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1920 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings

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1920 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
100.807Georgia (GEORGIA)IND FBSI6–0–10.92911+26Beat Florida 56–0
210.928Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI6–0–10.92911+24Beat Yale 20–0
311.017Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI6–0–10.92911+24Beat Washington & Jefferson 7–0
431.083Alabama (ALABAMA)IND FBSI8–01.0001+23Beat LSU 21–0
5-31.166Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B85–01.0001+14Beat Oklahoma State 36–0
6-11.174Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI8–01.0001+17Beat Catholic 96–0
7-11.189California (CALIFORNIA)PAC7–01.0001+6BYE
821.189Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI7–0–10.9389+18Tied Lehigh 7–7
921.272Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B106–01.0001+14BYE
10-21.274Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC6–0–10.92911+13Beat Rice 7–0
1131.320Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI7–0–10.9389+15Beat Brown 27–0
1201.347Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI7–10.87515+23Beat Georgetown 35–6
1341.395Auburn (AUBURN)IND FBSI7–10.87515+19Beat Washington & LEE 77–0
14-11.504Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC8–01.0001+11Beat SMU 21–3
1501.536Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI7–01.0001+10Beat Indiana 13–10
16-71.696Illinois (ILLINOIS)B105–10.83320+15Lost to Wisconsin 9–14
1711.729TCUIND FBSI7–01.0001+10Beat Baylor 21–9
18141.862Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B105–10.83320+9Beat Illinois 14–9
19121.869Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY5–10.83320+11Beat Colorado College 28–0
2081.890Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI5–1–10.78624+10Beat Mississippi State 6–0
21-21.903Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B86–10.85718+14Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 14–10
2201.962Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI7–10.87515+8Beat Wofford 69–0
23-21.979Kansas (KANSAS)IND B85–1–10.78624+11Tied Nebraska 20–20
24122.168Centre (CENTRE)IND FBSI5–20.71433+4Beat Kentucky 49–0
2592.347Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI6–10.85718+1Beat Columbia 34–7
26112.351Michigan (MICHIGAN)B104–20.66742+7Beat Chicago 14–0
27132.426Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI5–20.71433+8Beat Pennsylvania 44–7
28132.438Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND FBSI6–20.75026+6Beat Sewanee 20–0
29-132.451Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY4–1–10.75026+6Lost to Colorado State 0–28
30-102.472Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND FBSI5–20.71433+11Lost to Tulane 0–6
31-72.503LSUIND FBSI5–2–10.68839+4Lost to Alabama 0–21
32-92.513Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI5–2–10.68839+3Lost to Pittsburgh 0–7
3302.523Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI5–1–20.750260Tied Penn State 7–7
3452.571Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND FBSI4–2–10.64347+7Tied Kansas 20–20
35122.615Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC4–10.80023+1Beat Oregon State 28–0
36-62.631Indiana (INDIANA)B104–20.66742+7Lost to Notre Dame 10–13
37-122.736Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI5–2–10.68839+8Lost to Maryland 7–10
38122.746Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI5–20.71433+4Beat South Carolina 63–0
3992.748Maryland (MARYLAND)IND FBSI6–20.75026+5Beat Syracuse 10–7
4022.750Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI4–30.57156+12Beat Middle Tennessee 34–0
41-122.762Yale (YALE)IND FBSI5–20.71433+13Lost to Princeton 0–20
42-152.898Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI4–2–10.64347+4Lost to Tennessee 0–20
43-82.911Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI6–20.75026-1Lost to Harvard 0–27
44-182.913Rice (RICE)IND SWC3–2–10.58353+7Lost to Texas A&M 0–7
45-22.956Iowa (IOWA)B104–20.66742+4Beat Minnesota 28–7
4602.981Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–2–10.64347+2BYE
4753.061NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND FBSI5–30.62550+16Beat Virginia Tech 14–6
4853.124Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI4–1–10.75026-3Beat Newberry 28–0
