Lost to Texas A&M 0–7
34	12	3.403	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	22	-1	Beat Georgetown (KENTUCKY) 21–3
35	6	3.600	TCU	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	33	+2	Beat Austin 25–0
36	4	3.893	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	54	0	BYE
37	5	3.919	Furman (FURMAN)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	32	0	Tied Erskine 6–6
38	14	4.164	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	22	0	Beat Mcdaniel 19–14
39	14	4.165	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–1	0.667	22	0	Beat Fort Lewis 20–3
40	10	4.197	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–2	0.600	33	+5	Beat Wisconsin 22–0
41	19	4.204	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	37	-2	Beat Omaha Balloon 19–0
42	2	4.273	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	3–3–1	0.500	37	-1	Tied Crane J.c. 0–0; Lost to MICHIGAN 0–13
43	-25	4.299	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1–1	0.250	52	0	Lost to Rutgers 3–26
44	12	4.344	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–1	0.667	22	0	Beat ST. Mary's 40–14
45	-9	4.372	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	37	0	Lost to Camp Hancock 13–66
46	11	4.455	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–1	0.667	22	0	Beat Standifer Shipbuilders 14–0
47	-27	4.569	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	54	0	Lost to Virginia Tech 0–27
48	11	4.604	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	37	+2	Beat Tennessee 76–0
49	13	4.622	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	33	+1	Beat ST. Joseph's (PENNSYLVANIA) 12–0; Beat LAFAYETTE 34–0
50	-2	4.744	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	37	0	BYE
51	-2	4.864	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–2	0.600	33	0	BYE
52	-36	4.975	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	54	0	Lost to Oklahoma 0–33
53	-48	5.001	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	37	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–128
54	-3	5.356	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	37	0	BYE
55	-42	5.583	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	54	0	Lost to Colorado Mines 6–48
56	-11	5.875	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	37	0	Lost to Camp Gordon 6–14
57	12	5.948	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–1–1	0.500	37	0	Beat Knox 47–7
58	8	5.980	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	37	0	Beat Camp Shelby 12–0
59	6	6.292	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–2	0.333	48	-1	Beat Camp Harrison 41–0
60	1	6.997	Drake (DRAKE)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	48	0	Lost to Washington (MISSOURI) 0–26
61	-7	7.049	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–2	0.333	48	-2	Lost to Illinois 0–22
62	-7	7.294	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	48	-2	Lost to Pennsylvania 0–34
63	1	8.490	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–4	0.000	54	0	Lost to SMU 0–14
64	3	9.673	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	54	0	Lost to Syracuse 0–53
65	-2	10.248	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	54	-2	BYE
66	-8	10.315	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	54	-1	Lost to Newport NTS 0–41
67	-52	12.614	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	54	0	Lost to Camp Dodge 0–6
68	-51	12.614	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	54	0	Lost to Payne Field 0–6
69	-1	13.020	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–4–1	0.100	53	0	Lost to Ream Field 0–3
70	0	17.279	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–2	0.000	54	0	Lost to Mather Field 0–70