1918 Week 15 College Football Team Rankings

December 3, 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	0.846	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	8	+9	Beat Auburn 41–0
2	2	0.870	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND SWC	6–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat Oklahoma State 27–0
3	0	0.992	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	5–0	1.000	1	+16	Beat Ohio State 14–0
4	1	1.081	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	4–0	1.000	1	+3	BYE
5	1	1.177	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	9–0	1.000	1	+17	Beat Texas A&M 7–0
6	7	1.484	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	9	+10	Beat Columbia 20–0; Beat RUTGERS 21–0
7	-6	1.485	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	11	+14	Beat Penn State 28–6; Lost to CLEVELAND NAVAL RESERVES 9–10
8	0	1.577	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND B8	5–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat ST. Louis 19–0
9	0	1.653	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	7–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Virginia Military Institute 6–0
10	4	1.890	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
11	0	2.170	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	5–1	0.833	9	+3	Lost to Texas 0–7
12	5	2.239	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	11	0	BYE
13	11	2.349	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	3–1	0.750	14	+2	Beat Colorado College 16–0
14	2	2.356	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	3–1–2	0.667	21	0	Tied Nebraska 0–0
15	8	2.360	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	17	+5	Beat Davidson 7–0
16	4	2.415	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	6–2–1	0.722	16	+7	Tied Camp Dodge 0–0
17	-5	2.727	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–1	0.800	11	-2	Lost to Kansas 7–13
18	7	2.782	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	5–2	0.714	17	+16	BYE
19	-1	2.822	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	17	+3	Lost to Syracuse 0–21
20	-10	2.872	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	29	-1	Lost to Clemson 0–7
21	6	2.901	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	21	0	BYE
22	8	2.915	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–2–1	0.688	20	+5	Beat Chicago 7–0
23	12	2.924	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	21	+6	Beat Sewanee 40–0
24	-5	2.950	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND SWC	4–2	0.667	21	0	Lost to Oklahoma 0–27
25	1	3.109	Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	32	-3	BYE
26	6	3.121	TCU	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	21	+3	Beat Baylor 12–7
27	1	3.193	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	29	0	Tied Citadel 0–0
28	1	3.290	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND FBSI	4–1–1	0.750	14	+1	Tied Johns Hopkins 0–0
29	9	3.338	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–2	0.667	21	+1	Beat Washington 7–0
30	-9	3.392	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	36	-3	Lost to Wisconsin 6–7
31	23	3.476	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–2	0.500	37	+2	Beat Kansas State 13–7
32	9	3.637	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–2	0.667	21	+4	Beat Stanford 67–0
33	1	3.660	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	3–3	0.500	37	-5	Lost to Michigan 0–14
34	-27	3.743	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–1	0.500	37	0	Lost to Oregon 0–7
35	7	3.973	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	29	+5	Beat Dartmouth 21–0
36	-21	4.009	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	21	-3	Lost to Brown 3–6
37	12	4.055	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–3	0.500	37	+3	Beat Michigan State 7–6
38	-16	4.164	SMU	IND SWC	3–2	0.600	32	-5	Lost to Rice 0–13
39	-3	4.422	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	56	0	BYE
40	6	4.439	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–2–1	0.500	37	0	Tied Notre Dame 0–0
41	-8	4.467	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	54	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 6–28
42	8	4.548	Drake (DRAKE)	IND B8	3–2	0.600	32	0	Beat Fort DES Moines 35–7
43	2	4.685	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–2–1	0.500	37	+2	BYE
44	-5	4.706	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	37	-7	Lost to Pennsylvania 0–21
45	-5	4.727	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	37	-1	BYE
46	-15	4.801	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–3	0.500	37	+7	Lost to Great Lakes Navy 0–27
47	-3	4.840	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–2	0.600	32	0	BYE
48	-5	4.895	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	37	-1	BYE
49	-2	4.967	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–2	0.500	37	-1	BYE
50	9	4.978	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	2–2	0.500	37	-1	Beat Colorado State 16–13
51	-14	5.055	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	37	-2	Lost to Vanderbilt 0–40
52	-4	5.307	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	4–6–1	0.409	52	-9	Lost to Minnesota 0–7
53	12	5.539	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	37	+1	Beat Ole Miss 34–0
54	9	5.604	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	53	+4	Beat Harvard 6–3
55	-3	5.604	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	56	-1	BYE
56	-1	6.259	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	65	-1	Lost to Denver 0–16
57	3	6.568	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	61	-1	Lost to Virginia Tech 0–6
58	-1	6.624	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	51	-6	Lost to Garden City 0–21; Beat ST. JOSEPH'S (PENNSYLVANIA) 18–13
59	-1	6.778	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	56	-3	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–41
60	-4	6.937	Furman (FURMAN)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	55	-4	Lost to 2ND Developmemt Regiment 7–13
61	-10	7.106	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–4	0.333	56	-3	Lost to Multnomah A.c. 0–6
62	0	7.194	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	61	-3	BYE
63	-10	7.291	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	56	-2	Lost to Mississippi State 0–34
64	-3	7.307	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	65	-3	Lost to Colorado 13–16
65	-1	8.445	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–3	0.000	65	-3	BYE
66	3	9.021	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–5–1	0.214	63	+3	Beat SMU 13–0
67	-1	9.380	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–6	0.000	65	-7	Lost to TCU 7–12
68	-1	9.673	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND FBSI	0–2–1	0.167	64	-2	Tied South Carolina 0–0
69	-1	10.856	Wofford (WOFFORD)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	65	-1	BYE
70	0	15.115	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–4	0.000	65	-2	Lost to California 0–67