49103.175Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY3–1–10.70038+2Beat Colorado Mines 7–0
50113.227Oregon (OREGON)PAC3–10.75026-1Beat Washington 17–0
5143.234Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–2–10.58353+5Beat Phillips 20–0
52-73.261Florida (FLORIDA)IND FBSI4–20.66742+2Beat Stetson 26–0; Lost to GEORGIA 0–56
53-43.297West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–3–10.56360+4Beat Rutgers 17–0
54-163.460Chicago (CHICAGO)B103–30.50062+3Lost to Michigan 0–14
55-13.557Drake (DRAKE)IND B84–3–10.563600Beat Creighton 7–0
56-123.606Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND FBSI4–30.57156+7Lost to Auburn 0–77
57-63.771Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI4–40.50062+2Lost to Dartmouth 7–44
5883.804Birmingham Southern (BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN)IND FBSI5–30.62550-1Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 27–0
59103.858Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–30.57156+6Beat Kansas State 17–0
6033.882Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI5–30.62550+2Beat North Carolina 7–0
6143.905Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI4–30.57156-6Beat Villanova 34–0
6203.998Stanford (STANFORD)PAC4–20.66742+4BYE
63-54.235Phillips (PHILLIPS)IND SWC4–40.50062-2Lost to Arkansas 0–20
64-74.430Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–3–10.50062-5Lost to Iowa State 0–17
65114.433Clemson (CLEMSON)IND FBSI4–4–10.50062-5Beat Citadel 26–0
6684.460Oglethorpe (OGLETHORPE)IND FBSI3–4–10.43872-2Beat Mercer 42–0
67134.483Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B103–30.50062-2Beat Purdue 14–0
68134.501Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–2–10.58353-1Beat Montana Tech 27–0
69-54.542SMUIND SWC3–4–10.43872-4Lost to Texas 3–21
70-104.623Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI3–3–10.50062-5Lost to Birmingham Southern 0–27
71-14.795Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B83–40.42974-5Lost to Missouri 10–14
72-164.839Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC1–2–10.375790Lost to Washington State 0–28
7364.851Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–40.42974-3Beat Millsaps 60–0
7484.885Denver (DENVER)IND SKY3–30.50062-4Beat Wyoming 3–0
75-84.921Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI4–40.50062-14Lost to NC State 6–14
76-84.968South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI3–40.42974-2Lost to Navy 0–63
77-55.235Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY3–50.37579-4Lost to Denver 0–3
78-35.338Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–40.42974-7Lost to TCU 9–21
79-85.426Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND FBSI3–3–10.50062-5Lost to Centre 0–49
80-25.698North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI2–50.28683-5Lost to Davidson 0–7
81-45.754Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI2–50.28683-7Lost to Clemson 0–26
82-95.822Purdue (PURDUE)B102–40.33382-6Lost to Northwestern 0–14
8306.096Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–60.25087+1Lost to West Virginia 0–17
8496.476Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND B82–3–10.41778-7Beat Simpson 81–0
8526.533Samford (SAMFORD)IND FBSI2–4–10.35781-5BYE
86-16.772Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–50.16792-9Lost to Iowa 7–28
8746.816Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–4–20.28683-5Beat ST. Bonaventure 80–0
88-47.259Utah (UTAH)IND SKY1–40.20090+2Lost to Idaho 0–10
89-37.319Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI2–60.25087-13Lost to Richmond 7–20
9027.922Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC0–5–10.08394-4Lost to Oklahoma 0–36
91-37.993Mercer (MERCER)IND FBSI2–50.28683-13Lost to Oglethorpe 0–42
92-38.034Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–40.20090-5Lost to Oregon 0–17
9318.872Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI1–60.14393-13Lost to Presbyterian 0–28
9419.020Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY0–50.00095-12Lost to Colorado 0–7
95-59.111Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))IND FBSI1–5–10.21489+1Lost to Trinity (TEXAS) 0–7
96010.389Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI0–70.00095-25Lost to Furman 0–69

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